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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awashlogs2018-11-08 06:58 pm

Event Thirteen.





To love a human face was to discover
The cracks of paint and varnish on the brow;
Soon to distrust all impulses of flesh
That strews its sawdust on the chamber floor,
While at the window peer two crones
Who once were Juliet and Jessica.





t's a regular morning here in the Town. The sun isn't shining at all, snow is falling like crazy, and...there may be the sounds of shouts coming from the well, thoroughly muffled.

Okay, so it's not a regular morning at all, but you'd better go help those people! The newcomers are here again. Of course, once you get to the well, you'll notice that there's actually no real help you can offer -- it's totally frozen over.

As for the newcomers, well... hopefully being suddenly dumped into freezing cold water in the middle of November in a dark, damp well is your idea of a good time, because that's your life now!

And that's not even taking into account the mirrors in everyone's homes that are about to wake up and start chattering...




Welcome to Awash's thirteenth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. Please keep in mind that while this is a general event log, it is also an intro log; be sure to pay plenty of attention to our newcomers!

If there are any questions, please ask them here. Thank you!

neronian: <user name="tanabata"> (❧ hispellum)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-12 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not enough, just as he said. This may not be her empire, the people here may not be her responsibility, but she has no intention of leaving them to their somewhat poorly-equipped devices.

She's annoyed at the lack of foresight (winter is an inevitability, and she was blessed with having relatively mild winters in ancient Rome), but there's no point in pointing fingers at the lack of centralized government here. Not when those energies could be redirected toward more productive things instead. ]


The basic of basics, I see. If there were a governing council here, I would boldly take issue with them! The lack of foresight is disappointing, but it is too late to lament that.
messianic: (With its own tints the sober grey.)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-12 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Nero is not wrong here, after all.]

Yeah... I know it's not really an excuse, but I don't think any of us was expecting to stay here long enough for it to go from spring to winter...

[But now they know.]

Regardless, more people organizing something like this is only going to help us.
neronian: <user name="tanabata"> (❧ saepinium)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-12 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ It is a shame, but now they know not to tempt fate and leave things off until tomorrow. ]

All right, I've decided!!!

[ There are three (3!) exclamation marks, which makes it very important! An imperial decree, almost! Their job as Servants is to guide the living, with the experiences that they've accumulated in their mortal lives, she will be staying here for a while if Tristan is any indication, and so it is almost habit, to offer their aid to the civilians they encountered during their exploration in the Singularities. ]

The town may be the thing that is supplying me with mana, but what is a town without the people in it?

Nothing! So I shall extend my hand to the citizens here! I won't ask you how privileged you feel for summoning me.


[ ...It's not as if she needs a formal declaration to go around helping people though. As selfish as she can be, as fiery as she can be, as egocentric as she can be...she's still chaotic good in her heart. ]
messianic: (They use that power against me)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-12 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh my god.

Well...

He has no idea what she's talking about, really, but it's kind of endearing even so...?]


I see... well, thank you very much, then. If there's any way I can help out, please let me know. We can't put all of it on your shoulders, you know? It's all of our responsibility, together.
neronian: <user name="tanabata"> (❧ suasa)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-12 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's par for the course when dealing with Nero Claudius! He does not sound the most enthusiastic, but it's text, and maybe that's just his disposition. Hardly something she can blame him for. ]

Yes, yes. The citizens here have been kind, and you seem to be no exception. Unlike the town, which is strangely colorless in spots for a reason I do not know, I can find a beauty in them.

[ Why are some things colorless, anyway? ]
messianic: (schedules of sentiment)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-14 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah, that's... well, like you said, you'll have to find beauty in it.

We're the ones bringing color back, you know? Back before, the town was totally colorless. I can only assume someone as energetic as you will restore a lot of color...
neronian: <user name="septentrione"> (❧ eryx)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-15 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Of course she will bring back color to this world. She is a (self-proclaimed) genius artist! The gods' gift to the aesthetic world! She lets out a pleased "umu", nodding her head despite the fact that he can't see it or hear her. This is clearly what she was summoned for! To bring color and beauty to this drab place! It all makes sense now!

...Well, that, and it's basically a Singularity too, and Servants are supposed to fix it. That too. ]


But of course! I will work tirelessly to bring beauty back into this world!! I could not call myself an artist otherwise!

I shudder to think of this place as you describe it in the past. What was it like, living in such conditions? How did you all bring such loveliness back to this world? Which I must thank you for, by the way.
messianic: (my words to measure:)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-15 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's so perky and sparkly and bright. It's kind of amazing, really...

But he likes it, too; it's always nice to see people here being so energetic and warm, despite the circumstances.]


A lot of it is still conjecture for us, but...like you can see from my text, we're all assigned a color. You'll get your color back from living here for a little while.

And as we bond together and mix those colors, it seems like we're bringing colors back to the town. That's why things are so...


[...well.]

Kind of paint-by-number in the hands of a five year old.
neronian: <user name="godair"> (❧ rome)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-17 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ A color?? A color!! At least she knows she'll get a color when the time comes, which placates her plenty for the time being. (Even if she wants one noooooooow.)

She laughs out loud at his analogy; it's not wrong. ]


Excellent! All things in time, then.

So the key to restoring colors is for different colors, represented by the people here, to bond and mix? That makes a surprising amount of sense. A shame that the order of colors to restore seems to be left to basically chance.
messianic: (for as we know from dreams)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-17 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[A color for Nero!!]

That's right. I wish... well, actually, now that you bring it up, I don't know that any of us have ever tried restoring particular colors by doing anything special. We've just been restoring things by living here, so maybe that's why it's all so random...?
neronian: <user name="septentrione"> (❧ daedalium)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-19 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Is that so? Maybe the color restored depends on who interacts with whom. For instance, if I were to forge a bond with you, one in blue, then perhaps a purple color would be restored.

[ She technically doesn't have a color yet, but she knows deep down in her heart, she can't be anything but red!! 110% sure. ]

But if I were to decide on a color to restore first, it would the fine red of roses!

[ Although she doesn't know if that's been already restored yet, since it's cold and roses wouldn't be out in full bloom for her to recognize. ]
messianic: (schedules of sentiment)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-19 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, she's confident in her identity, he can respect that.]

Maybe...? We really don't know yet, so it's something to look into.

If you have any success with restoring something in particular, let the rest of us know? Maybe we can actually have a more concentrated effort on this sort of thing.
neronian: <user name="tanabata"> (❧ acerrae vatriae)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-21 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yes!! If they could figure out a way to concentrate their efforts on restoring certain colors so that those objects aren't so...weird and colorless, like fire, that would be a better use of their time and resources than shooting in the dark.

Not that that'd stop her from wanting to restore the color of flowers and foliage first. #aesthetics. ]


Yes, yes! You will be the first to know, to see for yourself as well. A second opinion is not unwelcome when charting new lands.

[ And well, a sample size of 1 isn't very conclusive. ]
messianic: (Victor and vanquished)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-21 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[In that case--]

That sounds good to me. You can reach me by the hexcode that's my handle on here, but my name's also Minato. It's nice to meet you.
neronian: <user name="tanabata"> (❧ saepinium)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-22 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
You may refer to me as Saber. Commit it to memory, for you should feel honored.

[ She...doesn't have a color, though... Nero's shoulders slump down in disappointment, for a bit, before perking right back up. ]

Well, I do not know my code, so I will have to contact you first.

[ Then again, she's pretty difficult to confuse for someone else when it comes to her attitude. ]
messianic: (when you are dead.)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-23 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm, okay. Saber-san, then.

I'll be around, so anytime is fine. For now, I hope you adjust to this place okay.