[ text ] @shadow; information compilation [ OPEN ]

[itsaname]

hello. i'm shadow moon.

[ He includes a picture of himself so that people can make the connection between name and face. It shows a serious man with gray eyes who clearly has no idea how to take selfies. It's something like this, only darker. He Tried. ]

i'm no one special. i spent most of my life not doing much. then i got sucked into a war i didn't fully understand. i lost everyone i cared about, and then i died.

i don't know if knowing more would've made a difference for me or not. there were a lot of things outside of my control. but knowledge can make a difference here.

i've seen discussion about sharing information, but i haven't seen anything compiled and distributed yet. so that's what i've tried to do. this isn't something i've got experience doing. i've probably missed things. there are probably things that haven't been shared at all. if you can add to this and help make it more accurate, please do.

DEATH
- we're dead, but we can die again. it's common enough that there's a permanent obituary section in the paper. resurrection isn't guaranteed: "life is finite."

- the dead return faster is the body is left alone.

- "an entity" revives the dead. it will only work in privacy; how it revives them is unknown.

- if you die more than once, you will come back wrong.

- the recently revived reappear in the church.

- your lantern is a part of you, and your life is tied to it. take care of it.

LIGHT & MAGIC
- the only sources of light are our lanterns, the bonfire, the lighthouse, the stars, and the moon.

- you can take torches from the bonfire. these can be used to light other things (candles, lamps, etc.).

- magic that should illuminate doesn't work right; other spells are unaffected.
- trying to create a fire only creates smoke.

OTHER BEINGS
- there aren't any animals here. aside from us, it looks like the only inhabitants are forest spirits.
- general policy with spirits: "respect them, and they shall respect you."
- some forest spirits will kill you with their hands.
- some forest spirits are friendly.

- known friendly ones: postmaster, ice cream guy, being beneath church.

- if you see food laying beside the trapdoor in the church, leave it. it's an offering.

- librarian's friendliness is 50-50.

- give it food. it's hungry. its presence is unnerving, but it didn't attack when it had opportunity.

- there were other people here before. they disappeared when the town was "reset." the only ones left are winters, dr. ingram, rastus, and the lighthouse keeper.

THE RIVER
- the river is dangerous for two reasons: its strong, unpredictable current, and something that lives in the water.

- the thing in the water will try to drag down those who cross. throw something in and it'll throw it back.

- it looks sort of like a person, and it'll try to eat you.

- there's a village on the other side of the river. people are working on building a bridge so we can access it (and whatever else might be over there) safely.

- there are remnants of a bridge upriver, but it needs repairs.

THE VILLAGE
- it has 20 houses, a park, a rec center, and a library.
- the library has all sorts of books.

THE LIGHTHOUSE
- approaching the lighthouse without "a large group that knows what they're doing" is suicide.
- the lighthouse keeper uses morse code to communicate. if you get too close, she'll tell you, "GO BACK".

- she communicates like this because she's not currently connected to the network.

MISCELLANEOUS
- there are sand dunes and cliffs past the river in the opposite direction from the lighthouse

- no signs of civilization so far

- the town hall holds no records.

[ AND WITH ALL THAT SAID, he adds: ]

some people consider information and knowledge to be currencies. they want to keep it and peddle it out at their own convenience. i think that in a place like this, that's a good way to get people killed. we all have our own unique strengths, weaknesses, experiences, and observations. if you know something that can help others, please speak up.

thanks.


(( ooc: SUP Y'ALL. this info is from public network posts/comments. shadow isn't the type to read through every single person's conversation, so there's stuff he's missed! please shove info his way and he'll add it in, or suggest other ways for him to format things, or whatever else you'd like to do. shadow is icly not the greatest at this, but He Cares and He's Trying. o9 ))

Comments

[callada]

Since it was past a fork, it might lead to an area hard to get to from the village anyway. I'll pitch in to work on it around the end of the month. Leaving shortly here to do more exploring first.

[itsaname]

is anyone else going with you?

[ He's not asking for names. He's just interested in Rosinante's safety. The man has already died once since they arrived. ]

[callada]

We have a group of four, planning a trip of nearly a week in total. Hopefully we'll return with more to add to your list.

[itsaname]

okay. keep safe out there.