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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[holdmyhand]

[ saving lives, one day, one person at a time, that's just how Luna rolls.

She takes a step closer, looking at the gun. Ordinary? Looking? Luna's absolutely not a gun expert. She wrinkles her nose in thought. ]

Is it a real gun? How's that gonna light a fire?

[covertizer]

[ she's the hero everyone truly deserves. ]

No, it's a flare gun. Y'know--

[ he holds the gun up and mimes firing it into the sky. ] And then there'd be a coloured mark in the sky, above where I fired it. Useful for if you're in trouble and need someone to find you.

[ NOT useful for lighting fires. ]

[holdmyhand]

Oh... [ she looks down to the leaves. Now, Luna's no rocket scientist, but she wonders if if launches into the sky, would it just easily light the nice pile of leaves he's prepared on the ground? ]

...are trying to make a fire? Here, you can have one of my blankets if you're cold!

[ she's wearing about four, so she could do without two of them! Since...since Akira's a pretty tall guy and all. ] You can wrap one around your waist, and then wear one like a cape! That way you're all covered!

[ >:Cb logic af. ]

[covertizer]

[ that's... sweet. That's very sweet, actually. Akira smiles, but shakes his head. ]

No, you should keep as many of those as you can, if the weather's going to stay like this. The more blankets you have, the warmer you are.

[ LOGIC COUNTERATTACK. ]

I have a sleeping bag, I'll be fine.

[holdmyhand]

Then...just one? [ she looks a little worried, but...sleeping bags are good. Maybe he could bundle in the blankie and then in the sleeping bag. That would help him be extra warm! She pulls the layers apart to extend one to him, and uses her other hand to throw the rejected blanket over her head.

It's warm, but she can't see... ]

I think that they started a fire closer to everyone else, if you wanna come with! It'd be warmer!

[ she hops slightly to keep the other two blankets rested high on her shoulders. She's covered in blankets, Akira. Send aid. ]

[covertizer]

It's insulated. I'll be fine.

[ As long as she is warm, she doesn't need to see. Probably. As long as she doesn't start hopping over the cliff tops like a mountain goat. ]

But what if there are some people not able to reach that fire?

[ He... hadn't actually known there was a communal fire, and he'll absolutely have to head there as soon as he's done here. But... ... ]

If people can't get to it, they could be in trouble.

[holdmyhand]

[ with a small tug, the blanket is pulled off of her head, and her red cap is absorbed into it, leaving a serious case of bed head behind. ]

You're right... [ looking disheartened for just a second, she shakes her head quickly and then fishes her hat out of the disheveled blanket with reborn determination!! ] Then we gotta hurry!

[covertizer]

...

[ I mean. Good on the positive personality change, but uh... ]

Sounds great! What are we hurrying to?