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

[parodeity]

Why would it go bad? [ YEAH HE

HE GOES THROUGH THE AJ PRETTY FAST AKIRA...but he's beelining for the snacks to buy akira that popcorn? ]

[maskreant]

... Forget that I asked.

[ DAVE ASKING ANSWERED HIS QUESTION ALREADY. Don't. Don't worry about it, friend. He follows after him with promises of popcorn, like a cat that has been pet long enough. ]

So is it the same friend you sent Zoro's nudes to?

[ Just wondering. ]

[parodeity]

My boyfriend, yeah.

[ hesitant confirmation, but confirmation all the same. ]

[maskreant]

[ ... It's weird to send someone else's nudes to your boyfriend, but Akira doesn't focus on that part.

He's merely staring at Dave with this smile on his face.

In

Pure

Silence. ]

[parodeity]

[ akira................

don't fucking stare!!!!!!!!! ]

...yeah?

[maskreant]

[ No, sorry. He's going to keep staring even when he gets his popcorn.

Don't worry. It'll end soon. ]

Congratulations.

[parodeity]

[ LORD. ]

Thanks. It's been since December.

[maskreant]

Were you too shy to tell people or am I just late to the party?

[ He doesn’t mind being late! Everyone has different comfort zones, but Dave did look awfully nervous when he was staring at him.

Yes, Akira, most people get nervous when you stare at them. ]

[parodeity]

No, it's not that. [ he's just the first guy john's ever dated and he wasn't totally sure how okay it was to spread it around for a while. because he's stupid. ] We were just kinda keepin' it lowkey, so I haven't really told a lot of people yet?

[maskreant]

[ Dave... That's why you ask? Akira takes that well—he knows some people go at different paces. Yosuke and Yu took a while before they officially told others that they were together.

Small groups, though. ]

Keeping him all to yourself, huh?

[ Might as well tease a bit now that he knows. A mistake. ]

[parodeity]

Only on Saturdays and Tuesday evenings.

[ john is otherwise his own person, probably, and dave sounds flippant about it...the teasing doesn't bother him, really. ]

I think he does the work of me keepin' him to myself otherwise.

[maskreant]

That's... Really specific?

[ Dave..................... When will he ever get something out of you? He laughs awkwardly and lets it slide. ]

And sweet.

[parodeity]

Tuesday evenings are date nights, Saturdays are best friend hangouts.

[ TO CLARIFY. ]

[maskreant]

[ HE DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW THE SPECIFICS, DAVE. HE ISN'T JUDGING YOUR SET SCHEDULE OR ANYTHING.

But now this is piquing his interest a bit. How interesting. ]

So do you guys not do any couple things on best friend hangouts? Like... It's strictly platonic.

[ NO HUGS, NO CUDDLES, NO KISSES ON SATURDAYS? ]

[parodeity]

[ ...A SHRUG? ]

Normally we end up watchin' bad movies or playing with our cat.

[maskreant]

[ He hasn't ever considered a separate day where they can just be friends... This is a new world for him entirely. ]

The one with all those eyes, right? Well, that sounds like a lot of fun. Have you ever watched Zombeavers...

[ He's just.

Wondering. ]

[parodeity]

...No, but now I want to. Is it a series?

[maskreant]

It's a horror comedy movie.

[ Does... that explain it all? ]

With zombie beavers.

[parodeity]

That is so absolutely a thing I'm makin' John watch with me. [ also, he hands akira his snacks! ]

[maskreant]

[ Nothing like bringing peril to someone. It warms his heart. Thank you for the snacks!!! It's time to suffer history. ]

Nice. Tell me how you guys like it. It's... Ridiculous, but it didn't mislabel itself.

[parodeity]

He actually has like, a movie review blog? I will get the links for you at some point.

[maskreant]

Oh, really? I used to be a real couch tuner before, so I would be interested in reading his reviews.

[ THOUGH NOT LIKE HE HAS A CHOICE. ]

Have you updated your comic recently?

[parodeity]

Nah, since we were out of the city and then when we got back I've been like...catching up on things?

[maskreant]

So a sporadic hiatus. Too bad... I was looking forward to reading an updated chapter with Yusuke.

[ ... ]

Speaking of catching up, it feels kind of weird to be back.

[parodeity]

Aw, do you guys read it together?

[ WHY IS AKIRA TORTURING YUSUKE ]