Peace and Serenity

[strangerpeople]

[Dying hurts doesn't it? Feeling such horrible pain as you realize that you're breathing your last moments. It makes someone wonder about what would be waiting for them in the beyond. Some would say there is an afterlife and it would depend on how you acted that decides where you will stay for the rest of eternity. But is it fluffy clouds and wings or pitchforks and brimstone? Will you remember anything that was once missing?

Not in your case. There's no clouds or fire nor any of your missing memories restored. Ain't that a bitch.

When you come to, you will be lying on a futon and tucked in like you had fallen asleep there all long. You will also notice that your clothes have been replaced with simple cotton shirts and trousers (for both men and women, hey we feel the ladies can wear pants too!) for better movement. But in Vita's case, probably a blessing considering. But something will stick out about yourselves: any wounds you had on you are now gone and healed. The room itself is simple with a couple floor lamps, a floor length mirror, a window, and a dresser but there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary-wait, a window?

Yes, there is one and when you look out of it, it's sunny. Not only that but there are signs of trees and a river flowing around where you are at. So there are two big things that you will now realize: This is most definitely not near the Base

And...you're not alone.]





(OOC: Welcome to Deadland everyone! This is the overall mingle log for Round 3 and due to the nature of it, this will be a bit more relaxing than the game itself. And since the setting is different from the Base, here are the places where your characters will be able to go to:

EXTERIOR:

-The Temple: Your place of residence for the duration. Unlike the Base which is constantly in a strange futuristic setting, this has the feel of a much simpler time.

-Outhouse: Where you can go to the bathroom. There's only one but thankfully it's actually got plumbing. Just a toliet and sink to clean up once you're done with your business.

-Baths: Or rather one bath. Not many folks live here after all. However, the tub is large enough to fit several people and and there is a box where soap and shampoo is stored.

-River: This river seems to be where a lot of folks like to wash up on. It's really weird according to the one who is living here.

-Pink Pond: ...no seriously, there is some weird pond in the back of the temple with a pink colored something. Are you brave enough to take a dip or a taste?

-Vegetable Garden: A large plot of land behind the temple is reserved for growing various vegetables. You have the normal kinds such as eggplants and carrots and celery but then there's smaller trees that grow warm bread and al dente noodles. We are not joking. And they are delicious.


INTERIOR

-Strangers' Room: This is a large room where the Strangers will be sleeping in throughout their stay. There is a dresser large enough for storing things if they wish to do so but it's mainly for extra clothing. The beds here are not bunks but rather the futons they will wake up on. It's easily foldable and there's no set spaces where you are able to sleep. And yes, both men and women will be sharing this room so I hope you kids have some manners and try not to peep on the other like a bad harem anime trope.

-Kitchen: 'Rustic'...is one way to describe it. But hey, at least there's an ice box to keep things frozen, counters to chop things up, tools to do cooking in, a sink with plumbing, and a fire burning stove. Just clean up after your mess, no one wants to disappoint the person living here.

-Hallway Closet: A walk in closet where extra futons, blankets, and towels are stored. Nothing fancy.

-Locked Room: ???

-Pink Bedroom: Someone lives here and would appreciate it that no one snoops through her things.

-Main Hall: A large room that also works for meetings and gatherings. And for fighters, a good place for sparring. There's several wooden poles for training but that seems to be it.

Enjoy your stay, Strangers!)

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(frozen comment) POWER EVOLUTIONS

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 2

The Sputnik:

Original: Summon a familiar of his choice/idea - a familiar that will disappear after two hits and can exist up to five feet away.

1st Evolution: The familiar will disappear after 3 hits, and can exist up to 10 feet away.

2nd Evolution: The familiar will disappear after 5 hits, and can go exist to 20 feet away.

Final Evolution: The familiar will disappear after 10 hits, and can exist up to 50 feet away.



WEEK 3

The Double:

Original: The ability to create a doppelganger of oneself for 5 seconds.

1st evolution: The ability to create a doppelganger of oneself for 10 seconds.

2nd Evolution: The ability to create a doppelganger of oneself for 30 seconds.

Final Evolution: The ability to create a doppelganger of oneself for 90 seconds.


The Component:

Original: This character can grow a single extra limb, which will detach itself after 10 seconds.

1st evolution: This character can grow up to two extra limbs, which will detach itself after 30 seconds.

2nd Evolution: This character can grow up to four extra limbs, which will detach itself after 1 minute.

Final Evolution: This character can grow up to eight extra limbs, which will detach itself after 5 minutes.


The Hungry:

Original: The ability to eat anything for nutrition without ill effects, including normally non-edible items (eating game-important items and the like are a case-to-case basis).

1st evolution: The Hungry can now also drink anything without ill effects.

2nd Evolution: The Hungry can now also self-heal minor injuries by eating.

Final Evolution: The Hungry can now also self-heal minor injuries by drinking.



WEEK 4

The Kragle:

Original: The ability to create a sticky substance, and dissolve it at will.

1st evolution: The adhesive can now suspend an item up to 50 lbs.

2nd Evolution: The adhesive can now suspend an item up to 100 lbs, and can stick onto a living surface indefinitely as well until the Kragle wills otherwise.

Final Evolution: The adhesive can now suspend an item up to 500 lbs.

WEEK 2

[strangerpeople]

[Welcome Vita and Akira.]

[illusionarymelody]

[Well, Vita definitely believed in an afterlife, but she wasn't exactly expecting to wake up somewhere pleasant. She'll definitely notice the lack of injuries quickly when her right wrist no longer hurts like crazy when she accidentally uses it to lift herself up and look around.

She definitely is going to take a look in that mirror before anything else just to see what she's wearing and how she even looks. Definitely can't look like a complete mess and she's curious if her neck looks fine like her wrist. She's also wondering how she ended up dressed. Probably for the best to not think too much about that though.

After that, she's going to take a look around. First, is there even a way out of this room? And who else is here?]

[strangerpeople]

[There is a way out of the room, but that might not be as important as the fact that there is someone else laying in bed as well. Someone Vita probably knows all too well based on what happened to her.]

[illusionarymelody]

[Ewww, gross is she stuck with that pervert in the afterlife too? Okay, so Crow wasn't exactly a shining example of a gentleman, but he wouldn't kill a naked woman!

She's not so sure if she wants to stay in here. Who knows if he'll still be wanting to hurt her once he wakes up. She's definitely inching towards that exit with a good eye on Akira to make sure he's going to behave. But she's decent enough that she won't do anything to him until he wakes up.]

WEEK 3, MONDAY

[strangerpeople]

[At some point, during Akira and Vita's exploration, they will no doubt come upon the river. It's quiet, peaceful, and the water is clear.

So they can very easily see the unmoving body floating in the water, as it's gently pushed towards a shore near them.

Oh dear.]

[beguiledcard]

[ UM....... Hi, there... body.

He's immediately heading over there to get a better look at it. ]

paging mods for outside exploration stuff!

[beguiledcard]

[ At some point, he's going to be heading outside to explore the outside area.

He can be found checking out the garden, and proving to have some knowledge of how to tend to one (thanks, Haru!) - s...orta?? Because what the fuck are those smaller trees, even...

... the afterlife is... so weird.

Anyway, he's going to be making his way over to that pond. What will happen if, after some pondering, he just. Sticks his whole arm in there??

(Just kidding; it's only his hand.) ]

Pond

[strangerpeople]

[It'll feel cold. Like you stuck your hand into a freezer. It'll also be kind of sticky too.]

Exploration

[illusionarymelody]

[Vita is definitely the most curious about the river ever since Richard showed up. If people from the base are washing up there after they die, then there is some connection between the two locations.

To start off with, how deep is this river and how swift do the currents seem to be?]

[strangerpeople]

[If she wants to figure out how deep the river is, she may want to find something to hold on to or anchor because the currents are pretty fast.]

WEEK 3 (End)

[strangerpeople]

[Welcome Seto and Naoya.]

[stealsyourduelist]

[Rosenkreuz stirs with buzzing still in his head, shivers through to his bones. The pain of death is still fresh in his mind, and the last thing he saw before he passed out was Naoya's fucking foot... so when he sees him over to the side, asleep, he's hit with a rush of incredulous rage that spurs him to stand and walk over there. After glowering down at him for a hot second, he swings a rough kick at his side.]

Up, cowardly vermin! Even a nightmare is too kind for you now.

[But he will graciously let him absorb just that kick while he decides how badly he's gonna kick his ass.

AFTER THAT HE'LL BE IN THE GARDEN OR SOMETHING. SAY HELLO.]

[crouching_sin]

[Naoya wakes up with a groan, curling in on himself a bit from the kick and holding his head. This... doesn't feel like a new body. And these clothes don't feel like what he was wearing. And he's never had an afterlife, just waking up and another cycle of life.]

[But his head still hurts and his side still hurts, and his body twitches a little with the memory of being electrocuted. He's been badly burned by electricity before... and then his brain catches up a bit and he realizes exactly who kicked him.]

[Naoya forces a pained smile.]

Well, hello there.

[illusionarymelody]

[So Vita pretty much decided earlier to give the boys their space to duke it out because boys will be boys and she knows very well how they tend to communicate with fists rather than words even if she never quite understood that herself.

So she just decides to go about her business and figures she'll find the new arrivals at some point. So right now she arrives in the garden meaning to gather some vegetables for a meal.]

I'd say good to see you again, but I doubt you want to be here any more than I do. Still I can at least offer a tour and tell you what Akira and I have found out so far.

[Her voice seems a bit hesitant, like she's trying to figure out what sort of reaction he's going to have. They were on decent enough terms, but that could have changed in a week. Plus she doesn't know yet if he was the victim or culprit or what even happened.]

[crouching_sin]

[After that whole... incident... Naoya peels off to try to avoid Rosenkreuz for a bit. He heads out to the garden, and then starts wandering around. He's restless, and all of this is... disturbing. There's too many implications, here.]

[He finally sits down at the bank of the river, checking that there's no one around him, before pulling his knees into his chest and letting out a few long, shaky breaths.]

[This isn't okay. He should be in another body, another life... he can handle this, but dealing with dying - if he even really did - is going to take some time.]

[beguiledcard]

[ He'd needed a moment, too... maybe.

Akira hasn't made a point of giving himself one, since he got here. Instead, he's stayed so busy with house chores and distracting himself, he probably avoided letting himself feel much at all over it.

In any case... he's eventually heading straight over to speak with Naoya. He doesn't say anything at first - he just... quietly sits down next to him, his own expression not quite readable. ]

[illusionarymelody]

[Well, Vita can understand him being restless. This place may be nicer than the base, but they are still technically trapped here until they can figure out a way home and she's not going to accept going home without freeing the others. She definitely prefers to be outside and does tend to walk along the river a lot because she's trying to figure out what link it may have to the base. If they arrived via the river, there must be a place they came from and even with fast currents, it can't be that far. Yet she's found little to explain where they entered the river.

Well, as she's walking trying to think about what she's missing here she sees Naoya. Well, at least he's one who is likely to care much about what she did beyond her choosing Akira as a target.]

I admit, I'm surprised to see you here.

Exploration and stuff!

[illusionarymelody]

[So after Naoya and Rosenkreuz told her about the weird things that match up between the base and the temple, Vita has an idea and is on a mission. She's going to try and send a message via the pink pond. It probably won't work, but she has to at least try.

She's going to try to obtain a bottle or some other small container that can be sealed, paper, something to write with, and something to weigh down the container.. Feel free to come upon her during her search or help out.

Afterwards, she's going to head to the bath and hope very much it isn't occupied. She just really wants some alone time and the bath is so nice.]

[strangerpeople]

[And the container...sinks to the bottom of the pond.

Bring the bottle up after an hour or so?]

????

[macherieneutre]

[It's nighttime and the temple area is quiet for the moment...until Kerri decides to make her presence known a bit more loudly than normal. It doesn't matter where any of the Strangers are because she will call to them. Even if you are in the baths, she'll call outside of it because she doesn't need to see any more naked people; she's already seen at least two of you without clothes. But it's the same line no matter where you are:]

Hey! Something really big has shown up further down towards the Neutral Zone's border! Does anyone want to come with me to take a look?

[crouching_sin]

[Naoya's not sleeping. It's not like he has any real need to right now... or desire to.]

[But at the sound of someone calling, he gets up from where he was sitting just outside the temple. ... Ah. This must be Kerri.]

I'll go. What sort of 'something'?

WEEK 4 END

[strangerpeople]

[Welcome, Passepartout.]

[leftthelighton]

[ Pass wakes up in his futon, reeling somewhat from the confusion of being alive again and being dressed in foreign clothing. His first instinct is to protect himself. But when only peace and quiet presents himself in this place, and he figures out he does not need to do so, his second instinct?

It leads him explore and find the kitchen, where he quickly brews some tea.

This is a valet for you, ladies and gentlemen. ]

[illusionarymelody]

[Vita knows her former roommate was brought in today, alone. That in and of itself was a bit strange with the timing. She definitely wanted to find out more, but also to find out how everyone was doing. Also, she's sure he would like to know more about their situation here.

She checked the bedroom and saw his futon was empty and went to go find him when she smells tea. She can't help herself since it smells so good.]

That tea smells delicious. Would you mind some company? I'm sure you're confused about this place.