recolle | 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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Well, don't scold me too much, but this is mostly for my own personal interest?

[ She's not sure how much anyone else cares... ]

[ if eren were just a little bit more high strung as well as a controlling dick, he might’ve scolded her. silly, time wasting, oh my god, he could roll his eyes!!

but he doesn’t do any of that, in fact, he doesn’t even think it. everyone had their interests, and no one forced him to stop hunting or living like a wild man in magatus when they already had food during the second trip over. after pressing his lips together and looking between natalia and the dragon from afar, he sighs quietly through the nose, shaking his head. ]

I’m not your mom. [ just a concerned friend that is here, between her and danger, if it ever comes to that. he’s not judging. ] You’re really into that sort of thing.

[ Honestly, that surprises her, and it shows on her face. She sucks in a little air, honestly expecting Eren to have scolded her a little to be wasting his time in coming out here. It's hardly come higher calling that sees him out here, guarding her.

So she looks back at her notepad, where she's been trying to get some more notes on the dragon, she smiles softly. ]

I am! It's fascinating to see new species like this.

[ time wouldn’t be wasted if it was to protect her. even time with her in other things, he supposed. eren can be seen getting a more softened look on his face, not a smile but not a frown either, but hers at least has seemed to make him just a little more tender around the edges. ]

. . . I’ll get closer, to see if it does anything.

[ he waits for her approval, or anything else she’d like to request. she could’ve been the one to go, but that’d put her in immediate danger. at least eren has means to fight, defend and, or, escape quickly. ]

Once it's done drinking! We don't want this one to fly off, but I am curious how much it need to store up...

[ And it's tongue... She is fascinated by what she can see of the lizardy ton...gue.

But Eren, her hero. ]

[ alright, so . . . when it’s done drinking. eren watches closely for the right time to step forward, right when it lifts its head up from the body of water and leaving a dribbled trail behind when it lifts its neck to rumble a step over the grass and look for food.

now’s— a good time?? not too fast, eren takes quick steps until he’s noticed by the beast, to which he completely freezes and— now begins a fairly brief staredown and study. blue eyes wants to know what’s up with the other squishy human blue eyes.

nothing sudden. nothing threatening. ]

[ Hopefully it doesn't let out a burst stream. Still, now that it's looking at them - well, Eren - Natalia can't hide both her terror and has fascination. She's seen these thin but large dragons shoot out a beam of lightning destruction. That's amazing. But right now, there is a real risk that Eren might be blasted...?

Should she have stopped him?

But then, even if this was a wild animal, it's also an animal. It's behavior can be understood. She believes that. After all, it's not as if it went up and down the countryside killing everything. They had been following it for a little while.

This likely isn't near a nest...? So right now, it's just as best predatory. And humans rarely look that much like food...? But then, they are a lot smaller... ]

[ this is the minute where everyone goes: eren jaeger, what are you doing.

but eren has means of fearlessness— he could fly if it attacked, if anything near its mouth sparked blue with energy. if he wanted to, he could become larger than the dragon itself, so certainly, the self confidence aids him in standing his ground. he’s not sure how safe it is to keep his eyes locked with the beast’s; some animals take it as a signal to attack. others stay just as still.

the rumble in the dragon’s throat does make eren’s heart skip beats. this was all still a very dangerous rush. blue eyes extends its neck up high as it makes itself look even larger. it’s uncertain, perhaps, but for now eren doesn’t seem to be making too much of an alarm to bring out something negative. ]

What. Now.

[ proof that eren jaeger knows not what he does ]

Reptiles usually have a pretty aggressive reaction to something it sees as a challenge, so probably don't make eye contact. But for now, let's see if it'll approach or just ignore you?

[ She calls out from behind the rock?

I mean, again, it could blast them, but right now she's in awe of the creature posturing like that. ... Are dragons even reptiles...? ]

[ oh— right no eye contact. was the amount he was doing before enough to get a reaction? the dragon cracks its mouth open to sound the snaps of energetic light. eren’s eyes remain farting though, he’s not sure he can trust not keeping an eye on it as it lifts its neck like that.

the dragon’s mouth is wider, by the time eren decides to look up again, sparkling a lovely yet dangerous blue. that’s when his steps forward come to a halt, and he sprints to the side, away from natalia to get away from the blast it spits out, nearly slithering after him to check out the damage and determine whether or not to further attack. ]

Oh, fuck—!

[ Mom holy fuck?

So.

She's behind this rock, she ducks behind it and closes her eyes, curling up into a ball as the first blast impacts. But then she slowly raises her head again to check when she's not dead and- ... There's Eren? There's Eren running around? She... Errr. ]

Watch out?!

[ this surely is a benny hill moment. have you ever seen a boy climb a tree so fast? you’re seeing so right now, eren ziplining (3d maneuvering) to a nearby tree and running up its trunk to the highest point. the dragon is right behind the pest, twisting its neck high to sniff the air (its tongue flicks, in and out). it could surely climb up easily if it wanted to—

but not in the mood to waste energy on such a small thing, it slumps back to the ground with a thud, hissing to itself as it drags itself along.

at least that’s a few things to take note of: they don’t like to be bothered, though fairly conservative. not that aggressive. eren hangs in the air for a minute to catch his breath— and sure that he’s not doing that again. ]

Got that?

[ It is interesting, actually... because it means it's aggressive enough to confront some small time potential prey (or was it merely because it's a solitary animal and was accepting a challenge?) but not only did it not pursue that thing further than was a hassle, it did not use his burst stream...? Or at least not as much as it could. Could it be that the burst stream expends energy? Not to mention that it can fly, and it opted to follow on the ground. Does it need a longer period for take off?

... She's animatedly writing a lot of notes, making quick sketches too. So- ]

Definitely!

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