INTRO LOG - JULY 2013

[rekindlemods]

Who: Everyone Where: The Welcome Plaza When: 18th July, afternoon Summary: The new arrivals, freshly pulled from their worlds or others, awaken in a strange plaza... Warnings: Inbox death may occur. System overload at own risk. SOME NPC RESPONSES WILL BE SLOW UNTIL THE ONE WHO PLAYS THEM IS PRESENT. The first flickering of a lantern... It's a shuddering breath, a sensation of being pulled to elsewhere and finding oneself pressed against something rather hard with the sound of water coming from nearby. However, before one can fully stir, there is something that lifts you up from the rather warm (yet why did it feel like a chill going down your spine?) stone when you begin to drift off once more. It felt as though someone had thrown you from the frying pan, and then into the freezer - all you wanted to do was sleep... Yet the feeling passes quickly, and when you awaken, you begin to realize your surroundings. It looks like...a plaza of some sort? As they look around them, the ground beneath them is an intricate mosiac - a water fountain at the center of the plaza in this foreign world. There are many buildings around its perimeter, making this location seem like a central hub of whatever town this was. Some may even recognize the peculiar design of the buildings and sloped tiled rooftops as a Far Eastern theme. Were they somewhere along the Pacific? Who knows! But what is quite apparent is this: Along with the many buildings surrounding the plaza, the first thing that is noticeable is the amount of people sitting or standing around you in a similar daze. You are not alone... One building seems to stand out among all the others; one that seems large enough to house all of the completely lost and confused masses gathered here to the welcome plaza. A sign outside the door reads: WELCOME CENTER Newcomers: Please come inside for refreshments and your welcome packets! Odd... This wasn't written in your own language, and yet you find it easily understandable. Soon enough, if you don't enter on your own, someone comes from inside the double doors to usher you and everyone else inside. "Welcome to Saeng Seong! I know you must be confused as to where you are and what's going on, but we promise to explain this to you once we're inside and away from the hot sun!" Whether you go inside immediately or linger outside a little longer, eventually you must come in from the hot summer day, and sooner rather than later would probably be better. You'll find yourself in a well-lit lobby, filled with comfortable-looking couches and chairs. Along one wall are refreshment tables, loaded with all sorts of food and drink, including some you probably aren't familiar with. On the wall opposite are a pair of desks, each with a sign and a person seated behind them - Irene, General Assistance Devin, Technological Assistance However, before you can go over and give them a piece of their mind and ask for questions, the same person who ushered you inside hands you a manilla envelope that contains your welcome packet, urging you to read this before asking the three figures questions that the packet likely answers. Inside it, you will find: a ring with a key and apartment number on it, some kind of cash card, a map and informational guide to the city, and a letter folded neatly on the top - Welcome to Saeng Seong! You are among a new group of arrivals to our city, from many far-apart worlds. We have gathered you here because our city is in a crisis, and we are at our last resorts. The energy of the city is in a slow downward spiral, and is dangerously close to expiring altogether. That's where you come in - you and everyone else we've brought to the city. Unlike those of us here, you have the potential to generate the energy the city needs, but you'll need to work together to do it. Why? Because the energy can only be generated when two people touch each other. Any touch will do, but it must be between two of you who are new to the city. If you don't keep in contact with someone, eventually your energy will begin to drain as well, making you dangerously ill. A few other things: The closed-off sections of the city are closed off for a reason; approaching them will cause your energy to drain very rapidly. We're working to open the rest of the city to you as soon as we can, but for now, please remain within the two central districts of the city. You have been given a key to a one-bedroom apartment in a complex set aside for you and the other new arrivals, near the riverside in the 1st district. You're free to change your living quarters whenever you like, and we encourage you to move in with someone in one of the larger apartments. When you want to change, just come back to this building to exchange your key. We've also included a cash card with a living stipend; if you're unfamiliar with this system, or the network established for new arrivals, you can talk to Devin in the lobby for help. It's what he's here for. If you need medical assistance, contact Mai, one of our nurses - she'll be going around today for anyone who needs help. Again, welcome, and thank you for all your help. Irene Arrival Liaison Back behind you, others still linger, and through the translucent glass you can see a banner hanging from the tiled roof of the building across the street in the blistering summer day: WELCOME TO SAENG SEONG (ENJOY YOUR STAY!)

Comments

[lovespasta]

"How are you going to learn it? By not touching? Wouldn't that be dangerous?" Italy tilted his head, frowning a bit, he wouldn't want Germany getting sick for experimenting with something like that. If America had said it was true, wasn't it? Yes, the nation could be telling wrong information but wasn't it listed on a piece of paper too?

"A roommate would be a means of having someone to talk to and you coming to a place where you won't be alone. It can be pretty lonely if you live by yourself." He smiled.

[vereinigt]

"There are scientific people here, I will make inquiries with those," he said. "I will not avoid touch, but I will not go out of my way for it."

"It will not be lonely living alone," Germany disagreed.

[lovespasta]

Italy smiled, at least Germany won't avoid touch and every time he sees him he would greet with a hug! It would help them both to survive a little longer. He didn't necessarily have to hug in greeting it was a nice gesture to do instead of later. "It sounds like you have some kind of plan."

"You don't think so? Not even after a while of living there by yourself?"

[vereinigt]

He didn't think he could avoid touch, even if he tried. Especially with Italy here.

"Ja, it will be quite," Germany said.

[lovespasta]

Italy would make sure to touch Germany enough so that he won't get sick. Anytime he encounters him he could do a different kind of hug or touch! It would help them both in the long run.

"...you don't think it won't be too quiet?"

[vereinigt]

"Sometimes it is is nice to have a quiet place just for yourself," Germany said. "Do you not have such a place in your home?"

[lovespasta]

"I do, but my brother is sometimes there at night when we sleep! Being alone can be fun at times but I wouldn't mind being with people either." Italy smiled widely up at Germany. "You do like being by yourself, huh? Wouldn't you like to have someone there with you at times?"

[vereinigt]

"I would rather have people available when I want company than to have company all the time," Germany said. And yes, he did desire company from time to time, drinking alone wasn't fun.

[lovespasta]

"What if having a roommate isn't so bad? If there were separate bedrooms? That can't be so bad, you might not even see them! Besides when you are getting food?" Italy smiled brightly while humming in thought, tilting his head to the side. "Having company over is fun! You can eat, talk afterwards and then say goodbye each to other! Before you know it they are over again! But it's fun, right?"

[vereinigt]

"It's not necessarily seeing them I'm worried about." Don't forget he lives with Prussia; even if he does not see his brother, he hears him.

[lovespasta]

"What are you worried about?" Yes, Germany, he would totally ask the most obvious question. Italy tilted his head looking up at Germany. What was he worried about anyway? "If you have the right roommate, you wouldn't have to worry about anything!"

[vereinigt]

He palms his face briefly. Italy, of course, had asked the most obvious question.

"Noise," he said. "Roommates tend to make a lot of very disturbing noise."

[lovespasta]

"Disturbing noise? Like what?" Italy shrugged not fully understanding what Germany was saying. He didn't encounter any weird noises. At least not that he was aware of, it all could have been happening in the other room while he sleeping dead to the world.

[vereinigt]

He starts thinking of the disturbing noises Prussia makes. And his face is probably taking on a scary expression as he remembers.

And this is before he remembers having Austria live in his home. Baking at various hours, playing his piano at others. Always so demanding. And bossy.

"Noise," he moans, as if pained.

[lovespasta]

Italy shivered in front of Germany. He was making that very scary looking face again. Because of it, he would think that it was directed at him.

"I didn't mean to upset you! Noise could be annoying if you heard it all the time!" He nodded his head in agreement as he looked off towards the side. Italy wanted to get distracted by something else as he waited for Germany to calm down. It only had been a suggestion, right? Not like Germany really needed a roommate.