January Intro: I Know the Winter's Getting Colder

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INTRO LOG: JANUARY

Who: Everyone!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: January 5th and onward
Where: Chol and surrounding waters
Warnings: Mark as needed!

The Overview: New Lands
New arrivals will not be waking in the typical hub of activity; instead, they will find themselves coming to on the small island of Chol. While the island's fringes are little more than an unforgiving spread of craggy, canyon-like rock and coastal cliffs, the island dips down to form a fertile divot of edenic woodland in its center. The people living there will even be helpful and polite to you, should you inquire after them.

All new arrivals will additionally awake with knapsacks, their names stitched to the front. The contents of said knapsacks can all be found in your acceptance notices!

Icebreaker: This is the Winter of Our Youth
Unless you're someone with a fondness for the cold, you'll undoubtedly be waking with more than a slight chill in your bones. The appearance of the island of Chol has signaled a coming event of great import in LifeAftr, and unfortunately, the signs of that event's approach have already been set in motion. The temperature has begun to drop as the sun's rays begin to die, faster and faster, leading to an impressive cold snap in the ocean waters - particularly those surrounding Chol.

It is for that reason that you won't be waking on Chol, per se. Instead, you'll be waking on a thick crust of ice that's mantled itself over the ocean waters, freezing solid enough to bear your weight...for the most part. The ice won't hold forever; it isn't meant to. If you happen to be particularly vivacious in your waking, or especially active in general, thick cracks will start to spiderweb out from underneath those impacts with low, warning chunks and wrenches of fracturing ice. Better hurry to land soon, unless you care to take a little dip into those freezing cold ocean waters.

Mainland: When We Pick Over the Past
Should you make it to the land of Chol, braving the iced-over waters surrounding its craggy shores, you'll encounter something at least as startling - the people who have elected to set up a rudimentary encampment upon its lands. While a bit on the scalier side, the Jormun are nonetheless allied to you land-dwellers, and will welcome you to the island. Most will be preoccupied with preparations for an approaching siege, but many will comment idly that the cold is a sign of the coming battle. Some may point you to their leader, known to most as Munin, but others will venture hospitality based on the actions of those land-dwellers that came before you, who were successful in allying themselves to this sea-dwelling people.

Those who might have braved the cold a little too fiercely will quickly be offered some rather rough blankets - perhaps more on par with burlap sacks in terms of texture - as well as a hot brew that the Jormun call brrkshavak. Heated to a boil just prior to being served, the drink will be more than adequate in warming your weary bones, though it bodes mentioning that it is both scalding hot and made with a fleshy kind of undersea herb that is akin to crushed chili pepper in taste.

It'll warm you up, all right.

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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

[lightlessfuture]

Bug shaped is much closer to the mark, is what they'd indicate if they could hear Sonje's thoughts.

But they can't, so it's a moot point and Sonje can think they're full of bugs if she wants.

dream plague .

light .

How to explain the terrifying resplendence, that bright-burning nightmare? It's something they don't have the proper words for, still. They'll never forget it, but it's something they can't convey coherently yet. The searing wounds are still too raw.

[quietknight]

"Ooooookay..." Sonje didn't know what a dream plague was, but it sounded dreadful. She wasn't sure how light fit into it, though.

It was hard to get frightened of something that was so...cute, though, when you got right down to it.

"Well, I'm Sonje."

[lightlessfuture]

It's hard to be scared of something as small and cute as the knight. Certainly, most people don't take them seriously. They don't mind it.

In lieu of an introduction (how to introduce yourself without a name?) they stand in front of Sonje and extend their hand (nub?) instead. It's as close as they can get to pleased to meet you.

[quietknight]

She paused, trying to decide if they were waving or offering a handshake. Eventually she decided they were waving.

"What do I call you?"

[lightlessfuture]

Names are like masks, a definition given to shape what's beneath. They've been called many things, over their time alive, each with different reasons for it.

They don't mind, really. They've never really minded. So they impart that information.

no name .

any is fine .

[quietknight]

Sonje briefly forgot to feel self-conscious. The poor little bastard didn't even have a name. "Everyone's gotta have a name!"

[lightlessfuture]

not given .

doesn't matter .

They've been called many things. They've never felt a name that calls to them. Maybe they never will.

[quietknight]

"No, you should have a name."

She felt very firmly about this, but was also having trouble thinking one up at just this moment. "I'll...give me a minute..."

[lightlessfuture]

They stare, a little confused (then again, every expression they can conceivably give is a stare owing to their lack of moving facial features); while they've met others who have been perturbed over their lack of a name, nobody's ever been quite this...insistent about it?

They wait, patiently. Well, if giving a name is important, they'll let Sonje name them. They don't mind it.

They might be waiting a while, all things considered.

[quietknight]

"Kafer."

She explained: "It's an old word for 'beetle', which is kind of what you remind me of. Is that okay?"

[lightlessfuture]

The knight nods, vigorously. They seem to like the name; people don't usually bother to name them after something unless they've demonstrated their skill first. More titles than actual names, really.

So this is nice.

[quietknight]

They look like they like it! "Kafer it is, then!"