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

[lazyjustice]

Well...

[he scratches his head, not entirely sure what to make of the newcomer. He suspected he wasn't the only one drawn into this mess but to actually see proof of it was something altogether different.

Also someone apparently not a sailor. Which was odd. If everything written in the book was true, why would there be inexperienced people brought into this mysterious undertaking? Unless he had talents elsewhere]

It is weird.

[he shifts his weight. There is water soaking in his shoes which squish uncomfortably. Well. This is additionally unpleasant]

Where do you come from?

[bolincredible]

South Pole, technically. I'm usually more Republic City-based, but I had to help my friend take care of some stuff. Civil war, end of the world. [ He shrugs. Who abducts people while it's raining, that's what he'd like to know. It's so rude. ] But either way, this place is seriously different. What about you? And, you know, sir, I'm wondering- do you just so happen to be the tallest person ever born there?

[lazyjustice]

Hmm. South Pole.... [a region which he was, ironically, not entirely familiar with. But he wasn't aware it was particularly habitable]

Ah, well, I'm from... around. [it's too much to explain, exactly, and not entirely purposeful. But to clarify: ] Not here.

[the question though was a bit surprising.]

I'm average height for a tall human. [Newgate topped him by at least a few heads, and that was even before you got into giants.] Yourself?

Well it's not really important.

A sailor is it... Hmmm. Troublesome.

[bolincredible]

[ Average height for a tall human...

No, that's impossible. Bolin's seen tall humans. They're tall but not like. They're still probably half this guy's size. Pabu briefly pokes his head out into the open air to commiserate on the matter, which is actually mostly Bolin assuming that something agrees with him. ]

Oh, I'm average for average. As far as average even goes, I guess. My personality covers a lot of metaphorical height for me. [ For real. ] Did you wanna go find a coat or a place with a roof or something? 'cause hey, lucky day, I'm great at keeping dry!

[lazyjustice]

Is that right? [big personality. He could kind of tell that already. He rubs his nose and shifts his weight again with the unpleasant squish.

As to where...that was problematic.

Taverns were a good choice ostensibly, but they were always full of pirates and lowlifes and then he always felt he had to work. Even Marine taverns were that way oft times. And the other times filled with Marines who did nothing but strain their backs trying to be on their best behavior and not having fun.]

Maybe ...a coffee shop. If you know of one.

[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.

[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]

[bolincredible]

Yeah, you know, earthbending. [ He waves a hand and starts walking. As far as he knows, everyone knows about bending. It's just a natural thing. Like clouds. Or breathing air. Now, if he put a coffee shop in a super rustic port town, where would it be... ]

I'm Bolin, by the way. And the little guy's Pabu. I know what you're thinking! And he does do tricks. But he doesn't do them in the rain.

[lazyjustice]

Ah, I'm actually thinking more about earthbending...

[though he wouldn't say no to the ... the Pabu's tricks eventually. He's more curious about the first]

I haven't heard the term.

[bolincredible]

What, really? Okay, so I'm pretty much the worst guy to explain explain it? But, you know, I'm the best guy to demonstrate it! So that works out! Basically I control earth. Kind of like--

[ He gives his next step a little more force coming down, bringing up sort of a low rectangular hedge in his path. Which he hops over and lowers again. ] Little squelchier than I like, but, uh. Yeah. Sort of in that area.