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etrayalogs2024-05-17 08:03 am
etrayamods) wrote in etrayalogs2024-05-17 08:03 am
Entry tags:
- !mingle log,
- a certain magical index: accelerator,
- dc comics: dick grayson,
- mcu: peter parker,
- my hero academia: izuku midoriya,
- penny dreadful: vanessa ives,
- the 100: octavia blake,
- xmcu: laura,
- ✘ alex rider | kyra vashenko-chao,
- ✘ chucky: junior wheeler,
- ✘ dceu | clark kent,
- ✘ final fantasy vii | aerith gainsboroug,
- ✘ granblue fantasy | sandalphon,
- ✘ hazbin hotel | angel dust,
- ✘ marvel comics | kate bishop,
- ✘ marvel comics | ororo munroe,
- ✘ marvel comics | sharon carter,
- ✘ scream | sam carpenter,
- ✘ star wars | padmé amidala,
- ✘ the 100 | clarke griffin,
- ✘ the sandman | dream of the endless,
- ✘ unholy blood | hayan park,
- ✘ yu-gi-oh | marik ishtar
MAY MINGLE
WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: May 17th-31st
WHERE: On Etraya
WHAT: A mingle log!
NOTES\WARNINGS: N/A, please note any needed warnings in threads.
WHEN: May 17th-31st
WHERE: On Etraya
WHAT: A mingle log!
NOTES\WARNINGS: N/A, please note any needed warnings in threads.
 ⏵ a hero's return ⏴ As champions exit the Labyrinth, they’ll find that their environment has gone through some fairly drastic changes. Where there used to be larger bodies of water is now thinner rivers going through land; the amount of bridges connecting landmasses has decreased, given what had been individual islands are now much more connected. In addition, Etraya is significantly more green; flowers bloom, birds chirp cheerfully, and there are numerous additional species of insects, mammals, and aquatic creatures throughout the lands. Baby foxes roam through forested areas, bees pollinate the flowers to spread them more thoroughly around the inhabited areas, and it feels brighter. Or perhaps that’s just in comparison to how the Labyrinth had been. There are more areas to explore, new facilities, animals, and Etraya feels significantly more settled than it had before. Aurora’s promise of renovations had been true. And if one looks up, they may notice a city bubble visible on the closest planet that hadn't been visible before.  ⏵ coffee break ⏴ After hearing Clarke’s suggestion, Aurora sets up a new cafe close to the apartment complex, and sends out notices to individuals with mandatory coffee hour times listed for them to come to Corrine's Cafe and make a few friends. While the note does state that it is mandatory, there will be no follow-up from Aurora nor the companion bots to ensure those who receive notes do show. Given this is Aurora trying to take suggestions in mind and see how successful they are among the citizens of Etraya, however, following directives may not be a terrible idea. It's up like a modern-day, smaller cafe. One walks in through the front door, and is greeted by a companion bot behind the counter who offers a wave of their hand and a friendly “Welcome! Let me know when you’re ready to order”. The menu offers lattes, mochas, espresso, black coffee, several different kinds of teas, and a few drinks that are a little odd to find in a cafe; ale, canned sodas and coffees, numerous bottles of wine, but only pinot noir. Soft music plays in the background, impossible to place but it sounds as if it may be based on tracks that were popular in the early 90s. Tables and booths are set up to seat two to four, with packets of sugar and small containers of creamer set out towards the middle. There are charging stations set up at every table, which may seem strange considering phones and laptops aren’t widely available, but Aurora’s doing her best. There are also a few bookshelves full of the classics, a few historical fiction, and several written by H.P. Lovecraft. Each seat has a placard in front of it, with a name, and a ‘fun fact’. One might say “Hello! My name is Joe, and I like to paint!” Another may say “Hi, I’m Jill! My sister died tragically in front of me and I’ve never gotten over it.”  ⏵ new horizons ⏴ Several of the new bridges found in Etraya now have signs posted just outside of them, and on those signs is a QR code that the earpiece’s HUD can scan. Scanning this with the HUD will bring up a scavenger hunt, listing several items and circling areas where they can be found. Some of these objects will be obvious: find Corrine at Corrine’s Cafe - the companion bot who runs the counter, find a delicious meal at Bangsan Market, break into S.T.A.R Labs, or find room 87 at Point Blanc Academy. Some will be less obvious, like locating a bat, becoming friends with an archer, find a pink shirt, open bagged milk without making a mess, or get a drink at the mutant-friendly pub. Please feel free to make up your own items to find around Etraya! Welcome to our mid-month mingle! Please feel free to use this to explore Etraya, put up wildcard prompts (you don't need to use the above!), or use the open prompts to assist in jumpstarting cr. This mingle covers the period from May 17th to May 31st. Our next mission (and next mod log) will not go up until June 7th. |
Coffee break
There’s so much food here. Electricity everywhere. Clean water. And the people treat it like it’s nothing. Like it could never possibly be taken from them.
He stiffens when the kid slaps the card away, but Carver holds onto his mug—don’t you ever waste resources, son—and doesn’t immediately reach for the knife sheathed at his hip. Just stares at the kid, Peter Parker, with a narrow eyed intensity. ]
Peter Parker. Right?
[ His voice is stiff. It’s been a long time since he’s talked to anyone young; he doesn’t like hurting them and it’s the only reason he doesn’t immediately go on the defensive, that he holds the mug and lets the heat seep into old breaks and fractures in an attempt to settle, be marginally social. But his own card looms:
Hi, I’m Brandon! I served in the Valley of Death.
]
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[He is still mildly embarrassed over the knee-jerk reaction, though some part of his hesitance comes from this... strange tingle at the base of his skull: that familiar catch-all 'spidey sense' that says danger. It's so utterly fleeting, he doesn't even entertain it. The tingle thing, it's not always as helpful as it seems. And sometimes he just kinda mistakes it for anxiety. That's a must for heroes these days, y'know? Anxiety, that is.
He drums his fingers on the table a little, glancing this way and that instead of the narrow-eyed look the new face is giving him.]
Brandon. Right?
... Want a danish?
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Brandon, [ he agrees, realizing after a beat that he's let the silence go too long. He doesn't like people using his given name but maybe teenagers get a pass since they aren't immediately trying to kill each other. In the spirit of teamwork and all that. ] No. There always this much food around?
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Yeah? I mean, I think so.
I've only been here a few days, honestly, so I couldn't tell you what the norm is here. I've heard this place throws at lot at the people stuck in it, so it'd be smart to worry about it.
[He sits up a little straighter, taking in Brandon's... everything.]
... I'm gonna take an educated guess that you're from a place that lacks a lot of it.
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You're American, right? New York?
[ It's been a while, but he recognizes the accent. And it's an easy dodge to the other implied question that Peter's raising. ]
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For other reasons than Carver probably. He's had a lot on his mind, outside of this cafee.]
Yeah! Yeah, from Queens. I just recently moved to Midtown, though.
You from New York, too, or am I just that obvious?
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[ Educated guess. The details matter, though. The small things that collect together to define a person.
He watches Peter close. Carver’s gaze never leaves him, not for a second. ]
Lot of kids here. You noticed that?
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Makes me wonder what Echo's thinking, bringing in people that young.
If it's really for saving universes, that's a lot to put on some kid's shoulders.
[Peter doesn't see the irony in saying that, when he'd been nearly killed multiple times in a huge battle over the fate of half of all life in his universe — at the sensitive age of 16. But that was two years ago, give or take, so he's completely fine now. No issues here.]
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[ It's said rather blandly. He wonders how old Peter is. ]
What'd you think we're here for?
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... Hard to say.
This 'Echo' person isn't exactly trustworthy, but when you're from a planet that had half of the population wiped out by aliens? You can't rule out the possibility of anything. We're either being lied to, or we're not.
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[ Otherwise they'd be dead. It's that simple. But the rest is a nebulous unknown, defined by rules no one's bothered to teach him. In that way, it's almost like being thrown in the Valley again.
Carver tilts his head. ]
Aliens, huh?
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[He doesn't sound particularly bitter or sarcastic or anything, because Carver's right. No matter the real reason, someone is getting use out of them in some way. That's just how it works. He just hopes it's genuinely for a better reason than the worst possible one.]
... But. Aliens, yeah. Some good, some bad.
Obviously, one was really, really bad.
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How bad?
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Well, the first time we got invaded was 2012. Group called the Chitauri wanted to conquer humanity and take the planet for themselves. Their boss was the second alien invasion a while later. Both times sucked, but my world has some pretty cool people who know how to fight back.
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So, how many times was Earth invaded, exactly?
[ Because that sounds like a lot. ]
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[He glances up to Carver brow furrowed.]
How about you? Where're you from?
[And is it somewhere that makes you super sketched out over everything?]
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[ Not that he knows anything about aliens except from old movies. Not that aliens would ever bother with his world, Carver thinks, burned out husk that it is.
He hums a little, watching Peter close. ]
I was in Virginia last. Our world ended. [ And then, because that demands some explanation: ] People got sick. The dead came back.
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You mean... like — zombies?
[Also, the world ending sucks.
But we've got to get this out of the way first.]
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People keep saying that word.
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[Stop looking sour; your face will stick that way.]
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[ He just stares at Peter. Wonders where a word like that even comes from, why everyone he runs into seems to know it. ]
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We call them 'zombies', man, I don't know. That's just what we call dead people that come back to life in our world. Only... they're, y'know. They're just in movies. Or books. Fictional stuff.
[Horrible stuff you don't really see in reality.
And that's coming from the kid who grew up with superheroes who fight actual aliens.]
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[ His mouth twitches. Not much of a smile. ]
Just the real thing one day.
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[Genuinely. At least with the Blip, nobody was being directly attacked; they simply faded out of existence, which is... horrific, but it could have obviously been worse. By other world's standards.]
How long ago did it start?
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Eleven years? Maybe twelve. Nobody really counts anymore.
[ What'd be the point? The old world died. There's nothing left to count toward except the next battle, and the one after that. ]
Shit happens.
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