networkinthenight | [audio] @albatross; Lighthouse Expedition [open]

Evening. Here's hoping you've all started to settle in and come to terms with what's happened. A new batch of you's likely to come in on the next ferry soon, so make sure to help whoever shows up come to grips, too. Community's important here.

Let's cut to the chase: It's about time we get the Lighthouse Keeper back on the network, yeah? Problem is, only way to do this is to manually reconnect the lighthouse to the network. We'll need to run cables from the church out to the lighthouse, and we'll likely need to do some repair work while we're out there.

Some of you've been antsy 'bout getting out to the lighthouse, and I been saying it's too dangerous to try, and it is. Venturing north onto that peninsula may as well be a death sentence. Not too many folks I know ever come back from it. Still, this has to be done, and part of the conditions of the Keeper holding me over from last reset is to get her up and running again. I got no problem going alone if it comes to that, but this'll work best if we team up and keep things organized. Consider this the early stages of recruitment.

Word on the street is the forest spirits are planning a sort of welcome party for y'all, set to take place 'bout a month from now. End of August. They can be a shy lot, but evidently some of you have shown 'em signs of good faith, and they been chattering about getting to know you better. Seeing as the forest spirits defend the lighthouse something fierce and it'd be in everyone's best interest to keep in their good graces, the best time to make the trip will be during the party. They'll be distracted, which will give us enough time to get out there and make the repairs. By the time they realize what's what, we can show 'em we wasn't there to hurt the lighthouse or the Keeper. That's the only way I can figure we might make it back alive.

'Course, we'll need help with this. Can't be just me and a handful of others trekking out on our lonesome. Will's agreed to play lookout on the spirits in town, and some more eyes and ears on the party wouldn't hurt. Then we're gonna need some... ambassadors, let's say. To give the forest spirits a hand with the party and to show 'em we really do want to keep things peaceful, even if we run into trouble out in the woods.

For the time being, I'm just looking for a read on who's willing to help out. We'll talk firming up numbers in a couple weeks, after the next ferry arrives. Again, we're gonna need a lot of hands on deck here, and help from all sorts. Those of you with some sorta survival experience can help out in the woods proper, while the more charismatic lot can stay behind to make good with the spirits. Anyone who's got skill in tracking or playing look out, Will'd be able to use you, I'm sure.

Right. So. Ask your questions, tell me your ideas, and let me know what skills you've got if you want to help out. As for the details, we'll be in touch.

Thanks.

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[ooc note:

Winters is planning an expedition out to the lighthouse with the intent of reconnecting the Lighthouse Keeper to the network. This expedition/forest spirit party will feature as the main event for next month (which you'll see on the August schedule going up in a few days). All of the organization re: which characters will help out with this (and which characters will accompany Winters personally) will happen via an OOC planning post that will go up next month, after new players/characters arrive so that they can get involved too!

If you have OOC questions about the logistics, don't worry, we'll give you tons more information once the OOC planning post goes up! Please hold onto your questions until then. This post is just a primer to get the plot started, and you are not required to tag in here in order to be considered for participation in the expedition! We'll be doing signups as part of the planning post.]

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Count me in for the trip out there. I've got extensive survival and navigation experience. Combat, too, if it comes down to it. We need to get her back on the network, I'm with you there.

Glad to hear you're up for doing something besides setting up as the local tourist kiosk.

Which is a yes, I'm going.

i can help!

i'm pretty good with my hands and i can work fast

but it sounds like you've done this job before. does it happen a lot?

[ After their first and only conversation Nate was left with a weird, sour taste in his mouth, an itch he couldn't scratch, but this comes at precisely the right time for him to metaphorically throw himself off the cliff. He needs the out, and badly. ]

Done some scouting on my own time here, but exploratory work in dangerous environments is what I did for a living.

[ Until it killed him. ]

Ah, glad to here you're interested. I thought you might be. To be clear, it's doubtful we'll meet the Keeper herself. All the maintenance we'll need to do should be on the outside of the building.

[But maybe they can wave at her from the ground or something.]

Combat might just come in handy, yeah.

( respectfully, )

Sir.

( it's a soldiering thing, is all. )

I don't care which of us you take, but y'should have me or Doc Wade along.

( both, maybe, if it's going to be as bad as winters seems to think, but gene'd rather one of 'em stay a distance behind the rest an' set up an aid tent if it comes to that. )

Would you prefer I'd've hung back and let y'all get your bearings without a welcome wagon?

[He says it lightly, though. You're not entirely wrong, Rafe.]

What sort of skills do you have that'd help us out?

I am no stranger to spirits. ⟪ yeah, winters, you probably remember this particular weirdo who was so keen to go out and feed the librarian. her accent is quite memorable. ⟫ And... I have found myself fond of the ones I encountered here. I believe I would do reasonably well as an ambassador with them.

⟪ besides, she's been told she's distracting, and that is something you want, right? ⟫

Right. All useful skills. I'm wondering if we might be able to put that boat of yours to use somehow. Think it'll be ready in the next couple weeks?

I've never done this job before no. If things go as planned we'll only have to reconnect her once. It's just the reset that mucks things up with the cables.

Doing jobs with the confidence of having done them a thousand times before is a quality you pick up after scrapping as long as me.

I understand, and that's fine. Getting her on the network is good enough. Looking forward to traveling with you, too, anyway. You know this place better than the rest of us.

Count me in for going to the lighthouse.

I can offer both my diplomatic skills [for the spirits, although he won't be happy to let Noctis and Prompto go by themselves,] and battle strategy [for the trek to the Lighthouse.] My fighting skills are also still sharp.

But before that, what do you mean by "reconnect the Lighthouse Keeper"?

Edited 2019-07-24 16:54 (UTC)

I've been wanting to go out there since we got here.

I'm in.

Have you connected anything up to the network before?

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ok but what kinda stuff are you thinking we'll have to fight out there?

[ he can't get that sign out of his head. ]

Good to know. Seems we was lucky and ended up with plenty of you folks that got the right skillset for this. What sort of dangerous environments are we talking?

As much as my swords may be of use, it sounds like you have no end of muscle-headed fighters jumping aboard. We can't all go. Someone must remain to be part of the distraction.

[This is something she's been thinking about a lot. She might not completely trust Winters, but she has questions for the Lighthouse Keeper.

She's going to help.]

I can help on either side. I might not be able to carry much though. [She knows she's small. She can fight, but she might not be able to carry cables.]

Ah, the medics. Not a bad idea, though if I'm being honest, I can't promise your skills will help us any.

'Course, not to put you down. You're welcome along and we could use all hands on deck in some way another. Just... Don't get your hopes up, yeah? Ain't blood on your hands if anyone dies. Them forest spirits can kill you in a blink without a chance for, ah, medical intervention.

i'll round up a few more hands and we'll get it done in no time. that way it'll be ready whether we need it or not

but! if this is your first time, how do you know what to do?

a manual?

[Oh, he remembers you, Mel. How could he forget? Also, yay memorable accent buds.]

Glad to hear it. I know there's mixed feelings out there on the spirits, so folks with a genuine fondness for 'em are gonna do best at smoothing out any rough edges. How'd it go, feeding the hungry?

[ There are some pieces of information Nate would rather disseminate on a case-by-case basis, hence the privatization of this particular call. One might call him uniquely qualified. ]

Lost cities belonging to ancient civilizations in exotic locales.

[ In a nutshell. ]

Competition gets fierce in the treasure-hunting business, and I've kind of lost track of the number of mercenary armies I've- [ Killed. ] -squared off with.

Count me in

And if you need help hauling stuff up there, I have something we can probably use

[Might as well make good use of the magical hammerspace, right?]

Just be careful not to trip out there.

I'm coming with you.

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