lifeaftr | 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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Noctis turned away from her for a moment his brain going through all the possibilities in what could've happened. How it could've happened. However, he trusted Terra enough that she wouldn't lie to him. "We'll worry about it later," he finally said. "There's more important things to worry about. Are the islets also flooding do you know?"

Terra hesitated, clearly still troubled about his disappearance and reappearance, but she shook her head to his question. "No, the islets are safe, thankfully. It seems that the flooding is only happening here."

That was good to know. Still this island was where they got the majority of their resources. Speaking of, napping usually made him hungry. That was going to have to wait though. "Alright, good news. We can still get to the mana pool, right?" Not that he was planning on skipping it to the islets just yet. He had to make sure people were alright first.

And those resources were dwindling fast. Hopefully they could find an alternative soon. She glanced around, mentally checking the water level, and then nodded slowly, "Yes. Fortunately the water is increasing slowly so it's not reached that far inland. Um - do you remember the way?" She had no problem showing him - it was the least she could do.

"Of course," he said, with a bit of a snap to his voice. He didn't mean it, but he was a bit annoyed. As far as he was concerned, he had only napped an hour at the most. "I'm not going yet, I want to make sure people here are okay, and see if I can't get as much food as possible while we can."

That caught her off guard, taking a half step back unconsciously. Mean it or not, she didn't know why he snapped - and he's not even the first person to snap at her, Mickey of all people was. And she didn't know why -he- snapped at her either. "I... sorry." She murmured much more quietly, glancing away and trying to figure out what she said to upset him.

She almost missed the latter half of his comment, glancing up quickly again and absently rubbing her opposite arm, "Right. With more people here I guess things are going to be a little tight."

And suddenly Noctis realized what he had done, what he had sounded like. "Hey," he started, apologetically and softly. "Sorry, I'm. . ." Just woken up? Hungry? No those were childish excuses, even if they were slightly true. Noctis knew he needed to stop making those and take responsibility for his words. "I didn't mean to snap. This is just happening so suddenly. Thank you, Terra."

For a moment, she had pulled back in full defense in terms of her body language - but when Noctis apologized for snapping, she sort of exhaled a little, relaxing again. She shook her head gently, "You don't have to apologize. I didn't mean to upset you, I was just..worried." Having people to worry about - that was a new thing for her. As much as she wanted to ask him if he was -sure- he was fine, she opted to avoid doing so.

"Um... do .. you want company?" He did mention wanting to check around and make sure people were okay, as well as gathering what food they could find.

At first Noctis was promptly going to accept her offer for company. But, if what she said was true then it meant his friends hadn't seen him for two weeks. Lunafreya hadn't seen him for two weeks. They all must've expected the worst. "I need to find Ignis, Prompto, and Luna first."

Ooh, she clearly hadn't thought about that since she looks surprised at that response. "Oh! Yes, of course. You should hurry and let them know you're fine - I'll go on ahead." She'll help evacuate double for Noctis until he made it back to the beach to help with the evacuation and hunting for foodstuffs as well.

"Thanks, Terra," he said. "I'll catch up with you later." He gave her a reassuring pat on her shoulder, before his engine blade appeared in his hand, and he warped in the direction of the mana pool.

November Intro: Red Sun Rises Like an Early Warning

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