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ɴᴀᴛʜᴀ orbiters ❰ mod collective ❱ ([personal profile] natha) wrote in [community profile] nysalogs2017-08-13 01:59 pm

❪ 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.




punshots: (✘ speedlights.)

[personal profile] punshots 2017-09-02 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ He starts for the exit after lingering with his hand on the chair a moment longer, his expression pinched but determined to get the hell outta dodge, whatever it takes, before Ardyn has any ideas about taking any more of his blood. ]

Sure. Let's - let's not and say we did.

[ And with that inestimably mature response, he makes his way, staggering, out the door. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING (NOT). ]
punshots: (✘ grit.)

[personal profile] punshots 2017-09-02 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
You're saying that like I would be stupid about it. Aaaand I'm sure you know me well enough by now to realize I would definitely, not ever, in no way, shape, or form be stupid about anything.

[ In case the hyperbole doesn't make it clear, his tone is appropriately self-deprecating. ]

...Seriously though, thank you. I owe you big time, silver aside. What else do you want? Uh - aside from a partner in any future crimes you might commit.

[ He's applying to the Royal Guard. He's not a good match. ]
vacuum: (the shadows and monsters)

[personal profile] vacuum 2017-09-02 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Testing him?? WTF. This whole thing has such a patronizing tone and he doesn't like it. ]

Naturally. [ Not really, but he wants to look good in front of Archer. ] I've had my fair share of partners over the years. Sometimes, it's hard to keep people off me.

[ i'm going to drop the thread now ]
fakers: (pic#11552790)

[personal profile] fakers 2017-09-02 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]
punshots: (✘ dodging.)

[personal profile] punshots 2017-09-02 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ For what it's worth, she's still cute...just a distressed kind of cute? Not that that's what he's focused on right now! They need to get her unstuck before the sepht grows bored of following the bullet around, or manages to snatch it away from Prompto - whichever comes first. ]

Uhh - maybe stick your other arm in? To get the first one unstuck?

[ It seems like solid advice...his arm-windmilling is sure getting tired, though. ]
fakers: (pic#9446274)

[personal profile] fakers 2017-09-02 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
I see. That's quite impressive.

[ he's just going to go back and putting these figures in their boxes. a little more quickly than he was doing before. not for any particular reason. ]

I didn't realize you were in such high demand.
punshots: (✘ maven.)

[personal profile] punshots 2017-09-02 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ He loves strong flavors...all of them...especially when combined. ]

Ye - [ He's got the answer halfway out of his fry-stuffed mouth before she asks her follow-up question, which has him swallowing hard and coughing. For the six's sake.

Patting his fist on his chest: ]
A-ah! So...you...remember that, huh?
poolhall_killer: (suspicious)

[personal profile] poolhall_killer 2017-09-02 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
NO! I SAID WE SHOULD GET OUT OF HERE. COME ON.

[A drink sounds really good right about now too. And a nap. But first they need to leave, so he starts walking backwards, his hands firmly over his ears. Seriously, how are they still making that awful noise?!]

HURRY!
adelphoi: (xxxii)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2017-09-02 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ hahahaha he choked ]

Oh, I certainly do.

[ her curling smile suggests she won't be forgetting any time soon. ]
heraldsdawn: (Not sure what words)

[personal profile] heraldsdawn 2017-09-02 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ He has to stare blankly for a moment because all of those words? Seem very contradictory. ]

So, he doesn't tell you the truth and you wind up going around thinking people stole from you? Was he trying to play some kind of joke on you? Because it doesn't seem very funny.
coolerjunpei: (hooooly shit)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-09-02 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Nope, I'm done. [Look, he's turning the hose off. This backyard is safe from watery menacing now.]

I did my part. You're the one who's supposed to hang the stuff up, remember?
coolerjunpei: (i'm over it.jpg)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-09-02 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[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!!]
northborn: (Default)

sepht theft!!

[personal profile] northborn 2017-09-02 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ He hears the call for help not twenty paces away; he's running without thinking, finally approaching just in time to observe an interesting young man in very interesting attire, scaling large rockfaces. When Robb's eyes catch what's in the boy's line of sight, he's distracted enough to pause down below. ]

What of yours has he stolen, Ser?

[ As the creature shimmies down a vine-like dead branch along the ravine, toward Robb, he bends to retrieve a dagger from his boot. No Robb, you're not supposed to kill them! ]

I'll aid your plight, have no fear!
ripvanwinkled: (snake3_0000_Layer-6-copy-4)

[personal profile] ripvanwinkled 2017-09-02 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He is quite cool!! He's going to keep on being happy Junpei mentioned him anyway, but he's still cool.]

I thought... things that we have done together did not necessarily mean you might like me. [He says this, and then considers the fact he's been laying on him long before he ever started kissing him.] And then I might have been too forward, all this time.
coolerjunpei: (004)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-09-02 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Nah, he's not cool. He's pretty dorky for a prince, too, but that's okay. Junpei still talks about him all the time!!]

Oh. [How does he respond to this suggestion that sharing this very bed with this very boy every night for a month is not somehow suggestive of Feelings? He's too dumb to think about how everything they do out of the house is basically a date, so he can't judge Snake too much... really. Not too much. A little.]

Well... good guess? [hmm] I mean- a minute ago, not that other stuff. Good kissing guess.
beatupgrass: (✘ come eat that horse with me)

[personal profile] beatupgrass 2017-09-02 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[THAT IS SO NOT THE SAME THING.] What? Bein' short and hairy is somehow more weird than calling everyone who works for you- including the dudes- your daughter? That goes way beyond typical "weird humie shit."
punshots: (✘ perpetua.)

[personal profile] punshots 2017-09-02 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ let him live, literally ]

Aaaaand I am somehow not surprised. [ He gets a knowing look in his eye and he levels her with it. ] You're not ever gonna let me live that down, are you?

[ He's fairly certain, anyway, so he might as well call her out on it. ]
fakers: (pic#9446257)

[personal profile] fakers 2017-09-02 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's not that he doesn't understand that answer; on the contrary, he understands it all too well. he had lived by those words, taken them to their logical extreme. killing others, no matter how many, in order to protect people. but in the end, what does that achieve? how many lives need to be taken before it becomes too much? ]

And if it never ends? If you must kill hundreds... thousands, to protect those lives? Would you?

[ he's fairly certain the knows the answer already... if anyone were to ask him that, he wouldn't hesitate. but still... he takes no joy in that knowledge either. ]
adelphoi: (lv)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2017-09-02 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ look if he chokes that's his own fault she didn't stuff those fries down his windpipe ]

Of course I won't.

[ you knew this would be the answer.. ]

I'll just need to find the time to track down these friends of yours.
sparsity: (pic#11310709)

[personal profile] sparsity 2017-09-02 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I wouldn't stop.

[ The barest bones of a truth lost to a buried world that no longer exists, though it might sound like he just doesn't know how to either. Like he can't. ]
punshots: (✘ moon.)

[personal profile] punshots 2017-09-02 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...ask Iggy about it. Definitely. I think he'll have the best answer for you out of anyone.

[ An answer in silence because Ignis is still a podsicle would be so much better than anything Noct or Gladio would have to say in response. ]
adelphoi: (xvi)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2017-09-02 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ good thing she is not stupid. ]

I think it might be best to ask all of them. Different perspectives, of course.

[ poppin some more fries into her mouth all blase like she's not talking about ruining his life ]
punshots: (✘ gobo.)

[personal profile] punshots 2017-09-02 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ everything has been a mistake ABORT RELATIONSHIP ]

Right! Uh...differing perspectives that will definitely not at all end up biting me in the butt.

[ BUT FINE, if that's how she wants to play it, that's how they'll play! ]

Next time you ask me something like what a fries is, you know I'm gonna mess with you, right?

[ except now it's not gonna work at all because he gave himself away GOOD JOB PROMPTO ]
adelphoi: (xxxii)

[personal profile] adelphoi 2017-09-02 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh my gosh he's getting SO MAD would you look at that. alisaie looks a little bit surprised, but her smile only widens. ]

Bitter pettiness doesn't suit you, you know.

[ she says, nonchalant, still smiling in a way that's both entertained and fond; it's nice to see him get all up in arms like this. and over something so silly. but of course she doesn't want to really make him angry, so she tears off half of one of her chicken tenders and offers it to him. ]

Don't be angry.
punshots: (✘ autumn.)

[personal profile] punshots 2017-09-02 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
What? Who said anything about angry?

[ Said while he's very obviously trying not to laugh, taking the offered chicken tender-half and taking a bite out of it. Angry really isn't even in his vocabulary - unless you're Ardyn - but he's not about to say no to offered food.

...Even when he still has his own stack of pancakes mostly untouched. ]


...You know, this might be one of those "eyes were bigger than my stomach" situations.