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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] recolle2018-03-03 06:01 pm

MARCH EVENT LOG

EVENT
FOUNDER'S DAY
The city of Recollé. With everything that happened in the last month, the townspeople are excited to proceed with their festivities as normal. The Mayor, though a little wary of public appearances now, makes his way through town atop his beloved Chocobo, Seabiscuit, a megaphone in his hand and shouting to everyone he passes.

"Welcome to Founder's Day! Let's do our part and celebrate the city that we love."

I.
At noon sharp, the bands strikes up again as crowds gather around Tribunal Terrace. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the main attraction! That's right, it's time for the annual Founder's Day Parade featuring the city's newly elected royalty: King Yogi Perowna, Queen Kara Lee, Prince Kasen Kaneda, Princess Elizabeth Velveteen , Duke Garfield Logan, and Duchess Charlotte Williams. The marching bands play with gusto as they stride through the streets, the Recollé High and Recollé University cheerleaders right behind them. Beautiful floats follow in their wake, all decorated with flowers and depicting the historical events of the city.

At the head of the parade is the Mayor on Seabiscuit, proudly trotting up front with the head of police, the head of the fire house and the rest of those who had been kidnapped following right after them on another float. Looking no worse for the wear, they're all smiles and grandeur waving and greeting the citizens of the city.

At the end of the parade, the Mayor remains in Tribunal Terrace and steps up to the mic.

"We would like to give a special thanks to those brave enough to venture into the tunnels to rescue us. Our captors have been dealt with and today we will honor our rescue team for their service."


If present at this time, Eleanor Lamb, Yoon-sung Lee, Lucy Takada, Hinata Aoi, Sakura Tohsaka, Frederick Baudin, Tatsuo Kihara, Elizabeth Velveteen, Yukiko Amagi, Tatsuma Hiyuu, Jirou Hirata, Kenta Ooshima, Alexander Von Cumore, Rossiu Adai, and Kurt Wagner will be invited up to the front to receive a medal of honor. It's a shiny golden Chocobo.

Like other Founder's Day celebrations in the past, several shops across the city have discount sales on items in the Towers, coffee drinks at Expressive, a marathon of historical films at Flix and more. Celebrate your home if you'd like. It's a nice break from it all.

II.

But what about those of you who have been city-bound for the whole month? What about those of you who have spent the last month exploring the boundaries outside of the city and helping to build the roads to new destinations? Thanks to the efforts of Retrospec users, several locations have now been stabilized and users may explore these areas to their heart's content. With Pesgare three hours south by boat, Respatrum an hour east and underground, Bosuma two hours west through the Recollé Woods and Magatus seven hours north from the city, visitors may come and go to explore the regions and their points of interest.

The travel may take some time and the scenery will change around you as you go. Those same monsters from before continue to lurk just outside of the city and on the path to these locations and wild flora sprawls over various pathways. Take some time to study them if you'd like.

And speaking of study, along the way you'll find various road signs and warnings along the way including giant man-eating frogs, fire-breathing horses, severe flood warnings and more. In addition you will find large directories in the middle of the road pointing you in the directions of the four locations.

What's going on in these other places though? Well....

III.
Over in Pesgare the fishing village has been saved from the hands of a greedy buyer and the villagers are in the midst of celebration. After the big rainstorm that occurred at the end of February, the seaside village begins setting out wares for sale in their marketplace that buyers may peruse. Items for sale include fish, paintings, clothing, books, handmade jewelry and more.

On occasion though, you may find yourself in the midst of another rain shower as they come periodically in this area. While some of you may be prepared and have an umbrella on hand, others will notice that the rain is an iridescent color that falls and curves in arcs. Getting soaked by the rain may invoke a strange desire to cause a scene and yell dramatically at whoever is close by (and perhaps even belt it out if you're unfortunately unlucky), and so it may be wise to find shelter soon before you say things you'll come to regret.

IV.
Meanwhile in Respatrum the workers continue on down in the forge and begin creating new wares with the gems discovered by the exploration group from the month before. It's hot down here, boiling almost and the fires on all side means the heat's not letting up anytime soon. With caves and walkways and forges to explore, you may find yourself observing the creation of silver platters, swords, furniture and more.

Further down in the region in one of the lower rings, you may hear the sound of loud cheering and applause as you enter into a large stadium. In the center of the ring is a man with a red cape, waving it in front of a burning, burly bull. A final flourish sends the bull back into its pen, raring and ready to go the next round.

Who's up next? Why, it's you! Without warning the organizer of the bull fights grabs you by the shoulders and hands you a cape, shoving you straight into the ring with the crowd roaring above you and the bull bursting out of its cage. Think fast! Your life may depend on it.

V.

Out in Bosuma, the color's been restored to several of the flowers and trees and the people of the forest have been returned to their cottages. The creatures of the forest appear to be out and around including rabbits, squirrels, giant woodpeckers and rainbow-colored deer that aren't afraid to approach people. In fact, all of the creatures appear content to welcome these newcomers and show them around the forest.

It's at night when the real show starts. Several large, blooming flowers begin to glow in various neon colors. For those who stick around and walk through the large gardens, they'll notice that colored pollen also appears to be falling from the flowers, leaving a mist over you that sweeps over you like a soft waterfall. Depending on the color though, you may find yourself feeling a little different...will you fight or will you embrace these sudden emotions?

VI.

Meanwhile things in Magatus are snowy and blustery as ever, but the townspeople seem to be in higher spirits now that their wolf problem is alleviated. With their shops open for business and the bright colors in the sky, the area is almost peaceful and perfect just to get away from it all.

On occasion, you may see a black wolf darting in and out of the shadows watching over the town and the people coming to it. The path appears to be clear now and with a little navigating and a bit of a climb, you'll come across the newly up and running ski lodge. Plenty of cozy couches and fireplaces makes this lodge the perfect place to sleep and the rooms the original exploration team went through appear to be outfitted to be sleeping quarters now.

Up on the mountain, however, there will be a fully operating ski lift and several mountain paths for all of you adrenaline junkies wishing to ski, snowboard and more. In fact, several of the locals will even begin teaching lessons and hold competitions for those of you into that kind of thing. Seems pretty safe, right?

But the higher you go, the more you begin to feel like you're floating. In fact, the higher the elevation, the higher you will be lifted off the ground until you cap out floating a foot in the air. How are you going to get back down the mountain? Well, good luck with that.

BONUS.
Several of you may notice that the heart-shaped stone from February still hasn't disappeared. However, as the Founder's Day parade begins all emotional transfer stops.
The heart's color seems to settle and all cracks and fissures are permanent. It's no longer in danger of cracking if you ignore your feelings, but it serves as a reminder that you should take care of yourself.

Later in the day, all Retrospec users will receive a message from Zee.

Assessment passed. We stabilized the four regions and you're no longer in danger of going native if you head out there. Feel free to explore and stuff. There's still a lot out there we don't know about, but it may be best to get a head start.

Oh, and the hearts? Also stable for now. It's...if you feel any different or you realize something's missing, come talk to us? We might be able to fix it.

The RRI will be taking more volunteers for other assignments as things come up. You'll probably hear from me sooner or later.


The hearts will still project the thing that you love to the front of your mind so long as you hold it, but it's in no danger of shattering. Best of luck, Retrospecters.

Welcome to [community profile] recolle's March log! The prompts are simply loose guidelines for you guys to play with and make up your own fun adventures for the entire month! You may also create your own logs or inbox threads based on these prompts.

This will be a fairly lowkey month meant for travel, exploration and recouping from the last month's event! As of 3/3 all groups will ICly be back in the city. The event feedback post will go up on 3/4 along with information about the new world changes that may take place and the upcoming quest board.

Any questions you have regarding this event may be directed to the mod comment here.
hauntedsavior: (turned your back on affinity)

[personal profile] hauntedsavior 2018-03-08 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[god, she doesn't ever want to be in a position of authority over someone. that shit sounds exhausting, and she'd rather people be honest with her. or at least be halfway decent at lying if they do have to put up a front. this kid's not bad.]

Sure as hell is. Hope you're not still bothering with school. Seems kind of pointless when magic exists.

[she's also a terrible role model.]

I dropped out of college and I turned out okay. And that was before I had some of the best excuses in the world just popping up around me.
digthefuzz: (watch | probably teasing)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2018-03-08 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You can? Well, I guess I do have some kingly good looks! [He smirks proudly.] If you ever need any royal advice, you know where to look.
digthefuzz: (watch | guten tag)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2018-03-08 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Snow way! [He exclaims in disbelief.]

Think of all of the cool things you can do with snow! Snowball fights, snowmen, snow angels... [He counts on his fingers, but stops at three.] ...Plenty of fun stuff!
digthefuzz: (Default)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2018-03-08 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno, but that's always what they talk about! [He shrugs.]

But yeah, I get your point. That's some solid stuff! Man, how about making them have a class about playing video games?
toobigtohandle: (ceremony)

[personal profile] toobigtohandle 2018-03-08 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kenta looks slightly puzzled at the congratulations at first. He's not quite used to people knowing about his life and taking a benevolent interest in it.]

Oh. Thank you.

Jirou is in full planning mode already.
toobigtohandle: (this is fine)

[personal profile] toobigtohandle 2018-03-08 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm up for company, and it might be easier with someone who already knows the place.

I'm planning on taking the horse, too. I figure it'll be a nice outing for him as well.

unreasons: (^///^)

[personal profile] unreasons 2018-03-08 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
LARPing is for nerds. I only cosplay.

[ They say without a hint of irony. Okay maybe a little irony. ]

Pfff. I'm not planning on living up to my original self. As interesting as they are I have my own life now, you know?
thesettingsun: smile (well it's a beautiful place)

[personal profile] thesettingsun 2018-03-08 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
How much are boats, usually?

[Because one, Shuji has no idea, and two, he knows clothes get much more expensive than some people realize.]
cardcaptured: <user name=crysella site=livejournal.com> (But the sign outside)

........... this is true, no one wants a grey ten year old

[personal profile] cardcaptured 2018-03-08 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Xiaolang was dimly aware of Sakura summoning her staff as he attempted to lead the raging animal away from her, attention more occupied with not getting trampled to pieces than anything else. It was a task that was difficult for even more experienced fighters, and it was due to a mix of sheer luck and natural athleticism that helped him keep one step away from the flaming bull. That, and... well, the few other talismans he threw at that thing to keep it back helped too. But it was hard to tell who was herding who at this point, and Xiaolang realized a bit too late he was looping back around to Sakura...

And then a sickening thud echoes throughout the stadium, and he chances a look back, eyes widening as the bull staggers back from some sort of invisible barrier. That was Sakura's work, wasn't it? He dimly remembered her showing him a Shield card, back when he was sick and in a fevered haze, so it made sense. His head whips towards her as she calls his name, and he dashes over to meet her, hands settling on her shoulders as he gives her a once over. It was a little pointless, given how the bull hadn't even done anything before he leapt in, but he wanted to be sure--]


Sakura! Are you alright?

[Never mind about him, and his struggle to catch his breath as he asks-- although for once, he managed to get out of this unscathed. The noise of the monstrous beast slamming, again and again, against the shield around them doesn't escape his notice, however, and his brow furrows. He wasn't sure about the limitations of her cards and what they could withstand just yet, so they had to think of a Plan B, and quickly. His brown eyes lock with her green ones, serious and focused, ignoring his usual shy tendencies now that both of their lives were on the line.]

What cards do you have on you right now? Anything that could possibly subdue this thing?

[personal profile] cardcaptured 2018-03-08 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[The reprimand from this... guy (Seriously, he was like... only a year or two older than he was, from the looks of it? Who was he to tell him what to do--) gets him to wrinkle his nose a little in irritation. 'I know how to handle my own sword' is on the edge of Xiaolang's lips, ready to volley back at this green haired oddball, but he bites it down, opting to keep his hands to his sides and take a step back as requested. Maybe he knew how to do it, but this other guy probably didn't, and no one wants to deal with sliced open hands today.

He waits until Gar settles his sword back onto rack before he moves in to swipe it back up, sliding it into the sheath tucked under his other arm. A bit of a bold move, really, although the sheath does seem to match it...]


Because it belongs to me. [It's said slowly, deliberately, as if trying to explain something to a small(er) child. But, since he hadn't been clear on it before:]

It was from Retrospec. And I don't appreciate other people trying to take it and claim it for themselves.

[There's also like... magical properties and stuff to it too, but Xiaolang's so deep in denial about having any sort of magic that he's not going to mention any of that???]
liberal_arts: (dosu kiri)

[personal profile] liberal_arts 2018-03-08 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe? I just know I'm stuck with it when I really would have preferred to be in bed right now.
liberal_arts: (hot and pissed off)

[personal profile] liberal_arts 2018-03-08 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It's being used inelegantly, but that does not mean the sword, or it's wielder, are not without their own beauty.

-Once again, he didn't have to try very hard to avoid her swing. He lets out a small sigh.- Stop. I shouldn't have given you that challenge. There's nothing that can be accomplished by you getting this angry.
digthefuzz: (watch | groove thing)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2018-03-08 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kurt was excited to try out some snowboarding! He was confident that he'd do well, and the possibility of jerky only made the deal that much more awesome! He was so excited that he didn't even notice his little problem at first...]

Alright!! Get ready to write my name all over that jerky!
maidofmistakes: Hugging herself sadly. (We are all done wearing pants today)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2018-03-08 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
The entire school will laugh at us for the rest of forever, too, though.
maidofmistakes: Looking up. (She's asleep in a Fisher-Price toy car.)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2018-03-08 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Gar was gonna throw me in the air, but we kinda figured we'd wreck the float.
me_matey: (you gotta tip on the tightrope)

[personal profile] me_matey 2018-03-08 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
-May gives a sardonic, hollow laugh before shaking her head.-

Don't ask.
thesettingsun: smile (while I've gone on my own way)

[personal profile] thesettingsun 2018-03-08 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[But he needs to know!!]

Is it less or more than five hundred dollars?
me_matey: (things are so passionate times are so re)

[personal profile] me_matey 2018-03-08 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Well the old Mayship was a house-yacht, a small one, and even at a used price, it would sell for about 50k. -May sighed.- To get an actual new one, you're gonna want to double that.
thesettingsun: neutral (every inch of me is charred)

[personal profile] thesettingsun 2018-03-08 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[......]

Okay, you're good to buy any dress that we're going to look at today.
thisloveisjustice: (Default)

[personal profile] thisloveisjustice 2018-03-08 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)

Having Bronte over was great. He didn't bother me during the day. Did his own thing at night. Fixed his own meals. Best roommate I ever had.

[Tatsuo takes a slow sip of his drink]

You remember anything about Draco yet that has made you really, really angry at him?

me_matey: (oh lord I'm still not sure what I stand)

[personal profile] me_matey 2018-03-08 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I like to hear! Now 'so! -Onward march down the sidewalk once more. She was in a pretty good mood, despite everything. Sure, there was apprehension over the whole idea of trying to fit whatever idea of 'cute hostess' was in place here, or make it work for her, but...

She was getting used to the idea.-
thisloveisjustice: (Default)

[personal profile] thisloveisjustice 2018-03-08 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)

Too bad the medal isn't even gold plated, let alone solid gold. It's just shiny polished brass plating. Still, it looks nice and the chobobo looks rather regal.

"What do you think? Should I hang it by my fireplace?"

Not that he has a fireplace.

mincingminuet: (Buh)

[personal profile] mincingminuet 2018-03-08 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
You really don't want to find out what he's capable of.

[Pen snorts and rises back up, her fingers tightening on the heavy oak of her weapon. She doesn't like hearing things like that, and she likes hearing insults to her friends even less. She's not angry, not by a long shot, but her eyes might be just a little less friendly now.]

But I have him out because it's dark, and I like having a friend to watch my back. What's got you out here, anyway? And why do you want to fight so bad?
hauntedsavior: (analyze your apathy)

[personal profile] hauntedsavior 2018-03-09 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Not a bad way to look at it.

[whatever kind of person Anna was, she doesn't have to be like her, either. she doesn't have to be like anyone but herself.]

Cosplay is just LARP without the weapons. [she jerks her head towards Astin in some half-nod gesture of acknowledgement.] Which means you're LARPing right now. Congrats.
reaquila: (this is such an angry default expression)

[personal profile] reaquila 2018-03-09 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
I have to bother with school even though it's a pain. My sister and guardians wouldn't be happy with me dropping it.

[His family members aren't Retrospec users and they wouldn't understand. Not everyone knows about the cities oddities. Nanashi's just going to school to keep up the public appearance at this point. Looks like Anna's got her priorities in order. School and work's not all that important when the world's in disarray. ]

You can always go back to college whenever. It doesn't feel like the right time to be focusing on work.