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∎ ETRAYA MODS ∎ ([personal profile] etrayamods) wrote in [community profile] etrayalogs2024-12-21 05:15 pm

DECEMBER MINGLE

WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: December 21st - Early January
WHERE: Etraya
WHAT: Newcomers, a surprise gift from Tatianna, and a visitor!
NOTES\WARNINGS:



⏵ arrival ⏴

Welcome to Etraya!

Arrival goes as expected - characters awaken on hospital beds and are offered an explanation of their situation: that they have arrived in the city of Etraya, and they are their world's only hope. They are welcome to wander the hospital if they would like to - the upper floors are mostly empty, full of pristine hallways and numerous rooms filled with supplies, cots, and things one would expect from a relatively average 21st-century hospital.

The lobby is filled to the brim with tables of freshly baked goods. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" banners are taped to the walls, and several other typical birthday decorations can be found in this area. A few of the baked goods tables are lined with massive cakes covered in unlit candles, just waiting for someone to grab a lighter and sing off-key. Is it anyone's birthday? Who knows! The companion bots seem to believe it's every new arrival's birthday and will greet them as such - with friendly waves and cheers as they make their way to the lobby.

A coat rack is situated by the doors leading out of the hospital, covered in warm clothing that fits the new arrivals just right - whether it's to their preferred style or not is something else entirely. Some of them appear normal enough. Others? Well. They can't all be perfect, now can they?

Outside the windows, the grass is covered in a couple of inches of loosely packed snow.

We hope you enjoy your stay.


⏵ an unexpected gift ⏴


Out by the hospital stands a tall, decorated tree covered in candles and golden pinecones with a handsome, red velveteen tree skirt. In front of it are a few oversized wrapped gifts for show- and atop one of those sits a familiar woman. Or unfamiliar, if this is your first time.

It's Tatianna in a slutty Santa outfit with a big ol’ burlap sack.

“Hey, I got something for you,” she says, digging into the bag and rummaging for a moment.

She produces a painted egg and holds it aloft.

“It’s your Winter Solstice Egg! This is the egg holiday, right? Wait, shit. I’m mixing them up, aren’t I? ...Well. It’s a little late to change it. Here you go!”

How one treats their egg is fully up to themselves. They can choose to ignore it entirely, or destroy it and leave the yolk and innards to rot on the ground. They can hand it over to someone else or care for it as if it were something precious. No one will prevent them from doing whatever they please with it!


⏵ naughty or nice ⏴
However, how they treat the egg will define how the egg treats them in return.

Those who keep the egg and tend to it will get the benefit of being able to watch it hatch seven days after they are handed the egg. Eggs that are treated with attention and love may yield a loyal companion, or a weapon of choice that always returns to its owner, while neglected eggs may yield a curious, cursed trinket or an animal who treats its new owner very much the same way its owner had treated it before it was born.

Please submit an egg request below for what items you would like your character's eggs to hatch into! Please note that these cannot be things that would be applicable in the game.

Those whose eggs are destroyed or forgotten will simply get the gift of... nothing!


⏵ free your spirit ⏴


With the winter chill gripping the air, a mysterious figure makes their presence known in Etraya - a towering, horned creature dragging a massive sack behind them.

𝓐 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖇𝖚𝖎𝖑𝖙 𝖔𝖓 𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖜𝖊𝖆𝓴 𝖋𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓.


Regardless of a character's strengths or weaknesses, they will find that when Krampus raises his massive sack over their head, they are powerless to stop him from catching them. Those capable of great magical feats or other supernatural abilities will sense something... otherworldly about Krampus, but will not be able to place the source of that sensation.

Once within Krampus' sack, they are welcome to fight, but escape is impossible. It will feel as if Krampus is dragging them over every rock possible, dragging the sack in through the rivers to the point it soaks through and drenches them - potentially almost drowning them.

When the sack opens, they will find themselves in an impossibly dark space. Around them are others who have also been captured and dragged here by Krampus, trapped in small cages hanging from a massive, wiry tree.

Krampus will return often, banging clawed hands and birch rods on the walls of the cages and knocking them into one another.
𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖋𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘.

The whisper resonates through the darkened area, regardless of Krampus' presence. Confess your secrets, and be freed. Otherwise? You'd better hope someone figures out where Krampus has set up base; those who refuse to confess may find themselves stuck here forever.

⏵ NOTES ⏴


Krampus' base is under Etraya! Deep within the catacombs, he has set up multiple cages to capture those who inhabit Etraya to punish them for their naughty habits. Fighting him is possible! Defeating him by means of combat is not, however, possible. Think of it like fighting a god: Krampus creates the rules in the space around him, including who can use what ability.

For all questions relating to this log, please refer to the mod queries comment. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ.

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godsandbats: Icon made by <user name=pyrophoric> (Foretelling vile)

[personal profile] godsandbats 2024-12-22 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately for her, Kirk doesn’t look very impressed with that reasoning.

“And you are…?” He says, maintaining his monotone.
levelshift: <user name=patch-robots site=livejournal.com> (shrug)

[personal profile] levelshift 2024-12-22 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not a doctor, this is basic stuff.

[No it isn't, he's just being a jerk.]

What are your symptoms?
fortitudosalutis: (026)

[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2024-12-22 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Carver tilts his head. ]

Then why do it?

[ To clear her conscious? He doesn't understand. ]
banworthy: (15)

[personal profile] banworthy 2024-12-22 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
wtver

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tjose are the
symptoms
and a cough
knightowl: (034)

[personal profile] knightowl 2024-12-22 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Bruce should have known it wasn't going to be that easy. If whatever had taken them could sneak up on them undetected, breaking free would be just as difficult. He cannot judge the distance between their cages and the ground below, so using gravity wasn't a safe option.

"Sit tight, then. I think we'll be here a while."
simpcard: (i'll never tell)

[personal profile] simpcard 2024-12-22 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Kimie Arashiyama! Hamster User!" Something else that she says with her whole chest.

It's a second later before she adds: "I'm a detective. Not a Specialist anymore." Not that she had any kills under her name to even be allowed to have the title of Specialist, but it's all right. She doesn't think killing is - or has ever - been her thing. Beating someone up? Maybe! But she's not won a fight yet so, she isn't sure on that front, either.

"Anyway, you're a Specialist, right?"
knightowl: (014)

[personal profile] knightowl 2024-12-22 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice old man?! Since when?

Bruce dips his head when he hears that familiar voice. It would be her in one of the cages near to his own. Considering the type of luck he's had since his arrival in Etraya, Bruce isn't sure why he expected anything or anyone different.

"How exactly do you plan to do that?" If he sounds skeptical and uninterested, well cause he is.
simpcard: (so call me maybe)

[personal profile] simpcard 2024-12-22 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"With the power of hamsters."

Is what she says with a great amount of pride and seriousness. Tipping her head back, she lets out a high-pitched cry that should have caused mice and other rodents to come to her aid. But it really only seems to disappear into the darkness without any effect.

"That -- are we so far down or up, they can't hear me?"
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[personal profile] levelshift 2024-12-22 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[God, he almost feels bad for him. At least, these messages seem bad enough that if he leaves Vincent alone there's a chance the idiot could up and die from the flu or whatever. Then he'd be blamed, and it would be annoying.]

What apartment are you in?
banworthy: (14)

[personal profile] banworthy 2024-12-22 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
apartment
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with those
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ascarylady: (109;)

[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-22 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
About a quarter left.

[ Sevika has to wonder why he asks. An idea? She eyes him carefully, wondering. ]

If you're considering setting the tree on fire, I doubt it's dry enough for something this small to make a real dent.
levelshift: (exasperated)

[personal profile] levelshift 2024-12-22 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes? Where the fuck else would you live?
banworthy: (2)

[personal profile] banworthy 2024-12-22 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
that
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with heathcliff
that cat on the brdige
fortitudosalutis: (002)

[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2024-12-22 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Was thinking more the motherfucker in red.

[ But they’d need accelerant and so far, he’s not seeing many options on that count. Carver exhales sharply, trying to think. ]

Not how I was planning on spending my day.
levelshift: (I'm not overprotective)

[personal profile] levelshift 2024-12-22 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea what cat you're talking about.

You owe me for this.


[Because not only is he going to get some somewhat normal-looking baked goods from the hospital, but he's going to grab a few bottles of water, medicine, tissues and a digital forehead thermometer as well before heading out to "that oppressive place." There are a couple of those around, so it's taking him a bit before he finds the right one.

Being the lazy shit that he is, he's using his esper powers to fly over, landing at the entrance to Stonhyrr before using his earpiece again.]


Okay where the fuck are you.
ascarylady: (103;)

[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-22 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
If I had a flask on me...

[ But she doesn't. She'll have to fix that. Setting that horned bastard on fire would have been a good time. ]

Mm. Definitely not what I would call a friendly welcoming party. [ So, she is new. New as new can be. ] What's with this confess shit?
banworthy: (15)

[personal profile] banworthy 2024-12-22 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I OOWYE NTHING
I DIDNT'SASK FOR ANYTHING
SO THIS
IS FOR YOUR OWN
BENEFIT
GOTIT

I'LL say nothingTIL THAT'S AGREED
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2024-12-22 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If she’d had a flask, this could’ve been a party. Carver leans back, watching her silently for a moment. Everyone in proximity to him is a threat, but there are layers. He has to be practical about this shit now. This isn’t a place anyone survives alone. ]

No fucking idea. All I know is they like to play games.
ascarylady: (096;)

[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-22 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Figures...

[ That'd a place like this would play games, anyway. Sevika takes a long drag from the cigarette as she considers the word: confess. Confess what? She hasn't even committed any crimes here yet. ]

Like, what? Admit I've crossed a street without looking both ways? Because that's stupid.

[ Oh, she has far worse things to admit. She just doesn't want to. ]
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[personal profile] knightowl 2024-12-22 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
In the darkness, Bruce cannot see Sevika. But he can hear her the click of her lighter and the sizzle of her cigarette, an indication she's close by. He makes his way across the cage in the direction he believes the sounds are coming from and it's confirmed by the dim glow of her burning cigarette.

"What? No secrets to share?"

He's been in all manner of death traps before. This one happened to be a bit more boring than he's used to. Starving in a cage did not appeal. Maybe he could at least persuade this woman to save herself.
fortitudosalutis: (018)

[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2024-12-22 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It's probably something metaphorical. They seem like the type to like that shit.

[ Some Grimm Brothers fable bullshit so they learn a lesson about teamwork or something, whatever their captors have decided needs to be emphasized. ]
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[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-22 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Sevika watches that vague shape in the dark move across the cage, tracking Bruce's movements as he makes his way closer. Whoever this is, he sounds old, that much she can tell. She doesn't answer immediately, taking her time to take a drag off her cigarette and breathe out the smoke. After that, though?

"Not too many, if I'm being honest."

She never hid who she was or what she did. She never broadcast it around certain authorities, either, but that wasn't the same thing, was it?

"What about you?"
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[personal profile] levelshift 2024-12-22 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Too late to negotiate, bastard. Even if you don't tell me I have about a dozen different ways I can track you. It's just easier if you tell me.

If you don't, I won't hesitate to start breaking down walls.
ascarylady: (not this shit again bitch face)

[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-22 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Metaphorical?

[ Oh, she hates that. ]

Pretty sure none of my crimes have been figurative.
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2024-12-23 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Good for you. Doesn't get us out of here any faster.

[ To be fair, neither have any of his. He has a long list of sins, Carver knows. He has no illusions about that. But what exactly are they supposed to confess to here? Who would even know if they lied?

Of course, magic is a factor now. Because magic is real, apparently. ]


Okay, [ he says slowly. ] So, I've killed a bunch of people. There, I confess.

[ The cage sways, but doesn't open. ]