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affliction mods ([personal profile] afflictionmods) wrote in [community profile] theafflicted2022-07-02 04:47 am

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.








imitationsoul: (Like a hostage tied in chains)

[personal profile] imitationsoul 2022-07-02 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ UHM.

Okay, she hates this a lot.

It's enough to make her get up and abandon her sand castle in order to find the nearest person to thrust the paper out at them. ]


Tell me what this says to you.
cheerfuldays: (012)

[personal profile] cheerfuldays 2022-07-02 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh--? Ah, alright.

( let shizuku take a look... mods? )
cheerfuldays: (027)

[personal profile] cheerfuldays 2022-07-02 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
( WELL

shizuku might pale considerably, taking a few moments to doublecheck. and maybe to compose herself... )


I... it says "I miss your voice. -Airi". She's part of my group, and... my best friend. And there was a strange... ripple, almost?
imitationsoul: (And you are the dreamer)

[personal profile] imitationsoul 2022-07-02 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Miach takes a deep breath and nods. ]

It's not real, then. To me it says "You've been gone for a while." and while it's not signed, it's clearly the writing of a close friend from back in middle school.

[ Chances of it being real might have been very very slim to start with but it's good to have this confirmed. ]
cheerfuldays: (002)

[personal profile] cheerfuldays 2022-07-02 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
... I see. This seems cruel, then.

( she'd like to think that confirmation that it's not real would be comforting, but... )

Where did you find this?
imitationsoul: (My Love)

[personal profile] imitationsoul 2022-07-02 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It was stuck in a bottle, buried in the sand. A classic.

[ Not that the classic bottle post involves targeted psychological attacks, but it lends itself well enough to that. ]
cheerfuldays: (033)

[personal profile] cheerfuldays 2022-07-02 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Interesting. It's certainly designed to target the reader... but why?
imitationsoul: (Like a bomb blast in your town)

[personal profile] imitationsoul 2022-07-02 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
These bubbles always pray on our vulnerable emotions, so there is likely no other reason than 'it can look into our heads and automatically make the worst out of it'.
sicklysweet: (pic#15778845)

[personal profile] sicklysweet 2022-07-02 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Why do you want to know?

[hello i am here to make everyone's life difficult]
imitationsoul: (In aftermath)

[personal profile] imitationsoul 2022-07-02 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I suspect it changes content based on who views it.

[ But boy, would she like reading Own's message... ]
festiverogue: (you betcha)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-07-02 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's just checking to see if anyone needs to relay any messages back to the jungle people. How unexpected!]

Sure thing! Let me have a look...
festiverogue: (|D)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-07-02 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[.......Kanata? Showing concern? FOR HIM?]

...Well this suuuure is fake.