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

[catpiper]

It's a talent?

[The doodles had been a way to comfort herself for years now. She wasn't under the impression she was talented in any sense of the word and she can truly only name one thing she's good at. It warms her heart to hear those words.

It occurs to Ren that while this other girl may like her doodles, she could probably manage a great drawing of her own. ]

You could make-[She pauses to count her arms]-six memories. That's a special thing you can do.

[prettypurpleparlor]

I'd certainly say so.

[She laughs cheerfully at Ren's compliment, charmed by the girl's earnest response.]

Why thank you, dearie. I don't really draw much, but I suppose could try weaving a picture of something I wanted to remember- I'd just need to make sure I put the web somewhere it wouldn't get torn or blown down by the wind.

[catpiper]

[O snap spider friend, you're in luck! Ren's got 99 different hiding places and only like 50% of them are covered in water right now.]

I can show you good places to hide them.

[And she looks inland with a destination already in mind. A sweet pair of rocks that can hide a cat and a web!!]

One's this way.

[prettypurpleparlor]

[Muffet tilts her head thoughtfully, genuinely curious. She's been meaning to find places to store little supply caches around the island anyway, for people to use in emergencies...]

I appreciate the thought. It won't be too much trouble, with the way things are flooding at the moment?

[catpiper]

No.

[Because she knows segments of this island like the back of her hand in case of future monkey attacks. She's not going to explore, but there are places and areas near the temple ruins she can point out.]

The islets have good places too.

[Which wasn't flooding, last she heard, so maybe it's best to head that way.]

[prettypurpleparlor]

[Oh thank goodness, she was wondering if Ren was just planning to stay out here with the water rising.]

Then I'd love to see them, if you don't mind.

[catpiper]

Okay!

[Follow her Muffet! She'll show her some dope rocks and all kinds of good, dark hide-y holes.]

Probably wrapped, unless you want to do more here?

[prettypurpleparlor]

[Muffet dutifully follows Ren through the islets, taking careful mental notes on all the useful-looking spots and complimenting her guide on her thorough exploration of the landscape.]