❪ 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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[vacuum]

[ Why does he have to be here, riled up from the drugs in his system and in such close proximity to his shirtless new acquaintance. JJ's definitely an athlete, this Chuuya can tell. He hates that he looked at all and blames it on the aphrodisiac that he knows is coursing through him at this point. ]

You won't be this cocky when the temperatures start to drop later. [ Canadian or not, anyone would be cold out in the wilderness at night. Chuuya pulls the large shirt over himself. He gets momentarily distracted by how it smells, and brings the loose sleeve to his nose. It's got a pleasant scent to it, like it's perfumed. He can tell that JJ really takes care of himself the same way Chuuya does. ] What scent is this?

[ It's not bad ...

His face is still flushed, heart beating in his chest from arousal, and he's unconsciously edging closer to JJ than he should be, his own preference for personal space forgotten for now. They're walking shoulder to shoulder. ]

[underwhelms]

[ JJ perks up at the question, like he always does when someone asks him something—he generally doesn't need to be prompted to start talking about himself, but he takes each question like a compliment. It doesn't hurt that he's getting a little worked up, the aphrodisiac slipping past his crooked mask as they stroll out of the cave. He's always been suseptible to this sort of thing: a cup of coffee or an energy drink can keep him going for hours, physically able to feel his heart beat faster in his chest whenever he ingests a bit of caffeine.

But it doesn't click in his head, and instead he just runs with his growing sensitivity and excitement, and converts it into energy. ]

It's this soap I got from the market! It had this fancy writing carved into it, and actual flowers in the bar. I bought this cologne too, but I'm not sure if you could call it that. It's actually a perfume oil, just a small bottle since you know we don't have a lot of money. But I doubt that's what you're smelling since I didn't use that today. I want to save it for something special. Oh.

[ He rubs a hand over the side of his neck, warm, but not hot or sweating yet, and then he looks over at Chuuya, who looks exexplicably smaller and more comfortable in his shirt, and puts a hand on his shoulder. ]

We better stick together. Are you still feeling hot?

[ He looks it, because it's dim in the cave, brighter as they get closer to the entrance, but he can see the slight sheen on the other man's skin. ]

[vacuum]

[ Why does JJ talk so much? He keeps going, on and on and on, and Chuuya can barely register what he's saying. He eventually finds his eyes fixed on those lips as they move, their shape and their colour, but even trying to read them doesn't help with his listening comprehension very much. Oh well, it's probably some trite nonsense anyway. JJ rarely says anything substantial. ]

The soap, huh ... [ He didn't hear anything else. He's far too focused on just how warm he feels inside. In his distraction, his eyes also travel, following the line of JJ's jaw to his collarbones. It's JJ's fault for going around shirtless like this! ]

Yeah, I'm still ... Ugh. [ A momentary lost of focus has him stumbling slightly, and he bumps into JJ, grabbing onto his hand for support. ] I think I breathed in some of that gas.

[underwhelms]

[ Chuuya isn't looking that good—healthwise, that is. Physically, he's as pretty as ever, reminiscent of quite a few of the skaters that JJ had met over the years. Not so many of the male skaters, who were bulkier and broader than most people gave them credit for, but the female skaters.

Maybe Chuuya should take up skating once JJ gets that rink built. ]

The gas...?

[ The stares at Chuuya for a moment, distracted and dazed before it clicks. ]

Oh, the aphrodisiac? It's got you all worked up, huh? [ He grins like he thinks he's hilarious—which he does. ] That's gotta suck for you since I'm so hot too.

[vacuum]

[ Uh, wow. The expression on Chuuya's face flattens. ] I can't even see your face behind the mask.

[ He can see his bare chest though, and what's up with that? He's trying his hardest not to look. Why does this guy have a tramp stamp, though? ]

This damned drug -- I just need to figure out a way to stop the effects. [ Before they get worse, and certain physiological changes occur. ]

[underwhelms]

[ The tramp stamp is part of his #aesthetic, but fine. ]

But you know what I look like. You know what—

[ Okay, he's taking the mask off now, his own face slightly flushed, pulse a little quick. It takes a while for him to register, since his experiences as of late tend to run more towards sexual frustration than anything else. He might be a virgin, but he's no saint, and there have been moments in the past month that he's very keenly felt Isabella's absence.

But he's not frustrated at the moment, instead excited and full of anticipation. ]

Oh. [ The realization comes with a quick breath as he looks dumbly over at Chuuya. ] I think I'm getting worked up too.

[vacuum]

[ He's actually not at all surprised, because that mask did look lopsided before. Chuuya didn't expect JJ to go taking the whole thing off though. ] If you know that, then don't take off your mask.

[ Chuuya picks up JJ's mask and shoves it back in his face. What if there's still some gas in the area? Though, they have taking solace a good distance away, so maybe the mask isn't so necessary anymore.

This entire situation, though. It's such a mess, and he hates that the longer he stays in this cave with his weird friend, the more difficult it is to keep his eyes from wandering down his ... admittedly sculpted body. It's the worst. ] Since we've both been poisoned, we just need to do something.

[ It takes a beat before he realises what that might sound like. He feels compelled to add some clarification. ] To cancel out the effects! Maybe we could work it off --

[ -- which also sounds incredibly wrong. Everything he says is sounding wrong to him right now. ] Ugh. You know what I mean.

[underwhelms]

Hey—

[ JJ sputters slightly when Chuuya shoves the mask in his face, grunting before taking it off because it feels kind of moot at this point. He can already feel the tension winding through his body, the warmth in his face that should come from getting flustered over some cute thing that Isabella has done, but instead is resulting from the way his gaze snags on the dip of Chuuya's collarbone.

He shoves his hands into his pockets, mask hanging off his wrist, and heart racing stupidly.

Chuuya has a point though, despite how lewd his suggestions are. It's too difficult to focus in their current condition, and JJ's not looking forward to the two of them trudging all the way back to the city with this kind of discomfort.

Sighing, he reaches out to put a hand to Chuuya's shoulder, gently nudging him toward the wall of the cave. ]

You're right. So go ahead, you can help yourself here. I'll keep going to give you some privacy.

[ Enjoy, Chuuya. ]

[vacuum]

[ His suggestions weren't actually meant to be lewd, but the more he tried to explain them the lewder they only came out. It wouldn't be the first time he's dug himself into a hole. The little shoulder pat is probably meant to be encouraging and supportive, but it's more devastating than any of those. ]

Wait -- NO! I don't mean work it off that way! The last thing I want is to do that in front of you! [ He would probably never want to speak to JJ ever again, if that had happened. ]

I mean we could find a way to cool down, or see if working up a sweat will help. [ Like maybe exercise... ]