INTRO LOG

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Week Zero
32 in Competition

The transition from unconsciousness to the waking world is practically seamless. Though you're certain this wasn't where you meant to end up, for a few brief moments it's hard to grasp the situation and take in your surroundings.

A soft twilight lights your way, casting a glow over the sprawling village that fans out around you. Just outside of the large meeting hall you'll find yourself awakening among several others who have found themselves in this place. There's a sense of peace that looms over the area, the only sounds being the cheerful chirp of a stray bird or two and the babbling brook that runs through the village itself.

Stand up, dust yourself off and set out. There are plenty of places to explore and should you venture far enough you'll even find several little houses throughout the village. It may take some time, but as you check out each house you'll soon come across something that belongs to you...along with something that doesn't. It seems that this new residence is yours to share. As for the village itself, the other buildings appear open and well-stocked, providing you with a variety of amenities to utilize. The paths leading out of the village, however, are guarded by four ornate wooden gates. No matter how hard you try, they will not let you past. It seems that the time isn't right yet.

Speaking of, the only way to truly track the passage of time is by charting the movements of the sun but that can prove to be quite difficult as well. As the sun dips below the horizon and the night sky fills with stars, the bell at the shrine rings out to signal the end of your first day. No one else has arrived. It's only you and these strangers for now.

It seems as though you'll have plenty of time to get acquainted with your fellow companions. Make yourself comfortable; when the time is right, answers will appear.



Welcome to the soft intro of Subdivided! This is your intro mingle and the current conditions will last through the weekend until Monday, June 3rd at which point the weekly log will go up. Your characters will not know anything about the partner system, how powers work or any plot-relevant information until Monday. However, characters are free to discover their power through trial and error and will have access to their item from home immediately.

Please note that an additional top-level to introduce NPCs and Game Mechanics will go up on Sunday, 4 PM EST.

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[autocatalysis]

any house that isn't his

[ don't mind him, he's just going through all the houses looking for something that belongs to him, hence him possibly barging in on you. if he does he won't much acknowledge you at first beyond a cursory sort of nod in favor of searching for the two items from home, but given that it's doomed to be unsuccessful eventually he'll just make a bit of a face and-- ]

Would it have been too much effort for them to label these buildings?

shrine

[ if you're surprised at him being here, don't worry, he feels just as out of place himself in his nice city clothes and all. in fact he doesn't actually even move beyond the threshold of the shrine, instead hanging uncomfortably? around where the bell to announce one's presence is but not making a move to go further in. maybe the atmosphere seems a little too heavy in there.

his expression is stretched a little thin, but eventually he murmurs: ]

Somewhere in Rieze Maxia, then...?

wildcard

[ feel free to hit me up with whatever you've got! if you wanna run something by me first, you can reach me through discord at Unidentify#1562. ]

shrine

[compendiem]

[ Minato is just here to see if there's any sushi offerings he can steal, but he looks over when Julius speaks up. ]

Is that where we are?

[autocatalysis]

... It's one guess, but I wouldn't count on it. I was just thinking that you wouldn't find this kind of place near home.

[ it's too green. ]

[compendiem]

Hmm, yeah. It's too green.

[ There's nowhere like this near Minato's industrial harbor city, and he doesn't think he's ever lived in a place like this even with all the places he's lived in moving around in his childhood. ]

But this sort of place is nice, too. Idyllic?

[autocatalysis]

The image of it might be, but given that none of us know what's going on, it's only surface deep.

[ a tired sort of flat look, but it doesn't seem to be entirely directed at minato, and even further mellowed by an edge of... something, so. ]

Maybe they were hoping the uncanny serenity of this place would be a distraction.

[ oh. guess that's the something. ]

ANY HOUSE, YOU SAY...

[quailvering]

Aaaaaaaaaaa!!

[hello and welcome to screaming bird house]

[kazuaki, who was just recovering from the last time someone bust in to look for their things, shoots right back under the covers]

[the covers are shaking pretty strongly]

I- I- I- I'm sorry! I'll put up a nameplate! I'm sorry!

[autocatalysis]

[ not going to lie he was not expecting that dramatic a reaction and. whoops. feels a little a lot guilty about it. but he kind of waits out the screaming and as soon as he has a moment to get a word in edgewise without interrupting: ]

Unless you were the one who brought us all here you have nothing to apologize for.

[ it's. sort of snapped out, sort of not, really just delivered with a clear and decisive firmness in hope of stopping the blanket pile from any further outbursts.

he doesn't do the reassuring thing well, gomen. ]

[quailvering]

[you just walked!!! into a random bird's house!! he could have been NAKED!!!!]

N- No way, I don't have any sort of power like that! I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to be here or not!

[he might still apologize a lot though, it's just his thing, sorry]

[autocatalysis]

[ it turns out that some people got to their houses faster than others!!! ]

I was saying that you're fine, this entire situation is my fault anyway.

[ he'd hoped this would have gone faster so he could have looked through the houses and ducked out without having disturbed anyone-- or better yet have actually found his thing and stake his claim on the house, but alas. ]

What do you mean by 'supposed to be here,' anyway? I don't think anyone who woke up here expected it.

shrine

[twinsightful]

[A shrine makes sense to him. He's strolling right up without really thinking about it, but upon spotting Julius he...almost looks disappointed? Whatever he was looking for doesn't seem to be here, and instead he settles for a small frown. Granted, Julius is saying words suddenly.]

Rieze Maxia? [Repeating it sounds like a good idea]

Re: shrine

[autocatalysis]

... A country. [ elaborate, julius, use your words. ] It only came to mind since this place is too green to be anywhere in Elympios. Nevermind that you wouldn't find shrines like these there in the first place anyway.

[ of course that's ignoring the fact that they might be nowhere recognizable at all, but you know, one step at a time. ]

[twinsightful]

[He's literally never heard of any of these places, so the blank expression on his face doesn't exactly waver.]

You could find shrines like this in other places. We had similar ones at home, but I've never heard of a country like that.

[autocatalysis]

[ ... ]

Of course we'd land in a world where even the country and continent names aren't the same.

What are you familiar with, then?

a house!

[specialdog]

[ Akane is in this house, tapping at her cell phone, but she laughs at that. ]

It doesn't seem like it would take that much work, huh? Maybe we should label our own houses after this to make things easier for each other... They all look the same, after all.

[autocatalysis]

[ in response he huffs a mildly frustrated but not unfriendly sort of sigh. ]

It's bizarre. Whoever or whatever did this seems like they might have expected us, considering that there's exactly enough lodgings for us all, and yet...

[ too much effort to provide comfort to the lot of them, but too little when it comes to the simple things like putting nameplates on the doors? what the hell kind of kidnapping or ridiculous magical scheme is this. ]

[specialdog]

They're at least a little mischievous, either way. They don't want us too comfortable, or they would have given us enough beds.

[autocatalysis]

I'm not unaccustomed to roughing it. If whoever I'm sharing with wants the bed, that's fine.

[ course that might not be the case for everyone here but you know. ]

Still, the fact that this all doesn't make much sense doesn't change, does it.

howdy partner, lets wildcard it up

[starstricken]

[ Junna has laid claim to this little old hut. The mighty tome of shakespeare has made it readily apparent to her that this is exactly where she's supposed to be.

She's currently flipping through the massive anthology, trying to decipher whatever secrets may be hidden between it's pages when she finds she has company. ]

This space is spoken for.

[ She says, simply. ]

oh boy here we go

[autocatalysis]

By two items meant to indicate who it's meant for, as seems to be the case for all the lodgings here-- one of which happens to be mine.

[ Because as he's saying this, he's plucking up the delicate-seeming silver pocketwatch from where it rests in the middle of the sitting area, giving it a brief flourish on its chain, then tucking it away somewhere safe in his clothing.

After that he pauses a little, purses his lips. Then, in a slightly more conciliatory tone, because he's already had the 'I'm fine not taking the bed' conversation with someone else: ]

If it's sleeping arrangements you're concerned about, don't be. I'll be perfectly fine making do with the sofa.

[starstricken]

[ Junna sniffs, and pushes her glasses up. ]

I don't see why we have to share a room at all. There's plenty of space to spread ourselves out.

[ Sorry Julius, your roommate is a hostile teenage girl and she's trying to evict you. ]

.. There's no rule that we have to stay wherever we find our things, is there?

[autocatalysis]

That might perhaps be a problem to take up with whoever was responsible for abducting the lot of us in the first place. And while there might be space, the amenities, on the other hand.

[ Why take a dip in the river when the houses have bathrooms and showers, for example. ]

... I'm not camping out when there's perfectly usable housing available. And, with all due respect, I'd be just as much as if not more of an intruder in anyone else's cabin than I already am here.

house!

[televised]

Evidently.

[DRYLY. Watching him with narrowed eyes, blatantly wary. She'll get in his way if it looks like he's going to keep searching, but either way—]

Are you finished?

[autocatalysis]

Unless you've seen a silver pocketwatch somewhere around here, quite.

[ he picks up on that wariness loud and clear, but it mostly rolls off of him. he gets worse on a regular basis, honestly. ]

It might be somewhat of a surprise, but I don't exactly make a habit of intruding into people's homes.

[ even if temporary, and all the doors are unlocked though, so like. ]

[televised]

Really? That's shocking, because it looked to me like you were quite used to it.

[Look. Listen. A cursory nod while barging into someone else's space doesn't cut it? Even if she'd rather chop off her arm before considering this ~her home~.]

You know, you could have avoided wasting my time and yours if you had just asked instead of poking around.

[autocatalysis]

[ His expression and tone are both incredibly bland as he responds. ]

All due respect, we both have plenty of time to spare at the moment. [ Unfortunately. ] The majority of these buildings are still uninhabited since a fair portion of us seem to have opted to try to deal with the gates or otherwise explore. Admittedly, I could have resumed knocking despite having abandoned it after the ninth uninhabited house. So. I'll apologize for that much, at least.