riverviewlogs

who: Mantis & friends (and not friends! Friends she hasn't made, or even met yet! Mantis & You!?)
what: Mantis searches for a missing dog, also welcomes new arrivals!
when: Late September - through October depending on which prompts.
where: Around Perimeter Guard facilities, Riverview in general, including the arrival portal.
warnings: Will update as needed!

one; mantis and the case of the missing pup

[ Whether you are on the Perimeter Guard facility grounds, or in the immediate area beyond it, if you are out and about then it is very possible to see a young woman (non human, if the antennae sprouting from her forehead are any indication) wandering around as though in search of something. In one hand is a paper bag and the other, a plain donut that she is breaking pieces off and sprinkling around as she goes.

She is also calling out, ] Puppy! Dom the puppy! Where are you, puppy? Would you like a donut? I have donuts!

[ After seeing a post on the network regarding a missing dog, Mantis had taken it upon herself to join the search. Lend a hand? Ask for a donut? Get accidentally sprinkled by donut pieces, or hassled by pigeons who want said donuts sprinkled nearby? Be confused by this strange bug lady suddenly behind you shouting to a bush that rustled as though maybe a puppy were hiding but it's really just a space possum? ]

two; welcome!

[ Another day, another job to do!

Having been in the city for a little while now, Mantis feels as though she has a better handle on the sort of things that new arrivals should know, and what they're likely to ask. Where some of her colleagues seem to want to keep certain things unsaid until asked, Mantis has been observed to offer information more openly and readily - which, for the most part, seems to be received well by those she has greeted thus far. (It also helps that Mantis herself has experienced some strange things here!)

There are a few things that Mantis does as a part of the Orientation Unit, but today, she is spending most of her shift stationed at the portal. It is (as usual) uncertain who (or what) will come through, or when, but those lucky enough to arrive today have had the experience of Mantis being the warm face to welcome them.

She even has a box of muffins of various flavours to give people! So far, most of the muffins have gone to her fellow Perimeter Guard folk, but she's holding onto a few for any new arrivals because hey, if a free muffin doesn't soften the blow of hearing you've been ripped from your reality to live in this one for a while instead, what does? ]

( ooc note: This one can be anyone, anytime this month! New arrivals meeting Mantis rather than just NPCs upon arrival, fellow PG workers stopping by to say hello, anything goes! )

three; wild card

( Start something, or get me to start something specific! plurk or bumbles#7533 on discord, give me a poke! )

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[Richard has no intention of interfering with the woman's idiotic search. At least, he had no intention; not until he noticed that she was apparently trying to lure a creature out using a donut. Perhaps it was being here, or maybe it was Alex's influence, but there was something that pulled him in the belief that he simply couldn't let this idiocy stand.

He made his way over, frowning severely as he did so and watching her call to anything that would listen and looking ridiculous doing it.]

Have you tried the local pound?

[ So focused on finding a dog, Mantis seems to have not taken much notice to the smaller critters around that are slowly gathering in her donut crumb wake. And, oh! There is a man approaching her, and he's frowning, but Mantis greets him with a smile all the same. ]

I have not myself, but I do not believe he is there. [ Chyler has done quite a bit of searching herself already, after all. ] Have you seen a puppy? He escaped from the Perimeter Guard facilities but was not found there, so I am expanding the search.

[Richard can't deny that the girl in front of him seems stranger than most (even if you discount the feelers on her head and oversized yet somehow emotive black eyes). She seems almost ethereal, which only adds to the strangeness.

Her question is straightforward and he can appreciate that. Even if he hasn't seen any dogs other than Appo.]

No, but you seem to be attracting vermin rather than dogs. How long has it been missing?

Well, perhaps if the puppy sees other animals eating food, he will want to come get some too!

[ Definitely sound logic. If nothing else, at least, Mantis does seem to be putting a very sincere and valiant effort into the search for this dog. ]

It has been a few hours since he went missing. Oh! Chyler says he is a magic puppy, do you know any magic that could help find him?

I don't believe in magic, and I highly doubt that feeding the wildlife would help.

[There's a heavy sigh, he doesn't want to get involved, but it seems that it's already too late.]

Where did you last see it?

I am told he was last seen at the Perimeter Guard, but that no one has seen him since.

[ When she says that, though, she's making a confused face, distracted as she process his first statement. In her reality, magic is very real. ]

You do not have magic where you are from?

No.

[Demons, they have demons. Ok, they don't have demons, but they do have a disturbing amount of people who seem to believe they do. Also just, weird stuff. Weird, creepy, demon-type stuff.]

Do you know when?

Oh... that sounds like a very boring place!

[ Not meant meanly at all, just an observation. She also shakes her head in response to his question, although she then does also supply, ]

A few hours ago?

[Richard ignores the comment about it being boring. For him, that's hardly the case. Or maybe he just enjoys boring.]

Did it seem scared at all?

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