TEAM ONE EVENT LOG

[recollecters]

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.

Comments

[pronounces]

Oh...! Good. I feel a little safer already.

[ as long as there aren't any vines, or kissing bats, or... who only knows what else. nazuna's had enough weird monster things to last him a lifetime.

he munches contentedly on his wrap, making an appreciative noise--it's delicious. ] I wonder why they picked us? [ nazuna laughs a little, scratching his cheek. ] I don't know about you, but I don't have special talents...at least not like that...

[courageofheart]

Oh, I certainly don't. They might just need some people to look around for something? That or I'm around to help everyone else, which I wouldn't mind.

[pronounces]

That has to be it. [ he sighs, scratching the back of his neck. ] I wasn't really here the first time something like this happened, but I've talked to a few people that were.

Someone even got turned into a rabbit. [ which... actually wouldn't be that bad, in nazuna's book, probably, but he says it in a light enough tone that it sounds like he's joking. ] Can you believe that?

[courageofheart]

I... maybe. I'm still having a hard time imagining what it'll be like when I turn into a mouse.

[pronounces]

Into a mouse...? [ he tilts his head, curious. ] Is that in your hallucinomemories...?

[courageofheart]

[She nods.] I've only remembered a few things, but in every memory, I'm a mouse. I'm still a widow, I still have four children... but my children have different names, and I'm a mouse.

[pronounces]

[ big, wide eyes. ] W-wow-! That makes me feel bad for even worrying about mine... [ at least he's a human?? granted, there were parts of his life where he was more of a doll, but that applied to more than just his past life. ]

Have you had a lot of memories like that? I can't even imagine...

[courageofheart]

Just a few. I remember running away from the farmer's cat, and I remember walking into an owl's nest, and talking to a rat about my husband's death... it's like a much more dramatic version of some of my life events, but where I'm a mouse instead.

[pronounces]

[ that garners a smile, immediately. ] It sounds like you were a really brave mouse. You can never underestimate the little guy, right~? ♪

[courageofheart]

[Well, that's an optimistic view of it...]

I suppose so. I'd do anything to save my children, and I guess that's never changed.

[pronounces]

That's really admirable, Mrs. Brisby. [ it definitely resonates with nazuna--he's only just met this very sweet woman, and to be honest, he's feeling a little sense of camaraderie. ] Mouse or not.

[courageofheart]

I think most mothers are like that. It's a little hard to imagine not doing the best for your children.

[pronounces]

I get it. [ nazuna would be so mad if someone compared him to a mom.

bu~ut. he smiles a little, fondly. a mom, maybe not, but a big brother? definitely. ] I'm the oldest of seven siblings. The youngest one's only three. Everyone makes jokes that we multiplied like rabbits, since it's our last name.

[ nito, two rabbits. nazuna wouldn't trade his giant family for the world, so like any doting older brother, he pulls out his phone to share a family picture of the nitos. they look happy, and nazuna's beaming bright, surrounded by kids all of ages in the picture. ] I helped support my family for most of my life, when I was working. They mean everything to me.

[courageofheart]

[Mrs. Brisby coos, taking the pictures and smiling brightly at them.]

Oh, how cute all of you are! Absolutely precious.

[She loves kids a lot!! She passes them back after a moment, before digging out her own wallet, showing off her family photo.]

This is from when everyone was much younger, and Johnathan was still alive. My boys were all such cute kids!

[There's four young children in that picture, as well as a very young Mrs. Brisby and a man who's presumably her husband. Below that is another picture, with four older teenagers - two of them are Katsuki and Kamui the other two don't exist in game yet]

My oldest especially got a bit rough once they got older, but they're still good boys, deep down.

[pronounces]

Oh, they're cute...! What a cute picture~ [ nazuna returns her cooing with his own, looking at the photo. what a cute family.... ]

I can really see the family resemblance. [ with a tilt of his head, curiosity piqued, he asks: ] How old are your sons now?