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

[souris_keteer]

Sad? But...

[Why would they be sad, Mickey almost asks - but he knows there are plenty of reasons, and he looks away, ashamed.]

... Oh. Of course.

[ratsinadaze]

[Gobbet gets the feeling she's said something wrong when Mickey looks away. She sighs, letting her arms fall from their stretch down to her sides. Her eyes are fixed firmly on the ground as she speaks her mind.]

Everyone who bit it did come back, didn't they? Sure it wasn't the best night of my life, but it's over. We don't need to be sad about something that effectively un-happened.

[souris_keteer]

... But it could happen again. And... And I've got to get stronger, so I can do all I can to prevent it.

[ratsinadaze]

Squeaks, it's not really your responsibility to--

[Gobbet sighs, pinches the bridge of her nose.]

["It's not your responsibility to put your life on the line for anyone but yourself."]

[But that's not going to fly for someone so firmly on the "Hero" side of the spectrum. Instead, the ork shoves her hands in her pockets and turns to face the mouse.]

You're a good person. If something like this ever happens again, I know you'll be on the front lines taking care of business. Just. Remember that there's a limit to what you can do and that's okay.

[souris_keteer]

[There's an attempt at a smile, but it doesn't last long. But at least he's listening to what she's saying.]

... I've been learning my limits. I want to try and expand them... but I know me going overboard won't help anyone.

[ratsinadaze]

Squeaks, there's some tough lessons we all gotta learn. One of them is who is and isn't worth risking your life for.

[Gobbet puts her hands on her hips, widens her stance. She fixes the mouse with a serious as death look. She doesn't want to break his innocence, but she can't just let him run around endangering himself for strangers all the time. It's like looking after children: they want to be the superhero when they need protection themselves.]

[It's worth noting that Gobbet has never looked after a child in her life.]

Just be careful, yeah?

[souris_keteer]

[Mickey just blinks. He can't imagine anyone he wouldn't risk his life for.]

I... I'll try?

[ratsinadaze]

Good.

[The ork girl relaxes, tosses her dreadlocks over her shoulder with a smile. Satisfied that she's done the responsible adult thing of warning someone away from dangerous behavior, she turns her attention back to the wailing on the wind.]

Man, whoever that is is really having a bad day, huh?

[souris_keteer]

I think the days' not that great for any of us, but maybe we should try to find out where it's coming from.

[ratsinadaze]

Tell you what. You take the east side, I'll take the west. We'll cover more ground that way. Then we can meet up back here if we find anything or if it gets too dark to keep searching. Sound like a plan?

[souris_keteer]

[He salutes!]

On it!

[And he already begins to set off.]