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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.








totaltrashfire: (I hope that you're missing me)

[personal profile] totaltrashfire 2022-07-02 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mutant lemon...?

She picks up one to inspect it herself when he holds the other one out to her and...

She can't help but snort.]


A very yellow nipple?
totalcatastrophe: (shawoop)

should i cw this nipplefruit

[personal profile] totalcatastrophe 2022-07-02 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
This island's got it all.

[ Luci sniffs the udder end of it once she's done staring, but it probably doesn't smell like lemons? ]

Think anyone'll eat yellow nipples?
Edited 2022-07-02 18:31 (UTC)
totaltrashfire: (won't you help me sober up)

cw lemon-presenting nipples

[personal profile] totaltrashfire 2022-07-02 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[We can only imagine!]

Depends on how sour they are when you lick them.

[...]

But yeah once we cut them up I think it'll be fine.
totalcatastrophe: (oof)

[personal profile] totalcatastrophe 2022-07-02 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you think's inside 'em?

[ I guess Luci is just gonna carry this one with him, tilting it around. Though there's probably a rumble right about now though, and at least one set of not-cat ears are fixed in the near distance.

He's scrambling up atop Mae for a better view, but it won't take long for him to loop his tail on her arm and yell for her to run. That's straight up fear in his little infernal veins. With an urgent nipplefruit smack--
] Hyah!
totaltrashfire: (they got drunk)

[personal profile] totaltrashfire 2022-07-02 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[By now she's used to Luci climbing up her like this so at first she doesn't think much about it, until...

Did he just smack her like a horse?

No, she doesn't have time to question it, because she's never heard him sound quite this urgent and that if anything spurs her forward.

Holding on tight to her fruit hoard she starts running back in the direction of beach.]


What are we running from!?
totalcatastrophe: (shaken and stirred)

[personal profile] totalcatastrophe 2022-07-02 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Luci, still facing backwards as she runs, sounds less worried when he finally answers her. But they should still be worried. He turns, putting his hands on her head so she doesn't turn to look. Where'd the fruit go? Now isn't the time to worry about that! ]

I'll tell you if we live. [ Now it's Time to be Motivational: ] Come on, run like you mean it, wimp!
Edited 2022-07-02 19:03 (UTC)
totaltrashfire: (growing up has made me numb)

[personal profile] totaltrashfire 2022-07-02 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay that doesn't give her a lot of confidence.

She's not the slowest person alive but she isn't fast, either; physical activity is not her strong suit.]


I definitely mean it...!

[She tries to speed up but it's hard when there's roots and vines and bushes.]
totalcatastrophe: (doop)

[personal profile] totalcatastrophe 2022-07-02 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Luci is directly her by his hold on her head if she lets him. But he can sort of see how wide it is while it's catching up to them. Time to see how fast they can get to the side of it. ]
totaltrashfire: (I hope that you're missing me)

[personal profile] totaltrashfire 2022-07-02 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[She'll let him because at least he knows where they're going (even if it feels a little stupid).

So when he turns her toward the side she goes where he's pointing.]
totalcatastrophe: (ohhhhhh suffering)

[personal profile] totalcatastrophe 2022-07-02 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Once they clear it, Luci pats her on the head like a good horse. But the mudslide is still going, past them and taking trees and terrain along with it. Luci is busy watching it with a bit of excitement now that they aren't in imminent danger. Maybe they should still keep putting distance between it and them... ]
totaltrashfire: (won't you help me sober up)

[personal profile] totaltrashfire 2022-07-02 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[She is going to keep putting distance between them and it, now that she sees what it is. But probably not enough distance, because whoa. How many times will you see something like that?]

Oh. That's what we were running from.