❪ mini-event ❫ OLYMPIA QUESTS: 1

[natha]

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. QUICK NAV premise ● faq ● world ● map ● reputation ● npcs taken ● reserves ● application calendar ● hiatus/drops ● modbox [ FULL NAVIGATION ] elnysa nysalogs nysaisles nysaooc elnyan

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[valcurie]

Ah--of course! Give me one moment.

( Again, not spraying one of the animals directly, she takes care to spray at the grass one of them is currently chewing on. The animal makes a small little indignant sound but is too lethargic to quit eating, so...

Hopefully there aren't now two cinjaws interested in him? In any case, the second one starts to walk over towards the first. And Lavellan.

Maybe they may even start fighting to try and impress him. )

[ruffboi]

Yeah, huh. He hadn't thought about that. He's not a very good liar, so he has a hard enough time keeping his mouth shut about where he's actually from, to think about claiming to be local.

"So, what was it like? What kind of requirements did they have to be one? Have you arrested any bad guys yet?"

[laveers]

How much coin?

[21stcenturyguy]

But like, they've been here for a while, right? [The locals aren't treating these creatures like they are new or anything]

So, that probably means the Orbiters have been doing this shit for a long time. I wonder if there's anything here that originally belonged, or if everything is a transplant.

[ripvanwinkled]

[Snake raises his brows, like he doesn't really get what Junpei means... and it eventually clicks. He sighs, putting his hand on his hip like he might be judging him for just a silly thing to say. It kinda is? He's gotten over the embarrassment of living with Junpei, so it's just reasonable to assume he doesn't mind the idea.]

Thankfully, as in I wouldn't like to be infatuated with you while... we were... trapped-- What are you doing?

[There's a moment where he's fairly certain Junpei just put his flowers back, but it's dispelled when he feels his very own flower gift. His face goes through four different emotions in seconds. He from mildly annoyed, to concerned, to surprised, to smiling like none of the former had ever happened. He'll take this daisy, and maybe gently touch the petals a little to make sure Junpei had the right type of flower in mind. Can you blame him?]

Daisies do not mean friendship, they mean... [He pauses for a moment, then shakes his head and turns his smile back to Junpei's direction.] You're right. It's a close friendship, I believe. Thank you.

[21stcenturyguy]

[Oh no, it's weird to hear his roommate talk about weird animals boning. Can they please not?

Aoi jogs over to the tree and tugs at the knife handle to retrieve his mask. Shit, it's in there pretty good.]

I don't mean to kill it although it you wanna, I'm down with that, but we're supposed to spray it so we can get paid or whatever.

[21stcenturyguy]

What? No, I got this! [He pushes himself off of the counter he's been leaning on and his knees buckle a little. He don't got this.]

Uh...

[He grabs back onto the counter and steadies himself. He's guessing Ermes is going to win this round.]

Just give me a second, then we can head out.

[coolerjunpei]

[Junpei Mind Theater: he's fucking thrilled he actually did successfully remember which flower is a daisy. There was always a chance, no matter how slim... Anyway, Snake is—endearing about it? Junpei can't help but think as much while Snake goes through all these different emotions, mostly only because he ends on something happy and not that concerned face he was making toward the beginning.]

Uh, thanks. [Thanks for confirming???? all those fuzzy feelings? Anyway, Junpei makes the executive decision not to question that secret daisy meaning.] So... wanna keep going or head back? I don't think it's been a whole hour yet.

[What even happens if the hour ends on this unsupervised nature hike?? They probably miss the photo op.]

[planetary_bonds]

Or descended from sort of inter-transplanted cross-breeding.

[The possibilities make his head spin.]

Hah...what does that make us? Bugs, in a jar. [Oddly melancholic of you, Yusei, but the way he looks up at the sky forlornly makes it seem like the idea of being toyed with doesn't sit well with him.]

[planetary_bonds]

Ah. There's only so much we can say about ourselves. Keeping that inside...I'd rather not the stories of our own worlds die with us, you know?

[Hence why they're having this heart to heart now, huh?

The needle's chamber fills with darkened blood. Seems like he managed to get it right this time.]

[planetary_bonds]

[Uuuuuuuugh. He knew you were going to bring that up.]

Yes.

[ok. like what.]

[coolerjunpei]

[Right here, doing the thing. Junpei makes some adequate wire frames; the space for the lenses is probably a little too small? But they're fake and it adds character, so it's fine. After a few minutes of Intense Wirecrafting, he holds them up.]

How's this?

[planetary_bonds]

Not until you eliminate the power they thrive on, at least.

[And that kind of thing...that's like trying to fly up to the sun, isn't it?]

Hm. You might have some competition, if that's the case.

[oh, Yusei. Always one for the challenge in the end, aren't you?]

[21stcenturyguy]

[An attack on his hair is an attack on his LIFE, Junpei. Aoi dodges, his shoes sliding a little on the wet pavement. He will avenge himself, nerd.

He takes one of the newspapers from the pile and balls it up to throw at Junpei. Now they're actually going backwards in their cleaning, just great. Trashole's gonna be pissed at them.]

Oh, wow, that one burned. Try not to hurt yourself coming up with those witty lines!

[hylights]

All right.

[She pauses, considering her arms, then places her left arm on the table as Clarke directed. It's easy enough to guess what the steps are, since it's happening all around her, but it never hurts to check.]

Like this?

[coolerjunpei]

You're not gonna keep the one you've got? [In Junpei's defense, he doesn't know Yusei went and got himself shot.] It's better than scraping by.

[21stcenturyguy]

Shit, if it turns out that this is all just some big experiment they're running on us, I'm gonna be so fucking pissed!

[Aoi's had more than enough of that sketchy psych bullshit to last him a lifetime. He'd actually prefer the world ending to this being another big ruse.]

[planetary_bonds]

I don't mind him, actually.

[He shrugs, only wincing a little with the motion. Somehow, he actually really means that.]

I just don't know if he'd move with me if I found a new location, that's all.

[coolerjunpei]

I dunno, you'd think everyone would be pretty excited about paying half as much rent.

[Who would turn down something like that...!!]

[planetary_bonds]

Some people find things worse than paying full rent, I suppose.

[There are lots of people who would! Yusei isn't one of them, thankfully. He just doesn't know if Sanzo is.]

[hylights]

[She sighs, turning her nose up a bit at the memory.]

They did. It was overly full, so you can imagine what other materials they already had.

[Rearranging the rolls in her arms, she nods. It seems that no one has heard of Hylians here, and she has already made the mistake of assuming Keyleth was one, based on her ears.]

Yes, we do. Until I came here I had never met a person with the round ears that seem so common among those from the station. I believe I might be the only Hylian awake so far, though there is one other from my world here.

[Mipha was a Zora, though, which was quite different. Zelda points down the street.]

I need to get these rolls two streets down, and then find the third house from the corner.

[coolerjunpei]

[Some people are nuts..... good to know.]

Right. Uh. Can't relate. Good luck with that, then?

[planetary_bonds]

I wonder which one it is, really. The only thing that's for sure is that we're here solely at the whim of gods who don't completely understand the impact their actions have on us. That doesn't change.

[Sigh.]

Gods with ambitions to "save" a world...they forget about these small things, with their thinking on such a higher scale, don't you think?

[Why are you talking about that, like you know something about this. Why.]

[planetary_bonds]

[Nuts enough to shoot you just because their drunkeness nearly got them burned by your steam engine. Boo.]

Hah. I'd say the same, but you're quite lucky in your roommate assignments, aren't you?

[coolerjunpei]

Oh, hell yes. No offense, but I'd sooner live in a box out back than with anyone else here besides Snake.

[Which, uh, might be extreme of him, but he only trusts one person here not to kidnap him in his sleep.]