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

[swordfucker]

It feels like the whole forest is a source, but I can't really tell. The water's no good, either.

[So... beats him. There's some rustling between the trees now, and Guren curls his fingers on his sword, just in case, glancing to it. Nothing, at least not now.]

[allweather]

So it could be coming from anywhere, huh... [Lovely. Well, he'll look into that, somehow. The rustling makes him freeze, and even when it seems like nothing is coming for them, he still speaks more quietly. Aaa.]

Now, you must have some idea as to why only certain items have color to them.

[Of course it's more nerd stuff.]

[swordfucker]

[what a nerd]

Nothing had color except us when the first group arrived. It seems like forming bonds with each other, whether positive or negative, helps restore color to the world.

It doesn't come back so normal all the time, though. If you haven't noticed. [Like... purple ketchup.

The rustling increases all at once, and out comes... a squirrel. A mutated squirrel with two tails the size of a small dog. It gives each of them a look, sits on its back legs, and then runs up a tree like a normal squirrel would. Thanks.]

[allweather]

[Well, now Reim has a hand clutched on Guren's sleeve, please do not leave him here with the mutant squirrels. This is harrowing.]

That-- yes, well, I've noticed plenty of things aren't exactly normal.

[Letting... go..... he's fine.]

[swordfucker]

[Honestly, he doesn't even mind... It's better this secretary man clutches to him than gets pinned by squirrels, right? Guren's eyes are still following it, too, like he's not sure if it's going to turn around and shoot laser beams or something ridiculous.]

There are quests posted on the forums each month, too, by a username we can't connect to anyone. [Sorry this isn't very ye olde, Reim. The squirrel is gone, at least, and Guren looks back at him.] This is the first time there's been a quest that's aiming to pit us against each other... but the rest of them are pretty standard. They've been helping with the color, too, I think.

[allweather]

[What is with the LASER BEAM ANIMALS!!! Reim is still struggling with the existence of giant mutant squirrels, pushing his glasses up his nose in an attempt to look remotely put together after that. He should never have been allowed in here.]

Some kind of task and reward system...? That seems like a tedious way to get things done on such a large scale. The color is... well, there still isn't much of it, from what I've seen.

[swordfucker]

[It's better that he came with a bodyguard than him going in alone, at least. Guren slows his steps so they don't run into something else immediately terrifying for this nerd.]

Tedious is right. There's not much of it, and it's coming in all wrong. I don't know what we're actually doing with it, but if we refuse to do the quests, it's more of a problem, so that's where we're at right now.

[allweather]

How can it be more of a problem than things like that animal...?

[That's an example, don't bully him. He's only seen one mutated thing up close and it happened to be a big squirrel, so that's what he has to work with here!!]

[swordfucker]

[He tries not to laugh at that comment. The mutant squirrel... a horror.]

Our houses started caving in around us if we didn't clean things fast enough, for the first big quest we had here.

[allweather]

[shut up glen]

That won't be a problem, [he says automatically like the true nerd he is] I am fastidious.

[swordfucker]

...And then, there were monsters like werewolves that were changing people into beasts, or the sirens that kidnapped a large number of us.

[Well, he's really glad Reim is good at being a butler, though. They all desperately need more people like that, anyway?]

[allweather]

Ah.

[Terrifying. He'll stay home and clean.]

I will lock my doors. Perhaps twice.

[swordfucker]

Hahaha.

[Reim is funny, he's like... so not like anyone from Guren's world since they're all army types prepared to fight or die. It's a nice change. Endearing, he guesses? But anyway, he puts out his hand to stop their walking, glancing into the forest.]

If we keep going this way, I can sense something a lot worse than that squirrel thing. I'm sure I can take it no problem, but it's up to you if you want to see it or not.