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.

—

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

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?

[ right? ]

It most certainly is and I won't complain about it.

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.

Fine with me.

And if there are any trees that are nearby and with fruit on them, I'll give them a few good whacks as well.

Glad to have you here.

[ Seriously. Good luck out there, Sabo!! ]

[ inb4 something happens to him and he's rendered useless. ]

Thanks. I'm sure you'll know how to make yourself completely useful too.

[ not a jab but he trusts hien to know how to best get the job(s) done. ]

Yup, I'm gonna save my energy to see how I can fortify the hut and all that.

[ Building stuff is his expertise, so he will work on it while the others gather. ]

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.

I can't imagine that you picked up on any of those skills.

[ given him being a doctor and less of someone who constructs in the labor aspect. ]

There are a lot of things in my job description, but that isn't one of them.

Does that mean you're a bit out of place here? Need a little help on deciding what to do?

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. ]

Fair enough. Gotta make sure we've got enough people for both things, since just between us, I'm not sure how helpful some of us are gonna be with this....

[Is he talking about Phantom? He's probably talking about Phantom.]

Well, I know Miach isn't gonna do anything.

[ And that's fine, honestly. He'd rather it be a handful of people instead of half. ]

Phantom's probably gonna try, but he's also probably just gonna make things worse.

[This is just an objective fact, okay. Phantom is a Phil, after all.]

[ Hien thinks about it while stating at the hut. ]

... I think I have an idea. He can give me ideas on how to construct the hut to reinforce it. That way, he can help and not do anything physical.

[ Is that good enough for Marcus?? ]

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