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November Intro: Red Sun Rises Like an Early Warning

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.

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.

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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[Way to be useless Asch, he was banking on you helping him here.]

See, you writing me off as a whatever really bothers me. But I can't get mad about it when I don't know I am in the first place! [And now he's getting mad that he can't get mad.] Maybe this is all some bad dream still and I'll wake up on Mount Garou later...

[With a huff he kicks at the ground, sending a clump of damp sand flying as his ears hang low. Coupled with the down, frustrated expression he's wearing he looks like... Well, like a kicked puppy really.]

It's not writing you off if I have no idea, either.

[Huff!!! If he's trying to be insulting he'll be more obvious about it.]

Fine, it's not writing off. It's more like... You're not being helpful. [In his opinion anyway. That sounds so much better.] Wait, no, you can be helpful!

[In the blink of an eye his ears perk up and his tail begins a slow wag behind him.]

With hair as long as that, you must get some interesting stuff trapped in it, yeah? [... Yup. This is the question that is helping to turn his mood around.] C'mon, you can tell me.

[WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL]

I do not!

[His hair is straight and well groomed it doesn't snag on things! If it did it'd be impossible to fight with!]

Yeah, sure you do! [You can't fool him man, no way can that hair be flawless.] If you're walking through a forest you're gonna get leaves and branches and-- There's so much stuff it could get caught on!

[He takes a moment to bring a hand up to his own hair. It's knotted. And scraggly. If you asked for the definition of a brush it would have no idea what you're on about.]

Man, maybe I can get my hair to be as long as yours. Every time I go sleep I could roll over, check out my hair and see what awesome finds I've snagged up during the day. [This isn't gross. Not at all.]

[This is terrifying. Asch wants a refund on this entire interaction. He is slightly tempted to get his brush out now on principle.]

It's straight hair, it just slides through.

[He pulls his fingers through it to demonstrate. Even wrecked by the tide, there's not much resistance.]

[This interaction is non-refundable, thank you for your patronage.]

Mine is straight too! [...] Well, it was at some point I guess. Don't worry, your hair will end up looking way more rugged and cool in no time. Just imagine it all gritty and red like that.

[Is that not a great image? Gross, disgusting hair? You bet it is.]

[FULL BODY SHUDDER. He doesn't want this!]

Thank Lorelei that will never happen.

[Look you can do as you like with your own hair but Asch is going to very pointedly set about straightening his into something resembling neat. Because he is a person who cares about that.

~~Who in their right mind would S rank you gross wolfman.~~]

[Now was that a shudder of disgust or a shudder of excitement for gross hair because really it could be either.]

Wow, you're just gonna start grooming yourself right now huh. [SIGH. Some people just don't have good taste.] I'll give you like three days tops before it looks a mess. Unless you got like... A brush? Or something like that with you. All I woke up with is some worthless stuff.

[Worthless being not his usual collection of treasured junk, which might as well be worthless really.]

[There's only a brief moment where Asch reaches into the small pack at his waist, checking...

And then, with a victorious smirk, lifts and waves a somewhat waterlogged folding brush between his fingers.

SUCKER.]

It pays to be prepared for anything.

... Huh. I really don't have the words for that.

[WHO JUST HAS A BRUSH WITH THEM LIKE THAT who is that level of prepared and bothered about their own hair and-- Hey Asch. There's a certain kitsune and sky knight you would get along really well with.

Keaton stares hard at Asch with the most bewildered expression... But then he ends up reaching back into his own little pack round the side of his waist with a grin.]

Okay, let's see here. Vulnerary? Nah, not that. Plate shard? Ooh, sharp, that's a plate shard... Ah, here we go! It really does pay to be prepared.

[He'll see your waterlogged brush and present Asch with a dust bunny. A sad, damp lump of a dust bunny. Sure its wet, but the saltwater smell just adds to the appeal now.]

[Someone who literally lives on the road, dude, what do you think? His possessions are what he can carry with him and not much else.

Anyway, Asch has nothing nice to say about that poor drowned dust bunny, so he's going to say nothing. And just. Stare at it. That's what he's gonna do.]

[But it's not even broken or really old looking it's just a brush. Who carries such junk with them??

Not like this dust bunny. Which isn't junk. With the way Keaton marvels as the little lump of wet fluff and dust it might as well be priceless.]

Speechless? Yeah, don't blame you. This guy is a real beaut. Way better than some boring brush. The handle on it doesn't even look busted or anything.

[Unless that brush is full of wet red hair in which case HEY NICE that's better than nothing okay.

... It's at this point it might become very obvious that the ocean is splashing past them as the water starts coming in further up the beach. So that's not great. But this dust bunny though.]

[Yeah he's gonna just. Grab that knapsack before it gets any more soaked. Yoink. Brush gonna get put away now too.]

You... enjoy it.

Yeah I will! You enjoy your brush I guess.

[Not that there's anything to enjoy about a brush to him, but ah well. Those humans and their wacky taste in things functional and not gross.

He ends up putting the damp mush of fluff and dust into his pocket of all places before looking back up at Asch with a grin.]

So. Now we've gone over the what's and checked out each others collections, who're you? I'm Keaton.

[He will ABSOLUTELY enjoy his brush ~~it's not like he fusses with his hair as a self-soothing thing or anything~~.]

...Luke.

Gotcha. Well it's good to know you Luke. [Good to know that flowing red mane too. There are red hair balls in his future if he sticks around 'Luke' clearly.] You got anything else with you? I got a bunch of other things but none of them are really crusted up or have started flaking yet.

[Which most people would consider good really, but not Keaton.]

[Asch has already made the decision that he is not telling this guy anything about the rest of his travelling supplies. Probably thinks eating food with a dirty knife is a good idea.]

Not really.

[What? No that's stupid. You save the knife and let the dirt build up until it's a proper treasure. Duh.]

Wow. Luck of the draw I guess. [Sucks for you Asch, he has plenty of stuff he's more than happy to talk about... Just. Maybe not here, because looking down the water is coming in fast enough his boots are in danger of being flooded.] Wanna head somewhere dryer? I can show you what stuff I have, then if you find any treasure we can trade. Works out pretty good for you if you ask me.

[But then again Keaton is biased here and also thinks he's getting a better deal. Oh boy gross and dirty treasures.]

[Some of us??? cut our food into pieces??? to ~~cope~~ chew???

And oh god Score help him please get the dirty ears man away. No. This is not what he looks for in an adventuring partner.]

I think I'll get a look at the beach while the water's still low enough that I can move around. You go on ahead.

[Please.]

[Some of us??? Rip our food into pieces??? With our fangs and hands??? Humans. Using cutlery for eating. Madness.]

You sure? It's your loss and all if you want to miss out on a trade. I really don't care myself. [Which is a blatant lie given his ears fall slightly and his tail hangs limp behind him.] If you find anything nice that's washed up you better find me.

[Dirty ear man and Asch/Luke have obtained support level C.]

[That is indeed a blatant lie and he's good enough to spot it, buuuuut he'll let it slide if it means he can get out of here.]

I don't have anything I'd want to trade away now anyway.

[Though he could probably shave a leg and this guy would be overjoyed. Ew.]

[With deep regrets he will let Asch go about his business. Goodbye lovely looking hair and the hairballs that come from it.]

Not now, but you might find something! And when you do!!

[Keaton points to himself, then to Asch, then points between the two of them quickly. TRADE HIM YOUR GROSS STUFF MAN.

... Maybe not your leg hair though. Thanks but no thanks. He has some standards man. ~~no he doesnt fuck he might actually take the leg hair im so sorry~~]

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this is the closest I have to a disgust icon

im sorry its come to this

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