TEAM TARZAN LOG

[recollecters]

TEAM TARZAN

READY: START Team Tarzan roster: Anastasia, Ikuo Ryuuzaki, Jack Kelly, Kasen Ibaraki, Keigo Asano, Kurogane, Kurt Wagner, Silver, Yamatonokami Yasusada, Yaeger, Yosuke Hanamura, Yugi Mutou. The city's been under siege for what feels like hours. It's only on August 3rd that you learn it's been a matter of days. Monsters begin pulling Retrospec users through portals left and right, large gaping holes in reality that spit you out in any given location around the city. However, just as you think you're finally getting away, a large blue portal opens and you're snatched up. No amount of fighting and struggling will free you and soon the pressure is too great to ignore. Darkness fills your vision and the last thing you may remember is the sound of the monkeys howling... This is the Team Tarzan 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 Tarzan is as follows: 3RD: Objective 1 posted (9PM EST) | Objective 1 Part Two 10TH: Objective 1 closes (8PM EST), Objective 2 posted (9PM EST) | Objective 2 Part Two 17TH: Objective 2 closes (8PM EST), Objective 3 posted (9PM EST) | Object 3 Part Two 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.

Comments

[digthefuzz]

Thank the Lord almighty...

[He grins at Keigo's description.]

Yeah, that's gotta be it! I think I've seen puzzles like this before. Just not on cave walls!

[He experiments with sliding some tiles to and fro, trying to get a sense of what the picture's supposed to be.]

[loudmouths]

[ well, with that agreed upon, keigo started to do his part in getting the damn thing figured out. finding a spot to set the torch (is that a makeshift sconce?), keigo started to touch and shift the tiles around, too. ]

Here, move that one, I think...

[ ...maybe??? these types of things weren't that difficult to figure out once you started connected the lines together. hopefully. ]

[digthefuzz]

Good thinking!

[Kurt nods as he follows Keigo's advice. Things are easier to see now that the torch is in a set place and he scans what he has so far. At least one corner's starting to look like an image.]

It's starting to come together... We can do this!

[loudmouths]

[ with these two brilliant minds, anything could happen! ]

Yeah, but what do you think it's supposed to be?

[ he shifted another piece, and another... was that a wing? or a leg? ]

Is it a bug??

[digthefuzz]

[His eyes light up at that guess! Looking at it right now, it's really starting to come together.]

Dude, that's gotta be it! Like that funky beetle back by the altar... We must be on the right track!

[With the image of the beetle in mind, Kurt shifts the pieces around some more, now with some excitement!]

[loudmouths]

Ah, yeah, that altar thing!!

[ well, if anything, kurt certainly validated keigo's contributions! he grinned widely, quite pleased with himself as he helped move some tiles around. hopefully he wouldn't mess up kurt in the process! ]

[digthefuzz]

Right! We're on the same wavelength now!

[At least in terms of thoughts... but as Keigo makes his movements, it does end up mixing up some of the pieces he was working on.]

Hey, easy there man! You're throwing off my groove.

[loudmouths]

[ whoops! so much for that winning streak of his. ]

A-ah, sorry! [ and he jerked his hands back away from the tiles, looking rather apologetic. ]

[digthefuzz]

It's cool, man, it's cool!

[He's quick to calm down.]

We just have to be careful... We gotta put this whole puzzle together without messing any sides up! We got this.

[loudmouths]

Well, maybe we should take turns then, or somethin'? If you get stuck, then I'll mess with it and such?

[ though if they both got stuck, then what... ]

[digthefuzz]

When you're right, you're right. Let's tag-team this baby! Okay, how about I go first so I can fix up that part I was working on?

[loudmouths]

Sounds good to me!

[ and keigo will take the spot of being a loyal spectator, supporting kurt with his Good Vibes.

or something. ]

[digthefuzz]

Sweet deal!

[And so Kurt gets to work, shifting things around to fix things up without messing up what Keigo had accomplished. That's another chunk of the puzzle down!

Then, he steps back and holds up a hand to tag Keigo back in.]

Alright, you're up!

[loudmouths]

[ consider him tagged! this was actually kinda fun... even if keigo couldn't shake the Air of Foreboding that he got out of the place in general. ]

Okay, let's see...

[ with what kurt had already accomplished, it wasn't too difficult to move some of the remaining pieces around to form another side to it. it was the middle pieces that gave him issue. ]

...Aah... Where should this one go? Left or right?

[digthefuzz]

[Kurt pretty much feels a similar vibe.

But they're slowly closing in on the solution!

Kurt steps forward as Keigo questions, and rubs his chin thoughtfully.]

Um... right, I think?

[loudmouths]

[ right it is! keigo moved the piece over, as instructed... well, that looks better! getting closer... ]

Ah, the rest of this shouldn't be too much harder to figure out, right??

[digthefuzz]

Yeah, we got this one in the bag! Let's do it to it!

[And then with some more pieces slid into place, the image of the scarab beetle is complete! And with that, the wall slides open...]

I'm at work atm so I'm gonna be a bit slow!

[loudmouths]

[ truly amazing! keigo even jumped back a bit as it opened out of pure shock. ]

Woah! I dunno what I was expecting, but damn...

I guess we gotta go in?

No worries!

[digthefuzz]

[Kurt's eyes widen in surprise as he watches the door open. He flinches, almost expecting something to come out, but nothing does. And he just glances with a mix of wonder and apprehension.]

Whoa... A real life secret passage!

[He nods at Keigo's question.]

Of course. That's gotta be where the real goodies are! [In fact, he starts to move straight on ahead into the passageway!]

[loudmouths]

[ woah, this guy was pretty brave! or pretty reckless... either way, once keigo snapped out of his trance, he grabbed the torch and followed after kurt. ]

What are we supposed'ta be lookin' for again?

[digthefuzz]

[A little bit of column a, little bit of column b...

Luckily Keigo remembers the torch! And so they step forward, and Kurt glances around to examine their surroundings as they move into the dark hall.]

Well, I'm guessing the pieces of that big beetle thing back where started. After that puzzle, I only feel more sure of it!

[loudmouths]

[ ah, yes... the beetle... keigo hummed thoughtfully, shining the torch around carefully. ]

You don't think that there's gonna be a booby trap 'r somethin' around here, do you?

[digthefuzz]

I... guess it's possible.

[He admits with a frown.]

I honestly don't know what to expect! But hey, at least that other room was safe, right? So maybe this'll be safe too!

[loudmouths]

[ leave it to keigo to get paranoid... ]

Yeah, but if it was safe in that room, it could be the opposite further in. [ he raised his hand up, finger pointed for Emphasis! ] Like, y'know, lurin' ya' into a false sense of security!!

[digthefuzz]

[One of them has to!]

...Okay, okay, that's a fair point. Let's just... be on our guard and all. Whatever comes our way, we can totally handle it! ...Probably.

[He says with a weak chuckle.]