lifeaftr | April Intro: Better Get to Digging

INTRO LOG: APRIL

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

Waking up to the gentle proddings of what appears to be very curious, sentient trees isn't the worst wake up call LifeAftr has to offer. For our newest arrivals, however, it may be a tad…odd.

Situated in the valley between two mountains, Elower is a scenic village filled with the friendly Roaka, tree-like beings that are rather peaceable and happy to assist those who have just arrived. I'’s a peaceful location for one to start their adventures - though, unfortunately, it doesn't stay peaceful for long.

Cahypdo: You'll Bury Me Low
Those who have explored the new island of Cahypdo in the last month will undoubtedly recall the series of quakes that shook the island throughout March. With the arrival of LifeAftr's newest adventurers comes Cahypdo's largest tremor to date, striking without warning and more than enough force to throw even the steadiest and sturdiest of your number to the ground. With a low rumble, the mountains heaped on either side of the island will start to shed an abundance of slag and debris, pouring down their slopes. Anyone who's scaling those peaks risks being flung bodily off them when the outpouring of shale comes roaring down those mountains, and anyone at the mountain bases risks being crushed beneath.

As one might expect, unsuspecting newcomers aren't all that have been shaken up. Though protected by netting and retaining walls, the cliffs around and above the village of Elower can only take so much pressure before giving way - a threshold that has been crossed entirely. With a sound like thunder, rocks fall.

Everyone dies?

Only if you don't act quickly. Roaka housing is sturdy in build, enough to protect a decidedly less sturdy body from all but the heaviest of boulders. Hiding inside any of their village constructs built into the sides of the mountains will certainly save you from taking a new weight onto your shoulders. They will not, however, save you from being buried alive.

For those who become trapped inside any of those abodes, your options appear limited. Work to free yourself, or wait for help to arrive. Though, speaking of help, those outside may think to offer the Roaka a helping hand in getting their trapped people - and yours, at that - a few breaths of fresh air.

Before you suffocate.

Cahypdo: Stay Acting Brave
Such seismic activity will also stir up the local wildlife, of course. Those unfortunate enough to come across them will recognize the restless shark-dragon hybrids, hydrac, now prowling across the shorelines, while the wickedly fanged wabbits will also be far more frequent, traveling in larger numbers in the jungle and at the bases of the mountains. Taking care to avoid them would be wise - though another creature may make that venture much more difficult.

Lorbies have been unlocked in the bestiary!

A strange mix between owl and serpent, the recent quake has clearly startled these usually reclusive creatures into the open. Alone, a lorby is a rather skittish animal, prone to hiding from most perceived threats. Useless for food due to the toxicity of their flesh, lorbies do have the potential to be tamed...but this comes with its own risks.

A lorby may be prone to flight rather than fight when encountered solo, but in groups, these feathery critters are far more hostile. A defensive lorby emits a piercing cry alone, but a group is an almost ear-piercing experience, capable of rendering the unfortunate unstable on their feet at best, and unconscious at worst. For the days that follow the severe earthquake that so rocked everyone's foundations, any hope for silence is lost in the infrequent bursts of almighty screeching by colonies of lorbies who have so rudely had their homes overturned and disturbed.

While the lorby is omnivorous, it may not think to take a bite at anything so much larger than them. That doesn't mean that conflict with these fluffy creatures won't attract something much more willing to take advantage of the fact that you may or may not have been reduced to a prone sack of meat. If something else does arrive, you best hope that it's a friendly face.

If you're interested in keeping a lorby for your own, bear LifeAftr's companion limit in mind - two per character, and no more. The lorby is omnivorous and can survive off of most odds and ends: insects, fruits, berries, critters it can dig up in the sand, and more. However, the process of trying to tame a lorby is not always successful. We recommend use of a d10, with the following guidelines:

Rolling a 10: Critical success! This lorby will love and adore you, and may even feel comfortable enough to drape itself along your neck like a beautiful, furry scarf, churring softly all the way.
Rolling 7-9: This lorby will prove high-strung and timid, even if safely befriended, and will take several weeks to warm up to you. But once it does, it's yours!
Rolling 2-6: Failure. The lorby enters a state of distress and starts screaming. Hope you brought earplugs, or you'll be snoozing for several long hours for your efforts.
Rolling a 1: Critical failure. Not only does the lorby start screaming, but its panic attracts a colony of its friends, and they all start screaming too.

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 you prefer.

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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"It was more practical than my armor considering the situation," Tachibana pointed out matter-of-factly.

...and also implying how unpractical that loud yelling belt was.

"I dunno, man, uneven terrain, I thought that wasn't too great for horses." Kiriya waves the thought away. He's got some serious questions here, but he's not going to let on or ask any of them just yet. "This is practical enough for a little light rescue."

An amused snort answered that observation. "It was good enough to climb Mount Olympus; it's fine for something like this," he returned smugly.

Also faster, and didn't require him to un-bury himself before he could transform.

Is Kiriya supposed to be impressed? His chibi expression remains impossible to read. "Yeah, well, I don't need to climb. This form? It's pretty damn bouncy. Some of us get by with the basics!"

...the gaudy, neon basics.

~~Tachibana would like it if someone found him impressive, yes. Sooth his poor battered ego~~

"And a bit more agile than being stuck on two wheels?" Tachibana returned. There were enough similarities between the bike and the SD form in front of him to easily make that connection, at least.

That actually gets Kiriya to laugh. "Did you finally figure that out?" How long had it been? How long? "Come over here for a ride and I'll show you exactly how agile I really am."

A small amused huff escaped ~~even if any innuendo went right over his head~~. "Maybe some other time," he countered, smile relaxed. "I think this form might be a bit over your weight limit."

Garren, however, had clambered up his Slammer's back to perch on his shoulders and raised his hand, waving excitedly.

"..Garren would like to take you up on that, however."

~~That innuendo went so far over Tachibana's head, Kiriya's pretty sure he heard it audibly whooshing by~~ "Yeah, sure, we can scout way ahead of you!" He loosens up a bit, pulls a lever on his belt, and the transformation into a bike is just as loud as his initial transformation had been. "Alright, little guy, hop on, just don't touch anything on the dash."

~~You'd think having it explained to him after the times people'd made that joke about his centaur form, he'd remember. But no.~~

The loud, ridiculous powerup sound got him another raised eyebrow, but Garren waved his arms excitedly, waiting til all the noise and flashing had stopped before hopping down to land (in proper over dramatic fashion) on the seat.

Now the question... how to hold on. He'll experimentally reach for a few things that looked like they were solid and not at all part of the dash, pausing for a response before getting a tight grip.

"Try the edge of the seat, I won't go too fast for you." Kiriya revs his engine a few times, mostly for show. No wheelies, no pouring on top speed. Not with...whatever Garren is riding up there.

The tiny pog nods, shifting and getting a tight hold, making sure he wouldn't be thrown. "Weeeii!" he signalled happily, bracing for a sudden start.

"Alright, here we go!" And the bike takes off.

...not super fast, just enough to give Garren a bit of excitement.

The pog clung so tightly, but gave a very happy, wordless exclamation at the rush.

Amused, Tachibana followed, almost leisurely galloping at similar speeds to keep up.

Look, horseboy, if Kiriya wanted, he could totally leave you in the dust.

But he's not going to, because he doesn't want to throw Garren the way he did certain other individuals once upon a time.

April Intro: Better Get to Digging

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