kollo_rpg | June Mingle

NEWCOMER MINGLE

You better bundle up if you intend to wait for someone on the jetty, it's getting cold out here. Autumn has set in, the winds from the north are picking up and with them they bring a promise of snow in a not too distant future. Olivia is there as always, bundled up in whatever knitted she could get her hands on, ready to greet the new guests.

The ferry lands soft as always, letting off the small group of newcomers. Welcome to Norrhamn.

As is tradition, a welcome party is planned for later that night. It's a simple affair this time around, just coffee or tea and a slice of home made cardamom sponge cake. Those who have been on the island for awhile may notice that it's a more somber party than usual. Autumn always brings out the Swedish melancholy - we know it's going to be dark and wet for a really long time. We need to prepare.

KURA SKYMNING

It's getting dark earlier and earlier. Too cold for garden parties and barbecues, too cold for midnight skinny dipping and wandering through the forest on early summer nights, when the sun barely sets. No, we're in the dark months now and that means one thing and one thing only this far up North — you huddle up indoors and do the best you can with the situation at hand.

The Community Centre is cosied up with plenty of blankets and the House Gnome — placated from last months shenanigans — has been kind enough to set up a whole array of hot drinks. The main event however is Valborg, the bird like little old lady who lives alone in the woods. She's set herself up at one of the larger tables, nursing a cup of coffee and expectantly looking at anyone who comes close enough to catch her eye. Come sit with her. Talk for a bit.

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[ Want to hear a classic Swedish ghost story? Get some information about the mysterious naked man who lives in the lake? Or maybe just share some stories from your own world? Take a seat. ]

[A seat is taken! By a particularly tired-looking man who looks as though he was born for weathering cold winters in cozy sweaters, but who was waylaid by life and duty before he got the chance. He sits down with a mug of some kind of tea in hand.]

You’re the storyteller? [he asks, friendly enough but clearly someone who doesn’t go out of his way to start conversations on his own very much.]

[ It's such a wonderful thing to have some new people come to this island. For too long it's just been the locals and as much as she enjoys the peace and quiet, there's such a thing as too quiet. She gives him a warm, wrinkly smile when he sits down. ]

You could say that. Would you like to hear a story?

i; around town

[ The temperature dropping is a welcome change to Hanako, who can wear heavier clothes and not suffer from the heat and pressure of keeping her arms uncovered. There isn't much to do outside now, and it seems like the usual book reading by the gardens will be postponed to the end of winter. The only downside of colder seasons, much to her chagrin.

She'll be found taking a leisure walk through the streets, or lingering inside the library as her usual, or piling up food in the grocery store for the next month, or even wandering the woods despite how certain odd events had occurred in the past weeks.

No matter where she is, Hanako will greet you with a tad less intimidated air than usual, even if you're a stranger. ]

ii; community centre

[ Huddled in a blanket, hot cocoa in her hands, Hanako has decided to take part in the small storytelling club and is now sitting by the community of people who are sticking around and telling each other random happenings of their lives. She's passing on her own mostly unhappy memories, but will still entertain anyone with popular myths or urban legends from Japan, or things taken from her favourite books.

Of course, she will also listen to what others have to say. She's more of a listener than a talker, really. ]

[It would take some for Mu to get used to the island's seasons and cold climate. Having lived in the mountains for most of his life, the cold is familiar, so he's all bundle up while eating cake and drinking it with a cup of coffee.

It's clear he's new and one of the new arrivals, so he 's coming around getting to know the residents who lives here.]

Good evening. Are you one of the residents here?

[Mu is one of the new arrivals here. It took him a week to settled in, getting used to the island's peaceful wilderness. The hardest challenge of living here is getting used to the cold climate that is the hallmark of this island.

Whenever he's out for a stroll in the neighborhood, he does his best smiling and greeting the locals he sees in the community, saying "Hello". Mu is rather distinctive for his long pink hair.

Later one evening, in the community center, Mu is huddled up in the community center, listening to people sharing stories. When it's Mu turn to share his story, he's all smiles as he eats cake and drinking cups of hot coffee.]

Hello, my name is Mu. I came from Tibet and I have travelled across Nepal, China, and India until I'm settled in Greece. Where I'm from, the mountains touch the sky. In fact, when I was a child, I remembered watching many travelers hiking on the road toward the mountains to climb Mount Everest to set the world record.

I. Introduction
[Mu is one of the new arrivals here. It took him a week to settled in, getting used to the island's peaceful wilderness. The hardest challenge of living here is getting used to the cold climate that is the hallmark of this island and it's season. Being up to date to the island's calendar and almanac, it's autumn season, and it tends to get rainy, so Mu is often out with an umbrella while studying nature and keeping a journal of his findings on his nature hikes.

Whenever he's out for a stroll in the neighborhood to go shopping to stock up for the winter or out for a stroll through nature, he does his best smiling and greeting the locals he sees in the community, saying "Hello". As Mu is rather distinctive and recognizable for his long pink hair.]

II. Community center
[Mu can be seen at the community center occasionally on some evenings. Being distinctive for his unusual lilac hair color, he's recognizable. Mu is huddled up in the community center, listening to people sharing stories. When it's Mu turn to share his stories, mostly about his travels in the Far East in Asia, he's all smiles as he eats cakes and sweets and variety of fruits while drinking cups of hot coffee and tea as he speaks slowly.]

In my hometown, where I used to live, mountains surrounded my village. It's the tallest mountain in the world with snow caps covering the top peaks that touches the sky. When I was a child, I used to see travelers on the road heading toward Mount Everest…that's the tallest mountain in the world, to set a world record.

III.Forest
[Even though it's cold out, on a warm sunny afternoon and not a rainy day, Mu can be seen hiking through the forest, having picnics to eat and afternoon coffee and tea. In the meanwhile writing in his journals working on his book. At times, he's playing music, a wooden flute where he sits, and the music of his flute and the songbirds can be heard to those anyone passing by.]

IV. Wildcard
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[ Hanako's ears are open to the man's story. Because of the few people frequenting the island, she pretty much recognizes new arrivals from a first look, and he seems to fit the appearance. With many of the people she knew gone, and a need not to feel alone in this place, she listens to him talk about himself.

When he's done, it takes her some few seconds to collect her words and speak quietly. ]

I was never on my m-mountain before. That sounds like a wonderful place to live in.

... My name is Hanako. I'm o-only a high school student who never travelled before.

June Mingle

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I and II!

Newcomer mingle | Open prompts

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