Week 1

[vellamods]

WEEK 1 LOG ♬
Weather: Clear skies all week!

Arrival

At 9AM Monday morning, Tom Nook will take his place at the microphone once more. He has several bins in front of him that are filled with tools. Shovels, fishing rods, bug nets, watering cans, and axes. They look...well. Functional, but flimsy. Next to the tool bins are foldable carts that you can wheel around, presumably for the tools, and some Nook Inc. knapsacks. And now that the sun is out, you can see all of the red, yellow, and white cosmos growing about the island alongside all of the weeds.

Now. Whether you’re around or not, he’s going to start his announcements when a sizable group is present.

“Good morning, everyone! Now, I know yesterday was quite a rough start for all of us, but while we’re here, let’s make the most of our stay, hm? We have a few things to go over today.” He gives everyone his best smile (though he isn’t expecting much in return) and continues: “I know a lot of you must be hungry; overnight, we had another plane fly over seasoning, milk, eggs, and vegetables for us! Soon, we’ll have more ingredients; for now, if you need anything, the food we have on-hand can be found inside of the fridge in my tent.”

Well, that’s one thing taken care of, at least. It’s not much, but it’s better than nothing.

“Next, the tools! These are what you have to start with, and, well, they aren’t exactly the most durable...but they will last for a little while. I estimate 20 uses each -- but when they break, never fear, for we have DIY Recipe cards for you to use in order to craft these tools again! I’ve included the DIY cards for your tools inside of your knapsacks; they give you the ingredients necessary to craft different things. You’re free to use the workbench in my tent to craft your new tools after they break. My best advice is to lay the materials out in the general formation of what you’re crafting and let the workbench do the rest.”

If you reach inside of your knapsack, you’ll find the cards in there...along with a cellular device of some sort. “Ah, yes,” Tom Nook says, “those are your Nook Phones. So far, you’re only able to send mass texts to everyone and receive text and call alerts from myself. Feel free to play around with those as much as you’d like, they’re solar-powered; just try not to break them, yes?”

And then, finally… “Lastly, I would like to talk about currency. I’ll provide you our currency -- bells -- and I will buy anything from you! Weeds, fish, bugs...anything! I have an ATM set up in my tent for you to easily deposit and withdraw your bells if you wish, yes, yes. If you’re wondering what you’ll be using those for...we’ll be having some special features for you starting next week! … If we can’t send you back home by then, that is.”

He looks nervous at that last part, but doesn’t mention anything beyond that regarding your situation. Tom Nook smiles at you and closes out the announcements; you now have several things you can do this week.



Possible Objectives

1. Gather natural resources to sell to Tom Nook and make some money! Bugs and fish list can be found here.
2. Use those resources to craft a variety of different things -- DIY Recipes will speed things up and make them more refined, but you're free to do your own variant of crafting, too!
3. Do some other exploration; the island section of the setting provides you with possible ways to get more resources (bottles, x-marks, balloons, etc.). Shaking trees and hitting rocks are also ways to get special items as well! If you are going to do these methods of exploration, please write “MODS” in your subject header and ping us on Plurk or Discord so we can reward you appropriately! All we ask is that you try not to go too overboard with this method of exploration (ten times a week per person, as an exaggerated example); use your best judgment!

As far as resource gathering + currency goes, we won't be keeping track of those so feel free to handwave as much as you'd like; as long as it's within reason (i.e. a character getting 1 million bells by the end of this week is...a little extreme).


OOC Questions
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday



(OOC: Welcome to your Week 1 Log! We apologize for the info dump; Mod Coco who plays Tom Nook has work and will not be able to NPC throughout the week, so we wanted to get the information to you folks as soon as possible. That being said, our OOC Questions top level is available for you to use!

And last but not least, we have a Weekly Plotting Post for you all to use. We aren't sure how these will shake out, but we thought we should give them a try anyway.

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

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Comments

[compendiem]

And clay.
What happens when we leave, though?
Leave everything behind?
Dump everything into the ocean?
That's the part that feels the weirdest.

[kouhou]

we have clay here?
Hopefully they don't dump everything into the ocean! That would be really sad. (︶︹︺)
Hm, maybe we could leave it for the next people that might end up here? I obviously have no idea how this all works but I can't imagine this island being completely abandoned once we're gone.
tl;dr I guess I'd just feel weirder if we didn't do anything at all.

[compendiem]

Inside the rocks.
You crack them open like an egg.
A very very hard egg that requires a shovel.
I don't want to leave problems behind when I'm gone, so hopefully people can take whatever they want with them when they leave.
Until then, survival mode isn't so bad.

[kouhou]

Got'cha! Ok that's good to know.~ Surely we'll need that clay for later.

Being able to take things back with us would be the best solution.
While survival mode isn't bad, I do think would be nice if everyone can at least be a little comfortable during our stay. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. But it's good food for thought though! ☆

[compendiem]

Need clay now.
Not urgent, though.
How's island life for you?

[kouhou]

If you ever need help in acquiring it, I'll be happy to lend you a hand.

It's been nice. If anything, it kind of feels like a vacation. How's it been for you?

[compendiem]

I don't want to go around breaking all the rocks, so I'll ask around first if anybody else has clay.
Then I'll go to you.
I don't really know how I feel about this place, though.
Less a vacation and more like...
Just how life always is.

[kouhou]

[ Just how life is...

It's a good thing they aren't meeting face to face. Those words make Sengoku contemplate just a little. ]

The circumstances surrounding how we got here is really weird, so I don't blame you.
How life always is...
Don't tell me you've done something like this before.

[compendiem]

It's pretty weird, but not the weirdest.
But okay.
I won't tell you.

[ haha (': ]

[kouhou]

[ HE DID SAY DON'T TELL HIM... ]

(ʘᗩʘ')
Hold on!!! I take that back, I really want to know now.

[compendiem]

ww
All I meant was that falling from the sky and dumped in some strange new world surrounded by strangers with wings and claws and fluffy ears trying to kill you without knowing what happened or where to go or what to do
isn't new.
It'll be fine this time too.

[kouhou]

[ WHAT IS UP WITH YOU PERSONA PROTAGONISTS?!?! ]

[kouhou]

So you've actually done this before. Like for real? This isn't the first time you've suddenly sprouted wings and claws and been dropped onto an island.

[ PRESS X FOR DOUBT... is what he wants to do. But after two truths and lie, he'll almost believe anything at this point. ]

[compendiem]

[ compared to P1/2/4/5, P3 is practically the tamest, he can't say anything here ]

Not exactly the same, but something like it.
Honestly I expected more blood.
So it's a little disappointing.

[kouhou]

Wh
Why are you disappointed with the lack of blood?

[ Bro. Bro. ]

[compendiem]

I guess it's just very peaceful here.
That is SO weird.

[kouhou]

It is a little strange that everything seems tranquil.
But I think it's a good thing? Being dropped into a peaceful place instead of a bloodbathe sounds more appealing to me.

Unless this is like, a calm before the storm kind of situation.

[compendiem]

Oh. I hope so.
Easier to deal with.
The skeleton would make more sense.
We'll just have to wait and see.

[kouhou]

How is a war, or whatever it is you are thinking of easier to deal with than a peaceful place?

[compendiem]

Not exactly a war...
But when there's conflict, it's easier to decide what to do.
Right now, I don't know what to do with myself.
It's tough.

[kouhou]

[ When he words it like that, Sengoku beginning to freak out a little less and not assume he's some bloodthirsty psychopath. ]

Ok, I see.
It is tough when you don't really know what to do... hm.
Have you had mostly conflicts in your life?

[compendiem]

[ sets this down this is Minato ]

No.
It's been pretty okay.
What about you?

[ We're changing the subject! yeah! ]

i died at that image omg

[kouhou]

If you ever need someone to show you how to have a fun, peaceful time. You can hit me up.

[ And you know, NOT KILL A MAN MINATO...... ]

It's alright! After learning about other people's worlds, mines is definitely more boring in comparision.

[compendiem]

Sure. Thanks.
Boring's subjective, though.
Were you bored?
Was it fun?
That's more important. Not comparing it to other worlds.

[kouhou]

My life was fun, definitely! I play tennis and getting to talk to cute girls is always a treat.

Boring might have been the wrong word to use. I guess compared to some people being terrorists or putting bullets in people's heads, it's a little less thrilling.