EVENT LOG: GATHER UP

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EVENT LOG:
GATHER UP

characters: everyone.
location: beacon at large.
date/time: september 16-25.
content: a town-wide selfie scavenger hunt!
warnings: unflattering camera angles.

🔎📸😘

It starts with a network post, and then a song begins to play in the Invincible, loud enough to be heard throughout Bonfire Square. Welcome to the scavenger hunt, everyone! You've been tasked with finding 25 "items" in and around Beacon, so hop to it!

Please remember to ICly report your findings on Robin's network post if you want them to count toward a prize! As a further reminder, you're free to interpret the list items however you/your character would like, and you're free to assume your character can find all of these things somewhere in town without running into trouble! Just don't stray too far from town to go gallivanting off into the wilderness, as that might be dangerous. This includes finding forest spirits! You're welcome to NPC your own forest spirit encounters, just like in our last event.

That said, if you would like to search a particular area for a fun surprise, let us know below!

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Noctis Lucis Caelum • OTA

[broplaints]

You're A Work Of Art Baby;

[Honestly this wasn't Noct's forte. He didn't have an artistic eye like Prompto did. Which mean he was currently wandering around trying to find something worthy of actually fitting the prompt. Maybe the sky? The twinkling moon and stars were awfully pretty. Maybe the shoreline? Maybe his lantern casting different shapes on the wall?

All of the pictures came out blurry and awful.]

Where's a painting when you need one?

Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven't Met Yet;

[The problem was that Noctis had spoken, at some point, with half of beacon. And approaching anyone he hadn't spoken to yet required far more social skills than he actually had. How do you just walk up to someone and ask them to take a selfie with you? Did he do it on the sly? Did it actually have to be a selfie of both of them or could it just be someone in the background?

Until finally he stumbled across someone he was entirely certain he hadn't ever even seen before and decided to just go for it.]

Hey, not to sound weird, but could you take a selfie with me?

[No that definitely sounded weird.]

Noctis' Web;

[Not that Noctis ever wanted to get close enough to a spider to actually take a shot of it's web, but unfortunately he really didn't see any other choice. Which was how he had ended up in a tree somehow, hanging over the branches, trying to get a close up of a rather large web that had been there for gods knew how long. At least he hadn't fallen. Yet. But the branch was creaking pretty heavily.]

Fashion Sense Where;

[Considering that Noctis' aesthetic was all black everything, his idea of a fabulous outfit was probably was just someone how had found a color that was somehow darker. Which was how he had ended up walking around, trying to find someone who was at least wearing something bright. Eye searing yellow, maybe. Or blood red. Something. Anything.

This was going horribly. Someone please help him.]

Wildcard;

[Hit me with your best shot! Or hit me up at valenwood if you want to plot!]

Strangers

[notthatjason]

[Jason sat outside by the bonfire. It was pleasant and he often came here because it made him feel closest to camp and to home. He wasn't sure if this was a habit he should be worried about, but it was where he could be found when he wanted to be outside of his room but wasn't quite sure what to do with his time.

He knew he should be exploring more, but there seemed to be a lot going on around town with the scavenger hunt. So, despite the awkward question, he isn't completely taken aback by the random question. Instead he looks up and offers a slightly awkward yet reassuring smile.]

Sure. I mean. I'm guessing this is for that scavenger hunt thing, right?

[broplaints]

[At least one of them was trying to not make this anymore awkward. Noctis was only really good at doing the opposite.]

Yeah. Gotta take a picture with someone I've never met before.

[Which had been way more difficult than he had expected.]

[notthatjason]

[Jason nods.]

Does that mean I should hold off on giving my name until after we take the picture?

[It's meant as a joke, but also he's not sure of the rules or how they would prove that or not. Either way, he's a willing participant in this.]

[broplaints]

[Oh my gosh look at this dork. Noctis likes him already.]

Probably for the best. Don't want to go breaking the rules.

[He's pretty good at this whole selfie thing. He even holds up the tablet to get the best angle.]

[notthatjason]

All right. Let's do this then.

[Jason is glad for someone else to be handling the actual photo taking. Demigods aren't exactly encouraged to take photos and use the internet since that tends to just bring monsters to you all the faster. He'd heard some nasty stories about demigods who had gotten a little more than they could handle because they were doing stuff like that.

Still, he gets the concept and he gives the camera his best smile, the scar on his lip crinkling]

[broplaints]

[It wouldn't be a selfie if Noctis didn't make some kind of ridiculous hand gesture. This particular one has him making the peace sign with his free hand. But at least he does smile while snapping the picture, pulling away and checking it quickly just to make sure everything is visible.]

Now that that's over... I'm Noctis.

[notthatjason]

[Jason figures since he helped he can sneak a peek and peers over Noctis' shoulder to check it out as well. He nods and leans back away. Not that he was necessarily concerned with how he looked but mostly wanting to make sure they were in focus.]

Nice to meet you, Noctis. I'm Jason.

So how many pictures have you gotten for the hunt so far anyway?

[broplaints]

[Noctis definitely doesn't mind. He's completely used to Prompto peaking over his shoulder at his phone anyway.]

Ten. I think. [He kind of wants to get them all but he gets the feeling it doesn't come with a platinum trophy.] How about you?

[notthatjason]

Oh wow. I only have four so far, but I've been trying to think of other places to go to get some of the others.

[He had a few ideas in mind after all and there were definitely some places he hadn't been to yet -- even within the confines of the explored areas of Beacon.]

How'd you get so many already?

( prompt: work of art. )

[sunborne]

[ oh! it's super cool guy, noctis!

just waving goodbye to some spirits as they skittered away after he took their shot for the something beautiful prompt, daylight quickly jogs over to where noctis is at, apparently(?) observing pictures he's taken so far. that definitely grabs daylight's attention, with his winglets pricking up in interest and his expression turning from curious to excited very quickly. oh cool! he's joining in the scavenger hunt as well! ]

Hey! Hi! [ subtle is not daylight's middle name as he jogs over, causing the ground to faintly shake before he stops just in front of noctis. ] Do you need help in something, Mr. Noctic?

[broplaints]

[He is very sorry for whatever he did to make you think he was cool, Daylight. Because boy, are you going to be sorely and sadly disappointed.

Okay so that is the entire ground shaking and for a second all he can honestly do is look around because he's sure there's an iron giant popping out of the ground right behind him. But instead it's just Daylight - a much more welcome sight.]

Hey yourself. [There's a definite smile on his face as he says it.] You wouldn't happen to know where I could find a work of art, would you?

( gag tag! )

[sunborne]

[ can we get an f in the chat for poor noctis needing to carry this terrible, terrible burden?

😔 🙏 ]

( okay for real i'm so sorry i wanted to use emojis- )

[sunborne]

[ daylight's winglets prick up in excitement at the question, wriggling up and down behind him with obvious excitement. ]

Actually! Yeah! [ daylight, in his excitement, gestures towards a direction towards some trees that are west of the church. there's... definitely something on the branches, moving back and forth as if swaying. if one listens carefully enough in that direction than they might hear something coming from the mysterious thing. (animal? certainly looks like one when it stretches out and reveals its wings.)

and the thing they might hear is- is music? ] They've been singing for a while ever since they came out to have a duet with me! Plus they have a really neat design on their faces so that counts as well.

[ ... faces? ]

web

[saibot]

[Bi-Han found this whole scavenger hunt thing to be a pointless waste of time and needless distraction. ... Though he probably would be pretty good at it being an aasassin and master thief.

Even if he were still human he'd probably still scoff at the idea.

But that didn't mean he wouldn't be watching the others make fools of themselves.

Like the person hanging from a tree branch doing who knows what. Maybe if he stood here long enough the person would fall to his death. But he also didn't know if he could possible be useful in the future. Decisions. Decisions.

He pushed himself from his spot leaning against a tree, dropping down into the ground itself (or rather a shadow portal) and reemerging on another branch near where Noctis was currently hanging.]

What are you doing?

[broplaints]

[You know what you should not do to someone currently hanging precariously off the branch of an old, creaking tree? Attempt to scare them by popping up out of absolutely no where.

Thankfully Noctis was relatively used to daemons daemons deciding to do that exact thing and somehow managed to not fall and break his neck.]]

What does it look like I'm doing?

[saibot]

Something foolish.

[He says even if he is now also in the tree with him. But he's not the one who is ... what is this guy doing? Attempting to take a picture?]

You are participating in the lighthouse keeper's petty game.

[broplaints]

I could say the same for you.

[Maybe.

The soft 'clicking' noise coming from his tablet definitely gives it away though.]

Not much else to do around here.

[saibot]

I suppose that is true. But these games are certain to be just a distraction. I have doubts to her intentions.

[It's not really easy to rile him so he kind of ignores the comment directed back at himself.]