etrayalogs | DECEMBER MINGLE

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DECEMBER MINGLE

WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: December 21st - Early January
WHERE: Etraya
WHAT: Newcomers, a surprise gift from Tatianna, and a visitor!
NOTES\WARNINGS:

⏵ arrival ⏴
Welcome to Etraya!

Arrival goes as expected - characters awaken on hospital beds and are offered an explanation of their situation: that they have arrived in the city of Etraya, and they are their world's only hope. They are welcome to wander the hospital if they would like to - the upper floors are mostly empty, full of pristine hallways and numerous rooms filled with supplies, cots, and things one would expect from a relatively average 21st-century hospital.

The lobby is filled to the brim with tables of freshly baked goods. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" banners are taped to the walls, and several other typical birthday decorations can be found in this area. A few of the baked goods tables are lined with massive cakes covered in unlit candles, just waiting for someone to grab a lighter and sing off-key. Is it anyone's birthday? Who knows! The companion bots seem to believe it's every new arrival's birthday and will greet them as such - with friendly waves and cheers as they make their way to the lobby.

A coat rack is situated by the doors leading out of the hospital, covered in warm clothing that fits the new arrivals just right - whether it's to their preferred style or not is something else entirely. Some of them appear normal enough. Others? Well. They can't all be perfect, now can they?

Outside the windows, the grass is covered in a couple of inches of loosely packed snow.

We hope you enjoy your stay.

⏵ an unexpected gift ⏴

Out by the hospital stands a tall, decorated tree covered in candles and golden pinecones with a handsome, red velveteen tree skirt. In front of it are a few oversized wrapped gifts for show- and atop one of those sits a familiar woman. Or unfamiliar, if this is your first time.

It's Tatianna in a slutty Santa outfit with a big ol’ burlap sack.

“Hey, I got something for you,” she says, digging into the bag and rummaging for a moment.

She produces a painted egg and holds it aloft.

“It’s your Winter Solstice Egg! This is the egg holiday, right? Wait, shit. I’m mixing them up, aren’t I? ...Well. It’s a little late to change it. Here you go!”

How one treats their egg is fully up to themselves. They can choose to ignore it entirely, or destroy it and leave the yolk and innards to rot on the ground. They can hand it over to someone else or care for it as if it were something precious. No one will prevent them from doing whatever they please with it!

⏵ naughty or nice ⏴However, how they treat the egg will define how the egg treats them in return.

Those who keep the egg and tend to it will get the benefit of being able to watch it hatch seven days after they are handed the egg. Eggs that are treated with attention and love may yield a loyal companion, or a weapon of choice that always returns to its owner, while neglected eggs may yield a curious, cursed trinket or an animal who treats its new owner very much the same way its owner had treated it before it was born.

Please submit an egg request below for what items you would like your character's eggs to hatch into! Please note that these cannot be things that would be applicable in the game.

Those whose eggs are destroyed or forgotten will simply get the gift of... nothing!

⏵ free your spirit ⏴

With the winter chill gripping the air, a mysterious figure makes their presence known in Etraya - a towering, horned creature dragging a massive sack behind them.

𝓐 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖇𝖚𝖎𝖑𝖙 𝖔𝖓 𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖜𝖊𝖆𝓴 𝖋𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓.

Regardless of a character's strengths or weaknesses, they will find that when Krampus raises his massive sack over their head, they are powerless to stop him from catching them. Those capable of great magical feats or other supernatural abilities will sense something... otherworldly about Krampus, but will not be able to place the source of that sensation.

Once within Krampus' sack, they are welcome to fight, but escape is impossible. It will feel as if Krampus is dragging them over every rock possible, dragging the sack in through the rivers to the point it soaks through and drenches them - potentially almost drowning them.

When the sack opens, they will find themselves in an impossibly dark space. Around them are others who have also been captured and dragged here by Krampus, trapped in small cages hanging from a massive, wiry tree.

Krampus will return often, banging clawed hands and birch rods on the walls of the cages and knocking them into one another.
𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖋𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘.
The whisper resonates through the darkened area, regardless of Krampus' presence. Confess your secrets, and be freed. Otherwise? You'd better hope someone figures out where Krampus has set up base; those who refuse to confess may find themselves stuck here forever.

⏵ NOTES ⏴

Krampus' base is under Etraya! Deep within the catacombs, he has set up multiple cages to capture those who inhabit Etraya to punish them for their naughty habits. Fighting him is possible! Defeating him by means of combat is not, however, possible. Think of it like fighting a god: Krampus creates the rules in the space around him, including who can use what ability.

For all questions relating to this log, please refer to the mod queries comment. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ.

⏵FULL NAVIGATION⏴

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Arrival:

Kirk doesn't remember how he wound up in the hospital in the first place so he's on high alert after waking up and hearing Aurora's explanation. Her explanation doesn't help with those feelings so he leaves the room once he feels he's heard enough. The whole place sounds suspicious and he needs to find out if something else is happening.

Seeing the birthday decorations and food feel bizarre and reminds him of Alice in Wonderland. Maybe that's why everything feels so off-kilter at the moment.

If you're also at the hospital, you may see a unnatural pale man in a dark blue and white suit wearing red goggles. He's also got a pointy-eared helmet tucked under his arm. He could be found wandering the halls or perhaps near the coats and holding up a possibly appropriate one for him.

an unexpected gift:

Kirk takes the egg Tatianna offers and, despite how wary he is of his new prison, he's curious about his gift. Perhaps it's from all of his time studying living specimen but his first instinct isn't to reject the egg. Instead, he holds it up to the light and examines it.

"Interesting..."

free your spirit:

Despite Kirk's best efforts, he finds himself trapped by... whatever snatched him. Between being Gotham's vigilante and being a Justice League member, Kirk has had more than his fair share of bizarre fights. But this one was unnerving in terms of how quickly he was taken. He's not so ready to obey Krampus either. Why would he confess to anything?

"You first."

Wildcard:

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I can't believe it... this is the first time I'm really on my own.

No Hikaru Gero to come to save her. No Sirius. No one. She's really and fully on her own. But that isn't quite right, is it? Others are here, too. They're probably feeling the same way that she is.

No. They might be capable people. However, she wants to be the kind of person that is the hero of such an epic story as this; the kind of person who can save her universe. She holds back any tears that she feels might be coming to try to get her bearings.

It takes a little longer than she thought, but she sees a man dressed strangely. Oh. I guess that makes sense. It's her first thought as she walks towards him. I wouldn't be the only Specialist summoned here, right? Somehow, that takes some pressure off her shoulders.

But she knows better than to show hesitation in front of another Specialist. Sure, she's retired from that and is now a detective, but details! Puffing her chest out, she greets him with a loud and confident voice. "Hey! You seem lost! Well, guess what!? I am, too!"

Well, that’s at least one person who isn’t trying to sneak attack him. He heard and smelled her approaching so Kirk isn’t startled when she shouts out to him. He calmly turns to look at her through his red goggles, still holding the bat coat.

“Did you also wake up here?” He asks.

"Yeah..."

She stares briefly at the bat coat but decides that a coat is a coat. Her heart isn't so small as to fault someone just for having a coat like that, anyway. Besides - the more she stares at it - the more she thinks it's cute!

Her eyes involuntarily close as her face warps into a happy smile.

"Yeah! I did! So don't you worry! I'm here so everything will be all right!"

It’s certainly a much more optimistic outlook than Kirk’s. He’s still assessing and isn’t happy with what he’s seeing around so far.

“How so?”

The question is asked in a guarded monotone and without judgement but also nowhere as cheerful as her. Maybe she knows something he doesn’t.

"Because I'm amazing, that's why!"

She puffs her chest out as she declares the reason why things will be okay.

Unfortunately for her, Kirk doesn’t look very impressed with that reasoning.

“And you are…?” He says, maintaining his monotone.

"Kimie Arashiyama! Hamster User!" Something else that she says with her whole chest.

It's a second later before she adds: "I'm a detective. Not a Specialist anymore." Not that she had any kills under her name to even be allowed to have the title of Specialist, but it's all right. She doesn't think killing is - or has ever - been her thing. Beating someone up? Maybe! But she's not won a fight yet so, she isn't sure on that front, either.

"Anyway, you're a Specialist, right?"

Kirk is feeling less impressed by Kimie the longer they talk. But he only just got here so he'll take whatever information he can get for now. He's also getting the sense that her definition of a specialist is different from what he knows.

"That depends. A specialist in what?" He asks.

Kirk Langstrom | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | OTA

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