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staysilent2021-05-08 12:57 pm
staymods) wrote in staysilent2021-05-08 12:57 pm
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GAME START!
Nightly Visitor
It hasn't been that long since your arrival to this island, and everything is still new. Each day brings new surprises and more questions than answers, and there seems to be no easy way to find out anything about this world. What little outside contact you get from the radio or your Friday visitors certainly isn't helpful in any meaningful way.
Unfortunately, the questions will only continue to pile up. Because eventually, after a week or so of being on the island, anyone who stays out late will start to hear strange sounds outside. They're almost animalistic, in a way, but they will not resemble the cries of any animal that you might be familiar with. This is Something Else.
They're not close to the Town Hall though, and the sounds seem to be coming from the North, but that is about all you can get without further investigation. And investigation may be necessary, as the noises will return night after night, starting right at sunset and tapering off as the sun starts to rise. Whatever is out there, it's nocturnal. And it sounds desperate.
What will you do? Will you talk to others and make a plan? Will you try to search for the source of the strange noises? Will you look at day, or during the night? Or will you use the radio to call for advice?
Unfortunately, the questions will only continue to pile up. Because eventually, after a week or so of being on the island, anyone who stays out late will start to hear strange sounds outside. They're almost animalistic, in a way, but they will not resemble the cries of any animal that you might be familiar with. This is Something Else.
They're not close to the Town Hall though, and the sounds seem to be coming from the North, but that is about all you can get without further investigation. And investigation may be necessary, as the noises will return night after night, starting right at sunset and tapering off as the sun starts to rise. Whatever is out there, it's nocturnal. And it sounds desperate.
What will you do? Will you talk to others and make a plan? Will you try to search for the source of the strange noises? Will you look at day, or during the night? Or will you use the radio to call for advice?
You can also use this space to play out any prompt from the test drive meme, or anything else you may want to do.
Everyone can do a search and get some plot information once per character. This can be done either solo or in pairs, so there can be some overlap to make sure everyone gets a shot at getting plot information. If A and B form a search party at night, then that will count as both A and B's searching. A could then help C make a radio call and get some information that way, but B and C could not then subsequently do another search (as B and C would have been involved in a search somehow already).
This post will be open to investigating until May 24th, 2021. At that point, no further mod responses will be given. Even characters who app in after game start can come in and investigate, so long as it is before May 24th.
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[ He sneezed his way here 😔 ]
The barn and the fences both need t' get fixed up.
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Are they in bad shape? Like, are we gonna need to bring over wood from the other island?
[There IS plenty of wood over there. Some of it is even without fire damage!]
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They could use some work. Ya wanna look at 'em first?
[ Come, help him judge how much wood they'll need. ]
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Yeah, let's go see.
[He will start up the beach and towards the fences for the sheep. His wet shoes squeak with every step.]
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[ His hands are in his jacket pockets.
Off the go to the fences. They definitely need some work. ]
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[As if this explains any of it.
And yeah that fence definitely needs some work if they're going to keep sheep in there. Some of the work looks easy though, a few of the big wooden beams have just fallen out of the posts. Rin will go ahead and crouch down to lift one of them back up and into its proper place. Somehow he can lift a 100 pound wooden beam by himself like it's no big deal.]
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[ No this explains nothing because he has no reference for cars. Show him a car, Rin. ]
Huh. Yer a strong one.
[Does he have the muscles for that? Is it magic? Rin???]
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[He is very strong though. And he does have some muscle! It's just not very much, and it's hard to see when he's got a shirt on. So yeah it might look like he's using magic, though he's not.]
And yeah, that's why I can help here. I'm pretty strong.
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[A slight shrug of his shoulders and he'll start helping putting the fencing back.]
Useful guy to have around.
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Without cars I might have to carry these things a lot more. But don't worry, I'll do all the heavy lifting.
[Or he would, except eventually he's going to reach a point where he's taxing himself too much and struggles to lift up the fallen fenceposts. Soon he's struggling to lift one and just barely moves it off the ground.]
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[He might be a wizard, but he can do more than just cast.]
Looks like ya need a break anyway.
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[He tries to lift the fencepost again, but this time he faceplants into it when his arms go wobbly.]
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Take a rest before ya pass out.
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Ughhhhhhh...I don't even know why I'm so tired, I'm not weak!
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Yeah, I saw. If ya were really weak you couldn't do any of that.
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[Oh, he's being picked up.]
H-hey! I can walk!
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