06.50 - week six, saturday

[afflictionmods]

W6 SATURDAY

It’s Saturday…and things seem a little more standard, this time, when Lorelei makes a quick announcement on the tablets again at 8am:

”Good morning, students. It’s time for your sixth…and final official lesson. Yes. What this means is that this is the final detected orb located here, and while this does not indicate the end of the course just yet, it is the final day for your evaluation. Florence will meet you in front of the grocery store at 8pm tonight. Please do not be late. You are also free to bring a self-defense weapon with you, and any pain-alleviating items you have received. Nothing else will be allowed.”

She seems to be her usual self this time, and this certainly seems a lot kinder than the "trust exercise" from last week.

—

With the memories of last week’s lesson still lingering, a bit of wariness would be understandable. Still, Florence did say that this week shouldn’t be nearly so bad - whether you believe them or not is up to you - and they’re there at the grocery store, ready for another lesson.

They do seem a bit distracted, as it takes them a moment before they address everyone.

“Hello. Today’s lesson will be focused purely on cooperation. It is another journey into an orb, so things may be unpredictable, but nothing so severe…”

They trail off, before nodding at nothing.

“There is a storm. You must prepare to survive it, and prepare for any other eventualities. As I said, it may be unpredictable. I will be around to help in any way I possibly can.”

With that, it’s off into another orb - and the lush island on the other side. Surely this won’t be too hard, right?

OOC NOTE

Welcome to Week 6 Saturday's event. As Lorelei stated above, this is the final orb lesson for the game. Characters will have to work together to survive on a deserted island through an oncoming storm. How this will work OOCly is simple:

There will be three phases. Planning, gathering, and constructing. Planning will be short and mostly designed to have everyone gather their bearings and figure out who's doing what. Gathering will be collecting materials to help with their survival. Constructing will involve fortifying your "home base" so to speak.

Gathering and Constructing will run for 2 hours each. At the 1 hour mark for both phases, however, random events will happen that may throw characters off-kilter. There may be other things in between depending on character actions, but you can expect them at the hour mark at the very least. Planning will only last for 30 minutes, unless an extension is needed.

These instructions are not IC. This is for OOC organizational purposes.

We also have a section for people to submit threads so we can track progress and determine the outcome of the event. Qualifying threads must have at least 5 comments from you; more details can be found on the top level below.

The storm will happen at 5pm EST.

FULL NAV

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Comments

PLANNING PHASE

[afflictionmods]

[ When you get to the island, it seems...peaceful. The sun is shining. There are trees that cover the ground area to provide you with ample shade. The island is larger than you may have expected, though, with the perimeter being several miles long. The water is nice and blue, and there's a lot of jungle-like areas surrounding the area where you are. A small number of jungle trees that are currently visible seem like they have some fruits on them. The sound of birds cawing in the distance can be heard as you stand in front of a very basic hut. The hut looks like it can keep all of you in there, perhaps not comfortably, but it works.

For now.

It doesn't seem very sturdy, and as Florence said, you need to survive an oncoming storm. Inside, though, is a standard tool box. Hammers, pliers, measuring tape, clamps, screwdrivers and nails can be found inside of it. There also appears to be a hand saw leaning up against one of the walls, as well as three buckets.

There is also a radio sitting on top of a little table in the hut. It doesn't appear to be working. ]

( OOC: The areas for characters to interact with are basically the beach/ocean, jungle (surrounding area), and the hut. We will let the planning phase go for 30 minutes (with an extension if needed). This is here just in case characters would like to figure out who's going where/doing what/etc. )

[herlocksholmes]

Storm in the horizon, my good fellows! The sooner we get started the sooner we can weather it!

[Getting ready won't make the storm arrive sooner, Sholmes. Still, he doesn't correct what he said, hah]

Let us all work with our strengths, to avoid any trouble. What do we have at our disposal?

[partymagician]

Seems like there are quite a bit of tools in that hut. I suppose we could start with whoever is good at using those, and see what we can do from there?

[herlocksholmes]

I'm no carpenter, but I know my way with tools. I shall dedicate myself to any building we need to do, on that hut or in any other form.

[escardos]

Since Florence said that there's a storm, we should probably make sure that the hut won't be blown away!

[ he nods, chipper as always. ]

Maybe we can cut wood for more support?

[catarou]

Reinforcing the hut is an excellent first move. If we can gather larger leaves from the trees, that may be a solution for making the roof itself less likely to leak.

[sicklysweet]

[Wait a minute.]

Was that intentional?

[Storm, weathering...]

[herlocksholmes]

I don't have the slightest idea what you mean.

[He says with a bow. It makes so incredibly clear that was intentional]

[imitationsoul]

[ Miach isn't like, contributing, to this discussion but her dress pocket looks very bottle-shaped... so if we need fire... we can probably make fire... ]

[undertakings]

[He's here with a (sharpened) shovel and a hunting knife so like. He can probably dig up shit... if only they had bags for making sandbags though, alas.]

[vivens]

[ huh.

well this is both familiar and not at the same time? like in terms of just ending up on a tropical island and in a jungle. ]

Not quite what I expected for a final lesson.

[selfconcept]

Did you bring your ax?

[ He went to Sabo First Thing lmao ]

[vivens]

Of course.

[ he has the ax in one hand. ]

[escardos]

It's like those TV shows back at home. You have a bunch of people stranded in an island and they have to provide for themselves and survive.

[ he nods. ]

Then, at the end of every round, they vote one member off. I wonder if that will happen here, too?

[vivens]

[ he has no idea what flat is referring to but he gets the concept easy enough. though he can't help but frown for a moment. ]

If the intent is to not have a repeat of last week, you'd think that we wouldn't be voting off. Unless this "storm" is going to be deciding that.

[ignihidden]

Why a jungle... ... not again...

[SOME rude children PELTED HIM WITH FRUIT last time he was in a jungle!]

[vivens]

[ yeah, well.

sometimes you "accidentally" run into two horrible children who grow up to be ??? adults. ]

Hopefully this time the jungle experience will be more enjoyable.

[cheerfuldays]

There's no telling how long the storm will last. Will we need other supplies...?

( oh god she has never done a survival in her life. tools? absolutely not. what can she do to help... )

[sicklysweet]

Well, the more you can find, the better a chance you have at not dying miserably when this storm destroys everything around you.

[Helpful, Owen.]

[escardos]

Maybe! But don't worry, I definitely don't think that we'll die, like a lot of stranded people do.

[festiverogue]

[HAND SAW HAND SAW don't look at him he's just ready to go cut some stuff. He brought a bat, though.]

We've got a few biiig, strong people here, so gathering materials shouldn't be too hard! Anybody with good construction sense should stay behind here and tell us what to cut and bring. And if we need fresh water, someone better start gathering ocean water and setting up to evaporate the salt out.

[A beat.]

That'll be hard with what's on hand. Aaanyway, who's up for chopping down some branches and gathering wood?

[selfconcept]

I can help with constructing. Just need to know what the majority wants, so I can ask for the supplies.

[partymagician]

[ He raises a hand. ]

I can carry heavy things, so I can gather wood! But I can help out with the water too.

[ Since that'll be heavy to carry. ]

[mirrite]

Sign me up for that. I can help carry the heavier stuff no problem.

[The joys of being created by a master who is not-so-secretly into muscles...]

[cloudalike]

[ Raises his hand!! Big and strong doesn't have to mean tall, right? ]

I can help knock down trees to make woodcutting easier. [ He doesn't have a saw or an axe, but he does have his claymore. ]