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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Comments

[souris_keteer]

All right... as long as you're careful.

[With that said, he stands up, wiping some sweat from his face.]

I trust you.

[covertizer]

I will be very careful.

[ ... ... I mean. ]

That was fast. Do you trust easily?

[souris_keteer]

[He laughs a little, knowing how it sounds.]

Yeah, I do. I mean, we're all in the same boat... some of us literally!

[covertizer]

Hmm. Maybe.

[ he holds out his hands, warming them against the heat of the fire. ]

We all come from different places though, that's important too.

[souris_keteer]

Of course. We've all faced different hardships... so some folks here have every reason not to trust someone.

... But I like making friends. And I think being friends with each other would make our lives here a lot easier.

[covertizer]

[ He hums. ]

Making friends is fun, provided they're not just out to get something from you.

[ Then he looks Mickey in the eye, very seriously: ]

Like me befriending you for your fire magic. [ he is kidding. There's definitely an amused glint in his eyes. ]

[souris_keteer]

[And Mickey smiles at him.]

Maybe I don't mind people using me. It's kind of the duty I've always wanted - being able to help people.

[covertizer]

[ There's a pause, before Akira's face turns a lot more serious. ]

You should. You can help people without being used, knowing the difference is important.

[souris_keteer]

All right... then what's the difference?

[covertizer]

Subtle, usually. Sometimes people are honest about it.

If you think they're just using you to get something - literally, or figuratively, they don't tend to care what happens to you in the long run either.

[ So, someone who'd use you to get into a monster filled dungeon then leave you there as bait. Probably.

...

Don't go into monster filled dungeons. ]

[souris_keteer]

... It kind of sounds like you're speaking from experience.

[Do you need to let some things out, buddy? Maybe a hug?]

[covertizer]

[ A hug from Mickey Mouse might be the strangest thing... ]

Maaaybe. I've had someone try.

...

And someone important to me was used by someone else for his talents. Call it peripheral experience, if you want.

[souris_keteer]

[You want one. Don't deny it.]

... I'm sorry to hear that it happened to your friend. And I do appreciate you trying to prevent it from happening again.