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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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Repacking up her pack - and leaving several scarves poking out in easy reach - Tataru settles it back over her own shoulders.]

I recently exchanged several favors with the Storyteller for additional supplies. And some plants and a karakul, so we can hopefully be a bit more self-sufficient, from now on!

Also, if you stick your hands like so, it'll help them warm up faster.

[She demonstrates, sticking her hands into her armpits. Goodness, her fingers had been getting a bit frigid, hadn't they?

[He observes, and while it looks so very odd - and, to be honest, rather icky - Guzma copies. It does work, and he's pretty sure he's not sweating one darn bit here, like he would in the Alolan heat, so there's nothing to fear of his hands being rather, erm...rancid in scent, if one may be frank. He might have to pass this little bit of info on to the brat, when he ever finds her.

Actually, speaking of...]

Hey, what else can y'all make? I got someone not, uh...not too prepped for this kinda cold, neither. [She's probably going to need a scarf, and a jacket or some sort of sweater... Hell, the little dummy barely got any new clothes from when she got here. The only things she had were things he got for her - and they were all shorts and summer wear.] Gotta meet up with 'er, though...dunno what she needs.

[Or her measurements, and he's pretty sure "pint-sized" isn't actually a form of measurement Tataru can work with.]

[She pulls her hands back out again rather reluctantly. Her demonstration's done, but her hands actually were proving to be rather cold too! But now she needs those hands for talking.]

I'm actually rather experienced in making all sorts of clothing! And happy to do so. I could come with you to see what your friend needs, or you could reach out to me again after you find out. I'm not hard to find.

[Especially now with a sheep in front of her house.]

Yeah, uh...I'll have to take a raincheck. I dunno where she is right now. [Guzma sighs, looking a bit irritated by that. Luna never freaking sits still, and it's annoying as heck when he actually needs to talk to her about something. It's not like he can call her or whatever...he needs to actually hunt her down.] Lemme get back to you, yeah? Name's Guzma.

[Hopefully he can find Luna today - she said she was here on this island, he just has to...look and ask around for her. Ugh. Effort.]

January Intro: I Know the Winter's Getting Colder

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