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]

Nah, the beds weren't all that warm... and there weren't a lot of them either. Sometimes three of us had to share one bed.

... But it was the place where I met my best friends, so no matter how bad it was, I'll still think of it as a happy place.

[catpiper]

[A place like that, as cold it was, must've been a little warmer because of all the friends he made. She could see where that would make it a happy place.]

It's a good place.

[And then-]

This will be a good house for them too. When they find you, they'll be happy here.

[souris_keteer]

[Aw, Ren.]

Heh... I'd like that a whole lot.

[catpiper]

[There's no doubt in her mind Mickey will be joined by them. Sooner, rather than later. Hopefully.]

Did you play fun games together there?

[souris_keteer]

All the time! We'd have pretend sword fights and imagine fighting bad guys!

[catpiper]

That game didn't scare you?

[Even if it's just playing around, fighting is super scary.]

[souris_keteer]

No way! All we ever wanted to do was fight bad guys and protect people!

[catpiper]

[Bad guys like-]

Did you fight ghosts?

[souris_keteer]

What - no! We don't have ghosts!

[At least he's pretty sure they don't. He hopes they don't.]

I mean... robbers, thieves, bullies!

[catpiper]

[Mickey's world has three scary and kinda familiar words. Even if she can't place them.

Nevermind the fact she could easily be considered a robber and thief.]

Are those bad things here too?

[souris_keteer]

Nope! There hasn't been a single bad guy here.

[... Okay there have been some jerks and people taking his things, but this is a desperate times/desperate place situation, so he doesn't really blame them.]

[catpiper]

[That's a relief. She doesn't know what makes thieves and bullies live up to their namesake, but she knows what it takes to be mean. People here are definitely very kind. It's good to know they aren't dangerous from Mickey's perspective either.]

This is a good island.

[souris_keteer]

Yep! It could be better, but it could also be worse. We've got a lot of nice folks here - you included.

[catpiper]

[Mickey, you're the real mvp. That brings a smile to her face.]

You're nice too.

[And then-]

You're a good mouse.

[souris_keteer]

And you're a good Ren!

[Can't ever be too sure who's human and who's not, so that feels like a safe, cute option.]

[catpiper]

[Boy, that makes her happy. 'A good Ren'. She doesn't know if any other 'Ren's' are on the island-doesn't think she's run across another with the same name, but Mickey says she's good. That's enough for her.]

You're a good Mickey.

[A GOOD MOUSE AND NOW A GOOD MICKEY TOO. Double the goodness.]