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MARCH EVENT LOG

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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.

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Of course not! Just because you learn everything that you can about a particular topic, doesn't mean you stop caring about it!

[He can think of plenty of things to name!]

Although, there are some subjects where all the information hasn't been revealed... in which case, we all need to continue researching!

[Missing the point is also his specialty.]

[jesus christ.]

Yeah, sure. You know how long people live, right? Like, you know how much time you have to do shit in? It's like 60 more years. You can afford to chill out for a day.

[she doesn't know why she's so hard up on trying to convince this guy to calm down and relax. it's a weird thing to fixate on, and she knows as much.]

Gotta give your brain time to rest and process everything it's learning.

[Perhaps for the first time since they've talked, Ishida becomes quiet, his demeanor taking on a more serious tone. He grips his notebook and pen a little tighter, quiet for a moment as he gathers what he wants to say.]

You don't know that for certain. Maybe I will have 60 more years, maybe not.

[He begins to bend the corner of his notebook, needing to do something more than just stand there.] B-but I appreciate your concern!

[oh, shit. that puts some things in perspective, if that's the kind of outlook he has. ...or maybe his other self didn't quite make it that long and it's freaking him out or something. god, she still needs to get used to other people being fucked up by that. but her tone relaxes either way.]

No problem. Ambition ain't all bad. I guess if it works for you, then yeah, do what works. Be your weird, hyped-up self. No one else is gonna be that for you.

[yeah, she's also not great at recovering from fucking up.]

I-I'm not weird!!

[But he seems less serious, less tense. In fact, he smiles at Anna as he releases the tight grip on his notebook. Even if her recovery wasn't completely smooth, Ishida has taken to it well still.]

Thank you! I'll continue to do my best and you should do the same as well! ...Whatever that may be! [AS LONG AS IT ISN'T ILLEGAL...]

God. Have you tried motivational speaking? You got the energy for it.

[even if she's still a little disillusioned by everything, but one motivational speech isn't gonna change that. it's gotta be something he's considered, right?]

That's like 95% of the job is just staying high energy and optimistic.

I am a member of the student leadership club, so I'm familiar with motivating fellow students! We have the passion of youth and we should use it wisely!!

[He puffs himself up a little, obviously proud but mostly enthusiastic about this.]

Because no two days are the same, we need to live each one to its fullest!!

Okay, I wasn't asking for a demo right now.

[but despite how she says it, the corner of her mouth is upturned just a little bit. he would be pretty good at motivational speaking, if she bought into it.]

I don't think "no two days are the same" has ever been so literal than it is now. Unless you're keeping track of how random all this stuff actually is.

[and the smirk turns knowing. he seems like the kind of nerd who would keep tabs on stats like those.]

But that's how I speak normally!

[Maybe not 100% of the time, but often enough to count! Ishida huffs a little, but he doesn't look too put off.]

I do keep track to some degree! But you don't have to write pages of notes to know that each day will somehow be different than the one before it! Or the one after it!

Life can be truly unpredictable, especially in this city! [He takes his eyes off Anna for a moment to look down the road.] ...Like a memory could suddenly come back to us without warning.

...Yeah. Still getting used to that part myself.

[she hasn't run into any that would stop her in her tracks, but really, now that she's talking with this kid, she's getting a better idea of... well, she thinks she's getting a better idea of who he is. and she's getting maybe a little more respect for him, too.]

Shit's weird, you know? How you can just remember something out of nowhere and it's just there, and you don't have any idea how to put it in context or whatever. It sure as hell ain't easy.

...It truly is strange.

[His voice lowers once again, his words almost trailing off as he speaks.]

It could be a good memory, or a bad one. Bad enough that you don't really want to remember more. [He suddenly turns his focus back on her.] But I imagine that you have some interesting memories! You have that sword now... so maybe you were a swordsman in the past!

Swordswoman.

[okay, that's just to be a dick. but she'll take any escape route she can find if it gets her away from serious times. there's a time and a place for that and she is not comfortable with it going on for too long right now.]

I don't have much about the sword stuff yet. Just a memory of her jumping down from way higher than is probably safe and stabbing some metal thing clear through the middle. It wasn't this sword, so I guess she just had enough swords to necessitate a rack.

[people like references to movies seven years older than them, right?]

Ah right! Swordswoman!

[He's all too happy to continue with this change in conversation. The less he talks about his past memories, the better! Besides, he's genuinely a little interested to hear about her.]

Sounds rather dangerous... [The reference flies over his head.] And if that sword was just one of many, then that means you might be getting more from Retrospec in the upcoming months! Please be careful!!

God, I don't have a place to store swords. I'm really going to need a rack at this rate.

[at least her roommate probably won't think it's too weird. she'll probably just get called a weeb or something.]

I hope they're all pretty normal. This one was, like... god, I barely remember. I think it shot lightning? Or had lightning surrounding it. [thinking back, it's hard to remember. there was definitely a burst of lightning when she crashed down, and she remembers the world... distorting a little? when she saw the electricity. she shakes her head.]

I hope I'm wrong. I'd burn my apartment down if I just had a fucking lightning sword.

[. . .]

A sword that shot lightning.

[You know, he's not even going to question it. People have been regaining strange items and really unusual memories, so Ishida believes her. Some folks had really unusual past lives though!]

That's a very dangerous weapon! A sword by itself is more than enough in my opinion!!

Yeah, dog, I'm with you. I hope I don't get that thing back.

[now that it's on her mind, though, she's kind of curious how this guy actually plans to defend himself in the event of, well, anything happening. can't diplomacy your way out of a chimera attack.]

So have you gotten any weapons or weird powers or anything yet, or like, what's your deal? Or his deal, I guess.

D-dog....?

[What is this term??? But Ishida doesn't focus too much on it.]

Erm, I got one weird power back! L-let me try and make it work!

[He closes his eyes for a moment and tries to focus! Mostly it's when he starts feeling really spirited about something... like beating his rival academically! That usually works!

It takes a few more seconds, but his eyes start bursting into flames... and that's about it.]

I-I can do this! ...It's good when I don't have a flashlight on me, hahaha!

[maybe she should've said "dawg". surely all the hip 19-year-olds still call each other th—good lord, what is happening with his eyes?]

Dude. You set your eyes on fire. On purpose.

[since he's not screaming in pain or anything like that, she has to assume it's totally fine, but it's. she's sure as hell not expecting it. just for her own safety, she moves one foot behind her and shifts her weight to it.]

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That's right! And rest assured, it's completely safe-- no one will get burnt from coming close and my eyes won't become vaporized! If such a thing happened, we wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place!!

[At first, he tried to hide, but Kaede said he looked cool like this... so he's been a little more accepting of the weird fire now. It's not like he can just get rid of it, so he might as well embrace the change!

Put it to good use!!]

I'm just waiting until I regain my real talent though! Then I can truly help those around me with it!

[okay, that does a lot to confirm that he's probably fine, and from the way he describes it, it really sounds like more of a cosmetic thing. which is probably the better option here, though it does lead her to the question of what his real talent is. what he's good at, what he's meant to do... and that's going way too close to serious times for her.]

What, shooting fire from everywhere else in your body? Seems real helpful.

[time to deflect.]

[Ishida looks alarmed by that suggestion. To shoot more fire from his body... that's too dangerous and really weird to him!]

I-I hope not! I was thinking of something more practical, such as martial arts or a medic! That way I can defend my friends or help them if they're injured!

[If he has to recall the killing game... and accept the possibility that he murdered someone, he hopes that the talent of his past self can be used for good here.]

[oh, huh. yeah, they're kind of on the same page there, too. weird how having conversations with people where she's not being a sarcastic bitch the whole time means she can actually find common ground with them. wild if true.]

Not bad goals, honestly. I'd go for offense if you have the choice. Not sure people are ready for a medic that's as... you as you are, if you get me. Gotta be calm and collected if you're patching people up.

[or so she guesses.]

What's that supposed to mean?!

[He folds his arms and actually manages to look a little grumpy, feeling slightly insulted by the implication here.]

I'd be a very dedicated medic that's completely focused on their injuries! I'll have you know that I can be really calm too, like when I'm taking my final exam of a class!

Sure, but you gotta have decent bedside manner too, yeah? That's why I know it ain't the kind of thing for me. It's like doing customer service, but probably about ten times more stressful.

[she's talking about 90% out of her ass here, but only because she's obviously young and indestructible and has never needed to go to the hospital in her life. she clears her throat and begins speaking downright cloyingly while she forces a smile to her face.]

Thank you for calling tech support. My name's Anna and I'd be glad to help you out with any problems you're having today. [and in the immediate next sentence her voice is back to normal.] That, but all the time.

Bedside manner...?

[He does agree that being a medic would be stressful, however! Being responsible for the safety and health of various people... that's no small thing!

But Ishida tilts his head as she does her customer service voice.]

You sounded just fine! [He might be missing the point here.] You're a decent tech support!

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