TEAM FOUR EVENT LOG

[recollecters]

MAGATUS

READY: START. Roster: Noah Isaacs + Gunther Schwarz, Gintaro Suzukaze + Elda Marker, Dave Strider + Byakuya Kirigiri, Shouto Todoroki + Akira Kurusu, Eren Jaeger + Yusuke Kitagawa, Soleil Beaufort + Vera Weisz, Alessandro Vinsmoke + Yu Narukami, Cleo Ritter + Minako Arisato, Penelope Raban + Olive Freya Yun, Orihime Inoue + Matthew Murdock, Ryouta Ono + Baren Kaiyou, Prompto Argentum + Keigo Higashino, Zaveid Taleb + Ragna Edgson, Amelia Wagner + Kasen Kaneda On the morning of the fourth at 9am, you'll find yourself gathering at the Recollé Zoo and Aquarium. Many of you will find yourself partnered up and with a name in mind, and awaiting in front of you is a large bus with the Retrospec logo on the hood. A text comes through not long after, Zee's name attached. I'm no Ms. Frazzle, but I think this bus will do the trick. Hope you packed a book or something. Upon boarding the bus you'll find that's it's equipped for a longer road trip. There are snacks, books, video game consoles, and even a few beds and bathrooms. Just as well, seeing how you're going to be traveling north of the city, traveling through the woods for about seven hours. As you travel, the sky begins to change colors and the temperature drops toward the end of your journey. Outside the window you'll see a mountain range and snow on the ground, and stars streak across the sky as you enter the beautiful region of Magatus. Permanently semi-dark with beautiful colors streaking across the sky, Magatus is filled with rivers, grass, coniferous trees and snow-capped mountains. The temperature is quite frigid, so travelers will need to bundle up! The region known as Magatus is fairly open and while there may not a huge population like Recollé, there are small clusters of buildings and homes that characters can find by exploring this region. There is roughly 1,500 square miles to cover in the area claiming to be Magatus and some parts of this region may experiences changes in weather including heavy snow, ice, and blackouts. Most of the towns are quaint and friendly though most people appear to mind their own business. If spoken to, they will explain that they’ve been enjoying their time alone and away from the hustle and bustle of city life, though it may be a little hard to know if this is actually true. Some of the younger ones will say they’ve lived here their whole life, but most will shy away from the topic of where they came from. Shops that can be found seem to range in the realm of basic general stores, hardware stores, mini foodmarts, and weaponry. The Magatus people truly live a simple life. The true nature of this region doesn’t seem to come out until nightfall, however. As the light fades and the sky darkens, the colors brighten above and the sound of wolves begin howling nonstop. Depending, you may even hear the sound of snarling and growling, quick footsteps crunching through fresh snow and irritated barking. The townspeople know better than to stay out at night when the wolves run and the shadows dance, and they would advise that anyone from out of town take cover. Too bad they won’t invite you in. You’re on your own out in the wilderness. This is the Team Four 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 Four is as follows: 3RD: Objective 1 posted (9PM EST) | Threading for Travel to Location | Threading for Objective One Objective 2: Assigned after objective one is completed. Objective 3: Assigned after objective two is completed. Mar 3rd: Time all objectives must be complete! (9PM EST) 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 ONE;

[recollecters]

You're on your own. You're on your own out in the wilderness and it's up to you to find shelter for the night. Before the townspeople turn you away, however, you may learn a few important features that will help with your survival for the night. The wolves run at night and they're moving in on the town, picking off livestock and even a few people who are left out in the dark. To protect the town, the wolves must be tracked and stopped. They'll retreat and disappear during the day, acting in the night as a menacing force that grows closer and closer to destroying the peace the town has.

You want to be helpful? Stop them before they stop you.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Locate where the pack of wolves are to stop them before they take over the town.

This will involve a lot of puzzles, teamwork, combat and navigation. You may very will be attacked by things that go bump in the night, or you may end up lost.

Here is a suggested list of sub-objectives you can assign sub-groups to in order to complete this objective:

-Leave the town and begin exploring, receiving a compass from one of the elders in the main part of town that will spin when groups head in the right direction
-Explore the forest paths, solving the riddles and twists and turns of the forest
-Fight the other threats in the night
-Follow the howls of the wolves
-Explore the mountain paths
-Talk to other members of the town to obtain more information

You may split up into small groups! To streamline, the NPC may be willing to sort you into small groups! Please let the moderators know if that is an option you'd like to do by sending a text to Zee in the NPC text thread. From there, you may pick your objectives. Once these sub-objectives are complete, the moderators will post a closer for this objective for the group to lead you to the pack of wolves and move into objective two.

Threads which progress toward this objective should be reported to this toplevel. Your primary objective cannot be completed solo, and will require you to work as a team!

Please comment here with your selections and group members so that the moderators may provide you with information and clear the thread!

forest exploration

[parodeity]

-Explore the forest paths, solving the riddles and twists and turns of the forest

-->dave, orihime, byakuya, penelope

what's up

[recollecters]

It's super dark, first of all. The further you go into the forest, the darker it grows and the sky above loses its color as the trees branch together and create a kind of shade over them. Exploring the forest will reveal that there are howls in several directions and they will come across lovely things such as bones, bloodied snow, torn clothing and etc.

They will find a multitude of obstacles in their way, and they will find that every time they turn right the trees branch closer together forcing them to walk in a very narrow path. For every third right turn they make, they will find themselves walking in the wrong direction though they may be able to figure this pattern out and find another way. There will be essentially holes as well that they may step in and the snow will act as a gravitating force pulling them downward.

However, at the end of a path they will find what appears to be a cave. Let me know when you guys get that far and if they would explore this cave, especially given there appears to be a dying lantern in it.

[parodeity]

every team gets a compass, yes, or is it 1 per all of us? (just to check if there would be any help from the compass in finding their way, there's some confusion over if it's everyone or just that group)

[parodeity]

hello! they see this mysterious lantern light and would like to investigate

fights!

[cattack]

-Fight the other threats in the night

Cleo, Minako, Vera, Soleil, and Freya!

[recollecters]

Sticking closer to the town is still helpful as there are other threats that loom around in the dark. While the town is protected for now, as the night draws on and it grows dark, this group will find that the snow around them will begin to swirl as they patrol or try to find shelter.

If they cast a light in the area, or if they step out of bounds (about 25 feet from the main town), several creatures will seemingly form from frost and shadow, ready to snuff out any lights or fire around the area. They're hard to hit as they're wispy, but it is possible to lock them in place if you lure them toward a building or a solid surface. They can also be fought with physical force as the longer they exist, the more solid they will become. If touched by these creatures, your character's temperature will drastically drop!

You will have to defeat them or last until the morning. Whichever comes first.

[cattack]

So, Cleo has ice magic, and Freya has fire magic! Will either of these do anything in particular to the monsters here? If Cleo were to try to freeze them in place, or Freya used fire on them, would anything in particular happen past magic damage?

GEN EXPLORATION

[maskreant]

- Leave the town and begin exploring, receiving a compass from one of the elders in the main part of town that will spin when groups head in the right direction

Akira, Shouto, Yusuke, Zoro

aka team put your adult on a leash

[recollecters]

One of the places that this group will be led toward is a marshy area not too far from the town, an area that the group passed by on their bus. They will find a semi-frozen lake and several pawprints in the snow as they continue their trek. It's about three miles outside of town, so fairly close yet just far enough. They will find that these pawprints seem to lead in several directions including the forest and the mountains, but at the lake they'll find chunks of ice floating in the water. Sitting across from the lake is a black wolf, staring at them from beyond. The lake is too wide to go around and they will have to hop their way across the ice if they want to catch the wolf.

Granted, under the water, there are also these friendly guys who will snap at anyone who's crossing their territory and try to pull them under the water.

Let me know if they manage to get to the wolf!

[glaciers]

Shouto iced over the lake, are the fishy guys strong enough to break the ice and drag them down?

[glaciers]

Okay, the managed to get across the lake!

what tracking skills

[mercurio]

-Follow the howls of the wolves

> prompto, keigo, kasen, amelia

[recollecters]

Following the howls will lead them to a fairly rocky area full of caves. The howls will echo even louder as they enter the caves and explore them and while several of the caves are empty, they will experience what can only be described as earthquakes that cause cave-ins! They may find themselves blocked in and will have to find their way out.

However, after a series of earthquakes, they will find that the howls are louder than ever and will come across a single baby. The wolf will howl again, the loud sound echoing and it will flicker to a full-sized wolf before disappearing. It will also leave behind what looks like...a pile of bones? Huh. You may want to bring those back, too.

[smothershadow]

Are the bones the puppy leaves behind human or animal in nature?

[mercurio]

when the cave-ins happen, will they basically not be able to find a way out from where they came in? so the cave they end up finding the baby wolf in will have another exit further in, yeah?

are there any sources of light in the caves?

does anything special happen when they pick up the pile of bones, or are they on the safe trek back to the town from there?

[loudmouths]

slides over

i should ask: is there anything in the environment that would trigger keigo's sixth sense? vaguely or not so vaguely...

[mercurio]

oh another question!

will the howling stop, inside and outside the cave, after they collect the bones?

now under the correct header

[smothershadow]

We've survived the cave in, met the puppy, watched the wolf disappear, and collected the bones. Is there anything else we need to do before finding the exit?

obtain more info

[concasse]

-Talk to other members of the town to obtain more information

--> Yu, Sanji, Baren, Silver, and Elda

Eeeeeey

[recollecters]

Sup.

So talking to the other members of the town will net the information that the wolves have been terrorizing the town for months since around October and that the townspeople have yet to track down their location or take them out. These creatures are slaughtering their wildlife and livestock and while they've sent hunting parties out most of them have never returned.

They'll suggest some areas that are safer to camp as well and provide the group with some guns, congratulations!

On the other hand, some other members are more chatty than others and will mention that this area used to be more of a skiing area, tourist-y and more full of life than it is now. Very far north there's an abandoned ski slope that people used to utilize, but the wolves have run off anyone who strays that far.

In addition, they will advise on other areas to set traps, and comment that the wolves are louder in the woods especially under the light of a full moon...is there a moon? That's a great question. When you look up it's too hard to tell with all of the bright colors in the sky.

[matchbreaker]

RE: Advising campsites and traps and such would the general store here be willing to sell camping supplies or would those be provided on the bus so we have a means to actually set up a camp or traps?

[covenantal]

SO HEY THERE.

Yu, Baren, and Silver's mini group is going to ask NPCs if they noticed a fog roll in during October.

What would the answer to this question be?

mountain paths!

[sivard]

-Explore the mountain paths

Zaveid, Wesker, Jaeger, Matt

[recollecters]

Exploring the mountain paths reveal rocky terrain filled with icy patches including black ice. It's incredibly slippery heading over the paths but there are several to explore. They will find that the higher they go the more likely the path will crumble at their feet, but even so, the higher they go they will notice a black wolf walking ahead of them darting up the mountainside.

Even with the dangers, would they continue climbing to chase this wolf?