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∎ ETRAYA MODS ∎ ([personal profile] etrayamods) wrote in [community profile] etrayalogs2024-12-21 05:15 pm

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.

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knightowl: (019)

[personal profile] knightowl 2025-01-07 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
A question Bruce wonders about himself. He doesn't remember hearing Terry or Barbara. Whenever he tries, all he can see is Joker's face inches from his own, lips pulled tight in that familiar rictus grin. And laughing. Laughing until he thought he would die from it.

"I don't know. I woke up here not long after."

And that was the troubling part. The antidote, he'd mixed himself, knew its components. When he woke up in the hospital, he felt perfectly fine. How that would react to his heart? He didn't know that either. So far, there'd been no side effects. But Jason didn't need to know that part.
leastdramatic: (Bought up some things)

[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-01-07 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
For now, Jason is grateful that Bruce didn't become another dead victim to the Joker's toxin.

"So the bastard's out running loose in your Gotham again?"

God, Jason really hopes this Terry kid has a fighting chance against him.
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[personal profile] knightowl 2025-01-07 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
“Yes and Gotham is defenseless.”

He tests the door of his cage. Still locked tight. That moment of vulnerability was not enough it seems.

“I made Terry give me the suit back. I didn’t want him to face the Joker. He refused but…I. Well, he returned it.”
leastdramatic: (It's not me)

[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-01-07 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
At that, Jason is quiet. He's thinking. This Bruce has purposely been keeping himself since his arrival. There aren't a lot of details Jason knows about his world. What he does know appears to have enough similarities for him to make some guesses.

"How long was he doing the job before that?"
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[personal profile] knightowl 2025-01-07 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
“About a year.”

But it could have been 10 years and Bruce would still have asked for the suit back. It wasn’t Terry’s experience or lack thereof that was the deciding factor. The Joker is simply that dangerous.

Bruce would not have trusted anyone but himself against that monster.
leastdramatic: (Dragged in)

[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-01-07 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Another small pause as Jason considers how to phrase his next question.

“How’d he even come into your life?” He says.

To be one of Batman’s protégés, meant there was a special story or motivation the kid had. It’s not normal to decide to wear a costume and fight crime.
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[personal profile] knightowl 2025-01-08 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
"His father was murdered. So he stole the suit."

Because Bruce refused to help him. At least in the way Terry had wanted. The police would have been better suited than Bruce such as he was. It's the finer details Bruce leaves out, for brevity's sake, he'll tell himself.
leastdramatic: (Warmed up)

[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-01-08 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Oh that feels very typical for any kid of Bruce's. Even right down to the sense of correcting an injustice.

"He ever get the guy?"
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[personal profile] knightowl 2025-01-08 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
If you count drowning his henchman and turning him into a radioactive skeleton 'getting' him. He did a pretty good job in Bruce's opinion.

"He did. I asked him if he wanted the job and he agreed."
leastdramatic: (Kind of)

[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-01-08 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
That makes it even more interesting to Jason. Terry already took care of his vendetta and still wanted to keep going? It says a lot about how much Terry cares about being a Gotham protector.

"He's gonna come back," Jason says confidently. "He's been at the job long enough that he's not gonna stay away for long. It's what any of us would've done."
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[personal profile] knightowl 2025-01-08 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
That's the problem. Bruce didn't really doubt Terry would come back, especially with Bruce's disappearance. He didn't want Terry to face the Joker and he especially did not want him to do so alone. If he had to fight him, Bruce would have felt better with being his eyes and ears.

He doesn't say anything to that. "Try your door. I'll try mine."
leastdramatic: (It's not me)

[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-01-08 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jason isn’t surprised by the subject change. It’s a lot for anyone to take and probably more so with Bruce. Jason reaches for his cage’s door and pushes.

It clicks and opens]

Finally.
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[personal profile] knightowl 2025-01-08 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It’s more talking than Bruce cares to do. Especially about himself. He nudges the door with his cane and grunts when it pops open.

“Let’s go.”

Don’t worry about him, Jason. He can keep up.
leastdramatic: (Sad admission)

[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-01-09 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Emotionally worn out from having talked about certain things way more than he anticipated today, Jason goes ahead and leaves. He keeps his ears open to make sure he can still hear Bruce behind him though.