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intro log
Whether you were in the middle of battle, on a grand adventure, or simply relaxing somewhere comfortable doesn’t matter. Whatever it was you were doing is suddenly interrupted by time suddenly going still. Everything around you freezes. The rest of the world seems to come to a standstill. The only thing that appears to be in motion is you -- though any temptation to try and figure out what’s going on is suddenly interrupted by the presence of something...small. Something light, like a piece of paper, floating down right in front of you.
A closer inspection reveals that this mysterious piece of paper is actually a ticket of some kind. You can’t quite decipher what it says, but judging by the layout of the text and the clear image of an airplane on it, you can tell that this is a travel ticket.
Not that you have much time to inspect it anyway, because when you reach out and touch it, the world suddenly starts to warp.
- Arrival
You blink, and the next thing you know, you’re falling. You aren’t falling quite as gracefully as that strange ticket was; no, you’re descending very rapidly towards the ground. You can make out that your body is...glowing...a bright shade of yellow, and the ground can either mean the sand on the beach or the ocean itself. Regardless of where you land, the impact is not painful. You can feel the thud or the splash depending on where you end up, but it doesn’t hurt whatsoever.
Those in the water are not far away from shore at all. A quick swim will get you to land! For those of you who can’t swim, well, you may want to consider calling for help, given that you aren’t alone. The glowing seems to have stopped, but you can clearly make out the figures of other people nearby under the moonlight.
The land above the sand is thick with grass and overgrown weeds. There are some bugs here and there (namely tiger beetles) that skitter about, but unless you’re willing to use your bare hands, you don’t have anything to catch them with. For a light source, you can try to make a fire on your own using some twigs lying about from the trees, both apple trees and non-fruit-bearing trees alike, if you wish. Nobody’s stopping you.
There are also assorted tents throughout this part of the island. Each tent has a number on it and a little mailbox to accompany it, and there are eleven total. There’s nothing inside, when you go in, however.
The only other notable thing here is that smack down in the middle of the area you’re in seems to be some kind of man made area. There’s a large rectangle of dirt, and sitting on top of that dirt are three things: A wooden bulletin board with nothing on it, a large green tent with a leaf-like emblem above the opening, and a tall speaker next to the tent. Seems like someone’s been here before. If you step inside of the tent, nobody’s there. It’s completely empty inside, too. Below that tent are two large red tents, one with a "Women's" sign over it and one with a "Men's" sign. There are so many tents.
The airport to the south is locked, and try as you might, the seaplane docked behind it will not start up.
But before you venture too far out, you might want to gather your bearings first and chat with those who’ve been brought here with you. Maybe try to figure out a way to survive the night...assuming help isn’t already on the way.
And maybe some of you might need the help, considering you might not be like how you were before…
The Nook
Some time passes into the night. You’ve met some of the others, maybe did a little bit of exploring and set-up; but moments later, there’s suddenly a little seaplane up ahead. You can hear the plane from wherever you are, and it starts to descend near the airport. It descends rather quickly; you can’t quite see who’s operating the plane, but the passenger door opens.
If you happen to be near the airport, raccoon-like figure emerges from the plane and looks at you expectantly. He’s wearing a white collared shirt with a turquoise leaf-like pattern on it; he also has some khaki shorts on. Finally, he’s got the same emblem on his shirt that the sign above the entrance to the large green tent had. He smiles and it reaches his eyes.
“Ah! You’re all here already, hm? Yes, yes, it’s nice to see you here.” He walks towards the rectangle of dirt, and from his pocket he produces a microphone. Then, he speaks into it, and his voice echoes through the speakers: “Please report to Resident Services near the airport. Thank you.”
Whoever does decide to gather around will be met with an introduction from the tanuki: “Let’s see… First things first, welcome, everyone, to your new island! My name is Tom Nook, founder and president of Nook Inc. This is our first ever Deserted Island Getaway Package experience, so please bear with us while we make adjustments to our program as needed. Now... Today is your first official day -- er, evening on the island. Nook Inc. will always be available to ensure your comfort and safety.”
He then goes on to do roll call. This may take a while, but at least you’ll start learning the names of the other people you’re here with!
“Moving on, I have some camping supplies for each of you that I’ll be delivering to your tents tonight. I do have some assignments for each of you, you see, to ensure that there aren’t some people who are without a place to sleep in…”
Tom Nook then proceeds to read out the tent assignments. Yes, you all have those now, apparently. Hope you get along with your new roommates!
“There will be more announcements for you tomorrow, after you all get a good night’s rest. Yes, yes! Please get to know each other, and I will see all of you at nine AM tomorrow morning.”
A pause, then: “Ah-! Before I get to distributing the supplies, if there are any questions that I can answer now, go ahead and ask them.”
Should you not have any questions, you're free to turn in for the night. Get to know your roommates, arrange your camping supplies when they're delivered to you, and enjoy the sweet tunes on the radio. Or...you can get up to mischief outdoors, too. Nobody's stopping you! This is your island now and you get to do whatever you want.
Isn't that swell?
(OOC: Welcome to Vella’s intro log! Any IC, NPC questions can be posted under the “NPC QUESTIONS” top level; any intro log questions can be posted under the “OOC QUESTIONS” top level! Don't forget to turn in your threads for rewards, too. We hope you have fun!)
Milla Maxwell | Tales of Xillia 2
[After everything was done and she'd returned back to the spirit realm with Muzét, Milla wasn't expecting to have to leave so suddenly. Not like this. Everything should have been fine, but when Muzét and the Four stopped moving, it was clear something was going on. What would have that much power to affect the spirit realm as well? Was it Chronos? That didn't make sense. Wasn't Chronos helping Origin with the purification process? What reason would he have to interfere now?
Clearly the answer was to investigate the matter when she noticed a piece of paper. How it even got here was a mystery on it's own, but not one she was too worried about considering everything else that was happening. This appeared to be some sort of ticket? She didn't really recognize the writing or the image, but she didn't exactly have the time to think about it. Maybe it was another one of Elympios' technologies since they had trains and phones?
This definitely felt like something Chronos could & would do, but there should have been no causality for it. Suddenly she was falling and Sylph was not listening to her right now.... Neither was Undine. All she could do was brace herself for the fall as she rapidly descended down until she hit the surface of the water. She would have to figure out why the Four weren't answering her later. For now, she had to worry about swimming out of the water and onto some dry land. The impact didn't seem to hurt, but there were so many questions running through her mind that she didn't really notice.
Once she was able to get back on her feet, she quickly took notice that it was night time. It almost reminded her of Fennmont's spirit clime, but it was obviously different. One look around told her that this place seemed to be deserted with all of the foliage this island seemed to have, suggesting there wasn't much for island care here. This was going to be a problem. After wringing out her long floofy hair from the excessive amount of water, she them tried to summon the Four again, only to be met with silence again; it was reminiscent to when the Lance had taken them hostage.
With a disgruntled sigh, she then reached for her sword.... which may as well not have been there. It was there, but there was no way this would be useful in a fight. It may has well been a toy. Part of her wanted to toss it along the beach side in anger, but thought better of it as she just continued on foot.
It didn't take long to find the group of tents set up. Maybe this place wasn't deserted after all? Which meant that she could possibly get some answers here as well. This large tent and speaker seemed to designate that this was more than likely someone in charge of this place. Now she's going to be looking for the first person she could find for answers.]
Hey! Where is this place? [She had so many questions, but this was but the first.]
THE NOOK;
[Milla has been wondering just what that contraption was that was sitting along the beach. It looked like something Elympios would have and if it was connected to there, that was her way back. She hasn't seen a plane before as much as flying battle ships, but just as she didn't know much about the human world, the technology invented with spyrix was just another thing that she was uncertain about. Either way it was quick to land and what came out of it surprised her more.
It looked like some sort of creature. It was unlike any monster she'd ever seen. Furthermore it was talking... She couldn't say it took her by surprise so much as she had just assumed it was something like the creatures she's fought in the past. More importantly, it had the same symbol that she saw on the tent on it's shirt. The moment it started to speak to her, it clarified that he was the one responsible for this in some way.
She nearly tore after him immediately, but with this many people around, she refrained from doing so. She didn't need to cause a scene right now and it would be best to properly access the situation before acting. It took her all of her patience to keep from demanding answers from him as he continued his speech. Your new island? Don't tell her that she was brought here for such a silly reason. She had things that she needed to do and she was not looking for a vacation of sorts.
This was absurd. More importantly, there were two names that she was familiar with here. What was going on? While she was happy to hear Jude's name called out, she was concerned about why Jude and Rideaux of all people were here. Something was obviously wrong and she would much prefer someone other than Rideaux to figure it all out. He was the last of her concerns right now, though. It seems this Tom Nook was taking questions, so that would be her chance to get answers.
After her interrogation, she'll be roaming around to try to figure out what's going on. The first things first was that she was going to look for Jude. Anything after that is up in the air. She'll probably return to her assigned tent later, but otherwise she's free to talk to or bug.]
WILDCARD;
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Hi! What are you looking for down there?
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This tent... Is this where we are to stay?
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[She's not attempting the last name for now.]
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[She backflips off the tree and lands on her feet, then looks at Milla excitedly.]
You can read the sign? That's amazing! Are you a human? Someone else said they were one, even though they look like a Friend.
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Ah, no. I'm a spirit, but there are plenty of humans here.
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[But that said... She doesn't feel the presence of any spirits now that she has the time to think about it. It wasn't just the Four, but any spirits in particular.]
I am Maxwell, Lord of Spirits. I watch over humans and spirits alike.
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I suppose that depends. Houses are usually common for humans, but I suppose humans could leave in tents as well if they desired it.
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Milla--
[ --and then his head connects with the branch with a sharp crack. Jude lets out a pained yelp and ducks right back down again, ears flattening back against his hair. ]
Ow...!
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Jude! Are you okay? [That sounded like it hurt. but man is she relieved to see him, despite not supposed to be here.]
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It's really you...
[ He'd been certain he wouldn't see her again for years, and now she's here less than a day later? He'd call it good luck, but-- ]
I'm okay, but... I have no idea where we are.
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So I assume you were also taken here after touching that ticket.
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[ At least he's not the only one ]
After you and Muzét left everything froze, and then I grabbed that ticket, and then I was in the ocean.
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I see... The only thing I could think of is that Chronos had some play in this, but after everything we went through... Why would he feel the need to?
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Right, I thought it might be another fractured dimension myself, but...
[ Well, that doesn't make any sense for a few reasons. ]
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Either way, it doesn't make sense. What kind of power would be able to do something like this?
[It's one thing to snag Jude, but the Lord of Spirits while in the spirit realm too? This did not set well with her.]
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It's not too strange that I might have gotten caught up in something, but if it could also bring you here from the spirit realm...
[ They need dimensional anomalies and temporal rifts to get them in and out of there, last time. ]
I have no idea how I missed this.
I guess there's no use mulling over it. We'll just have to look into the matter more as we get adjusted here.
no worries, it happens!
[ That's the Milla he knows. Never hesitating to jump right in to solving a problem. ]
We'll find a way out of here together.
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[Maybe not.... getting stuck on some sort of deserted island vacation package, but problems they've overcome in general.]
Until then, it would be beneficial to look around.
[What to do from here though... She had no idea. She's not really a.... sit down and wait patiently kind of person. At least she's not alone. Having Jude here makes this much more bearable to deal with.]
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