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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Yeah, it means 'white' in German. Which seems oddly appropriate, given...

[He just gestures at. All of her.]

No more than any other fish, really. Which can be bad if you're not used to it, I guess, it's a fairly strong scent. [He pushes himself up to one knee to get a better look at the hole she's found, and nods.] Looks like. You want help once I've gotten this one?

I knew it meant "white," but it's just a synonym in our world. My last name is Schnee, is that your language too? [ Look, there is a mystery here about how this language situation is happening and Weiss is determined to find out. While butchering pronunciation bc RWBY doesn't care about German pronunciations. Sorry Ed, you hooked a culture nerd. ]

[ She shakes her head. ] If I can't do it on my own I'm not going to learn. You're welcome to provide verbal expertise, however. [ Just let her do the actual work or else she's not going to get it properly. She takes a breath before using both hands at once to push a hefty amount of dirt out of the way, then starting to very slowly dig downward. Rest in peace, Weiss's quality fingernails. ]

[Eh, his own accent is a linguist's nightmare so he can hardly judge. He chuckles and nods, hardly minding her curiosity.] 'Snow', yeah. 'N in fairness German's a second language for me, but I'm close to fluent.

Fair enough. [Ed continues his own work, glancing over from time to time to watch her progress. Rest in peace that manicure, indeed.]

So my name is German where you're from. That's.. really odd. What about like.. Winter? Klein Sieben? Whitley?

[ It's gone, covered in sand never to be recovered. She also doesn't seem to be finding much even though she's about six inches down. ]

How deep is-- AH! [ She lets out a little yelp as something flat-out squirts her and she jumps back. ]

Winter's plain Amestrian--or English, too, I guess. No idea about Whitley, but Klein Sieben is 'Small Seven' in German.

[Ed startles a little bit when she's squirted on, but recovers quickly with a short laugh.] Shit, should have warned you that can happen! 'Least you know you chose an inhabited hole now!

He's not that short...

[ Weiss, Klein makes you and Ed look tall. Still, it's very strange. The only one who seems to share the name language with her is the only one who doesn't share her last name. She does like that it in a strange way makes him seem closer than some of her other family members, but she doesn't share that information with Ed. ]

Was that the clam?! [ RUDE!! She looks offended by it. And is cautiously trying to approach, ready to duck if it tries to squirt her again. ]

[There's an automatic twitch of eye and mouth, but only on reflex. Ed's grown past having a fit over just hearing the word, thankfully, even with the trouble of his new temper.]

How did you think they would defend themselves? [Ed grins and hunkers down by Weiss's hole, ready to help if she asks but not shoving himself in before.] It's not like they've got claws or anything to fight with.

[ If Weiss noticed, she didn't say anything. She wasn't talking about Ed's height at all- take her 3-4 inch heels off and they're about the same height. Klein's name actually meaning small though just seems offensive, since Weiss probably has at least half a foot on him. ]

How is that considered a defensive strategy! It just got me wet! [ Now she's digging with one hand in front of her to block for further squirting and trying to dig with just one hand. It's just annoying is what it is!! ]

I didn't say it was a good one. --ah, I think you're close now. [At least, Ed's pretty sure he saw a shell under there before the sides of the hole slid down.]

[ Weiss looked at the little hole where the water spouted out from, then started digging a little further apart around it, letting the soppy sand cover her hands before pushing in and up. She's trying to scoop it instead of digging it directly so she hopefully doesn't get squirted in the face again. ]

One, two, three..! [ And with that, she stands up to give it as much force as possible, popping the clam out and.. sending it flying a few feet away, but decidedly on the surface despite that Weiss is now covered in sand. This is going to take practice. ]

I did it!

[ She sounds so excited. He should probably tell her to go grab it before it burrows again or she's just going to look excited about it. ]

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