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

[grumpei]

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. ]

[playdolls]

[ 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... ]

[ohrlyeh]

He was trying to remake the town into something better and not as fake. Besides, the town would've died anyway. At least here, he would've allowed it to have a quick, painless ending...

[He scoffs, finally just pushing the box along, wanting to focus on anything but his overwhelming nausea.]

Swim? [He turns his head - even with the sunglasses on, it's clear he's glaring at the ocean.] I...almost drowned once. I don't want to repeat the experience. I know how to, barely, but I'm hardly the best...

[grumpei]

[ He won't say anything in response to Howard's justification, but he can't help rolling his eyes. They'll just have to agree to disagree on that. ]

Depends what you mean by swim. In a pool? Sure, can swim laps around and tread water all you want. But in a storm out on the ocean, where the water's choppy and the current's pulling you under? Pretty sure only Water Woman herself could swim in that.

[ Not that he's actually tried, of course... he just assumes that should be the case. And doesn't really want to risk it otherwise. ]

[playdolls]

I would be fine!

[ Pitou asserts this with no real evidence to back any of that up. ]

I will contemplate saving you if you fall in, but you might want to offer me some kind of payment beforehand.

[ It's hard to tell if they are joking and their sharp smile and gleaming eyes definitely do not establish further clarity. ]

[ohrlyeh]

Why are you even talking about that? I don't plan in falling in the water anytime soon.

[He quirks an eyebrow over at Pitou, mouth twisting into a frown.]

Besides, I don't have any money on me...sorry. Find somebody else to fund your...well, heroics.

[grumpei]

[ Junpei can't help but feel a little skeptical of Pitou's offer, himself. ]

Yeah, same here. Think I'll focus my efforts on staying dry in the first place.

[ Though that comment of Howard's does make him pause for a moment in deep thought... or maybe not so deep: ]

Though I guess you can't really call it 'heroic' if you had to be bribed into it, can you?

[playdolls]

Too bad, I'll tell everyone you drowned bravely when I go back without you.

[ This is unfriendly and morbid, but that is also the Pitou way. ]

Any next of kin I should notify?

[ohrlyeh]

...What? Like I said, I'm not planning on drowning.

[He pushes up the sunglasses starting to slide down his nose. That's nonsense, right? He can't drown. Well, literally (thanks, new retrospec superpower), but either way, he doesn't want to tempt fate. He feels the nausea start to peak and he has to stop, shaking his head as he pointedly turns his gaze away from the ocean.]

You make it sound like you're going to drown us...

[grumpei]

Yeah, kin you knock it off?

[ He's not entirely sure if they're joking or not - clearly they're not mentally stable, based on looks alone, so the topic of conversation does make him a little uneasy. At the very least, he'll be mindful to keep his distance for the time being. ]

If nothing else, this will get done faster if we work together. And I think we can all agree that that's a good thing.

[playdolls]

Ugh. None of that, that was terrible.

[ Pitou's appreciation for puns has decreased considerably since people started making cat ones in their presence nigh on constantly. ]

Are we, or are we not working together? Do we need to hold hands and sing too?

[ Their disdain for this imaginary scene is dripping. ]