♥ September Intro Mingle Log

[hugtopiamods]

September Intro Mingle Log
Welcome to Hugtopia, and to the city of Havenwell. This mingle is meant for new arrivals to get settled and meet the other inhabitants. New characters should be the only top-levels but everyone should feel free to tag around and make new friends. Who knows, you may find that Perfect Hug in here. You can use the prompts here, or create a wildcard of your own.

ICly, this takes place from the 2nd to the 16th and then we'll have a shiny new event post up for you all soon after that date range. The prompts below are optional, but are a way to get you started if you wish. To help you create your own prompts, please take a look through our Settings and FAQ. Click on each prompt's title to see the text. If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to the FAQ or to the Mod Question thread below.

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❥ PROMPT I: Awakening

When you awaken, you're in the last outfit you remember wearing, three of your belongings laid nearby or your animal friend curled up by you, waking as you do. It's not the most comfortable place to sleep, a stone slab, but once you're awake, a humanoid-looking robot comes in and explains you're in Havenwell and leads you out of the room and into the main portion of the temple where a welcoming committee of similarly humanoid-looking robots hand over a clear smartphone-sized tablet, some starting funds, and explain their dilemma. Then they release you into Havenwell to pick your new home from free housing in the city and give you the chance to settle. It might be a bit disorienting, but thankfully there seem to be a lot of robots and even some non-robots around. Maybe ask them for help?

❥ PROMPT II: Buddy System

With all the changes going on, it might be hard to be a new arrival to Havenwell. The natives understand! Sort of. When some new arrivals begin to appear at the temples, receive the welcome speech, get their communicators and the simple map of the city, they get taken to the front of the temple by a helpful robotic priest. Rather than turn the newcomers loose right away, they pull someone seemingly at random off the street and push the two people together with a cheerful, "Here's your guide to Havenwell! It's dangerous to go alone, so be buddies!" before going back inside.

They try to place a new arrival with one of those who previously arrived, but who can keep track of all that, right? Characters may find themselves thrown together with an actual veteran or with another new arrival who only came here a day or even just an hour before them! Good luck helping each other out, offworlders, and don't lose your buddy!

❥ PROMPT III: Weather Wildcard

Havenwell's weather is generally so well controlled, with beautiful blue skies and temperate climes that it's hard to remember that there's a whole world out there that might not be so nice. Every so often, however, the controls break and something not so nice and temperate comes through. Pockets of unpleasant weather happens all over the city at random intervals and new arrivals might find themselves and others caught without warning. Is that a snowstorm with green snow? Sure is. A windstorm that only seems to affect three streets? Yup. Did a deluge of rain just pour the equivalent of an Olympic sized swimming pool of water on you? Uh-huh, sure did. A deep cold fog that suddenly rolls in and blankets your entire area? Yeeaaah... hopefully there's someone around to help you get about and find shelter or just dry off and get away from it all. Good luck, offworlder.

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Comments

[yaoyoroshka]

[A bright smile blooms on her face upon hearing that. More than one...! It seems she'd be able to spend her free time here wisely, at least. Momo will follow Magolor's lead now, though her smile does wane a bit upon hearing his latter comment. Seeing as natives in this world are already robots, it doesn't take a genius to figure it out...]

I admit I am, but just a bit! There's just something comforting to the feel of paper and turning pages... [Her childhood home has a wealth of them, after all. But she's not picky, so–] I'm fine with it being electronic, however! I assume that is what you mean?

[begguiling]

Exactly! This planet can't really afford to give up its natural resources for old-fashioned books. I never realized that many people were attached to them. But for all I know, there's a VR for that, too. They're big on recreating that sensory kind of experience.

[He shrugs, cheerfully, as they make their way. It's an interesting thought to him: all this time he's thought of the VR as being a waste of time that only exists for the benefit of the natives, not the offworlders, who can still feel and smell things. But maybe enough people will end up missing the experiences of less mechanized worlds to partake in it.]

[yaoyoroshka]

[Ah, the comment draws a small laugh from her.]

I suppose it really is a bit selfish wanting to allocate resources just for small preferences like that, especially when something much bigger is at stake. I assure you that I won't insist on paper. What's important to me is the content, after all.

[And perhaps there's just enough opening to tease him a bit, too.]

You sound as if you're not impressed by their solution, though...?

[begguiling]

Oh, I wouldn't say thaaaaat . . .

[But that he wouldn't say it doesn't make it not true. It doesn't even really mean he wouldn't say it, because he goes on anyway with a little titter.]

I'm not the target audience, that's for sure! There's a lot of petting cute fluffy animals that happens in those VR games. Maybe I don't like having the competition? That's a secret between you and me.

[yaoyoroshka]

[She doesn't miss the dismissal of her question, but she's at least charmed by how smoothly it was done. Momo raises her free hand to her mouth to stifle a laugh.]

I see, I see! Competition can really be troublesome, I agree. I'm honored to have been trusted with a secret, stranger that I am. Although now that you've mentioned it, I am interested in seeing cute animals... so perhaps I shall try it out after all.

[Oh, wait.]

N-Not that VR animals can match your hospitality, of course! I'm still very grateful for it!

[begguiling]

Hehe, nice save. You almost hurt my feelings there!

[She didn't, not really, and when he makes big pouty eyes up at her, it's not especially convincing—or meant to be. It instantly transforms into another smile.]

I'll give you a word of advice from a veteran, though! The VR definitely isn't worth it if you go in alone. Like a lot of things here, it works better if you've got a partner you can keep contact with. It's suspiciously convenient!