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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NETWORK THREADS

[vellamods]

Please post any network threads that take place on this day as a reply to this comment.

un: minato arisato

[compendiem]

Two points of interest:

1. Received some stuff from Timmy and Tommy.
Can't use most of it, so am looking to trade or give away.
Clothes that don't fit. Some recipes.
A skeleton.

2. Skeleton.
Bet it's a warning.

[seacub]

...Is it a real skeleton?

[compendiem]

It's a skeleton.
Want to come see?
It's standing guard over the weed garden outside our tent by the river.

[conceptualize]

Those clothes don't automatically fit you? I assumed the clothes we receive just kinda do that.

[compendiem]

Well...
They might fit if I cut holes in them.
But that would be a lot of holes.

[aggroculture]

don't give away the skeleton we can put that shit on display
and you should say they don't fit because your animal bits are huge or people are gonna ask questions

OH SHIT
WE SHOULD DRESS UP THE SKELETON

[compendiem]

It's currently guarding the garden.
It wouldn't look as cool with clothes on either...
But what did you have in mind?

[sunspark]

Like a SKELETON skeleton? Not some sort of anatomy model?

[compendiem]

The best anatomy models are SKELETON skeletons.
I don't know how real it is.
If you have vinegar, I'd be able to tell.

[spiritoso]

[ She's interested in seeing those clothes but— ]

A SKELETON???

[compendiem]

A skeleton!!!
We're west of the south bank of the river.
Feel free to come say hi sometime.

[jokersonyou]

Tell me it's not a real skeleton, at least.

[compendiem]

It's not a real skeleton, at least.

[ Is he just saying it? Yes. ]

un: kiyosumi sengoku

[kouhou]

Hello, Hello! (≧∇≦)/

Tommy and Timmy are good boys and I got a couple of things from them today. As nice as the gifts are, it's mostly clothing that doesn't really suit me. (•́ㅂ•̀) I'm mainly looking to give these away since I'm sure there are people who can pull these looks off better than I could.

Also quick questionnaire! What DIY recipes have you guys received? I figured that it might be a good idea to compare what everyone has and if we can make anything that might be useful for our everyday living.

For reference, I have recipes for a butter churn (yeah not the most useful www) and a wooden block chair!

[ Attatched will be pictures of a blue patchwork skirt, purple striped socks, beige shallow knit cap, pink semi opaque tights and a... girls swimsuit??? hm. ]

un: Byleth Eisner

[rupturingheaven]

I could take the skirt off your hands if you'd like.

As for DIY recipes, I received one for a flower crown and another for an extra-long log sofa.

[seacub]

...Maybe she wants them...?

[There's a slow look to their other tent-mate's cot.]

I don't know what we'd use a butter churn for, except maybe to sell...it'd probably be worth more than what you use to make it right?

[conceptualize]

I got a DIY for an apple rug, which I imagine would be nice on the feet.

[livefreely]

i'm DROWNING in items...!!

i also got diy recipes for a log stool, log deocrated shelves, a cardboard chair, an old-fashioned washtub, an apple dress, a log bench, and apple umbrella, a cardboard sofa, a plain sink, small cardboard, log stakes, wooden-block stereo, and a log garden lounge!

[compendiem]

Bunch of household furniture.
An oven. Might be useful for cooking.
Feels weird putting forward so much effort to settle down somewhere we shouldn't be, though.

[spiritoso]

I would love to see what you got!

As for my DIYs, I have wooden-block stereo, cardboard bed, wooden-block bookshelf, log stakes, hay bed, mini DIY workbench. I don't know where I would even put some of these.

[afterword]

Cardboard Sofa, Cardboard Table, Hay Bed, Log Wall-mounted clock, Apple Rug, Decorative Shelves, Log Pack, Brick Oven and Frying Pan. Those are the DIYs I've managed to gather by now. I did get one double from my companion but I already went and sold it.

I'm sure Tommy and Timmy thought the swimsuit to be more useful with you. [ teasing because girls' swimsuit? /think ]

[winterforecast]

They'd suit you if you weren't a coward.

un: Mira Delacroix

[philoxenia]

Ah, a butter churn? Hopefully we'll get some cream at some point to be able to use it...

[ Her mind is churning (lmao), thinking about what she can make...!! ]

[pinkmacaron]

hi~

That bathing suit is really cute! Will it be ok to ask for it?