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

[justchords]

Then we'll have to hope he performed his actions as dishonestly as he sounds. (meaning apollo is hoping for some forged evidence around here! it sounds rather like things were put in place a little too well for this "entrepreneur", which is usually a sign of corruption somewhere along the line.

but there's a hook there, something for apollo to focus on intently. if everything is as against this man as they sound, then surely the owner of the harbor would be against it, as well.) What form of approval did he get? A signature? A video or voice recording? Has anyone spoken to the owner of the harbor to attest to this?

[burlyheart]

"It's his signature on the paper," the village leader sounds lost at where this train of thought is going.

"He hasn't been contacted, but even if he protested why would we take one form of his word over another?"

[Peter thinks while listening to both the mayor and Apollo, and the exchange about the line of approval that must go through.]

A way of taking back someone's word...there would need to be something that questions its legitimacy itself. [Peter turns to Apollo.] If this paper did come out of nowhere, the real source would be the man himself.

[justchords]

("it's his signature on the paper." "he hasn't been contacted." "one form of his word over another."

the more that's said, the more apollo has a sinking feeling about all of this. no one bothered to check if the signature was legitimate, and even worse, no one has even asked the owner of the harbor. his face grows grim as the possibility becomes more and more evident, crossing his arms as he thinks long and hard over this.) Because one form might not be his actual word.

(if there's even a single reason to think this entrepreneur has forged a document in any way, apollo has to take that chance to investigate with peter. and he shares a knowing look with peter as he can tell they both came to a similar conclusion.) It's possible this man may have forged the document as well as the signature.

[burlyheart]

[Peter raises an eyebrow. When the village leader started to talk about paperwork and deeds Peter thought he was the one used to such things, forging and lying and other greedy petty acts. But, from the sense of knowing in his eyes, it seems Apollo also feels some familiarity.]

For something of this scale? In some sense that makes it more likely, but also more sinister.

[justchords]

(it's hard not to see the way peter looks at him, and to that look, apollo can only shrug indifferently.) I'm a law student, I have to be aware of the penalties of forged evidence.

(it's like the "don't do drugs" for lawyers. don't present forged evidence, you'll lose your career and maybe go to jail, it's a slippery slope for a lot of illegal things.) Have any of the documents been examined for evidence of forgery?

[burlyheart]

"Forgery? That would be one of Pesgare's biggest crimes..."

[As the village leader seems to find that possibility even more unlikely, Peter closes his eyes and shrugs, like the task he's been doing has been done.]

Mr. Justice, I think we've found our win-win solution.

[justchords]

Now, wait, wait a second, hold on. (they're certainly headed in the right direction with this, they can all see it, but apollo still tries to bring the situation down just a notch.) We only suspect him of forgery, and we have nothing concrete, this is all conjecture right now. We need to gather evidence, have him present the documents he says are signed to a handwriting expert or something, gather testimony, preferably from the harbor owner and those who know him. Just accusing him of this crime would be slander, and we can't have that disrupt the people of the town.