GOOD MORNING NEW ARRIVALS
This time for real!WAKEY WAKEY.
As the storm finally peters out and characters can once again move above ground it becomes abundantly clear that the landscape has
changed. Where vast expanses of sand dunes once laid is now the half-buried remnants of what looks like some sort of...city? Full of structures. It stretches so far it's really hard to tell. But there is one thing characters will notice:
There are more stasis pods.
Revealed by the sandstorm, a whole new flurry of pods can be found scattered on the way to the city (curiously though, not
in it. Hurry and wake those guys up!
SPREAD THE LOVE. OR ACID.
With the departure of the storm there's even more new arrivals to be found besides those fellow travelers of yours! The
"Seedlings" and
"Cactus" are now both available, the former blown in by the storm and the former uncovered.
The Seedlings are generally pretty harmless. They like to burrow into the sand so only their "Leaves" plant-like leaves remain above ground, and they're quite happy to stay that way until surprised. Then they pop up and trip over themselves a little, before slowing down and wandering aimlessly. When they find a patch of sand that looks comfy they begin burrowing back down.
Pull or yank on their leaves though and you'll find yourself with
a face full of pollen that makes you want to just tell everyone
how super-cool they are. It lasts a while, and then you get a fever and vomit for two hours. Good times.
The Cacti are much less harmless and just...why would you eat them? Everything about this plant is poisonous, and cracking it open causes a corrosive acid-like substance to spill out. It'll eat through everything but...dirt, oddly. Metals and flesh are like hot oil on plastic.
DON'T GET LOST
And last but not least: The Forgotten City. Maybe you want to check out the Hull first for some loot, but maybe that's not such a cool idea anymore? Although it looks like the ship's definitely more powered after draining the suits of whoever went in, now it's started to spread and fill the sinkhole the ship's in. Suits can go from 100% to 0% in just ten minutes--not good!
Lucky for everyone else, it looks like
finally there's
some sort of civilization up ahead. Go on and check it out!
OR DO. THAT'S OKAY TOO.
Go nuts, have fun, and enjoy! (This is the wildcard option)
OOC
The
Flora, Fauna & Resources page has been updated with information on the seedlings, cacti, and crystals! These items are now all available for
Discovery, and The
Forgotten City will be available indefinitely from now on! Characters can take this time to settle & build up a foundation for themselves, explore the area, and of course, harass those poor little seedlings.
We encourage players to make their own open posts for this setting--you don't need to stick to just this intro log! But make sure to make our newbies feel welcome!
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Right.
[ In the tone of someone who's letting it go for now; Kara doesn't want to start something when a strange world is all around them. ]
So, what can you do?
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[Maybe not a a skyscraper, but she could easily go over something five or six storeys.]
If your next question is gonna be how, I'm as in the dark as you are.
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I'm not outta some comic book.
[She realizes there's some irony there, considering she has super strength and knows a man with mind control, but still. Freeze breath? Really?]
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[ She's a little cranky, but she needn't have taken the trouble to help Kara out or tell her anything, really, so points anyway to Jess. ]
I'm also a lot stronger and faster than I look. It's my alien physiology.
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You're gonna need it.
[It seems like it goes from one thing to another, here. Explosions, landslides, bugs, sandstorms. And Jess is still maintaining her theory that most of them are here because of their gifts.]
But you're also not gonna be as strong and fast as you're used to. Our best guess is that the suit drains it from us.
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No wonder I was feeling a little weird. So we can't — can we take these suits off?
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[That'd be a "no", then.]
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All right. Thanks, Jessica. I'm going to look for other people in the pods, do you want to join me?
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I'll come along for a bit, but there's shit that needs doing back at camp eventually.
[They need to get water, and more food, if there are a lot of people waking up.]