November Intro: Red Sun Rises Like an Early Warning

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INTRO LOG: NOVEMBER

Who: Everyone!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: November 3rd and beyond
Where: Ensō
Warnings: Mark as needed!

The New Arrivals: Hold My Hand
When you wake, it will be to the lapping of waves, frothed with foam...pulling at your hair, your skin, your clothing. The sand is soft and wet beneath you, but it's several inches submerged. And the longer you stay here, the more obvious it will be that the water level of the ocean ringing this strip of island has begun to to rise, and not merely because the tide has started to come in.

And what's more? You can tell that something else about this entire situation is horribly, horribly wrong.

Perhaps you've lost some special power. Perhaps some piece of your memory is freshly and disconcertingly blank. Perhaps you've just discovered that one of your senses is missing, or that you've been rendered unable to speak, or you've been struck by a debilitating fatigue. Not only are you stranded in some unfamiliar place, stuck on a rapidly flooding beach, but you aren't even doing it in full possession of all your faculties.
For those who agreed to put themselves at a disadvantage for a stranger, these are your consequences. If you're unclear as to the handicap your character has been assigned, if any, please check your initial acceptance notice!

All new arrivals will additionally awake with knapsacks, their names stitched to the front. The contents of said knapsacks can also be found in your acceptance notices!

For All: It's a Long Way Down
The water isn't a problem for the newest arrivals, either. It seems that the waters all over Ensō have started to rise, slowly at first, and then with a steadily increasing rate. At first, you might be forgiven for assuming the tide must simply be unusually high, or maybe that the island's begun to sink. But the longer it endures, the more obvious it becomes that neither is the case.

The water has begun to rise. Something is wrong with the island itself, or the being living on it, and now there is nothing preventing the water's inexorable approach as it steadily washes over and over the mainland. In fact, if you listen closely, you might even be able to hear a peculiar sound tearing over the cold rush of the coastal wind; something akin to a desolate wailing.

Either get to high ground - and quickly - or find out what's causing this. But either way, we suggest you hurry...because there are a great deal of newly arrived, very disoriented folk on the beach that could really, really use your help.

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As a final note to those who participated in the Test Drive Meme, bear in mind that 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.

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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

[raygunner]

[ That's rude, Ouse. Akechi pointedly closes his knapsack. A bag of salt... someone's playing a cruel joke on him, indeed. ]

Ah, yes, I noticed the water rising to an... inconvenient level. [ He nods. ] I did indeed come from the beach. It seemed the best course of action, to put distance between the thing trying to kill me and myself.

[immortalflower]

You would be amazed how many people tend to do the opposite. ['Hey this supernatural entity wants to kill me but instead of leaving its area, why don't I keep going back??'

But Ouse smiles, amused despite herself and bows her head.] Please, allow me to lead you somewhere safer for now. ['for now' being the operative words there since she doesn't think this rising tide is going to stop anytime soon. But hopefully they can all figure out what's going on before it completely submerges the whole place.]

I am Kurosawa Ouse.

[raygunner]

That would be... very well-appreciated, thank you, Kurosawa-san. I'm Goro Akechi.

[ He gestures toward a deeper part of the island, bowing his head slightly. ]

Please lead the way.

[immortalflower]

Pleased to meet you, Akechi-kun.

[She pauses only long enough to make sure he's really going to follow before she begins to lead them]

I'm sure you have many questions. I cannot claim to be an expert, but I can do my best to answer what I can.

[raygunner]

The most burning question I have concerns the rapidly rising water level. I've yet to speak with anyone who has any idea why this is happening, but... perhaps you do, Kurosawa-san?

[immortalflower]

I think we've upset something. [She tilts her head, listening, and sighs.] It sounds like something is crying.

Ether way... I'm sure it'll be solved soon. There are many capable people on this island with abilities that far exceed normal humans. [She pauses and asks abruptly:] Are you afraid of dying?