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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Ah, Ichimatsu. Don't you know that that's the kind of reaction Wade lives for? He gives the guy his most winning shit-eating grin before ignoring him in favor of his brother, raising an incredulous eyebrow at the casual way they're both dealing with being stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

"Soooo you guys gonna find out what's inside your little satchels there or are you just gonna sit there with your thumbs up your butts?"

Seriously, guys. Your sense of self-preservation is worse than Wade's.

Ichimatsu tsks low in his throat. Seriously, at this point, maybe he's better off jumping raft and making a swim for shore. Given how far off it looks and how unused to prolonged exercise he is, there's like zero chance of him making it. And that's one hundred percent fine.

Like hell is he gonna root around his knapsack in front of this guy. Does he have 'Rob Me' tattooed on his forehead? Also, he already looked while they were both taking beauty naps.

"Not interested."

The last thing Osomatsu is thinking is that a super hero's going to rob them. He has so much faith in you, Wade. He grabs the satchel with his name on it, and looks around briefly. Who... Who put these satchels here, anyway? How did they get on this raft? It's scary to think about!

"Uhhh... Let's see..." He opens the satchel and starts taking out things, lying them in front of him. "Looks like rice, some kind of ax, a tarp, this watch. And..." What is this last thing? He sniffs it before setting it down. "Soap?" He supposes that could be useful.

Also that watch is not a watch, it's a compass. But Osomatsu's an idiot.

Wade wouldn't rob them, no-- that's not really his style. That doesn't exactly rule out his killing them, though. And that prospect is looking more and more attractive the more this purple-clad punk opens up his piehole. Wade ignores him for the time being, focusing his attention on the more helpful twin.

"That's a compass, bruh-- I got one too. Looks well-made, too-- not like one of those cheap ones you find in Cracker Jack boxes or whatever."

Wade you're showing your age a little.

"A tarp, though... we might be able to use that to make a sail. Anyone got any rope or somethin' to fix it to?"

What the hell? How did his brother get a hatchet? That's better than some stupid knife. Ichimatsu glares at it almost enviously for a few seconds, but then his attention is grabbed by the rice. He swallows compulsively, resisting the urge to clamber over the both of them and start shoveling it down dry.

His gaze quickly darts back out to the ocean. If he stares at the waves hard enough, maybe they'll make him feel too queasy to be hungry.

Then the creep speaks up again. Ichimatsu blinks at him, shocked by sensible suggestion. Then he reaches slowly into his hoodie pocket and draws out...

A cat teaser.

"How about this."

Only Ichimatsu would have a cat toy stuck in his hoodie. He's so silly! "Will that be enough? I've also got the drawstring from my hoodie!" He's so helpful, probably because he's sick of being on this raft.

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