❪ 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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sleeping beauty

[rhygret]

[ Lavellan might not be lying in dirt per say, but it's definitely not the sort of place you'd expect someone to hunker down for a short spell either. Especially with all those weird...not-horse things milling about. They don't look lively enough to trample or anything and keep a fair distance, but Rhys still has to pause.

In part because he's here with a mask and some weird...spray to get this awkward job done and people probably shouldn't be milling about when these things, err, "get to it" so to speak, but also because he recognizes the sleepy-looking elf and Rhys can't help but perk up a little.

He pushes his mask up over his face and calls out: ]

Hey...! You sure you want to be sleeping out there man?

[ u gonna wake up or does he have to come over there and smooch you bruh ]

[heraldsdawn]

[ When Rhys calls out to him all in return he gets is a loud snorting snore, as the other slowly comes into some kind of wakefulness. He still lies there unmoving but he answers back loudly and irritated; ]

What are you talking about? This is my bedroom! Let me sleeeeep....

[ Clearly he's not that awake. ]

[rhygret]

[ His bedroom. Right. Rhys takes one very brief look at the grazing land he is very sure isn't Lavellan's bedroom unless he's suddenly become a hobo and lifts a brow in amusement as his arms come up to cross over his chest. ]

Uh huh... Might want to check that one again there Senren.

[ He introduced himself with what Rhys assumes is his first name so he's...using it. Yup. ]

[heraldsdawn]

[ He grumbles almost in protest as he slowly opens his eyes and looks up. He looks left, he looks right...then he looks back over to Rhys, his eyes narrowed. ]

This isn't my bedroom.

[rhygret]

[ Awww...elf-kun is grumpy when he's sleepy. That's stupidly cute? ]

That's what I've been trying to tell you dude. What're you doing sleeping way out there?

[heraldsdawn]

[ There's a long yawn and he stretches his arms out. He rubs the stray sleep from his eyes before finally looking over to Rhys, his bearings finally coming to him. ]
Trying to do the task set out for us. Clearly I wasn't prepared for these creatures to put me into a coma.

[rhygret]

You're blaming the goats?

[ Goat...horse...things. Rhys hasn't bothered to learn their names yet okay? He also hasn't gotten the sleepy memo so he just thinks that elf-kun let the warm day get to him and took a snooze on the job. ]

[heraldsdawn]

I am indeed blaming the damn goats.

[ Because he wasn't that tired when he came here. He just looks back to Rhys. ]

Mind giving a guy a lift up?

[rhygret]

Ohohoomygod, yes?

[ Wait no that was super fanboy, let him clear his throats and try that again-- ]

I mean uh, yeah! Sure. No problem.

[ Nailed iiiiit. Rhys smiles and holds out a hand like he totally didn't just fawn over the chance to holds Lavellan's hand nope ]

[heraldsdawn]

[ Careful Rhys, you're elf kink is showing

Still, he reaches out and takes the hand offered and pulls himself back to his feet. Dusting off once, twice he looks back to the taller human.]

Thank you. For finding me, waking me up and helping me up. Who knows how long I would've been out.

[And no Rhys this isn't a fanboy fantasy. He is thanking you.]

[rhygret]

[ don't look at it!!!

The dorky grin on Rhys's face speaks volumes of his pleasure at actually shaking the man's hand, but because he's not a completely socially inept nerd he doesn't hold on any longer than necessary.

He'll just never wash that hand again, no big deal. ]

You did look pretty comfy. The grass really that nice down there?

[heraldsdawn]

[ Always looking.

He lets out something of a small embarrassed laugh because yeah, this was not exactly a flattering position to be found in.

Anyways...]

I've been use to sleeping in the fields before...just not farming fields.

So in a way it was.

[ Forest elves got to elf. ]

[rhygret]

[ Flattering maybe not, but charming on the other hand... ]

Oh. Well...good I guess. Because you've got grass imprints all over the side of your face.

[ And maybe a piece or two stuck...there...

It's okay Lavellan, he finds it totally charming ]

[heraldsdawn]

[ He sighs just a bit at how he's pretty much made himself look like an idiot for not cleaning his face off sooner. He instinctually wipes where he feels the grass maybe on his face before stopping. Sadly his face will be stained a bit green for the time being until he finds some water. ]

Did I get it all at the very least?

[rhygret]

[ *made himself look funny in a cute sort of way, because that;s just how Rhys sees Lavellan. Dis elf b good-looking and he definitely wears grass better than Rhys would. ]

Aside from some smudges, yeah. Don't worry about it though, they're not super-bad.

[ Just...noticeable ]

Was it a good nap?

[heraldsdawn]

[ he can sense the elf kink Rhys. Even when you don't say anything ]

But how am I suppose to show off my tattoos? [ Hey says it as if a whiny joke. Ah well, he'll deal.

As for that- ]

Well, it would've been if I hadn't looked so ridiculous lying there. [ and he just sighs. ] Ignorance is bliss.

[rhygret]

[ STOP SHAMING HIM ]

I dunno, you looked pretty picturesque? Sort of a "country farm boy" vibe to the whole thing.

[ there that's not....exceedingly shameful. ]

[heraldsdawn]

[ never ]

Rhys, I have to ask.

Is this your idea of flirting?

[ It's an honest question with no judgement at all.

Okay maybe just a hint of judgement. ]

[rhygret]

Whaaaaat? Nooo, that's. Come on. Flirting. Pbshhht. Me? With you?? That's, that's a....why would you. Think that, e-exactly? Did that--did it seem like flirting? Is that what you thought that was...?

[ DID IT WORK................no i kid rhys knows Lavellan's 34893 years out of his league lbr ]

[heraldsdawn]

Well...as far as flirting goes it defintely seems like it.

Even if it possibly the most...interesting [ read: worst ] way I've been flirted with before.

[ Because he kind of wants to nip this in the bud if it is.

Sorry, Rhys. You're nice.

But not cowboy nice. ]

[rhygret]

[ No one will every be as cowboy nice as Lavellan's cowboy, it's true. McCree is a whole special brand of Daaaaaang. ]

Interesting good or......

[ He needs to know what sort of impression he's been leaving here bro ]

[heraldsdawn]

For the sake of our friendship it's best I not answer.

[ It's for Rhys sake really. ]

[rhygret]

...Right. [ EGO -50. Rhys awkwardly runs a hand through his hair. ]

Well I suppose it's good that I was...not flirting then. Huh? It's--I just. You're really cool. You know? You're an elf, you've got magic and you fight dragons... That's just. Super awesome.

Sooo...no I was not trying to flirt.

[heraldsdawn]

[ Aw Rhys. The poor nerd. There's something of a small smile at hearing all that but it's something he's heard before. This strange hero worship is if anything more distressing than comforting, but he won't let the other know that. ]

That's very flattering, Rhys, but, I'm like everyone else. [ lies but he could always hope. ]

[rhygret]

No, yeah, I know that. I know. It's just....this whole place, you know? It's like having every story book I ever read as a kid come true? I dunno. Is there anything like that back home?

[ oh. err, right. ]

Was there, I mean?