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guiltrip2023-05-13 11:01 am
killerwaves) wrote in guiltrip2023-05-13 11:01 am
WELCOME
INTRO
Whoever you are, wherever you were, the last thing you remember is the salty smell of the sea breeze and a distinct tickle of electricity across your body. Enough to cause alarm perhaps, but in the next moment it all goes black, or blue to be more precise. When you stir into consciousness, those fuzzy sensations are all that you have as an explanation, though there's certainly more to experience around you.
The warm bright rays of the sun, the rhythmic cresting of the waves into the shore, the unfortunate feeling of sand sticking to you everywhere, because you're lying flat on your back on a beach without a beach towel. At least you're not alone, and at least it doesn't seem like you've been completely dumped unceremoniously, as there's orderly space between you and the 27 others who share your predicament. Whoever left you here probably could have dumped you into a pile, but they have better manners than that.
However you decide to react to your sudden vacation, you'll find that you're dressed just as you last recall and that you have at least one possession of yours on hand. Whatever else you had on you appears to be affected by baggage routing, unfortunately. You'll also find a key inscribed with a particular bird and a strange device in your pocket, ostenstibly some type of cellphone from the period when blackberrys were all the rage. A pop-up window will greet you when you turn on the device, prompting you to pick a username (this pop-up can be ignored for up to 24 hours) and also walking you through a basic tutorial on its functions. For now, it seems like the public network isn't running, but the direct message function is availiable. It ends with a cheerful blurb instructing that "For further questions and help, please contact one of the hotel staff!"
As there's nary a soul that seems to actually work here on the beach proper, it might be worth it to explore. Around the resort are robots manning the buffet, sweeping, and even making cocktails if you want to drink your problems away. While they'll answer to basic commands, provide you with a map of the island, or even be happy to tell you the weather, they're incapable of engaging in any meaningful dialogue. Any questions or demands they can't answer will yield the statement to please contact the administrators.
Whoever they may be, but they'll show their faces eventually. Probably. ((OOC: Welcome to Last Resort! Poke a mod in the discord if you have any questions. The NPC meet and greet will take place at 5PM EST/2PM PST today! ))
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No.
And I suppose you haven't been here all that often either, have you?
[ He holds up a flower he has summoned as if this is all normal and this isn't strange at all. ]
A flower to hold in these trying times?
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I have never been here at all.
[ he kind of blinks at the flower because magic tomes are one thing but parlor tricks are another. ]
...A magic trick, I suppose?
[ no
anyway what kind of flower is it!! ]
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Ah well...
[ Welcome to Parlor tricks 101 with Merlin. He has no pointers to give and may be a sink or swim mentor in these lessons-
Jokes aside, when Zelkov asks, he flicks his hands and then there's a string of flowers hanging from his fingers. About four or five all connected. They look like the ones in his icon!! ]
Oh yes, something like that! Like them?
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[ he's not sure how worthwhile a pursuit stage magic would be, but he supposes he can throw it onto a list of possible things to try. ]
Nor have I seen the exact flower. [ taking a closer look ] A variety of amaryllis...?
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[ ...Evidently, apparently. Or so he says, since this does contain real magic than not. Still, he does know how to teach the trick sans the ability! ]
My own personal touch to them, you could say.
You seem very knowledgeable in telling apart flowers, though. Are you a gardener back home?
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[ Beat. ]
Somniel must be the name of your homeland, then...?
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My homeland is the Kingdom of Elusia. The Somniel, while quite impressive, is not on nearly so large a scale — it is the base for the army of the Divine Dragon.
[ and formerly just like, a very glorified bedroom... ]
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I don't think I've heard of it. I wonder what it's like...
[ Not surprising he hasn't heard of it, of course. There are many worlds out there in the universe, and all that. ]
This 'Somniel' probably looks homey too. Or holy, seeing that it's for a Divine Dragon.
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Elusia is the kingdom that spans the northeastern part of Elyos. It is a land known for its academics, vast forests, and exceptionally cold weather... among other things.
[ but we won't talk about the fell dragon shit. ]
From what land do you hail?
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It sounds like a rather large Kingdom. Not that I've been anywhere near this 'Elyos' either.
[ He looks thoughtful, and then he thinks he'll start 'small'. Smallish. ]
I'm from a world called Earth, and some people might have considered a place called Britain to be my home. Though, I have a sneaking suspicion you haven't heard of that.