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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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[ ok but deep inside he does appreciate their help despite their uh, differences, but he's gonna act like a spoiled brat anyway because yeah

but ugh, he's being too hotblooded lately, even though he can never see himself as a hero like what nui says. what is going on? ]

All right, I give. Is it time for this door to open, then?

[ he grabs ahold of the sword by his hilt just in case this one actually works. ]

[She, too, is about to investigate the dragon pedestals, following Chuuya's lead, when Sena decides to take their advice and give the door another answer. She's still ostensibly leaning over the pillars to examine them, but she cocks her head to the side to listen to the door open and any subsequent sound.]

Still okay, Sena? Do you need mom and dad?

[She can't see the, uh, ninjas, so it's still time for jokes.]

Since when are we mom and dad...

[he's only 23, he's too young for this life?

chuuya turns toward the door to squint over at it, and... is that movement over there? it's hard to see, but-]

Hey, c'mon, I think that might be a yes.

[even if he isn't positive, he assumes it's best to be safe and send backup when it's not needed as opposed to carrying poor sena back.]

[ the door opens and hoLY FUCK OKAY SUDDENLY 15 NINJAS COME STREAMING OUT OF THAT ROOM AND CHASING SENA DOWN ]

Guys--!!

[ yeah okay normally he can make do with one or two with his sword despite the lack of experience, but fucking fifteen?! he does lure those fuckers towards the center of the main room so that chuuya and nui can see what's happening (like the good bait that he is), and sena unleashes his sword to slash one of them across the stomach. that's the easy part, but can he really take out all of them on his own?! ]

WHAT THE HELL, SENA?

[Nui brings her riot shield around front immediately. The axe she has is really heavy, and swinging it with one hand (having never picked up an axe in her life) won't be the most effective method of fighting. Still, she turns back from the dragon statues and jumps down the short display of steps, getting closer to provide Sena with some support here. She keeps her head well below the top edge, eyes somewhere around the "Kuma" level.

She should just know when to quit and run away, because clearly she isn't needed at a time like this--]

Will you try not to get yourself stabbed?

Holy shit--

[well. attracting enemies was not remotely an understatement, was it?
chuuya hasn't used his qr-given ability on more than one or two things at a time before, but if there was ever a good time to find out how far he can push it...

chuuya takes the opportunity to try, moving closer before he stretches a hand out and focuses on several of them in turn. one at a time, nearly half of them slow down, their eyes lit up green-- chuuya's are too, for the moment. when they don't immediately act, though, he realizes he might have to give them a push when there are this many.]

Hey, you wanna kill them, right? But there's not enough for all of you. Your friends are gonna get there before you, and then there's not gonna be anything left.

It's your prey though, isn't it? I know you guys saw him first-- so are you really gonna let them take what's yours?

[apparently, no, they're not. the ones with green eyes leap back into action to attack their newfound enemies and take out the competition! so have fun with that.]

[ holy shit, what did chuuya just do? sena watches these ninja suddenly turn on each other and start offing themselves instead and, grinning, leaps in to the fray and easily takes down one, two, three of those fuckers. huh, this is actually easier than he thinks now? he can certainly get the hang of this, though he desperately needs some experience first before taking more of these on his own. like in those video games.

he turns to nui and nods. what is she waiting for? ]

Is that ax just for show, Harime? This isn't some cosplay contest you know, come on...!

[Holy shit Sena's getting a little bloodthirsty.

Nui's mouth hangs open for about thirty seconds before she shakes herself back into activity. It would be nice if they could just let the monsters fight themselves to death, but the jealous ones seems to have the advantage of envy-induced rage.]

You're just saying that 'cause you know you wouldn't win! Let's see what we can do about these monsters with the green-eyed monster!

[Shield dropped chest-height a little optimistically, she sidesteps behind one of the jealousy-enabled ninjas and starts hacking at any armor openings she can find: neck, shoulders, hips. The truth is, with her limited skill and strength it takes a while to do any damage even when the axe blade gets between the slats. It's practical to keep swinging, but it probably looks like she has some kind of vendetta.]

[chuuya, meanwhile, will be back here slumped against this nice sturdy column for a bit because god, that's more tiring than he expected. his head is killing him and he definitely needs a while before he can fight again.

he doesn't want to be useless, though, so after a bit of watching them he calls out--]

Hey, Sena! Soften 'em up a little, would you-- you go after them once he's got them hurting!

[definitely sounding kinda out of breath there, though. he's going to keep letting them deal with it unless they look like they're in trouble.]

Got it!

[ he can follow instructions at least - he stands back, letting them beat each other up first before going in for another kill while narrowly avoiding the attacks they keep throwing at each other. he is so not made for physical combat at all, really: aside from his complete lack of experience with a sword of all things, sena's figure is way too wiry... which is appropriate for a model with a meticulous diet but not so much when you're literally fighting for your damn life.

soon enough he gets tired as well and pulls out, head turning at nui to see how she's doing. ]

You still alive there?

[ teasing, but he'll help her out too if she needs it. despite being exhausted as fuck at this point. ]

Sorry to disappoint you, cutie!

[She's dismembering her second ninja right now. Once that one falls, she looks up at what remains, arm trembling from holding her weapon and swinging it for too long.

Then she looks back at the two guys who are just gonna TAKE A NAP, SHE GUESSES.]

I knew girls had more stamina, but... [Her shield definitely gets clipped by a wayward attack as one ninja goes after another and she goes flying a good ten feet.]

Shit-- that's why you don't take your eyes off them!

[chuuya shoves himself away from the pillar, gesturing from sena to nui; he's done enough fighting that he can tell sena's tired too, so now that chuuya's at least had a minute to rest he'll push himself into the fray this time.]

Make sure she's okay--

[his own knife isn't tiny, but it's not like what these guys are packing. one ninja knocks away another's blade, and chuuya snatches it up, keeping his own in his off hand as he goes after what remains of the ninja clusterfuck. he's gonna be slower than usual, he can tell, but with them fighting each other he thinks he can manage.]

[ despite everything, sena drops what he's doing and sprints to nui's aid, carefully propping her up. hope she doesn't brush off his sudden chivalry like what vera did last week. he'd totally get the picture and drop it.

is she bleeding, though? gravely injured anywhere? sena knows nothing about first aid either but he's pulling out the bandages and gauze from his fannypack, delicately checking if she's broken anything, etc. for all his bravado and known prickliness, he'd still fuss over the most annoying people just because. ]

If you're still in one piece, tell me. Or at least nod once or whatever.

[See, he gets to play the hero after all...what a joke Sena is, really.

Nui took a pretty solid tumble back, but nothing seems to be permanently damaged. She landed on her tailbone and won't be sitting down right for a month; there are a couple of long cuts in her legs where she scraped them open on something. If anything, she just seems dazed from the impact. Stars would be circling her head if this were some kind of cartoon.

She's constantly fighting the urge to tamp down expressing what's wrong.] I'm fine, I'm fine... My wrist's a little banged up... [It hurts to hold the shield aloft, but like hell she's going to give it up.]

[while sena checks on her, chuuya works on stabbing some ninjas-- how many are even left is it enough for him to get rid of them

yeah they've been fighting each other for a bit so I'm gonna say so in the interest of Exploring. a few have probably killed each other by now to remove the excess of ninja.

he at least knows where to strike to hit vital points, so now that the remaining ninjas have helped wear each other down, he'll use his blades to finish off the last stragglers; chuuya's not getting out unscathed either, though, especially as the last one can actually give him its full attention. someone might wanna backstab that sucker when they're done over there.]

[ sena's not gonna take the shield from her, don't worry. jeez, it really is hard without a magical healer in this little team, so the sooner they finish investigating this room, the faster they can get out of here and treat all their wounds. sena's a little banged up too but it's not like last week's bombing incident nor like nui's injuries at all.

tsk. he'll make do with what he has right now. the cuts on her legs look nasty, but her sprained wrist is much more important. he gets to work right away, wrapping her injured wrist with the bandage nice and tight before sealing it. he's got no ice to ease the swelling right now but that should do. ]

Get up. Amagi should take care of those cuts later. We need to get through this first.

[ he's standing up as well, then runs for the last ninja to successfully stab it in the back. there we go, all done. ]

Yeah, I'm up, I'm up. My hero. [It's meant to be teasing, but there's a lack of her typical shrill humor this time. It could even be a thank you, even if neither 'thank' nor 'you' is ever coming out of her. She waves cutely at Chuuya, which is also kind of a thank you that isn't actually a thank you.]

Maybe splitting up isn't the greatest idea we've ever had. Let's go check out that room, unless it was just, like, a close with monsters in it...

[She starts walking over to the open door, glancing back to Sena for confirmation.]

[that wave gets a little nod of acknowledgment! no problem nui you're fine you're doing great.

chuuya wipes the blade of his knife clean, whether there's anything on it or not (just in case, y'know. he'll do the same with the weapon he stole if it's stuck around idk yet.) with that done--]

Sounds like a plan to me, but new rule: [he points the knife at sena. not in a threatening way, he's just pointing and it happens to be in his hand.] You don't run off alone, and we open the doors. Maybe that had something to do with you being the first one over there.

[ whoa okay just gonna back the fuck up with both arms raised ]

D-Don't just point that thing at me?! I get it now; I'm not just monster bait. I can keep track of all of us in my phone and so much more, since apparently that's what that doc said about Level 2 Access. But fine, let's go together as a team or whatever.

[ now with that out of the way, let's proceed to whatever those ninjas were protecting in that room. there seems to be nothing inside, but there is a staircase leading up to a second level - which prompts sena's phone to beep. ]

There's something up there. Looks like a puzzle piece, so let's be careful in handling it.

[ he does look at nui, checking if she's still up to it. he's a mother hen deep deep deep down, okay ]

You sure you don't need a piggyback ride or whatever?

You know I'd never turn down a piggyback ride! [She bats her eyelashes at Sena.] Except this time!

[Nui hops about halfway up the stairs and peers at the chest on its display.]

Ah, a big box...! Sorry, boys, this is one thing I can't handle. [She lifts the wrist she actually just hurt. In a pinch, she probably could lift with it, but, for once, she wants to save what she's got for the next fight they get into.]

Let's carry it down to those gates and try for a less deadly room!

Don't make me turn this car around, kids.

[chuuya shut up you're only 23.

he follows nui up the stairs when she points out that chest, and if sena's going for it too chuuya will just give him a little 'nah, it's good' wave off.]

Alright, I'll get this thing-- how about you pick the next place, Harime? We'll see if you have better luck.

[if it's a heavy box then he has gravity for that, so! onwards they go to... wherever nui decides they're going.]

[ sena is about to offer a hand in carrying that thing, yeah, but if chuuya says so... and anyways, sena doesn't want to do too much work as it is so thanks, dude.

he cocks his head at nui, waiting for her answer. which will it be, princess? ]

I won't go too far ahead! [Especially seeing what happened to Sena when he went ahead last time.

Nui strolls down the main chamber, looking back and forth at the entrances while waiting for Chuuya to carry the chest down.

Also, she trades out her axe for one of the ninja's #aesthetic swords. It seems like it'll be easier to wield.]

Ah, why not the next door neighbor? [She points to the room next to the one they were just in (red star room).] It'd be bad luck to put another trap out here, right?

Seems like it'd be weird to put everything we need on one side too though, right? But- yeah, point, I guess. Maybe there's still shit in here we can use.

[he lugs that chest along after them, setting it down outside their new door so that he can open it--

oh boy look at All Those Bones.]

I swear to god, if those turn into another giant skeleton...

[but he'll go ahead and step inside first just in case sena would trigger something by doing it. maybe he still will?? but listen, they can try.]

[ sena has had enough of bones... even though they're in the catacombs and all. the remains of a human skeleton does catch his eye though, and he cautiously approaches it in case he could set off a trap or something, whipping out his phone to see if there's any more beeping from it.

nope. ]

Kinda weird that it's missing half of its bones... [ turns to the chest chuuya's carrying ] You think the rest is inside that thing?

[ now if only they can open it... ]

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