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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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It's a nice place.

[ close to the sea, everyone's friendly, and nothing strange seems to be happening at all. to be honest, odasaku's not even sure why they were taken here in the first place. ]

But he's right. Walkin' around doesn't mean we gotta talk to anyone. And no boats. If we don't, then we're gonna have to sleep on the streets or something.

[Howard lets out a noise, like that of a teenager who has overslept and is trying to be forced to go to school.]

I can look around, I guess... [A loud sigh.] Fine. I'll walk around. That's all I'll do. But I'm not going to...talk to these people, you hear?

[He scowls.]

They're too friendly. I don't like it. There's something fishy about this town, and it isn't the boats.

[Good, because that would be a really terrible pun if it was. Shinji rolls his eyes at that.]

I'll talk to the people. People're friendly to kids anyway, it's normal. You can just investigate.

[ odasaku can't help but tilt his head at howard's comment, as if trying to figure out what's so wrong with the town.

but he makes no mention of that. maybe he's just--what did that one guy say--taking things at face value again. ]

Well you're not gonna go alone. Come with us.

Hmmph. Fine.

[He doesn't know this kid, but as he gets up off the couch, he turns to him with a nod.]

Don't talk to them too much. I don't trust them.

[And to Odasaku:] Let's go. I want to get this done now rather than later.

Fiiiiiine.

[No, Shinji's not going to listen to Howard. He's just going to march out the door.

Try to stop him from talking to people.]

[ now that is something howard and oda can agree with. odasaku definitely wants to get this done as soon as possible.

but, as he watches shinji march out, oda feels that he's somehow ended up in the care of two children. one large, one small. ah, well. he'll deal with it somehow. ]

Thanks, really. Now let's go before the kid goes too far ahead.

Why is he in charge? I mean...where are his parents?

[He doesn't want to supervise a kid like this for this whole time!]

Is it safe? For him to run around like this...

I'm in charge because you're a weenie!

[At least he's still in earshot if he yelled that back at them??]

Yeah.

[ and then, in a softer voice, to howard ]

I guess we're gonna have to take care of him until we find his parents.

Of course you are.

[And quietly, back to Odasaku.]

Do you even think he has parents? I mean, he's acting very...independent, I guess.

Good!

[Shinji doesn't care about whatever you two losers are whispering about. He's already stopping to talk to the first person he sees.]

Hi, we're new to the city, and we wanted to ask a couple things?

["Oh, aren't you cute? Of course, honey." Plan adorable seems to be working so far.]

[ still quietly, he whispers back: ]

Not sure. But we still shouldn't leave him alone.

[ because there must be someone that will hurt them if the kid gets hurt in some way or another. and if there's really no one, then oda's conscience won't be able to deal with it. somehow, he already feels responsible for the child.

sighing, he picks up the pace until he's right behind shinji. ]

Yeah. This is my, uh, little brother. We're just wondering about any...places we should go to?

[ maybe he should leave the talking to the cute kid. at least he seems to do that with much more ease. ]

[And there Oda goes - Howard falters, unsure what to do, before he just sidles up behind them, hands buried in his pockets. They clearly have a handle on this. He doesn't. So, perhaps it's just best to...keep silent? But ugh, he has to explain what and who he is, else this will look weird.]

[He pulls out a hand and points to Oda, muttering:]

...I'm his....friend.

[There we go. He falls silent - he looks very out of place, what with his dark appearance and general dour look on his face.]

[He does look weird, but luckily their new informant doesn't seem to mind.

"Let's see, we're mostly a fishing town, so you oughta take a stop at the fish market, 'couple blocks that way." Point. "Now's not a great time of year for fishing, but now and then we get something good. 'Sides that, you fellas interested in the book store?"

They've got that look about them, i.e. they look like nerds.]

We're interested in a little of everything!

[So give them all the info, is what Shinji means.]

[ if howard thinks that odasaku's got it together, then his standards are incredibly low.

shocked at how shinji's getting answers so easily out of this person, he realizes with a tinge of shame that the most capable person between the three of them is probably no older than ten years old.

holding back a sigh, he nods after the boy speaks, as if trying to follow his act. ]

We like lots of things.

[Despite his better urges, Howard speaks up:]

We certainly do like a lot of things. Primarily...uh, places. Things that are places. Around here. What kind of places do you have around here.

[Howard wishes he could just sink into this cobblestone street, never to be seen again. His cheeks flush, embarrassed by his bad attempt at speaking, before his gaze turns to his shoes.]

[Man, he needs to get new shoes.]

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[Shinji gives Howard a brief Look before turning back to their informant.]

My brother's boyfriend isn't good at talking to people, sorry.

["Oh, that's alright." At least the local isn't letting the other adults' awkwardness ruin the conversation. "We have a wonderful bakery, you should stop by at least once before you leave!"]

[ ’my brother’s boyfriend’...

odasaku’s certain that he can hear karma laughing loudly at his ears; even ponting fingers. involuntarily, he feels his face heat up, but makes no attempt at correcting the boy either. it’s not like this is anything important either.

instead he nods, taking out a small notebook and pen from his bag. the bakery... the book store—wait, a book store? now that piques oda’s attention. ]

Book store’s great, actually. How far away is that? [ please keep this man on track ]

[Howard's face instantly flushes - he coughs, shooting a glare down at the boy before turning away. He wants to deny it. God, he does. But they have to lay low or something, and he can't deny it, and now he just has to stand here and just accept that he has to play the part of Oda's boyfriend, now.]

I'm down to go to the bakery after the bookstore. Where is it? I'm starving.

[Says Howard, in the tone of someone who clearly wants this whole thing to be done in two seconds so he can leave this conversation forever.]

[Their informant gives the "sweet young men" directions to both the bookstore and the bakery.]

I guess I'm going with these two. They probably won't let me go somewhere on my own.

[Even though he would be Totally Fine.]

Of course we won't.

[ although a small part of odasaku can't help but wish that they would leave him alone. but he won't.

with a nod, he thanks their informant for the information and begins to make his way to the bookstore. after a few seconds, he turns back to make sure that howard and shinji are following him.

oda won't admit it, but he's a tiny bit excited to see what the bookstore in this place is like. ]

[Honestly, a bakery sounds like the best thing in this place. He gives a curt nod to their informants before following after Oda - a bookstore for some peace and quiet, and possible sweets? It doesn't sound bad at all.]

[But what if the sweets are poisoned by these overly nice people? Howard lifts a hand, gnaws at a nail. Perhaps Oda will suddenly hear the thought being broadcasted over their connection...]

[I'll make Oda try the sweets first at the bakery, just in case...]

I hope we don't have to walk very far.

You've got longer legs than me, you shouldn't be complaining.

[Why is this guy such a weenie, god. Now that he's not trying to charm an adult, Shinji's full brattishness is unleashed.]

[ he's not really listening to shinji's bratty act towards howard because he's too busy wondering why howard was referring to him in third person.

out loud, he answers: ]

I'll try the sweets. I don't mind.

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