MAY MINGLE

[etrayamods]

WHO: Everyone!
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! ⏵ NOTES ⏴ 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. ⏵FULL NAVIGATION⏴

Comments

[her_own_rules]

Hazbin like 'has-been?'

[ Barbara parrots the word, a faint line digging in between her brows with the questionmark. There's a touch of confusion than anything like judgment. She knows to expect the unexpected in situations like this, even if she, herself, has not been in so many of them before. But she's over a month into one now—and it stays the safest bet. ]

cw; OD mention, death.

[bad_habit]

You got it toots.

[This is not something new to Angel, sadly. After his overdose and subsequent death, he was thrown head first into a whole other world and forced to figure out a whole new aspect of 'living'. Sinners were thrown into hell and expected to 'figure things out' there was no orientation, or anyone who might be helpful in any sense of the word to figure out just what you were supposed to be doing. You were just thrown into Hell with a slap on the back and a 'good luck with your afterlife!'

Course that had been almost 70 years ago and even though he'd spent several months here in Etraya now it was much the same. He had no idea what he was doing and just trying to piece it together day by day. Just like he'd done all those years ago. Hopefully it wasn't another seventy years of this. He wasn't sure he could do it.]

Just a bunch of ol' wash ups lookin' for… something more from life I guess. Or afterlife, would be more accurate.

[her_own_rules]

[ Barbara's look is a sideways combination of skeptical about being right and a little surprised for it at the same time, without anything that calls that answer on the carpet for being more than it should be. She already shoved a shoe it once with their second Dick, and so there's a good amount of leeway hanging around, reminding her, in second-by-second, eidetic memory, about how dumb that'd been. ]

After-life?

[ That wrinkle returns. ]

You're — dead?

[bad_habit]

And buried.

[He's half considering making a pamphlet to hand out to people at this point.

Course he isn't sure this place has a Kinkos...]

I look great for a dead guy huh? [He laughs. He likes to pretend it doesn't bother him, but it does. It makes this whole deal just a little bit harder at times, having to go through it over and over again. But he's given up trying to hide it, or skirt around the topic. There doesn't seem to be much point in it considering they're stuck here it seems and more and more it's becoming clear this place intends them to work together. Like it or not.]

[her_own_rules]

[ Barbara considers him with the poker face that gives so little away. There's still that faint raise of her brows, but there's a very serious consideration over something, or multiple somethings, going on between those bright emerald eyes. ]

Clarification, if you don't mind me prying, but now that you're here, has it brought you back to life, such as people are saying happened to those who died in the first two missions here, or are you still somehow dead?

[bad_habit]

The hell do I know?! [It's not like they hand out pamphlets.] I don't know how it worked when I was in Hell, I ain't got a clue how it works here.

[Angel isn't the sort to do much 'investigation' as it were into that sort of thing. It's just not in his nature, though this place is starting to change his tune a little bit if only because after being dead longer than he'd been alive he had to say Hell was his kinda place.

And he wanted to go back.]

I don't feel any different. So I guess I'm the same kinda dead I was.

[her_own_rules]

[ Barbara leans back in her wheelchair, with a small "hmmh" noise in the back of her throat, through closed lips. That does throw an odd wrench in the whole death equals coming back equation, doesn't it? What happens if this one dies in a mission, or is that not even possible if he's already dead? ]

Well, you seem pretty here for a dead guy.

So, you've got that going for you.

[bad_habit]

[He doesn't know how that works and thankfully despite all the bullshit he's been through he's managed to thoroughly avoid that.]

At least there's that.

I also have the distinct advantage havin' gone t'a new world and having t'make it work.

Course I never had t'prove the last one was anythin'. [And that worries him slightly and has since he got here. I mean how in the heck do you prove Hell is a world worth keeping around? He'd tried that before and it hadn't ended all that well, in fact it hadn't ended at all. Now to find out there's another more unknown threat against the place?]