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

[just_want_normal_knees]

[She's going to pull off of Weiss, but not let go. She's just glad to see her BFF again, but sooner or later, they're gonna hafta let go.]

Sorry, I didn't see it. I musta been looking at the wrong end.

[She grinned sheepishly at Weiss knowing what she was doing]

It wasn't foolhardy! I had Jaune, Ren and Nora with me!

[...okay, maybe it was.]

[whiteas]

[ Weiss is definitely untangling herself from Ruby now. OK arm's length, Ruby. ]

It is a big beach.

[ It's not like she expects much to come of it, but what else was she going to do with a broken scroll? It isn't as though she knows how to fix it. ]

That isn't reassuring. The only person in that group who doesn't fit that description is Ren.

[ And Nora can probably get him to go along with just about anything, kind of like how anyone in Team RWBY can get Weiss to go along with just about anything. ]

[just_want_normal_knees]

I know, but... I didn't have anyone else. You went back home, Blake disappeared, and Yang...

[It was heartbreaking to see Yang so destroyed. That was probably one of the worst things about all of that.]

[whiteas]

I didn't.. I didn't leave because I wanted to, Ruby.

[ She hasn't really shared what happened with anyone. Who would she have shared it with? She's not even sure how to talk about it now. Her voice quiets, and Weiss looks surprisingly uncomfortable. ]

[just_want_normal_knees]

But, we're here now, right? That's what counts!

[Big grin!]

[whiteas]

We're completely lost and possibly on another world, I don't think that quite counts.

[ THIS IS NOT THE INTENDED DESTINATION, RUBY. ]

[just_want_normal_knees]

Oh, uh... close enough, then? But... now what? You didn't have anyone else with you, did you?

[whiteas]

I may have had some navigational differences with the people I arrived on a raft with.

[ She got separated and lost. Whoops. ]