lifeaftr | February Intro: Chasing Kairos

INTRO LOG: FEBRUARY

Who: New arrivals, and you!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: February 4th and onward
Where: Monsun
Warnings: Mark as needed!

Monsun, for the uninitiated, is an island divided in two, separated by a ribbon of flowing river. To the east, a rich deciduous woodland and perfect temperature heralds a plethora of resources at your disposal, at one singular, significant cost: your very worst traits will manifest the longer you remain in the area, until, by the twenty-four hour mark, you're living your absolute worst self.

By contrast, the island's western region is a harsh wasteland, a swathe of desert with hardly any shelter from the unrelenting sun and arid heat. Most everything here wants, in some way, to kill you, from the landscape to the fauna. Ugly storms and predators run wild, but the benefit is probably exactly what you think it is: namely, that your best traits manifest more and more strongly the longer you remain on Monsun's western half.

You, you lucky band of newcomers, are going to be arriving on one of two sides of the island. Whichever one in which your character wakes is up to you - though they're certainly welcome to head either direction, once they get their bearings.

Monsun, B2: Desert Air Won't Drown You Out
A craggy stretch of desert borders Monsun's northwest coast. Parts of the sand here, the further north you head, seem to have gone suspiciously slushy or boggy...though that might be the beginnings of an oasis that looks like it might be present on the region further up. Or, possibly, something else entirely.

It'll probably be hard to tell when you've got a mess of your own to contend with. Namely, the presence of a predator that's going to be making life quite...difficult for you, the longer you remain.

Nova Scorpions have been unlocked in the bestiary!

Nova Scorpions are about one meter in length and have a large stinger to match, with a golden carapace that makes them near-chameleonic when it comes to blending in with the sands they so favor. They are nocturnal by nature and tend to burrow into the sand and form lairs with others of their kind. Occasionally, one might encounter a scorpion carrying its young on its back.

By far the most dangerous thing about them is their venom, potent enough to floor even the most powerful and even those of the nonhuman persuasion. They can be, potentially, milked for said venom if you're in need of a powerful toxin to lace your weapons, but it's recommended that you make sure the scorpion is very thoroughly dead or well on its way before doing any harvesting of its resources. You know. Just to be on the safe side.

The good news, of course, is that your better traits will be amplified the longer you stay on this side of the island. If you don't mind the danger, you're far more likely to earn yourself some help here than you are on the other side of the island.

Speaking of which.

Monsun, C1: So Scared of Overgrowing Youth
By utter contrast, the rich woodlands of Monsun's east give all the appearances of being the best sort of welcome one could ask for. With the island's coast lining the region of C1 to its north and a deep, beautiful green swathe of lush deciduous undergrowth swarming throughout the entirety of the area, one could almost call it idyllic.

One thing is certain: it is very, very beautiful. The presence of so many growing things make it a glorious contrast to the island's western half. And in C1 in particular, there's no shortage of resources. The odd berry bush, the abundance of trees that can be harvested for lumber, if necessary...and the presence of some very odd, but nonetheless potentially adorable little creatures known as mosslings.

What may initially appear to be a tuft of particularly springy moss will, on closer inspection, prove to be something a little bit more. Mosslings are practically indistinguishable from the surrounding landscape unless one is keen-eyed enough to pick out the twin yellow points of glowing eyes nestled among the leafy orbs of their bodies - or unless one happens to spook one by accident, prompting it to scurry hastily away. They are extremely peaceable, extremely docile creatures, though they can make traversing the landscape startling on occasion, for the faint of heart. Aside from potentially edible, leafy flesh, they don't have much use in the way of resources, but they are quite harmless!

You, on the other hand, probably aren't so harmless. At least, not the longer you stay here. If you don't start forging your way west, or weaving your way to the island's single mana pool - located on E3 - to get off of it entirely, your very worst self is going to be manifesting, along with all your worst and least desirable qualities. Prone to violence, cowardice, jealousy, or paranoia? Better hope no one else is around to aggravate those traits, because they're not immune to Monsun's psychological effects either.

The only danger here comes from within. But the worst things usually do.

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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You should be. Don Whitehorse is on that list too. It's not often anyone can fluster me!

Don Whitehorse, really...

[Huh.]

I admit I didn't know the man outside of the political end of things. But I wouldn't have expected that.

Nothing in the world could prepare you for speaking with that man for the first time.

But you've had that pleasure as well, ja? How did those negotiations go, anyway?

We are not going to discuss the peace negotiations.

I'm so pleased to hear it went exactly as terribly as I expected!

They weren't entirely for nothing, at least.

[...just mostly, because heracles, but that isn't the point.]

[Hahah. Yeah.]

Oh, of course. Don Whitehorse may have been exceptionally difficult to get along with, but he was a very smart man. I'm sure he could see where an alliance with the Empire was advantageous.

[He sounds almost fond, despite the complaining from earlier.]

I did get that impression. I don't know if I would call him exceptionally difficult to get along with, in my own case. More that we didn't communicate on the same level. As people, of course, but also as a matter of affiliation.

[Like, seriously, how the fuck do the guilds do anything.,,

That said, what he's putting out there is a little blank in tone, but it's more along the lines of just not being sure how to phrase it and as such going with the most diplomatic way he can think of. It isn't as though he hated the guy, he just found dealing with him to be incredibly socially harrowing.]

[That is very fair. Don Whitehorse was a bit Much.]

Ja, of course. The guilds certainly do things very different from the Empire! If you aren't very familiar with them, I can certainly see where guild members look completely insane.

[...some of them are, but that's not the point!!]

"Chaotic" is likely how I would have phrased it.

[BUT YOU AREN'T...WRONG...]

The polite way, of course.

[OF COURSE HE ISN'T, HE HAD TO DEAL WITH THEM FOR TEN YEARS.]

"Chaotic" certainly isn't wrong, though! I'm sure they would have destroyed each other were it not for the Don.

[And then through no fault of his own the Don died and Harry is totally screwed, but it'll probably be Fine.]

Oh, I'm well aware. Just because they're no longer under the Empire's jurisdiction doesn't mean that I wasn't keeping an eye on them as a whole.

Ja, of course. It would be stupid to leave them without any supervision.

[He could bring up Raven here, but he doesn't really care enough to. Instead he lets it go with a shrug.]

Not that it matters all that much anymore, I suppose.

[...]

I suppose it doesn't.

[Don't worry, he isn't going to ask you about that thing in the sky during the battle. He wants to know, sure, but he doubts he'll get any answers right now.]

There are worse places to be! At least there are monsters to fight here.

[...no seriously, he would go crazy (crazier) if he didn't have anything to fight.]

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[He doesn't relax, but...]

Despite how things have been since we've arrived, I have very little argument with this place.

It's certainly been strange, but considering where we're from, I think we're fairly used to that by now.

I don't consider where we're from to be that strange.

[It just kind of is?]

If anything, I find the places with no monsters, or magic of any sort, to be stranger.

Oh no, I'll certainly agree that places without either of those are incredibly bizarre! I can't imagine how different things would be if Terca Lumireis didn't have monsters or magic.

[Mm.]

Better for it, I believe. But as it stands, it's part of what it is.

Ja, ja, of course.

It's good that we don't have to be too bored here, at least. At least this isn't one of those worlds without them!

It makes it a bit more tolerable, doesn't it.

[It's not particularly a question.]

Certainly. It's... [familiar?] interesting; seeing the different sorts of monsters here is quite fascinating!

I suppose it's good to see that monsters simply are what they are, regardless of where they happen to be.

[...It's familiar, yeah.]

Some things never change, I suppose...

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