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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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Pretty sure any kind of skeleton love is taboo.

[he's just putting that out there

and then he attaches the skelelady's hand to finish her off! after which he steps right the fuck back because he doesn't need to get smacked in the face if this one dances too, which of course it does. lord.

he's just gonna grab the key and flip it over to sena.]

Here, catch. There was another chest around here, right?

[ neatly catches it with one hand and fishing out his phone with the other. they have some nice momentum going on here, let's keep this up! ]

Yeah, it's in that other room Nui mentioned. Come on.

[ time to let these skelelovers rest in actual peace in this room for eternity... or something. ]

[She takes Bernie from his floating model position and places him next to his "friend." They're snuggling now! Too bad they're even fake skeletons...]

It's, like, just out there in the hall kinda...Someone really didn't want us to take it because it's basically nailed to the floor.

[She grabs her gear from the side of the skeleton room on the way out, still favoring the wrist she fell on. Nui runs out ahead of the boys to lead them to the chest, pointing out the indentation with a kick of her foot. Wait, come to think of it, weren't there indentations somewhere else in this chamber?

A problem for future Nui again.]

Yeah, well, we'll see about that.

[or they can just open it, chuuya...

he picks up their other chest again along the way, just because it seems safer than carrying its contents unprotected, and sets it back down by where that indentation is so he can retrieve the orb and slot it in!

this is probably the most productive they've been the whole time honestly, go them.]

[ let's not ruin any other chests just because we're team ethanol, guys

anyways, sena follows them to the chest that's nailed on the floor and kneels down to finally unlock this one, revealing an orb that should go to the indentation over there. ]

Got it. Let's get this over with already.

[ so yeah he's running for the entrance where the indentations for these orbs are and gently places this one orb in. there we go. ]

Edited 2017-08-16 23:55 (UTC)

Oh, so that's what I was thinking of! [Nui laughs a little bit. Once again, future Nui has solved what past Nui couldn't! Now that Sena's gone back toward the gate, she realizes that that's where she saw the first indentations in the first place.]

Oooh, ooh, lookie! This one's the same size. Maybe we have a multipurpose thingamabob!

[Unfortunately, Chuuya, that chest probably still isn't movable. Does he feel bad? Can she see him cry later? After very delicately getting orb the second back out of its hold, she follows Sena (slower, since her legs are stinging though they've stopped bleeding) and slots the orb into place.]

[ there's a flash of light, filling the room.

sena's device pings: employee #32041 is within range, and a flashing red dot with that number label appears on the map.

they can now cross over the boundary line, if they so choose. do they intend to continue? ]

[ huh, okay, that's weird... no name? ]

There's someone out there. Probably waiting for us?

[ turns to nod at the other two and waves for them to come follow him and this signal. just what is waiting for them outside anyway? ]

Let's get going, then.

[chuuya nods, and he'll just be keeping pace with sena, because he may have the map but chuuya's not gonna let him get too far ahead. he's the resident monster magnet, he may still need bodyguarding or something out here.]

Nui, you stay close too in case we get jumped, alright?

[This is actually a valid call-out since she would definitely skip ahead under other circumstances. Chuuya doesn't have to tell her twice, though, and she sticks closer to him than to Sena as they step through. She swaps her Kuma shield to the hand that wasn't hurt, just in case.]

Someone? Jeez... How do you get stuck all the way out here?

[ yo, rude! anyway they find this pathway leading up to a temple. following it eventually leads to this platform after walking through a strangely empty temple, but instead of a sword there is a woman sitting rather unhappily at the center of the flower, a shimmering globe of white light over her.

she's wearing jeans, a black leather jacket, and an old t-shirt, and does have a sword strapped to her back.

she kind of blinks at them whenever they come in? ]

[ the place feels so unreal but then again they're here to fix that, right? they can easily get lost here but thanks to the lvl2 access on sena's phone, they reach the platform in no time and sees a woman a sword. this must be that unnamed employee, right? ]

What're you staring at us for? Sorry it took us too long to get here or whatever.

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Sena.

[that comes with an elbow nudge, there, and an exasperated look.]

Sorry about him. Listen, we're here to fix unreality, but-- we're not gonna get stuck or something too if we get too close, right?

[because he is ready to grab either of these two if that's the case.]

[Softly--for once, like, an actual whisper that isn't intended to be a stage whisper the woman in the flower can hear.] I think she might be the one who's stuck.

[She raises her voice.] He's right--we don't wanna get stuck her, but are you trapped under there? If you know how to get out, we're getting really good at solving puzzles!

Who the hell - wait, you're from that application?

[ why the fuck are you in the crypt. anyway, she stands up. ]

It's all fucking riddles, and I can't get to them from here. [ she gestures to the six crystal points around the flower. ] I think it's something to do with those. They all need to be facing outward - bloomed.

The app's the entire reason why we're here, so yeah.

[ he does look where she's indicating and tilts his head in confusion. ]

That seems pretty simple enough, so why so stumped over it? Do we need to move those by ourselves or are we supposed to activate something?

Little hard to do shit if you're stuck, kid. C'mon.

[and he just gestures for sena to come with as he heads to the closest point, inspecting it. more riddles, huh? fine. that's fine. at least it's not dancing skeletons.]

[So we're really doing this again, huh?

She starts backing away from the flower toward a different crystal platform, trying to keep her conversation with the prisoner going while also moving toward the puzzle.]

Hey, uh...no offense. We've had some really bad luck. [She eyes the sword.] If you get out you're not going to, like...

Stab us?

Right?

Edited 2017-08-17 02:12 (UTC)

Not if you don't stab me. [ like. she won't promise not to stab someone who attacks her first? she crosses her arms.

...probably she'd give her name if asked, but doesn't seem about to give it. she's frowning. ]

How did you even get in here? Who the hell gave you guys access?

[ it's more confused than accusatory. she's been in here two weeks without updates, although she seems...like she was stuck in a moment of time.

at the base of each crystal point is a dial with five flowers; it seems they'll have to twist all the dials so one of the points is facing up. there's a lotus, a rose, a daisy, a peony, and a daffodil on each dial. ]

[ sena goes over to where chuuya is examining the crystal points and spots the dials. all they gotta do is turn them up, right? seems easy enough.

... too easy. ]

The good doc back at the crypts gave two of us "Level 2 access", if that's what you meant. I'm one of those guys. [ holds up his phone ] Apparently you're Employee #32041.

[ so is she one of those retrospec scientists or a victim just like them? ]

Edited 2017-08-17 02:21 (UTC)

A few groups of us got access to different places a little while ago. Sounds like it's pretty much a skeleton crew working, so-- we're helping out.

[he's just kind of talking over his shoulder while he investigates, here, considering-- six points and five flowers, so it's not one of each. maybe matching them to the one she's standing on...?

chuuya goes ahead and turns the dial on this one so the lotus is facing up.]

[Nui had the same thought, so she turns the nearest dial to "lotus" as well. What a bad riddle if it's just making them all match, isn't it? she thinks. Finally feeling like it's fine to turn her back on the girl in the flower, she'll make way to the second dial near her and do the same.]

Yeah, only two real employees keep showing up, you know? Something really, really bad happened with reality, so it's just the doctor and Maurice.

You know, the intern!

[STOP PICKING ON MAURICE HE'S DOING HIS BEST.]

Edited (i'm getting sick of this dw space thing????) 2017-08-17 02:49 (UTC)

Wendy Guo. [ also, the crystal chuuya moved the dial for is now glowing, and the petal "blooms".

wendy can't reach the dials, so presumably that wasn't helping her with her escape attempts. ]

Wait, which doctor? [ there's more than one and she has no idea which one is in charge. who would even think to call in these guys? ]

[ turns the other dial nearest him towards the lotus too! ]

Doctor Mahoney. For some reason she looked older now the last time we checked in at the crypts, even though she looked much younger the first time we met her.

[ and finally turning the last dial towards the lotus as well. that should do it. ]

[honestly a fair thing to wonder, wendy

anyway i think that was 5? but chuuya will help if they haven't covered them all and get the last; if his glowed and nui's crystals didn't, though, he has a feeling there's more to it than matching them all to the same thing.

still, it's a starting point!]

I mean, she is working on time and space shit, it's probably related-- doesn't make it any less weird, though.

[and with a glance back to wendy:] So are you part of her department? She didn't mention anyone being stuck around here.

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breaking the sequence for a bit!

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