awashlogs | Intro Log.

Ding, dong, bell,
Pussy's in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Thin.
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout.
What a naughty boy was that,
To try to drown poor pussy cat,
Who never did him any harm,
But killed all the mice in the farmer's barn.

ou wake in knee-deep water, cold as ice and stagnant, in a space that is far too echoey and spacious. It feels like a massive cave, but looking up... there's only one small, circular opening that shows grey sky and shines any sort of light.

It looks like a long trip upwards, a small cylinder with walls of brick that's just a little too high to reach, even when jumping. Getting out is probably going to be a bit of a task, especially considering the water is more than cold enough to make limbs go numb.

The dark makes it impossible to see much further, but the space seems large, all filled with water, but with no other way out, stone walls the only thing for an intrepid explorer to find.

But most importantly of all... you're not alone.

Welcome to Awash's first intro log, everyone! Please review the FAQ and rules before playing. Characters have all woken at the bottom of the well in the middle of the town (which seems a lot bigger on the inside, somehow), and it looks like they'll have to put in some work to get out.

Once out, they'll be free to explore the various locations the Town has to offer at will. Just try not to die on any of the far-too-rickety walkways.

Further information can be found here at the OOC post, and don't forget to greet your fellow players here!

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This is the part where a giant tentacle monster comes out of the depths and drags you in, I think?

[ dave's a quiet menace is red, arms crossed over his chest as he eyes the water dubiously. he's about ten feet back and out of range, but his voice is audible if soft. ]

Wh --

[ Noctis straightens up, eyeing the water before glancing back at the speaker. Good point, he doesn't know what the hell is in there, biding its time and waiting for someone just to stray close enough. Even from that distance, the red is jarring but strangely comforting, a reminder that this place is the one that's messed up with its lack of color, not him. ]

Yeah. Maybe. Seen one in here?

Nah, but that is the thing about tentacle monsters? You generally do not see them until they have a limb around your ankle and are dragging you into the inky depths. Unless you just go out to view them in the night sky, which as an activity I can't actually recommend? On the grounds it is sort of terrifying, maybe, but also I think that isn't even a thing that can be done here. So like, one bonus to bein' in a randomly grayscale post-apocalyptic city?

[ well. it might not be post-apocalyptic, but he's referring to how run-down everything looks. dave rambles as a point of habit, not even bothering to really think about what he's saying. ]

[ Okay, that's one totally hyper-imagination you have there, buddy. But now that the thought is in his head, it's difficult to shake it off. It's easy to imagine that something's lurking right inside, underneath all that placid water, and it's not that he's apprehensive, no sir, it just wouldn't do to be attacked right on his very first day here.

So he takes a careful step towards the stranger, careful to keep a distance in case he's nervous. Post-apocalyptic city, huh? He's trying to make sense of the conversation and likes to think that he's done a pretty good job at it. ]

Guess that won't be a good idea. [ He says carefully. ] Where are you from, anyway?

Houston, Texas. [ he does not get into the part where he was created in a lab on a meteor before he was ever from houston texas because honestly no one ever needs to get into homestuck, god ]

How about you?

Houston... Texas?

[ The words sound so alien -- he's pretty sure that there aren't places like that back in his world. What is a Texas? ]

Lucis. Eos. [ And there will be a Lucis again, once he rebuilds it. ] Is Texas the name of your world?

No, Earth is. Texas is my state, in the United States which is my country? Houston is the city I live in.

[ to break it down for noct. ]

[ Also, what the hell kind of world names itself soil? Whatever, it's not his place to ask about why people call their world. ]

Huh. Another world, then. [ By now he's met enough that he's not all that surprised anymore. Funny name, too. United States. Are there divided states? Un-united states? Noctis wisely keeps the smartass to himself. ]

Yep. So...what's Eos like? I feel like I should ask about the weather, in the time-honored tradition of all awkward assholes who are meetin' someone new for the first time.

Sometimes sunny, sometimes snowy, rainy. you know. The usual.

[ Probably. But then again, maybe things happen differently in the other world. Amused, Noctis raises his brows at him. Awkward asshole, huh. ]

And yours? Same or different? It's not flat, is it?

Flat? Yeah, no. Although there is like, a society of people who believe that to be a thing it is absolutely not a thing. Texas was like - pretty hot? It rained sometimes. Didn't snow much, or when it did it rarely stuck to the ground. I've seen snow, though. I went to a planet that was covered in it, and it was...you know, a place. I think that's my least favorite variety of weather, though, so the lack here is immediately aces.

[ Okay.

Noctis was following him right until he said he went to a planet covered in snow. ]

You travelled to a planet? [ People can do that? ]

Yeah, through a gate...it was a bunch of bullshit but basically I learned snow sucks. It's like, why would you have snow when you could have not snow. Worst kind of weather, basically only good for freezing your balls straight off.

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