EVENT: Game Start

[glencolans]

EVENT: GAME START

Welcome to Glencola Reef! It's looking to be a beautiful day here on the island - the temperature is mild in spite of it being early morning, the sun just barely cresting over the hazy blue horizon to the east, and the tide is slowly going out no matter what coast you woke up on. But for those of you waking up on the island's shores, soaked to the bone with no idea how you got here (or where here is, exactly), this probably is not a pleasant experience. Thankfully none of you appear to have found yourselves dropped into especially dangerous circumstances, which should give all of you time to assess this new situation and the people that are struggling through it with you.

However, this relative tranquility is unlikely to last long. For those of you traveling through tiles III, VII, or XV, the idle noise of waves and wildlife will be interrupted by the blaring of a crackly message from somewhere in the jungle: UNAUTHORIZED TRANSPORT DETECTED. VIOLATORS WILL BE DETAINED. The message will repeat three times at the start of every even hour, then go silent.

While trying to investigate this strange warning, you might also pick up the sounds of a transient humming or buzzing noise from somewhere nearby. Tile XV seems to have it the worst, with the sound starting and fading and starting up again almost constantly through the day. What could be causing this noise? And is it...following you?

This event will run from IC Morning 001 through IC Night 005, although it may end early based on character actions during this time. More details will be revealed in search requests in the specified areas, but you can use this post for questions, event-related discoveries, and plotting if you'd like!

Comments

PLOTTING

[glencolans]

Want to plot out anything specific for the event? Post your plans here so others can coordinate!

[salamanca]

YOOOOOOOO whoever's at VIII.D.25 hit me up!!! Lalo is at VIII.E.26, so they're pretty close together! Let's coordinate.

[trialbyliar]

Unfortunately, he's stuck with this terrible child. I'm very sorry.

[salamanca]

Hello, terrible child! Do not be sorry. He deserves it.

[hyakuoku]

Senku is fairly far away from anyone and I'm not entirely sure how to remedy that yet other than just run towards other people lmao but if someone wants to oocly plan to meetup just so we can get the CR going please hmu

[meadqueen]

Does Senku have any kind of light source with him? If he's the one on tile IX then Randvi's only about 6-8 hours away from him so it'd be feasible to meet up if they coordinate.

There's a cave in her starting area that she can't check out because the tide cycle means it's safest to explore at night but also full enough of water at low tide that a torch is probably not workable.

[hyakuoku]

ALAS he doesn't. I moved him a few hours this way if that's any help; 2 hours before nightfall, he finds some matches. They'll need to dry out but he can use them eventually.

[meadqueen]

She's the one in the middle of the like, circle in tile V so if he's heading north he's already heading in her direction. Depending on where that river runs (and whether she successfully climbs this cliff face lmao) they might meet up regardless.

[hyakuoku]

He keeps getting blocked by the river trying to go north and he's not currently trying to cross it. He knows he can't fight the current enough to swim it, especially carrying things, so he's a little stuck. He stopped for the night bc what even is stamina. (Also oocly I'm like ???? about what to do next so I'm stuck lmao)

[meadqueen]

She'll definitely need water after all of this lol so I'm aiming to have her try and find the river sometime on day 1 anyway, so if he's stopped she might be able to stumble over him by accident.

Also on her reply on Kokichi's check in post she mentions a "terrible cave" on the west coast if he's the kind of scientist who would get excited by that kind of phrase.

[hyakuoku]

He ends at square X.M.29.

He gets excited about, like, EVERYTHING so yeah he could definitely be interested in that!

[aluminumandash]

WHO WANTS TO (TRY TO) FIND/RESCUE MARTIN

Rust (currently at III.V.20) knows it's probably a trap (they didn't take his walkie...come on...) but he literally can't not