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NOVEMBER MINI-EVENT LOG

MINI-EVENT

A Time To Be Thankful...?
It's safe to say that the city is in holiday-mode and with Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's right around the corner there's a buzz of excitement in the air. As the people of Recollé gather together to celebrate the last few months of 2017, it's a time to be thankful that this month may actually have some chill...

I.

October was a bit of a disaster, wasn't it? Rest easy, folks, November seems to be very calm and collected as the temperature continues to drop and warn of the oncoming winter. The trees are now mostly bare, the days are getting shorter, and the Towers have shifted over about 20 feet.

Wait, what? That can't be right.

It may not be noticeable at first, but over the course of the month residents will find that certain buildings have shifted around while others have completely disappeared. Some shops seem to have combined together into one and the roads accommodate to fit the space. This all occurs over the following timeline:

• 4TH: Dance!!! Studio becomes "Dancinerate" and is now located on the opposite side of the district.
• 6TH: Bookstores begin to disappear and merge. The Comic Corner and the Tachibana Bookstore combine to become "Comics Tachibana".
• 8TH: Cabin Eleven, SOYOKAZE, Nihoncha, the Haibara Neurological Clinic, and the Cutting Edge all disappear.
• 9TH: Enchanted Blossoms and Ophelia's Lament have notably been shifting locations closer and closer for the past week, and are side by side by the 9th.
• 10TH: The flower shops become one shop: "Sweet Stems".
• 15TH: Bakeries throughout the city have been getting closer together: notable offenders are the Black Lion Bakery, the Homura Bakery, and Tartine Treats. On the 13th, they all combine to form "Mad Batter", a mega-bakery.
• 20TH: All the bookstores have merged into a giant bookstore, and "Comics Tachibana" changes to "Novel Idea". It looks pretty much like a building that ate every other bookstore, and has a wide selection because of it.
• 23RD: Junkertown Pawn Shop, Odd Jobs Gin-Chan, Transcend:GAME, Yamazaki's Paris, and Fuji Industries, Ltd all disappear.
• 25TH-26TH: The Recollé History Museum (the old closed one, not the open one!) disappears, and the Towers flip sides.
• 27TH: The Trevelyan Clinic, Red Dragon Dojo, Chocobo Creek Country Club and Golf Course, and Munch and Crunch all disappear.
• 29TH: The Cathedral of Saint Anthony, Home Healing and Such Consultation Office, JJ Styles, and Miller's Maxi-Finances all disappear.

Where did these buildings go? It's hard to say, but perhaps they were not that important in the first place. The strange part, however, is that residents notice; all residents, including the NPCs. NPCs will take notice that buildings are missing or have combined together. Some of them may even commentate on it. But after a short period of time they too will forget and believe that this is how things have always been.

Funny how they notice this but not the hordes of monsters from the last few months, isn't it?

II.

Some people might remember Joanne's warning message that some residual effects would take place as Retrospec works to maintain their systems. Some might also remember that Maurice mentioned a new mailbox would be built for residents to pick up their items should they wish.

However, perhaps the thing that should have maybe been mentioned is the sudden lack of the Retrospec building.

On November 3rd, residents will find that on the lot where the building used to be sits a large, blue futuristic square box. As promised by Maurice, this box allows residents to input their retrieval code and acquire or store items as necessary. The ground around the mailbox looks untouched and there are no signs of deconstruction or any hint as to where the building may have gone.

Will you give this mailbox a whirl? Or are you one of those who enjoys tempting fate and willing to stick what doesn't belong through the mail slot? Careful if you do: for those who attempt any foul-play on the mailbox, they will find themselves suddenly engulfed in the mailbox and teleported to a random part of the city such as a store, the woods, or maybe even someone else's living room. Should multiple attempts occur, the failsafes get more and more annoying ranging from turning everything (including yourself) hot pink to being chased by paper airplanes made of cease and desist notices. As promised, none of these failsafes are harmful, but they do seem to be the work of a long-time intern who has been the victim of one too many pranks.

Even if you ignore the mailbox though, it's hard to ignore the scent of sugary-sweet syrup and sizzling bacon. Looks like there's a brand new waffle house open for business just a few feet behind the mailbox. With its homey blue interior and waffles galore, Wiffle-Waffle is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week without any sign of Retrospec in sight. These folks are just honest working people making an honest living, and any loiterers who linger or poke around without buying a meal may be asked to leave.

III.
Those who have lived in Recollé for some time may be aware of the annual Thanksgiving Potluck hosted in Tribunal Terrace. In preparation for this big event, the Mayor always orders a large batch of frozen birds to be delivered and stored at city hall. Unfortunately this year the Mayor's order became a little jumbled and instead of 50 frozen turkeys 50 large, live birds will find themselves arriving on the front lawn of the Mayor's home.

Despite his best efforts, the Mayor's unable to wrangle these birds before they scatter to all parts of the city and spread over into different districts. They seem most fond of busy areas in Tisse, campuses in Apprassage and residential areas and can be found chasing people, nesting on vehicles, wandering the grounds and more. They are territorial and somewhat aggressive creatures but have zero problem mingling among people. Strangely, even though these birds all appear to be male they seem to be laying eggs in their path. These golden eggs are large with smooth shells and with a top and a bottom that separates.

Those brave enough to open these eggs may be rewarded! Several of these eggs have fun prizes such as blue clothing, toys, books, candy, and small knick-knacks. But that's not the case for everyone. Some of these eggs will also contain some nasty surprises such as dirty socks, bugs, clumps of mud or swamp water, shaving cream bombs and more.

Beginning on November 3rd, the Mayor will put out a city-wide call to help collect these birds to bring back to city hall where a large pen sits on the front lawn. Those who help will also receive a small cash reward of $50 each.

How hard can it be?

IV.
The holiday season is a busy time for travel, but most residents seem more content to stay within the confines of the city. Thankfully with cell phones, emails and programs such as Skype staying in touch with friends and loved ones is only a click away.

Over the course of the month residents will find that the spotty reception they've always had has grown even worse. Static rings out over the line and long-distance calls stop going through. Emails bounce back despite numerous attempts, and don't even think about getting clear audio or video through Skype. No matter how hard one tries, by November 30th it will become incredibly clear that all phone calls, texts, emails and video chats to people outside of the city have been shut down. The internet will continue to function as normal (browse and share those cat videos to your heart's content) and inner-city communication functions just fine. You can try calling your service provider...but who knows if you'll get through?

And last but not least in the world of inconveniences, in some instances your calls and emails may be rerouted to fellow Retrospec users. Sorry about that!

BONUS.
Who says you have to wait for Black Friday to get some killer deals? All around Tisse, stores, restaurants and vendors are slashing prices left and right to provide residents with the best deals around. All of the fixings for your Thanksgiving meal can be bundled together and bought at Freshens for a great price. Expressive is proud to present their newest flavor of the month, Cornucopia, which is a blend of maple, pecan, and a dash of nutmeg.

But most impressive (or perhaps exasperatingly) of all is the discount on all items that are blue. Blue jeans are buy one get one, blue dishes are cheaper than yellow ones, blueberries are being pushed as the fruit of the season instead of cranberries...you name it, it's probably happening. Go ahead and take advantage while you can. It's never too early to start your holiday shopping.

Welcome to

recolle's November mini-event!

As a special note, as of 11/3 9pm EST, the sky and the ocean are now viewed as blue again!

In addition the color green has returned to all art supplies! This includes ink, markers, paints, etc.

The locations page has been updated! You can read about the removed buildings here for further descriptions of what they used to be.

The prompts are simply loose guidelines for you guys to play with and make up your own fun adventures for the entire month of November! You may also create your own logs or inbox threads based on these prompts. Any questions you have regarding this event may be directed to the mod comment here.

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[ he does get it, sort of, and he says: ]

Do you want me to do to you what I could do to them so you get it?

[ it’s very quiet and very serious. ]

There are things about you that you don’t know. And maybe it’s not the entire reason, but it’s a large portion of it.

[...that's not ominous or anything, and he gives him another uncertain look.]

I do not understand what you are asking me.

My memories. The things I am trying to spare you. The shit that’s hard to handle.

[ kissing rose’s corpse, his dad dying, dave dying for jade who died, their world ending, every last heavy thing he avoids - ]

Do you want me to make you remember.

[ just or heroic dead or dreaming ]

That depends. [On?] Do you think it would be worse for me to remember on my own, or if you told me? [There are other factors, too, but he doesn't answer those yet.]

[ a wry smile because he doesn’t want to be associated with those things for john. ]

That’s not up to me. Isn’t that what you all keep telling me?

[ he can capitulate. ]

[Oh. So that's the game you're playing.]

When the fuck did I personally ever say that?

You agreed that memories belong to other people. And they do? None of it’s mine.

Now you're turning words around, dude. [But also, okay, Dave has a point.] Memories belong to other people and that is the thing, we are going to get them back no matter what. So it's not like you absolutely have to tell us what we're missing.

[...and yet.] What would hurt you less? Me learning on my own? Or you telling me?

[ like

He wants to say whatever John wants but for a wonder dave just says the truth, exhausted and sounding resigned because he doesn’t know if it matters: ]

I don’t want you to think of me when you think of all that. Jade couldn’t look at me for weeks and we didn’t touch ever really after that first time. Sometimes I made Dirk think of the ocean. I don’t want to be that for you or anyone else ever again.

[Wow. Shocker. Surprisingly the truth actually helps because John contemplates for a touch of time.]

I think sometimes that is just how things are, you know? People don't mean to, but people make people think of things that are sad. Kind of like how I know that sometimes you don't like fireflies because they make you think of me.

But the good thing is there are other things that people make people think of. Happier things. Good things. And I think there are more good things that I remember than bad things, or at least enough good things here to help balance the bad things. So I guess my point is...I cannot guarantee I will not think of you for certain things, but I would never think of you or blame you for things that happened back there that were out of our control just because you happened to be the one to tell me.

You wouldn’t blame or hate me.

[ but he would blame and hate himself. ]

Nope. Neither would Rose. [He can't stop Dave from blaming himself, but maybe that would help a little. Just a bit.]

Let's go back to the original deal. You tell me whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it. Not because everybody else wants to know and not because I want to catch people up on the speed of the game's mechanics. But because you want to. I don't plan on mentioning anything personal to anybody else. And if I remember on my own, I can still tell you.

Does that sound fair?

...That doesn't sound like a compromise.

[ rather, that sounds like exactly what they were doing previously. ]

Sure it is. Because I know you will tell me things eventually. You've already proven that. And I can be patient and just tell them everything else I know so far. I can take that responsibility. Not about you, not about me, just about the game mechanics.

[And then, somehow, he seems to remember something from a few weeks ago.]

I want you around. [Someday John will realize keeping up with Dave can be a little exhausting but at the same time he doesn't seem to mind too much once they actually stop being stupid about it.]

[ he just crosses his arms to keep from reaching out, because he's not sure that part is okay still and maybe someday he'll work back up to draping himself on john at random but it's a thing he sure hasn't done in a few days. ]

...I want you around, too. [ doesn't mean he isn't still 100% planning to work 24/7 the week of his birthday to avoid putting any remote pressure on john to do anything for his birthday, but. ] Did you even figure out how you were wrong about Jade knowin' shit?

[It's a little strange. Somehow Dave draping and being an actual cat has become so normal that it's very apparent when it isn't happening. Not too much, not too fast.]

Cool. That part did not change. And I made some progress on stuff so I can hang out later tonight if you want, and you still have my entire Saturday. [Since that also seems to be a thing. But he pauses because. Aha. Right.]

I knew. I sort of just...forgot and then did not bring it up again. But I know it's because she was awake for so long on Prospit that she knew everything that was going on. [He lifts a hand in the air, slowly spinning his index finger in a circle.] She saw everything in the clouds when Prospit's moon passed through Skaia and I apparently slept through the whole thing.

Mhmmm. Dunno how their split was. [ prospit and derse, he means. ] If I had to guess, Vantas is one of you sunshine yahoos and Megido was Derse.

It'd explain maybe why he talked to Jade so much. Who knows? [There's an almost languid shrug and he looks down at the apron for a minute before fiddling with the ties on it.] Doesn't matter much. I can catch up with them later.

Kinda feel like the reason was different but yeah. [ it’s not super important. ] ...got somewhere to be?

[A shrug.]

No. My whole schedule's cleared for the day. Do you have another shift somewhere else after this? [If he's not going with Eren, that is.]

[ i should ask in plurk but Effort. dave shrugs. ]

I might drop off some applications, but I'm closin' here and otherwise no?

Okay. Come home with me? Mewpac probably wants to see you anyway.

Uh. [ there's brief relief he doesn't show at the word "home", but. ] We don't close for like two hours or so still?

[ it's half apologetic but time travel doesn't work Like That. ]

I meant after your shift, dork. [There's a light laugh.] I was not going to leave before your shift's over anyway.

You weren't? [ what the hell is this. ] I thought you were busy with...

[ vague hand gesture since he has no idea what the fuck john is busy with. stuff he can't talk to dave about. ]

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