TEAM ETHANOL LOG

[recollecters]

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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[saburai]

[ She'll look over that exit closely before turning back to talk to Nui. ]

...Looks like there's a possible way out over here as well. We'll just need to find a way to open it.

[ Is the exit closed with an obvious lock requiring a key, or is it just closed without a clear way in? ]

I wonder if what you've found might be related.

[eyestitch]

[She sets the shield down momentarily and rubs her hands on her already dirty costume. What a waste of money. What a waste of everything.

After touching the sculpted folds in the statue's clothing and circling it a few times (and hopping a few times, on the opposite side of it, where Kaguya can't see), Nui groans.]

Hey, why don't you come over and lend your bear-wrangling hands so I can get up here?

[recollecters]

[ the meta text patiently awaits this glorious display of teamwork.

but yeah it's closed without a clear way in. no worries, it will probably mysteriously open later, or something! ]

[saburai]

[ Then she'll leave the exit alone for now, heading over to the statue. It's... very tall. Even if she gets on her tip-toes, she's not sure she can lift Nui up enough to grab whatever's up there. ]

I could try lifting you up on my shoulders, but... is that going to be tall enough?

[eyestitch]

[She's trying so hard not to snap, showing a level of control she doesn't usually try to have.] We can only try, okay? I'm already getting hungry down here.

[Nui cranes her neck allll the way back, looking up at the just-visible shiny object in the statue's hand. Probably no details are visible from here, right?]

What about that Jedi air trick you did against the bears?

[recollecters]

[ please jedi air trick up to the statue's uplifted hand. the meta text wants to see this? ]

[saburai]

We don't know how long we'll be down here. Exhausting ourselves unnecessarily because we didn't think things through is just silly.

[ There's no guarantee that there won't be more bears waiting for them when they manage to get back to the surface. She's not really willing to use up all that energy to lift Nui when their combined heights aren't close to the top of the statue, is all.

But using the new ability to shove her up is a slightly less exhausting option. Just one that might wind up with Nui a little banged up. ]

As for that ability... I can certainly try to push you up with it, but you'll have to grab the item quickly. And presumably you'll want to find something to break your fall.

[eyestitch]

[The meta text asks, the meta text shall receive.]

Well, we'll call it the graveyard diet. [At least one of them could use it, probably.

She could suggest landing on Kaguya's shoulders, but that would be...mean? She's not the one who needs the graveyard diet, though.]

Ummm... Hmph. [Nui stomps over to one of the dead bears and starts dragging it over by the arms like some macabre Weekend at Bernie's.] Hey, it worked before.

[recollecters]

[ this plan will quite probably work, and the meta text is super excited for it. the item, whenever nui grabs it, will be a glimmery silver skull.

now make magic happen ]

[saburai]

[ If Nui needs any help pulling over the broken bear, Kaguya will offer her aid; otherwise, she'll wait until Nui's done and in position. ]

Are you ready?

[ When she is, Kaguya will send a pressure wave upward, trying to push Nui up towards the top of the statue. ]

[eyestitch]

Let's get this over with.

[Nui shrieks when she's blasted into the air, though whether it's a scream of terror or enjoyment is really anyone's best guess. Her legs are drawn up tightly underneath her, but she remembers to reach out and snatch that fucker with a sort of grossed-out] Waugh!

[She splats back down onto the bears and holds the skull aloft.] Horatio...we've been looking for you.

[recollecters]

[ the skull glimmers very helpfully.

also, a door from the left-hand side opens to reveal two losers. as soon as they come inside, the door will close behind them. ]

[adoringpast]

[ um

uh

okay??? sena, his face and body a bit banged up, is just as shocked because - ]

How the fuck did you guys get here?

[doublesmall]

Here's hoping you had a better trip than we did, whatever happened.

[sena's buddy is also a bit banged up, and also probably more damp than sena considering model boy here got carried... gross.]

Just tell me you know the way out of here, I'm sick and tired of this damn place.

[saburai]

[ That was a bit of creative use of these newfound powers, but at least it seems to have worked out. Now they have a shiny skull, which should... hopefully be of some use.

The two new people in the room catch her attention more immediately, though. ]

Honestly, I'm not entirely sure what happened... one minute we were in the graveyard, and the next the ground collapsed beneath us. We're lucky there were those stuffed bears to break our fall.

[ She's unaware that there were any bombs involved in that collapse... ]

Where did you two come from?

[eyestitch]

[Of course the door closes behind them... Assuming that there was probably a staircase up or something that they could have come down, Nui hisses between her teeth. She's currently kneeling on a pile of dead siren Monokumas, clutching a crystal skull, filthy, blood on the front of her costume where it dripped from her nose.]

One of the bears exploded, but it definitely wasn't underneath us... Probably one of those stupid. monsters from the convention caused an earthquake.

[Sena's lifespan has been increased by +45 seconds!]

[recollecters]

[ i'll give you guys 1 more round of tags before something else happens. make sena suffer ]

[adoringpast]

[ OH

OH GOD

he's definitely not sweating profusely, oh no, sena HATES to sweat. but why are his eyes shifting back and forth? ]

Y-Yeah. Stupid monsters. So annoying.

[ HE'S JUST GONNA LIMP AWAY ]

Is there another way out of here? Like another door? Or do we have to dig our way out?

[doublesmall]

[yeah no, chuuya got dropped down who knows how far, he had to save their butts, he carried your ass through possibly-gross underground crypt water... he is shoving sena right in the path of this bus, you're welcome.]

You know what else is annoying? When someone throws a goddamn bomb at them and makes a giant hole in the floor.

[POINTED LOOK AT SENA... chuuya's got his arms folded, looking totally unimpressed.

own ur shit]

You're lucky you're not under a pile of rocks right now, kid.

[saburai]

[ After hearing that story... she's turning to frown at Sena. ]

Please tell me you weren't actually stupid enough to use bombs underground. You could have gotten us all killed.

[ I mean, a cave-in is one thing, but some idiot blowing up the ground below them? That's completely avoidable. ]

thanks for the opportunity, mods

[eyestitch]

[45 seconds have passed.

From her Monokuma cushion, Nui's head snaps around with impressive speed. That little weasel, sweating and backing away! And after she'd said she was worried he'd ruin his pretty face!]

You? [She's incredulous at first, as if unable to believe that little Sena, who she spends so much time harassing and maybe, in some weird way, even enjoying, could have fucked up so badly.

Nui giggles. Gosh, it's so funny! Horatio gets put aside (hopefully handed to Kaguya) for a second, and she stands up slowly.] You know, Sena...I'm glad you guys are ok. [She's on her way over there, maybe to inspect their injuries?] Because guys who lie to girls...

Really piss me off! [And she sweeps at his legs with the riot shield.]

[recollecters]

[ ...you know what nui can have one more round of tags and then i'll let them out just because i wanna see sena fall over ]

[adoringpast]

Nngh--!

[ you got your wish, mods and whoever's watching this shitshow of a thread. sena of course falls over and lands on his already scratched-up knees. at the back of his mind he already knows he deserved this - actually it's weird how chuuya didn't say anything about the explosion but now he knows - but still. ]

Wh-What else am I supposed to do?! We were under attack by those skeleton things! I just had to do it!

[ sucks in a pained breath in between his teeth because MAN THIS HURTS OK, NUI REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A HEART AT ALL maybe ]

Fine! It's borderline suicidal of me to do that. I know that now, so just -- Just punish me later once we get out of here, okay?!

[eyestitch]

[Luckily, Nui doesn't completely throw him to the ground and sit on him to beat his face into the ground like she really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really wants to.

What she does do is lean over in front of Sena, putting the top edge of the riot shield close to his shin as if to keep him there. She pulls her costume emergency scissors out of her pocket and brandishes them.]

I stabbed a bear with these! Do you know how stupid it was? But it worked super well!

[Shoulders heaving a little bit as she inhales and exhales to calm down, Nui finally, just slightly, smiles.]

It just had to be done!

[recollecters]

[ i'm so blessed. and since the important thing (i.e. beating up sena) has been accomplished, at this very second room 6 figures out their puzzle, unlocking the doors to rooms 12 and 13!

you all are in room 13 and are free to leave at any time, as the door leading out swings open when the puzzle ends. possibly they may want to go put in the final two keys at the terminal (after augustine and amelia acquire the cube, which they have done), or something, although mod tags for that may wait for not 2am ]