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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[tomodachi]

[Why would we stop her when we're here to do the exact same thing?

... Well, except we are actually stealing, if Crow's interest in this shiny item he found in the drawer of a random house is any indication when he quickly tries to shove it in his pocket when he hears someone coming. But then--]

Oh, it's just you. Are you looking for stuff too?

[catpiper]

[And so it's up to Ren to be a moral compass for this ragtag party. Incredible. Hello, pirate friend! What's in your pocket?]

Yes. Did you find something pretty?

[tomodachi]

'Course I did: I'm good at finding shiny stuff anywhere I look.

[Like this jewelry he now takes back out of his pocket and plays with in his hands here?]

Did you find anything?

[catpiper]

Because you're a pirate.

[See? She gets it and boy that jewelry sure is pretty when it catches the sunlight. It reminds her of Guzma's special treasure.]

There were special treasures in all of them.

[But-]

I found them and put them back.

[LIKE A GOOD BEAN]

[tomodachi]

What? Why?

[WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE IT TO SHOW TO US...]

[catpiper]

Because it's their special treasure.

[She's had a few months to learn that people generally live in houses and don't like you stealing their stuff. That's fine. Whatever.

She will gladly take him on this wild criminal adventure of breaking and entering though.]

[tomodachi]

If it's so special, then why wouldn't they carry it around with them everywhere, huh?

[catpiper]

[A valid point and one she made a few months ago to a wandering Drifter, who lacked their own important treasure. If not for them, she would have no answer to this question.]

It's too important.

[So they left it behind.

But she doesn't quite get it either. Treasures belong strapped to your back in her humble opinion, but some people don't live that way.]

That's what people say.

[tomodachi]

Seriously? That doesn't make any sense at all: if it's important, then you shouldn't leave it around where it's easy for someone to steal it.

[... Says the thief who has probably already stolen shit before now]

[catpiper]

[Look she's not an expert on humanity and their habits. 99% of her treasures are in her bag right now and the remaining 1% is sitting by her feet like a good boy. Because cats are the greatest treasures of all.]

That's why they hide it.

[In drawers. Under beds. In corners.

Not that she's looking or anything.]

Their treasures are put away. That's how they do it.

[tomodachi]

Oh, so it's similar to how a pirate would hide his hoard of treasure on his ship or a cave on an island somewhere--okay, that makes way more sense now.

[still rather easy to find and steal by comparison, though]

[catpiper]

[The idea of a pirate hoarding their treasure clicks with her and now she sorta understands it too. Kid logic is the best logic.]

We should help them keep it safe.

[tomodachi]

Huh?

[It's these people's own fault if their stuff gets stolen, but--]

And just how do you suggest we do that?

[catpiper]

By hiding them.

[Better is the implication here.]

[tomodachi]

Oh... that's not a bad idea, actually.

[crow no don't encourage this]

[catpiper]

[YES CROW ENCOURAGE THIS]

There are good places to hide treasure outside. I can show you.

[And give her your pirate seal of approval.]

[tomodachi]

Oh yeah? Huh... I guess I better take a look at these hiding places of yours then!

[and then he can give a pirate seal of approval]

[catpiper]

And then we can show Seto too.

[Whenever his punk ass decides to find them. Gosh.]