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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!

Important links to mod toplevels are: Mod Questions, Participation Reporting, NPC questions. Please be aware you are responsible for reporting your own participation & objective completion efforts with links. You must ICly tap into the log within the first 48 hours, or you will be removed from your team.
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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[He doesn't know if the captain is stubborn or dedicated, but he needs Modeste to protect them and the wayward boat if they want this rescue to be a success.]

You heard him, Modeste! Defend both of the boats until we get back to the port!

[His dragon nods as she scans around the area to see any signs of danger. Surely enough, she senses something is coming as she prepares to charge a green energy ball.]

It happens as the two boats are neck and neck, the tentacle rises out from the water again, lunging at the netting off the back of the fishing boat. Startled cries rise up from their new passengers as they all get a much better look at what had them. (But the rest of the creature still doesn't appear.) One last shot before the boats get back into water too shallow for the creature to follow.

Togusa isn't daring to look behind them, merely holding the boat's throttle open and keeping all of his focus on the rocks towards the shore. He can hear Modeste charging up one last attack behind him. "Everybody hold on!"

Oh. Right. Probably not a good idea to leave it to suffocate. It's a good thing the fishermen had given Togusa a tip on this part, too, because he just doesn't have it in him to make Sora do it. (Never mind that Sora has way more experience at this than Togusa.) Something about having to be the adult in this situation is eating at him.

He can't help but hold his breath, as he does it, automatic on his part. One strike, and the fish stops moving.

No, sorry. That was, uh, actually the only spell I know.

[Maybe he should be working harder at that...

Well, that's a later problem. Right now they need to get going. Sora looks around the boat, wondering how they're going to get back to the harbor. The birds are still cawing overhead.]

Um... Well, it might be best to attach this boat to the little boat, and, like, tow it back, I guess? The little boat'll be easier to tell where we're going, I think.

Sora watches in surprise as Togusa reaches out and ends the fish, amazed that he managed to do it on the first try. He hadn't really been expecting that. But really, it's a good thing he did, because Sora forgot to bring a knife or anything. Oh well.

He takes the now-dead fish and puts it into the bucket they'd brought along for just this purpose, then grabs more bait to stick onto his hook again.

"You got this, now?"

Togusa puts far more effort than he lets anyone know into not seeming like he's dangerous around his friends. Trying to let people forget that he's a cop or has gun and knife training, precisely what he just demonstrated there. So, if Sora is all too happy to breeze over what he just did there, Togusa will play along as quickly as he can.

"Uh. Uh-hunh. I think I've got the line this time." He nervously wipes off his hands on his pants before grabbing the pole again.

Steady. He shoots Sora a reassuring smile before he casts off again, more confidently than he did last time, so the lure goes farther out into the water this time.

"Good job! Looks like you're getting the hang of this," Sora praises, casting out his own line expertly. He's been doing this since he was a little kid, after all.

It's probably easy to feel the content coming over their link. It's rare, nowadays, that Sora feels so at ease, what with school and work and family and Retrospec bombarding him from all directions. It's nice to just... relax, for a while.

"Only because I had a good teacher," it's far too easy to fall back into teasing.

Sora's calm is a very effective balm for the slight uptick in Togusa's nerves, and he finds himself coming back down quickly. Even without paying too close attention to where the feeling is originating, Togusa's self-talk is turning back into a reminder that nothing is wrong, and to enjoy the moment. See? Sora's still enjoying himself. So have fun while you've got the time. The feeling of a light breeze on his face, the sun on his skin, sure it's still colder out than Togusa would like, but it all evens out into a very pleasant feeling.

"I could get used to this," Togusa admits. "If we get to come back here, I think you'll all know where to find me on my days off."

(apollo honestly hopes nazuna wouldn't focus on the swearing immediately after discovering they can READ EACH OTHER'S MIND. WITHOUT PERMISSION. and while nazuna can prevent himself from mentally stuttering, apollo cannot.

complete with wild, waving arm gestures, but also answering with vocal words instead of mental ones.) I-I don't know, how am I supposed to know!? It's not like we got a signal for this!

(but he has to calm down eventually, handle the rest of their task like a rational human being. he lets out a frustrated sigh, pinching the bridge of his nose.) We can... figure it out later. For now, we should probably just finish this guy's vest.

[Well, Snake does have one good hand to hold things up, so he digs in his feet and lays his arm against the tarp evenly. He can do this much, at least.]

I think we're steady for now, although the storm is howling outside.

"Hehe, yeah? I guess it's pretty relaxing here."

Sora looks out onto the water, breathing in the salty air, and if he closes his eyes he can pretend for a second he's a kid again, fishing with his Dad, Shiori on the other side of him. It's a nice thought. But he can't go back there for long, not if he doesn't want to burst into tears, and he doesn't want to do that in front of Togusa.

So he opens his eyes again and reels his line in a little more.

Wasn't the dude trying to kick people out of their homes just because he was greedy?

[ He can't help the incredulous tone in his voice. Oftentimes there are two sides to every issue... but that was one that seemed fairly black and white to him. Good riddance to Mr. Looten Plunder. ]

I mean, do what you want. [ He shrugs, or as much as he can while lugging a box. ] But if I'm all the way out here, the least I'm gonna do is help out some people in need. And try not to drown myself...

[ If he's going to be on a sinking ship (again), it's going to be for a damn good reason, thank you very much. His sanity might depend on it. ]

It's nothing that special, though!

[Truthfully, he's not used to receiving open praise like this, and Izumi can't help but beam. He's really impressed by how easily Nazuna is handling their current dilemma.... As expected of a kindergarten teacher, he knows what he's doing! And the kids have settled down since they were gathered up, which they can count their blessings for.]

Yeah! You're all going to help defeat the dinosaurs, right? ["Yeah!", they cry in unison once more.] Can you tell who's who? I think that's everyone! You all look so fierce and strong! Niichan too, of course.

[This is actually really fun. Getting to see the excited expressions every time he adds something new to the page, children excitedly gathering around to watch and making roaring noises at Nazuna's request.... Some of them have even abandoned their own drawings, which warms his heart.]

Oh no, the first dinosaur is here! [He holds up the drawing of the dinosaur and moves the page around as if it's walking.] What are we going to do now?

Edited (What's HTML, I don't even know.) 2018-02-27 02:02 (UTC)

This time it's Togusa's turn for his cheerfulness to wash over their link. The thought of attachment, the feeling of family from Sora makes him think of Koutarou, back in Recolle. He can already imagine a fun but pretty calm day in this town. There's so much for Koutarou to get pleasantly distracted by, a great vantage point for him to draw from. He'd likely be either surprisingly good at fishing, due to his patience, or he would zone out and neglect his rod. But there's a happy overtone to all of Togusa's thoughts of family that might temper Sora's wistfulness.

Speaking of, when Togusa starts to reel on his line, there's something on the other end. Tug. Tug. "Oh!"

Uh. Bakery. I'm feeling a bit peckish.

[He stares, morose, at the storefront. He really wants to go inside but APPARENTLY HE HAS A JOB TO DO. God. This is the worst.]

I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to grab something to eat...

[Upon seeing the tentacle again, Modeste was even prepared this time as she fires the green laser beam from her mouth to it as Augustine tries to hold onto the boat as it starts to shake from the blast's recoil.]

The green energy impacts into the tentacle, and when the splash settles, the creature has retreated back under the water for good this time. For a few seconds, the only sounds are the engines of the two boats, and the storm buffeting against them. At last, when nothing else rises, a cheer rises from the people on the speedboat.

There are a lot of grateful pats on each other's backs, a few people are trying to approach Augustine and Modeste. Augustine gets a few offers of a hand shake, but they look at Modeste carefully. Still openly, but they are trying to figure out how to thank her for saving them.

Although Togusa has to focus on driving for the last leg, rocks and rain are a lot less dangerous obstacles than the tentacles. He lets the more experienced boat take the lead, and follows the path that the man sets for them.

Oh! That’s okay, I don’t know any at all, so...

[That sounds like the best bet, and Atsushi communicates that to the captain before helping secure the little boat to the ship via some incredibly sturdy rope. Hopefully it’ll hold...they don’t have chains or anything.]

Okay. Let’s try this.

[Now they just have to steer the little boat through the fog. Atsushi will alternate between being a lookout and helping steer the boat.]

Let’s hope for smooth sailing.

Edited 2018-02-27 04:12 (UTC)

Alright, here's the nails and the hammer's in that tarp on the ground.

[She passes a box of nails to Makoto, since he has the more able-bodied looking hands compared to Snake.]

[As he sees the tentacle dives into the ocean for the last time, Augustine sighs in relief before he accepted some handshakes from the relieved people while he told them that Modeste did all the work. He even makes sure that no one will be fearful of her as Modeste only gives a few happy growls to the surviving crew.]

It's alright, we are just happy that you're not hurt from that attack.

[All that's left now is to wait until Togusa drives back to the port and get these people to safety.]

[Makoto takes the boxes of nails, looking at the tarp, and keeping his eye on the storm outside. No, he can't worry about that right now. It's better for him to focus on what's at hand.]

Let me know when you need the nails. I can try to help hold the tarp down if you need it too.

[He'll find a way to pass the nails and hold the tarp down if they need it.]

[ a good heart... is that really him?

on one hand, he thinks of the children that he had taken in before...whatever was recolle happened. it makes sense for someone with a "kind heart" to take them in.

but then he thinks of the cold killer in another one of his memories and he wonders...how much is that true?

the heartstone flutters with some unease, a stark change from the usual. ]

It wasn't always that way, apparently. When I was younger--my actual self, before Recolle-- I think I used to do awful things. So if I could change...maybe you can, too.

Recolle? Not really.

You are now qualified to submit for your freebie memories (2) and your 10-20 point item! If you would prefer to claim the 20 points instead, please add them as a line item to your AC with a link to this comment. Thank you!

[ Pitou remains suspiciously silent on all of this. It's really not like them to not have something to add, but they're not here to be helpful so much as to get hero points. And they do realize that you lose hero points for admitting to such a thing. They want to brag about their good deed freely later without contradiction as to their motives.

So they continue hauling boxes, only pausing to inquire, ]

I assumed you two could swim.

[ They would prefer not to have to jump in, but boy would they get to brag some more if they rescued one of them from the water... ]

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