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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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Noctis and Pyrrha would love a sword like that. Yet now wasn't the time for twenty questions about how and where to get a sword like that.]

Yep. Just fell from the sky quite literally.

[Which is weird.]

[You pick it off dead people, mostly. Sad but true.]

[The Drifter tips their head back to study the sky, then the crash site of the recently fallen island, and the impact it’s left cratered into Ensō‘s landscape. Then back to her.]

floating island?

[Eh. Wouldn't bother her. She used to raid the rooms of the dead back in the spaceport, and her hoodie technically comes from a memorial.]

Indeed. Not a fun ride. Pisses me off I couldn't make my landing easier...

[This place took her wind powers away....]

[The Drifter reacts rather immediately, and perhaps with undue concern, without context - their gaze sharpens, and they stare at Nari with an expression that may be difficult to read, given the foreign nature of their dark eyes set in the backdrop of their cobalt skin, but nonetheless translates to concern.]

we should move
clear this radius

Hm? Yeah, sounds like a better plan than I was thinking of just now.

[Blasting islands out of the air from anger might be a bad idea... Anyways. She looks around to where a safe way might be.]

Don't know this place, don't know the range of the falling islands, and so you're playing leader. I don't got time to do math to see if we'd get hit depending on the direction we go in ya know.

we will know if more fall

[That much is typically apparent - when a piece of land descends at a rapid pace. They cannot say if this will become standard for Ensō, though they would rather prefer if it did not. They think that most would.]

what of uncontrolled displacement

[Paired with a nod in her direction. Surely that will impede their progress?]

Uncontro- Oh! Wait... if this is a glitch I remember..... if you run, I should be "dragged" along, and pretty much show up behind you when you stop!

[Which is not fun but hey, it's quicker then her trying to keep up.]

[The Drifter is not a highly emotive sort of person. When they stare at her flatly in complete incomprehension, it looks about the same as their default, neutral look. In essence, it's probably wasted on her - and so instead the Drifter considers the suggestion, then nods.]

[They're amenable to trying, if nothing else.]

ok

[And without further hesitation, off they go, starting at a brisk trot.]

[When they get far enough away for it to work, Nari feels that pull from earlier. And she's essentially right about the effect of being "dragged", popping up occasionally in the Drifter's periphery and then disappear again to be in another spot.

It was up to her silent companion on when they would be far enough away to be safe.]

[...that's interesting.]

[The Drifter starts and stops sporadically, checking to ensure that she's still following. For a certain, ah, value of "following," she is. Gradually, they reach the estimated edge of the islet's point of impact. This is purely the Drifter guessing here, but...ideally, if they clear that radius, the effects should wear off. Ideally.]

has it stopped yet

[Good question. Nari dares herself to walk a few feet ahead and just lays down on the ground.]

Fuck, I hope so. I'm tired of standing...

[They could test it.]

[All right. Time to see if that’s the case. The Drifter takes a few brisk steps forward before swiveling sharply back around to see if she’s mysteriously displaced herself to keep up. Perhaps, if it has not ceased, they might stretch the limits of how far one goes before she is forced into following...]

May Intro: We're Going Down, Down

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