Event Ten.

[awashmods]

Little Willie, mean as hell, Pushed his sister in a well. Mother said, while drawing water, "My, it's hard to raise a daughter."

t's pretty dark and miserable down in the well. The cavernous area feels much larger than a well should be, bodies milling about in the darkness and knee deep, frigid water. So you're here -- and you're not alone, and the only way out appears to be the thin circle of sunlight from above, the opening of the well. (And elsewhere, in the Town, everyone's waking up to gifts of various usefulness, but hopefully they remember to check the well today even so!) What now? Welcome to Awash's tenth event log, and the intro log for this month, everyone! All new characters have found themselves waking in the well in the middle of the Town. Hopefully they can get a hand out! For more information, please go here! Meanwhile, the current characters have some new gifts. If there are any questions, please ask them here, and have fun! Thank you!

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[goldenwords]

[...uh]

They... disappear? Where do they go?

[noholdsbard]

[ There’s a sigh of relief down here that he’s hoping she didn’t hear— ]

Yes, you are very nimble. [ But he’ll just get up the ladder then, now that she’s safely out of sight, though he does peer over the rim of the well to look for her as he climbs out. ]

But I don’t believe I’ve properly thanked you yet.

[apocalypticist]

[ Another shake of his head. ]

We were able to kill most, if not all of them. [ No one stuck around to confirm they got all of them before they left on the rescue boats, but there were a lot of dead sirens around. ]

[goldenwords]

[would feathery be better]

Shapeshifting can be tough for some magicians, but if you've got some kind of magical ability to start with, it might be possible. [She's just saying!!] Do you know any spells already?

[atomicals]

[Sorry for his weird flesh face, Ghost. Hunk squints for a moment at their hair, like he's trying to determine if it's really unnaturally shiny or if it's just, like. Weirdly bright today.]

Okay. Cool, then let's go this way. [He jerks his thumb and turns to start walking.]

I'm Hunk, by the way.

Did you just get here?

[promissum]

They are the reincarnation of sinful human souls. The souls get stitched into their new penguin-like bodies until they've paid back all their sins.

I suppose as a human you'd never see one.

[goldenwords]

[Cats. She turns back into a girl in another blink of the eye and just sort of shakes her head when she sees Mogget start grooming himself. Boy, does that ever remind her of Muffin.

Errr, Bast.

Look, it's complicated.]

Sadie Kane. [She crosses her arms.] What's yours?

[scooptimistic]

[ How can he even see with his eyes shut-- ]

Radiant?? You're definitely the poetic type.

[goldenwords]

What, are you really that heavy?

[Sure, he's tall, but she was also under the impression that fish were kind of light. Ah, well. She nods and darts off to go look for some more.

A few minutes later, she throws four more down.

One of them is a green snake. Sorry Sidon.]

[noholdsbard]

[ …Echolocation, probably. ]

Haha, I am very fond of it.

[goldenwords]

[See, she could just answer him.

Or... she could be a little shit. Guess which one she picks?]

Which do you think?

[scooptimistic]

I am, too! I think there's a lot of meaning to be found in them.

... Though I like reading them more than I'd like coming up with them myself.

[goldenwords]

I don't know what either of those things means.

[sadly, sadie is not all up on the honorifics]

[goldenwords]

And no one's got any idea how to stop it?

[hmm. sadie tries to recall any stories about wells with a penchant for kidnapping people, but sadly, she's never really paid much attention to things like that. her brother would probably know, but she's got nothing.]

the town

[atomicals]

Sorry!

[He apologises automatically and actually turns around... like a gentleman?? That being said, he peeks over one of his shoulders.] Do you want a handkerchief? I've got one, fresh and clean I swear.

[Though he sighs at himself for having one, feeling like he's walked right out of a Renaissance faire.]

[goldenwords]

Oh, like one of those Greek bird-women. I get it.

[Probably.]

Anyway, who are you? Did you just come out of the well too?

[goldenwords]

[The answer to that is definitely a yes.

It's also a little bird noise that isn't quite a caw, and a preening of her feathers as she settles down. :) ]

[goldenwords]

[Well, here they go.

Sadie glances around at their surroundings, and opting to avoid the trees (because a forest fire is no what they need right now), her gaze lands on a medium-sized rock. She points directly at it.]

Ha-di!

[A hieroglyph that should be gold but is just grey because she hasn't regained any colors yet blazes above her, and the rock explodes into itty, bitty pieces. Sadie looks proud of herself, because of course she does.]

[ninjanature]

Six months or so is the longest. [To confirm the information she received from other people.] They aren't wrong. We could be here for years. They may not want new people to get their hopes up.

But it doesn't mean we won't ever be able to return home. Are you worried?

[He actually doesn't sound condescending when he asks this, only curious.]

[robitussin]

Telling me the name of the town doesn’t really help. Are we still in Washington? How did we...

[Get here, she’s about to ask, but his next words take her off guard.]

Oh, of course. I’ve never seen you before and all you’re doing is standing next to me. How could I ever mistake this completely obvious rescue mission for anything else?

[regrede]

Then where do you assume the people who’ve vanished have gone? Back home?

[ it’s awfully hopeful, isn’t it? ]

[hydrokinetics]

I don't think it's a human or not thing, man. Rebirth works differently for us...I'm pretty sure none of us ended up as penguins after death.

[...the idea of Luke running around as a penguin is kind of hilarious though.] So what happens when the sins are repaid? Are they reborn as themselves again?

[troubadamsel]

One question at a time, if you please.

First, I need to know - do you know what a computer is?

[hydrokinetics]

[SADIE!!!! Give him a moment to think this over, closing his eyes to try and be patient before a hand reaches up to poke at the bird's beak.

...where has he seen a sassy, small bird of prey before...?]

Yeah, okay. Just keep your talons to yourself, alright? [And he begins to walk.] Are your feathers still wet?

[hydrokinetics]

[Give him a second before he waves a hand and creates a column of water that appears under Natalie and begins to lift her up.

It's a dead-eyed stare, but he's also not answering her other questions yet.]