❪ introlog: #2 ❫ THE CALM. -- the overflow.

[natha]

ORIGINAL POST

You have spent the last few days on Thesa Station, taking in the knowledge that your world is no more. Perhaps you’ve made some friends (or maybe an enemy or two). Either way, you aren’t expected to spend all of your time on the Station. El Nysa needs you, after all, and you promised you’d help the planet thrive. Are you ready? Submit any AC eligible thread of participating in this log's prompts for Two (2) Olympia REP points HERE. TRAVEL LIGHT     You're really lucky, new refugee. Because of the efforts of those that came before you, your own descent into El Nysa will be quick and relatively painless. You get to reap the benefits of others' experience. Those that came before you are all well-versed in the art of teleportation now, and descending into El Nysa is simply a concentrated thought away. A teleporter has been placed in the common areas to help the new refugees descend, but for this first time, you're going to need a little guidance. You're going to need to take the hand of someone who has been on El Nysa for a while now and learn the ropes. Hold on tight, Refugee, and don't be afraid when the blinding light hits you. The actual journey will feel like a sudden whiplash— painless, but sudden, and maybe a little nauseating. Keeping your balance may be difficult, and it’s possible you might end up toppling onto your poor partner. Hopefully you’re at least thankful. You have landed in a back alley in the Residential District of Olympia. HOME SWEET HOME     Immediately, you notice that everything you've been told about El Nysa is true. There are people of all races here, and although no one bats an eye at your appearance as you enter the district, a member of the Royal Guard asks for your passport. They have a keen eye, and can tell that although you may be a new refugee to their city, they've never seen you before. Certain rumors of an outside force making preparations to do some major damage has them particularly on edge. It's a good thing the Orbiters made sure you have an Olympian passport ready to go. You present it, and with a small nod, the Guard says nothing more and slaps a patch on your chest; to your surprise, it reads: Hello! My name is ________________! I am in House #___! Are you my housemate? ... No matter how much you try, there's no removing this sticker. "It'll come off tomorrow," says the guardkeep. "Lots of refugees here, limited housing. It's an easy way to get to know the people you're living with. Though, if you ask me, why are we accepting so many foreigners when so many want to watch this city burn? Well, I don’t give the orders." If someone greets you, the message on the patch will magically change: Secretly, I _____, _____, and _____! What are yours? There's no telling how they'd known these things, but it likely has to do with Zasere. AGAIN. It may be a good idea to get situated in your new home and set down some ground rules with your roommates. There is also, of course, much of Olympia to explore. FLONA COVE     Word around the city is that one very cute and enthusiastic Olympian, You Watanabe, has been asking around earnestly for the nearest place to find some coastal fun. It didn't take long before a few locals pointed her in the direction of Flona Cove. Maybe it’s a good idea to check out the area. There are only a few more days left of summer, after all. Even if you're not the beach type, exploring a new area certainly can't hurt your understanding of El Nysa. Flona Cove is just a quick train ride away. BEACH PARTY: Chances are, you've heard about the beach party being organized by You Watanabe, whether it be from her directly or someone who knows her. A lot of careful planning has gone into it, and it looks like a great time, so why not check it out? Full speed ahead towards a great time! There's plenty of food for everyone, and plenty of watermelons that need splitting! 1. Various food vendors from around Flona Cove have agreed to offer free food for the new refugees, and they line the shoreline near the harbor, enthusiastically offering goodies such as seafood kabobs, ice cream, fresh fruit (including whole watermelons!), and hot dogs. You Watanabe herself has a grill where she’s cheerfully serving up her trademark "Niceoodles" yakisoba as well as other Japanese food like takoyaki and rice. What makes her noodles so nice? It’s obviously the cheerful smiley-face sun drawn on the omelette. In exchange, the chefs and vendors only ask that you spread the word, though most of them have buckets for donations if you want to help chip back in. After the party is all done, however, there seem to be plenty of dishes that need doing, all in a big pile. You herself is working on getting through the mountain of dishes, but maybe you could lend a hand? 2. It's just not a beach party without the traditional watermelon splitting! For those of you who don't come from modern Japan on Earth, it might be perplexing at first seeing the literal mountain of watermelons grown with the help of Keyleth, another recent Olympian. If the bat-like sticks and blindfolds next to them don’t explain the purpose, though, you might just sit back and watch as a brave competitor sets a watermelon on the sand, ties a blindfold around their eyes, and has people start yelling at them which way to go. They consider the shouts of the crowd, take a swing... and strike nothing but sand. Perhaps you can do better? There are beach activities galore. Now's the time to build the sandcastle of your dreams or play a game of beach volleyball. Maybe you're brave enough to surf the waves, or you’d just like to enjoy a swim. Mom friends who just want to lounge in the sun and read a book while working on their tan are welcome too, of course. BENEATH THE SURFACE: 1. Diving beneath the waters in Flona Cove yield a whole new world on its own. Rent a scuba suit and take a trip to explore the corals, and you may even be lucky enough to run into a playful school of dolphins. Be careful-- they tend to get carried away and will happily drag swimmers for a wild ride. 2. You might want a boat for this scuba adventure, unless you're a strong swimmer. Venture deeper into the ocean, farther away from the coast, and adventurers will find some interesting stuff. Two miles southwest of the harbor, deep, deep into the watery abyss, lies a shipwreck. Exploring through the various rooms of the ship yields a few knick-knacks here and there-- rusted spare parts, cracked tea sets... a surprisingly well-preserved pin-up painting of Koralle? The real treasure awaits for those who have the courage to swim beneath the ship's hull. Here, covered in algae and debris, lies the skeletal corpse of a winged, fanged, clawed beast. This is only a distant memory of its former glory, as nothing but bones are left, but something— something brilliant, catches your eye. Those hundreds of teeth are not bone, but a material so lustrous and pure, it nearly blinds. It will take some work, but with persistence and strength, it is possible to extract a tooth. Those that work in Simwe Institute or The Sanctuary may find it beneficial to take an extra for their boss— this is definitely something that is of interest to study. 3. Olympians love their luxury. There's nothing more luxurious than a secluded lagoon, the water at just the perfect temperature and pristine. This is one of the most sought-after spots for the natives, but when you come across it, it is completely peaceful and empty. For the tourists? Well, this place simply gets overlooked due to its distance from the main beaches. It's also relatively hidden. Soon you start feeling oddly friendly? Cupid’s Pool is also described by the people of Olympia as the touchy-feely pool. It has an inherent property that makes those who soak in it crave physical affection. Chances are you probably wanted to know this before you decided to take a dip, huh? (Please warn for threads appropriately) EARN SOME SILVER     1. While many of the locals came together to offer their hands to provide a bit of entertainment for the surge in tourism, that isn’t to state that they’re fully staffed. Have a few hours to spare? They're willing to pay for your help. Maybe you’re just the cooking champ they needed? The lifeguard who showed up just in time? Or the star salesman at their humble accessory shop so desired? 2. The man who approaches you is even offering more than most of the vendors down the street. Sure, the guy and his entourage look kind of shady, but money is money, isn't it? If you accept, he’ll shove a strange swimsuit or two your way and lead you to the dressing room. What kind of job is this? Modeling, he says. Hopefully you aren’t camera shy! Hey there, hot stuff. I like your look. Or maybe it's your... aura? Either way, I like what you're working with. How about you flaunt what you've got for some fat silver stacks? He also wants to be able to test your charm, and is willing to pay a whopping 400 silver in exchange. He may even ask you to go "talk" (did you hear him say "hit on"?) to a couple of people, and “sell” yourself. Whatever that means... Incidentally, he says he’ll give you a signal once you get a pass. Feels like forever, doesn’t it? 3. Once night begins to fall and the people gradually begin to clear out, you’ll notice something... odd. There are some shady looking people around, and maybe you’ve been hearing whispers all day about a certain "fight club." Initially, no one will tell you a time or location, but if you are persistent, your efforts will pay off. Perhaps in light of helping a vendor clear out their stall or assisting that one Olympian native in distress, they’re willing to tell you a few things about this exclusive club. They explain to you that it’s been a long-standing tradition of Olympia. Secret fight clubs. A place for people to stretch their wings and their fists. Moreover, the pay off seems to be pretty good! Though, they warn you that there are some aggressive competitors out there this time around. Things have been tough politically for a while now, and there is much unrest among the people. What better way to blow off some steam than to beat someone up and make a bit of bank! Fights are not to the death, simply until a knock out, but accidents (and "accidents") do happen. Finding the crowd of people will take some searching, even with directions. They meet along the northern coast of Flona, by following a path leading underground, well away from any civilization. Once you’re there, why not participate? You may find yourself facing off against a fellow refugee. OOC     An AC-eligible thread for 2 OLYMPIAN REP POINTS may be submitted from this log. SUBMIT THE THREAD HERE by OCTOBER 15 11:59 PM EST. 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

Comments

@beatsupgrass

[decisions]

( continued from here. )

[ haha very funny do you see him laughing? where laughing means slinging bad news off his shoulder to lean against. ]

Clothes are replaceable, but your gun is forever. It's like your firstborn, but louder.

Rocket

[ruffboi]

(continued from here)

Might want to kiss that money --

[Oh. In that case, he musters all of his animal handling proficiency and -

Well - it doesn't seem to do anything. He still gets a raccoon to the face. But Magnus does have one advantage going for him here, and that's his ability to take a hit and keep going. He's been clawed by electric flying bears, so one little raccoon claw isn't going to phase him too much.

He shuts his eyes, though, to protect them, and then reaches up and grabs Rocket by the scruff of his neck; or, at least, tries to.]

[baguablade]

It felt a little unfriendly, actually...

[ But what does Cain know about the friend-making habits of sea life on an alien world? He joins JJ in peering over the side of the boat just as incautiously, more so even with how he's up on his feet, ready to draw his sword — and less anchored in the case of another bump to the boat. ]

Unless that was just its way of saying hi?

[ Below them stretches a dark shape in the water. A big, long dark shape. Big enough that their dinghy gets dwarfed. ]

[jettisons]

Do you go back up by yourself, or do they ask you to?

[He's still trying to get a feel for how this whole thing works.]

[atwo]

What humanity?

[ She raises a brow at him. ] They're all gone -- every single one of them fled the earth and went to the moon. They never showed their faces to the bunker or at least to us, the ones fighting to protect them.

[ A2 clenched her fist. Memories flood back to her as she thinks of the betrayal she faced, all to save 'humanity' and yet there is still a desire to protect them. ]

We weren't designed to walk among them. It's hard to tell if they would even come back so you don't need to worry about what they were thinking when they made me.

[ Because they sure weren't worried about her life when they sent her on a suicide mission. ]

[baguablade]

Can you tell me a little more about that? These pathways and portals and how all of that works?

[ The way the man's talking, it doesn't sound like the normal sort of path from one place to the other. An ability like the teleportation from the station... Cain's never heard of that before, either. Even if the ability no longer functions, the lack of that ability might be just as revealing as if it worked. ]

.... no you.

[jurisdick]

[ ?????? what even. ]

Of course not. That'd be quite troubling. [ the smile doesn't falter and he just shakes his head. unflappable.... ] It's merely a shame the journey down is so daunting.

[21stcenturyguy]

Like, are you asking if I'll let you try to teleport kidnap me? I dunno what kinda priest you are, but where I'm from, that's more third date territory.

[Actually, that's totally a lie, Aoi's kidnapped people he hasn't technically met, but those were extenuating circumstances. Also, this dude is kind of creepy.]

It's cool you wanna help people, I guess, but maybe you should master it on your own before you toss other people in the mix.

[Aoi's so tempted to just run and save his ears from being talked off, but look at him helping. He sighs.]

Fine. I'm Aoi. I'll do one more trip back and forth with you, but that's it.

Earn some silver

[kaleorbekaled]

[Hi roommate. Guess who also got talked into modelling by that sketchy weirdo? Unlike Misa, Kale isn't flourishing in this environment. She's entirely out of her comfort zone, and it's only by virtue of a few people finding her shyness endearing that she's even managing any success at this job at all.]

Misa, I don't think I'm doing this very well...maybe I should just quit and forget about the silver, after all. Do you think he'll yell at me if I quit?

[Yes, Misa, your warrior roommate is genuinely nervous about the prospect of being yelled at.]

Re: » YUSEI

[planetary_bonds]

[Oh, you wanna go around in circles, do you?

...Well, Yusei prefers to be direct. He'll see if he can't cut to the point.]

The way I understand it, it tends to be something that's defined subjectively.

[stripebacked]

[ He likes the sound of that. He knows that eventually he'll have to meet this Peggy and Steve, but he doesn't want to have his time with her sacrificed. ]

Good. [ He smiles up at her. ] Ye'll be needing to get off my lap for us to make the journey.

[atwo]

Do I look like a child? [ she isn't about to admit that she is only, like, four years old to him because that would make her a child of sorts. ]

I just want an answer to my question.

[ruffboi]

Ooh, youch. Yeah, I know how that is. [Falling off cliffs? Dying? Turning into a goldfish?]

Well, I'm glad Steven's friends and family will be able to remember him. Hey, so you can turn into animals, in addition to rock creatures and stuff? That's really cool. Taako can do it, too, but he never uses it for anything good.

[buildindreemz]

[ She laughs a little. ]

Yeah, something like that. Hell, it'll take more than that for me to just get to the point where I don't think they'll try to screw us over somehow.

[atwo]

[ maybe she should have kept that name tag and instead wrote on it what she is. but, she also shouldn't be surprised that so many people here assume that everyone they meet is human. ]

YoHRa Type A No. 2, A2 for short. I'm a YoHRa Android, so I'm as far as human as they can get.

[ more or less.

she does have those funny things called emotions after all and they show quite clearly when the right moment brings them out. ]

[lucubrare]

[ A weird, clever girl; that's a perfect description of Cass, honestly, and she'd preen if she knew that's what he thought of her. ]

Not really. It's...true? [ A shrug. ] Flattery is sometimes not.

[ You know, just...explaining. As you do. Cass is a terrible liar, and being good at flattery means being a bit good at lying, so. ]

Oh.

Never cooked before.

Is more, easier?

Yusei Fudo | Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

[planetary_bonds]

[original top levels]

(still open to new tag-ins!)

[vorrutyer]

Tom.

[ His lip curls up in a little smile. ]

Well, no wonder you're hiding it.

[panzersoldat]

[ Reinhardt pauses at the sight of armor. It's quite something to look at. It makes the old knight happy to see that he's not the only one around with something like what he's carrying. However, it gives him pause, shifting that massive breastplate so that he can look down at the armored man speaking to him. ]

You would suspect right. However, I didn't wish to scare anyone. I'm a large man and my armor is equally large. Since I don't know this world well, I didn't know how the locals would react to such a thing. I was playing it safe. [ Which he generally doesn't do, but he's trying hard to be reasonable. ] But I see that they're handling your armor well enough.

[otrazhenie]

At first they asked us to, to help out when everyone was getting stuck in the simulations. But now I just go up to visit my family and friends, check and make sure they're okay.

[ She's been trying not to go everyday, but it's hard sometimes, especially with how things have been with Damon. ]

[ax]

[ or alternately: shinji being thrown in jail and become useless for the rest of his life... would haru pay him occasional visits ]

What? [ asks shinji, a little distracted with all the plates he's handing out and getting back. the question doesn't register for a moment, but it clicks soon enough and he looks awkward all over again. ]

You're a customer. Don't have to clean up or anythin'. Just sit there and enjoy the food.

[ that's all he asks... why ruin the experience with having to wash dishes after? while he may not have the best customer service skills, he absolutely doesn't want the people he's feeding to have to clean up after him in return. ]

iii

[congratulating]

[ To say that his appearance on the beach is odd would not be wrong. Unlike everyone else of good sense, he does not remove his full priest garb. Instead, he walks the beach in his church attire and long coat. Kirei sweats -- of course, he does, who wouldn't? -- yet does not appear to be uncomfortable.

There is a neutral sort of expression that he wears as he walks the beach, not minding how the sand clings to his black slacks and shoes. The sun causes his cross to seemingly almost be blindingly bright with how it reflects the light. Yet still, he does not seem to be particularly bothered. ]

Do be careful at how much you eat, young man. Indulging oneself to forget the hardships that we have survived without realizing will only do so much for you.

[unpromising]

[ It was an excellent fight that required him to put more effort than usual. Granted, Qrow doesn't usually fight with his fists. He prefers his scythe-sword-gun thing! Perhaps it's the inexperience in fighting barehanded that Aranea eventually got the advantage over him. His misfortune definitely affected the fight, with various things from the ceiling falling. There was an instance where the previous fighters' pool of sweat made her slip, but that's about it.

In the end, it's Qrow who ends up with the worst luck between them, given that he's now on the floor. ]

A win's a win.

[ He's gracious, at least! ]

[nineteenfortyfive]

Just a little longer. I missed you, Jamie. [This Jamie, now that she sees him again.] I can't stop looking at you.

[unpromising]

What?

[ That's certainly the tone of a young teen who's being scolded by his mother. ]

I'm not swimming, so it's fine.

[ MOOOOOOOOM. ]