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.

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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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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[So yeah not... venturing back into the forest, and now that there's a copious amount of raw food and not enough space to cook it all quickly and efficiently, so. Gonna dig a pit in the sand, first, to get the space ready for a fire pit.

...Better than getting stuck on crab duty...]

[do you ever approach crab duty, smell it, and then just bail?]

[he already dug some small pits for holding saltwater this is fine]

... I miss magic...

[Yes. Yes. Absolutely.]

Oh... same. Defs same. So much could get done with, like, 20 of me, yanno?

[To say nothing of the other uses their magic would have.......]

Ehh... is 20 possible for you? [Not dismissive, he just- hasn't ever really seen Cater have to use his upper limits.]

Even if you could... we'd want to be careful. Overdoing it would result in a Bad End.

[... That's all just hypothetical, of course.]

20 is like, totes easy! Cay stood in for the whole Diasomnia maglift team, once! And usually gets stuck painting the roses when everyone else forgets...

[But whether or not that's overdoing it... well. No one else has ever seemed to care about that angle, whoops.]

Ah, right... I don't think either of us could take out someone in overblot alone...

[To say nothing of the aftercare magics...]

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[ Hello he is on crab duty. ]

Ah, you all made it back alright. Are you okay, Cay-san?

[Good luck, Riku... Have fun with the mess...]

Eh, there was a mudslide Cay just barely escaped, but... otherwise he's fine...!

Ah, good! It's definitely better than what people went through last week, I think....

[ He would like a nice long shower after this, thanks. ]

I wish this were more like a camping trip.

I hope it stays better than last week...!!

[RIP Riku... may you find that shower later...]

If it was more like a camping trip, Cay could totally see them sending bears instead of crabs, though, yanno? And then being like, hey, idiots, why didn't you keep the bear traps from last week?

[Bringing the extra (dry) wood bits over to Cater for the fire pit.]

Hey. Brought you a present!

Thank youuu~~

[Gonna keep those stacked neatly until The Pit(tm) is a decent size, at least. He can't do much, but he can try to make this, you know, kind of decent?]

[It'll be a good pit! Probably the best!]

There's gonna be more where that came from. How much do you need?

[Probably not actually the best!! You're just biased!!!]

Eh, well, I don't actually know how to make a good fire pit, so... maybe someone else knows how much we need!!

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[Cater begins to dig, as one does when they need to make a hole, but he quickly hits something... solid.

And plastic?

Well.

He has a shovel now?]

[...He sure does have a shovel now. It's not... a super useful shovel for pit-digging, but it is kind of jammed into the sand pile at the edge of the pit for, like, moral support or something.]

[Owen has a bucket of fish and a desire to see if he can make Cater squirm.]

How are you enjoying the beach?

[Owen... Owen, what are you up to...]

Eh... Cay totes hasn't been on the beach very long yet... but so far it's better than the forest...?

What happened in the forest?

[He was a bit distracted by the crab.]

Did you get your clothes dirty?

No! But... there was defs a mudslide that nearly took out Cay and Shizu-chan when they were just trying to find their way back here...

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[Eh. If Cater's going to dig then Shin will help because he brought a shovel along anyway. Might as well get all the mileage he can get out of this thing!!1! With that said, he'll just kind of start... doing it on his own instead of asking if Cater needs the help. It's fine.]

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[Look... helping him dig is much better than using that shovel for any other nefarious purposes - deserved or not - so while Shin's presence will get an initial glance of distrust, when he doesn't actually... do harm... the help is welcome!!!]

[in this next tag, Shin will attempt to turn this into a murdergame by raising his shovel over Cater's head and swinging down--

Okay no we're not doing that!! But when they get close to finishing up the pit, he will look over and ask.]

You've made campfires before?

[For whatever it's worth, he doesn't seem annoyed or angry or anything; it's delivered as a simple question for confirmation and nothing more.]

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[ Gentaro is here to bring more fish! He gives him a grateful smile. ]

Thank you for preparing this. I imagine we'd be a great deal more uncomfortable were it not for this.

[So much seafood to eat! Good!]

Eheh... Well, it's not like he'd be useful many other places, so...!

[Gotta be helpful where he can, right? Even if he's not 100% sure on how to light the thing without magic, he can definitely set it up.]

There's certainly nothing wrong with playing to your strengths. And luckily, we have a very large base of knowledge from everyone here.

[ He gives him an encouraging smile. ]

If you need any assistance, I'd be glad to offer mine.