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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!)




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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-01 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Laurent has recovered from being rammed with a couch, and all the evidence are hidden under his clothes. It's fine. Laurent thinks he'd probably be like Dokja if he spent all day bashing rocks, since his stamina isn't the greatest either, but it's not that shitty.

Though, he does look a little worried, so he walks over to Dokja.
]

Hey, you doing okay there? You look like you're going to pass out.
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-01 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, Laurent.

[ He wipes at the sweat gathered on his brow, placing the shovel down into the ground as he crouches to start inspecting his now gathered resources. Hmmm.. no iron nuggets, but he got gold nuggets? So, not too bad. ]

I'm fine. I've just been having trouble sleeping is all. [ Which he speaks as if it's quite normal, and it is? But he's making do. ]
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-01 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, he was gonna say... is this normal? That can't be good for your health. Laurent is used to running on little sleep due to his jobs back home, but he's well functioning for the most part. ]

You should take a break.

[ He starts getting out his water canteen... ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-02 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
That's the plan after.

[ When exactly is "after"? Who knows. Which he says with a quick smile, though it's a little frustrating if because maybe he could deal with his insomnia (or rather, pointedly avoidance of sleep) by rereading his favorite webnovel on his phone. However, checking his nook phone before proved fruitless. ]

What have you been up to today? More fishing?
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-02 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Just walking around and seeing how everyone's doing.

[ Laurent vaguely wonders if this is how other people feel when he's usually the one pushing himself to do things to the brink of exhaustion. Though he puts that thought aside and pours Dokja a cup of water. ]

Here. At least stay hydrated.
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-02 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
For a Calamity, you're quite the social butterfly.

[ Haha. Once he's done putting the resources away in his pockets does he look over to the cup, before offering a polite smile. ]

Thanks. [ To which he takes, but doesn't drink right away. ] Is your vacation life fun with how things have been?
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-02 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ They're really gonna joke about this with an underlying "is it or isn't it" the entire time, huh. ]

It's been... interesting. [ He laughs a little. ] Though it wouldn't be as interesting without everyone else.
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-03 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Basically. ]

There are some.. interesting choices of people here. [ Of course he thinks of their first night and how he not only got bullied out of his own tent but almost jailed into another. ]
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-03 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
You're pretty interesting too.

[ Nice choice of words. ]

Have you taken good care of your ears and tail?
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-03 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ THANKS, he thinks. Except he just quietly moves past that because hm. ]

Sorta? They're temporary so I haven't paid too much attention to them. [ His tail has some knots in the fur, but for the most part seems clean? Sometimes he gets twigs and leaves stuck in it too but usually that's gotten rid of by Yoo Joonghyuk's excessive whacking at it. The punk. ]
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-03 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Maybe if Laurent was a constellation, he'd have his eyes on Dokja too-- ]

I wonder if tails can be matted... that would be painful for you. Brushing it a lot would solve that, so take good care of it. It's still a part of you, after all.
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-03 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Join the club. ]

I'll keep that in mind if I come across a brush. [ And if he remembers to use it? In before it gets that bad and he suffers-- ]
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-03 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Laurent gets out intact fish bones from his pocket. It resembles a comb.

...
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Want to use it?
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-03 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid I'll have to decline.

[ Nope. ]
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-03 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Mister Dokja Kim, it's time for your grooming~

[ Don't make him chase you with it-- ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-03 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I refuse.

[ Don't you dare. He isn't using a FISH BONE? He will sic Yoo Joonghyuk if it means he can avoid it, but then maybe that fool will think it's a weapon and the situation gets worse? Dilemmas.] How much to pay you to stop?
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1/2

[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-03 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
0 bells because you can't stop this--

[ A dangerous glint in Laurent's eyes are there, full of mischief--!! ]
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-03 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just kidding.

[ He puts away the fish bone into his own pocket. Laurent is very aware that he doesn't want to make it look like he's attacking Dokja because Joonghyuk could come out of nowhere and probably yeet him into the ocean. ]

I just hope that you'll take care of yourself with the same energy that you tried defending yourself with.
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-03 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Don't get yeeted into the ocean, Laurent. Despite everything you're not that bad of a person. ]

I take care of myself well enough. [ It's fine, it's fine. Does he have this kind of effect where everyone seems to worry about him? He's not use to such concern. ] Thank you for not using a fish's carcass. [ It's just the bones but still. ]
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-03 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Thank you for your support, Dokja... this is why he likes you (platonically).

Also, honestly, it's been pretty easy for Laurent to worry about people on the island and he's been showing concern left and right. There have been Concerns.

Though Dokja's remarks make him laugh.
]

That makes it sound so much worse. If I get something like a brush DIY, I'll be sure to send you the first one I make.
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-03 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His tail lives to see a brighter day with no use of fish bones. ]

Given the track record of DIYs, I wouldn't be surprised if one does come up. [ But, he wouldn't mind though now that he's thinking.. ] Yoo Joonghyuk could probably use one too.
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-03 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I wouldn't mind making another for him, but it would cost after the first free one.

[ Unless he wants their tail furs to mix with each other's... ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-03 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it's fine if we use the same one.

[ He doesn't see an issue of sharing a brush for their tails? It's not lewd? ]
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[personal profile] conceptualize 2020-07-04 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ If only Laurent can understand people's woes of mixing hair in a single brush or something. ]

One brush, it is~

[ Though, he's curious. ]

How much did the shark sell for?
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[personal profile] afterword 2020-07-04 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ You're too kind. ]

Hmmmm, thirteen thousand bells? It went for quite a lot compared to other things I've considered selling.

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