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Entry tags:
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- c: carl grimes,
- c: cor leonis,
- c: goro akechi,
- c: honerva,
- c: ib,
- c: ignis scientia,
- c: kaito,
- c: kei tsukishima,
- c: keith,
- c: lance,
- c: link,
- c: lup,
- c: magolor,
- c: natasha romanoff,
- c: prompto argentum,
- c: regis lucis caelum cxiii,
- c: ren amamiya,
- c: reyson,
- c: shinji ikari,
- c: taako,
- c: tailgate,
- c: taranza,
- c: verstael besithia,
- c: will,
- intro log
♥ July 2019 Intro Mingle
July Intro Log
Welcome to Havenwell! The walled city and its robotic inhabitants welcome all of the offworlders to Aellyn. New arrivals are given their tablets and showed to open housing, given tours around the city, and generally helped with settling into their new world. Some robots are more curious than others, more helpful than others, but overall the atmosphere of the city is one of hope and celebration. It is, however, a city that needs some help, and as newcomers wander, they may find that they can do a lot to aid Havenwell in its recovery.
❥ PROMPT I: Temple Jobs
The priests of each temple have a digital bulletin board in front of their temple doors that lists several tasks that each temple is asking of natives and newcomers alike. Havenwell is protected from the worst of the damage outside the walls, but it's still an ancient city and there's always something that needs to be done. Of course, the priests won't ask you to do these things for free, so anyone who wants to join up and complete a task will receive a reward of Dora sent to their bank accounts.
The sudden weather changes sometimes results in localized floods, so businesses and homes are always looking for help cleaning debris and mopping floors. The temples themselves always need a little extra help picking up after the temple animals or cleaning the altars. Some stores need help transporting goods across the city - normally a two person job, pulling carts and wagons. And lately, temples have been asking for help in cleaning up the city square for a "big *wink wink* project" coming soon. The priests won't say more than that, but they will offer payment for anyone willing to keep the square clean. Which may be a little difficult with the influx of new people, maps, and general trash and broken debris everywhere. It may be smart to team up to keep things clean!
The sudden weather changes sometimes results in localized floods, so businesses and homes are always looking for help cleaning debris and mopping floors. The temples themselves always need a little extra help picking up after the temple animals or cleaning the altars. Some stores need help transporting goods across the city - normally a two person job, pulling carts and wagons. And lately, temples have been asking for help in cleaning up the city square for a "big *wink wink* project" coming soon. The priests won't say more than that, but they will offer payment for anyone willing to keep the square clean. Which may be a little difficult with the influx of new people, maps, and general trash and broken debris everywhere. It may be smart to team up to keep things clean!
❥ PROMPT II: Repli-fails
One thing that new residents might find that needs some help are the food replicators found in each home. They've been unused for so long that issues and trouble were inevitable. People who can fix them are few and far between, however, so until an antiques' maintenance-minded robotic denizen stops by, characters may have to suffer through some glitches. When characters ask for potatoes, they might find blue-flavored toothpaste getting dispensed instead. Or if they ask for 1 carrot, they get 20 hot pink ones instead. Or asking for a drink becomes a never-ending stream of said drink. Or they might not dispense anything that looks like food at all and instead inundate you with vaguely fish-shaped wooden blocks. Good luck, newbies. Even the natives are a little baffled by this one.
❥ PROMPT III: Virtual? Reality?
The VR simulation of the month, Petting Zoo, seems to still be pretty popular. Natives are plugging in to pet animals in record numbers and it's encouraged the proprietors of the VR parlors to keep the game a little longer than normal. New arrivals are encouraged to take the VR headsets for a spin to help proprietors gauge how to better adjust them for non-robotic clientele. That said, they'll still ask characters to pay for the experience, just not at a slightly discounted rate if they answer a survey afterwards. Characters will notice that holding hands with someone else during their VR experience significantly improves the quality of the visuals and audio input.
Unfortunately, as with most things in Havenwell, the VR experience doesn't always go as planned. On occasion in the city, glitches happen while residents are plugged in and suddenly that flock of giant pink sheep they were petting? Yeah, they're now manifested in the real world. In and around the entertainment districts, illogically colored sheep, giant house cats, miniature ponies, and - of course - the dreaded aggro rainbow chickens suddenly start appearing in packs. Their images glitch in and out, fuzzing into static in places, but they're very real and very confused about not being in their happy green pastures. Which means they panic, of course, and start running amok. Help the citizens corral these strange beasts until the glitch ends, run away from the now very real flocks of rainbow chickens that want to dogpile you, or simply stand by and watch the chaos occur. It's up to you how you want to help!
Unfortunately, as with most things in Havenwell, the VR experience doesn't always go as planned. On occasion in the city, glitches happen while residents are plugged in and suddenly that flock of giant pink sheep they were petting? Yeah, they're now manifested in the real world. In and around the entertainment districts, illogically colored sheep, giant house cats, miniature ponies, and - of course - the dreaded aggro rainbow chickens suddenly start appearing in packs. Their images glitch in and out, fuzzing into static in places, but they're very real and very confused about not being in their happy green pastures. Which means they panic, of course, and start running amok. Help the citizens corral these strange beasts until the glitch ends, run away from the now very real flocks of rainbow chickens that want to dogpile you, or simply stand by and watch the chaos occur. It's up to you how you want to help!
❥ PROMPT IV: The Ribbon Games
A couple weeks after everyone has arrived and had time to mostly settle into the weird weather patterns and machinery muck-ups, a notice is plastered across the network:
Once a task is completed, the priest will remove a ribbon from their box and affix it to your clothing. Don't let anyone steal your ribbons! Good luck keeping them safe, offworlders.
The citizens of Havenwell wish you well, offworlders! To show our appreciation for your assistance in saving our world, we cordially invite you to participate in an ancient tradition: The Ribbon Games! In the old days, this festival was held as a celebration of joyous events. You have a week to collect as many ribbons as you can from your temple by completing their Ribbon Task. Then, at the end of the week, we are hosting a party in your honor where you can compete to collect ribbons from the other temples to win fabulous prizes! Please visit your deity's temple to find out more and we hope you will join us for the Ribbon Games Party at the end of the week.Those who choose to participate and head to their deity's temple will find a priest with a sash and a box of ribbons in the colors of your chosen deity. They point to a digital board at their side that lists the task you'll need to complete in order to earn one of these ribbons, and will allow characters to complete a ribbon challenge once a day until the week is over for a total of 7 ribbons if they come each day. You may only earn the ribbon of your assigned deity, so if you are an adherent of Rawna and go to Ainea's temple, even if you complete Ainea's task, you cannot receive her ribbon. The tasks are:
With all our gratitude,
The Citizens of Havenwell
- Rawna: Give comfort to someone or ease someone's pain within Rawna's temple to receive a shimmering silver ribbon.
- Ainea: Do an act of kindness or show compassion to someone within Ainea's temple to receive a soft pink and purple ribbon.
- Diacht: Reveal an honest truth about yourself within Diacht's temple to receive a bold red and white ribbon.
- Ohma: Learn something new about or from someone within Ohma's temple to receive a delicate blue and gold ribbon.
Once a task is completed, the priest will remove a ribbon from their box and affix it to your clothing. Don't let anyone steal your ribbons! Good luck keeping them safe, offworlders.
❥ PROMPT V: The Fanciest of Welcome Parties
At the end of the month, once the city square is clean and the ribbons have been distributed to participating citizens, the newest residents of Havenwell will wake to the sound of music floating over the city. During the night while people slept, the natives decorated the city with streamers, brightly colored lanterns, and strings of beautiful lights that glow no matter the hour of the day. The natives have decorated themselves, too, and provide the offworlders with clothing and decorations to match. Garishly colored sashes, brilliantly (artificially) plumed hats, skirts and tunics, boas and fake flower leis - just about anything you can imagine, they're wearing. In and around the city square there are long tables of oddly colored finger foods - orange-colored grapes, bright pink meats, blue cheeses and the like are provided along with golden chocolates, fuchsia frosted cupcakes with pink cake underneath, and minty green cookies. The foods might look strange, but at least they mostly taste like they're supposed to. The citizens are trying, they promise.
All around the fountain depicting the four gods in the center of the square, pre-recorded music is playing and the natives are dancing in pairs, groups, and lines. Join them for a dance and they'll happily teach you the local customs, or break out your own moves and share your world's best moves to earn some applause and awkward attempts at recreating them.
The big game of the night is shared by the natives and it's announced halfway through the party. The culmination of the Ribbon Games is a contest to try and collect a set of four ribbons - one from each different god's temple. The rules are simple:
If you successfully manage to get all four ribbons, a little shower of confetti will burst from your ribbons and a nice little chunk of Dora will be transferred to your account. This can only work once unfortunately, but it's a nice little bonus for your first month in Havenwell! The party continues late into the night and the natives are happy to keep the party going as long as any of the offworlders wish to keep dancing.
All around the fountain depicting the four gods in the center of the square, pre-recorded music is playing and the natives are dancing in pairs, groups, and lines. Join them for a dance and they'll happily teach you the local customs, or break out your own moves and share your world's best moves to earn some applause and awkward attempts at recreating them.
The big game of the night is shared by the natives and it's announced halfway through the party. The culmination of the Ribbon Games is a contest to try and collect a set of four ribbons - one from each different god's temple. The rules are simple:
- Attach your ribbons to yourself in a clearly visible location.
- Tag and hold someone else for more than 1 minute. You can bear hug them, hold their hands, link arms, anything!
- After sustaining contact, you can take one of their ribbons. If you aren't the character who initiated contact, you can't take a ribbon.
- Gather one of each god's ribbon in order to win a prize!
If you successfully manage to get all four ribbons, a little shower of confetti will burst from your ribbons and a nice little chunk of Dora will be transferred to your account. This can only work once unfortunately, but it's a nice little bonus for your first month in Havenwell! The party continues late into the night and the natives are happy to keep the party going as long as any of the offworlders wish to keep dancing.
As a reminder, please post your character to the Taken Character list and your own information to the Player Contact list as soon as possible. It helps us keep track of our player cap!
If you have any other questions, please ask them in the QUESTION thread below. Feel free to use the CR/Intro Meme to do OOC plotting. Otherwise, welcome to Hugtopia's first mingle log!
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There's a warping in front of him and sure enough, there she is, arms out and ready to snap him up. There just isn't time enough to really do anything to swerve and avoid her, so he does the only logical thing he can think of - he drops to the ground and slides like he's trying to get between her legs and he casts Mislead as he goes. He stops just shy of actually sliding beneath her legs, but he's close enough that if she takes too many steps forward, she'll step right on him. And he's blind to how she reacts because, y'know, no spell is without its downsides.
His double? It blinks through her like he actually cast Blink, and appears at a slight delay on the other side to keep running down the alleyway. As it runs it tosses another taunt at her over its shoulder.]
I can haunt you from bed, too, you know!
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She heaves herself upright, her hand resting somewhere on his invisible form as leverage (secretly hoping it's his face, the butthead), and she glowers down at that ground, pinning him there. Might be a little hard to hide when she's now hovering approximately Taako-width off the path.]
You're soooo doomed. Gonna get Barold to zombify you and make you do the Bingbong dance. Then Bonezone can arrest all three of us.
[She's mad at how close he was to getting away with that one.]
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He knows he's screwed, so he does the only thing he can - throw empty threats.]
If Barold J. Bluejeans lays so much as a finger on me, I'll tell Merle what your favorite flower is.
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[Though she wouldn't put it past Taako to have paid attention to that sort of detail and just casually pretend he didn't.]
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Why would I give my sister flowers? It'd give Barold ideas and then Merle would have known without me even needing to tell him. You want to make it that easy for him?
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[She glowers down at him for a moment, and then, since she has him pinned, reaches down and steals his hat. Yoink, hers now.]
And you think Barry didn't tell me about the peptalks he got from you? Between that and the shit you said to me, you're fooling nobody, Baby-B.
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Yeah, and think what he'll do with those petals you like so much if he ever figures it out, huh? Just think on that while you steal my height from me, babiest sister.
[But speaking of Barold? Taako was going to transmute all his soy milk into full fat milk the second he got a corporeal body back, that fucking snitch. He knew he wouldn't be able to keep a secret from Lup, he was too lovelorn and too much of a big dumb genius idiot, but he could have at least tried.]
Maybe next time I'll tell Barry J. about your favorite guilty pleasure food and see that get ruined when he tries to make it, huh?
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[That'd been a pretty convenient Lich-Year for her, definitely. Dodged one hell of a bullet.]
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[Taako throws his arms over his eyes, lying on the ground, groaning loudly as that particular memory seeped back in through the fog.]
I'll say I'm allergic to it. Only you get to try. He's an idiot. He'll believe me.
[No he wouldn't. Not anymore. Barry knew the twins too well and knew who was allergic to what, having spent more time than was healthy obsessing over what to give Lup on any given occasion. He really was a mess.]
But fine, Baby-S. Truce. I won't tell Merle your favorite flower and you give me back my hat.
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[Give her a sec to thinking about it.]
No, I think I'll hold on to it. Mine for the hour since I thwomped you. But I will let you up out of the dirt, how about that?
[She gives him a big toothy grin. C'mon, she looks damn good in it too.]
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Fine, but only if you make at least one person think you're me.
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[She rolls off of him and grabs his hand to pull him up to his feet, adjusting his hat on her head so it sits just the way she likes it, before offering her arm out to him, lowering her voice to a practiced mimicry of his usual tone, something they'd done countless of times before in their lifetime.]
Well, sister? Shall we get back to walking the town?
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Then again? If he's being her? Being dirty isn't so bad.
He snaps his fingers to throw up a glamour that puts identical highlights to hers in his hair and raises his voice a pitch or two with a smirk.]
But of course, bro-bro. Might as well see what this stinktown has in store for us.