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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.
fiddlestick: (crow)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-03-13 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll take his own oreo with a "thank you" to Eren, biting off a small piece instead of going at it with such reckless abandonment. It's good! And before Eren can wolf them all down]

I-I'll take a second one. I'd rather you didn't make yourself sick.

[NO MAN SHOULD CONSUME FOUR DEEP FRIED OREOS.

But he gives a little nod at Gar.]


Just about! It's been...four and a half years? It'll be five this summer.
usurpers: (Default)

[personal profile] usurpers 2018-03-13 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ this man should. he can take it.

but finishing his first and going to his second (with not as much reckless abandonment but definitely enough to wonder just how much can fit in his mouth), he offers the third to elliot easily. he might still be a little tense around the shoulders, but, they get to relax bit by bit. especially talking about something like this. ]


It feels like a few days ago . . . [ ah. youth ] Time really does fly.
thebeastwithout: (Default)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2018-03-13 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Given that Gar is getting these for free and that he is nobody's boyfriend in this scenario, he will at least refrain from asking for more. ...Although he does stare a little bit at the Oreos remaining in Eren's hand.]

I'm gonna take this to mean that I've got a chance with some a' the girls in my class in five years.

[puberty had better give him like, at least two feet, man.]

Heck, in five years, I'll definitely have all this superpower stuff down, too. You don't gotta worry. The longer I keep at this, the better I'm gonna be, right?

And I'll be an even better bodyguard for Elliot, too!
fiddlestick: (oh yeah?)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-03-13 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It sure does. [He smiles up at Eren, but notices Gar looking longingly at the Oreos. He gives a small little sigh before he reaches over and plucks the extra one from Eren's hand and offers it to Gar. He reassures Eren with:] We can buy more later.

[SHARE WITH THE CHILD THATS TOO POLITE TO ASK. Speaking of, oh no, that logic is so cute. He's not sure it works like that always, but he's not going to spoil it. ]

Haha, sure! That's the spirit! [You get them Gar. But oh....bodyguard thing. He gives a little sheepish laugh]

Yeah, though maybe you could be a bodyguard for that future dream girl. [giving another glance up at Eren, affectionately] Like he is for me.
usurpers: (Default)

[personal profile] usurpers 2018-03-14 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ !!!!!! but, but!!!!

]
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[personal profile] usurpers 2018-03-14 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ except if it’s elliot, or elliot bridging people to his food. he lets it go pretty easily in this case, only wiping his fingers on the napkins and balling them into a light fist. haha, gar. oh gar. eren tried to keep the amused chuckle from being too noticeable from his throat, but he’s smiling at that. he’s got spirit, at least. just not enough responsibility, too much naiveté. his hand slips comfortably over elliot’s, and the reason why he doesn’t bother frowning at being the bodyguard thing, well—

his face is exactly why, and eren’s glance back over to elliot is a smirk, long and staring, like going back to something warm and intimate, before he raises his brows and points with his eyes to gar. you’re using eren’s cuddly pet name, ya doof. ]


He’s got a long way to go.

[ eren’s just. so amused.

you’ll never be “elliot’s bodyguard”, champ ]
thebeastwithout: (Uh)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2018-03-15 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[Gar... makes a bit of a face as Elliot and Eren exchange sappy and intimate expressions. ...OK, well, that's kinda gross, and also Eren is definitely staring at him a little too cockily now and

wait]


Ew, wait, OK. Not like that.

There are nooooo dream girls or boys or dream anythings involved in my bodyguardin', no way. I'm just saying. I can protect peeps, too.

[He snags the Oreo.]
fiddlestick: (what shampoo does he use)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-03-16 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives a laugh at Gar's reaction as he takes Eren's hand]

And it's really great you protect people! Really!

Still, if you meet the right person and you protect them, it can get pretty romantic. [He'll give a look up at Eren. It's sweet but there's a faintest trace of a smirk. He knows he's trolling here, though it's in good nature.] Isn't that right, my cool and dashing bodyguard?
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[personal profile] usurpers 2018-03-16 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this is also the kind of trolling that can get eren particularly sheepish looking compared to his big, bulky wild man demeanor just minutes before this. red ears bright and this time following a quaint show of teeth rather than a tsundere frown. eren keeps his gaze and the teasing around with gar on track, especially after that ew. ew yourself. you wanted to be bodyguard didn’t you!!! ]

Absolutely. [ eye brow wink wonky wonk wink and back to gar: ] You better be prepped for that if you want to go the hero route.
thebeastwithout: (Freakout)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2018-03-17 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Gar chokes on the Oreo one bite in.]

No way, that's not what I'm going for at all! ...A-Are you guys flirting?! Dude, you don't really call him that, do you; you're messin' with me.

C'mon, I've been saying that to you for like, a month, you can't start calling your boyfriend that.......... That's super weird...

S-Stop winking...!
fiddlestick: (snickering)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-03-17 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Annnd now he's laughing for sure. Oh yes, what a beautiful reaction.]

Hahaha! Sorry Gar, but I'm not messing. I've called him that since before we started dating.

[He gives a little shrug]

I just didn't say anything because I didn't know how to say it without making things weird while we were out there.
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[personal profile] usurpers 2018-03-17 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ causing this had a much better feel to it now, and boy is it oddly satisfying?? he’s doing better at keeping the laughs in, only smiling for now, and hopping in to lay the finishing blow on the poor boy.

come on. it’s all in good humor. ]


It’s true, y’know, I was still in Basic. [ he lifts the hand that holds elliot’s to touch the tip of his ear, still a little heated. ] And it was the . . . Finishing hook.

[ right honey, because who said he had to stop eyebrowing. and then, casually: ]

Gonna finish that Oreo?
thebeastwithout: (Uh)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2018-03-18 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[this is...
the worst thing...
that's ever happened to him.....]


OK.

So.

A month ago.

I said that.

And instead a' telling me that this is how you flirt with your BF, you decided it was cool to just let me keep going until now, when I meet him, and start saying I'm gonna be your bodyguard in front of him.

.........Hey brb I'm gonna go gargle with bleach.

[gar slowly hands eren the rest of his oreo since he's 100% not hungry anymore]
fiddlestick: (you're an idiot)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-03-18 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elliot gives a little laugh, though he does feel a little bad...a little. But not a lot.]

Um...seems that way.

Sorry?
Edited 2018-03-18 18:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] usurpers 2018-03-19 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ and, another thanks to joey: not even sorry. this was a good session of serious to seriously funny. he’s feeling better, and nudges elliot’s side with his elbow. ]

Don’t die like that.
thebeastwithout: (Unsure)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2018-03-19 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's cool, I've had an OK life, this is probably as far as I'm getting, anyway.

[Gar Regrets Everything.]

I'm gonna go be a monk and take one of those vows where you don't talk to anyone anymore.
fiddlestick: (Rean - thats rough buddy)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-03-20 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Awwww.

Don't do that, Gar. They won't let you have a 3DS in a monastery.
usurpers: (CONCEALING A BONER)

[personal profile] usurpers 2018-03-20 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
They won’t let you do anything violent, either.

[ you know. unless you fight crime with hugs. ]
thebeastwithout: (...)

[personal profile] thebeastwithout 2018-03-20 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You guys are the woooooorst.

[He sighs in an exaggerated fashion and continues making faces.]

...'K, I think I'm gonna go ahead and scope out more of the parade. I'm pretty sure I saw deep-fried ice cream somewhere...

Catch ya later?
fiddlestick: (I'm glad we met)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-03-21 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles and gives a little laugh]

Alright, we've taken up enough of the Duke's time.

Have fun Gar!