theafflicted | 06.50 - week six, saturday

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.

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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.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ 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.

Did you bring your ax?

[ He went to Sabo First Thing lmao ]

Of course.

[ he has the ax in one hand. ]

Reliable as ever. Could you gather wood? You're probably one of the stronger people here who can actually use an ax.

[ a laugh. ]

Sure, that's fine with me. As a kid, Ace and I built our own treehouse by ourselves, so this will be somewhat nostalgic.

Yeah?

[ Hm. Wait. ]

Are you saying you can gather materials and build? You gonna be okay?

[ hm? ]

Why wouldn't I be okay? This is the sort of thing that I'm most used to dealing with.

I grew up in the jungle and had to fend for myself for years, but if they are too many hands doing the same thing then I'll go where it is most efficient.

[ damn ]

This all really is right up your alley, isn't it?

(no subject)

vivens - 2022-07-02 16:39 (UTC) - Expand

Alright.

[ Hm... ]

When cutting down trees, go for the ones closest to the hut first. I think that would stave off some worries of trees crashing down.

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selfconcept - 2022-07-02 16:43 (UTC) - Expand

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Well, that should come in handy. ...There's not a lot of lumber in our part of the world.

[ your world is so bleak, dr. salt.... ]

No? What did you all build things with? Stone and metal?

Pretty much.

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vivens - 2022-07-02 17:34 (UTC) - Expand

I can help with that part too.

[He's strong, might as well put it to good use.]

Much appreciated. I look forward to seeing how much you bring back.

[ Muscle people are so good for this lesson. ]

What, are we gonna make this a competition now? 'Cause I'm down if you are.

[He's grinning, though, so it's clearly a good-natured tease.]

I would if I was also going gathering. I'm gonna save my energy for construction.

[ Maybe another time. ]

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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?

[ 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.

Who knows.

[ flat, on the other hand, is not frowning. ]

It really does depend on the type of storm, though. Could be a hurricane! Or maybe it's a swarm of locusts?

I feel like the most obvious choice would be a hurricane given our location but it could be anything. [ ... ] A swarm of locusts might be something most people wouldn't think to prepare for.

[ or know how???? though the same basics still probably apply. ]

We could also prepare for an earthquake. Which would probably be fine, since we're not in a tall building or anything, but after that there's usually a tsunami.

[ he says this just as casually as everything else. ]

[ hmm.

and he'll consider it seriously but also calmly. ]

Preparing for a tsunami with what we have here might be a little hard. There isn't too much you can do about it either. The best thing is typically to just find the highest ground as soon as you can.

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escardos - 2022-07-02 21:11 (UTC) - Expand

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

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

[ 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.

[ he's absolutely innocent. ]