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EVENT LOG: GATHER UP

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.

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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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Want to roll the dice and search an area of the town for a list item? Let us know here! Each character may only do this once, though of course you're welcome to thread out your own searches to find other list items and search other areas of town. Also, if your character discovers something and would like to share it with other characters, they're welcome to do so!

Please fill out the form below and comment here for a find.

character: matt murdock
player: kitty
area of town: general store!
notes: super senses, minus .... .. . eyesight

While searching the general store, Matt will hear something scurrying through the shelves... Something large...

Ahh! It's the Rat King! From the sound of it, it's gnawing its way through boxes of cereal and instant mashed potatoes, leaving quite a mess in its wake. Quick, catch it for a selfie before it wriggles away!

(Feel free to do whatever you like with this encounter! Matt can catch the angry little thing, or the Rat King can once again escape into the darkness, up to you!)

THE KINGS HUNT

a.

[Anyone paying enough attention may notice a streak of blonde and green as Mary darts behind the Invincible! Hmmm…suspicious! What could she possibly be doing back there, all alone? Or maybe it’s when she lets out a scream that you come running. Either way, she’s turning over a decent sized crate that doesn’t seem to be particularly heavy; it’s empty, and a large hole has been apparently chewed out through one side.]

He got away! Oh, drat!

[She looks dreadfully put out.]

b.

[A bit later and Mary’s disappeared altogether, tramping alone through the woods.]

Your Majesty?

[She seems to be calling for…royalty of some sort, and she certainly isn’t being stealthy. Any time she comes across the path of a forest spirit, she stops to make their acquaintance.]

Pardon me, but do you think you could grant me an audience with your king?

[Maybe she shouldn’t be by herself.]

A GAME FOR ALL

[It’s likely that many will be able to recognize Mary’s art style when they see the scraggly, smiling creature that’s been stuck to a tree trunk at the edge of Bonfire Square. Slung on a low branch is a long piece of fabric, and Mary holds another, smaller piece of paper that seems to have been torn into a somewhat circular shape. There’s a little pin attached to the top.]

I made a game! For the scavenger hunt! It’s Pin the Mask on the Forest Spirit!

KNOCK, KNOCK

[Anyone in their living quarters, be it a room in the Invincible, a house in the village, or somewhere different altogether, may suddenly find that they have company! Mary remembers, at least, to wait and knock instead of barging in, and when the door opens, she curtsies with a smile. Her things are beside her in the doorway, so it seems she’s here for a real visit.]

May I come in?

WILDCARD

[Mary can be found drawing almost anywhere around town when she’s taking a break from scavenger hunting. Though she often seems to be focused on the task, because she’s a very serious artist, she’s always happy to talk to you if you get her attention.]

character: Daylight vis Lornlit.
player: Melly!
area of town: The forests, west of the church!
notes: Daylight is going to s i n g and hope a forest spirit is interested by what they hear. Instead of regular human singing, he's going to use Galateion melodies and the basic binary versions of that. They sound a lot this!

▶ 01. MISSED OPPORTUNITY

( there's a scavenger hunt going on but ambrose is sitting at a table with a drink, perusing through the list of things that this place wants him to find. every so often, he says something out loud, questioning one of the items. )

A fabulous outfit?

( well, he would have had that one sewn up if he had access to his wardrobe back home. he might not have gotten the chance to leave the estate often but he still made sure to look damn good.

he hums, eyebrows going up at one particular list item. ) Something delicious? Well, I don't want to brag but...

( he shrugs, gesturing to himself before he laughs and goes back to his drink. maybe he'll get up and actually find a few of these things. or maybe he'll keep drinking and talking to anyone that passes by and captures his attention. )

▶ 02. WILDCARD

( feel free to throw something different at me! find me at

spoonishly for plotting! )

[Jason, while he had certainly made friends, was not used to the idea of visitors. He also wasn't usually even in his room, but someone had caught him there by chance. He was probably going to head out anyway so might as well answer the door. He tries not to dwell too much on the last time he'd gotten an unexpected visitor.

He blinks in surprise at Mary, since of anyone to expect he wasn't sure why she'd be stopping by. He glances over his shoulder, but his room is fairly clean and so he shrugs as he steps aside.]

Uh...sure? Though I was just about to head back out...

Yay! Thank you!

[She picks up her things and darts inside, looking all around, as if assessing. Finally, she decides on a spot, and holds up her tablet.]

Let's take a picture!

[Jason wonders if he should ask about all that stuff she's carrying. He looks from it to Mary and then back to the door.

Okay then.]

A picture? Oh, this is for that scavenger hunt...did you have something specific in mind?

[He had noticed the post and been contemplating participating, though first he wanted to get some ideas of where to look before just wandering around blindly. Mary seemed to have a different strategy in mind.]

Hmmm...

[The answer seems to be "not really" if you consider that she doesn't have an immediate answer, but then raises her arms.]

Pick me up!

[Jason raises an eyebrow, but then just shrugs, stepping closer so as to pick her up. There's definitely a smile forming as he easily lifts her.]

You want on my shoulders? That could make for a good picture.

[He may not have any younger siblings of his own, but he'd always kept an eye out for the younger campers. He had a soft spot for them and that was clearly not going to stop here, even after witnessing Mary in action during capture the flag. Honestly that may have endeared her to him more, he was more or less used to small children with a penchant for sharp weapons.

That was sort of the norm at both camps.]

Yeah! Yeah!

[Perfect idea! Jason is so, so smart! She laughs as he lifts her, and she's so, so light--it wouldn't have been hard to pick her up even if he wasn't a demigod.]

Shall we make pretty faces, or funny faces?

character: Noctis
player: Anya
area of town: The Chruch
notes: He's trying to be an artistic instagram artist while also being a cheeky asshole about all of this. Those aren't really skills but just who he is as a person.

[Part of Noctis honestly hates the fact that he hears those words and literally has an immediate reaction to it. Which is to instantly answer, and he's turning towards the sound of her voice before he can even stop himself.]

You know, kings are very busy. Maybe we should make an appointment.

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!]

[Surprised, Mary turns around toward Noctis. Fortunately, she doesn't seem too alarmed at the company, and puffs up in a measure of self-importance.]

I'm very busy, too!

It's not even summer, why does the Invincible keep on playing Summertime Sadness?

[This is not, as the kids say, her scene.

It's frivolous and silly and thus unworthy of her time, or so she'll tell anyone who asks why she isn't participating (because there's really a line of people doing that). But the song keeps repeating in the Invincible, which makes her usual evening hobby of reading over a cup of tea rather impossible. And it's hard to ignore the eager efforts of the entire town, so instead: this. Not giving in, but at least profiting a bit from it.

An hour after Robin's post is up, a sign is hung on the front of the laboratory, where she's got the door propped open.]

FOUND HERE
Items 2 - 5, 8, 11, 18-19
Inquire within

I only got 10 likes in the last 5 minutes, do you think I should take it down?

[But she's curious about the prizes. Given who Robin is, given her age, she doubts it's anything spectacular, but on the other hand, it's not as if she has so very much right now. Besides: while the chances are slim, she'll be sore if some prize turns out to be a bit of scientific equipment and she hadn't bothered to try. Unlikely, but still.

So. Catch her furtively taking a selfie. She isn't very good at it, so really, it's more like "watch a young woman from 1910 try to take a selfie while grimacing". Pictures include something delicious (a meal from the Invincible, hot, edible, questionably good), something beautiful (what's more beautiful than a glass of wine, and also more convenient, because it's just sitting right there on the table too), your favorite place to be, (the Invincible, now, because it's also convenient).

She's taking this very seriously. Call her the fuck out on it, why don't you?

Anyway. Other photos are harder, and she's not above bullying people to suit her needs, so--]

Come here a moment.

[Gurl, ask instead of demand why don't you.]

But first . . . let me take a selfie

[Of course, she isn't always the star. Sometimes she's standing in the background, judging everyone else.

She keeps showing up in those. How odd.]

[Oh no that's adorable.]

Well of course. Princesses have things to do too.

After a minute or two of singing, a small feathered forest spirit will slink out from a hole in a tree, their many eyes watching carefully as Daylight croons. They do seem to have one "main" head, although others jut out from the front of their body at strange angles, all different sizes and all sporting the same mask.

The spirit flutters down from their hole to buzz around Daylight, not unlike a hummingbird, and they start to harmonize with him! All of the heads apparently have their own syrinx, which allows them to sing independently from each other. What was once an elegant solo turns into a dramatic performance as at least seven or eight voices play back-up to Daylight's singing.

The forest spirit will hang out long enough for Daylight to grab a selfie and to sing a couple more songs if he wishes, and then it's back into the hole! Rest is essential to every musical sensation.

...But, they'll be back! For the rest of the event, this spirit can occasionally be found in Bonfire Square, cooing their little harmonized songs at anyone who will listen. They're happy to appear in photos, as well. They are a benevolent celebrity.

The church is looking a little... rough around the edges these days. Debris litters the floor, and at first glance, it doesn't seem as though Noctis will be able to fulfill his artistic cheeky asshole aesthetic here.

But then comes the sound of something slithering through the chaos, knocking around under the remains of pews. Oh, it's a forest spirit! The little thing worms their way through the wreckage, stopping every now and then to collect an interesting shape or a shiny thing in their beak. They seem to be decorating their wiry fur! How... fabulous!

If approached, they are shy and embarrassed to be CAUGHT IN THE ACT, but they'll get over it. They're friendly!

[There is no problem lifting her and honestly Jason could probably leave her up there all day and not get tired. He tilts his head back a bit to get a look at her.]

I think funny. You're on my shoulders, so we should just keep making it funny. Besides, I think everyone would enjoy a funny picture.

[He also wasn't entirely sure how he would go about making a "pretty face" and at least "funny" he had context first.]

Okay!

[She holds out the tablet to make sure they they can get a good picture together, keeping a decent portion of the room around them in view. And then she screws up her eyes, sticking out her tongue.]

Bleeeeh!

[That's her version of "say cheese" apparently.]

[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?

[While Mary sticks out her tongue, Jason sucks in a breath and puffs out his cheeks. He crosses his eyes too for added effect. He hopes she can take it fast though, despite being a master of the winds he doesn't necessarily have the ability to hold his breath forever.

An idea occurs to him at the last minute and before the selfie can be snapped Jason uses his control of the wind to blow Mary's hair in all directions.]

I. Fired Up
[While technology was not normally something demigods spent much time with, Jason understood the basic concepts and so when the scavenger hunt had gone out asking for a selfie he hadn't been confused -- except maybe by why they were doing this now.

Still, he could appreciate the desire to lighten things up around here. He had hoped the Capture the Flag game would help with that a bit, but even the reason behind that had been semi-serious. Jason started his day out by the Bonfire, working on a list of what he would need to do to get some of these items marked off. He had to admit, it was definitely busier around here lately.

It's as he's sitting at the bonfire that he realizes he can easily cross something off his list: his favorite spot. He hadn't found a roof he liked yet, and the bonfire reminded him a lot of home. He pulled out his tablet, but stopped when he noticed someone had joined him at the bonfire.]

Hey--interested in being in my first shot?

II. Kindred Spirits
[Jason held up his hands, framing the dark water and distant light house between his fingers. He lowers his hand, stepping back.]

I guess this could work.

[It feels strange, standing here at the edge of the river when he'd just recently arrived here. A postcard is supposed to be something that is distinctive and makes you want to visit, right? The wind comes off the water, ruffling Jason's hair. Maybe he hears you or maybe he feels you behind him, either way he doesn't turn but does call out to you.]

What do you think of this view? I'm honestly not sure how to find a postcard view if everything looks so ominous...

III. Somewhere Only We Know
[Jason considered going somewhere in the forest, but he honestly hadn't visited much of the Village yet. It seemed fitting then that for this selfie he should take advantage of that and go check it out. Of course, the place that attracted him fairly quickly was the park area.

It's pretty easy to spot the young man standing in front of the Ice Cream Stand, a crabby spirit watching him curiously. He should get an ice cream right? If he was going to take a selfie? But what was with these flavors? He smiles weakly, not wanting to offend the spirit.]

Uh...do you have any recommendations?

IV. Take a Chance
[Have another prompt you want to fulfill with Jason? Hit me up or we can plot something on

bouncyerbear or discord: bouncyerbear#9190]

Edited 2019-09-18 01:29 (UTC)

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