❪ 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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[punshots]

So it is a wand! No way! That's so cool!

[ No matter how terse her reply might be, he still sounds absolutely thrilled. It does, however, also warn him not to interject himself into what she's doing, even when his camera is within arm's reach with the sepht still clinging to it. She works her magic - literally - and the sepht isn't the only one spellbound.

Soon enough, though, she's recovered the camera and the sepht is flying away, and he exhales a tense breath he hadn't realized he was holding. ]

That will way more than just "do"! [ Pretend that made sense. ] Seriously, I owe you one! Thank you!

sorry about the wait!

[goldsteins]

[Unfortunately, she gives no comment as she passes it back over-- At least nothing towards the wand, preferring to let magic drop than carry it on in any way. She hates it being a thing when it's such a common part of her life.

Still, she smiles somewhat softly and shakes her head in response.] You don't owe me anything.

You're far from the first person to have lost something today, but do your best to keep hold of it.

[punshots]

Y-you bet I will! [ He tucks the camera back into his pocket, and while there's no doubt he'll whip it back out again sometime today for more pictures, he'll at least try to exercise some self-control and not do it around those pesky sephts. ]

Really, though...if you ever need to call someone to, like...help you move? Ooor anything, I'm your guy.

[ He really can't express enough how grateful he is for this. ]

[goldsteins]

How about you just pass it on when someone needs it? [Her answer is quick, still somewhat sheepish. She doesn't see a reason in bothering to repay it, but more specifically-- she doesn't see a need to.] Really, just be careful out here.

[punshots]

[ He doesn't insist - only because he knows that response well enough from using it himself. He'll concede, if only so he can do her a favor sometime later - in stealth! - because whether or not she needs it, that's not the point. He's gotta do something for her. ]

I'll make sure to! Uh - and you, too. I mean, you probably won't have any problem with that. But just in case.

[ You never know. ]

[goldsteins]

I'll be fine. [Her response is mild and if it's at all more gentle then it's possible he's imagining it (he's not). She tucks an unruly strand of hair away while her other free hand slips the wand back into her jacket pocket.] Were you assisting in the quest out here or simply taking unwanted pictures?

[The last two words might be somewhat teasing. That's undeniable.]

[punshots]

[ He grins crookedly at her, shoving his hands in his pocket and he rocks in his feet. Either scenario is equally likely. It's a fair question. ]

Started out as the quest, buuuut I think I dropped by spray bottle somewhere before the sepht got all grabby-grabby. But - that's okay.

[ Long as he has his camera back, that's what matters most. ]

[goldsteins]

You dropped it?

[She sounds rightfully aghast, given what the spraybottle contains. Her expression turns quickly from a look of alarm to resigned as she huffs a breath.] Well, we're going to have to go find it. You can't just leave an aphrodisiac out where just anyone can get into it.

[punshots]

[ Perturbed, his lifts his hands up in surrender. He hadn't thought it was a big deal - or really thought about it all, given his abject panic at losing his camera - but apparently, he should have?? ]

R-right! My bad! Uh - [ He twists around, looking haplessly for any kind of landmark that he can use to identify where he'd come from. ]

I think I was...over there? Or - wait, was it over...there...

[ ...He has no idea. ]

[goldsteins]

[She's so done with him. Just done. One hand is propped on a hip, the other brushing through her hair with a scoff and she glances around the area. Then peering back at him sternly.]

Well? What do you think you're doing standing around over here-- Start looking!

[She shakes her head before retrieving her wand from her pocket and turning on her heel to go the direction he said.

Sorry, Prompto.]

[punshots]

[ His eyebrows draw up, nonplussed - and then back down, looking appropriately chastised as he hooks towards the left and starts peering around trees and bushes. ]

Right! Right. I'm sure it's around here somewhere!

[ He's not. ]

[goldsteins]

Then you should find it rather quickly than, hm? [Look, she's nice. Most of the time. But she doesn't want to see what happens if one of these creatures gets hold of the bottle or-- worse-- a child.

Something of that nature could turn south really fast in the wrong hands.] I understand it was important, but it's a bit too reckless to throw somethin' like that around!

[punshots]

I-I know! I know! [ Well, he didn't know then, or hadn't thought it through that far - but he absolutely knows now!

Retracing his steps from his haphazard flight after the sepht is no easy task, but eventually, he starts to recognize certain trees. Whether that is because he's going in circles or because he's getting closer to where he started is anyone's guess. ]

You, uh...wouldn't happen to have some kind of...find-y spell, would you?

[ It seems practical to ask! ]

[goldsteins]

You lost it, you need to find it.

[Her answer is simple and curt as she shakes her head at the boy. Even if there was a spell she's not going to simply let him get out of it. Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear she continues in the same curt way:] Honestly, why they think giving that stuff to just anyone was a wise idea...

[punshots]

[ As he plucks his way through a few bushes, peering around for the bottle: ]

I know, right? [ As if this isn't 100% his fault... ] The job couldn't just be, you know, help an old lady cross the street, or something like that!

[ He complains, but he'd happily do just that for free, no questions asked. ]

[goldsteins]

You're half at fault for accepting it in the first place. [Her answer is sharp, a disapproving frown in his direction.] And you're entirely at fault for losing it.

You took on a responsibility and helping comes in more than crossing a street. [Shaking her head she begins to rummage once more through the bushes nearest her.]

[punshots]

I-I know! It's just - a little more than I bargained for -

[ Oh! But he catches sight of something glinting a little further beyond the bushes, and he beelines for it, swiping up his mislaid bottle. ]

Aha! I knew it was around here somewhere!

[ He didn't. ]