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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awashlogs2018-09-08 07:00 pm

Event Ten.





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!

withwisdom: game cutscene (⟡ sunset)

[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-09-10 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I would call it an eagerness to defend.

[ no one means bad by it, in other words. they just want to protect the people they care for, and the town they live in. though she trusts the fighters she does know, she doesn't know everyone. especially right now. ]

Ah, please do forgive my manners though. My name is Zelda. And yours?
regrede: (pic#12551611)

[personal profile] regrede 2018-09-10 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn’t that just a matter of perspective?

[ her tone is, surprisingly, not intended to be combative. it’s just that she’s fresh out of a war that was nearly exactly the result of a failure to understand what looks like defense to one person may seem like malice to another. oh well! she moves on—clearly, she doesn’t want to talk about it.

not because it troubles her, but just because she doesn’t care. ]


My name is Sierra. I take it you’ve been here longer than I have.
withwisdom: game cutscene (⟡ outward)

[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-09-10 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it is indeed - one zelda prefers to keep. makes it easier to think better of others when they are 'defending' the town, as opposed to attacking without thought. ]

Four months. Some others have been here for six. We've come to expect newcomers out of the well every two months. [ now that there's a good sample size, she feels confidant in making observation into fact. ] Have you been doing well in regards to settling yourself in?
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[personal profile] regrede 2018-09-10 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I came from a village much like this, so it’s not much of an adjustment for me. Is there a leader in this town, or do you all always run around like chickens with your heads cut off?

[ said in a tone that suggests she’s going to take up that mantle if someone doesn’t stop her—lazy as she can be, she’s got a good head on her shoulders for leading a village. ]
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[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-09-10 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...oh dear, she has a personality on her shoulders. ]

We have no leader. We run the community as a collective, so that no one person is above others. When something pressing must be decided, we can take a vote on it.

[ pointed and honest, though she still keeps even-toned. ]
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[personal profile] regrede 2018-09-10 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That’s very honorable. I was told you all decided on the name of the village with a vote.

[ indulgently stated, like zelda is a child telling her mother about her very exciting playtime paradise. ]

I don’t think it’s a bad way to live, but what happens when people passionately disagree? With no mediator and no authority, suddenly you have a minor civil war on your hands.
withwisdom: game cutscene (⟡ scowl)

[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-09-10 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ah yes, she knows that tone well. same one her father used whenever he told her to stop "playing" scholar. hmph. ]

I doubt it would come to that. A revolt would be rather pointless when we're the only populated village known of. [ or so she believes. really, it would just be for the sake of ego... which isn't impossible, but- ] There's no kingdoms, or higher authority in this land to speak of.

We govern ourselves. Those with such passions must learn to temper it for the collective good.
regrede: (pic#12551599)

[personal profile] regrede 2018-09-11 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
And if they can’t?

[ but it’s a rhetorical question. sierra already knows what would happen, because she’s seen it. the castle in north window is an example of a community like this done right, with everyone working under a common leader.

common in many ways. riou is a humble boy, but stronger than anyone realizes. they need someone like that here. ]


I don’t mean to mock you, girl. I just believe it’s wishful thinking that everyone will get along forever.
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[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-09-11 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she smiles wryly at that last part. ]

Your concerns are valid, Sierra, and understandable. It may be naive, but I want to believe in the best of people in dire straits. You're new here, so you haven't had a chance to know how people are here. All I ask is you keep an open mind to us.

[ a beat, and then- ]

And if anyone does get out of line in a way that cannot be forgiven... well. There are a lot of people here with a sword ready to 'defend', so to speak.
regrede: (pic#12554340)

[personal profile] regrede 2018-09-11 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
You speak with such conviction that it almost makes me sick.

[ but she’s smiling as she says it, so it’s probably not as much of an insult as the words alone would seem. sierra isn’t a bad person, nor does she think of herself as one. she’s just blunt. ]

If it turns out you’re wrong, I hope you’ll vote me into leadership with your precious democratic system.
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[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-09-11 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I had a feeling you'd propose something like that.

[ only one day in and she already has high ambitions. ]

If such a time comes, I will cast a vote for whoever I feel has proven that they have the best interests of the people at heart. If you are that person at that time, then so it shall be.

[ meanwhile everyone else will just vote for a chicken or something, thanks democracy. ]
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[personal profile] regrede 2018-09-13 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ it’s hard to say whether or not sierra will ever have the best interests of this particular group of people at heart, but at least she’s not going out of her way to antagonize anyone. yet. ]

Then I’ll just have to do my best to earn your trust, won’t I, Miss Zelda?
withwisdom: game cutscene (⟡ alright)

[personal profile] withwisdom 2018-09-14 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm certain you will.

[ zelda is trusting of most people as long as they aren't outright malicious though. sierra seems haughty, but that's hardly the worst thing in the world to be. ]

In fact, how about we get started with acclimating you. If you really intend to be our future leader one day that is. [ she grins a little in tease. ] I can help you with accomplishing one of the quests this month, ordained by the higher powers of the realm.