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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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Anytime, my guy! ☆*ヾ(- ∀・*)*+☆ That's kinda unfortunate. Especially if we need them just as much as other resources. Maybe next time we see Nook, we can ask him if he knows where more iron nuggets might be.
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If I could, I'd probably hook you up with a round trip ticket there, but we're all poor here.
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Greatly appreciate the thought.~ Given the current circumstances, it's understandable. [ WE'RE JUST ALL TRAPPED ON AN ISLAND. No big deal bro!! ] Plus even if we do go home, it will be a while before I can think about traveling. Got some things going on back home.
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You got your schooling and all--that's pretty important. Everyone has things going on back at home, and it pains my heart to see some people still very restless and not enjoying their vacation.
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Yeah, I'm getting ready to enter high school and I was also in the middle of a tennis tournament. But I'm sure there are others who have it even more busy than me. Agreed! While this vacation is nice, I can understand others why others might be restless but it does hurt to watch them not enjoy their time here.
Did you have anything going on before you came here?
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Nothing in particular. Just doing my jobs and all. Maybe I'm a little lucky. Luckier than you, perhaps?
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Jobs are pretty important too. Sorry, I'm so nosey but what kind of job did you have?
Maybe I should start calling you Lucky Laurent instead~.
[ But honestly, it really is a good thing this is over text because even Sengoku himself looks almost wistful as he types this. ]
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I worked as a teaching assistant at a university, a freelance translator, and a dealer at a casino. My luck really shines at the last one.
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Casino dealer, though? That's really cool! We might have to have a showdown one day to see who is luckier between the two of us.
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Maybe when one of us gets a pack of cards, I'd be glad to play against you.
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Oh, I'm so down for a game of cards with you. (•́⌄•́๑) As soon as we get a pack of cards, it's on.
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If anything, I'd welcome any and all enthusiasm for all students.
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[ Because. You know. This situation. ]
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When we do, I'll be looking forward to it! Hopefully we'll be able to meet again.
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Though that was pretty cool.
[ He's imagining it with a certain dramatic flair. ]
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www you think so? You're pretty cool as well, Laurent! I like you.
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