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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: (4EYZHM8)

p5 spoilers!

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
THE BEACH.

    [ when ann wakes up for what feels like a second time, she's greeted with a scene straight from an anime flower petals falling from the sky. there's an abundance of them, it seems, and she's looking up at the petals that fall around her. ]

    Whoa... [ it's so easy to get caught up in how beautiful it is, and ann doesn't move for a few moments, admiring the scenery. it's like magic. this definitely isn't destinyland; this definitely isn't tokyo. she turns her head, expecting to see akira or ryuji or one of the phantom thieves, to tell them about how incredible the view is. but nobody's there.

    that's what gets her to remember everything. she remembers that they were in the middle of something important, that she'd been panicking over okumura's death, and the phantom thieves need her. she needs to find a way out.

    she starts to rise to her feet when she notices something heavy on her back. she groans, looking back at the knapsack--when did that get there?--and she finally starts to survey her surroundings.
    ]

    Where am I...?


THE JUNGLE

    [ after ann's gotten settled in, she decides to take a look around the island to see what else is out there. she's asked someone (you!) to accompany her on her journey, not wanting to go alone, because ann does not know how to deal with danger on a deserted island. she does, however, want to get familiarized with her surroundings, even if the only weapon she has on her is a knife that she was given upon arrival.

    as she begins to head out, she passes by a tree covered in moss. her arm brushes against the bark, and something moves--a mossling, to be exact. it scurries away, and ann jumps back with a little yelp.
    ]

    D-Did you see that?! I can't be the only one who saw that!
raygunner: (future starts slow)

[personal profile] raygunner 2018-09-04 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
(re)arrival.
[ All things considered, he isn't sure how he feels about being back here. It seems like he just can't get a damn rest, and with those memories of meeting Ann Takamaki here again... it could be a lot better. Somehow, though, he feels oddly calm. He's alive, against all odds. He's back on this island.

... scratch that. He isn't sure how he feels. He's lost in thought, staring up at the petals... maybe come say hi? ]


tigerlilies.
[ ... and eventually, he picks up a companion. Akechi might not be terribly fond of people, but animals have never hurt anyone. He thinks the cat(?) might stop following him at some point, but the more he walks, the more the cat follows. Admittedly, it's very cute, and after a while, Akechi turns and kneels down to greet the little one. ]

Would you like me to take care of you? [ he asks, expression and tone oddly soft. The cat mewls and bumps its head against his hand.

He's totally suckered in. Rest in pieces, Akechi. ]
antepone: (katie-findlay-3247943)

the beach

[personal profile] antepone 2018-09-04 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ann is enamored by the petals, but Mira... Mira sees the petals, sees the purple and blue mixed in with them, and she feels sick. She's definitely a little paler as she looks up at them, and her stomach churns. Beside her, her dog senses her discomfort, and Daisy whines a little as she nudges Mira's leg.

The girl's question catches her attention, gives her something to focus on. ]


An island named Enso. Welcome.
ladytakamaki: (but in the end i want to thank you)

tigerlilies; P5 spoilers

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ by the time akechi's found his companion, ann's already got one of her own. a smaller tigerlily is following behind her as she starts to make her way out of the jungle.

she wasn't expecting to see him here.
]

...Akechi-

[ she freezes.

do you want help from the very person who attempted to put a bullet in your leader's head?

no. that...

she looks at him with wide eyes. she doesn't know what to say.
]
Edited 2018-09-04 04:51 (UTC)
raygunner: (bad at love)

[personal profile] raygunner 2018-09-04 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah.

There she is.

Akechi certainly doesn't look very thrilled when he sees her; for a moment, she might still catch a glimpse of the softness and warmth in his expression. It shifts quickly, though, into that familiar mask. ]


Takamaki.

[ There are no honorifics, not now. ]
ladytakamaki: (a dangerous woman)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
En...so...?

[ she's never heard of it, and ann's stomach sinks. she remembers so many things: waking up to a place like this once before, someone named the storyteller, all sorts of strange things... ]

No, I--I don't think I'm supposed to be here.
everylittlesecret: (♪ More trouble's gonna find us)

jungle

[personal profile] everylittlesecret 2018-09-04 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Nari's met an Ann before. Not this one. That was apparent. Why she was asked by this one that wasn't the one she met before to run around with her is beyond her. But it was something to do with the day as she follows Ann along.]

It's harmless. You just scared it.

[If it wasn't so fast, Nari would try and catch it.]
antepone: (katie-findlay-3247950)

[personal profile] antepone 2018-09-04 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mira gives her a sympathetic smile. ]

Because you have important things to do back home?
jackal_style: (Pout)

Dogo | ota

[personal profile] jackal_style 2018-09-04 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[The Beach]

[The beach is beautiful. Prettier than anything he's ever seen in the Outlands or the Pridelands. But even with that strange dream he had, he's not sure if this is anywhere near the Pridelands or his home.

He explores the beach a little, walking up and down and sniffing around. Flower petals are landing on his fur, which he stops every once in a while to shake off.]


Mom! Dad? ... Anyone?

[His family is never too far behind. He'll just have to wait on the beach for the rest of them.]

[Tigerlillies]

[Big cats instinctively make Dogo nervous, but this particular cub doesn't look like a member of the Lion Guard. It... doesn't look like any kind of animal he's seen before actually.]

Uh... hi there!

[The Tigerlily perks its head up once it sees Dogo, and waddles up to sniff him.]

Hellooooo? Can you talk - ow!

[Dogo gives a little surprised yelp as the young cat bites and pulls at his ear. Dogo growls back, tugging and trying to pull away.]

Let go! That's not yours!!
ladytakamaki: (always down for the ride)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
...Oops?

[ that was. pretty alarming, but she'll take nari's word for it. ]

Sorry, it seriously blended in, you know? So I wasn't expecting that at all. [ a frown as she looks back at the critter, who's perched up on a tree branch right above them now. ]
ladytakamaki: (but in the end i want to thank you)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
No...

[ she was hoping that it was just a dream. she was hoping that it wasn't real. even though ann always knew that goro akechi wasn't who he said he was, she didn't think it would ever be that bad.

but here he is, with the same cold smile on his face that he gave her back then, when he'd wanted her to choke and die on her flowers.
]
ladytakamaki: (17sABGy)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
That's, uhh, part of it!

[ casually trying to avoid mentioning the phantom thieves!! ]

Don't tell me I seriously got kidnapped or something...!
raygunner: (hum for your buzz)

[personal profile] raygunner 2018-09-04 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ The kitten in his arms regards Ann suspiciously; she's picking up on Akechi's body language, and cats are smart creatures. Akechi doesn't look away from her, just levels her with that stare. ]

Is there anything I can help you with? You seem distressed.
everylittlesecret: (♪ You wanna know what I really think)

[personal profile] everylittlesecret 2018-09-04 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
From what I can tell, those little guys are used to being hunted. So the camouflage they've got is handy as hell. First time I came across one I about set it on fire.

[Might have been amusing and she could have found out they were edible then.]
antepone: (katie-findlay-3248031)

[personal profile] antepone 2018-09-04 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
W-well... in a sense of the word.

[ SWEATS......... ]

... Did you have a dream before you woke up here?
want_to_belong: (Attentive)

[personal profile] want_to_belong 2018-09-04 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[After problems with that horrible illness that kept them indoors for a while, Prompto was happy to get back out and look for some good pic-taking spots. The beach was an obvious one - familiar and relatively safe feeling. The petals made him nervous, but he tried to shake off the feeling and get some good shots of them fluttering through the sky.

Then he spotted an unusual animal. It didn't look quite like the others, but it did seem very puppy-like. Cautiously he moved closer, keeping a wary eye for signs of aggressive, before extending a hand from a safe distance away, calling to him gently like he would one of the cats or dogs in the city.]


Hey there, little guy. It's okay.
ladytakamaki: (qAoMAWP)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
...Nothing. Nothing at all.

[ does he remember saying those things to her? he's being far less aggressive than he was back then. her tigerlily watches akechi, staying close to ann's side. cats are smart creatures indeed. ]

Just passing through. I...wasn't expecting to see you here.
ladytakamaki: (don't need no hold up)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
I see. So...kinda like bugs, then.

[ she turns back to nari, shoulders less tense than before. it helps to know they aren't dangerous.

then, the second part of what she says starts to settle in.
]

...What was that about fire?
raygunner: (bad at love)

CONTINUING THE SPOILER TRAIN....

[personal profile] raygunner 2018-09-04 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm.

[ He tilts his head, just slightly. A small incline in her direction. ]

I'd have thought you'd be fully prepared, considering we met in that dreamworld. [ He smiles, a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. ] Though I can't exactly blame you. I'm surprised, too; I'd been dead again before coming here.

[ And then he laughs, a quiet little thing that just sounds hollow. ]
ladytakamaki: (i live for danger)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Y...Yeah. Several of them, I think.

[ she frowns. most of those dreams weren't very pleasant. ]

There's no way any of this is real...
antepone: (katie-findlay-3247950)

[personal profile] antepone 2018-09-04 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
It is, actually.

[ It's gentle, the way she says it. The dog at her feet trots on over to Ann and looks up at her, ears flopping as she tilts her head. ]

I didn't believe it was at first, either, but... I've been here for a few months now.
everylittlesecret: (♪ But you're always on the outside)

[personal profile] everylittlesecret 2018-09-04 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
More like... yeah, let's go with bug. I can't explain half the critters in this place.

[She just knows that most of them are edible or try to eat you.]

I can use fire. Pretty handy in this place. Never need a lighter~
ladytakamaki: (taking control)

CHOO CHOO!!

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ so he does know. that just makes things even more complicated and uncomfortable; and now that neither of them are choking on their flowers, ann feels the urge to really give akechi what he deserves.

but what he deserves and what he wants are probably the same, aren't they? he wants her wrath. he wants her fury.

she's not going to give that to him. but it's hard to hold back, with how her hands clench into fists at her sides and how her brow knits when she looks at him again.
]

Look- I don't know what's going on, why we're here--why you're here when you're supposed to be gone. But I'm not interested in picking a fight with you, since you seem to want that so badly.
ladytakamaki: (4EYZHM8)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-09-04 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
A few months?!

[ god, please no. she knows that supposedly no time passes at home while they're here, but still- ]

No way. You're--you're joking, right?

[ she regards the dog at her feet, but she's still kind of panicked right now. sorry, doggo. ]
raygunner: (sorry)

the brakes are broken and we ain't gonna fix em

[personal profile] raygunner 2018-09-04 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ He could go for the low blow again. He could. It would be so easy to tell her what she'll probably not want to hear, even if she doesn't yet know it.

So easy that he does it. ]


You know, Kurusu said the same thing when he was here. He didn't seem to want to fight with me. [ He keeps that smile in place. ] I was surprised, you know, since he remembered my attempt to kill him and he didn't even hate me.

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