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

[scythegun]

It really is a lot to take in...

[But he doesn't think Elda's lying about her experiences. So we've got a literal magic library. Wonderful.

But we've reached a fork in the road, with one path leading down a flat, rocky path and the other leading to a grassy hill. Jaeger glances up at the rocks again, then back to the other two.]

So, any preferences on which path we take?

[He's certainly got a preference in mind, but he'll wait to hear what they have to say.]

[matchbreaker]

... Obviously the grass, right?

[ LIKE??? EVERYTHING IS SHAKING??? WE SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE MORE STABLE AND WITH LESS ROCKS??? ]

[manufactured]

...That seems acceptable, yes...

[LESS...ROCKS...]

[scythegun]

Oh good, I'm glad to hear we're all in agreement!

[Let's head that way, then!!]

[matchbreaker]

Good! I'd shudder to think who'd want to be around loose rocks when it feels like we're in some quaking country.

[ Well then, let's get on walking into these grassy hills! She'll even take up the lead here, because she's pretty sure she has the best vision? Well, it'd be better at night, but. ]

[manufactured]

[...he should probably inform her at some point that his actually did not go to shit and that was the result of like 10+ years being undead and also two shots of poison directly to the vitals

but you know what he is also not wanting to go first, given that he's pretty sure that if he did and something sniped him from out of nowhere jaeger would kill him

that said if something snipes elda from out of nowhere he's gonna be pissed]

Rest assured, I don't think either of us are quite that reckless.

[scythegun]

[he's not gonna kill you, jeez!! but otherwise, yeah. yeah.]

Well, I know I'm not!

[It's teasing though, because of course it is.]

[matchbreaker]

I think it's been demonstrably shown I'm the least reckless of us three.

[ . . . Said the woman out in front.

Okay, we should have a good view at the top of this first hill ]

[manufactured]

I'm not that bad.

[Yes, he is.

That said, thankfully nobody's getting sniped in the head, and as a matter of fact this looks pretty nice? There's a pretty valley down there, and it's all very grassy and serene, and over on those hills way off in the distance there seem to be sheep.

...It'll take him a goddamn moment to realize that he should not be able to discern sheep at this distance.]

...Either something is tremendously off, or those are far larger than they have any right to be.

[scythegun]

[Oh, look, sheep. That's ni...ce...]

You're right. That's bizarre. I suppose we'll have to be careful when we get closer.

[It doesn't seem like there's anywhere else to go but back down to the fork in the road.]

[matchbreaker]

How far actually are--

[ She squints and then she makes to pull up her goggles, narrowing her eyes to get a better look. It hurts her eyes a lot but when she does she recognizes no - they're...

... They're coming closer now and- ]

We don't have a tree or anything to compare but those must be over ten feet tall, right?

[manufactured]

That seems a safe guess, yes -

[But they sure are moving, and Wesker should probably do something that isn't just kind of stare at them and wonder why? But those sure are a bunch of massive sheep in a big fucking hurry - no, they're rams, aren't they? They've got horns so he's pretty sure that makes them rams.

...He's sort of wondering if this is the wolf's fault somehow, because a bunch of rams aggressively on the move seems decidedly like a damn wolf's fault.]

...I have to wonder what they're doing.

[Approaching at great speed, Wesker, that's what.]

[scythegun]

We can wonder about how tall they are and what they're doing when we're somewhere safe!

[There isn't really anywhere to move to besides going back the way they came, and at the speed these rams are approaching, we're absolutely not going to be able to outrun them. Well. Maybe you two can, depending on how fast Elda is, but Jaeger is human and absolutely cannot.]

1/2

[matchbreaker]

[ ... Oh yikes that's a good point! ]

[matchbreaker]

- Well let's get going then! We can get out of the path, right?!

[ Or just run? Are we going - let's just go in the other direction... maybe??? Or something??? ]

[manufactured]

[...IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE ALL WENT TO THE PROMETHEUS SCHOOL OF RUNNING AWAY FROM THINGS]

Yes, yes, of course, if you're both going to insist on running don't stay in their path -

[To the side, guys, jesus christ why are y'all like this]

[scythegun]

[what do you expect from us, honestly.]

We're not going to be able to outrun them forever!

[As long as we can make it back to the fork in the path we should be fine, but this is absolutely not Jaeger's idea of a good time. Why this. At least he got his speed back recently?? He's still not going to be able to do this forever.]

[matchbreaker]

[ Okay we're running? Then she's...

... Not going to run? Or well, she is, but it's far less running and more "doing running leaps over and over" with each of those leaps sending her ahead between three or four meters at a time and using that to make up for not having super speed or anything.

... So basically super leg muscles. ]

Well, if they aren't chasing us, we might be fine!

[manufactured]

[...You know, that's a valid point - are they chasing us?

Wesker will actually stop at that, turning to get a look at whatever it is those rams are doing; they seem to be...actually paying them very little mind, given that they aren't changing course to pursue. They seem to have a goal in mind, another path they're going towards, and...that sure is a glittering gemstone in the horns of one of them, isn't it, what the christ is that.]

That's something, isn't it.

[It's more to himself than anything, but you know what, it's out there anyway.]

[scythegun]

What's something?

[...]

And don't stop there, Albert!

[you can probably outrun the rams anyway but come on!!]

[matchbreaker]

[ Something?

That makes her stop with her running too to look and...

She doesn't see it immediately? But man, it turns out things with big legs can move quite fast, shit. ]

[manufactured]

There's something on it - I don't imagine people just put jewelry on their sheep for no reason.

[...these things are really moving aren't they

not like wesker is moving much himself right now because what is survival instinct but you know what if he gets hit by a giant-ass ram he'll probably be fine

...not happy about it but fine]

[scythegun]

No probably not, but unless you've got a way up there to get a better look, we're better off forgetting it for now!

[matchbreaker]

Going at the pace you're keeping, can we really escape though?

[ Still, she's sort of bouncing as if wanting to run more... but. ]

[manufactured]

[elda, be nice.

...That said.]

Upwards is an option, you know. You recall that memory you saw in the train when we were down there, don't you?

[You know. Twenty-foot jump straight up off of the wall.]