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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[ishotyouuu]

[Fortunately with Wade's metabolism being what it is, sudden climate change like this doesn't really affect him, even though he's definitely not dressed for this weather. Though it probably also helps that he's Canadian. What he's most concerned with is Tibia-- fiery as the little Cubone might be, it doesn't change the fact that she's cold-blooded like all other reptiles, and the sudden chill in the air is potentially harmful to her heath. It would have been easier to just stick her into a Pokeball and ride this whole thing out, but Tibia objected to staying cooped up for so long, and Wade was admittedly rather weak when it came to his little darling's wishes.

Which is why, if the Knight should venture to the heart of the Jormun's encampment, they'll find a figure in striking red and black spandex huddled by the fire, his arms encircling a tiny lizard like creature with a skull covering her face and a red scarf wrapped around her neck. The little one looks mildly uncomfortable, even with Wade's body heat adding to her own.]

[lightlessfuture]

[ They've never seen anything quite like this creature before (either of them); curiosity drives them to investigate further, especially the one with the skull mask. It might not be the same thing, but it's similar enough for them to feel a sort of kinship.

Still, the bigger priority is that they look cold, which is bad. Just like the other, bigger creatures, they don't seem to have any kind of outer coating to keep heat in.

So the Knight approaches, a tiny bone-masked figure with blanket dragging along behind them. Caution is a foreign concept to them; they're bold enough to walk right up and offer it, since they can't exactly tuck it around the pair. They're nowhere near tall enough. ]

[ishotyouuu]

[Luckily, the sight of such a small creature dragging such a large object near-effortlessly behind them is enough to catch Wade's eye, and he watches as the tiny Knight traipses up to them seemingly without fear, raising the blanket up as high as they can as if they mean for it to take it. Despite himself, Wade finds himself grinning at the sheer audacity. It's adorable, all things considered.]

Hey there, little guy. What'cha got there?

[lightlessfuture]

[ They shuffle closer, holding the blanket up, and sort of...hop a bit, gesturing. While they might not be able to talk, they can certainly mime.

They pile the blanket up in a heap, and push it towards the two of them before nodding and gesturing. This is for you, is about what they're trying to say. ]

[ishotyouuu]

[Wade's long since stopped questioning the kindness of strangers. It hadn't always been this way-- simple altruism was something he'd had to get used to over time, and he was a slow learner-- but enough time in the desolate world of Haven had taught him that sometimes you had to depend on others if you wanted so survive.

The mercenary doesn't question this act of kindness now. The smile the knight can see through the red mask is a little more grateful as the larger man reaches out to take the blanket from their hands, deftly wrapping it around the cold reptilian child and enclosing her once again in his arms, hoping to heat up both the blanket and her with his warmth.

Eventually, the little creature rouses enough to look over her protector's arm at the newcomer, offering a little wave and a touch of her claw to her chin in a very deliberate manner. Wade watches her before returning his gaze to their small visitor.]

Tibs says 'thank you'. Wanna pull up a seat next to us? There's plenty of room.