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TEAM ETHANOL LOG

TEAM ETHANOL

After that strange Retrospec post, you may be wondering how to contact this "technician". Luckily, your phone or whatever device you have handy to check the network chooses that exact second to go haywire...

Team Ethanol roster: Almedha, Augustine Sycamore, Chuuya Nakahara, Heine Rammsteiner, Izumi Sena, Kazuma Kiryu, Nui Harime, Peko Pekoyama, Rosalind Lutece, Weiss Schnee, Yukiko Amagi, Zaveid.

On whatever device you use to view the retrospec application, you may note the following scrolling on the screen instead of the usual options:

ALERT: CRITICAL TIME-SPACE ANOMALY ACTIVE.

SEARCHING FOR ADMIN...
SEARCHING FOR ADMIN...

DESIGNATED ADMIN CANDIDATE: EMPLOYEE #91962 M. MAHONEY

PLEASE INPUT AUTHORIZATION CODE.

The prompt does not seem to be for you, however, as the text prompts continue to scroll, this time with some input.

> **********************

ACCEPT ADMIN STATUS Y/N?

> y

DESIGNATE PROGRAM TO RUN. PLEASE BE ADVISED WE ARE SYSTEM CRITICAL.

> run subroutine designation echolocation-alpha

CONFIRMED.
EMPLOYEES ACTIVE IN AREA: 2

> list employees

EMPLOYEES ACTIVE:
M. FITZWILLIAM LEVEL 0 ACCESS, INTERN
M. MAHONEY FULL SYSTEM ACCESS, ADMIN

> search for alternative assets

CONFIRMED.
SENDING ALTERNATIVE ASSET LIST.

Names scroll by on the screen. and look, there goes yours! It seems like someone is manually picking and choosing from a list of every Retrospec user who didn't disappear into the void, and several names queue up.

> initialize support team

CONFIRMED. TEAM DESIGNATION?

> ethanol

CONFIRMED. TEAM ETHANOL MISSION PARAMETERS?
PLEASE BE ADVISED SYSTEM ENERGY LEVELS ARE CRITICALLY LOW.

> make contact with sysadmin
> contact point entrance 6
> temporary access level 1 granted

CONFIRMED. MISSION PARAMETERS SET. TEMPORARY ACCESS LEVEL 1 GRANTED.

The screen clears itself, and instead of the familiar retrospec logo, there is simply TEAM ETHANOL as a designation. the application will refuse to show anything other than a map, with one point highlighted in red. it is, of course, up to team members to decide whether or not they approach the access point.

Team Ethanol's access point is in the Recollé Graveyard. Team members will find the grave of "G. Mahoney" will move aside to reveal catacombs so long as they approach it in groups of two or more team members. Only Team Ethanol team members can see or enter the catacombs at this time. Please see the Objective 1 toplevel for more information on what they can see when they travel further down the tunnels.

This is the Team Ethanol Event Log. You are free to toplevel and thread as you choose on this log, but only team members may utilize this log. Important links to mod toplevels are: Mod Questions & Participation Reporting. Please be aware you are responsible for reporting your own participation & objective completion efforts with links; the moderators will try to keep up with threads, but as we are currently running several teams with participation, we require you to keep us up to date! Please read each of the toplevels and instructions!

The schedule for Team Ethanol is as follows:

WEEK 1: Objective 1; CLEAR: M. Mahoney
WEEK 2: Objective 2; IC mission briefing; CLEAR: W. Guo
WEEK 3: Objective 3; IC mission briefing
24th: Objective 3 closes (8PM EST), Final city-wide log posted (9PM EST)

Objectives will be given in mod toplevels to this post with instructions; please check the log currently for Objective 1 to see how this will work. NPC interactions will be rnged from your team roster once per week, and toplevels for those will also be posted, although all team members can hear/see these interactions!

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[She flinches at the sirens. Her natural reaction to unexpected, quickly-dissipating fog is, unfortunately, trying to get closer and squinting into the dissolving mist. She mutters under her breath.]

Pffft... Hopefully we're not about to get busted for grave robbing...

[Looking down at the peace-bonded but definitely not sharp prop lance she's been running around with ever since the convention, Nui realizes too late that it could probably be taken for a real weapon by someone else, especially in dim light, so she shoves it behind her back.]

[ out of the dark come five of these fellows, still wailing and flashing away.

you probably want to take them out before they attract more dangerous monsters...though that may already be in progress. ]

[ If Kaguya had any relevant memories back she'd probably be more afraid of these things... as it is, all the warning signs on them make it clear enough that they're bad news. ]

I don't know what those things are, but I don't think they're the police...

[ She'll look over to her sword companion, figuring that's probably the best method of taking these things out. Hand-to-hand seems like a bad idea here. ]

Yeah, probably not... they'd be pigs otherwise, not bears, right?

[She does a double-take at the sword companion. Ugly!! Super ugly!! But if it's going to get in there without getting beaten down by five different screaming bears, it'll probably need a distraction.]

Hey, so... [she wags the prop around.] This isn't actually...all that real, so, uh... I could do my best David and Goliath impression? [ There seem to be quite a few smaller stones littered around, since it's a graveyard and all, so Nui picks one up and hurls it behind the siren Monobears.]

[ so far no other monsters have arrived besides the screaming bears, but there are sounds like something else might be coming.

the rock isn't aimed at the siren monokumas, so they kind of ignore it, approaching to surround the girls. ]

[ As the bears start approaching, she'll eye them warily - if they get too close, she might try using her pressure strike ability to create some distance. She's not sure what weapons they're armed with, but she doesn't want to find out, either.

Nui's lack of weapon is unfortunate, but they'll have to make do nonetheless. ]

Looks like we'll have to rely on my sword friend here, then.

[ She's not entirely sure how that will turn out, but she'll give the command for it to start attacking the monobears regardless. Time to see what this sword thing can do. As for Nui's plan, however... ]

Throwing rocks might help keep them distracted, but be careful. We don't know how dangerous these things are.

We're two pretty girls! And, uh, sword guy. I'd definitely pay more attention to us than a dirty old rock!

[Fight or flight is kicking in, and she'd be way more likely to run back down into the catacombs if they weren't already close to being surrounded. She and Kaguya have the same impulse to put some distance between them, so Nui acts in unspoken agreement.]

I guess it can't be helped. [Well, the prop might be useless, but it's still heavy. She takes a swing for the blaring siren on one of their assailants' heads.]

[ the siren at least does shatter for the monokuma that nui attacks! that's one out of five sirens down? the bear begins to cry dramatically while its compatriots wail even louder.

one bear in riot gear shows up to aid his pals, although he also doesn't seem to have too much in the way of attack stats yet because nui has literally no powers or weapons ]

There are more of those bears?

[ Though the new one is notably different from the others, with the riot gear. Hopefully it doesn't have any batons to whack them with, but just in case, she'll keep an eye on it. That's probably the most important one to keep their distance from, since the other ones simply seem noisy.

Still, it seems Nui was on to something with cracking open the siren, so she'll direct her sword companion to target the siren on the nearest siren monobear's head. If they break all of those, at least that should take care of the first wave? ]

Unfortunately, I think you're right there. It looks like we've got no choice but to face them head-on.

[It's hard not to clap her hands over her ears when the wailing just gets louder. Hey, now, there are fewer sirens here, not more!

Even though the first bear is just crying now, she pops it in the nose with the end of her prop spear just for good measure. Now it actually has something to cry about.]

If that bear puts up a stonewall, there's no way we can reach its heart! ♥ Think you can get its shield for me? Pretty, [she takes a shot at WAILING SIREN BEAR number 3,] pretty please?

[ THE WAILING GETS LOUDER AGAIN because the meta text will not take this sass (also the monokumas are upset). the one that gets hit sobs harder and...runs away?

these. are kind of pathetic. but the shield bear stomps forward, looking to hit one of the girls with the shield?

the sword companion can break a 2nd siren, though, sure. that monokuma also starts sobbing. ]

[ Okay, that riot bear is getting a little too close for comfort, so she'll try sending out a pressure wave to push him back a little by thrusting her hand out at him, holding her palm out in a "stop" gesture. Normally she'd feel a little weird resorting to these powers, but right now that's a minor concern. ]

I can try to take him out entirely, if you can handle breaking the sirens. Hopefully it shouldn't be too difficult.

[ She's not actually all that confident about this plan (or that her ears can take any more wailing), but it's the best she's got for now. So she'll try to direct her sword companion to go at the shield bear from behind, hoping to take him by surprise and get a hit. ]

Sure--they're already more annoying than the REAL cops! [Wow, they are kind of pathetic, but at least they're trying their best.

She might not have any weapons readily available, and her staff might have only one or two more good whacks in it before it splinters entirely, but she does have at least one actually-pointy item in her arsenal.

Sobbing Monokuma #2 gets stabbed at with her travel scissors.

The fewer there are, the easier it'll be to move around and smack down the remaining sirens. She gets ready to swign her big stick in a big circular arc, just like in the movies, which she has totally always wanted to do!]

[ sobbing monokuma #2 begins to tick like a bomb? that said it just stays there sobbing, stuffing coming out of it. so you can maybe use him, who knows.

the guard monokuma, having seen the sword buddy attack one of his BROS, swings around to slam swordy the sword with his shield. ]

[ That... could have gone better. And the ticking sound is even worse... ]

Definitely more annoying. And I don't like the sound of that, either....

[ Can she push the riot bear back with her pressure wave, and then knock the ticking one into him once he's a safe distance away? If not, priority for now is getting that ticking bomb away from them as soon as possible. ]

You gotta be joking.

[Her tone is completely flat. If only bombs worked on the doors in the catacombs...Well, a few unattended graves can be blown up, too; that's no skin off her nose.

Nui can kind of see what Kaguya is doing, though it's blurred by the wailing of an intact siren. So she'll try and kite the bears that aren't at risk of exploding (yet) to a less populated area. No one wants a chain explosion.

She starts timing the ticking:] 10...9...

[ kaguya can absolutely push the riot bear back with her pressure wave, and then the ticking one! that leaves three siren bears to start trying to attack - this time one of them tries to swing his arms at nui?

8...7... ]

I'll try to keep it as far away from us as possible. With any luck, it'll take that shield one out with him.

[ She's not sure how much she can use this ability without either exhausting herself or using it up, but given the circumstances, it's worth keeping her hand outstretched to push them back any time either of them try to get any closer. Better wearing out her powers now than winding up dead.

6... 5... ]

[She really does wish she could hit harder.

Unfortunately, that swinging Monokuma absolutely pops her with its haphazardly wheeling fist, enough to pop some blood vessels in her nose and cause pain that will definitely bruise later. Even if they're wimps, getting punched isn't fun...and there will DEFINITELY BE BLOOD ON HER CLOTHES NOW YOU USELESS PIECE OF SHIT BEAR!

Adrenaline-fueled rage has her making a very aggressive choice instead of continuing her more defensive kiting. She grabs that offensive punchy bear by the arm and tries to throw it with her ... regular human being strength into a huge memorial nearby.

...4...3...]

[ 2...1...

KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!

so that took out the bears who got lined up, leaving behind, like, three of the siren guys one of whom nui just tossed at a memorial.

that one is now crying. :( ]

[ Well. That was dangerous, and a little tiring, but at least there's only three left? And given that the last time a crying bear was left alone it turned into a timebomb, that seems like a good one to start targeting next.

So she'll send her sword companion to start hacking away at the sobbing bear. That leaves the two of them on the defensive against the remaining siren bears, but hopefully they won't be too much more of threats... ]

[The blood on her nice costume that she was totally never going to wear again is enough of a reason for Nui not to care that the bear is crying.

Never mind the, like, punching and exploding. Well, the seething rage is gone for a second, and Nui's back to her bubbly self.]

You're kind of a natural at this, dog-girl! Ooh, wait, Puppy-yama!

[She steps on the food of a Monokuma that still has its siren intact, pocket scissors akimbo. Did the Riotkuma by any chance happen to drop its shield, or did the shield get destroyed in the explosion?]

[ well, nui has time to pick up the shield - but then, something happens. you see, as the girls were fighting up in the graveyard, some other idiots were fighting down below. as nui grabs the shield, the ground opens up beneath them and they are #gone!

probably they can yell at sena for this later, or something.

when they finally stop falling, they will find they landed on something soft! it is a monokuma unit, with a siren. it seems to be dead now though.

also they are in a huge room, although the roof closes up overhead even as they watch. hopefully they have phones or some other source of light?

what do you do next, girls? ]

[ There's... definitely a fair amount of screaming on Kaguya's part when it comes to the sudden freefall, because to say that was unexpected is an understatement. But thank goodness for a few stuffed bears to break their fall.

Once she's had a second to calm down, she's immediately pulling out her phone (thankfully undamaged in the fall) so she can take a look around. ]

...Please tell me we're not trapped here.

[Those very dead bears at least did a good job cushioning the fall, but she's still banged up from the distance and the landing that she left than stuck.]

What do you think? Yeah, the sky's just pitch black. [There's edge of cruelty in her voice. She can only see the question as a stupid one, even if it's a genuine reaction.

This is the breaking point. Maybe she could have dealt with everything before this, but she's too normal for this. She lingers on the fluffy pile for a minute, and when she gets up it's to examine the statue in the back there or whatever's in its place with her phone. Better a fake person than one that can see her tearing up.]

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