❪ 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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[competing]

[ is that contagious, or.

anyway lance is watching his shoulder and chest start to pool with blood with an alarmingly calm reaction...

rather than freak out and scream as he is wont to, he merely plops his head back down against the ground, stare up bleakly at the sky while tears prick at his eyes.

this is it... this is how he dies...

he has just one request, chuuya: ]

Tell my mom I love her...

[ he's so cold... he can already see the light............. ]

[vacuum]

I told you, you won't die from this. [ Lance will hear the frustration in his voice as he reaches out for a piece of gauze, pressing it over the bleeding. He could go calling Lance a baby again, but the guy already looks like he's resigned himself to death. So, Chuuya only sighs, continuing the stifle the bleeding.

Eventually, it does stop, though the pin-sized hole that came from the needle prick continues to be visible. Chuuya grabs a little band-aid from the first aid kit. It's got little lions on it, like it's made for children.

With some care, he sticks it over the little prick. ] There. Now stop crying.

[ If Lance has truly resigned to death and doesn't respond, Chuuya will pat him on the face. ] Oi.

[competing]

[ he jolts awake almost immediately, his entire body seeming to jerk back to life. he sits up, glances around wildly, but once his eyes return to its normal size, his gaze settles back on chuuya... followed by a sharp look of suspicion. seems now that he's decided he isn't dying, he's regained enough energy to be sassy. ]

...Who allowed you to do this, anyway?

[vacuum]

[ So they've had a bit of drama, and he still doesn't have his blood offering. This afternoon feels like a waste of time so far. ] The organizers, obviously.

[ He may be mafia but that doesn't mean he's going to sneak into an event without permission. That's just rude. Now Chuuya starts rummaging through the blood kits for other supplies. He takes out the saucer, a piece of gauze, a handiplast and some antiseptics. ]

Since you won't let me do it, then ... you do it. [ He hands his knife to Lance and positions his wrist over the saucer. There's still money to be made from giving out his blood, and he knows they have healing potions. ]

i'm glad you get to use your nurse edu for rp.... ////

[competing]

H-Hang on! What happened to the needle?! Why're we considering the knife again??

[ he sits up, leaning over the other to start rummaging through the supplies for another clean syringe. ]

this isnt... how any of it is done but ........ chuuya wou ldnt know shit

[vacuum]

Can I trust you to find my vein?

[ Picking out the tourniquet, Chuuya ties it around his arm and tugs at the knot with his teeth, tightening it. His veins aren't actually very difficult to find. He does a lot of physical activity, so they bulge out. Can Lance really do this with steady hands though? ]

oh....

[competing]

[ oh.. so they're doing this now. lance swallows thickly, leaning over to try and get a better look.

tentatively, gingerly, he takes a hold of chuuya's wrist, drawing him closer by the hand. ]

So I just have to... poke you with the needle, right?

[vacuum]

[ He doesn't actually want someone to go poking around in his arm, so he shoots Lance a sharp glare, warning him. ]

You better get it in one.

[competing]

[ he wasn't gonna poke around... he definitely just wants to poke once! that's it! ]

Sure, yeah, no pressure...

[ well at least chuuya has activated lance's Competitive mode, because now he's got to prove a point, which means it's with a steadier hand that he's making the first prick and —

well what do you know. ]

Now you just pull the thing back right?

[vacuum]

[ It does hurt, but with all his training over the years, he's developed a high tolerance for pain. Chuuya winces when the needle goes in, but doesn't make a sound. He's surprised to find that Lance actually got it. ] Pretty sure, yeah.

[ He doesn't actually know how this works, but probably?? ] Not bad. Must be the sniper in you.

[competing]

[ chuuya... you're such a bro.

lance puffs up at the man's inadvertent praise (he'll take anything, okay), and certainly looks a lot more confident as he draws the needle away, pressing a piece of gauze to the wound and putting a bit of pressure there like he'd remembered from his own past experiences. ]

Well you know... sharp eyes, and all that.

[ he takes out a pack of band-aids, holding them out for chuuya to pick one. ]

How're you feeling?

[vacuum]

[ Lance sure is weak to compliments. Chuuya was being honest, though. He isn't sure he'd be able to get the blood draw on first try. He's never had to work with this kind of precision. ]

I'm alright. Barely hurt. My arm feels a little weak but that's probably temporary.

[ Now he appraises the bandaids being offered to him, and the expression on his face flattens. ] Don't you have any others? [ There's a band-aid with a teddy on it, one with some tulips and another with a beautiful unicorn. He's choosing none of them. ]

[competing]

[ EVER A DUTIFUL NURSE, lance at least makes the effort to look around their surroundings...

then turn back to chuuya with a shrug. ]

I think that's all that's left. [ he rifles through them... not-so-subtly nudging the teddy bear one closer. ]

[vacuum]

[ Why is he nudging the one with the teddy print closer? Chuuya frowns. ] Fine. Since I've got no other choice.

[ This is going to make him look like a 12 year old though. Well, more than he already does... ]

[competing]

[ his face says 12 years old, but his dagger eyes say 84. ]

It's temporary anyway. Just roll your sleeve down, no one's gonna know.

[ except him. he'll know. he'll never forget. ]

[vacuum]

[ Lance will know?!? Chuuya just sighs. He supposes he can have longer sleeves for just one day. ] I don't know why they couldn't provide normal-looking bandaids. [ It isn't like they have a lot of children around, who might appreciate those childish bandaids. Still, he lifts his arm a little, allowing Lance to stick the strip over it. ]

What are you going to do with the money?

[competing]

Maybe all the plain ones were taken already. [ it's been a pretty long and busy day, after all. but lance isn't really inclined to think that the organizers of this have some sort of sadistic intent to humiliate their volunteers...

anyway, he plops that band-aid on with ease! he's probably had to do this a lot of his nieces and nephews, smh... troublemakers. ]

Dunno... Get some more clothes, I guess. Maybe something to brighten up the apartment. Some new facemasks... What about you?

[vacuum]

Wine. There's a brand I'm eyeing. [ He plans to rebuild his wine collection one bottle at a time. Once the bandaid is on, Chuuya stares at it in disapproval. Why does it look so ... childish? Ugh. This is ruining his image. ]

You're buying facemasks?

[competing]

Yeah. [ using the palms of his hands, he pats his cheeks a little. feel free to notice how baby-soft they look, chuuya. uwu* ] I figure some aloe or rose to rejuvenate... maybe some lavender to help me sleep. [ a pause. ] Or you know. The space equivalent of those.

[ he leans back, carefully setting the vial of chuuya's blood in the box where others are being stored. ]

Do you drink a lot of wine? [ aren't you kind of a light-weight... ]