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]

Nah, it's fine. You're gonna' need every resource you've got, if you just got here.

Well, let me start out by asking if you understand how you even got here. How much do you know about your current situation?

[bolincredible]

Okay, those are-- great questions. What I understand about the situation so far is, uh. [ Welp. ] There's a magic gem, I'm supposed to become a sailor or get arrested, and nobody's mentioned anything about exactly how I got here in the first place. Which could be worse! I'm totally... I'm totally working with what I've got here. Handling the situation. Responsibly.

[alwaysgrumpy]

Responsibly. I hope more responsibly than you control your pet weasel.

[Okay, what to tell this guy.]

You're on an island called Empieza, and whereever you came from...Well, you're probably a really long distance from it. Like, worlds and worlds away from it. Long fuckin' distance, is what I'm saying.

You got snatched here the same as a lot of us did. I know the WHO that's the responsible, but not the HOW he does it. Davy Jones ain't exactly forthcomin' with his methods.

[bolincredible]

[ He cannot confirm or deny whether or not his methods of approach will be truly responsible or not. He knows his brother would possibly have lectured him for letting Pabu have too much free reign in a new situation, then rolled his eyes and lectured him again for offering to replace someone's food. Everything else is kind of... take it as it comes.

Like worlds away, which is dismaying right down to the bone, which Bolin will. He's not even sure what. There are so many things happening today that he has no idea how to react to. He figures it'll probably hit in full force later on. In the middle of the night, or after dinner, or something. ]

Oh, Davy Jones! I saw his name on the fountain and in the book, yeah. So, assuming I've never heard of him until today and everything seems to be written in a strange coded language [ Mystical Pirate Riddles, that is. ], what's his general story? Dark spirit? Evil wizard?

[alwaysgrumpy]

Hell I know. I just know he's responsible for this nonsense, and he wants us to track down these shard things for him. Which he really shouldn't have.

You know, because he's kind of an evil dick.

[bolincredible]

[ Uuuuugh, whyyyyyyy, this is totally exactly the sort of thing that just happened to everybody back home. ]

Wow! How many people with crazy unnatural powers are gonna surface this year? It's starting to turn into a real hassle.

[alwaysgrumpy]

I hate to break it to you, but a lot of us fall into that category.

[bolincredible]

--okay, maybe that's fair. [ SQUINT... and a mild lean backwards. ] Sssso are you, you know. Evil and-or trying to rule the world? Not necessarily for reasons that you think aren't justified! Just curious.

[alwaysgrumpy]

I turn into a big monster during full moons. I'm also pretty awesome, which I guess is also a power.

[bolincredible]

[ ...

Eh.

It's daytime. ]

I appreciate your honesty. And I'm gonna say that being awesome counts as a power. It's a gift that not everyone has.

[alwaysgrumpy]

It's a hard burden. In any case, I suggest you grab a crew quick. Faster you're away from here, the better.

[He turns on his heel, casting a glance back at him.]

You should have enough money on hand to at least get some food. Make sure you check your pockets well. Guess I'll see you around, newbie. Akira's the name.

[bolincredible]

Oh, uh- yeah! Totally! Gotcha! [ He's chocking this one up as a victory. Someone in town was moderately friendly and explained some things: that is great! He's been taken by an evil guy and is alone again: less so. But maybe that's just the way of the world today. What a generation, honestly. Bolin can handle this. He. Can handle it. ]

Get a crew, watch my ferret. Maybe I'll see you around, Akira! [ Nailed it. ]