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September Intro: The Fields Are Painted Gold

INTRO LOG: SEPTEMBER
Who: New arrivals, and you!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: September 4th and onward
Where: Primarily Ensō, though Umui is also likely
Warnings: Mark as needed!

The Beach: And the Sun is Coming Through
When you arrive on the archipelago of LifeAftr, it is on the shores of Ensō - turquoise waves dragging through the pale sand of the beach. The breeze carries the tang of salt on the tropical sea spray. The sky overhead is a blue to rival the aquamarine surf. All told, the atmosphere is almost...pleasant. Not far from the cream-colored beach, the jungle beckons.

Above the treetops, however, something seems to be drifting overhead.

Bright spots of color drift on the wind like motes of dust. On further inspection, one might be able to discern what, exactly, is the cause of this lazily wafting, brilliantly colored confetti.
They are flower petals, being funneled up into the sky. Petals of every color and shape imaginable, thickening the air with golden currents of pollen, being lifted from one specific point. They are streaming freely from the Storyteller's Temple, as it happens, though this may not be clear to the newly arrived. The Temple has at last begun to shed the floral trappings that have ensnared it since the end of last month, and the breeze carries this out across the ocean skyline.

There's no mistaking it: it is very beautiful. Unless you have allergies.

Inland: The Trees Are Filled With Memories
This influx of flowers on the breeze, aside from being a potential source of unpleasant reminders to those who died choking on said flowers last month, have had additional consequences. The creatures rescued from Ziziphus flourish in such pollen-rich environments, which has led to a fresh budding of their young. Baby mosslings crawl like lumps of lichen over the trunks of trees, and the loud peeping of arboreali chicks can be heard in the branches above. Most of these creatures are not tameable, but some, such as flowccus, can be kept as livestock.

Just take care, when venturing into Ensō's verdant jungle. If Ziziphus's prey animals have begun to spring forth, then its predators have begun to reproduce as well. Young spindlanks and rootwyrms are not nearly as vicious as their adult counterparts, but you may have a bit of trouble getting rid of them without killing them - you did, after all, bring them here to preserve them.

Most notable, however, are the fresh litters of tigerlilies that have begun swarming all over Ensō.



Tigerlilies can be tamed and kept as pets, though despite their fearsome appearance, they not terribly vicious. They subsist in much the same way any other plant would; off of water and sunlight, primarily, though they might also graze like an herbivore from time to time.

If you're interested in keeping one for your own, bear LifeAftr's companion limit in mind - two per character, and no more. The process of trying to tame a tigerlily is not always successful, either. We recommend use of a d10, with the following guidelines:
Rolling a 10: Critical success! This tigerlily will follow you to the ends of the earth.
Rolling 6-9: Taming and training this tigerlily will be like educating a stubborn housecat, but will be nonetheless successful.
Rolling 2-5: Failure. You get sprayed with soporific pollen, which will affect you for several hours.
Rolling a 1: Critical failure. Not only do you get sprayed with soporific pollen, but the tigerlily in question decides that you're their new cat toy. Tigerlilies are not carnivorous, but their teeth and fangs are still very sharp, and not highly pleasant to contend with.
Bear in mind that these are only guidelines; you are free to predetermine successes or failures as you'd like, presuming your character can sustain the companion! Our discord channel has a room for dice-rolls, if that's your speed.



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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ladytakamaki: (i'm locked and loaded)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-06 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
...Oh. I...guess that's a good thing, right?

[ assuming akira made it out in one piece, anyway. though as far as she's concerned, he has to be alright. she just saw him before arriving here, after all.

probably.
]

So...nobody's figured out how people are able to leave yet?
dedamastai: (put all your faults to bed)

[personal profile] dedamastai 2018-09-06 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
You can pet Maribelle. Chuck is -

[Chuck, meanwhile, has fucked off to go terrorize some who does have fruit once she's determined Damen doesn't have any. She's an interesting blueish gray color that Damen may or may not have severely overpaid for because he's a terrible romantic with no sense of money? And the horse was blue? So he thought they could put golden tack on it and it would be Laurent's colors, which was a great idea in theory but has kind of fallen by the wayside now that he's here and Chuck is his horse, despite being barely able to carry him.]

- a horse with a mind of her own.

[Chuck knows her own dang way home. If she wants to go home and not meet new people, that's her perogative, because lord only knows Damen barely has a handle on her.]

Laurent! [This is the smile of a man who has done something Laurent won't like, but will agree to.] This is Ann.
Edited 2018-09-06 07:07 (UTC)
fortunefavored: ((24))

[personal profile] fortunefavored 2018-09-06 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a hand on his shoulder, breaking him out of his thoughts, and Newt jolts with it, turning his attention back to the person next to him. He blinks, once, before--]

Okay I know that was supposed to be reassuring and it kinda was but also did you say that you didn't even have your own bodies?

[dude what]
fortunefavored: ((62))

[personal profile] fortunefavored 2018-09-06 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
[the shake rattles him a bit and he jerks, yelping out a high-pitched 'hey!' in protest, waving uselessly at Wash's hands on his shoulders, honestly too tired to affectively push him away]

I dunno! Five minutes r' something? Less? I stepped back s'soon as I could, okay?!
fortunefavored: newt i ruin this scene ((108))

[personal profile] fortunefavored 2018-09-06 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
Ren? Who's---[Newt trails off momentarily as he puts two and two together] --oh! Uh. You're Ren, then, huh?

[....]

Anyone? I can talk to anyone?
braceforimpact: (Freudig; wie ein Held zum Siegen)

Kaworu Nagisa | OTA

[personal profile] braceforimpact 2018-09-06 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
Not far from the mana pool on Enso, Kaworu Nagisa is refusing to move.

Sometimes he's seated on the ground, cross-legged with his hands in his lap. Other times he's a couple of feet in the air, his legs bent and his hands in his pockets, floating silently, even sullenly. Sometimes his eyes are open. Sometimes they're closed. Either way, he is completely and totally blind.

And he doesn't like it. After death (which was barely even death here, if you ask him) he woke up and immediately walked facefirst into the temple wall. It went downhill from there. Sure, his AT Field means he can tell when people are nearby (at least once they're within ten feet of him) but otherwise he's discovered what seems to be the number one sensory pitfall of the human form. 'Inconvenient' doesn't even begin to describe it.

But unlike humans, Kaworu does not need to be entertained. His mind doesn't seek out knowledge or demand novelty, doesn't crave stimulation--he doesn't experience boredom because he doesn't posses a human mind.

So he's not going anywhere.
thegoodestboy: (content)

[personal profile] thegoodestboy 2018-09-06 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Don't worry, Chuchu, he's not in the habit of eating potential friends.]

[Dogmeat's nose swings lazily over towards Anthy's hand, confirming that she's definitely not from the Commonwealth and familiarizing himself with her scent. It's a little funny, actually - the air of caution and respect for boundaries he's run into both in the dream preceding his arrival and on the island itself is so...foreign. Usually folks had enough confidence and means to protect themselves that they either avoided him or just reached down and ruffled his ears. Guess not everyone here is toting a gun. Good to know.]

[Satisfied, he licks her hand once and offers a quiet whine in response to her question before he returns to panting and gently wagging his tail. Yes ma'am, he IS here by himself. Wouldn't know who else he'd be here with, honestly. Garvey was a little tied up last he saw, Valentine and him hadn't needed each other in a while, this list goes on really.]
counterblows: (϶ they say quitters never win)

[personal profile] counterblows 2018-09-06 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's grateful for the helmet, as usualy, because the smile is so uneven that it aches the sides of his mouth and it feels wrong on his face, displaced and...]

[And he's about to ruin the niceness of the moment but if he bites it back for any longer he's going to lose his resolve.]


...look. I...someone's showed up here. Someone we both know. I just wanted you to know before you saw him, so it's not as much of a...surprise as it was for me.
counterblows: (϶ i'm the last of my kind)

[personal profile] counterblows 2018-09-06 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
So you weren't dosed up so bad that I'll have to carry you out of here. Good.

[It's possible that no one's told Wash that his bedside manner needs work. Or, in the case that they have, it's even more possible that Wash simply doesn't care.]

So get it together.
thegoodestboy: (attentive)

[personal profile] thegoodestboy 2018-09-06 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now there's something he's not expecting to hear - his name.]

[Dogmeat looks up sharply from where he's sniffing, ears perked forward. He looks Nari over briefly - expression definitely alert, but not aggressive - before deciding he certainly doesn't know her. But she clearly knows him. So she has earned his attention for sure. The dog pads over steadily and plants his butt a few feet away, looking up at her expectantly.]

[Yes? You rang?]
crosslaced: ([horse])

b

[personal profile] crosslaced 2018-09-06 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey, so, have you seen a horse before? Because there’s the sound of hoofbeats approaching, and Anthy’s in for a hopefully nice surprise.

A bay mare emerges through the foliage, with a rider on her back. The young man looks around with a disinterested sweep of his blue eyes, and even if Anthy remains in full view he doesn’t call out to her or anything- so if she’s alarmed by any of this, there’s plenty of time to get up in arms. He for one doesn’t seem to care either way.]

fortunefavored: ((20))

[personal profile] fortunefavored 2018-09-06 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
You get it together, Samus! Geez! [Newt says, like an adult, wrinkling his nose and moving to push off the tree and walk away...except one step in and he's stumbling over a large fallen branch that he didn't notice because he's so woozy and does a faceplant with the ground, letting out a squawk on the way down]
uptightness: (suit } teach me obi wan)

[personal profile] uptightness 2018-09-06 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Her helmet remains facing him, scanning, trying to piece together his story. What is the last thing that he remembers? Yet she doesn't ask it of him, at least not yet, trying to figure that out on her own. He isn't overly shocked or surprised to see her, but then again, he wasn't really when she showed up from the dead. She would have hoped... Well, it seems that no matter what, it will always come back to her, that hurdle that he just can't overcome.

"Hello, Director."

Because it is what they have fallen in to, isn't it? She had been angry when she had first found him after searching for so long, angry when she had tracked him down, and then... I wish she could've learned to let things go. For a time, like father, like daughter, driven by that need, pushed on by that urge, but Carolina likes to think that the past wouldn't define her, that she wouldn't keep chasing her own ghosts, that she might, just maybe, learn from her mistakes and not repeat them over and over and over.

"You've just arrived."

More statement of fact than question. There's no doubt that she would have heard of him before, had he been here for some time. As big as this place might technically be with the various places, it's really not that big at all. There's no ships to board to travel to other planets, at least not that she's aware of. And really, she is still trying to figure out what exactly this is, not exactly taking it at face value.
journalname: (🔱 teatime)

[personal profile] journalname 2018-09-06 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it has teeth. But it is very young yet - it is only playing!

[you know how people will just write off anything as cute if it's a baby animal]
catpiper: (to go pester you and you think)

[personal profile] catpiper 2018-09-06 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry. We can draw cats if it starts to look the same. Then we'll find our way back.

[She offers that small comfort knowing full well how scary it can be to get lost. Not that it's necessary-she's well traveled in this area and walks with the confidence of someone who's been down this road before. Though her eyes scan the woods for anything weird because there's been a surge of creatures lately and she doesn't want to run into whatever this girl may have seen earlier.]
catpiper: (what if my soul leaves my body)

[personal profile] catpiper 2018-09-06 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
What's his name?

[That's the most important q of the day right there.]
rosehecate: (- !)

[personal profile] rosehecate 2018-09-06 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, Anthy has seen horses before. Horses are old hat. She turns at the sound of hoofbeats, intrigued, and goes still when she spots the rider atop this lovely mare.

Horses are never a problem. They are good and wonderful. It's the men who ride them that she knows to be wary of.]


Oh...!

[Just going to, uh, move...to the side, so the rider can go on unhindered if he so chooses. Still in plain view, but hoping not to be seen or noticed, even if that's normally something that's unavoidable.]
rosehecate: (Contemplative)

[personal profile] rosehecate 2018-09-06 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[She merely wants to show him the respect he deserves. Anthy hums softly at the lick and smiles, the expression genuine and warm, and at the whine she offers a tentative pet and a nice scritch behind one of Dogmeat's ears.]

I see - I'm sorry to hear that. [And she is. No good doggo should be on its own.] Would you like to stay with us for a little while? I don't know where we'll be going, but some company is better than none. Right, Chuchu?

[The tiny monkey peeks his head out of the knapsack proper.] Chuu...
rosehecate: (I think...)

[personal profile] rosehecate 2018-09-06 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
We're...fine. I think.

[Sandy and kind of damp and definitely lost, but fine. Right? Right.

She looks back to Chuchu, relaxing a little. It's easier to focus on him than on other people, so she's glad for the shift in conversation.]
Yes, it is. This is Chuchu - my friend, Chuchu.

[He smiles and waves. Hi, Ann!]
rosehecate: (You seem upset...)

[personal profile] rosehecate 2018-09-06 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no, not really. I've known some who would think themselves the part, that's all.

[A long time ago, the world would have thought her brother a kind of God and she a Goddess. But those days were long gone, a fairytale, a dream.

She nods at the offer.]
Yes, I would very much like to see these small islands. Do lots of people live on them?
rosehecate: (Did you mean it?)

[personal profile] rosehecate 2018-09-06 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
...Why, thank you.

[She manages something akin to a polite smile, though it is a little confused. Why defer to her, a strange girl he's never met? Because her question showed concern? She merely spoke with sense.]

Perhaps you could speak to someone who's lived here longer. A person like that would know the jungle best. Right?
savedbyasong: (serious)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2018-09-06 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least it kind of was. He's really bad at this. Explaining this, reassuring people. But... He is the sort of person who would rather know the truth, no matter how painful or terrifying than be reassured with gentle lies.]

Yes... Our souls were in wireframe constructs, filled with liquid that stabilised the soul. The wireframes... and everything else around us were covered in foil that used glamour to make us see... ourselves, each other, bedrooms, forests, mountains, oceans, libraries. Whatever the administrators wanted us to see.

Don't worry. We are not in wireframes here, I don't believe this place uses the same glamour technology. [He's not convinced this place is real, that they were real and solid. But he had no proof and he knew it was not the same at least. No collars, no oatmeal, no sleep paralysis. Whatever the mystery of their presence here was it was not that.] Unfortunately we have not come close to figuring out much of anything yet.
vagabone: (that was a lie)

[personal profile] vagabone 2018-09-06 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh nooo, he has to disappoint a child??]

I'm... still thinking about names.
counterblows: (϶ the mad key's tripping singing vows)

[personal profile] counterblows 2018-09-06 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[At this point, he doesn't even want to know what a Samus is. He's too busy watching Newt faceplant gracelessly onto the ground, sighing loudly, and crouching to make sure that he's not about to...pass out on the spot, or something.]

To be clear, I was talking to you.
savedbyasong: (tiny smiles)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2018-09-06 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it doesn't exist anymore though. It crumbled into the sea. [He reaches out fingers cautiously, to see if the mossling will let him stroke it.] We rescued as much of the wildlife as we could so any creatures you see that seem more like plants, that's where they are from. They seem to be adapting to Enso quite well.

[Cobweb nudges her leg again.] I think he'd be insulted if you didn't pet him.

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