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

[aurabble]

Weiss!

[he practically whines, no come back jar he's reaching for it!]

[whiteas]

I'm not feeding you something potentially lethal. Especially since it's got a little fire symbol on the side!

[ That seems like the opposite of edible! ]

[aurabble]

Weiss, that fire symbol just means they're probably kind of hot.

[That or they're something like fireworks but he won't mention that.]

[whiteas]

Or they're explosives.

[ She was already thinking something along those lines. ]

I've been in the middle of an explosion enough times that I know I don't want to see what happens if they start inside of someone.

[aurabble]

[That renders him silent for a moment.]

...Okay, let's hit it with my knife.

[whiteas]

[ Okay. She'll pick her sack up and move over to a rock so they've got a more solid surface to experiment on than the sand. ]

Come on.

[aurabble]

[Oh. She's okay with this. He thought she might yell at him but this is fine too.]

Right. [He moves over to where she is, withdrawing his knife.] Ready whenever you are.

[whiteas]

[ She would've preferred something a little longer range, but frankly, she does want to know if she's carrying around a jar of explosives on her. Also, if it does, she gets the satisfaction of telling Jaune she saved his life by not letting him eat it.

Weiss places it on a flat-ish surface of the rock, then backs up a little. ]

Hit it and back up as fast as you can.

[aurabble]

I know how to handle explosives.

[No he doesn't. He adjusts his footing, tense with nervous energy and mentally preparing himself to get away as fast as possible.

He strikes the bead with his knife.]

[whiteas]

You learned that while I was gone?

[ Look, she doesn't know what you've been up to, Jaune.

The bead catches fire, but non-explosively, and just keeps burning for a bit. ]

That was.. lackluster.

[aurabble]

What? No.

[He's already scrambling away, but he stops and walks back up to the bead, leaning down to look at it.]

But imagine what they could all do at once. Still, I got a cool light.

[whiteas]

Since when did you know how to handle explosives then?

[ Jaune you need to cool it with the beads. ]

I think it'd be a lot more useful for starting fires if we used them one or two at a time.

[aurabble]

Maybe I'm making it up.

[That's a good point, but...]

I don't know, imagine if we were attacked and used them to attack someone.

[whiteas]

You're definitely making it up.

[ She's not buying what he's selling here. ]

I would rather just stab them and not waste the limited resource. [ With Myrtenaster. Don't attack her. ]

[aurabble]

How do you know?

[Jaune pockets the knife and moves forward. Now that they've learned about the beads, they can keep walking.]

I would too but then I can't call the attack A Wrong to Weiss and Fire.

[whiteas]

Because you wanted to eat it.

[ she feels that's a pretty straight forward reason not to believe him. ]

Good, never call it that.

[aurabble]

...Okay, I understand your reasoning now.

[he shakes his head.]

What about Melting Point?

[whiteas]

I thought so.

[ She's putting her stuff away now. ]

Stop trying to make names happen for an attack I'm not doing. These are being used for campfires and maybe torches so we can see at night instead of getting ambushed in the dark.

[aurabble]

Why, is it not icy enough for Weiss? [folding his arms.] What about a team attack? I still think that's a waste when we can just build a fire the traditional way.

[whiteas]

What about when it's cold? Or if we can only find wet wood and tinder? [ SHE HAS ALREADY LEARNED THAT YOU CANNOT USE WET WOOD THE HARD WAY. ]

[aurabble]

If it gets cold we can be glad it's not this hot. If we gather it beforehand for emergencies and keep it sheltered that won't be a problem.

[whiteas]

I think I would rather keep the instantaneous fire that seems to burn without fuel for some time for emergencies.

[aurabble]

Admit it. You just like the fire.

[whiteas]

Yes, I do like having a stock of fire in tiny bead form.