INTRO LOG: APRIL 2014

[highseasmods]

WELCOME NEW CHARACTERS!
Have an intro log for the month of April!

Who: Any and all new characters, as well as anyone hanging out on or around Isla Empieza!
Where: Near the fountain in the town center.
When: New characters will arrive around April 9th! The log is good for as long as you need it.
What: You've just been dropped on your head in a weird new world. Time to figure out what the heck is going on!
Status: VERY OPEN.

The day begins gray and drizzly, the miserable sort of rain that just makes everything muddy and unpleasant. Just the luck of the locals of Isla Empieza that these April showers bring more outsiders instead of May flowers. As the day goes by, the rain gets heavier and the locals get surlier. Lucky for you you have that message in your journals telling you to get moving and find a crew, huh?

Feel free to throw your characters here if you need a place for them to get situated and start figuring things out! Start new threads, tag into others, meet the people who might just become part of your crew! Older characters will be in and out, too, depending who is on the island at the current time.

HAVE FUN! And welcome to High Seas!

Comments

[bolincredible]

I don't. First day in town and everything. But I'm thinking it can't be too hard to find. Just find the place with the coffee, right? We can ask someone to lend you a towel, it'll be great. I could probably bend some earth over your head, but I'll be honest, it's pretty much all guaranteed to drip on you.

[maskedtyrant]

[Codi is not nearly so apprehensive; grinning through all of Liz's indecision, she makes it fairly obvious that there's no one else she'd rather talk to. The extended hand makes this even more apparent...she hopes.]

Hi! Dakota Perkins, of the Welcome Committee. [Said with all the official flair of an extremely enthusiastic business representative at a cross-company PR party. She's had practice.] But you can call me Codi. You're...new, right? What's your name?

[maskedtyrant]

[That person will be Codi, once she makes her way indoors. That's enough of a production for her to warrant taking her time.]

[The door pops open and hits the adjacent wall with an audible thump. Codi lets it swing close behind her, taking a moment to look over the bar. There's enough people that she can't pick out a stranger immediately...but there's one way she can think to find them.]

Wow! Sure is wet, huh? [The ginger's tone is friendly, but quite loud, just shrill enough to cut through the general murmur around them. The natives hardly glance at her before resuming their conversations in more hushed, huddled groups; perhaps newcomers will bother to actually turn around and look? Codi watches carefully for that reaction as she strolls further in, towards the bar--and a person sitting there who does seem a bit out-of-place, but she can't be sure yet.] I should probably get a new coat! Haha!...

[alwaysgrumpy]

[Akira's just here for the food, really. He's already managed to snag himself a roasted leg of lamb and seems to be enjoying it immensely. He takes a glance at her as he walks by, stopping mid-step.

A part of him wants to say, "Well, that's a classy look." Luckily, he's really trying harder to be nice to people he doesn't know.]

...You probably want something that protects you a little better from the elements. Medicine isn't exactly top of the line around here. At least compared to what I knew back home.

[maskedtyrant]

[Chill? Codi is the epitome of chill. Just look at how she rocks between her legs in an attempt not to start bouncing from nervous energy. Completely composed.]

Whatever you say. [She holds up her hands in passive resignation.] I'm here for you, after all. What questions do you have that need explaining?

[arcadiasailor]

[Welcome Committee duty was much more enjoyable via the journal but last wave had been a disaster without Codi on the ground. People had been still in port weeks after arriving. Therefore Harlock was out in his Jolly Roger embroidered black coat to ward off the drizzle and a stack of welcome committee info flyers under his arm.
While he was ready for half awake confused people standing in the rain he wasn't expecting someone a good 4 feet taller than him asleep standing up.

Harlock had to check to make sure he hadn't unexpectedly shrunk again. He ends up grumbling very loudly.]
Jones just wants met to think I'm vertically challenged this month.

Hey if you're going to sleep I don't recommend doing it in the rain.

[youshouldberunning]

[yeaaah, she stuck out like a sore thumb here, huh. But she was clearly the one the girl was calling over.]

[Ducking under the cover Liz looked over the ... Welcome Committee. She'd offer a hand in a hand shake, but explaining why her hand was so warm on such a chilly afternoon wasn't really in her ideal first impression moments.]

I guess I couldn't be more obvious, huh? [running a hand over her face she dried it and flicked the water off her hand.] Name's Liz.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye glances him over slowly, a thin smile growing on her lips. She's sure she can make him generous enough to get what she wants*

Hmm? Protection of the elements? So sweet of you to be so concerned. Know what else helps take off a chill?

*She gives a little shake as though to rid of any remaining drops of rain from her hair and clothes*

A nice, hot meal.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye has been carefully watching all the people coming and going, so when someone enters so loudly, of course it catches her attention. Faye turns towards Codi very slightly, head in her hand as she leans over the bar. Why does this woman have to be so loud?*

[lazyjustice]

[it sounds decent to him. He could use a towel. Though he could also turn the water to ice and phase it back into skin, but that seemed far more effort than was necessary at the moment. He'll wait for you to lead the way then, though...]

Bend earth?

[he's not sure he's ever heard those words used quite that way before. It seems to be some sort of ability. Devil Fruit, perhaps? He was sure there was one or two involved in more or less that specific thing but he couldn't remember the details at the moment.

Mah, well, it wasn't too important anyway]

[lazyjustice]

Hmmm?

[asleep, but not completely unaware of the others arrival. He pushes the sleep mask up and glances down at the man who seems to be carrying a sheaf of flyers.

Even though he's fairly sure he's never met the man before, there's no mistaking one aspect of his personality]

Well, well, a pirate. I don't know if I should accept advice so lightly.

[though he's mostly just saying so partly as a kind of not really joke and partly to see how the man will react]

[lazyjustice]

. . . [interesting choice of words, that.]

For me? [why? As for her question, he mulls it over for a moment before answering:]

What do you think I need most to know?

[presumably, she would know the important details]

[alwaysgrumpy]

If you're new, shouldn't you have money on you? Check your pockets. I'm pretty sure we all get a little pittance on arrival.

[He holds up his journal, seemingly unphased by her little display.]

Same as we all get one of these.

[myfayevalentine]

'Little pittance' sounds about right. I gotta keep something for a rainy day.

*She glances at his journal, and shrugs as she looks at her own one*

Look, kid, something tells me that this book isn't gonna get me fed and watered.

[alwaysgrumpy]

No, but I suggest you listen anyway, since you're tryin' to act cutesy with the locals. The people here? They don't like us. Any of us. Davy Jones brings us all here, sends us out, and the Navy counters. These people get caught in the middle.

Instead of plying for sympathy, you'd be better served lookin' for a crew of other outsiders.

[He takes a moment to consider the situation, then grudgingly hands her the other leg of lamb.]

...Here, it's hot and fresh. If you're vegetarian, then tough shit. Eat it anyway.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye pulls a face when he mentions 'acting cutesy' with the locals. Sure, it hadn't seemed to work so far, but it had at least caught this guy's attention*

I work on my own, but I'm guessing I don't have a lot of choice with this crew thing. Last thing I want is to wind up with a bunch of idiots.

*Food! He's offering food, and Faye's smile is instantly very grateful as she accepts, not even pausing to think about taking a seat before biting into it*

I knew you were a good kid.

[alwaysgrumpy]

[He instantly bristles, taken completely aback by the statement.]

I'm...I'm not a kid! I'm 16!

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye quirks a brow at his statement, giving him a look that suggests that this is precisely her point*

16, huh? A big boy.

[alwaysgrumpy]

I'll have you know that I've been a hell of a lot, at my age. More than most adults probably have. Unless gettin' shot full of holes, dropped off buildings, and set on fire is a part of everyone's character development at they grow.

[myfayevalentine]

*While she isn't going to stop eating in this conversation, Faye does look at him to show that she's listening, even managing a small shrug*

Sounds pretty standard to me.

*In truth, she'd been through some crazy stuff herself, but mostly she just wanted to wind him up*

[alwaysgrumpy]

...Man, you must come from a really fucked up world.

[myfayevalentine]

Ha!

*That actually gets a grin from her*

Yeah, guess you could say so.

[alwaysgrumpy]

...Got any werewolves there, by any chance?

[myfayevalentine]

Werewolves?

*That did make her stop for a moment*

Not that I've seen. Doesn't mean there aren't any, though.

[alwaysgrumpy]

Well, yeah, that could be said anywhere. I keep hopin' some distant cousins exist out there, somewhere. Even if they're not from my Earth.