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

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.

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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Likewise.

Is that one of those philosophical questions or whatever?

You got a raft? [His voice rises until it cracks in disbelief and frustration. After a second, he glances back at the waves that come rolling in.] I'm just glad we didn't run into anything that might be in there.

More practical than philosophical at this point.

[She gives him a sympathetic look.]

That can't have been a pleasant arrival, but I am glad you made it here in one piece.

I guess if it's out of our control.

[He might be sulking, but he shrugs it off, hauling himself up to stand.]

Yeah me too. But what if other people are having trouble? We should search for survivors.

[Muffet smiles approvingly and holds out a hand for him to pull himself up with.]

Excellent priorities- I've already met a few, but I've no doubt there are more of us here somewhere.

[Grateful, Jaune takes her hand.]

I hope everyone's okay. [He squints to try and view the end of the shore, looking over his shoulder and then back at Muffet.] Do we have any idea where everyone arrived on the beach? If we can narrow it down, even if we're just guessing, then maybe we'll find more people.

Mm, it's hard to be sure. I know where I arrived, and I think a few people wound up in the same general area, but I don't think everyone did. They could have wound up on a different island entirely, for all I know.

[His eyes go back to scan the water.]

...Yeah we're not swimming that right now. I don't see any land nearby.

Yes, unless you can breathe underwater I'd recommend sticking to this island for at least as long as it takes someone to build a decent boat. That said, it seems large enough that we've still got a fair amount of it to search in any case.

Okay. How about we go... [he points at a stretch of the beach.] That way? I doubt a lot of people made it inland yet.

Fine by me. Is there anyone in particular you're hoping to find?

[He stops walking.]

A few people. [He forces himself to smile and attempt to sound cheerful.] How about you?

[She doesn't miss the sudden strain in his tone, but she doesn't comment on it- not her business, he doesn't have to tell her whatever it is if he doesn't want to.]

Mm, mostly the people I met on that odd place we were before, I think.

The fire. [It's a statement but it's meant as a question. But he edges closer to her and grins.]

Meet anyone cute there?

[She laughs lightly at the question.]

Oh, one or two, perhaps. Flirting wasn't exactly on my mind at the time, more's the pity, but I suppose I might want to keep an eye out for future opportunities.

In any case, most of the people I met were varying degrees of polite and helpful, and I can't help but hope they're all doing well.

Yeah, me neither. [He shrugs. He wants to reassure her that they're all fine, that they all made it here safely, but he doesn't know that for sure.

Kicking a seashell lodged in the sand, he rubs the back of his neck.]

If I made it here, I'm sure they can.

[It's worth hoping, if nothing else.]

At least a few of them have, so it's an encouraging sign.

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