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seasonsmods) wrote2022-05-14 08:46 pm
seasonsmods) wrote2022-05-14 08:46 pm
Arrival
ARRIVAL
LOGS | NETWORK | OOC | MEMES | NAVIGATION
Your character arrives in an unknown space, dressed in plain white clothes. It's the rebirth into a new adventure, so they're dressed for the occasion. The place they wake up in depends on the season they've been assigned into.
Winter - an empty landscape filled with snow and ice, almost like a blank canvas.
Spring - a field with cherry blossom trees and spring flowers.
Summer - a beach near an ocean that seems never ending.
Autumn - a clearing in a forest that's been filled with falling autumn leaves.
All of the spaces seem to continue endlessly. No matter where or how far one walks it almost seems like they're not moving at all with how the scenery doesn't change. There are no animals here - just everyone else, who happened to wake up there at the same time with you.
The place, however, somehow feels familiar. Like somehow they belong here.
After half an hour has passed the surroundings change as everyone is teleported into a room with all the other new arrivals, no matter what space they woke up in. Sometimes it's even entirely possible to arrive alone, depending on what time of the month one ('s app) arrives in. There is always a random NPC on watch duty to greet anyone who arrives.
In the room you teleported into your character will finally hear the story of why they are here and finally get to start their new journey.
Welcome to Ellipsa
The following information is shared from the get go:
- A message from the power holders
- The world of Ellipsa is in trouble and everyone has been called over to help restore the balance to it.
- No one has been chosen for a specific reason. It was a random choice by the magics at hand. They are, however, promised that once the world is in better shape they'll be sent home.
- Everyone has been assigned a season which corresponds to the place they woke up in. They will start learning new powers on top of their natural ones.
- Seasonal powers won't interfere with anyone's normal powers or the other way around. Powers are linked to a magical energy flowing inside of characters. This energy is harmless, but act as a lifeline for their seasonal powers.
- Physical touch is needed to remain anchored to the world. That means everyone needs to touch other otherworlders at least once a week to stay healthy. However, the more you touch each other, the more you remain in control of your new powers.
- An assortment of their personal items (this includes their clothes) have been transported to an apartment they can stay until they find a suitable place to live.
- Any animal companions will also be found from the apartment. However, animal companions that are "mount-sized" can be found from the Research Center stables downstairs. Anyone who wants an accessory, that helps the mounts to be smaller indoors so they can live there with their partners, is given one.
- For the first two months they can live anywhere rent-free and five meals a day are paid for them. After that they get a monthly payment that helps with some of their living expenses, but otherwise they must get a job to support themselves.
- Everyone is free to live wherever they want, even to go as far as to camp in one of the Seasonal Segments - but they are warned that those places are dangerous and those places also need their help the most.
At the end of the explanation your character is given a smartphone with all the necessary apps downloaded into it. It also includes a map of The Nightwake City and an explanation about the Seasonal Segments. The phone also comes with a phone charm that has a live flower (magical, doesn't die) on it that will represent your character (can be anything, decided by the player). This is considered a lucky charm and it can be changed into something other than a phone charm if so desired.
After that they are encouraged to go out, explore the city, and find the apartment assigned for them in the building next to the facility to find their belongings.
Helpful Information
In the Arrival's hall there are also several stands with information pamphlets.
First type of stand is for the local Guilds and about the benefits or joining one.
Second type of stands is for the Welcoming Committee that aim to show otherworlders what the world is like and help guide people in the beginning of the journey and helps in getting settled into the new world. They even have people to help if you're unfamiliar with the new phones.
Olwen's Arrival message (Original/Old one)
Our world is in trouble and we need your help. I apologize for tearing you away from your world and forcing you to come here but I hope you understand. The magic we used doesn't let us ask in advance, nor does it let us choose who we bring here.
This world is composed of four Seasonal Segments. All of them represent one of the seasons. They were the places we used to get our resources from, but now they're dangerous places no one should go into unless they have the power to fight back. All of them have their own sets of powerful monsters and natural catastrophes.
We used to have plenty of people here who could control the powers of the four Seasons. We called them Seasonal Power Holders. Unfortunately, due to a tragedy you can read about later, we lost almost all of them. Now only four of us remain and the world is in chaos. We have done our best to protect the world, but we need more power holders to do that.
That's where you come in. All of you have been assigned to one of the seasons. Whatever space you were in just now is what season you represent. You will learn different skills based on the season and those skills are going to help you save this world.
These powers don't interfere with your own natural powers. They use a new energy that has formed inside of you. It's harmless to your health, but it's vital to your seasonal powers. Your own powers should still work, even if the dark energy outside the city might interfere with them.
Unfortunately bringing you here wasn't as simple as it sounds. We couldn't do anything about how to keep you anchored to this world other than making a simple spell that helps with it. That is, you need to touch someone else who is not from this world ideally at least once a day. It will help you stay in control of your powers and boost your magical energy. If you don't... the consequences aren't very good. But as long as you hold someone's hand or give someone a handshake, you should be fine.
That's all I have to say about the situation. The staff of the Research Center will give you more information about housing and other necessary things. I will, however, promise that you will be sent home once the situation becomes better. That's the least we can do.
Olwen's Arrival message (Updated, December 2024 forward)
Our world is in trouble and we need your help. I apologize for tearing you away from your world and forcing you to come here but I hope you understand. The magic we used doesn't let us ask in advance, nor does it let us choose who we bring here. We wouldn't have resorted to it if we weren't desperate. Our world has lost the majority of power holders who kept the balance in our world and dealt with the dangers of the Segments. Just having one power holder for each Season isn't enough. That's why we have summoned you to become the new Seasonal Power Holders.
This world is composed of four Seasonal Segments. All of them represent one of the seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. They were the places we used to get our resources from, but now they're dangerous places no one should go into unless they have the power to fight back. All of them have their own sets of powerful monsters and natural catastrophes. We have recently managed to regain some footing in the segments and made them safer, but there is still a lot of work to be done. The Darkness still plagues our world, but we are constantly finding ways to fight back.
Otherworlders like you have already made great differences to the world. They have managed to find and free the dragons who in turn helped us expand the area we live in. They also managed to find the Fairy Queen and even the Mermaids and Sirens of the Great Ocean Lake are at peace due to the efforts of a few otherworlders. All of these things we couldn't have accomplished with just four power holders.
My sincere wish is that you would join us in working towards saving this world. We promise to send you home afterwards, or enable a way to travel to your world and back, as a compensation for your efforts here. You're even free to stay here, if that suits you better. This world can also be yours.
I know we're asking you a lot and that it might be hard to trust someone who just talks as a hologram, but you are always free to approach us at our guilds to talk in person.