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vella mods ([personal profile] vellamods) wrote in [community profile] vella2020-06-28 03:25 pm

Week 1


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!)




livefreely: (pic#13400152)

[personal profile] livefreely 2020-07-01 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
... Oh, so like Yui.

[Strange how she's not pointing herself out in this equation here.

Hmm.]
kouhou: (Default)

[personal profile] kouhou 2020-07-01 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
I take it she's part of your club? Her name alone sounds really cute.

[ Is he being serious or not? The world may never know... ]

I'm more intested in getting to know you, Nagase-san.
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[personal profile] livefreely 2020-07-01 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yep. She has boyfriend, though. But she's really into cute things.

[Just going to say that casually.]

Ahaha... I don't know if I'm really that interesting to 'get to know', though!
kouhou: (pic#14019532)

[personal profile] kouhou 2020-07-01 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
How disappointing. [ He pauses before letting out a laugh. ] Kidding, kidding.~ As long as they are happy together, then that's wonderful.

[ What she says in response hits home to him a little bit. Almost reminds him of something he would say.

Maybe that's why he wants to get to know her more. ]


Hmm, I think you are! I know that we just met but there's something about you that I find intriguing. If you'll allow me to get to know you, anyway.
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[personal profile] livefreely 2020-07-01 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
I think so, too.

[Her words are genuinely happy, her smile brimming from ear to ear.

Although her eyes do widen slightly at the note of being intriguing for a second before it flickers away into something else.]


Ehe... guess I'll have to keep that mysterious side out just a little bit longer!
kouhou: (pic#14005118)

[personal profile] kouhou 2020-07-01 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Just a little longer, huh?

[ His own eyes light u. ]

A little mystery is always fun.~ If anything, it will make me even more interested in getting to know you.
livefreely: (pic#13400191)

[personal profile] livefreely 2020-07-01 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. The idol type always has to be a little mysterious, right?
kouhou: (pic#14005118)

[personal profile] kouhou 2020-07-02 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Cute, funny and an idol-type? You're a girl after my own heart, Nagase-san. [ said boy is weak to idols. ] But that's true! Being mysterious does add to the appeal.
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[personal profile] livefreely 2020-07-02 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Ehehe. Oh - but don't get me wrong, okay? Just because I said I'm the 'idol type' doesn't mean I'm an actual idol!
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[personal profile] kouhou 2020-07-03 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Are you sure you're not actually a secret idol? [ He grins, poking a bit of fun at her. ] Could totally see you singing on stage. I bet you have a great singing voice.
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[personal profile] livefreely 2020-07-03 09:36 am (UTC)(link)
I've never really sang before.

[Sure, she's been to karaoke with people, but she was always in the background, and it wasn't as if she sang properly then.]