AUGUST INTRO LOG: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

[asgardmods]

Who: EVERYONE
What: the August intro log and first god house competition, More Than Meets the Eye
When: August 8
Where: Gladsheim Palace for breakfast, around Asgard for the game/curse
Rating: PG-13; please take anything higher than this to a private log!

morning: a warm invitation

Everyone wakes up to a friendly invitation to breakfast at the castle with the gods. For most of you, this comes as a message on your bracelet, reading:

Join us at the castle today to welcome some new Wanderers into our midst. Breakfast will be served and a lively game will be available to all of our guests, both new and old.

New Wanderers are curious on their own, and this is the first there's ever been mention of a game. Perhaps it's enough for you to make the trek to the castle, to see what all the fuss is about, or maybe even to see if there's someone you know. Perhaps you want to learn more about the game, or maybe you just want the food.

For our new guests, this comes as a bit more of a surprise. Wherever you were before in your world, without even realizing it, you wake up in a strange new place. No time or space inbetween, just an awareness of There and then Here. A matronly figure tries to explain your circumstances with a sympathetic smile, but ultimately invites you meet them all for yourselves: the Gods of Asgard, and the Wanderers that arrived before you.



The sight that greets you on the castle grounds is a rather festive one, regardless of where you're coming from. Colorful streamers and flags are draped above large tables with room for several guests. Natives bustle about, cheerfully offering food and drinks to anyone that wants some. Everyone is welcomed to mingle and greet the new Wanderers on this bright summer morning.

the game: a friendly competition

Among the brightly decorated tables are ones highlighted in a specific color for a specific god house, and most of the gods themselves can be found sitting behind it with a few of their district's natives. They are here to welcome the new Wanderers into Asgard - but they're also here to explain the rules of today's game. There are coins hidden throughout the city and disguised as mundane items, and the god house that returns the most of their coins will win an upgrade to their god housing! No hints will be given, but the natives are excited to help facilitate the activity and happily invite you to wander through their districts to find what you can.

But you don't have to know about the rules to be playing the game! The coins are already hidden throughout the city, and no one knows what they are until they've been picked up. Whether you're banding together with friends to find as many coins as you can or blindly stumbling over an unpleasant surprise, the game and the curse are in full swing!

evening: a fair prize

At sundown, all of the coins in the city disappear at once, whether they're in your pocket or still disguised as a bowl. Points will be tallied and a winner will be announced (OOCly, on August 17) - but Asgardians are keen to celebrate regardless of who wins a rather inconsequential game. The same colorful display of tables and chairs is still spread across the castle grounds, although now they twinkle with fairy lights haphazardly blinking throughout the air. Snacks and drinks are made available, as well as more dinner-shaped meals for those that request it. Mostly the natives simply want to bask in the strangeness of these Wanderers from other worlds for a moment longer - but they're also eagerly listening to any stories from the day's mischievous game. Relax, enjoy yourself, or again, just stock up on some freely served food. Whatever suits your needs today. Welcome to Asgard, dear Wanderers.

[ OOC NOTE: This is the intro log for August, as well as our first god house competition/curse: More Than Meets the Eye. You are free to play with the curse prompts and searching the city in any way you want! If you would like to submit a map to earn points for your god house, please check out the rules to learn what to do. We will accept maps until August 17, at which point a winner will be announced and members of that god house will be allowed to vote for an upgrade to their god housing. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or need any help on the mod contact page. Enjoy, friends! ]

Comments

[asgardsflight]

Oh!

[ He turns when she starts speaking to him with an earnest smile and a tilt of his head, like 'yes, I am god person Honir.' ]

I didn't know a day could be better than other days for questions!

[ Which is to say go ahead and ask. ]

[mindseer]

...

[There were days when she was really glad that she worked in Mimir House. Today was one of those days. He was very friendly, but it was so hard to speak to him at times, hah.]

It's a good day because you're here and I'm here. Right... question.

So, some of us have disappeared. I'll give you an example. There's a guy by the name of Roxas. Blonde haired fellow, very heroic. He's missing and we can't seem to find him with the bracelet network.

Can you tell me what exactly happened to him?

[asgardsflight]

Oh.

[ This one is decidedly less enthusiastic than the first. He sobers a little with a sad smile. ]

Well, it seems the bonds you have with your worlds are much stronger than the ones you have with us. Which is a good thing! I think. Our goal is to get you home, after all.

[ But he seems sad about it all the same, in a way. ]

[mindseer]

[His explanation caused her to brighten up visibly almost as soon as he made it. She breathed a very audible sigh of relief and tapped her way over to slap at Honir's shoulder because she wanted something to lean on. The girl looked like there was a weight off of her shoulders there.]

Oh thank glob. That's what we were hoping happened. We weren't sure, though. Ok, if he's gone home that's fine. That's good. I mean, sure it would have been fun to see him longer, but that's ok.

...

[Which meant that she'd go back eventually...]

Just so you know, I'm kind of really dead at home, so I'm not in a hurry to go back, alright?

[asgardsflight]

[ He smiles and lets her jostle him any way she wants, seemingly content right up until that last part where he makes an even sadder little oh, this time with an outright frown. ]

I don't know anything about that, unfortunately. We're struggling to figure out anything at all, so maybe it'll take a really long time?

[ He doesn't sound in any way sure about that, though, especially since that probably won't be a good thing for all the others. ]

[mindseer]

Yeah, yeah, I'm existing on borrowed time. Don't worry, it doesn't bother me too much. I've known that ever since we figured out the timeline was doomed and I had to fix it. Made peace with that, but I'm not in any hurry, so if you get a little bit of control, I'll take a longer day pass, k?

[She grinned at him with the sureness of someone who wasn't really that worried about the fact that going home was a near instantaneous death sentence. She'd definitely made peace with this before she got here.]

[asgardsflight]

[ He smiles back, still sad but delighted by her energy anyway. ]

If I have any control, I will make it the longest day ever.

[ Maybe misunderstanding again slightly, but he's terribly earnest about it all the same. ]

I'm sorry about your friend Roxas too, though. We were very surprised. It seems you lot are being pulled in quite a few directions right now.

[mindseer]

[Nope, he was pretty close this time. A bob of her head and she refrained from saying she barely knew Roxas. They'd talked, but she hadn't spent much time with him.]

Sora'll be glad to hear it one way or another. It'll make things a little easier for he and Xion.

[asgardsflight]

[ He makes a little ooh sound of intrigue. ]

I haven't met a Xion, but Sora shared his Gummiship with me! It was very fun to draw.

[mindseer]

Not entirely surprised. She's... kind of shy. I call her Licorice on account of the fact that she's always dressed in black and has black hair. She kind of smells like licorice for me.

[asgardsflight]

[ Oh, the stars in his eyes. Tell him everything. ]

What is a licorice? Is it all black? What does it smell like?

[mindseer]

[She was a little weirded out. He was just so damned curious wasn't he? Well, she could deal with that, she figured.]

Uh, it's this black candy you eat. A little sweet, but more bitter than that. Colors smell like sweets I like to me, or like fruit, so black smells like licorice. Kind of hard to describe, since most people tell me it doesn't smell like much.