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Week 1
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).
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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[Now that she’s solidly a person with a name and everything, he feels a bit more comfortable with all this and rocks back on his heels a little. Of course, her words earn her a new frown and a sigh.]
Keeping important parts of ecology alive is low-hanging fruit, now? [Yeah, it’s basic, but it’s also important! His weeds are valid!!!] It’s just the tip of the iceberg, anyway. I’m not kidding when I said my island would be Ashikaga flower park — I’m gonna be a botanical rockstar. Best flowers around with the most meaningful and beautiful arrangements, delicious goddamn produce, trees that’ll live for centuries they’re so valued! Gonna get rich off my passion and make people more earth-friendly in the process!
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Okay... [That's not a bad goal, all things considered, but...] And how are you gonna do this with everyone else wrecking the island?
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[Way to take the wind completely out of his sails.]
Oh, Curse Island? Curse Island ain't gonna be my Ashikaga. I'm just trying to salvage whatever the fuck I can, here. Hence, the shitty garden of weeds under my personal protection.
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I see... [She doesn't.] So you don't have any plans for what to do on this island.
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...Overthrow Tom Nook and his violent campaign against the environment.
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Is it going to be a one-man revolution?
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He holds out a hand to her.]
Depends. Wanna join the cause?
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She hesitates for a moment, before taking his hand.]
Sure. Do I get any perks?
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Not gonna have the Bells to even cover dental, but I can give you a look at my pearly whites whenever you want. That's the best perk.
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Pfff- [She laughs, dropping her hand.] Is it? I've never heard of it being a privilege before.
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[He'll give her a charmingly winning smile to prove it. Look!! Feel blessed!!]
Isn't your life greatly improved, now? Not everyday my smile graces the world, especially in weird places I didn't intend to go.
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And she gives him a smile back, shaking her head.]
That just makes you sound like a total grouch; a grumpy old man.
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Close! I'm a grumpy young man. Though... I am feeling a little old in my tent. The other two are kids. Practically certified babies.
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Yeah... There's a lot of kids here. [But!] Do you want more adult company?
[Will she realize the implications to that? Of course not.]
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More -- uh?
[He's just got that vaguely red tint because of the sunburn, that's all. Mind definitely didn't leap straight to a misinterpretation of what she said. More importantly!!]
Um. I mean, of course I do? It's weird as hell to feel like I'm babysitting all the time. Besides, we gotta have war meetings and such.
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Huh?
[He wasn't that red before... Weird.]
Guess so! Anyone else you want to invite to this private army?
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Um... That's a good question... Like I said, I haven't really talked to a bunch of people here, yet.
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Well... I'm not sure everyone will be as easy as I am, but I'll do you a solid.
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Are you...doing that on purpose...?
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...No?
[She has no idea what he means.]
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Hnnnevermind, then...
[He awkwardly rubs at the back of his neck and casts his gaze to the side so he doesn't get even more embarrassed looking at her.]
If it ends up just being you and me, that's cool with me, too. I believe in your capability for mutiny.
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No, wait, what do you mean?
[Tell her!!
...But anyways.]
I hope I don't disappoint!
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If I tell you, you're gonna slap me.
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Just, uh. "Easy", "adult company"... Not wanting to "disappoint", maybe. I know you were just teasing earlier calling me cute, but...
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