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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[YOU KNOW WHO SPOTS THE CRACKS UNDER LUNA'S FOOT AND DOESN'T LAUGH??

THIS GIRL.

And unlike the helpful Luna, she's uselessly trying to find treasures in this frozen landscape, maybe looking out to the ocean to see if she can spot a brown mop of hair, a bright blue jacket and-

Well, she's waiting for something, in any case. Not that it matters when Luna comes into view and attempts to bravely conquer the ocean!! Nina stop her gosh!!]

Be careful.

[Also don't do that again please.]

[ she turns around, grinning. ]

Ren! I'll be careful! Everything's okay. Isn't it, Nina?

[ Nina pushes Luna to the left, and the ice beneath her recently planted foot cracks. Water surfaces onto the ice. Nina breaths an icy blast against the offending hole until it's completely covered up, and then looks to Ren. :C They have a system going. Nina will keep her safe, sort of. ]

It's so pretty...I've never seen this much snow! Or ice! Have you?

[Sometimes Ren forgets how incredible pokemon are. They aren't like the animals in her world. They have weird powers. Magic powers? It's impressive. Relief washes over her as the ice reforms and she realizes that, yeah, Luna is pretty safe after all. She has this magical creature to protect her during her brave endeavors.

But it's still stressful. Please don't.]

The winter here is-[HM]-big? It wasn't like that where I'm from.

[BIG SEEMS APPROPRIATE, SOMEHOW.]

Everything looks like a treasure now. I want it to stay like this.

[Even if she's mcfreezing.]

But...next year, it'll come back! And inbetween now and then, hopefully we'll get a lot of sun, and rain, and then snow again! [ she nods happily. Seasons are crazy, and...well, here, she supposes nothing can be set in stone, but...it's nice to enjoy things as they come. She walks up to Ren and opens up her cloak blanket. To share!! ]

Are you warm enough?

[ EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A GOOD PAIR OF PANTS LUNA WHY ARE YOU SUCH A FOOL ]

[Luna's optimism is enough to perk her up, like always. That's true. It might not be this pretty forever, but seasons are beautiful in other ways. Blooming flowers, colorful leaves-those are all going to pass by soon.

Ren's about to respond with 'I'm okay' when she notices Luna's bare legs. Which she's not going to judge-she would be in the same boat if not for an elf with enough foresight to see a flimsy dress isn't great for jungle life. She shakes her head, quickly, so she'll cover herself back up.]

Are you cold? Does the wind hurt your legs?

January Intro: I Know the Winter's Getting Colder

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