lifeaftr | January Intro: I Know the Winter's Getting Colder

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.

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.

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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[He came here to trade, mostly. Enso was just as cold, snowy, and desolate in the wake of the temperature shift. Guzma isn't built for this sort of climate - too used to the tropical terrain of Alola and what Enso used to be. He's bundled up in a hooded sweatshirt with graffiti print and a half-zipped vest covering it as well, seated squarely by the fire. It's clear as day that he's uncomfortable - curled up and barely moving an inch, hands tucked away into his pockets. Thank god for these weird fish people, seriously. Not only did they offer shelter and trade goods, but also blankets, rough and scratchy though they may be, and a drink.

Yes, he has his wassail jug nearby, and Guzma has no qualms about singing to it to refill the thing, but...well, he's tired. The chill in his bones is draining, and he's succumbing to it, slowly. There are dark circles around his eyes and he breathes out a tired yawn. Don't sleep though - he was told this by many. Never sleep, when it's cold. You won't wake up.

His eyes do indeed flutter open when he feels a presence near him, and a cup of that broiling...whatever it is the fish people are serving, offered up in the hands of--oh!]

Yo, made it here, after all, huh? Whaddup, li'l Pinsir? [Yes, he is going to call them that, until corrected. He smiles, nodding at the cup.] That for me?

[ The knight nods vigorously, holding it up as far as they can for Guzma to take. He's very tall and therefore needs more heat than the usual amount, is what their logic is. Bigger means more resources needed to keep someone alive. ]

[Oh my gosh, it's so cute. Guzma can't even help the idiotic grin spreading on his face as he reaches over to grab the offered drink. It's broiling hot - he can feel it through the mug - but temperature like that never bothered him. Heck, he can down a scalding hot Tapu Cocoa like it's nothing, this should be no different.]

Heh, thanks. [He takes a swift chug, then immediately begins to hack, sputtering and getting his whole front wet. It's not the heat, but the flavor of the drink. That's, uh...that's a whole other sort of heat than he's used to. Guzma's preferred flavor runs more toward sweet... He can handle spicy, but this is on a whole other level.] M-Mother f--! The...the heck is this...boiled chople berries?!

[COUGH, COUGH.]

January Intro: I Know the Winter's Getting Colder

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