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

[want_to_belong]

[Insomnia. It felt like so long ago since he'd last seen it. To think, they left the city practically considering it a road trip and little more. Up until they stay at Galdin Quay it was a fun time between bros. And then just like that their home was gone.

If Nyx had still been in Insomnia, he must be from pretty far back in time. Imagining that was still weird. Remembering all they had lost... Too much. Too many lives lost. His silence said that it was a tough subject for him, too.]

It's weird to think how long ago that was now. So much has happened since Insomnia fell. We were never able to go back. We could only watch from the distance.

[He didn't look Nyx in the eye, instead looking towards his lap. It probably wasn't a good time to get into all the depressing stuff, so he shifted things a little.]

It's still weird getting used to this, "different timelines" thing. [He added a strained laugh.]

[thekingsglaive]

Ignis told me. Idiots.

[The "insult" is said in a bit of a fond way, a rueful sort of smile on his face. He listens quietly, keeping his focus on Prompto instead of at the fire like before. The "different timelines" thing makes him hum, stretching a leg out while pulling the other one a bit closer so that he could wrap an arm around it. His attention soon shifted up to the sky, trying to spot constellations.

None of them looked familiar.]

Ignis did mention that before. I guess it's kind of hard to adjust to being from different points in time.

[Not that he'll ever know. He was a fixed point now.]

Probably won't have to worry much about that with me though.

[want_to_belong]

[There were a lot of dark thoughts in this topic. With a soft sigh he stared at nothing in particular. At times like this it was easy to get lost in the many bad things that had happened. He hadn't even gotten to tell them about himself yet. He could have sat there for hours just mulling over all the depressing things that had happened.

But that wouldn't do any good. They didn't need him to sit around and mope. After a moment he forced a small smirk.]

Well, he can fill you in on everything else now.

[Ignis was there, with them, and that was what was most important. Noctis, too.]

You guys will probably have lots of time together to talk.

[thekingsglaive]

Oh don't think you're gettin' out of it. I bet you have some stories.

[It didn't matter if Ignis was there now or if Prompto had already filled him in on things. They all had scars.

But today wasn't a day to focus on any of that.]

Ignis said you and the Prince... King. [That was going to get some getting use too, and always accompanied by a bitter taste.] That you and the King went to school together? You can't tell me you don't have some hilarious stories of his majesty doing school projects or something.

[want_to_belong]

I don't know, I might get exiled if I start sharing those stories.

[But boy did they have some. Ignis probably had even more, since Noctis started sneaking out long before Prompto was in the picture. He snorted softly.]

We had a few crazy nights out on the town. Noct kind of made a habit of leaving the palace when he could... Iggy would follow him, too.

[To be the sensible one. He, however, wasn't as judgmental as Prompto had first thought he would be.]

[thekingsglaive]

You know, I seem to recall hearing about some of the Princes' escapes a couple times. I'm surprised the King never sent us Glaive on the hunt to find him.

[Then again, for all Nyx knew now he could have passed right by Prompto and Noctis while off duty and never even realize it.]

How much trouble did you three get into?

[Both for the whole letting the Prince sneak out and just... In general. After all, teenagers were teenagers.]

[want_to_belong]

Never so much that Iggy couldn't handle it.

[The third boy had always been there to watch out for them. Maybe it was odd that a boy barely older than them was always chaperoning, but it seemed to be Ignis' nature.

Thinking back on old times, Prompto snorted a bit.]

Man, this one time we went to check out a haunted house. I thought I could get some really cool pics... To impress a girl, you know?

[thekingsglaive]

A girl, huh.

[He laughs at that, shaking his head.]

You manage to impress her or did you three run out of the house screaming?

[want_to_belong]

'Wasn't fair that Noctis could warp when the floor started breaking. We didn't find any ghosts... [Thank Astrals] But I thought I got some pretty cool pics.

[He glanced down at his lap, patting his hands against his legs lightly.] Turned out trying to show her was scarier than going to a haunted house, though.

[In other words, he chickened out.]