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recolle2018-06-03 05:32 pm
recollecters) wrote in recolle2018-06-03 05:32 pm
Entry tags:
- ! event log,
- bleach: hanatarou yamada,
- bungou to alchemist: osamu dazai,
- d. gray-man: lenalee lee,
- dc super hero girls: kara zor-el,
- drakengard 3: two,
- drakengard 3: zero,
- ghost in the shell: motoko kusanagi,
- marvel 616: bucky barnes,
- mcu: matt murdock,
- nier: automata: a2,
- ouroboros: ikuo ryuuzaki,
- persona 5: akira kurusu,
- persona 5: yusuke kitagawa,
- yugioh: malik ishtar
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ENCASED. The message on the first was probably not that encouraging, but for the next couple of days it appears as though the city remains the same as it was. The paintbrushes from the previous month don't disappear, and the city remains half-painted into existence and a happenstance of colors. The city's quiet and preparing itself for summer...but on the third somewhere around midnight, every user will receive a mass message in their inbox from Zee Carlisle, a man many have heard of by now but that some may not be as familiar with. Okay. The reason we don't reply to you guys when we post to you every month isn't because we don't care and we're sinister, it's because we're busy. Not an excuse, I know. Well that's not ominous, is it? THE NPCS What blocks? What the hell is he talking about? It becomes clear the moment you take your first step and a strange, almost invisible ripple appears around you. This ripple might happen right at midnight, or it might occur before or after the time. But not long after daybreak on the 3rd of June, every Retrospec user will notice a few things. The only people they'll be able to notice around the city are those who are also on the Retrospec networks. Friends and family members without the app seemingly have disappeared before your very eyes. No matter where you go to look for them, they've vanished. Animals are still around, and items still exist, but it's just the people who are lacking. The strange thing, however, is that even if you can't see them you can still hear them. Maybe you can hear your parents making dinner in the kitchen, or you can hear your professor lecturing about the importance of showing up for your finals on time. Your annoying co-worker is definitely doing that tapping thing with his fingers against your desk and the worst part is that they can't see or hear you. No matter how hard you try to get their attention, it's as if you aren't there. Trying to call them is a futile effort. Calls are distorted and disconnected, dropping after a few rings. Calling to those outside of the city, however...works? It works! After months and months of being disconnected from the outside world, calls will go through and last for a grand total of 90 seconds. Toward the end, a low, growling noise will filter through the line and distort the phone call and repeated calls to the same person will grow increasingly hard to understand. But hey. At least that's one thing fixed. THE MAINFRAME As of last month, several Retrospec users repainted most of the city into existence but there are still pieces missing! The brushes haven't gone away and while the task of reviving the city is easier now, everything that's been brought back remains a bit unusual. Purple bushes are bright purple and the orange roads are dusted with dirt and drips of colored paint. A lot of the large buildings such as the hospital, the university and more are back though and will need their interiors re-organized. Take some time out of your day to restructure the world around you. You'll never know when you'll need it. THE SOUL ENERGY As you begin to notice the veil that separates you from those not on the app, it becomes quite clear that there are two sides of the same city. Everything you know and love is still in one place, but as you hear the NPCs nearby you'll find that there's no way to get near them. Or is there...? Not long after the first text message, another message from Zee is sent along. The fastest and easiest way to change what layer you're existing on is to generate the energy. It's hard to explain in its entirety but working together will produce the energy needed to bring them back to this layer. It's not a drain or anything, but only you guys can do it. You know. Given where you exist right now. Your energy is staying with you, but the levels will change enough to break down the veil. It's not the same as extracting. We're not doing that here. Pick a district and pick a friend or six. I believe in you guys. Not long after the text, six different links will pop up in your messages, one for each of the districts in the city. Clicking on the links will bring up a map of each district, and each map will have a list attached to it. TRIBUNAL TERRACE Over in Tribunal Terrace, the buildings have mostly been repainted but the NPCs aren't present. With the need to reorganize and bring back the police, the fire department and more, there's a list of tasks assigned as written by Zee. -Volunteer with ReVA to create a community event such as a dance, party or other. -Create decorations and hang them in the children's ward at the hospital. -Clean up Recollé Square. -Discuss crimes or wrong-doings you've committed in this life or the past with one other person. -Solve a mystery. -Talk to the dead. -Take care of the firestation dogs. Suggestions, mostly. Leaving this up to you what any of this means, but go forward with good intentions to accomplish them. APPRASSAGE Several Retrospec users might be stressing about finals and graduations, but it's hard to worry too much when their teachers and classmates are missing. Though the buildings and landscape might be hit and miss, there's a list of tasks assigned as written by Zee. -Help someone study for their finals. -Teach someone a new skill and learn a new skill in return. -Tell someone your favorite story. -Repaint the stars and go stargazing. -Paint a self-portrait and have someone analyze it. -Discuss a dark period in your life and create a display based on that. -Gather the horses and chocobos and have a race. -Guide a tour through one of the museums. Suggestions, mostly. Leaving this up to you what any of this means, but go forward with good intentions to accomplish them. CHATA Even with everything a total mess, there's always time to be kind and try to better humanity. Not sure where to start? Don't worry, there's a list of tasks assigned as written by Zee. -Help someone with their grocery shopping. -Donate items to the orphanage. -Attend to the animals at the animal shelter and hold an adoption drive. -Steal from the rich and give to the poor. -Start a food fight. -Reorganize Freshens and move items to different levels of the store. -Create a Kickstarter for a new business and pitch your ideas to people. -Start a petition about something you're passionate about, collect several signatures. Suggestions, mostly. Leaving this up to you what any of this means, but go forward with good intentions to accomplish them. VIEA VILLAGE Home is where the heart is, but what is it that you love and value? There's a list of tasks assigned as written by Zee. -Plant flowers in front of someone's house. -Create and organize a game day in Hollingberry Field. -Set up a stall at the Farmer's Market and sell your goods. -Do yardwork for a neighbor. -Egg someone's house. -Talk about your family and why you love them with someone. -Do something nice for your neighbor like give them flowers or bake them cookies. -Tell someone about a family secret you've been keeping. Suggestions, mostly. Leaving this up to you what any of this means, but go forward with good intentions to accomplish them. ENPRISE Businesses and empires, items and wares. Enprise's important for those with big goals and big dreams. While those dreams may be on hold, there's a list of tasks assigned as written by Zee. -Host a fashion show. -Return wild animals to their cages in the zoo. -Swim with the sharks. -Volunteer to deliver packages around the city for the day. -Rent/buy paintball equipment and start a city-wide game, tagging buildings as you go. -Analyze your dreams/nightmares with at least one other person. -Engage in a duel of your choice with someone. -Pamper someone. Anyone. Any way you can think of. -Have a public debate with someone. Suggestions, mostly. Leaving this up to you what any of this means, but go forward with good intentions to accomplish them. TISSE Entertainment makes the world go round and there's plenty of entertainment to be found in Tisse. Even if it's just you in the city now, there's a list of tasks assigned as written by Zee. -Complete the Big Bang Burger challenge (or try, anyway.) -Buy a dozen cupcakes from the Confectionary and hand them out to strangers. -Teach a dance lesson at Dancinerate...any kind of dance. -Beat someone at a video game at the Hubbub Hub Arcade. -Steal someone's coffee from the pick-up counter at a coffee shop. -Write a poem about your feelings and share it with someone. -Create a work of art using whatever you can find. -Create a large game of crack the whip at the Stardust, skating and convincing people to skate with you. -Buy someone a drink...anyone...they can even be underaged. (Not that we're condoning that, but trust me, it'll work.) -Host a performance of any kind at the Atrium. -Perform one embarrassing stunt in public. Suggestions, mostly. Leaving this up to you what any of this means, but go forward with good intentions to accomplish them. What do "suggestions" mean here? It means that while these are ideas, things that push and challenge you and encourage building bonds will work the best. But never fret. There are things outside to do, too. OUTSIDE The paint-thinner monsters from last month begin to phase out throughout the month, but several of the creatures around the perimeters of the city begin to move inward, starting to appear around the places that aren't quite filled in yet. Areas that aren't fully painted or areas where tasks aren't being attended to are more prone to being infested with monsters that will need to be defeated. The roads to Pesgare, Respatrum, Bosuma and Magatus seem to have vanished and any attempts to leave will reroute citizens into the woods or into the ocean. The subway tunnels underground are empty and silent, the sound of trains running echoing through them but no trains come. Working together to clear out these areas and ensure that certain areas are receiving high enough energy readings is just as important as completing the above tasks. But then what..? ZEE I know, doing tasks for us is getting old, but given your connection to the world you're the only ones with the right kind of souls to generate the energy field needed to wear down the blocks. Work together. Get to know each other. Make this city your own. And report to me as you cross off tasks so I can track the readings of the district. We'll bring them back. Promise. Welcome to recolle's June log! The information above provides loose guidelines of things occurring this month, so please feel free to make your own prompts based on these. You are also free to create your own logs and inbox threads.Characters will not be able to travel to places outside of the city at this time! As you do these tasks or tasks similar to these, please report them to the correct headers on the JUNE OBJECTIVE REPORTING post in the mod journal! This will help us track what's being done and how it will impact the city for June and July. As a reminder, you may qualify for a memory freebie in June by threading out one district-objective with at least one person you haven't threaded with before. This thread will qualify when there are at least five consecutive comments from you. Finally, if you turn in six threads (one for each district) with your character performing an objective, you will qualify for a memory freebie! The threads must be at least 5 consecutive comments long and at least two of them should be with people you have not threaded with before. Any questions you have regarding this event may be directed to the mod comment here. |
tisse
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Please take a few steps back. You have stepped out of your original position and my composition will suffer for it.
[ GOSH. ]
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Sketching.
[ Yusuke taps his pencil against the sketchpad, a little pointedly. ]
You were in the layout when I rough sketched the layout.
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and, like an idiot, apollo glances around as if to get an idea of what yusuke is sketching, before pointing to himself in disbelief.) You were... sketching me?
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And the area around you, yes. Creating art is one of the tasks, and I have no reason to deny myself something that brings me joy especially when it is helping the situation.
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apollo tries to shift back into whatever position he thought he was in, double checking with yusuke as he moves.) Is right here okay? Ah, and you're doing this for the tasks to bring everyone back, right?
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There is fine.
[ Hold on he's just gonna... lean back a little and... there we go. Details and angle renoted, time to keep sketching. ]
Yes. Besides it forces me to sketch something different as well. I can't see any particular downside to it.
[ ... ]
Thank you for your patience.
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once he's in a suitable position, apollo does his best to remain still, maybe only turning his head once or twice so he doesn't get stiff and sore.) Is there a reason you need to sketch something different? Or is it just an artist's motivation?
(he wasn't quite expecting to get thanked for such a minor request, so it makes him a tad shy. he still does his best to remain in the position yusuke needs, refraining from rubbing the back of his neck.) I mean. Anything for art, right?
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he's doing real good. What a good law boy. ] It challenges you. If you draw the same thing over and over, you become very good at that single thing, but nothing else. As with most things, if you push yourself to try new things, you improve.
[ It applies to art as well. ]
Pursuing art is important. Keeping the love of it alive, especially.
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he tries his best to be a good law boy!! if he's a bad law boy, no one will hire him.) So you're working to make yourself a more well-rounded artist? Like the type that will be able to have a lot of different styles in your portfolio?
(that's the word, right, apollo is not a very art-savvy person.) Art is really your passion, huh?
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That's the goal of most artists. The better rounded you are, the more you can put into your chosen and preferred style. It's all building a foundation, so to speak.
[ Yes. Yes it is. ] Is it obvious?
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Yeah kinda, but in a good way! It shows you care. Especially if you can talk about it to a uh... artistically challenged person.
(he does stick figs.) So... how long should I stand here?
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i do. ]
For as long as I require it.
[ And then Apollo stood there until the end of time. Because art is never truly complete, and Yusuke will never truly be finished.
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... or for a couple of seconds, before Yusuke adds: ]
I am almost done with the line art, so it should be only a few minutes more.
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he visibly deflates at being told he might have to stand there for the rest of the day, getting cramps in his legs, his back getting sore, being unable to move too much for fear of yusuke messing his painting up.
but then!!! yusuke is a gracious art god who gives apollo a light at the end of the tunnel.) Ah, really? Okay, thanks.
(a few moments of awkward silence go on, something apollo is really not good at handling. he clears his throat once, suddenly, before speaking.) So... is there something in particular you like drawing?
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People.
[ Hahaha. ]
People are always moving, ever changing, always different and so, so varied. [ He brushes a hand over the surface of the paper lightly, and nods to himself. ] I will draw whatever I feel like, as it is the best way to improve over all, but people are a favoured topic.
[ Annnnnd done. ] You may relax now. The line art is done.
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at first, apollo almost feels like laughing at such a vague answer of "people". but hearing yusuke go into detail about the unique aspects that make people just interesting subjects... apollo sort of gets it a little.
maybe he's finally becoming a little more cultured.) Ah, really? Thanks. And um... thanks for talking with me about art. And stuff. I feel like I learned something.
(except now he's really curious to see the finished product, trying not to appear awkward as he walks over to get a glance.) Is it okay if I see it?
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yusuke kitagawa, helping the people of recolle be more cultured since 20XX. ]
It is no trouble for me to speak of art. I should be thanking you for listening to my rambling, really.
[ After a moment of examining the line art himself, he flips the sketchbook around and holds it out to Apollo. Yes friend. You may look. ]
Certainly. Any critique you have is welcomed.
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and he's succeeding! after this interaction, apollo finds himself a bit more compelled to look up things art related. which is truly impressive because this boy has limited hobbies. he needs to get out more.) Oh, I don't mind! I like listening to people talk about their passions. It's fun.
(apollo peers over the sketchbook, taking in every single detail and line, how yusuke captures certain poses or faces, how precise the entire picture seems to be.) This is only a sketch? It looks like you could've spent hours on it.
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I have been here a while. So perhaps it has been an hour... but as I am drawing many different things and only working with pad and pencil, I would personally class it as a sketch.