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

[He can feel it, and it surprises him--Drifter hadn't shown much sign of ill health before, at least not to this degree. It's worrying, but there's other things to be concerned about at the moment.]

Had some other kind of flickering bullshit at first. Kept going backward over and over, then I hit a rock and this happened.

[Once Drifter has a better grip Ed turns to put himself in the path of Drifter's vector, giving them some solid ground as he starts to back up step by step.]

[They are not a sturdy creature, not by nature. Being gripped the way they are feels like a vulnerability, feels like a sacrifice they are not in the habit of indulging. It has nothing to do with Elric himself, and everything to do with the warrior's instinct to never, under any circumstances, bare a vulnerability to the world.]

[They have little chocie now.]

the islets were like this

Wh--seriously?!

[Ed curses in several languages--German, Latin, a bit of Greek--and looks over his shoulder. Drifter just needs something solid to hold them safely for now, and Ed knows he can't keep this up for...however long this will last.]

I can try to transmute you something to lie on until we can figure out how to handle this. Think you could stay on a tree while I do?

define transmute

[They have no idea what that is, Ed? Presumably it won't utterly break him if he can manage it, but they cannot know for certain unless he defines it.]

[They can, however, wrap both arms around the nearest tree and hug themself tightly to it. It is not the most dignified, but it at least keeps them from floating into the sky.]

[You know, you'd think after nineteen years he'd get the memo that not everyone knows what he does, and yet.]

Oh, uh--it's a method of changing matter from one form into another that normal chemical processes would not allow. I could take the sand and compress it into solid rock in a few moments, for instance, or shape a piece of wood as if someone had carved and polished it. I have to know the chemical makeup of what I'm changing, but I've been studying this stuff since I was a kid.

[~~Also he made a shitty bet with God and got a cheat sheet, but....you know.~~]

[It sounds like some sort of alchemical technology - the cross between science and arcane art, that fragile line between two worlds that the Drifter knows better than attempt to pick apart at any length. And so they do not; they simply shake their head.]

more trouble than worth
not in immediate danger

[Edward raises an eyebrow at that and crosses his arms, ears flicking back.]

You were hurtling down the beach with no way to stop yourself, about to hit one of those giant-ass islands face-first. I'm not gonna just leave you like that.

there are worse fates

[The Drifter is nothing if not resilient; they can take a hit, and they can even take several, and as long as it does not cut too deeply they will continue to get up and get up and get up again. They can slam into walls at full speed and get up again without undue concern for their well-being, readily able to engage in combat.]

[This is not the worst they have endured. Therefore, it is not worth the effort.]

May Intro: We're Going Down, Down

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