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TEAM ONE EVENT LOG

PESGARE

READY: START.

Roster: Theodore Leonhardt + Atsushi Nakajima, Augustine Sauveterre, Shinji Matou + Makoto Yuuki, Nazuna Nito + Apollo Justice, Sakutarou Oda + Howard Phillips, Carter + Mao Yata + Izumi Miyamura, Hitori Togusa + Sora Pu'uwai, Pitou Blythe + Astin Beaufort, Elizabeth Brisby + Ritsu Sakuma, Junpei Tenmyouji, Light Averly, Kiyotaka Ishida, Soujirou Katsuki + Peter Hoboken

On the morning of the fourth at 9am, you'll find yourself gathering at the beach with several other volunteers. Many of you will find yourself partnered up and with a name in mind, and awaiting in front of you is a small fishing boat equipped to carry your group. A text comes through not long after, Zee's name attached.

All aboard! Welcome, good morning, thanks for coming out. We've got a little journey ahead of us. Hope you like the ocean.

Stepping aboard, you'll notice that the boat is equip with everything you could need for a short trip three hours south of the city: fishing poles, breakfast, life jackets, etc. In addition, you'll find a handful of flares with the Retrospec symbol stamped on them that you may want to take with you. At the end of this trip, you'll find yourself pulling into a harbor of a region known as Pesgare.

Constantly overcast with the threat of rain, Pesgare is a bustling little harborside town with a wide ocean and streams leading fishermen and traders in from all parts of the world. There’s greenery and the scent of salt in the area and it’s a balmy sort of feeling the longer you linger outside.

The region known as Pesgare is filled with cramped quarters and cobblestone-esque roads and it’s hard to tell who is and isn’t from the area. There are multiple languages that can be heard (including some that are absolutely not from this earth) and it’s hard to track all of the activity in the main village. Along the roads are brick buildings and wooden shacks and the general area of the town itself is only about 500 square miles. Most of the area to explore ahead is the ocean itself to other ports and islands around.

Everyone in the town is friendly. Literally everyone. It’s hard to find anyone who isn’t in a jovial mood and who isn’t willing to help a neighbor or a stranger and they will be happy to chat about the places they’ve traveled or the people they’ve met along the way. Several of the stories revolve around travels around the globe from once upon a time, and there are others that speak of worlds far off and strange planets that you may never have heard of. It’s hard to tell if they’re serious stories or not though as the townspeople regale the tales and laugh all the while. It’s hard to go anywhere in the town without someone stopping to offer you a free loaf of bread or rush up to talk about how you remind them of someone. It’s busy, busy, busy. A lot of the places in the area appear to be trade posts for certain specialties. This includes weaponry, types of fish, cured meats and veggies, bakeries, books, equipment, curio wares and more. It’s all about supply and demand and barter and trade here.

It’s not recommended to travel at night, so most out-of-towners are directed to the inn at the top of the hill, The Ontispan. Several stories high and easily the most recognizable building in the port, you will find that it’s near the lighthouse and the owners, an elderly couple, are more than happy to take you in. There’s plenty of room! The lodging is nice and comfortable and the rolling sea outside your window is calming. However, payment must be made in the morning. No problem, right? You must have your wallet on you, mustn’t you? But the amount due is in a currency you do not have. You’ve never even heard of it! How are you supposed to pay for something like this?

It’s all about supply and demand and barter and trade. The boat you came on is nowhere in sight and none of the other fishermen will consider taking you back to the mainland while you're trying to leave without payment.

Looks like you'll just have to work off your debt, now won’t you?

This is the Team One Event Log! You are free to toplevel and thread as you choose on this log, but only team members may utilize this log.

Remember, your activity to qualify for your two free memories and one item is supplying at least 30 comments spread over the three objectives per group (minimum of 5 comments per objective!) with at least three members of your groups. You will not be eligible if you do not participate in all three objectives somehow, and you will not be eligible if you only stick with your preferred partner!

People who are paired with partners will experience some of the following:

-Telepathic connections, but only the thoughts you don’t want your partner to actually hear. You can also use this to influence your partner’s thoughts.
-Color fades when you’re not cooperating, it brightens when you are.
-Cause and effect. If something happens to your partner, you feel it (i.e. if your partner trips somewhere, you’ll feel the effects.)
-Timers. You and your partner will have a countdown embedded somewhere (hand, foot, chest, whatever) and if you don’t complete your missions and see each other before the timer runs out, consequences occur.

These are not required and you may play with these as little or as much as you want!

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If your activity is low per objective, the moderators may reach out to you about reassignment as well.

The schedule for Team One is as follows:

3RD: Objective 1 posted (9PM EST) | Threading for Location Travel | Threading for Object One
Objective 2: Info for Objective Two | Threading for Objective Two
Objective 3: Info for Objective 3 | Threading for Objective Three
Mar 3rd: Outro

Objectives will be given in mod toplevels to this post with instructions; please check the log currently for Objective 1 to see how this will work.

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Luckily for these three the boat that they need to guide won't take too long to nab as it's closer than the others! Following a local fisherman, they may be surprised to find three waverunners waiting for them to follow the fisherman out. The particular ship that they're working on guiding back seems to have hit a rock and is sinking pretty fast! While the ship itself may not be salvageable unless they think fast on how to repair it, they can rescue the passengers on-board (four, one for each waverunner.)

They will have the obstacles of steering against the waves of the storm, the backspray of the water blinding them, backseat drivers trying to control the waverunners and other rocks and obstacles in the water they need to avoid! With luck and skill, they will be able to guide the ship safely and direct the passengers up to the inn.

Catching up with another fisherman and boat, these three will have to travel somewhat far out in order to find their wayward ship that's also taken some damage. Unlike the ships that have cut their losses, this ship wants to keep all of its cargo and is in the process of moving their items from the damaged ship to the undamaged ship. Moving the cargo will help the damaged ship limp its way into the harbor for repairs. The three of them will have to work quickly to move cargo and passengers from one ship to another. It's a race against the clock as the first drops of rain begin to fall and the thick fog rolls in almost blocking out the light of the lighthouse.

On the other hand, it also makes it harder to see just what everyone else is doing, too.

They will have the obstacles of working to move the cargo and not dropping it in the water, navigating the fog and the rough waters, the rain beginning to fall, and making sure to guide both ships back to the harbor without incident. With luck and skill, they will be able to guide the ship safely and direct the passengers up to the inn.

I mean more like what happens if we don't save all 10, we only have 4 groups of rescuers so far.

With that case it's just handwaved honestly, or you can double up, it's up to you guys and how much you want to take on before 3/3. Some groups have doubled up on missions and some characters have doubled as well so it's all personal preference.

[Soujirou doesn’t seem particularly self-conscious as he happily follows Makoto with his sign held aloft in the air. There are some very specific situations when he minds people staring at him, and this one doesn’t fit the requirements.]

That’s right! We want to help you all if we can. And the best way to make sure people listen to you is to get organized, you know?

[Probably, right? He’s honestly mostly improvising here, but it sounds right.]

If the guy who want to buy up the harbor keeps cornering people alone, then he’s probably not prepared to face all of you at once. So- So if you go get ready, we can meet you all down by the waterfront then in... mmm, four hours, when more people will be off work. And we’ll tell more people to come in that time. [He’s making a schedule on the fly here and with short notice, but hopefully they can still draw a small crowd.]

nazuna and izumi will be helping to prep the inn and maybe talking to some windswept and waterlogged guests to help them get comfortable! a big brother's work is never done ~

Sounds like a plan to me.

[ they got a few answers, but not many...still, nazuna's of a firm belief that teamwork will make the dream work, so! with a quick turn back and a finger wave at the guy at the table, who waves back, he nods and tosses his head in the direction of the inn. ]

Let's go, then ~ !

I don't think anyone has ever even talked to this guy before... apparently he's new, or something, so maybe that's why he wasn't so prepared?

[ well, nazuna's always the type to look on the bright side of life, anyway...though even he knows that's a lame excuse.

but, apollo brings up a good point! nazuna cranes his head a little to try and look up. ] Mm... I don't...

[ is anyone in this team even over 5'6 ]

[ success! they were perfectly successful, actually, and apollo even comes up with a good suggestion. the blue velvet is in their hands, and all they need is...well, a lot more.

nazuna lets out an 'mm!' of agreement, and reaches up to pluck the feathers from apollo's hair spikes with a fond little laugh, dropping them into his own hand. ] Let's make it for a barbie doll, or something. If that's the case, we only need maybe a piece or two.

Piece of cake, Apochin!~♪ Let's keep looking~! [ and he'll just march on! nazuna's optimism is unending sometimes. ]

[Theo knows how to swim. Learned it as a kid, was proficient enough at it to perform as needed whenever such scenes came up in film.

He is not prepared for trying to swim in a freezing ocean, however. The cold momentarily stuns him, and that alone is dangerous, already allowing him to be pulled under by the rough waves and currents.

Logically, he knows that people have lived, even after death, no matter how improbable it seemed. But right now, his mind is in a state of panic, because he can't die, doesn't want to die, he has tomove--

And then there's an arm grabbing him and his head surfaces and he gasps for air, choking on the salty tang of the ocean water. He can't speak, but he does nod his head - yes, he's alive, and now that he's able to breathe, he's helping to tread water as well.]

[With that, Augustine nods before he heads off to the inn with the boys in tow.]

Just hang on. I’ll get you to safety.

[The waves are treacherous and unforgiving, stirred up by the storm, and Atsushi struggles to swim to shore without inhaling a ton of seawater into his lungs. At least Theo is helping him tread water, because as determined as Atsushi is, he doubts that he could do this all on his own. He’s not that strong or fit, unfortunately...

He fights through the icy waves, clinging to Theo to keep him close, and eventually he drags them both onto the shore, exhausted and drenched and freezing, but alive.]

...this isn’t good...

[They’re both going to get pneumonia at this rate...]

Can you move, Theo-kun?

[He can, apparently, because he gives a groan and a few more coughs, using his arms to prop him up on the sand.]

Shit. We'll--

[Another fit of coughs, but he's already dragging himself to his feet, reaching out to grab Atsushi and drag him up too, if he needs it.

Atsushi's not the only one worried about pneomonia.]

We need to get inside.

if you catch him doing it again?
definitely
cant imagine a better image for a campaign poster

[ That's.. a tough question, one that clearly catches Junpei off-guard. ]

Honestly? No. We don't actually know what we're doing here, or if we're actually going to get any answers out of this. For all we know, it'll be a giant waste of time in the end.

[ He hopes not. He'd be kind of annoyed to have done all this and get nothing out of it. But that's the gamble he signed up for by agreeing to come. ]

But we also don't know if we'd be much help back there, right? That's why I think it's worth sticking this through. We've already come this far, let's at least see if it gives us anything.

[ Pitou's desire to go out into the rain... Well, have you ever seen an soaked, irritated cat waiting to be let back inside? That's how they look now, trudging along to go meet the flailing ships. If they were a less stubborn cat, they'd have posted up by the fire to wait all this out, but their big braggart mouth has gotten them here. That they weren't afraid, that they were a fine swimmer and fine navigator -- they are an expert in all things, according to their own opinion. So of course they are off to rescue a less fine navigator, to prove their superiority in all fields, and in general return to Recolle with a story of how heroic they are (and likely Ardyn isn't; their favorite competitor.)

Hauling cargo back and forth between the two ships, however, is not the heroic tale Pitou was looking for. ]

I should just throw this shit overboard.

Edited 2018-02-22 05:52 (UTC)

[ The ship pitches, and from across the deck a crate comes careening everyone's way. Pitou would normally prize their nimbleness, but instead they end up smashed between the railing of the ship and the crate; head spinning.

To everyone else's eyes... it looks like the cat-creature is beginning to... steam. Something hot is emanating from their body, making the wet around them evaporate into a cloud.

Pitou tries to focus on both these things at once. The crate digging into their stomach, bruising their ribs, as well as what they can see. They can see the cause of the heat, the warm gelatinous coating of energy that is leaking from their pores... ]

It's essentially theft, but not in a legal sense. Forcing people out of their homes without listening to their forces is a form of moral theft.

(apollo listens to the mayor explaining things intently, his eyes squinting in thought as he sorts through everything. a rich businessman mainly focusing in vacations and the like as his business... wants to buy out a small harbor village.

apollo isn't even a fully fledged lawyer yet, but he can still smell the bullshit from this idea.) So what, he plans on turning this place into another vacation getaway? How did he even manage to get all this paperwork so easily? Buying out an entire village isn't something you just do.

Y-yeah, lets-

[Atsushi coughs up a bit of seawater. Gross.]

Let’s get back to the inn. We did what we could...

[He stands on shaky feet with Theo’s help, and the two of them will slowly but surely make their way to the inn, chilled to the bone. Luckily there’s a fire roaring in the sitting area, and Atsushi immediately gravitates towards it for warmth.]

Ugh. We didn’t secure the cargo...

As usual, Peter cuts right to the heart of the matter. It puts a grim, determined look on Togusa's face as he moves to the middle of the boat and sits, it'll be easier for him to keep his balance.

A hush falls over the deck of the ship as they speed out into the water. All eyes are peeled for movement, a tense anticipation can almost be felt in the air, ready for any change.

The waves get significantly rougher as they get further out, leaving Togusa gripping the back of his seat tightly to keep from being thrown around. A long, slow breath out, and he shoots Peter a worried look. "The hell did we just get ourselves into?"

The tentacle rears back with another spray of water, as if it's winding up to come down on the boat again. For a second, Togusa leans in to get a closer look, but he can't make out whatever the shape of the rest of the creature is. It's far too dark under the water.

The tentacle waves, and it starts to turn, aiming to drop in a slap towards whatever it was that attacked it. It's reluctant, but perhaps this is just a desperate lashing out in an attempt to drive Togusa and Augustine's boat away. Modeste should be too prepared to let it actually impact them.

[The sight of the tentacle coming to their direction is enough to horrify the professor. However, thanks to his orders from earlier, Modeste reacts by firing another green energy beam before she jumps from the boat and uses her now glowing claws in an attempt to counter and reflect it away from her owner and his friend.

Meanwhile, Augustine hung onto the rails of the boat to prevent himself from falling into the waters before he turns to Togusa.]

Togusa, can you get the boat closer to the ship even more?

[He's shivering hard by the time they enter the inn, and as Atsushi heads towards the fire, Theo reaches out again - this time with full intent to grab him by the back of his collar and drag him towards the rooms instead.]

Dry clothes first. A hot shower will warm you up more than that thing right now.

[To hell with the cargo, in Theo's opinion. He fell in the frickin ocean for this.]

Togusa cries out when Modeste leaps, and he looks after her in great concern. Is she going to be able to make it back all right!? He's going to have to trust her.

He lets out a shaky breath at Augustine's command. "All right. But we hit that thing, somebody's going to need to come out after us both!"

Togusa guns the engines again, just a short burst, so cautious and careful that his whole body is held tense as he does it. He can't even watch the battle below, his eyes are fixated on the front of their boat, and the edge of the trapped one.

"...There?"

I'll agree with you on that one, but I can't figure out what the timeline would be instead.

Magical resource? I'm afraid you're talking to the wrong guy on that one. Even if you had the guy Retrospec is showing me, I think you'd still be asking the wrong guy.

Best I've got: even if what it's putting out is magical, there still has to be a physical source, if this physical location is what's so important to Hawthrone.

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