July Intro: Upsy-Daisy!

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INTRO LOG: JULY

Who: New arrivals, your lif᷆t̕i͗n᷅ģ f̧̞ͅr̡̦̃ḭ̅ͭe̩᷅̂n̟̣̤d̨̬̏, and you!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr, and everyone makes a new friend!
When: July 5th and onward
Where: All over Ensō
Warnings: Mark as needed!

Like a Bat Out of Hell
At this stage, the appearance of new arrivals to Ensō's shores is hardly a surprise to anyone but the arrivals themselves. Whatever mysterious force is responsible seems to have taken a vaguely nostalgic route this month, depositing the new and unconscious across the shoreline of the beach closest to the tumbled stone bastion of the Storyteller's temple. At first, that seems to be all there is to it. The arrivals stir to the smell of salt and the summer sea air, and the cycle of questions, searching, and settling begins.

For about five minutes. Perhaps ten.

Almost like an afterthought, something else shows up, plummeting straight out of the sky and landing with a veritable explosion of water some hundred feet from the shore. A large, rectangular shape breaches the surface after a few moments, bobbing, cork-like, in the foam-crested waves before ever so slowly beginning to sink into those aquamarine depths. For those familiar with such objects, it makes for a rather odd sight. That most certainly was an elevator, or you can be...fairly sure it was?

Give it another minute, and you'll be certain. The elevator streaks out from the ocean like a creature possessed. Maybe, in those split seconds prior to its approach, you'll be able to note the elevator's distinct features: a disturbingly smiling face on its doors, and a set of teeth framing a very organic mouth.

Meet Upsy, your lifting friend. In case it wasn't obvious by now, Upsy is far from a conventional elevator by any standards. What's more, Upsy has not taken to LifeAftr as well as some others. Armed with the ability to move in any direction, the rogue contraption takes no prisoners - by which we mean, they take as many prisoners as possible. Upsy proceeds to swoop across the shoreline, combing the beach in the most haphazard and patternless path possible, scooping up anyone slow enough to be caught in their maw. Once you're caught up in their jaws, it comes down to the winds of fortune, in regards to wherever Upsy proceeds to spit out their cargo. While the journey itself will be rough and...sticky, it is not inherently dangerous.

Hopefully, the same can be said for wherever you end up Ensō hosts a great deal of predators, environmental hazards, and worse. Though you could always end up belched into the ocean. Hope you can swim!

When the Metal is Hot and the Engine is Hungry
Upsy’s reign of terror isn't restricted to mere adventurers. Those with livestock or animal companions may be in for a small shock or, perhaps more likely, a very large one, when flying elevator sucks up those cuddly critters with a grin and spirits them off into the great unknown.

Though your phoenix, chocobo, or tigerlily may not be where you saw them last, you can at least be assured that they are still on Ensō. All you need to do is round them up. And if this isn't good enough news, well...at least you don't keep bludrocs.

Whether you're out searching for an animal or not, be careful traversing Ensō for the next three days. If Upsy is empty, they'll most certainly snap you up. And if they aren't? You may find anything from birds to horses spat out at you.

The velocity of these organic projectiles tends to vary. Dramatically. Upsy's reign of terror will end on the evening of July 9th. At that point, the elevator will fly off to greener pastures...and our RNG spreadsheet for potential encounters in future. Sweet dreams.

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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.

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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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Comments

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[crystallying]

[ Lucas is busy wringing the saltwater and saliva out of his labcoat when he spots Papyrus, and at that point, he just stops and stares, wide-eyed and open mouthed. He'd gotten in some serious trouble for amateur necromancy a few months ago, but his had involved putting souls into robots. Seeing a walking, talking skeleton cheerfully waving at people and hanging out on the beach is like getting in trouble for running in the hallways during school, only to see the teachers doing sick wheelie skateboard stunts on the way to class.]

Whaaaaat is happening, here.

[fontofkindness]

[ Papyrus looks at Lucas, puzzled, and then turns in a circle several times, clearly looking for the source of whatever he's boggling at.

Apparently and completely unaware that he's what Lucas is so surprised about. ]

Did I miss something??

[crystallying]

I mean, the natural process of death, apparently? You went right past decomposition and somehow ended up back at animate life?

[ If anything, Lucas is only getting more confused. ]

... Wait, shit, are there necromancers around here? Like, actual, legit necromancers?

[fontofkindness]

Actually! I am a one-hundred-percent healthy and alive skeleton! If I was dead....you would definitely know!! And so would I!! [ Because he'd be dust on the floor.

Also oh boy that is a super chipper Helpful Tutorial Voice. ] This is a common mistake to make! But not to worry, I will correct it!

I am a skeleton monster, and have nothing to do with human skeletons whatsoever!! Or things coming back to life, like in those 'horror movies' humans like to watch so much! I hope that has reassured you!!

[crystallying]

That's actually way more confusing, but as long as you aren't the undead product of some weirdo necromancer's entrapment scheme, I... I guess we're good? You do seem pretty lively, so I'll have to take your word for it.

[ Man, if he were back home, Lucas would 100% want to study Papyrus in his lab.

... Man, does he ever miss his lab! ]