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[staymods]

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?

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.

Comments

[survivaltricks]

a. cats!!

[when in doubt?? seek out the small, fluffy things!! that's the best survival advice one could get. . . right? right??]

[hah]

[well, whether it's good survival advice or not, Akira can be found near the edge of the forest on Rabbit island, crouched down with one hand extended towards the underbrush. it looks like he's holding. . . a long leaf?? and is waggling it through the air, as though attempting to coax something out of hiding. a fluffy, pitch-black adult cat is perched on his back, peering over his shoulder as its tail flicks to and fro behind it. it is clearly not one of the feral cats on the island]

Hey, buddy. . . come on out. I'm not going to hurt you; promise.

[though the fact that Akira's coaxing is met with a hissing noise does not bode well]

b. nightly visitors

[it's been a few days, and Akira. . . well. he can't say he's acclimated, but. he's making do. . . for now. which means when the sun begins to set and the area begins to grow dark, he is hastily making his way towards the town hall, hands in his pockets and shoulders slumped. the pitch black cat that has been following him around the past few days darts about at his heels, following at a swift pace]

[if Akira sees you during his trip to "civilization," he'll stop and nod]

Do you think it's safer inside at night?

b

[maidofmistakes]

I mean, it should be... at least most people are sticking together, right? Until we can rebuild the town, anyway.

a

[aono]

You're better off leaving them alone, they're not too friendly.

[Don't mind Rin, he's over by the edge of the woods gathering firewood. He's not ripping wholeass trees out of the ground today so he at least looks kind of normal. Dead wood makes for easy firewood, right?]

The kittens are the friendly ones.

b

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano is walking away from town hall, hands in his pockets and no ghostly little spirit creature following at his heels that would've made it a little easier to spot him in his black hoodie and dark pants. ]

Hm? Mm...

[ He throws a glance over his shoulder at town hall, performative rather than really looking at it, and then looks at Akira. ]

I guess? So far all I've seen are cats, though, and they'll nibble on your toes whether you sleep inside or out.

a

[relictus]

[...That mop of dark hair and glasses are familiar, but it doesn't take more than a glance to know it's not who he's reminded of. Though the idea of Lennox doing something like this is a little cute...]

You're not going to get anywhere like that.

[He's carrying a lidded basket under one arm; he was just on his way back after a fishing excursion at the lake. Though there's no fishing rod in sight.]