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

[maskedtyrant]

Maybe. [The grin thins to a coy smirk.] I guess it's up to you to take advantage of the opportunity, isn't it? I mean--are you really expecting anyone else to tell you want's going on? They'll all say the same thing, besides.

[maskedtyrant]

[Codi follows...right up until the "different realm" bit. She even kind of understands planes! There was one of them that Clayton would babble about--the astral plane, he called it. Is that what Liz is referring to? Does she think this is where souls live? No, that seems a bit too specific...]

[Codi fumbles, still looking rather confused.] Uh...yeah. It's older than from where I am, too. I mean, I know it's not like anything we have where I'm from, but there are a lot of other people brought here from places that I don't know anything about, either. [She shrugs.] So I guess it could be a different planet, or..."realm" or something...but I dunno. I just know that we need the Roja to get out of here.

[maskedtyrant]

[...So maybe Faye is legitimately just that dim and didn't realize what Codi was implying the first time, instead of being deliberately unfriendly. Codi is no less offended.]

I find people that show up, they ask me questions, I get them started. That's what the Welcome Committee does! [She takes another healthy sip of rum.] So...go on. I'm here, I don't bite.

[put_yur_guns_on]

I'm not expecting anything from anyone. But there ain't many ways for me to go when I'm starting with a crummy fountain.

[He folds his arms.]

All right, I'll bite. You're the first one who'll look me in the face around here, anyway. What's your take?

[maskedtyrant]

[What a sweet little man. Codi is about to give him some parting words when she realizes--wait a second--he's brushing her off, isn't he? Hey!]

Wait! [Codi's expression is more than a little indignant as she hurries forward, reaching for Hollom's shoulder to twist him back around.] Like hell you have an engagement! You just woke up here--I saw you wandering around earlier, completely lost. The only engagement you have is with the Committee.

[She points at the center of her chest.]

--And that's me.

[awhitecrow]

[Hollom was going to walk away, leave her to her work and find somewhere dry to eat and sleep for the night. But she grabbed him.

A woman grabbed him. A whore grabbed him.

The reaction is swift. He turns with her pulling and lashes his hand out to smack her across the face. Not hard, not meant to injure her. Just something to make a loud sound, give a sharp pain, and make it clear he is not going to be trifled with.]

Don't touch me again.

[A group of men on a ship? That left him nowhere to go? That terrified him. They could easily overpower him. One woman? Didn't frighten him. And he wasn't keen on letting a whore drag him somewhere, potentially to a mugging or the like.]

[maskedtyrant]

[That's better. Codi stands, casually stretching her arms towards the overcast sky.]

My take? We've been kidnapped by our lovely host, Mister Davy Jones, a ghost demon pirate who wants to use us to collect the shards of the Piedra Roja because he's too lazy to get off his fat ass and find them himself. We need to find the shards because it's our ticket out of here.

Following so far?

[maskedtyrant]

[Smack, goes Hollom's hand across Codi's cheek. As expected, she's momentarily stunned.]

[Then she becomes very angry.]

[With a scowl, her own hand comes up for an equally swift smack--the difference being the electricity running through her palm, sent unconsciously flowing by adrenaline and general annoyance. The effect, unless Hollom ducks (even if he intercepts, he'll get a nasty shock), would be something a bit more forceful than Codi's small hands would suggest.]

[put_yur_guns_on]

[His single eye narrows as he frowns.]

Yeah, I'm following. Can't say I'm liking it, though.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye quirks a brow at the offer, figuring that actually, it would be too stupid for her not to take up the offer. Faye talks, when it suits her*

Look, I don't even know what the hell planet this is - I think I said that already. Last thing I knew, I was taking a bath, and then I'm lying upside down on a fountain and everything is about getting on a mangy ship - not even a space ship - and run around picking up shards. 'Shard' doesn't sound like a lot of treasure. So what the hell am I doing here? And what is this place?

[homelesswargod]

[Yato had gone through the trouble of getting to the Nav, transporting himself to this new ship and promptly took a nap, in the crow's nest, out of the way. When he woke up, there they were, docked back on the very island he just left.

With a sigh, he disembarked again. Wherever his crew has wandered off to, well that probably didn't matter.

There's a few things bothering him. For one thing, he had yet to see a Phantom or a spirit lingering around. Either someone was very diligent, or something strange was going on in this place.

For another, everyone and their mother was looking at him. At least, it felt like that and honestly, it was not a good feeling. Not only were the requests he got here strange and outside of his usual scope, but now people seemed to be watching him.

Not only that, he had to acquire a sword and he had carry it around. He huffed. That was an annoyance.

As he stood in the square with just the sword, he found himself feeling a little lonely without Yukine there to complain at him. Checking his cell phone, there was of course, nothing there.

He had to find the shards soon, without them he wasn't sure what was going to happen. In the blink of an eye he was standing on top of the fountain. At least something still worked, but if people were going to watch him, well humans might find it a little strange.]

[maskedtyrant]

[She nods and shrugs.]

I don't think any of us do--well, the kidnapping, I mean. The finding the shards and making a temporary living bit isn't so bad once you get used to it. Except maybe for the Navy. And the curses. And the general lack of hygiene. But the islands are cool, though!

[maskedtyrant]

You're here because Davy Jones wants you here. [Codi gives a quick roll of her eyes.] ...for some reason. Anyway, he wants us to look for the shards because he can't be asked, and we need the shards because the Roja will get us back home again.

[Another sip of rum; Codi's starting to loosen up already, leaning heavily on the bar counter.]

I have no clue if this is a different planet or something, but if it is, we're not flying off of it anytime soon. The technology level of this place is abysmal. Unless one of your friends can land here and save us, the Roja is the best bet we have.

[put_yur_guns_on]

Huh.

Cool or not, I've got better things to do than go on some crazy treasure hunt. How temporary is temporary? I got a country to conquer.

[maskedtyrant]

[Well, that's forward. Codi raises an eyebrow.]

More than five months--seven, on the long end, and still going. [She shrugs.] Not that it matters. People that Jones sends home and brings back later say that time doesn't pass while you're here. I'm sure the country can wait.

[put_yur_guns_on]

[Forward's usually the only way to move for this guy. Obviously he's none too happy about the news that people could stay here for half a year and potentially longer.]

You're kiddin' me.

....

So this guy just randomly throws you back an' forth if he wants? I'm guessing that meeting this Davy Jones guy head-on to force him to send us home ain't an option.

[arcadiasailor]

I've been indifferently Adelaide from a meeting.[He can't help but smile at the kid's remarks. They currently had been given a paid one way trip to a planet stuck in the age of sail.]
Good attitude you'll need it in this place. It can get strange here. [He looks down at Papu who has grown bold enough to swipe the top of Harlock's forgotten sandwich.]

[arcadiasailor]

[Well Yato was slightly incorrect there as there was someone with the first name Phantom hanging around. He's on the lookout for out of places people and Yato might have over looked saying hello when he came on board.]

Hey you on top of the stature did you just get here?

[homelesswargod]

[He frowns a little bit. What do you mean 'hey you'? Humans. Yato sighs a little, fighting the urge to roll his eyes. It's bad for business.]

No, I've been here for a couple of weeks already.

[Hard to say really, time is pretty strange.]

[maskedtyrant]

[Codi shrugs. He's angry--but at least he's not angry at her. She doesn't blame him.]

I wish I was. We aren't sure exactly what he's capable of, but seeing as no one was able to take him out when he was standing in front of the first batch of arrivals, I'm assuming he's a pretty tough customer--and only makes an appearance when he feels like it.

[put_yur_guns_on]

Ugh. Hate those kinda guys.

[maskedtyrant]

Yeah, tell me about it. [Codi frowns and bites the inside of her cheek.] I figure, the only time we'll see him again is either if we get the Roja put together, or if everyone stops looking and he gets pissy because we're not doing as we're told. But I don't think anyone would go along with that plan.

[put_yur_guns_on]

Well that's great.

[He turns away, fingers drumming over an arm as he thinks about all this.]

[instaboobs]

Had no idea about there bein' any mutant turtles existin', so... yeah. Pretty new. [it's like something out of a comic book, seriously]

[awhitecrow]

[The electric nature of the shock is so foreign that it only registers as pain to Hollom. He does, though, take a good look at the woman. He won't go looking for one, no, but if there's a bailiff or constable to be found, he'll see the whore reported.

Plying her trade? He'd have left her be. But to grab a gentleman and then to strike him? God, she was lucky he wasn't his father.

It's that thought that makes him take a step back, free from her grasp, draw himself up, turn, and walk away.]