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!

Comments

[robitussin]

i. well, actually--

[The first thing that strikes her isn't the water or the darkness or the spot of light overhead itself; it's that everything is vivid, from the feeling of the water against her legs to the inky blackness and the piercing brightness above. It's so vivid, and it's so different from the last thing she remembers.

There's a great deal of information to take in at once, and she blinks several times as she feels her heart start to pound. Glancing at the people who are gathered around her while she tries to contend with her racing thoughts, she turns to one of her peers. There's urgency in her voice as she speaks, but she tries not to let it betray any fear.]

Hey. Hey, what the fuck is this?

[It hasn't occurred to her just yet that they might be just as confused as she is, given the frustration in her voice.]

ii. in the town

[Once she makes it out of the well, she still looks shaken - and wet, of course. The boots and leggings she's wearing are soaked, and even if her shirt managed to avoid the same fate, she looks incredibly unhappy about this development. As she walks through the area, glancing around at everything that lacks color around her, she crosses her arms.]

First I have to reenact The Ring, now I'm in some bizarre monochrome nightmare...

[It's loud enough to be audible, even if it wasn't directed at anyone in particular. Her next words, though, are aimed at anybody who happens to be nearby. As much as she's trying to appear calm, there's definitely a rushed quality to her voice.]

Hey. You wouldn't happen to know where I could get a change of clothes, would you? [...] Also, if you happen to know what the hell is going on, that'd be great, too.

iii. the house (closed to momose sunohara)

[After she's received some kind of explanation... It's good to know what's happening, but it's definitely more frustrating in some ways as well. That's why, when she finds where she's meant to be staying and thinks she has a moment to herself to react, she slams the door behind her, dragging her hands down her face with a groan.

...And then, she promptly realizes she's not alone at all, and moves her hands behind her back as if to hide that she was doing this in the first place.]

Um. Hey there. I didn't really realize anyone else would be here yet...

iv. wildcard

[If there's anything else you'd like to play out, feel free to toss in a different starter or hit me up at becoming!]

ii

[parodeity]

Hey, you look better than The Ring chick - and I do have a change of clothes you could borrow, but most of our extras look like, uh, peasant wear from the age of knights or whatever? Or non-peasant wear. I do have some extra jeans and shit but I'm not sure they'd fit you.

[ they're skinny jeans and he's tall. :| ]

Also, welcome to Chroma. You've been interdimensionally kidnapped because, I dunno, color wars or something. I'm Dave.

[ he is in fact in a pair of his black skinny jeans and his record tee, so he looks normalish. ]

[robitussin]

Cool. Even if literally everything is horrible, I'm glad I can say I place low on the list of people who looked completely awful after crawling out of a well.

[She makes a face while he describes the clothing choices she'll have, but it's the last sentence that really gives her pause. After a few moments:]

...I'm like 95% sure I misheard you. Color wars?

[parodeity]

Honestly it's not really any kinda war - but the more quests and shit we do, the more color seems to come back, so. Also, everyone is assigned a district when they get here, which is associated with a color - Yellows are Flavo, blues are Bluo, and reds are Ruga. I'm a red, for the record, and that doesn't have to mean jack shit to you yet but it will when you want to do quests, if you wanna.

[ he jerks his head towards ruga and starts walking. ]

C'mon, I'll spot you a towel and an outfit. I also have cherry pie if you want a slice?

[robitussin]

No, wait. Wait, wait, wait.

[She shakes her head as she says that, her eyes narrowing slightly, even as he starts to walk. Though there's hesitation, she follows after him, but she keeps speaking as she does.]

What do you mean, interdimensionally kidnapped?

iii.

[rerevale]

[ The door slams, and here they are— two seemingly disparate people in one room. Momo's positioned himself on a chair in the corner of the room, wet shoes and shirt laid out on the floor where he hopes they'll dry out in the next few hours.

He feels a little awkward being caught like this, sitting with his chin resting on the back of this decrepit wooden half-chair, but. Oh well. ]

—Hey! Don't worry about it, my bad for making a mess already...!

[ Here he goes, getting up to pick up his clothes. ] It's been A Day [ emphasis on those words ], huh?

[robitussin]

...Please put that back on.

[The shirt, she means. Does she realize it's still wet? A mystery.]

I feel like that's a serious understatement, but sure. It's been a day, let's go with that. So you just showed up here today, too?

[rerevale]

[ It's definitely his bad; an apologetic half-laugh, and he's slipping that wet shirt back on, still wrinkled and rumpled thanks to the Great Wellventure.

His hands go up in mock-surrender, but his smile stays. ]

Yup! I'm a newbie through and through... so let's figure things out together! [ As if it's that easy, as if things are ever that easy. ] You can be Sherlock Holmes, and I'll be your Watson.

[robitussin]

[She pauses, as though she's trying to figure out the source of his cheerfulness, and takes a few steps into the house as she does.]

That's a really weird comparison, and I'm good. Thanks, though.

[She says that just as easily, even if it's a decidedly ruder thing to say than what he offered. Her next words are just as blunt.]

Who are you?

i

[usedlick]

[Someone suddenly demanding to know "what the fuck" from him is becoming pretty normal for Connor, so he isn't phased by it. Not that he's really phased by much of anything, being an android and all.

And anyway, it's a question he feels he can answer, so:]

It's a well. We seem to be stuck inside.

[She asked.]

[robitussin]

[A pause, like she's waiting for some kind of punchline or sign that he isn't serious, before she just sighs.]

No shit, Sherlock. We're in a well or whatever, but - why? How? Who put us here? You know, all the stuff that would be really helpful to know right about now.

[usedlick]

I intend to figure that out, once I've helped everyone else get out. [There's a pause, while he thinks about it some more.] And I'll need full witness statements from everyone. Someone here might know something about exactly who has done this, and why.

[He looks her over, though he doesn't seem suspicious.]

I'm guessing you don't remember anything?

[robitussin]

...I don't have any witness statement to give. I didn't witness anything. I just suddenly showed up here.

[As though mimicking his action, she looks him over as well, then glances up at the spot of sunlight above them.]

You, too?

ii

[noholdsbard]

I am deeply sorry, fair maiden. [ Uhh the Ring reference completely flew over his head, but hey, it’s not important when she’s clearly in distress. ]

I have nothing on me but my cloak, which you are more than welcome to use, as well as my assistance, however I can render it.

[robitussin]

Don't call me that.

[She says, without giving him anything else to call her as an alternative.]

You're way taller than me, so even if I took your cloak it would drag on the ground and get all dirty, wouldn't it?

[noholdsbard]

[ Oh, well, hmm. If nothing else, the problem of addressing her properly can wait— ]

A cloak for your comfort is a small price to pay, is it not? [ He even manages to smile a little as he starts to pull it off of him. ] It is the least I can provide.

ii

[ditherer]

[your life's about to get weirder, natalie, because you sure just asked a literally blue kid with a funky eye, marking him as Obviously Not Human.]

You usually have to scavenge for new clothes around here, but I'm sure someone has spares you can borrow... but I'm afraid I don't. My apologies, ma'am.

[robitussin]

[She's surprised enough by that very appearance that she nearly forgets to listen to what he's actually saying, but she manages to catch it. Still, as she shakes her head as if to clear it—]

Okay, that sucks and all, but also, why are you - blue?

[oh my god natalie you can't just ask people why they're blue]

[ditherer]

[natalie!!

he pauses for a few moments, before finally—]

I'm not quite sure how to answer that question.

ii

[retrobeats]

[ by now, Michael's twigged that there's a whole bunch of new people showing up at the bottom of the well. part of him's not sure how to feel about that, but he also remembers how much it sucked to be the one wandering around creepy fairytale townsville soaked through and full of questions.

also? he can appreciate a good reference! and that was a good reference. ]

I mean, if you don't mind looking like an extra from A Knight's Tale, some of the empty houses have an outfit or two you can grab. No one'll mind if you take 'em.

[robitussin]

[Someone around her age making a pop culture reference is definitely the most normal thing that's happened to her today, and while it doesn't exactly calm her down, it's certainly welcome compared to everything else. Even so, she looks down at herself with a frown, hands on her hips.]

I absolutely mind that, but I also mind freezing to death, so. It's a real toss up.

[That's punctuated by a fairly stressed sigh, as she thinks for a moment. Either she doesn't come to a decision or she gets distracted by another thought, because the topic shifts when she speaks again.]

...You didn't come out of the well, though. How long have you been here?

[retrobeats]

[ he lets out a short, quiet breath of laughter at her deadpan comment, following it up with the kinda headbob that almost universally means "yeah, you got a point!" and then the topic shifts, and welp, it's time to be on the other side of the fresh out the well 20 questions game. ]

Yeah, trust me, I did my time down that well already. [ 0/10, would not recommend! ] I think it's been a couple months by now? I haven't been keeping an exact count, but there's people who've been here longer than that.

i

[hydrokinetics]

[Luckily for Natalie, this one's not confused. Yay! Unluckily though it's Percy and he looks at her briefly before he shrugs to himself.]

This is where all of the new arrivals show up, I think. We did it a few months ago, and the group before us did it a few months before that, too. [...so if he's not a new arrival, why the hell is he in a well? That's a great question.]

[robitussin]

[That answers some of her questions, but it also raises more, and her eyes narrow as she tries to think through all the implications of that information.]

Okay, arrived where? How many months have you been here?

[Also, yeah.]

Wait, then why are you in here?

[hydrokinetics]

It's a town they named Chroma, I've been here for like three or four months. [There's a slight grin though.] Don't you recognize a rescue mission when you see one?