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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye glances around the room and steps slightly closer to him, lowering her voice*

Is that really something you should be announcing in a room full of guys that apparently don't like you?

[alwaysgrumpy]

[He just gives her a small shrug.]

It doesn't matter. I'm on the lunar upswing, these guys couldn't hurt me if they wanted to.

[myfayevalentine]

Well, someone's confident.

*Faye glances around the room again, just in case. Not that she was one to talk about being modest. She finishes off her food for now and licks her lips*

Maybe now I'm not dying of starvation I might be able to find a crew.

[alwaysgrumpy]

Got all types. I like a small crew, myself. Bein' stuck in close proximity with lots of people isn't how I roll.

[myfayevalentine]

Urgh, no way.

*She glances towards the door, thinking about the ships she had seen outside*

The ships all that ancient? I mean, I can get my own room, someone to cook for me, and a hot shower, right?

*Cause otherwise, she is totally not going to be doing this*

[alwaysgrumpy]

They're all pretty old tech. This whole region seems to be. I can't speak for every ship, but I know space is pretty tight on mine.

[myfayevalentine]

No kidding.

*She waves around her journal, looking quite exasperated at it*

I mean, who uses books anymore? For anything?

...without video I'm at a big disadvantage.

[alwaysgrumpy]

Why a disadvantage? At least they record audio, so that's a little easier.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye just blinks at him - it's very obvious to her, how her looks are often used to get her what she wants*

Hmm. Clearly, you've never been a woman.

[alwaysgrumpy]

Like I told someone else, I'm not some bothered dog that jumps at a pretty face.