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: Feb 3rd: Objective 1 posted (9PM EST) | Threading for Travel to Location | Threading for Objective One Objective 2: Info about Objective Two | Threading for Objective Two Objective 3: Info about Objective Three | Threading for Objective Three | Objective Three point Five 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

[manufactured]

Ethics aside, I'm not certain why Retrospec would decide an eight-year-old would be useful in any capacity...? From a practical standpoint.

[...he said baren's life was of very little consequence earlier wesker is not a sensitive man]

[matchbreaker]

Precisely!

[ You know what even before his empathy totally broke, Elda was used to him sort of responding in dull ways to questions of ethics? So she just rolls with it, seething a little and knocking a first down on to her other palm. Mmmrrr ]

Even assuming the eight year old's soul belonged to Wonder Man, he's still an eight year old in this life, and there's no way an eight year old is prepared to handle some of the things people here have seen.

[manufactured]

Exactly.

[...............]

Wonder Man?

[matchbreaker]

... You know, that comic hero? He flies and shoots beams out of his eyes and whatnot?

[manufactured]

[...

give him a moment and let him gesture in the vague direction of our vigilante hero over there.]

In my defense, we have called that man so many different things in the span of the past two weeks that it took me a moment to sort out that you were not referring to him owning an eight-year-old's soul. I have no idea why he would, but absolutely nothing would surprise me at this point.

[matchbreaker]

... I don't think he's the sort, honestly.

[ She exhales. ]

I don't know what to make of him other than a sense of familiarity, but he did once save my life.

[manufactured]

He's not a terrible person, from what I've experienced. A bit odd, perhaps, but aren't we all at this point.

[matchbreaker]

Yeah, aren't we all?

[ She glances over Daredevil... ]

... I'm not sure what to call him either, now you mention it. I don't think I'd pick Wonder Man.

[manufactured]

[He shrugs a little.]

We were calling him everything from Red Devil to Cat Man. He told me that he didn't have a preference, so I've been calling him Malaika.

[matchbreaker]

[ M...alaika? she wrinkles her nose and then tries to guess for language uh - ]

Romanian?

[manufactured]

Swahili, of all things.

[matchbreaker]

... You got Swahili?

[ She thought French and Japanese was weird. ]

[manufactured]

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised; I did business in Africa for a while.

[matchbreaker]

Oh, fair.

[ ... ]

She lived in both northern France and Japan, so that explains mine.

[manufactured]

I've picked up another African dialect as well, I believe, though I haven't worked out which just yet. I only suddenly understood a few of the words I've written down in notes for myself regarding that portion of my life.

[matchbreaker]

Oh, did you get a journal or something from the mailbox before now?

[ that would be convenient. ]

[manufactured]

...Well, yes, but that was far older and a fair amount of it is blank.

[Wesker, why.]

I keep notes on everything I remember, however. It bothers me if I don't; I'm concerned I'll lose details if I try to adhere to memory alone.

[matchbreaker]

That suits you. Honestly, the way I've ended up keeping any sort of "record" is to sketch out the figures I remember.

[ Which is nowhere near as precise. And you know, speaking of sketches... well. She tries to lean in to glance at his notes because rude I guess. ]

[manufactured]

[...Elda, oh my god.]

It's likely not going to look like much.

[He'll turn it a bit so she can take a look, though, because that ain't subtle.]

[matchbreaker]

... It looks like pasta?

[ She was intending / hoping to see some notes but wow that's... sure an image. ]

[manufactured]

It's Uroboros. When it's not... [...not, you know...] ...Excella. That's what it normally looks like.

[welcome to resident evil 5 and beyond, where once in a while people just explode into angry spaghetti because of course they do]

[matchbreaker]

... Like on a cellular level?

[ Or is that like... a person? ]

[manufactured]

No.

[...yeah that's some random-ass majini test subject, uh]

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . Oh.

God that's so disgusting. God, who would even create something like this (Albert Wesker)? Her mind races with thoughts like that for a long moment, but she blinks her eyes to look past it and nods a little. ]

So this is what happens to those with it, and from there, it eats other biological material to expand, correct?

[manufactured]

Yes - it's possible to come into contact with reasonably small portions of it and not be consumed by it, if you're quick enough in relieving contact and distancing yourself from it, but that's the basic gist of how it works. And if it gets inside your body...well.

[The drawing happens.]