Day 2: Evening

[wizardseason]

Evening: 5:00pm - Midnight

[ IRL Timeframe: April 14th - April 22nd, 2019 ]

Unfortunately for everyone, the second day's events are far less rewarding than the first day's. Now that things are starting to get real, there are consequences for what's taken place. Both monsters caused a bit of damage and a mess with their departure, but the locals on the island are trying to stay positive. Sometimes things just get messy, they've dealt with this for forty years it's fine.

But the heroes are sure to have a lot on their mind. Injuries mean it's less of a game and more likely to sink in as real. How will your hero cope tonight? The Princess and her two knights are due for a rendezvous with the Protector and, on the other hand, there are some evil-allured knights due for some private time with the Wizard. What will come of that?

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The Weather

• Still.
• 61°F / 16°C
• An eerie calm has fallen over the island.

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Prompts:

• 05:00pm Clean-up Crews: Both Bamborough and Craydon were left with big neon-green splashes of blood that aren't going to just wash off. Numerous locals in both areas are hard at work cleaning up after the second monsters, scrubbing at buildings and assessing the damage to the island. In Bamborough, the locals are hard at work trying to salvage the damage to the boardwalk or put up caution tape around the destroyed areas. Is your hero lending a hand in all this? Is someone else helping? Bond over picking up the pieces, but hey... it could be worse, right?


• 5:30pm, Craydon: Despite being largely untouched by the monster's arrival, the citizens of Craydon have dropped by the train station to check in on the heroes. Anyone in the area will be given a small care package of items and offered a free coupon for any restaurant in the area. Will your hero go alone and run into someone who was craving the same food they were, or will they team up with their fellow heroes to drop by a restaurant together? Everyone needs to unwind, after all!


• 5:30pm, Bamborough: Despite the boardwalk damage, the Bamborough oceanfront diner is offering 'monster margaritas' tonight. They're set up as an open-air bar tonight, doors and windows open to let in the cool sea air. Every hero gets their first monster margarita free if they can stomach the bright green color, and they've got deep fried bar foods for half off. Come in, indulge, have a drink to get your mind off of the events of the day, heroes!


• 5:30pm, Far Haven: The Far Haven clinic has advertised that its doors are open to any hero injured, or just in need of a check-up, for the rest of the evening. They want to check in on all the heroes and make sure they're okay. Did your hero come alone and run into someone here? Or did they come together to get stitched up? Or maybe they just need to be reassured that everything will be okay.


• 8:30pm, 9:05pm, 9:40pm, Train station(s): As always, Social media is incredibly quick to report Wizard appearances. At 8:00pm they report that the Wizard is waiting for the train in Bamborough station. She does, in fact, board the train at 8:30pm and they start theorizing where her destination is. Social media points out that her train will be arriving in Craydon at 9:05pm, then it will get to Far Haven by 9:40pm. If a hero tries to find her when the train arrives back in the Bamborough station at 10:15pm, though, the train will be empty. Where will your hero find her? Bamborough between 8 and 8:30pm? On the train in Craydon at 9:05pm? Or when she disembarks in Far Haven at 9:40pm?

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Procedure:

Reply to the appropriate toplevel comments for events below. Indicate if a post is a private conversation with "Private" in the subject otherwise all threads should be open to interaction with others. Plan OOCly how you'd like to toss everyone around.

Comments

[sustainer]

Uhh... [...he looks off to the side, biting his lip]

No. Not really. [He grunts softly and licks his lips, hesitating for a moment to admit any more then that]

The phone I normally use is uh, a lot older.

[disguiseself]

Oh, I mean, no need to be ashamed or whatever. Not like you'd get much reception living in a forest anyway, right?

[She's still drunk, but she figures she's there enough to be able to help if he needs it. She cleans her hands with a napkin before tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.] I could teach you, if you want?

[sustainer]

Uh... [He looks surprised! She definitely caught him off guard. The few times he's ever admitted he does not understand how to use more modern technology, he's been treated like an uncultured idiot. Her immediate offer is startling in the best way possible, and he grins after a moment]

Yeah. I'd appreciate it. The uh, messaging stuff seems like it might be pretty important.

[disguiseself]

[She smiles, taking out her phone. She blinks at it, muttering an "oh, stupid" before putting it away and patting her pockets for her Knight phone instead. This one should be the exact same model as the one Gyre was given! Once she finds it, she scoots closer to him so he can see the screen.]

So, um, your phone comes with a few applications installed on it. People call them "apps" for short. The two most important for us are the ones for messaging and calling, like we used, uh... yesterday to fight the monster, yeah? [She proceeds to explain where to find his contact list, and how texting and calling works. She shows him how to send pictures and share his location, just in case, and also briefly explains how he can have a password for his phone, since hers is, naturally, locked. She takes her time with each explanation, making sure he's actually understanding what she's talking about; she's nothing if not patient!]

[sustainer]

[This is incredibly sweet of her. He pulls his phone out along with her, leaning close enough to press shoulders together as he watches with absolute rapt fascination. He follows along with her, picking through the menus with this utterly baffled expression]

[It's good she's got patience because he learns slowly, and he asks a lot of questions. This is like learning a new language for him, and while he's definitely absorbed the information, he still looks vaguely frustrated by the end]

Thank you. [...] For all that. Is there a uh, an app? Where I can write all of it down?

[disguiseself]

[She's tipsy and sleepy enough that she doesn't mind the contact or the closeness. She's still covered in dried up monster blood, though, so that might not be ideal.]
Of course! We're supposed to work together after all, right?

[She smiles, glad to be of assistance, and starts scrolling through her apps until she finds the notes one.]

You can write anything on this app and it saves it on its own!

[sustainer]

[He doesn't mind the blood! He got covered in plenty of it earlier, and as long as it doesn't smell quite as pungent when it's dried, he's fine getting close to her and staying there]

[He follows her as she scrolls through her phone, at about half the speed, taking a long moment to find the symbol she's gesturing to. He pokes it, opening the app and nodding... slowly. There's still that vague frustration on his face while he's looking at his screen, but the second he looks up to her, he's grinning, entirely pleased]

Thank you. Again, ah. I know we're supposed to work together, but your time is important and you used it for this. It's really going to help me, I think.

[disguiseself]

[She smiles back at him with a slight shrug.] It's no biggie, really. Now you can text everyone if shit's going down, aaand you can let me know when you're free to do the forest thing, yeah?

Just don't be one of those people who uh, sends texts at four A.M. when everyone's sleeping, you know? That sucks.