lifeaftr | May Intro: We're Going Down, Down

INTRO LOG: MAY

Who: Everyone!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: May 4th and onward
Where: Ensō...and above
Warnings: Mark as needed!

Floating Islet: And Sugar, We're Going Down Swinging
While new arrivals may generally be expected at this time of the month, one factor that has continuously failed to maintain consistency is their point of arrival. And indeed, it appears that this month has once again exceeded even the Storyteller's expectations as to where arrivals may take their first steps on this world.

Those who were with us in February will most certainly remember the floating islands hovering far, far above the mainland. While they currently remain inaccessible, they are still steadily floating overhead, shifting appearance as if made of the clouds themselves. And so while waking up on top of the world may be a surprise, at the very least new arrivals will have a bird's eye view of Ensō to enjoy for a time...until they take notice of a rather sinking sensation.

In fact, that sensation would be the island itself, starting to sink out of the sky.

So that's nice.

On a crash course for the ground at F6, the Storyteller will eventually slow the island's progress to the ground below, though a rather profound impact is, simply put, inevitable. Characters with the ability of flight will find the island skimming low enough to reach on their own. Others may wish to utilize their resourcefulness to find an alternate means down.

Or, perhaps, you'll simply deal with whatever awaits you at the crash site.

F6 and Beyond: In An Earlier Round
Thankfully, the Storyteller's intervention will ensure that no one still on the not-so-floating island upon impact will escape with minor injuries at worst, the island itself crumbling to pieces and taking down more than a few thick trees. The pieces of the island will very quickly begin to blacken, crumbling underfoot as the floating island turns to dust. Anyone still aboard may wish to make a very quick departure.

The ripples of this impact, however, are far more significant than two pieces of land bumping up against one another.

Previously, visitors to the floating islands may have experienced some...oddities, during their time above the clouds. For the next few days, these oddities will spread across Ensō itself, leading to some rather awkward scenarios:

[ ♆ ] Some may find their weapons are... behaving oddly, though all are still functional. Weapons, in this instance, may also include fisticuffs, if the intent is to use your fists as a weapon.

[ ♆ ] Equally as irritating are those who find themselves coming down with a severe case of NPCitus: periods of time in which they find themselves incapable of saying more than one or two lines of the same, repetitive dialogue.

[ ♆ ] Equal parts nostalgic and irritating for some are the instances of lag (walking forwards, only to find oneself back where they started), Swimmer's Ear (incapable of movement unless swimming through the air), and clipping (suddenly stuck halfway through the nearest rock are all common, regrettable side-effects).

[ ♆ ] Other unfortunate side-effects may also transpire, as varied and wild as one's imagination.

Though many of these may be hindering or even dangerous in the right situations, they are, for the most part, passive. The Storyteller will assure anyone who asks that these oddities will disappear in the next few days.

You are free to create or utilize glitches you are particularly fond of, though keep in mind that any potential content warnings should be mentioned in your toplevel! You may peruse some of the past glitches here, or create your own along those lines! And a special thanks to our local Donn-mun, Jake (

venesection), for the first glitch on the list!

All new arrivals will awake with knapsacks, their names stitched to the front. The contents of said knapsacks can all be found in your acceptance notices!

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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Most things'll be alright if you cook it right. Just... weird seeing it die like that.

[So sorry Asgore. He's not even remotely squeamish about dead things so he's going to go ahead and kneel down beside it, tugging a knife from his boot. Though he does have to do a double take at the man (!?!?) he's talking to because... what the hell?]

Uh... yeah. Name's Gladio. And you're...? [Feel free to take that as an opportunity for name or species, he'll take either one right now.]

[He's gotten much worse reactions than a quick double take, it's fine.]

It is nice to meet you, Gladio! [Can't say he's excited about being here for this thing getting butchered either but uhhhh okay he sorta signed himself up for this huh] My name is Asgore. I am a monster - I suppose we do not exist in your world?

We have daemons which y'know some people would call monsters but...

[He smiles a little, offers him an apologetic shrug.]

They're definitely not as polite or pleasant as you are. [Or cute. Gosh he's a big guy but he's actually kinda adorable.]

Ha. Do not worry. I have known many humans from other worlds, I know that "monster" does not...often refer to my own kind.

[He seems a little self-deprecating about it, if anything, definitely not offended.]

For my part, we do not have anything called "daemons" outside of stories told by humans. There is so much variety out there!

Yeah? I guess part of it's just vocabulary?

[Weird to think that some people (or people-ish) considered calling someone a monster just par for the course. Even if that person is a... goat man?

A stupidly fluffy goat-man. This feels like something out of one of Prompto's RPGs.]

Still, nice to meet you.

And you as well!

[Apparently he's been gone from here for a while, so he's half a new arrival again himself? Either way, it's nice to meet new people.]

There is only one other of my people here - a spider monster named Muffet. So do not be alarmed if you see her. She is quite friendly.

Spider? [See now that makes Gladio nervous. Not because he's afraid of spiders or anything but because... well there are some daemons that are spider women so.]

You sure she's not a daemon? [He flinches slightly, okay that's kinda mean/paranoid isn't it?] Sorry... 'm sure she's... perfectly nice.

It is alright.

[It's a little not but Asgore is not the sort of person to ever, ever say so.]

I did not know her well before this, but she did live in the Capitol. She owned a bakery.

A bakery? [That puts his hackles down a bit. Something so mundane and pleasant but more specific than a generic "she's friendly".]

Suppose it'd be easier with... [A kind of finger waggle gesture which is meant to imply the extra limbs but gods know how well that will come across.]

Oh, yes, I imagine so!

[Apparently it came across.]

And of course she gets help from all of the smaller spiders. She is a rising leader in the spider monster community!

[Gladio's eyes widen a little. Spider monster community

There's more than one?!

Right. Okay.]

That's... great. Good for her.

[well not HERE]

Yes. I am glad they will not have to miss her while she is here - you were told how we are meant to return to the same time we left, were you not?

Still not sure I buy it but yeah... Iggy told me.

Oh, you have a friend here! That is good - I imagine it makes settling in much easier.

[he wouldn't know about that, ha ha ha]

Mmm. There's four of us.

[It does make settling in easier, sure, but also...]

But the bastard that's trying to destroy our world is here too.

[Oh. Uh. That's heavier than he was expecting.]

I hope there is not any trouble?

If there is it won't be the first time we've killed him.

[ Or the second even ]

[Ah. That's. Um.]

...you will probably need to find another means of resolving it. Those who die here do not remain so. At least, that is what I have been told.

Didn't work at home either. Pretty sure it's just something about being a walking plague.

[And Ignis mentioned this whole "can't kill him" thing so he's... just going to have to come up with something else.]

Don't worry. I won't let Ardyn hurt anyone.

[Should he.....get some actual details about this, or..........he really doesn't want to be involved, but he probably should; there's Chara, Aster, and Muffet around. Dammit.]

Ardyn? I have not met him, but I will keep that in mind.

May Intro: We're Going Down, Down

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