Week 4

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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!

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MONDAY

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[ The meteor shower takes place at 7PM tonight! Wis upon those shooting stars; they'll be out until 4AM for anyone who's a late sleeper or an early riser. ]

WISHES

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[ We're asking for character wishes for science. They can be related to home or to the island. Your character can make as many wishes as they want, but please list two wishes for your character. ]

TUESDAY

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[ On Tuesday, characters will be able to find star fragments scattered throughout the beach! There are a total of 34 of them. Interesting...

Furthermore, Serval will find a mysterious package at her porch labelled: FOR MINATO ARISATO. Should either of them open the package, they'll find...

a can of Pheromone coffee! ]

WEDNESDAY

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NETWORK THREADS

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THURSDAY

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[ Sylvando will wake up to some goodies in House 10! There are three packets of vegetable seeds, fruits, bamboo shoots, and 15,000 bells. That's enough to pay off one bridge!

Talk about contributing to a prosperous island! ]

FRIDAY

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[ On Friday, Alexis will have woken up from a strange, vivid dream. She'll have dreamt of a previous self, and past memories that have accompanied it. Her time with her friends, the happiness she felt; perhaps this will paint a clearer picture of what she should have wished for. Whether she chooses to accept or reject this is ultimately up to her. ]

NETWORK THREADS

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TURN-IN

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FURNITURE

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BLATHERS

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[sugooooooooi]

Serval wishes for new food to cheer up Minato (something caffeinated and not apple-related) because he always seems to be having a rough time, and for something to help her and Kevin learn to read.

[compendiem]

I hope the new resident like clocks!!!!!! Minato will build them 573210948 Log Wall-mounted Clocks, and will also donate a Cute Wall-mounted Clock from his own personal collection

[conceptualize]

Laurent wishes for his uncle to live a good, healthy life and his friend to stop dying every week during time loops back home.

[conceptualize]

Laurent will be donating 2 log chairs.

[compendiem]

- that the people who disappeared from here are alive and well somewhere
- to be able to see his friends again, just once more before he dies

[compendiem]

[ The announcement of the meteor shower this morning doesn't come as a surprise to Minato, who listens to Tom Nook with his gaze fixed down at his feet. It's a mopey day, even with all the exciting new things going on— a new neighbor he can only manage a brief smile for before turning away, and the prospect of bridges that has him thinking briefly of the 70k bell donation he'd given to Sonico just a day or so before, but decides that his money was better spent. Besides, he's getting a little better at flying, and can be seen at the airport practicing- he can glide well enough now, swooping smoothly to the ground and managing to land without tumbling, but he's still got a ways to go before he can keep himself aloft.

In the evening, before the meteor shower starts, he stops his practice and remains up there on the roof, leaving a ladder propped up against the side of the building for anybody to climb up if they so wish, there's plenty of room up here for a small shooting star viewing party. A tarp (that may or may not have been at tent once upon a time) has been laid out on the rooftop instead of a blanket, but there's not much in the way of snacks or other comforts besides several little bottles of energy drinks and Minato with a photo album in his lap, flipping through pages with Mira's face smiling back at him, Minato frowning in return.

He doesn't have to think too hard about what to wish for, there's so much.

But all of it remains unsaid, and he's quiet for the most part, not expecting anybody else to be up here besides Kaede who he'd asked to join him for a while— and he'll be out here late into the night, from dusk until dawn, putting the album away once the sun goes down and exchanging it with a large lump of clay that he pinches smaller pieces out to make little clay ...things... whatever it takes to pass the time, until the half dozen energy drinks run its course and his heart stops feeling like it's about to explode. ]

[afterword]

Dokja will be wishing for his Fourth Wall skill just to have a better control on his emotions/thoughts and for his companions back home to still be safe without Dokja being around.

P5/P5R spoilers

[jokersonyou]

Ren wishes for Akechi to come back for REAL this time, healthy and safe and for he and his friends to reunite and all be together again.

5.x spoilers

[lightsmith]

[Scintilla went about her day a little uneasily; she was tense following the announcement, though she focused herself more on fishing than anything else. When it wasn't a forge, the brick oven served its intended purpose--she only overcooked a few of them, even.]

[But when night rolled around and the first few stars streaked across the sky, she looked unreasonably stressed out, tail bristling as she quickly retreated back to the house and closed the blinds.]

[It's fine.]

[She's fine.]

Re: WISHES

[winterforecast]

Alexis wishes that she knew what to wish for and for the opportunity to get real revenge on Yoo Joonghyuk.

night

[conceptualize]

[ The house felt a little quieter today, and there's a reason why he didn't want to stay in a home where one of its residents had disappeared into nothing. He's long used to staying up past midnight, so this isn't new. He saw the ladder against the airport, but seeing that it's still there, he goes up to the roof to find Minato there. He'd probably nag at him about sleeping in a house, on a bed, but he can't bring himself to chide him tonight. He has a gas lantern that gives off a dim light. He goes to sit next to him, avoiding the other small clay figurines(?). ]

Minato. Can't sleep?

shadowbringers spoilers

[lightsmith]

once pried out of her house and having the concept explained to her, scintilla's going to wish for the strength to protect the Source and its shards and a brain for alphinaud/thancred/urianger for her friends to stop getting killed.

...yeah, tall asks, she knows.

[conceptualize]

I

[ Stars always make you feel small in the grand scheme of things.

It's evening, and Laurent can be seen sitting on the garden bench in various places, whether it's by the beach, by your house, by the river... Anywhere, but his own house. He's been moving around a lot with that garden bench. He's always looking up at the sky all the time and wonders if he should invest in a salonpas for his neck if that even exists on this island.

When you pass by or decide to sit on the bench next to him, he'll quietly ask with a small smile: ]

Would it be too egotistical to think they shine for us?


II

[ It's past midnight. It might as well be 1-4AM. Laurent has been listlessly walking around the island with a gas lantern all this time. He is not up to his usual shenanigans, but he might have walked around the same place at least twice by now. Maybe he just doesn't want to go home. Maybe he's just out for a late night stroll. Who knows? He seems to be having good luck, considering no scorpions attacked him in the dead of night. He can either be seen at the beach, tossing something into the ocean or around the island as usual. ]

[turntoashes]

Lio wishes to see the Promare again and wishes to know if everyone's okay back home.