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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[ They were actually doing pretty fine by themselves, since they're so light, but they don't want to be rude by refusing the help.

They carefully grab the stick and inch themselves along it to shore. They've got a pretty strong grip for such a small bug, and also for not having visible fingers.

When they get onto solid ground, they look up at Ren, and give her a nod of thanks. She didn't have to, especially since she looks pretty cold. ]

[Look at you peanut!!

They may not have needed the help, but she looks content. They appeased her by using it as a guide back to shore and that tiny nod makes her feel like she managed to help today. Nice. Stick 1 | World 0]

You did it. Good job.

[ They'd look pleased, if they were capable of looking pleased, but they just sort of...hop once, as if testing the ground's solidity.

They look up at her, and extend a tiny hand in...greeting? Thanks? Something like that. Another nod. They're trying to convey their words, or lack of them, as best they can. ]

[It's not their intent, but Ren sees that small hand come towards her and thinks they want the comfort of someone holding onto it. Something she's more than willing to give to the tiny bean in front of her.

It was scary after all. Small or not, the ice still had the potential to crack under the weight of their bag. So she kneels down a bit to reach them better, taking their small hand in her own.]

It's okay. It's safe right here.

[Sorry lil peapod. She's a doofus who thinks others get scared of everything like her. If they don't pull their hand away, she's gonna hold onto it the rest of the time.]

Do you want to go where it's warm?

[ That's okay. Whatever the reasons, having the warmth is always nice; they see no reason to pull away. Besides, it might upset Ren, and they don't want to do that.

They nod, at the mention of being warm. It couldn't hurt to go where there was less ice and snow, after all, even if only for a little while. ]

[They don't pull away and that affirmation is enough to make her clutch their tiny hand a little tighter. Whether they won't talk or don't-the silence is fine with her. She's met others like them-Drifter, Maka, a guy in a mask.]

Okay. I can take you there.

[She looks up, taking in her surroundings. There wasn't much in the way of trees or buildings to mark her path. Some rocks, here and there, if there were spots without ice and-

She takes a few steps forward and her eyes nyoom in on one such rock with a green flower on it. Good. That way then.]

Nothing will hurt you if we go this way. It's not scary.

[IN CASE THEY WERE NERVOUS!!]

[ The Knight doesn't consider nervousness a priority. Caution was all well and good, but worrying about it didn't do very much.

They just nod, patting Ren's hand with their free one. She seems a little more skittish than they are, to be honest. ]

[Skittish is her middle name, tiny friend. The little pat is enough to make her think they understand what she's saying and off she goes to the great unknown.

The great unknown being a good, warm place for them to rest.]

Is your bag too heavy?

January Intro: I Know the Winter's Getting Colder

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