vella | Week 4

Week 4

WEEK 4 LOG ♬
Weather: Monday AM & PM - Clear Skies; Tuesday - Thursday AM Cloudy, PM Rainy; Friday - Clear Skies

The Meteor Shower

On Monday, there are, in your mailboxes, passports for those who happened to not pick them up when the airport opened. Hold onto these--they’re important, after all! Open them up, and you’ll find not only a title, your name, and your hometown, but you’ll also find…

A blank page? That’s right. There’s a page in the back of the admittedly small passport with only one thing on it: a space that looks like it has room for a star stamp. Huh. That’s strange, isn’t it? There are no hints as to what it could be about, but maybe the announcement will shed some light.

There’s also, like last week, a familiar face around the island… it’s Audie! Come around to her house to say hi--she’s very excited to be here, and very fashionably dressed as she strolls around the island.

And like clockwork, at nine AM, Tom Nook makes his announcement once more:

“Good morning, Isla Sonrisa! A few things this morning. Please give a warm welcome to our new neighbor, Audie!”

Audie smiles and waves at you all with both paws--she’s pretty flattered at the warm response. Tom Nook continues--

“We have for you the ability to build bridges now! Yes, yes, these will prove very useful indeed. Of course, you will most likely have to work together to figure out the best places to put these bridges, as we have only a limited number… But I am sure working together will be little trouble for you all! The only thing to note is that each bridge will come with a construction fee of 15,000 bells each. Consider working together to get some bridges up and running...?”

He pauses, and the next part comes with some measure of almost… not quite dismay, but there’s a certain cloud over the tanuki: “It also seems Iori and Mira have also left the island… Again, we’re looking into it, and should any discoveries come to light, I will tell you immediately.”

He nods to himself, and continues on--

“Next, I’d like to tell you all we have a very special event tonight… a meteor shower! Yes, yes, starting at 7 PM, we will have clear skies and many stars to wish upon. Who knows--maybe your wishes will all come true!” He says that with a bright smile, almost like he really believes it… Or maybe that’s just his quiet optimism? Anyway, he continues--

“Finally, I’d like to thank you all for your hard work in making items for our new friends! Yes, yes, you all have been working so hard to create furniture and items for our housing plots, but this week, I invite you all to put your best DIY skills to the test! There are no specific style requirements in mind, but please make sure our potential new friend has:

1 Table
2 Dressers
1 Clock
2 Chairs

Of course, if you’d like to make more, I am sure our friend will not be opposed…” He pauses, and seems to remember something! “Ah, yes, we are very close to opening our museum… I am sure Blathers would appreciate any bugs, fish, or fossils regardless! Hmm… Yes, that is all I have for you! Thank you once more for your hard work, and have a wonderful day!”

Possible Objectives

1. Help Tom Nook prepare a housing plot for the last villager house.
2. Donate more specimens to Blathers.
3. Attend the meteor shower, if you so desire. There may be some secrets waiting for you...
4. Make a money pool for some bridges.

Turn-Ins
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday

(OOC: Welcome to Week 4! Please direct all questions to the FAQ.

Here's this week's Weekly Plotting Post for you all to use!

As always, if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let us know! Have fun!)

Taken / FAQ / Locations / Rewards / Full Nav

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Then don't do it.

[ His answers are simple but rather than being because he's so detached from the concept, more and more there's this dawning realization that he's feeling... angry. This confuses it. It's not directed at Laurent, nor at himself- but he thinks of Ryoji and how he personifies the end, personifies death, how he talked on and on about how it's a fate he can't escape.

Ryoji too, had chosen death.

Minato had chosen to give it to him.

But he's angry now because he was wrong. Him, Ryoji, Laurent, all of this is wrong. ]

Don't die for something like that. Don't run away and hide here. Don't you take the easy route and give up, Laurent Heath.

[ He's actually surprised by how Minato talks and takes a moment to contemplate on his words. Minato sounds angry and it's something he didn't expect. Though, Laurent, can't really feel angry about his situation anymore. He looks down at the questionable clay figurine on his lap in silence, mulling over what to say next. ]

Hey, Minato...

[ He tilts his head back up to look at his face, lighting dim from the gas lantern. ]

Who are you so angry for?

[ He blinks, surprised by the question, and just like that the spell is broken. The anger evaporates and all it leaves behind is a boy staring dazedly at Laurent, lost and confused.

Angry? Anger only comes when you care so deeply about something. But the anger- the brief flash that it was- felt so much larger than just a something. He's angry for everything and everyone. For every single person who's caught in the web of fate and gives into it. For all those stripped of free will, or made to believe they are. ]

For you, and for me as well. For my friends back home. For Kaede's. For Dokja's. For every person that I know, for every stranger that I don't. I'm angry on the universe's behalf.

[ At this moment, Laurent thinks... Minato really can be protagonist material. There's something about his words spoken with conviction that he's in awe of. When was the last time when he had that kind of conviction himself? It's honestly a little inspiring. ]

Would you fight for everyone, or with everyone?

For.

[ With? lmao this is the protag that scaled all of Tartarus all by himself because he couldn't stand putting the rest of his team in danger. Bad end protag is level 99 while everybody hung around in the low 20's. ]

[ Laurent smiles when he hears that and he ends up laughing, because that really sounds like Minato. It's a very Minato-like answer, which isn't surprising since it's Minato himself. In the end, despite everything, Minato will just be Minato. ]

I'd love to see you fight against the functions in my world. If I could, I'd be your Aide.

[ Laurent laughs at the strangest things, Minato can't help but think to himself. ]

I'm serious.

[ Don't dismiss him and laugh him off like that!! ]

I gotta fight against the functions in my world first, though. In the meantime, fight for yourself. Get angry. Be stubborn. I know you can do it.

I was serious too, though... those are some expectations. You're quite the motivational speaker when you want to be. I couldn't help but to be inspired by your words.

[ He looks out to the dark ocean. ]

I'll keep that in mind until we're given the chance to go back. I'll remember your words.

I figured they're better words than "Do it yourself."

[ Punchy, but a different sort of punch than he was going for. He turns his gaze out towards the ocean too, where the horizon disappears into darkness and ocean and sky become one and the same. ]

I'll remember your words too. All the encouragement you've given me. It's a large part of why I'm still here.

Would you have gone somewhere else if I didn't?

[ Minato... where would you go... ]

No.

[ Minato gives Laurent a look— the same one he'd shot Laurent over asking him to end something for him. ]

I would have ended my life. I wouldn't be anywhere.

[ Laurent vaguely had that feeling, but to hear Minato actually say it feels different. It makes sense with what he said earlier, and for that, he looks back at Minato evenly for a moment before looking back up at the sky. There is no shooting star at the moment, but Laurent opens his mouth anyway. ]

Then I'll make a wish for both of us to achieve what we want before death comes for us.

[ He can't help but huff in response to that. Humans are inherently greedy, and there would be no end to what they want- it's an impossible wish from the start, but maybe that's what shooting stars are for. ]

Death's already come. He's been right by my side ever since I was little... So this isn't the sort of wish I'd leave up to a burnt out star. A wish like this... if I want it to come true, I gotta do it myself. That's what it feels like.

It's true. There are people who think like that and know that wishing on a falling rock in space won't inherently change anything, but it helps build a conviction. Though... I suppose you didn't need that in the first place.

[ ... ]

Wishes have always been something we have to grant ourselves. So let's do our best from now on.

[ That's how it is. He only ever wishes for things he know can't come true. Anything else, he's got to do it himself. Going home and kicking ass is one of those impossible things, but look at him now... ]

That's for both of us. Would you blood swear on it?

Yeah, I'll do it.

[ ...

Laurent gets out a boxcutter from his toolbox that he also whips out from his pocket. ]

[ Minato holds out his left hand. ]

[ God... was it Recolle or something that Minato did this, because Laurent is definitely not going to stab through Minato's palm for this. He just makes a small prick on his fingertip and does the same with his own. ]

[ lmfao god I miss Recolle and Minato cutting his own hand and slicing off Naegi's toes.

It's not really enough blood to be very cool, but Minato takes Laurent's hand in his anyways, thinks about it, and spits on the back of Laurent's hand for good measure. Maybe he's getting oaths mixed up, but there was spit involved sometimes, he's pretty sure. ]

[ Laurent makes a face when Minato spits on the back of his hand, wondering if he's mistaking a kiss on the back of a hand for something else, because while he isn't very knowledgeable on this topic, he's pretty sure... there isn't something like that, because he thought that was a sign of disrespect.

Nevertheless, he does the same even if it feels kinda gross lmao ]

We're good?

[ It's pretty gross, and Minato takes his hand back and immediately wipes it off on the side of his pants. ]

We're good. If you break your promise, I gotta cut my hand again and wipe it on your face instead.

[ He thinks this is how it goes. ]

How about you just punch me instead?

[ He'd rather take a punch than having spit wiped on his face, to be honest. Laurent gets out a pack of medicine and applies it to Minato's hand. Instant healing! He does the same for his own hand too. It's pretty much like a cure-all. ]

What's the fun in punching people...

[ He'd rather smear gross bodily fluids across people's faces. He sits still, though, and lets Laurent heal his hand with the medicine, thinking nothing of instant healing items. ]

I wonder if I can take this stuff back... It'd be handy 'cause I'm going to get beat up a lot once I'm home again.

Punching people can be fun, especially if it's someone you don't like.

[ Knock them dead. ]

We can try when we go back. Just smuggle them into your dimensional pockets.

[ Dimensional pockets are also sort of a thing back home, so Minato decides not to think too much on it- it's the other part that has him looking confusedly at Laurent. ]

I don't have anybody I don't like.

[ The closest he'd ever been to killing a person was somebody he considered a friend, even. ]

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

cw suicide

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject