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❪ mini-event ❫ OLYMPIA QUESTS: 1

It isn’t easy starting life in a new place. It quickly becomes apparent that you are in dire need of two very important things: money and a good name. In addition to full-time jobs, certain people in Olympia will reward handsomely for helping them with tasks. Submit any AC eligible thread of participating in this log's prompts for One (1) Olympia REP point HERE. Threads involving your flora/fauna submission may also be submitted, even if your submission is not made official game canon.

FOR THE RECORD

It’s time to put on your hiking shoes. Characters will be approached by both Evras and Lysa at separate times. Both individuals are interested in recording species of plants and animals-- El Nysa is bursting with all sorts of life, after all! It is impossible to chronicle all of it without help. You will be provided with a journal to chronicle your findings. Each submission pays 100 silver.

OOC: We need YOUR help in worldbuilding the area in and around Olympia and The Outlook! Create a creature or plant and submit it HERE by August 31st at 11:59 PM EST. ONE entry per character only. NOTE: If you have accepted a job at The Sanctuary or Simwe Institute, you MUST submit your entry to your boss to maintain your position. You may assume a character got the job if they established contact, even if an official offer hasn't been extended yet. Although an entry will net you TWO (2) Olympia REP points no matter what, we will be choosing a maximum of 20 entries to include in the official bestiary for future encounters.

THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

Along with the request to record traits of a certain specimen, Evras and Lysa independently ask for more quick favors. Certain species, due to their unique natures, aren’t as prone to procreating as one would hope. They need your help. The directions for these requests, provided by Evras or Lysa, are simple. You will be provided a small amount of heavy aphrodisiacs (and a mask) to spray in a particular region. Because the natural aphrodisiacs of the island run a bit thin there, the wildlife has been less... willing to comply. Each species you help will net you 50 silver. Three species in particular are in need of a little help.

Note: There will be a mask provided. Forgetting it may mean you start to feel some of the effects yourself. You may also be immune. Please put appropriate warnings in threads if applicable.

Xlarix, also commonly referred to as the love bug. Found in MURKWELL HOLLOW.

They have an ability to release literal positive energy, making those exposed to it more willing to be friendly and jovial with another. Even the most heated rivals can easily become the closest companions. You may even be tempted to temporarily abandon the request and do something fun with your new best friend. Unfortunately, while many have desired to use its effects in diplomacy, its effects only last a few minutes at best.

Despite their powers to assist others in bridging emotional gaps, they are vicious insects. During mating, they engage in battle, normally losing the lives of both parties before their spawn is even properly produced. This is why they need a little help. Try to break up the fights as much as you can. For the Xlarix, being in each other's presence for long enough will eventually get them to calm down and continue the process. You may get unlucky in the process and end up with an extremely painful sting that requires healing, however. The pain increases with time, and if you allow it to go untreated for more than a day, it will be excruciating, enough that it may be debilitating, for 12 hours before eventually healing on its own.

Sepht, found in EDRATHE RUINS: Both shy and antisocial, it’s no wonder these little marsupials don’t have much luck in the mating department. They prefer to live in isolation, and are much more concerned with hoarding everything they can get their hands on. This includes stealing anything you may have brought with you. As a warning, they are incredibly strong. They can also fly, so good luck catching them after they’ve made off with your stuff. Let’s hope you can get back that magical sword or enchanted necklace of yours.

Once you have sprayed the chemical in their habitat, do not stick around the area. Despite being more suggestible to mate now, they are shy to the core, and will not come out of hiding until they are sure the coast is clear.

Cinjaw, found JUST OUTSIDE OLYMPIA. Domestic animals kept by local farmers in the outskirts of Olympia. These guys are just really, really lazy. Too lazy to care about things like passing on their genes. Honestly, if it weren’t for the efforts of humans and the fact that their meat is too delicious for the Olympians to allow these creatures to go extinct, they would have been wiped out years ago.

Stay too long near the herd, and you will begin to feel extremely lethargic yourself. Nothing sounds better than using the person next to you as a pillow for your nap, or dropping everything you’re doing to go sleep in that hay. Hopefully someone finds you and is kind enough to wake you up. After spraying the aphrodisiac, you won’t want to stick around. They are loud: loud enough to damage hearing without proper ear protection (Now you know why those farmers walk around with ear plugs).

HELP A NEIGHBOR

Being new is tough in any given neighborhood. This is especially the case when you’re a newly arrived refugee. Though you’ve been welcomed here, you haven’t established a lot of trust in the community. Your neighbors don’t know a single thing about you, and that name tag fiasco doesn’t count.

Fortunately for all of you, the rule of this game is simple. There is no monetary payment, but isn't it priceless to feel good about being a good samaritan?

Make yourself helpful. Did you neighbor mention wanting to take their pet chicken out on a walk? Offer to do it for them and they may pay you back in a meal or a small gift. Did one of them mention needing help with rearranging their collection of thousands of cat figurines? Well, who better than to ask but you! You over there, why not help your fellow refugee by doing this task together? It never hurt to do some teamwork. Or maybe your roommate is the one taking that chicken out on a walk, and you’re just ready to judge. Complete judgment. But hey, that’s fair.

BLOOD BANK

CW: Needles, Blood

One of the things that quickly becomes apparent about life in Olympia is that all citizens are welcome, including those who may possess unique dietary requirements. The Blood Bank is an institution that has stood proudly for many years, and in addition to providing meals for some of its citizens, the supply is invaluable for care in The Sanctuary, research in Simwe Institute, and for use in certain types of magic.

They're offering you a special today, for your blood in particular! You just look so... healthy and able-bodied. Donate a few pints, and you'll earn an easy 200 silver. Unfortunately, the center is so busy today that they've had to call on volunteers, and depending on who you've met so far, your particular volunteer may look familiar. It's... another refugee. Wait, are they even qualified?! How did they even get roped into this?!

Qualified or not, the job pays well for both the refugees donating, and the ones drawing the blood (much more for whoever's donating, though. Fair is fair.). A blood drawing set inclusive of clean needles, antiseptic swabs and a blood storage kit, will be provided. Sticking a needle into a vein isn't as easy as those people in the Sanctuary make it seem, though. You may not always get it the first time, so try, try again!

And if you still can't hit the bulls-eye? A rogue-looking Olympian "volunteer" approaches and hands you a knife. Apparently, cutting right into the vein and collecting the blood in a saucer also works; the staff would only need to sterilize the blood with a spell afterward. And about the gaping wound you'd cause? They always have healing potions on hand for when things go wrong (but just like the potions from before, they have been known to cause some nausea).

You'll do anything to help your fellow Olympian, right?

OOC

There are a total of 3 OLYMPIA REP POINTS possible to earn in this log. 2 from OOCly submitting a flora/fauna above in For the Record, and 1 for submitting any AC-length thread for any of these prompts. You may do one or the other, or both. Submit a flora/fauna HERE and submit an AC-eligible thread HERE by AUGUST 31st 11:59 PM EST.

The results of The Birds and the Bees will be submitted to whoever you submit a flora/fauna entry to. If you do not submit a flora/fauna entry, submission to either one may be handwaved.

In the event of CAPTCHA, we will be providing an overflow. In the event of a second CAPTCHA, players are advised to move threads to an overflow post on their character journals. These threads remain eligible for AC, AC Rewards, and REP.

1 SILVER = 1 US DOLLAR.

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[Fact: Junpei is really goddamn afraid of needles. The fact that he's in this blood bank volunteer area is a miracle in and of itself, but it's all for the money. He needs a good 200 silver for a few minutes of bleeding, it sounds great on paper, but he's not immediately seen to the second he walks in and so he's left to get more and more nervous by the minute while he waits.

Watching the other volunteers get their blood taken, even painlessly and with a nice glass of alien orange juice afterward, doesn't ease his nerves at all. In fact, by the time someone approaches him, he's all but hugging himself to protect his precious veins and tells at least two different volunteers that he's already had his blood taken and he's just waiting for a friend. It works those first two times... and then this little guy pulls out a knife?]

Whoa, wait— holy shit, no way. Not a chance! Not with that!

[Can he hug himself any tighter? It's time to find out.]

[ What a pussy. Being cut with a knife is nothing for Chuuya, who regularly carries around a knife for those occasions he may need one. You never know. Junpei's obvious terror garners no sympathy from him at all. He has an objective today, and he intends to complete it. Chuuya won't force him, but he isn't going to feel sorry enough for him either. ]

They have healing potions. [ Or something. He knows nothing about magic. ] It'll only hurt for a few minutes, what's the problem?

[He's going to legit animorph into a cocoon here, he's hugging himself so tightly to avoid this knife business?? Chuuya's complete lack of giving a damn neither hinders nor helps him stop being this way.]

It's a knife! I didn't come in here to get sliced and diced!

[ There's really no reason to be cocooning like that. It's only a knife. Then again, Chuuya endured much worse, as far as injuries are concerned. ]

It's the fastest way to get this done. You volunteered to give up some blood, didn't you? [ Truthfully he just doesn't know how to use a needle. ]

[Sometimes Junpei gets shot but that doesn't mean he wants to get stabbed instead?? Come on. Since he doesn't like needles either, this is a lose-lose situation all around...]

Not by getting stabbed. Did you even clean that thing? Properly?

I wiped it. [ He doesn't see a problem with any of this. Especially since the blood bank apparently has some healing potions on hand. ]

Would you rather I use a needle? [ Even if he's never used one before and has absolutely no experience with it. ]

[Wiped it with what?? He doesn't trust this at all. A needle is almost worse... just kidding, he'd much rather be terrified of a tiny needle than a fucking knife.]

Why don't you already have one? They're handing out kits like candy around here.

[ With ... what he assumes was the antiseptic. ]

I'm better with the knife. [ Said matter-of-factly. He is pretty good with the knife. This, he's willing to brag about. Chuuya is quite clueless about using needles, so the knife might be the better option between the two. ]

[So it was like Sprite or something, wasn't it. It was fucking Sprite.

Junpei hesitates, but his arm cocoon gets a little less horrified, somehow. Hrm.] What part of the arm are we talking about with that knife?

[ Chuuya knows what an antiseptic is, but who knows, maybe he picked up the sprite instead because blood banks in El Nysa randomly have those ... ]

Your wrist. There's an artery there, and it's small. Less chance of you bleeding out.

[You never know...... aliens are weird. Junpei still does not look confident in this plan.]

Is it going to leave a mark...? If it's just a scrape, then, uh, I guess...

It usually would, but ... I'm pretty sure the healing potion will take care of that. [ Lysa's healing potions sealed up his wounds so nicely. The side effects were less than pleasant, but it's a small price to pay for the healing. He's going to assume the potions being provided here can do the same.

Does this mean Junpei's coming around, though? ] Give me your hand.

[Junpei remembers hearing about the side effects of those potions, but... he can't remember them anymore? And he sort of assumes they have other, cooler ones here in the big city. Also healing magic is stupid and weird and he doesn't understand it anyway.

But... fine. He holds his hand out, looking just as uncomfortable as he's looked the whole time. Ugh!!] Don't—ugh, just be careful, okay?

I've done this many times. [ Not cutting a wrist specifically, but ... cutting, in general. This probably isn't as comforting as he's trying to frame it. Chuuya takes the wrist in his hand, thumb running down the pulse line. He positions the saucer underneath Junpei's hand and stables his grip on the blade. ]

Don't start crying, alright? [ That's the only warning Junpei will get before he slashes right across his wrist, flipping it around so the wound faces the saucer, and he lets the blood gush out. ]

[Junpei manages to go along with this with an almost morbid curiosity - like handing over his hand to this guy to just cut open is a weird out of body experience? He's not really here? That lasts until the very last moment, when he catches up with the reality of the situation—]

Hang on, wait wait wait— [Fortunately he's too slow to try yanking his hand away and getting his whole arm sliced open the wrong way, but holy shit? Holy shit?? He yelps, then lets out a kind of awful whine of horror when he sees the amount of blood.

please let him rest]

Fuck! Don't just stand there—give me a bandaid or something!

[ As Junpei starts to panic, Chuuya continues to stabilize his hand, keeping it firmly in place over the dish and restricting its movement. ]

A bandaid won't do anything for this -- [ Realistically, it would need stitches. He realises shortly after that that probably isn't the most comforting thing to say. ] Just -- calm down, and stop moving. I already told you, you'll be fine.

[ Call him selfish, but he isn't going to release Junpei and abort the task without making any progress. Not until he has enough blood collected in that saucer. It'll benefit the both of them anyway; Junpei gets money for it too. His grip stays strong, and he isn't allowing the other guy to free himself.

Chuuya signals at one of the staff and they seem to get the message, coming over with a potion. ]

You cut my arm open— This is as calm as I can get right now!

[He's trying, really. But his arm is still bleeding and he probably should have grown up and dealt with the needles and a competent medical attendant instead of going along with this back alley idiot plan. He half looks like he's trying to lean away from his own hand, like, he can separate from it... So it's helpful that Chuuya is holding onto him, actually. Thanks... for that, and only that.

Ah, but the potion—] I don't want a magic soda, I want a goddamn bandage!

I don't have enough blood yet. [ Which might be the real reason he's stopping Junpei from moving. Chuuya realises belatedly how crazy that makes him sound, but he's doing this for a reason, really. There's no reason to stop now that they're at this point. ]

We need to fill up the saucer, or we don't get paid. Could you stop being a pussy for just one minute? I'll fix you up afterward, I promise.

[ It isn't a lie, at least. He does know how to bandage up a wound, given how often he's had to do that for a certain ex-partner. ]

Is that a saucer or a bucket?! You have plenty!

[He's going to keep being like this, sorry little guy... But he's still too much of a baby to do anything but complain, so there's that. Now his eyes are closed so he doesn't have to watch himself bleed out and die. Goodbye, cruel world......]

Just shut up. [ His grip on Junpei's wrist doesn't waver, though he does feel a little crazy for forcefully bleeding a guy out. He's just trying to do a thorough job, as he always is - that's what he tells himself.

Finally, when the saucer has filled up, Chuuya picks up a gauze and stops the bleeding, wrapping the wound up with a rough kind of attention. He has to stop the bleeding as he goes reaching for the healing potion. Junpei probably feels lightheaded and woozy at this point, though, which how much he's given up. ]

[He'll shut up only when the dizziness hits him, thanks, he definitely has time to get a few more choice swears in before he has to stop and squeeze his eyes shut to try and stop the room from slanting. Have mercy...]

When do I get my cookie? You owe me a whole box. [yeah!!]

Nobody promised cookies. [ With the bleeding stopped, there's no immediate threat to Junpei's life. The other guy definitely looks pale though. He's wobbling on occasion and he looks like he might topple at any second. Technically, this is his doing, so he does feel responsible. ]

Here. Something to occupy your mouth. [ Gripping onto the injured arm, he tugs at it to prompt Junpei to lean closer, then brings the vial of healing potion directly to his lips. ]

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