MARCH EVENT LOG

[recollecters]

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 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.

Comments

[thesettingsun]

Dresses with pockets are a rare breed, so you're probably going to end up getting it tailored to have pockets. Just think of it as the original dress being slightly more expensive.

[Because there's just no way they're going to find the ideal dress with pockets.]

[me_matey]

I guess less rules and more just preferences, but cost isn't an object either. I had a lot of shit saved up for a boat I no longer have to buy.

[thesettingsun]

How much are boats, usually?

[Because one, Shuji has no idea, and two, he knows clothes get much more expensive than some people realize.]

[me_matey]

-May gives a sardonic, hollow laugh before shaking her head.-

Don't ask.

[thesettingsun]

[But he needs to know!!]

Is it less or more than five hundred dollars?

[me_matey]

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]

[......]

Okay, you're good to buy any dress that we're going to look at today.

[me_matey]

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.-

if you have feelings about what may should end up with hit me up

[thesettingsun]

[She was going to rock it. Shuji was confident about that much.

He ducked into one of the higher-end shops, stylish clothes with price tags he wouldn't have felt comfortable recommending to her if he didn't know how high her budget was.]

Okay, so, monochrome dresses or dresses with very simple color variations are going to give you the most height. Dark colors and vertical patterns like pinstripes also help, but you'd do fine in a strong medium color like a red. We're just ruling busy pattern dresses out right now, don't even bother looking at them.

[Because he's going to veto them.]

imma hunt something down on pintrest probably. feel free to look stuff up, too!

[me_matey]

I'll be real with you, dude, a lot of what you said went... -she whistled, swinging her hand over her head.- Right over me. Gimme the layman's if you can.

rolls up sleeves

[thesettingsun]

Solid color dresses make you look taller.

[He's doing his best not to get too technical...]

[me_matey]

Oh! Gotcha, gotcha, I'm feelin' it! -Not that some platform heels wouldn't work too, she thought, but... she hasn't worn heels in ages. Ugh.-

Man you know... I should wear whatever we pick out at Sakura's birthday party. Like a debut, yanno!

[thesettingsun]

Absolutely. I'm sure Sakura will love seeing you looking beautiful.

[In a platonic way, except maybe not.]

[me_matey]

-And yet, May's blush is immediate and... pretty intense.- You... really think so?

-How is it she put up such a good front with Sakura, but anyone else could immediately find kinks in her armor?-

[thesettingsun]

I really think so.

[...May's not great at hiding her crush, is she? She's probably only used to hiding it from the crushed-on.]

[me_matey]

Well... M-maybe not. I don't wanna show up so glammed up I show her up on her own birthday. That'd be the least cool thing I could do. -May idly poked through a rack, not really paying attention to any if them.-

[thesettingsun]

I'm sure she'll have everyone's attention just from being the birthday girl. Anyway, she's always cute, that's not going to be a problem. You think so too, right?

[As if he thinks May might possibly not think of Sakura as super cute.]

[me_matey]

Sakura doesn't even have to try to be cute. She just smiles and it's like POW you're havin' palpitations. -May hummed.- It's no wonder she had, like, half the city as a friend.

[thesettingsun]

...So how long have you had a crush on her?

[Might as well be direct.]

[me_matey]

-He gets an exaggerated groan in response.-

Can't someone have a deep, platonic appreciation for another girl without people assuming it's something else?

[thesettingsun]

Yes.

[Have you seen that "best friends goals" tweet over pictures of a lesbian wedding?]

But that's not an answer to my question.

[me_matey]

I don't have a crush on Sakura. -There's a firmness to her words, but it was more like she was trying to force them out than give them any kind of impact. She was now dead focused on the rack in front of her, sliding hangers back and forth, trying desperately to find something, anything else to talk about.-

[thesettingsun]

I don't believe you, but okay.

[They'll end up arguing again if he pushes too hard. Maybe that's just inevitable with them.]

[me_matey]

-He wasn't getting out of it that easily.- If you keep talkin' like that you're gonna make shit weird. Especially if it gets back to Sakura.

[thesettingsun]

I'm not going to tell Sakura. You should tell her yourself.

[which isn't going to happen but still, she should]