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.

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OBJECTIVE 3 THREADING

[recollecters]

Rescue Ships (w/ Togusa)

[megabond]

[Despite the small problem involving the mysterious man was now incarcerated, there was still another situation in hand. Upon he saw some wayward ships trapped in the storm, he knew he had to do something.

Thinking quickly, he takes out Modeste to aid him as he rents a ship and prepares some supplies to aid him in the rescue. However, despite his dragon Pokemon's help, he knew he can't even do this alone. With that, he sends out a message to the group chat.]

To anyone available in the city, I need help in rescuing the ships. Come to the harbor immediately.

[standalonehuman]

Togusa had just been trying to track someone else from the group down, he had a very similar thought, that as much preparation as they can give to the docks is great. But someone needs to get out there.

He'd almost forgotten about the chat, things have been so quiet here. The message popping up in his field of vision startles him.

Coming your way, Augustine.

The rain is pouring as Togusa approaches, so grateful for the poncho that he had borrowed from the inn. His hood doesn't quite want to stay in place, so his hair is getting soaked, but it's better than nothing.

"Augustine!" Togusa raises a hand. He briefly looks past the Professor out towards the bay, trying to spot the shapes on the water. "I can't see them too well, you sure about this?"

[megabond]

[Upon seeing Togusa running up to him after seeing his message, he sighed in relief that he made it. However, he better cut this short reunion after remembering why he's here.]

If I don't, we might not able to save all of those ships. Don't worry, I have Modeste to help me to the rescue. But, I doubt I can man the ship alone.

Recolle Police Rescue Time: Togusa / Potemkin

[standalonehuman]

Togusa's feeling about this village, the way everyone is coming together to help each other, is driven home as soon as there's trouble. The storm is starting to pick up, and all of the boats on the harbor are starting to pitch in to help each other out.

Togusa finds himself recruited by a harried fisherman, "There's boats out there, we need more hands on if we're going to guide them in to port!" He doesn't hesitate for a second to get on board.

He's surprised but somehow not surprised to see a colleague also helping where needed. He tries in vain to pull the hood of his rain poncho over his head more, before he waves a hand in greeting to Peter. "I'm glad these guys know what they're doing, I can't see a thing out here."

[burlyheart]

Peter grunts as he works, loading the gear of the boat and putting his back into securing it through the rain pelting down on everything. He knows that nature is only going to fight them harder when they get closer to the storm itself, so he brushes off the rain as only the warm-up.

He looks up once he's started to place his own butt into the ship. "They can cover sailing. We need to be there for rescue and coordination."

[standalonehuman]

Togusa nods emphatically. "Agreed. And here everyone thought Joanne wasn't talking about a literal storm when she described this."

Although he isn't nearly as strong as Peter, Togusa is quick to load gear where he can. Whoever actually owns this boat is throwing out orders, since this is less of a formal crew, and more a collection of anyone the man could grab to get on board. Togusa just falls into a pattern of following orders, even if he doesn't know precisely what something is for.

Finally, the order comes, "Get towards the inside. We'll take off soon."

Theo and Atsushi getting the docks ready

[beneathmoonlight]

[Here they are again, in the fishing village, and of course there’s a new task that needs doing. Wicked storm clouds have gathered overhead, and from the way the townspeople are reacting, it’s bound to be a rough one. Atsushi has been assigned to help prepare the docks, and all that entails, which is just fine with him, but his partner this time is the person that Atsushi thinks least wants to work with him.

Well. He guesses he can’t blame Theo; Atsushi wouldn’t want to work with the only person who knows a vital secret about him, either.

But they have to, so Atsushi arrives at the docks in the afternoon and waits for Theo to show up, making a mental note of all they were asked to do. No doubt he’ll be hearing Theo’s thoughts soon...]

[lienhearts]

["Annoying..." Is what Atsushi will overhear, not that it's especially surprising. It's pretty clear by now that this seems to be Theo's default state of being.

He does show up however, and right on time, too. He still looks scruffy, nothing like the chipper and fashionable Kestrel Blade, but it's not like he's keen on letting the others in on the secret, too. One leak's bad enough as is.

He greets Atsushi with a raised hand of a wave.]

Yo. We just need to make sure the docks are safe against the storm, right?

[beneathmoonlight]

Yeah.

[It’s no surprise that Theo’s thoughts haven’t changed, and Atsushi does his best to ignore it as he produces a length of rope from his messenger bag.]

We need to make sure the ships are tied to the docks so that they don’t float away.

[Among other things, but this is a good start.]

Also I guess were supposed to talk to the fishermen and get some tarps to cover their cargo. Which one do you wanna do?

Prepping the inn with Snake/Mrs. Brisby/Makoto

[blind_badass]

[With how bad the weather was getting, not even Snake's ability to be able to navigate pretty well by sound would help. Massive wind and rain would make it impossible for him to know how to find anything. He didn't have the upper body strength to deal with rescues, not to mention what all the water would do with his prosthetic.

So he found himself recruited to make the inn as weather resistant as possible.]

Where should we start?

[courageofheart]

[Mrs. Brisby is quicker on her feet, scrambling to collect the tools the three of them would need. At the moment, she is shoving tarps into Makoto's and Snake's arms.] Let's hurry and get the roof tarped up! Here, take these rain coats, we'll need them with all that rain.

the WHINING BUNCH (Pitou, Howard, Junpei)

[playdolls]

[ 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.

NEN

[playdolls]

[ 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... ]

[grumpei]

[ Pitou certainly isn't the only one who's less-than-enthused by this turn of events. Bad enough that they had to ride on a boat to get over here, but now having to rescue a boat at risk of capsizing in the middle of a storm? Given Junpei's recent memories of being on a sinking ship himself, even if he questions their legitimacy, he can't help feeling uneasy.

But he's doing his best to ignore those feelings for now. He's a police officer; of course he's going to help people, even if it's a little dangerous. And he's still got his humor to keep him sane despite the circumstances, for better or for worse. ]

Sure that wouldn't wind up with them throwing you overboard? I think we're outnumbered here.

manning the fort w/ izumi

[pronounces]

[ the inn is bustling, to say the least. as their amazing teammates are helping to bring the bedraggled and soaking wet customers inn, nazuna pretty much immediately set himself up as a task force. after being shooed off from the main area, he's found his true calling.

he's sitting cross legged on a blanket near the cozy fireplace. there's a little girl in his lap, clinging to his torso, hands curled tight in his shirt, and a series of five or six other kids in various states of chatter around him. they're squirrelly, antsy and restless and wet, but after nazuna's passed out a few towels, he's letting his kindergarten teacher skills kick in for good, and he's bringing izumi along with him.

nazuna smiles at him and his open sketchbook, then hands over the sketchbook. ] Ok~ay, ready? We're going to make up a story. Izumichin is an amazing artist, and he's gonna draw whatever story we come up with... and since I know you're all amazing artists, too, he's gonna let you help! Right~ ?

[ he winks! hope you're ready, izumi! ] What kind of story should we make?

[akatatai]

[It's no secret that Izumi isn't the most social guy around, but sitting here surrounded by restless children, it's almost impossible to tell. With his long hair pulled up into a ponytail and a grin on his face, he looks much less gloomy than usual as he empties the small box of crayons they came across and passes out pieces of paper from his sketchbook.]

Yeah! Let's all come up with the story together. How about.... A story about all of you?

[He may love kids, but Nazuna's experience is unmatched, and Izumi couldn't be more grateful to have someone so good with children helping him out. This is something he can do, he's sure of it!]

Do you have any ideas? We can all draw it together, and then Nazuna and I can read it for you in the end!

to the rescue with Mao, Apollo, and Ritsu

[chuusai]

[ Mao packed with travel in mind but that doesn't mean he's ready for this exact mode of travel, so the rain jacket he's wearing is a little too big and his jeans are definitely not seaworthy but he's not going to let a wardrobe difficulty keep him from helping out when it's needed.

He might have to let ignorance do it, though. Mao looks between the jet skis and his companions, blinking a little. ]

Have either of you ever ridden one of these?

[ He's sure the fisherman will give them a crash course but that has the potential to be heavy on the crash if they're not careful. ]

[justchords]

(a sudden storm certainly wasn't something apollo came prepared for, stuck in sweatpants and a cheap rain jacket that won't hold up for very long in weather like this. but even with his dislike of the storm, apollo heads out to see what the town needs help with.

shoving the hair out of his face and blinking through the raindrops, he tries to squint out to sea to get a feel for how far the ships are stranded. he shakes his head at mao's question.) Not me. I'm not a strong swimmer, so I've never had much to do with water.

(that probably makes him ill-equipped to handle this situation, but he's apollo justice, and he's going to help people!!)

Sora and Atsushi, Professional Boat Rescuers

[destiny_key]

[The storm is rolling in quickly as Sora hops into the rowboat he and Atsushi have been allowed to use, the icy rain falling in droves across the ocean. The water is choppy, but still manageable, especially this close to shore, but if they don't hurry, it'll definitely get too rough to be able to even get out of the harbor.

The fisherman taking them out unties the lines from the iron cleats as Sora holds the boat steady for Atsushi to get in. It's been several years since he's used a rowboat like this, and he hopes he hasn't forgotten how.]

C'mon, hurry up and get in!

[beneathmoonlight]

R-right!!

[How does he get caught up in these messes? Ugh...

But he can’t flake out now, and he boards the boat alongside Sora, looking nervous as ever. The ship that they’ve set out to rescue is apparently being harassed by birds, but that’s the least of their worries right now. Atsushi helps to steady the boat, terrified of either of them falling overboard.]

Let’s...do our best.

[At least his rain slicker is helping to keep him dry.

The closer they get to the boat the more birds appear, and Atsushi has to wonder how they’re going to chase them off.]

U-um...do you have a plan?

Boat Rescue (Peter & Astin)

[burlyheart]

Another rescue team drove out into the sea again, the improvised lifeguard boat now circling around the harbor to look out for the last few ships. By the latest count, not everyone who had been out at see had been accounted for.

Peter makes it resounding clear to everyone on board that he's spotted a ship, yelling with volume to rival the ship's own whistles. But mid-sentence his voice is pulled down from a discovery.

"Over there! What - is that one sinking?!"

Re: Boat Rescue (Peter & Astin)

[unreasons]

Astin is nervous. Excited, but nervous. They're not used to anything this serious, but Astin is confident in their physical ability and can keep their head. Most of the time. At Peter's shout, they shade their eyes, squinting through the fog for a moment.

"...It's on the rocks. We have to help them! How close do you think we can get?"

Getting the harbor ready

[spes_phthisica]

[Soujirou would absolutely love to help out with the floundering ships out there on the waves, but while he's stubborn and occasionally reckless with his own health, he's not stupid. The air is already cold and moist, heavy to breathe, and it's no doubt going to be freezing, heavy and potentially very wet work. With his health, he just can't risk it. Not to mention that all the things he knows about boats can be counted on the fingers of one knee.

But he still needs to do something, and from the way the locals are acting, it's clear the storm is going to hit the entire harbor hard. Meaning it's not just the boats out there that are in danger, right? Sure, there aren't any people aboard the ones already moored, but they're still part of someone's living, right? Asking around a bit, people are only too happy to spread some of the more urgent tasks around, and to Soujirou ends up armed with both rope and a length of tarpaulin, along with instructions on where to find more. Then he just needs to-]

Ah, hello! [Just going to grab onto the arm of the closest person who isn't currently doing anything and smile widely.] Could you maybe help me out with something?

[standalonehuman]

Togusa has been out on the docks, occasionally casting very worried glances out to sea. Not all of the boats have been accounted for yet, but one of the people who is actually in charge around here noticed Togusa's overeagerness to go out there and 'grounded' him to the docks. A good call, because he would absolutely work himself to exhaustion if given half the chance. Except that tiredness would make him a risk on a boat if he made a mistake.

So, he's staying as close to the action as he can, and helping with the docks. As each boat comes in, it needs another wave of work to make sure that it doesn't get swept back out to sea and become another danger.

Togusa startles when Soujirou takes his arm, but he quickly recovers with a smile in return. "Absolutely." He tugs the hood of his rain slicker up more. "Where do you need me?"