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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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crosslaced: (it’s the game I like)

[personal profile] crosslaced 2018-09-15 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Laurent merely raises his eyebrows- he’s not exactly angry, it’s hard to be angry at Damen for very long, and this is overall a relatively manageable offence. But his fiancé just dug himself a hole right there. Two holes, if you count him knowing full well Laurent prefers fending for himself. Laurent’s gaze drops to the ring Damen is fiddling with, then back up.]

When have you ever.

[It’s fondly exasperated.]

I’d advise you look around- my partner may have made the first offer but it’s not a good one. But since he’s offered, we’ll show you around, check if the shoe fits. I want to get out of these clothes.

[How many sites do you compare when searching for your ideal home? Don’t just compare one or two, find your ideal hotel at the best price with us. Hotel? Trivago. ]
vagabone: (this isn't so bad)

[personal profile] vagabone 2018-09-15 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Dogo, that's it!

[He knew it all along. Really.]

I'm the only Héctor around. But there's another skeleton, his name's Papyrus. That sound familiar?
tuskenlancer: (just trying to prepare myself)

[personal profile] tuskenlancer 2018-09-15 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And that's two. Two of them who had chosen to grant him, if not absolution, not forgiveness, then at least some kind of release. Carolina, handing over her pistol. Wash, walking away.

They'd had time, maybe, to adjust. Time to see the Director's downfall, the crash of Project Freelancer and the slow decline that came after. Time to let it all go.

CT had thought she'd let it go, too. But she hadn't been there. Her mental image of Director Leonard Church is still the man presiding so effortlessly over a group of agents eagerly awaiting his next orders, ready to fight and to die for him. A man seemingly confident in his own infallibility, his smugness made all the more infuriating by the fact that he had the power and intelligence to back it up.

What she'd done had never been about revenge. She'd stolen the data, she'd defected, she'd fought to bring the Project down - but it hadn't been personal. He'd broken the law. She'd just wanted justice.

But he'd tortured her friend, broken his mind into fragments. He'd driven Wash nearly insane, changed a core part of him for good.

So many agents dead.

She turns away, closing her eyes. ]


I don't know.
journalname: (🔱 golly)

[personal profile] journalname 2018-09-15 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
...come again?

[That sure was a combination of sounds!]

I have run out, I'm afraid. There were quite a few of them, before.
counterblows: (϶ that gets off on being down)

[personal profile] counterblows 2018-09-15 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maybe that was the solemn irony of it. That it took this kind of progression for him to get to a point where he could let go. The man himself could never manage it; it took a cloned, tortured, fragmented echo, a memory of a fragment of an artificial intelligence mapped from the head of a flash clone of Director Leonard Church, to well and truly get to a point where he could learn to let go.]

...we'll find him. And then...I don't know.

[Let Carolina deal with him? Again?]

[That isn't her job. It shouldn't be. But it's not like they have a prison or a justice system here or...anything.]
yallstupid: (Tch!!)

I'M LAUGHING ENDLESSLY YOU RNG'D A BODY PART

[personal profile] yallstupid 2018-09-15 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, he's still conscious, is he? That's...something. Guzma's grip is pretty firm, but he's also doubles over trying to drag this four-eyed fucktruck, so when he's bid to release him, Guzma does so willingly. The big cat doesn't seem to be chasing them, so that's good, but he's still not sure it's not just waiting in the jungle to pounce. He hadn't exactly encountered these creatures before - Ziziphus wasn't a place he explored much of. It appeared during a bleak point in his time here.]

If y'all can complain, y'all can haul your own behind! [His vision is slowly beginning to haze, and Guzma furiously wipes his face and eyes in hopes of removing the...whatever the hell it was he got sprayed with from his person, sniffling and shaking out his hair and clothes. His head feels like it's swelling, eyes watering and nose itching. Not only that, he's feeling suddenly exhausted and sick to his stomach.] Tch...jeez--!

[He reaches into his hoodie's inner pocket and pulls out something small, round, and...well, it's not red, but it's definitely a ball. But he doesn't enlarge or release it yet. Guzma's a little too distracted with rubbing the shit from his eyes and trying to get his head on straight.]
tuskenlancer: (headtilt)

[personal profile] tuskenlancer 2018-09-16 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ CT sighs quietly, but she nods. Whatever they do, at least she won't be going it alone this time. At least she and Wash, and even Carolina, are on the same side this time. ]

Okay.

We'll tell Carolina. We'll find him.

We just...

We just have to make sure he never hurts anyone again.

[ The rest doesn't matter. Revenge, justice. It's all in the past. As long as he doesn't do any more damage, as long as he doesn't do anything to the people living here - their friends, their neighbors - that's all that's really important. ]
determinist: (oh you silly things)

[personal profile] determinist 2018-09-16 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Leonard has just had his weapons taken by Agent Washington, but like hell he's about to admit that to some unknown creature, inorganic or no.

"I don't believe so. Other than perhaps being pointed in the direction of some civilization."
determinist: (oh you silly things)

[personal profile] determinist 2018-09-16 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Well, hello. I expect you found help after we last saw each other.

[ She does seem remarkably settled and calm, not that she was ruffled before. ]
determinist: (one more ripple in the pond)

cw mention of suicide

[personal profile] determinist 2018-09-16 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Somehow I had a feeling," he says. "As for the other...I don't understand how I've come to be here alive if it's not." He doesn't intend to go into the grisly details, but regardless, he knows his killing shot was good.

The two of them, perhaps all three, are equipped with armor, where he has none. They have weapons, where he has none. It seems they're at a large advantage over him.

"Regardless," he continues, "I do want you to know, I don't intend to burden you with my presence if you would prefer not to be."
determinist: (one more ripple in the pond)

[personal profile] determinist 2018-09-16 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, indeed.

[ The long walk doesn't bother him, though this is an interesting piece of information for another reason. ]

If there's a restaurant, I presume there are also shelters of some kind? I would like to find a place to stay.
counterblows: (϶ they say quitters never win)

[personal profile] counterblows 2018-09-16 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
When I said Church might show up here, this...this really wasn't the one I was thinking.

[His hand moves up to the back of his neck, massaging at the base of where the dead, unused wiring still spiders out into his brain. An instinct that's as familiar as it is old. Thought he grew out of it.]

[No matter where he goes, there's always a headache in the shape of Church burning up in his skull.]


I'm sorry.
tuskenlancer: (figure out what side you're on)

[personal profile] tuskenlancer 2018-09-16 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
It's not your fault.

[ He's not the one she'd been thinking of, either. But there's nothing either of them can do about that. She shrugs, twisting her mouth up in a wry smile. ]

We'll figure it out.
forwearemany: (Flashlight)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2018-09-16 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
That's good, because Legion would absolutely not trust him if he did mention that.

"There is a temple-" They point, "In that direction. Nearby is a mana pool, capable of taking you to other areas of import."
counterblows: (϶ three times for the holy ghost)

[personal profile] counterblows 2018-09-16 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Could've handled him better.

[You've always been hard on yourself.]

[Tamp it down. Sequester it into the vault of all the other things you helped do - the things you never really think about, because they're always there, crowding the back of your mind, silhouettes with reflected lenses and the band of gold faceshielding.]


I guess we will.
piercetheheart: (Default)

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-09-16 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
That's where I got it but, nah, it's just Leopold. And even then only when he's in trouble.

[He grins and stretches out so he can give both lilies scritches at the same time.]

That's where Ti's name's from too. Nicotiana, nightshade. Which is the same purple as her egg was, though she came out a little lighter.

[And she knows Noctis, knows what his name means. The fact that he named her after Nightshade not a week after Noctis vanished speaks for itself.]
tuskenlancer: (not nearly as hard as they're going to b)

[personal profile] tuskenlancer 2018-09-16 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ She can make the connection, though she hadn't been there for the hatching, doesn't know the exact dates. Even so, she nods, her expression growing a little sad. ]

She was Noct's?
piercetheheart: (gosh)

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-09-16 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
No... not really. I got the girls for me and Iggy. Kind of a... confession, I guess.

[That he didn't want to go home, that he'd stay here with him and raise their girls and be a family, even if he was so ashamed of himself for surrendering the fight.]

But they hatched... right after he went home. So... it seemed fitting. Especially with her coloring. I think he'd have approved.

Besides I have to use flower names, it's an Amicitia tradition. My mom's name was Rose, my sister is Iris, my full name is Gladiolus. My nephew's name is Oleander. Now we have Leopold and Tiana too.
catpiper: (what if my soul leaves my body)

[personal profile] catpiper 2018-09-16 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
You know Laurent?

[That name makes her instantly perk up, not that she wasn't already excited to be the leader through this kitty jungle. She takes care to keep her distance from the cats, quietly cooing from a distance, instead of trying to get near them.]

His tigerlilly is very good. It likes to play with ice, but I don't know if the wild ones like that.

[Not that she has ice on her to confirm that theory. That's a problem for another day.]
catpiper: (what is tequatl)

[personal profile] catpiper 2018-09-16 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Does she have white fur? Do your siblings look like you?

[Because mama dog might be easier to find, if this puppy is related to a certain white wolf.]
catpiper: (is your cats but its me)

[personal profile] catpiper 2018-09-16 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Any thoughts about being eaten alive by this dog fly right out the metaphorical window as he starts to amble closer. He's not bounding forward, growling or making any sudden movements-this is a good dog. It's always difficult to tell at first, but she's happy her instincts were right and she decided to stay instead of carrying on.

In fact, the dogs she's met here have all been good. Maybe that's the puppy norm and the scavengers in her world were just worn down by hunger.

Not that she has to worry about that anymore and relaxes as he gets closer and closer, until he's by her side and she's able to slowly lower a hand to his body. Please, please don't growl. She just wants to dust the remaining petals off his body, in an almost frantic way, and check to make sure he's not blooming anywhere on his furry body.
]

You can say 'woof woof' if you feel bad. I speak arooooo-I know that kind of thing.

[She's a novice, but heck. It's probably enough to translate the puppy basics? She could always use the practice.]
catpiper: (to go pester you and you think)

[personal profile] catpiper 2018-09-16 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hm.

That flimsy statement doesn't convince her in the slightest and his questionable demeanor is starting to worry her. It's like he's on the edge of freaking out and that denial is the only thing keeping him grounded.

So while she knows better-wants to question his words and tell him it's okay, it seems like it's best to let him hide behind that lie. She can help him another way.
]

I'll take you somewhere safe. I know a lot of places you can hide.

[Since he's totally okay and not scared at all right now, he can keep these hidey holes in his pocket for a rainy day.]
tuskenlancer: (smiling)

[personal profile] tuskenlancer 2018-09-16 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A confession? She furrows her brow, not understanding, but...that seems a little too personal to ask about. Maybe something she doesn't really want to hear, not from him, not sitting here like this. Instead she just listens, properly sober and understanding right up until the end when try as she might, she has to bite her lip in a vain attempt to hide her smile. ]

You're named after a flower?
piercetheheart: (up)

Oh look, his journal name.

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-09-16 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn right I am.

[Smiles are fine, smiles are cute. He's too proud to let anyone laugh at his name though. Even in Eos people had learned very quickly not to question the Amicitias on their naming conventions.]

Gladiolus, also known as Sword Lilies. They represent strength, integrity, and generosity. Sincerity and infatuation from a romantic perspective. In a bouquet they mean "you pierce my heart".

[Yeah, yeah the big bad Shield knows floriography.]
tuskenlancer: (you're not worth anything to him)

Oh look, A Mistake

[personal profile] tuskenlancer 2018-09-16 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's not laughing. It's a good name, it suits him, and the idea of someone as huge and tough as Gladio being named after a flower is endearing, rather than funny.

She listens with interest to his explanation, nodding in approval of how fitting it all is - right up until he gets up to the part about romantic infatuation and her stomach drops right into the ground, her head snapping down as her cheeks burn like the sun.

Fuck. Fuck. She should never have let him find her here. She should have made some excuse and escaped right away. ]


Oh.

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