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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well he's not wrong but... ]

So how long is this going to take exactly?

Edited 2018-05-09 07:53 (UTC)

I dunno, how long do islands typically take to fall? You know, taking into account wind resistance and all that. I didn't do too good in physics, so you tell me. Better at biology.

[He shrugs.]

But I could keep ya company in the meantime, I guess.

[Yes, because what Futaba really needs is a 3'6 old man flying on a broomstick with twigs and leaves in his beard and two Kenny Chesney tattoos to hang out with.]

Eh, I'm better at Physical Health sciences anyway.

[ Physics certainly isn't her specialty either so it'll just always be a mystery, one supposes. Siiiiigh. Time to hunker down she supposes. ]

So what, did you just get here too?

[ Or is he some kind of weird illusion?????? ]

You mean like alien health science?

[Because obviously she's an alien. He still hasn't seen her actual face or... any of her, for that matter.]

Yeah, I just woke up on a falling island. Thankfully the Vroom Broom came with me, but I think I'm missing a bunch of stuff? Nothing important, though. But my bible's been ruined, so you know. That blows.

Uh... no?

[ Why would you think she studies anything like that. That's so weird and random. The fact that he is convinced she is an actual alien has not crossed her mind yet in the slightest.

Also man that's rough buddy. Especially since you're a cleric? Kind of one of your main tools of the trade, or at least she'd think so? ]

That's rough. My phone's busted too.

Oh. Weird.

[He doesn't push the subject any more than that. It's just weird for an alien to not study alien health science. He hopes it was dwarven health science, then, and not for the purposes of dissection or whatever. He needs someone around here to know how to heal people.]

I don't know what a phone is, but weirdly enough I got something of mine that was destroyed before I came here returned to me, also? Probably not the same one, but you know.

[He pulls out his replacement Stone of Farspeech and shows it to her. Cool rock, Merle.]

[ He's going to be so disappointed when she finally leaves the ufo isn't he. ]

Oh, huh. I think I got one of those too?

[ Digging through the backpack she got. ]

What's it do?

[Oh, so disappointed.]

Oh, it's enchanted, so you can talk to people from any distance away and they can hear you like you're right there.

[You know, like a phone.]

Pretty cool, huh?

Huh. So... like a phone. But... with just the phone stuff.

[ No apps. Which... means a lot less cool? And probably no text either which is lame when you hate doing the whole phone thing. ]

Sure, whatever that means.

[A phone with phone stuff. That makes as much sense as about anything else, especially with no context for what a "phone" is other than "like a Stone of Farspeech, only More".]

So, you got any stories about distant planets to pass the time while we're waiting on this island to fall?

[ Distant planets? Wh- oh. Oh. Right, Necronomicon looks like. Right.

... nah she's not gonna bother correcting him yet. It'd be too much a hassle. ]

Depends how much you know about Japan, I guess.

Absolutely nothing. Is that where you're from?

[Luckily for Futaba, Earth is literally an alien planet to Merle. Or just like, another plane in the same system where all the taco food trucks live and Faerun scientists steal the idea for elevators from? It's complicated.]

Yup. You've really never heard of it?

[ Then again they aren't exactly on Earth right now either. It would make sense for some people to not be from Earth too.

DOES THAT MEAN HE'S THE REAL ALIEN... Or hell maybe they're all aliens, technically. ]

May Intro: We're Going Down, Down

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