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.

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AN EVENT.

[afflictionmods]

[ Those who are exploring in the jungle may hear something rumbling in the near distance. It's a little threatening, until it suddenly becomes a bigger threat, because there's suddenly a large mudslide heading towards everyone in the area. Almost like an avalanche. ]

[festiverogue]

[How close is this getting to the jungle parts that border the beach?]

[afflictionmods]

[It's getting pretty close...! It probably won't hit the beach itself, but it's it'll get very close to the edge of the treeline.]

[vivens]

[ so.

do we have large rocks or any of that stuff to hide behind for this or? ]

[cloudalike]

[ Chongyun has prooobably chopped enough trees to make something of a log pile? And he's also probably short enough to duck behind one. But how effective/dangerous the log pile is.... is up in the air??? Looks at mudslide doubtfully. ]

[afflictionmods]

[Well. Are you sure you want to hide behind a log pile?

There doesn't seem to be any large rocks immediately within line of sight, though. You should probably start running.]

[vivens]

[ lovely.

how about after they start running for a while? will there be anything that they can find/run into for shelter?? they can't possibly outrun the mudslide?? ]

[iubar]

[ and of course ace is running with sabo. that shouldn't be a surprise. ]

[afflictionmods]

[Or can they... But, no, avoiding the path or finding shelter is the smarter call here, and they do manage to find an outcropping of rocks that will keep them safe.]

[vivens]

[ fortune favors the gays... they live another day (derogatory).

but how long does this mudslide last exactly? :umm: ]

[iubar]

[ muddy gays, yay.

and will it be hard to get out of their safe place? ]

[afflictionmods]

[It only lasts about five, ten minutes, so they don't have to hole up for very long.

Unless they want to keep their privacy.... :worry:]

[cloudalike]

[ HIS STAMINA ISN'T MADE FOR SPRINTING LONG DISTANCES

But okay, he runs. ]

[afflictionmods]

[Run smarter, not harder! Chongyun will notice that while the mudslide is fast, it's not spreading any wider, so he should be able to run out of the danger zone if he just changes directions.

Or he can just stay with the One Pieces, who have much better Rock Finding Abilities.]

[cloudalike]

[ Oh, good, his stamina bar is about to run out... He switches tracks and trip-runs to the side. Need, huff, a couple, huff, of seconds, huff, to recharge stamina. ]

[afflictionmods]

[The change of direction could not have come at a better time, because he just barely manages to avoid the worst of it.

Of course, now he's separated from everyone and will need to find a way through all of the destruction in front of him or find his way through a part of the jungle unfamiliar to him... But he's alive! That's the important part!]

[mirrite]

[Yeah, he's definitely running too because what the hell. AND RIGHT AFTER HE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THE JUNGLE, TOO...]

[totalcatastrophe]

[ How deep are the jungle root systems vs this mudslide? Are trees coming down too or would climbing be an option if they pick a big one? ]

[afflictionmods]

[There might be one or two trees that seem to hold up alright from what Luci can see of the mudslide, but... most of them don't seem to stand a chance.]

[totalcatastrophe]

[ RIP! Mae and Luci running over here. Well, Mae is running. Luci is hitching a ride. ]

[afflictionmods]

[Their escape is successful! All thanks to Mae and the fact I keep rolling 20s, but they make it out of there!]

[cheerfuldays]

( it's been made note of in their thread but cater and shizuku are booking it. )

[afflictionmods]

[Cater and Shizuku might be lost, but by god can they outrun and outmaneuver a mudslide. They run so well they even run by something Cater will recognize, possibly getting them on the right track!]

[catarou]

[ Welp.

It's time to book it out of here! Jungle's cursed. ]

[afflictionmods]

[It's a fast mudslide, but it's not especially wide, so Gentaro can make it out safely... but it is a close call. Very, very close.]