August Intro: You Think...You Wink...You Do A Double Blink...

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INTRO LOG: AUGUST

Who: Everyone!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr.
When: August 3rd
Where: Ensō
Warnings: Mark as needed!

Part I: Get Wrekt
You rouse to a splash of sea salt drying on your skin. A haze of glass-white sand glitters in your vision, dappled by lush palms and thick, curling foliage that disappears into a jungle of deep jade. From behind, crackling wood and sawing rope groan from a mangled life raft ran ashore. A petering wash of tide over pebbled sand fills your ears as you struggle to gain your bearings in a vast portrait of tropical color…

No...no, no, that’s not precisely how this story starts.

Why don't we start over?

You rouse to a splash of sea salt, spraying across yourself and the wooden floor beneath you as it breaks across the edge of the platform. The light as it dances across the sea is blinding, dappling white spots across your vision as you slowly come back to consciousness and realize that - this is not where you last remember being.

The middle of the ocean is likely not a place most recall being at all. As you struggle to fully comprehend the new scenario in which you have found yourself, three things become quickly apparent. The raft you find yourself upon barely constitutes as something that should float, never mind a boat. In the distance, perhaps a few hours away at most, a large island beckons to you, a wide strip of beach surrounded by cliffs making it very clear where the most fortuitous of directions shall be.

Lastly, of course, you’re not alone. Hopefully your new companion(s) are just as keen to get ashore before nightfall as you, or voyaging together will not be the most positive experience. At your side you will find a knapsack, one to every member of your raft party, and upon inspecting its contents, you will discover any rewards you may have accrued - as well as a few other items to give you a fighting chance.

A note to those who participated in the Test Drive Meme: those threads, if all parties involved would like, can be game canon in the form of dream-like memories involving a place very much like this one, though the layout is considerably different.

Part II: Choose Your Own Adventure

By fortune (or misfortune, as it were), you eventually find your feet meeting sand, blessed shore to stagger upon as you shake off your newly found sea-legs. There are those that may find this place familiar, as though it appeared in a dream, though the expanse of shore certainly seems larger. The beach stretches off into the distance on both sides, curving around sharp ridges and cliffs, mist obscuring the view the farther along it goes.

So here you are. You’ve found land. Company. Supplies. The sun is now beginning to trek rather low upon the horizon…spending the night outside in such an unfamiliar land is unappealing at best and outright dangerous at the worst.

There is one silver lining in the midst of this mess. Directly ahead, the beach curves up a gentle slope until it meets forest, some manner of building visible through the trees. Further exploration of this area will reveal a dilapidated building of sorts; the architecture is indiscernible to even the most skilled eye. Despite looking as if it has seen better days, there are areas that offer some form of shelter...and who knows what else. Just because it appears uninhabited doesn’t mean you won’t wind up pleasantly, or unpleasantly, surprised.



So what shall you do from here, traveller? There is land to be explored, strangers to meet, friends to reunite with. Supplies to inspect and plenty of questions in need of being said aloud. Choose your path, make haste, and above all else: survive. And whatever you will, take heart.

Your story is about to begin anew.

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Feeling a tad adrift? Make sure to check the Locations Page, which has details regarding the starting areas and a handy map for those who feel better with a bird's eye view!

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Comments

[ajackandanace]

[That wins a laugh]

I'm not sure you're going to want to be out here when 10 rolls around. That is unless you've got a decent weapon.

[lionson]

[He waves Jack off.]

I'll be fine, I've been through worse. It's the kids you should worry about, most of them don't look like they've ever slept outside.

[ajackandanace]

You're right about that, and I'm afraid I just misplaced one of them. Or perhaps I got myself misplaced from them.

[He casts a glance around]

I've been searching for the group I arrived with. You haven't spotted any young white-haired girls or a 7ft goat woman by any chance, have you? Go by the names Weiss and Yrel?

[lionson]

A 7-foot goat woman, you say?

[Well that certainly is a thing.]

Can't say that I've seen them, no. They might've already moved on ahead to look for shelter.

[ajackandanace]

That's what I'm hoping, but I've got half a mind worried that something or someone might have gotten to them since we parted ways.

[He crosses his arms across his chess]

Though it might be ridiculous for me to be worrying, given in a fight between the three of us, I'd place money that I'd be the first on the flat of my back.

[lionson]

Then maybe it's you who should stick with the group. Or we can form some kind of 'old man group', except I think we're the only old guys here and that probably won't help too much if there is a fight.

[Shiro can fight, but he's keeping that a secret for now. He's also a good decade or more younger than Jack, and is moreso in the 'middle aged' group than 'old', but details.]

[ajackandanace]

I'll be honest with you and tell you that I was surprised to find another old man after myself, so I'd second your reasoning that we are the only two. Not to mention it would not be a balanced group as I have no prior experience with fighting nor have I ever had occasion to develop any survival skills for living in the great outdoors.

[He chuckles tiredly under his breath]

No. I'm afraid you're best in a group that does not count myself as its only other member.

[lionson]

We'll have to expand it to 'men over the age of 30' I think. Even if '30' is still technically young enough to be a kid of mine.

[Well, at least there's good company here.]

I'm Shiro, by the way.