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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: (but uh uh oh no you're wrong)

GOOOORSE

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-10-03 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure, it just--it went by so fast!

[ it really did. one moment she blinked, the next she saw something darting away at the corner of her eye. barely even got a glance at it. ]

I could've sworn it was a piece of moss, though!
ladytakamaki: (start what i finished)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-10-03 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, sure thing! That's really nice of you to offer.

[ lillie's so nice. ann's a good person, she swears!! hopefully guzma will be okay with her showing up. ]

Okay. So I just have to concentrate real hard on showing up to the islets...

[ she shuts her eyes and slowly drops the flower into the water. ]
lesbeau: (« [Serious] patient defense)

its ok!!!!

[personal profile] lesbeau 2018-10-03 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[She didn't actually mean to say something too mean, but that's just kind of what she does. She's a harsh person and this whole thing is freaking her out- especially being here supposedly alone. She's talking to a dog, okay. Is this what happens when people are somewhere too relaxing? They just become Caduceus and chat up dogs??

At least he starts moving, and if she's doing this, she's going all in. Beau grabs her stuff hastily, jogging after him with her staff in hand.]


Okay, but I'm just saying, if we are in a trap I expect you to help me bust out of it.

[Or just lead her to Lorenzo so she can kick his ass. Even if that's probably impossible solo, but Beau is not the strategy person.]

You got that?
lesbeau: (« [Thoughtful] well im outta ideas)

[personal profile] lesbeau 2018-10-03 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Being a decent person machine broke, have a nice day. She's only half paying attention to Ammy's facial features, but Beau has a second sense for when she's getting mocked. She squints towards the animal, a slightly threatening 'don't even think about trying anything' face, before getting a more concrete response to reply to.]

Y'know, magic cat, like... cat sized? I mean, he's not always a cat. Sometimes he's a bird or something. I'd say maybe you're him, but like, Caleb's more of a cat guy? I don't think you'd fit in his coat.

[Though the image is very funny to imagine.]
vagabone: (and I apologize)

[personal profile] vagabone 2018-10-03 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely, the minute it happens.

[It's a Cat made out of Plant, anything's possible! And it's a great idea to plant (ha) inside her little cat-loving mind.]

It happened to Dante, I saw it with my own eyes. [Well. That's stretching the truth a bit... for a good cause!] I think it was because he was a very good boy, also helped me out of that hole I fell into by leading Pepita there. And then, bam! Wings!
mamaterasu: (Just a wolf you see.)

[personal profile] mamaterasu 2018-10-04 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Magic cat? Well, the only so-called 'magic cat' she knows is definitely not named Frumpkin - not that she's been made aware, anyway - and is bot so much magic as they are divine. Pointing her nose to the ground, Ammy flicks her tail and an image appears, scratched into the dirt.

Despite the medium, the picture is pretty well detailed. Ammy is a goddess of art and creation as much as she is of the sun, and she doesn't do things halfassed when it comes to her skills. Anyway, this is the only cat she knows who has a set of mystical powers, but their name is Kabegami, not Frumpkin...and she's never known them to be anything but a cat. And they're certainly not here, either.]
braceforimpact: (27)

[personal profile] braceforimpact 2018-10-04 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Being blind, Kaworu doesn't react when Héctor's arm pops off.

He does react when Héctor tries to argue him into moving. But only a little.

"I am up." Literally. He's in the air. What else do you want?

Besides, he's not going to starve, and it's not like anything could actually hurt him.

Nothing that could come from outside his body, anyway.

"I'm just as safe here as I would be there."
selfinserting: (pic#12103433)

[personal profile] selfinserting 2018-10-04 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
...You don't have to thank me.

[Hearing Connor of all people say that makes the small ball of guilt coiling in his stomach twist around. It's not a pleasant feeling.

Either way, his next words earn a blank stare for a few moments before the horror sets in.]


Your - sorry, your what? [Ah. He didn't mishear that.] Oh my god, what happened—? That's...
thermalwind: (Tank swaps are for tanks who care)

[personal profile] thermalwind 2018-10-04 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That’s right. I’m my team’s leader. [He nods, showing her to take the left fork not the right. They’re heading inland towards the temple path. He glances up briefly to track Ember’s path as he picks up where he left off. He moves without much sound as at home in the forest as he was on the sand.]

It wasn’t just like no time had passed. I didn’t remember coming here at all. I remembered here when I returned. I woke up in the surf with all the injuries I had back home.

[And the age.] When Lance left, he vanished. I assume I did the same thing.
piercetheheart: (♔ downcast)

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-10-04 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now that he knows he'll probably never actually admit that she is exactly his type. Fierce, powerful in her own right, the type that takes no shit from anyone. But also someone that hopes, whose spirit is bright and enduring. Soft grudging smiles and hair so soft it almost seems unnatural.

He'd had no idea how perfectly she'd fit with him that first day when he'd flirted with her on the beach.

But if it made her feel better than far be it for him to destroy that particular illusion. She'd never hear otherwise from him.]


Yeah... he can tell. And he'll make sure we wake up to him instead of waking up screaming.

[They're all soldiers, they all have things that haunt them.]
ladytakamaki: (BfFFxF2)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-10-05 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ at that, ann's eyes suddenly brighten up. she's having a moment of clarity. if keith went back home and didn't remember being here, then that's what might have happened to akira, too. that would explain a lot. ]

I think that's what happened to my friend--his name's Akira. Someone told me he was here before, too, but I guess he just...never came back.

[ her voice gets quiet. ] He's a leader, too. My leader. [ and then normally: ] Anyway, I guess there's just a lot of stuff that happens that doesn't make a lot of sense. Kinda weird that the Storyteller doesn't seem to know why a lot of stuff happens, too.
thermalwind: (Tanking is my job)

[personal profile] thermalwind 2018-10-05 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
They're not infallible. It seems like their limit is those who believe in stories and those who don't.

[My leader. It's as simple as that to catch his attention and his decision to be made. He takes a stone with a small screen on it out of his coat pocket.] Give me a description of your leader, Akira. I'll keep watch for them.

I can contact you through these. You should have one in the bag you woke up with.
ladytakamaki: (i'm locked and loaded)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-10-05 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like they're just like us, rather than some kind of all-knowing deity.

[ though keith's offer is surprising. ann pauses for a moment before reaching into her bag to take out her stone. ]

He's got thick-framed glasses, messy black hair. He's shorter than you. Kind of lanky. He kind of gives off this...mysterious aura.

[ ann. ]

But Akira means well. There's a lot more to him than what meets the eye.

[ she turns her attention to the stone in her hands. ] I was looking at this earlier. So...it works kind of like a phone, huh?
forwearemany: (socute)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2018-10-05 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Affirmative. Do you desire further assistance?"

The residents of this island have been kind to them: they have little issue with providing help or company to the newest among their number.
Edited 2018-10-05 03:48 (UTC)
jackal_style: (Agreeing)

[personal profile] jackal_style 2018-10-05 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
No, I haven't met a Papyrus... there's another skeleton other than you?

It's nice to see you again, Héctor! I uh, haven't seen anyone I recognize on this beach yet.

[Mostly his family... heck, he'd even be sort of grateful for the Lion Guard. They'd know how to get him back the Outlands, right?]
jackal_style: (Talking)

[personal profile] jackal_style 2018-10-05 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
No... my mom looks like me, but bigger! My dad too. And my siblings look like me too. So much that everyone gets us confused!
jackal_style: (Pout)

[personal profile] jackal_style 2018-10-05 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
But it bite my ear! Really hard!

[Dogo's exaggerating on how much it really hurts. The initial pain is already mostly gone, leaving a faint, dull ache. Luckily, Dogo doesn't make any move to attack the tigerlily cub. He is giving it his best glare though.]
jackal_style: (Nervous)

[personal profile] jackal_style 2018-10-05 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Really? Back home, we animals can talk to everyone. Aren't... you one too?

[Because Prompto looks kind of like a tall monkey, just with way less fur. Being the first human that Dogo's come across, there's pretty much nothing else he could be.]

Um well... I'm looking for my mom and dad, or my siblings. Have you seen them?
jackal_style: (Agreeing)

[personal profile] jackal_style 2018-10-05 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Dogo plops down in the sand for a few seconds. Should he wait here? His family wouldn't call back, they'd just meet him here.

... If they heard his howling at all.

He gets back up, walking around, uncertain of what to do, when he sees a white wolf laying on the beach. While there's all kinds of wild dogs in the Outlands and Pridelands, wolves weren't one of them. And even this wolf... she's really pretty. But there's something that feels... off about her? It's enough to make him a little more shy than he normally would be, but she'd probably know more about where his family was.

He walks up to her, slow and cautious.]


Um... h-hi! I'm Dogo!
want_to_belong: (Attentive)

[personal profile] want_to_belong 2018-10-05 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh, umm... Yeah, guess technically I am. Humans don't usually think of themselves as 'animals', 'cause, like...

[Hmm. He didn't want to be insulting towards animals, especially when he was talking to one.]

Well, we use phones and live in houses and stuff, so we've always considered ourselves a bit different?

I haven't seen your family, bud, but I know the area around here pretty well. You can always come with me to look if you want.

[Trying to be positive. Based on experience, it didn't usually seem like families all came together.]

...If we don't find them right away, you can always rest up with us. We've got plenty of food and stuff, and it's dangerous to stay out alone.
lesbeau: (« [Look] monks can't be surprised)

[personal profile] lesbeau 2018-10-05 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn.

[Alright, well, there goes that. She thought she might've been close. There's still a chance this Drifter knows something, though, so she notes that name down in her mind. Also Taako. Wizards may not exactly be her M.O., but they're at least kind of normal- or at least familiar. Maybe they'll have some answers.

She refocuses on the girl in front of her, crossing her arms.]


So who're you, then? Do you live here? 'Ss this all, you know, yours?
lesbeau: (« [Confused] dude. dude)

[personal profile] lesbeau 2018-10-05 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[She sighs, because that should probably be expected. Of course she's here alone with bug tree people. It's unsettling, but not the worst- she could always be attacked or stuck out here without knowing what she was doing. She's resourceful. She can make do.

That said, she's not paying a ton of attention to the Knight as they grab at another flower, figuring they're going in for a second snack. But she just blinks at them when they thrust it towards her. What... does she do with that. Beau watches them, obviously missing the fact this is just meant to be some lovely expression of beauty, and looks between them and it for a few seconds before speaking.]


... Do you want me to eat that?
vagabone: (hold up there)

[personal profile] vagabone 2018-10-05 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[He squints at the man, skeptical. Too much flesh on Leonard still.]

Are you supposed to be a skeleton too?
savedbyasong: (serious)

its okay!

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2018-10-05 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Three to live on. I went to a few others but they were all dead, destroyed worlds and I wasn't there for long, I was just rescuing my friends.

[Even a day was too long to be kidnapped and trapped on a strange world, Shion had panicked hard the first time he had found himself where he was not supposed to be, he definitely does not blame Ann for complaining.]
savedbyasong: (serious)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2018-10-05 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, it must be sore. But it's not bleeding and so I think you will be fine soon enough.

[Cobweb starts to herd the cub back towards the jungle, giving it a nudge to send it back to it's home.]

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