06.50 - week six, saturday

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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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Comments

[festiverogue]

[Don't mind Mama, he's just doing what he's told with the HAND SAW cutting logs into whatever size he's told to for planks for the hut. He'll also be doing any lifting that needs to be done, if help is needed.

And.

Singing a traditional song for everyone to work to! Join him?]

[goodfaiths]

[ HELL yeah he's joining in. Idol duet? ]

[festiverogue]

[Maybe their enthusiasm will get everybody in on it!!!]

[goodfaiths]

[ Hopefully, because Riku's grinning from ear to ear at Madara as they sing along. The power of idols!! Hopefully it inspires someone else to join! ]

[festiverogue]

[A carefully selected fishing song for all the weird sea life going on! It couldn't be better!

Riku, do you know the dance?]

[goodfaiths]

[ HE DOES NOT but he could learn....!! ]

[festiverogue]

[When he is done with the wood chopping, it's DANCE TIME!]

[sicklysweet]

[On the one hand, who knows what's up with Madara. And he doesn't know the words to the song.

But he will hum along, and it's not like he's hiding it.]

[festiverogue]

[What's up with him? He loves FESTIVALS, that's what's up! And it's kind of delightful to have someone humming along. Until (?) he realizes it's Owen.]

You've got a nice voice, there!

[sicklysweet]

How flattering, coming from a professional like you.

[He’s… actually being a little bit sincere here. What’s wrong with him.]

[festiverogue]

[What is wrong with him? Madara takes it in stride.]

You don't have to flatter me!

[Beaming.]

It's a fishing song, from back home in Japan.

pours one out for flatview because i can’t not put nsfw refs in meta text

[sicklysweet]

[Sometimes you get dicked and it calms you down, especially when you’ve already been going through it.]

I take it back, then.

[But he’s still Owen!]

And you’re building right now. We’re done fishing.

[festiverogue]

[....Well, good for him? I think?]

Weeeell, as an idol, I'm not singing for myself. It's too bad that you're done fishing, though! You could've used it!

[sicklysweet]

[Who even knows at this rate with Owen’s level of emotional competence.]

Maybe next time. With those crabs I doubt we’ll need more fish any time soon, though.

[festiverogue]

That's truuue! The crabs were a hell of a win!

[Beaming.]

And I'm aaaalmost done with this woodcutting, so I can help cook if I need to.

[sicklysweet]

It was an interesting fight to witness.

[Fai did so much violence…]

Don’t ruin all the fish I caught.

[That he had Rideaux and Shin catch… Shizuku’s fish are fair game though.]

[festiverogue]

I wooon't! I'm a good cook, even over a fire! Just you wait.

[sicklysweet]

Are you, Mama? Well, I hope you don't disappoint me. I have very high standards.

[catarou]

[ He won't join him, but once he's finished, Gentaro gives him a round of applause. ]

I daresay that's more than enough to lift our spirits.

[festiverogue]

[Applause? Mama just beams.]

I just feel bad that I don't have a festival outfit to wear! It's the perfect time!

[catarou]

[ A festival outfit... Gentaro smiles. ]

It is a bit of a shame, but it certainly doesn't take away from your performance.