EVENT WRITE-UP: A FEW TASKS

[futurologists]

welcome to oska Congrats on surviving the return to HQ, timehoppers! As revealed on the network, Oska hasn’t actually been destroyed. The whole debacle was an elaborate simulation set up by veteran overseers, testing the team’s survival smarts and combat readiness for the next mission. On the evening of day 7 of the event, all weather events and damage to Oska and the village vanished, leaving everything completely restored. But there’s still some time to go, so enjoy Oska properly—no tricks this time. Please see here for the updated castle locations. Oska will be open for exploration in general and recruits can take it easy if they so choose, but the ALASTAIR officials will also be issuing a notice for various tasks around the grounds. Consider it a chance to get to know each other! MANUAL LABOR (EVENT SIGN-UPS) ICly, characters may either volunteer or be randomly shuffled into a group by accident; once assigned, they’ll be expected to show up and harangued by the castle’s animated suits of armor until they cooperate. All successful attempts will be rewarded. Tasks are divided by location: training center (limit: 2 teams of 10 each) Ever played Capture The Flag? This is a lot like that, but with more murder. Don’t worry, it’s only simulated murder. Characters will be split into two teams of ten — the red team and the blue team, and taken to the Training Center, where a special training simulation is waiting for them. The simulation is set in the spacious swamps of Asharion, where several priceless magical artifacts have been scattered. The objective is to capture each artifact and bring it back to your team’s base camp at each end of the swamp; the winning team will be the one with the most artifacts at their base by the time the timer runs out OR the team with the last standing member(s). Each person will have a certain amount of hit points, and when they run out, they’ll be shoved out of the simulation and back into real life. No ALASTAIR recruits will be actually hurt, and an excellent reward is promised, so go forth and murder your friends! library (limit: 15) The library is enormous, filled with books covering a wide range of subjects. It is also very temperamental, and doesn’t like to have its items misshelved. The stacks are in need of reorganizing, but unfortunately there’s no real guide as to the proper order; you’d better figure it out quickly, though—every time a book is misshelved, another one pops out. This is made all the worse by certain effects accompanying opened pages... greenhouse (limit: 15) Oska is home to flora and agriculture from across the multiverse, and the greenhouse is in need of a little pruning. But none of those plants should go to waste: recruits will be expected to help restock the potions cabinet with a little crash course on alchemy. Risks include man-eating plants, exploding cauldrons, friends who can’t follow simple directions, and toxins galore. Try not to poison each other too badly. stables (limit: 15) The other side of the courtyard will be free of pesky plants, but it’s got its own set of problems. Namely the kind with fangs, hooves, and bone-shattering wings: the pets and mounts housed in the stables have gotten loose! Most of the creatures are tame enough to get back into place with a little coaxing, charm, and bribery, but a few might need a little more encouragement. Take care not to hurt anything, though—these creatures are valuable ALASTAIR members too. Sign up in the comments below! Please denote your first and second choice option, and we will let you know which group you're in at a later date. If more than the max number of people sign up for a particular activity, spots will be determined by RNG. Sign-ups for the training center will close MARCH 3RD, while all other groups will remain open until slots are filled. For those that would rather not participate, general castle exploration and some other, small tasks will be up on the log as well. A note on activity: for fairness’ sake, players that don't show up to their logs cannot sign up for whatever the next event with capped numbers may be. We won’t be gauging or judging activity as a whole, just be sure to pop in eventually. If you need to withdraw, you're welcome to do so before the event starts! IN OTHER NEWS From here on out, the ALASTAIR NPCs will be available via inbox. However, please note that these characters should be contacted for plot-relevant purposes only. ICly they will be busy with their own missions and tasks, and at times will be completely unavailable. Consider them as plot devices and fixtures rather than characters. Their IC contact post is located here.

Comments

[futurologists]

Please fill out the following to sign up for a task! As a reminder, no-shows will not be allowed to sign up for the next capped event.

<b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> NAME @ <user name="JOURNAL"> <b>FIRST PRIORITY:</b> <b>SECOND PRIORITY:</b> <b>OTHER:</b> If you'd rather we completely randomize you into a group, let us know! Otherwise, miscellaneous notes go here.

[perma_banned]

CHARACTER NAME: Ban @ perma_banned
FIRST PRIORITY: Training Center
SECOND PRIORITY: Greenhouse
OTHER: Randomization works.

[fearward]

CHARACTER NAME: Anduin Wrynn @ fearward
FIRST PRIORITY: Library
SECOND PRIORITY: Greenhouse
OTHER: N/A

[respired]

CHARACTER NAME: Koltira Deathweaver @ respired
FIRST PRIORITY: Greenhouse
SECOND PRIORITY: Stables
OTHER: N/A

[babbylon]

CHARACTER NAME: Gilgamesh @ babbylon
FIRST PRIORITY: Training Center
SECOND PRIORITY: Stables

[chaoscontrol]

I need to get back on the futurology horse SO

CHARACTER NAME: Shadow @ chaoscontrol
FIRST PRIORITY: Training center
SECOND PRIORITY: Stables
OTHER: Red team or bust

[naturallywavy]

CHARACTER NAME: Gintoki Sakata @ naturallywavy
FIRST PRIORITY: Training Center
SECOND PRIORITY: Stables
OTHER: N/A.

[hellshaped]

CHARACTER NAME: Hellboy @ hellshaped
FIRST PRIORITY: --
SECOND PRIORITY: --
OTHER: Randomize, opting out of Training Center, please.

[viscontree]

CHARACTER NAME: Julius Visconti @ viscontree
FIRST PRIORITY:Green house
SECOND PRIORITY: Training Center
OTHER: i'm cool with anything really

[grunehexe]

CHARACTER NAME: Sieglinde Sullivan @ grunehexe
FIRST PRIORITY: Greenhouse
SECOND PRIORITY: Library
OTHER: N/A

[aspearation]

CHARACTER NAME: Undyne @ aspearation
FIRST PRIORITY: Stables
SECOND PRIORITY: Library
OTHER: Nope!

[nicearms]

CHARACTER NAME: Sigma Klim @ nicearms
FIRST PRIORITY: Library
SECOND PRIORITY: Greenhouse
OTHER: N/A

[roque]

CHARACTER NAME: Luciola @ roque
FIRST PRIORITY: Stables
SECOND PRIORITY: Training Center
OTHER: N/A

[defenceless]

CHARACTER NAME: Rin Tohsaka @ defenceless
FIRST PRIORITY: Library
SECOND PRIORITY: Greenhouse
OTHER: Up for randomization if anyone wants it!

[onblackwings]

CHARACTER NAME: Khisanth @ onblackwings
FIRST PRIORITY: Stables
SECOND PRIORITY: Greenhouse

[digophelia]

CHARACTER NAME: Alice Liddell @ digophelia
FIRST PRIORITY: Library
SECOND PRIORITY: Greenhouse
OTHER: I'm cool with randomization.

[headlining]

CHARACTER NAME: Keats @ headlining
FIRST PRIORITY: Library
SECOND PRIORITY: Stables
OTHER: Randomize me captain

[ackingcraycray]

CHARACTER NAME: MABEL PINES @ ackingcraycray
FIRST PRIORITY: STABLES
SECOND PRIORITY: Random?
OTHER: i'll laugh if it's the training centre

[twinpeak]

CHARACTER NAME: Dipper Pines @ twinpeak
FIRST PRIORITY: Greenhouse! ... again
SECOND PRIORITY: Library
OTHER: I got nothin'

[boneafide]

CHARACTER NAME: Papyrus @ boneafide
FIRST PRIORITY: Library
SECOND PRIORITY: Greenhouse
OTHER: Anything BUT Training Center really.

[chataclysmic]

CHARACTER NAME: Adrien Agreste @ chataclysmic
FIRST PRIORITY: Library!
SECOND PRIORITY: Greenhouse.
OTHER: Open to randomization if slots fill up.

[ninmu]

CHARACTER NAME: Melan Blue @ ninmu
FIRST PRIORITY: Training Center
SECOND PRIORITY: Stables
OTHER: Randomizing is also fine!

QUESTIONS?

[futurologists]

[adlantisag]

Two questions!

1 - Can characters find info about their own worlds in the Library, or is that off-limits due to potential fourthwalling/are they limited to the mirrors?

2 - Do characters' mounts live in the stables while they're in Oska, or can they stay in the recruits' rooms (or elsewhere........like the lake......)? Will/can PC mounts be part of the 'stables' activity?

This all looks incredible, thank you so much!

Training Center Plotting - Red Team

[roque]

Throwing this up here so red team can plot what goes down! Looks like Blue team will be winning by a hair, so any thoughts on strategy, what your char would do during the simulation skirmish, etc., let's gather them up here?

Re: Training Center Plotting - Red Team

[chaoscontrol]

Shadow is not exactly a team player. How he ended up in a team-based game is anyone's guess! He's probably run off though the swamp looking for things on his own.

Training Center Plotting - Blue Team

[beyourrock]

Hola fellow Blue Team Members!

Here is a nice little thread to let your other team members know what you're up to, and for central plotting purposes! What will your character go after? You wanna team up? Support? Whatever your heart desires! Plot away!

Re: Training Center Plotting - Blue Team

[riastraid]

hi team!! lancer gets along with people pretty okay (if anyone needs a pep talk or some encouragement, etc) and fights good, but he's not really a leader type. so if other people want to take up the helm, he'd probably be happiest playing support/hunting down the strongest people on the other team and trying to beat the crap out of them. i'm down for any artifact shenanigans too 8)b