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

[matchbreaker]

[ That's because it was. She sighs a little, shaking her head and wondering when it was she started to give "strong" answers to everything to have someone call her out to a weak one. ]

I don't like the idea of calling it selfish. I think it's just a mater of compatibility.

[liberal_arts]

Please don't understand. I'm not calling it a bad thing. But...

... It feels like it's important that *you* be their mother, yes? No one else, am I right? If I'm completely off base, please say so!

[matchbreaker]

No, no, that was vital.

[ . . . If someone else had gotten closer to Silver, that jealousy would have - ]

Well, mostly. It's something that goes both ways, because I wanted to be their mother, I wanted them to be happy. If I couldn't do it, then...

[ Well, I could pretend that would be okay. ]

But I wanted them to be mine. I wanted them.

[liberal_arts]

-Kasen shook his head, giving a dismissive wave of his hand.-

There's no reason to dwell the what ifs. I don't think there's one thing wrong with how you feel.

[matchbreaker]

Nor I, of course.

[ Just, well, she doesn't want to be too overbearing for her son in the room. ]

But yes, that's the answer to my hesitation there.

[liberal_arts]

I can understand, though personally, I find that sort of 'selfishness' to be quite admirable. There is no illusions of some kind of grander, holy nobility. It's how family works. At least... ideally, how it should work.

[matchbreaker]

Sheesh, that's something you think about? [ She laughs a little, taking up her glass and taking a sip. No one said a new never have I ever right then but she's sure she missed one or two so that's fair. ] I had someone else try to argue the same the other day, and I'm not sure if wanting the best for people makes you that holy.

[liberal_arts]

People tend to treat selfishness and selflessness as a dichotomy, but in all honesty, they can easily influence one another. Like a feedback loop. And if someone does something selfless for selfish reasons, I just think they're that much more honest with themselves.

[matchbreaker]

Sure, sure, you can think that if you want. I'm not even sure it's wrong, but I know no one's thinking that hard about it in the moment. Or I know I sure don't.

[liberal_arts]

OH! Of course! I'm an artist, I think this way about everything. -That explained everything and yet somehow nothing at the same time.-

[matchbreaker]

[ That just gets another laugh-snort at that before going to take another longer sip.

Fair enough, artist. Two of them here, huh. ]