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Entry tags:
- coco: héctor rivera,
- critical role: beauregard,
- dear evan hansen: connor murphy,
- final fantasy xv: ardyn izunia,
- fragile dreams: ren,
- hollow knight: the knight,
- hyper light drifter: the drifter,
- marble hornets: tim wright,
- mass effect: legion,
- original: chip abaroa,
- original: mira delacroix,
- pokemon sun & moon: guzma,
- red vs. blue: agent washington,
- the adventure zone: kravitz,
- undertale: asgore dreemurr,
- voltron: keith kogane,
- voltron: takashi shirogane,
- ✖ captive prince: damianos,
- ✖ captive prince: laurent,
- ✖ dear evan hansen: evan hansen,
- ✖ fallout 4: dogmeat,
- ✖ ffxv: prompto argentum,
- ✖ nge: kaworu nagisa,
- ✖ nge: rei ayanami,
- ✖ no.6: shion,
- ✖ okami: amaterasu,
- ✖ original: nari reno,
- ✖ pacific rim: newton geiszler,
- ✖ persona 5: ann takamaki,
- ✖ persona 5: goro akechi,
- ✖ pokemon sun & moon: lillie,
- ✖ red vs. blue: agent carolina,
- ✖ red vs. blue: agent connecticut,
- ✖ red vs. blue: the director,
- ✖ the adventure zone: lucas miller,
- ✖ the adventure zone: lup,
- ✖ the adventure zone: taako,
- ✖ the lion guard: dogo,
- ✖ utena: anthy himemiya,
- ✖ voltron: hunk
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!
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.
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.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.
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.
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!
( CODED BY BOOTYCALL )
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[ ann isn't going to argue against getting the hell away from whatever that was. at least with some of the other fauna around here, she can see where they are and what they look like. in the case of the mossling, it'd camouflaged so well that it just looked like sudden movement in the corner of her eye.
she follows ren south, which leads them a little further into the jungle. ]
Let's try not to get lost, while we're at it!
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[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.]
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[ cats, huh? interesting, but ann can roll with it. she likes cats. ann lets ren lead her; in contrast to the younger girl, ann is unsure of herself, wary of the dangers that the jungle may bring if only because she's new. ann follows ren closely on high alert. ]
So...I'm guessing that you know where you're going?
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[The tigerlillies are far off, but Ren points to their forms in the distance, standing on her tiptoes to mentally count how many members there are in that family. Looks like-maybe a couple more than last time? Weird.
Either way, it's a comfort to Ren. It may not be to the average person.]
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[ she's still not quite sure what ren means, up until she follows ren's finger, and--oh! the tigerlillies! she knows laurent has one, and it seemed friendly enough, so she's not terribly afraid when she sees them. ]
Oh, tigerlillies! Yeah, we can head that way. They won't attack us, right?
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["Good terms" meaning she was pals with the abandoned Tokyo cats. That's close enough. The cats are wild-feral, but tamable and she has enough kitty confidence to know the ins and outs of how to not piss off a wild cat. Keep your distance, don't act like you're coming after the babies and earn their trust with food and soft voices.]
They won't attack unless they're very scared.
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[ (i'm assuming they got each others' names?!) ann gives the girl a smile and falls behind her to let her take the lead. ]
I'll follow your lead, then. I've only seen Laurent's tigerlilly, so I think I'll just hang back and see how you handle them first.
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[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.]
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[ she saw how you perked up there! ren is really adorable, and ann likes her a lot already. she follows her through the kitty jungle, looking up at the tigerlillies every now and then. ]
Do you have one, too? I'm curious as to how he got one of them to be his pet.
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[The second question makes her shake her head. They're wild cats and while they're friends, spiritually, they need to have their kitty freedom, unless they choose to have an owner. She hasn't come across one that needed a family.]
I have another cat-his name is ESP and he's good boy. Not one of these.
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[ you know she's going to bother laurent about it later. for now, she's enjoying ren's company. though...that is an unusual name for a tigerlilly. ]
So...why "ESP"?
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Laurent knows 'cool' coin magic and ESP is what Murasaki-chan named that cat. It's a special name that means-
[Well, what the heck does it mean? She doesn't know it. It's whatever. Cats naming cats-it's a mystery.]
Something good.
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Oh, really? Wow, I seriously wouldn't have guessed he knew magic. I'll ask him about it someday.
[ and as for esp... well... ann can guess that ren doesn't know what it means. but maybe keeping it a mystery is part of the fun? so ann just smiles. ]
I'm sure it does. Anyway...we're almost to the tigerlillies. Is there anything I should do before we meet them?
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[The confidence in her voice is overwhelming and she doesn't bother to elaborate because that's what you do. Cats will be able to tell you're not going to hurt them if you just, you know, think good thoughts.
If the kitties feel comfortable, there's nothing to worry about.]
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[ ann is sincere in her intent. she's dealt with a talking cat back at home; surely tigerlillies can't be any worse, right? if anything, she's hesitant, but doesn't pose a threat.
slowly, she begins to approach. ]
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With one eye on Ann and the other on the tigers in front of her, Ren catches up to stand by her side. So far so good. Some of them are getting nervous, with all the kittens around, and she slows her pace in turn, taking care to not look like she's heading for any of the kittens.]
You have to stay away from the babies.