Baymod Helpers (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bayhelpers) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
bottlecaplogs2025-04-16 10:09 am
bayhelpers) wrote in bottlecaplogs2025-04-16 10:09 am
Entry tags:
APRIL 2025 EVENT LOG
The sun rises, and a gentle breeze blows. A day like any other arrives in Bottlecap Bay, and for many of the pokemon that so recently arrived it is a now familiar process. Members of the various guilds flock to the Quest Board, in search of tasks to better provide for the town. Others, maintaining businesses of their own within the small settlement, start to open their doors for another day of work.
There is something different about this day however, and it is a difference that defines the next number of them. There is never truly a dull moment here after all, and it’s time to get involved.
DONATION DRIVE
As spring fully settles into the bay, the clinic begins to advertise for additional activities on the Quest Board. A call for donors is made- but donors of what? Pokemon arriving in response to the request will find that answer to mean “anything and everything that can be given” - along with potential medical samples to help with further research into the mysterious illness, there are a great many things that can be made from shed feathers, brushed-out undercoat or trimmed horns and claws.
Or even sweat, alarming as that may seem.
Those willing will be given small interviews in which they determine what to donate, and after the process (however involved), be given a small boxed treat as compensation. And of course, they’ll record the contributions with their guild leaders too!
⟡ WHAT NOW?
Donated materials can be used for a great many things, and throughout the later half of April local businesses will be happily showing their relevant crafts off. Pokemon are invited to try their hand at sewing satchels made using Spinarak threads, spinning yarn from Stufful fur, or stuffing pillows with Ducklett down- and perhaps if they donated anything themselves, they can even make something of their own.
Literally.
NO “I” IN TEAM
With the need to re-evaluate the results of recent expeditions through the surrounding forest before making the move to branch out further, the leaders of the three guilds have come together with some training exercises to better pass the time. Rather than sit and wait between tasks determined by the quest board, the last weeks of April see various events hosted through the city with one goal in mind:
Team Building.
A. ⟡ SHOW-AND-TELL
As part of an effort to encourage understanding and community, the Guilds each host various meet-and-greets in their personal buildings- or in the case of the Lum Guild, the public Archives. It’s a chance for pokemon to show each other where they sleep and eat, to share a little of their lives with their fellows from other guilds.
There are also more awkward sharing activities- tossing a ball in a circle and giving a fact about oneself. Tying each other limb to limb and performing races. Or even gift exchanges with the donor crafts! Nothing says community like a present from the heart.
B. ⟡ STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
As an extra step from simply showing what each guild room looks like, sleepovers will be encouraged through the remaining month as well. Perhaps it’s time for a repeat of the great Oran Sleep-Pile- or maybe a sequel hosting can be held in the Canopy with the Cheri Berries.
It’s a little trickier with members of the Lum Guild, with each one having their own apartment of sorts, but just ask! Surely a few friends can pile together in their Lum buddy’s house.
C. ⟡ THE GREAT ESCAPE
Polteageist is thrilled with the success of the ‘escape rooms’ from March. As such, the existing courses and challenges have been since repurposed in order to encourage pokemon to work together, improving on the initial project. Once again working in pairs, dangerous (but not lethal!) challenges await those who wish to sign up for them. As with before, there are three different rooms to choose from, and experienced rescue Pokemon will be on call the entire time. Anyone who takes longer than the allotted time will be rescued.
⟡ Ocean room. Two Pokemon are put to sleep and wake up in a small cave beneath the water, with pockets of oxygen for those who need them. Upon waking, they must work together to escape the labyrinth of caves beneath the water and make it back to Bottlecap Bay. Some obstacles along the way may include: a maze-like cave system with misleading routes, paths with less or no sunlight, strange plants that may inflict status effects, agitated or disoriented wild Pokemon, and varying water temperatures/underwater geysers. It has an hour time limit, so good luck!
⟡ Forest room. Two Pokemon are put to sleep and wake up in the center of a dense forest, with tree cover blocking most sunlight. Upon waking, they must work together to find their directions, navigate through thick brush and forest, and make it back to Bottlecap Bay. Some obstacles along the way may include: the fog, collapsed floors into cave systems, sudden steep drops, aggressive Pokemon and plants, vines, thorns, poisons and toxins. It has a two hour time limit, so good luck!
⟡ Cave room. Two Pokemon are put to sleep and wake up far beneath the city, in one of the many tunnels belonging to the mines. Upon waking, they must work together to reorient themselves and find a way out to Bottlecap Bay. Some obstacles along the way may include: unstable sections of mines leading to collapses, a vast assortment of tunnel directions leading to disorientation, extreme temperatures, lava pits, and lessening oxygen levels. It has an hour time limit, so good luck!
OOC NOTES.
⟡ CWS: body horror, medical imagery
⟡ Though dates specified cover only the last two weeks of April, players may assume continued donation drives and crafting projects to be available through the start of May, though less frequent.
⟡ We of the Bottlecap Bay Help Team would like to extend a sincere thank-you to everyone for their patience during the transition of tasks concerning the upkeep of the game. Current events have been taking a significant toll on many, but we are hoping to finalize Exploration Quest responses within the next few days. Thank you again, and happy threading!
⟡ CWS: body horror, medical imagery
⟡ Though dates specified cover only the last two weeks of April, players may assume continued donation drives and crafting projects to be available through the start of May, though less frequent.
⟡ We of the Bottlecap Bay Help Team would like to extend a sincere thank-you to everyone for their patience during the transition of tasks concerning the upkeep of the game. Current events have been taking a significant toll on many, but we are hoping to finalize Exploration Quest responses within the next few days. Thank you again, and happy threading!
no subject
Do you have more...? Or, would you be alright with a brush-out now and again and...oh, apologies, I'm getting ahead of myself-
[She's just got big starry eyes at the quality of that fur, the quantity, the idea of cleaning and carding it out and seeing if it can be spun and woven...she's not a knitter, but maybe knitting could be a thing? She could learn? She's willing to learn!]
no subject
[ He is not, innately, the most tactile of people, not particularly keen on touch, but well, you have to pick and choose your battles. Oran Berries are many sharing close quarters, and the general idea of mutual grooming speaks enough to some of his acquired instincts of social behavior and friendsfamilygoodbond that it's hard to reject the idea even coming from a relative stranger.
And also, summer is what follows spring and he may simply melt into a foxpuddle if his coat remains this dense into the coming season. Or maybe he'll evaporate instead, that sounds like an appropriately ghostly thing to do. ]
no subject
[...Okay even she knows that sounds kind of creepy.]
Er, it's just - your fur is so beautiful, and fine...I've worked with all manner of fibers and textiles back home, and I would be honored to be able to make something out of any of this.
no subject
[ Parroted, with a faint amount of audible surprise. Which coming from him might be as loud as a gunshot to anyone who's familiar with him, given the relatively even keel of his tone otherwise. Usually while it's actually on him the somewhat untamed, light and wispy nature of it all just ends up adding to his ghostly nature with a constant sense of motion that doesn't stop even at rest. In the Oran Berry guild quarters it's been noted as a little inconvenient, at least before he figured out how to keep it to himself so it doesn't plume into someone else's space while they're trying to sleep, and there are at least a few who have been scared by him... ]
Hmm. Sure! You will have to mind some of the ends. The red parts, that is. They get a bit more spectral there. I am not sure how well they will hold up to being woven. But I also do have not have any skill in this particular subject so you may know better than me!
no subject
Mm, of course! I will handle it with care. [A pause, as she pinkens a bit and bows her head.] Apologies if I...if that was a bit much. I'm used to working very hard or spending far too much to find something half as nice to work with.
[And this is why you level your gatherers, kids]
no subject
Oh. You do not need to apologize for that.
Usually I am the one who tends to be a bit much. You are excited to have the opportunity for something that you have skill in and like to work with. Your reaction makes perfect sense.
no subject
O-Oh. Well. Um. Thank you.
[Fidgets somewhat. What is this feeling of being encouraged to go all in on your hobbies?]
As I said - I've had to go to great lengths for nice materials. Upset a certain coinkeeper with how often I empty my purse on a bolt of fabric. So...mm.
no subject
[ Poor Tataru... ]
That is why you have to prove to them that what you spent the money on was worth it! ... But I guess that isn't really a concern here, considering.
[ Since everything runs off of trades and favors and all, a bartering system rather than having any real currency... ]
no subject
Firoza, holding bundles of Dress Material: ...the Spring Dress looks so good on everyone tho, I'd like one]
Somehow my arguments were never convincing. Ribombee liked my idea for satchels, though.
no subject
[ none of them are. ]
Maybe your arguments will be more convincing here?
no subject
["Kupo!"]
no subject
[ Sometimes ... words just don't do the wordsing thing. ]
no subject
[She's. Trying?]
no subject
[ That said, now he's tilting his own head. ]
What do you mean by title, though?
[ Explain Emet-Selch. Emmet might not be the most common name, sure, especially not with this spelling of it, but it is definitely just a name? ]
no subject
no subject
Did the position have anything to do with truth? Or is that a coincidence?
[ fourteen of these, and they basically were expected to give all of themselves to it? what kinds of positions or titles were these? ]
no subject
[It's clearly how he, Elidibus, and Lahabrea were able to awaken the shards of other Convocation members, even if they were only a glimmer compared to their original 'complete' shine. How could they have found them if he didn't know who he was looking for?]
no subject
(This Emet-Selch probably would be a ghost type specialist, wouldn't he. Maybe a splash of psychic or fairy, but mostly ghost.)
He thinks he gets the general idea of it, but cocks his head a little further at the end. ]
Diminished? As if something had been feeding off of them, or?
no subject
[Honey, this is all hard to understand and explain to others who aren't deep in the Final Fantasy sauce]
The entire world, long ago, was broken into pieces of ten and four. That includes the souls of all living beings. Through the ages, cataclysmic events would...bring a shard back to its source, along with its portion of souls. This has happened seven times, so the people of the Source - like myself - are only at half of the strength the ancient peoples were. Those who come from the Shards are only one fourteenth of that original whole soul, but no less people, in my opinion.
[A pause.] Well. We may not be as powerful or live nearly as long, but we did do quite a few things the ancients couldn't even wrap their heads around properly fixing, so. I think we're just fine as we are.
no subject
Youuuu are saying. That the entire world ... splintered. Like light refractions? Went down different tracks.
You are the original but also you are not. [ Source? ] Your tracks have reconverged with some of ... the other yous? But only half of them.
[ Does that mean she remembers being seven different people? How does that work. ]
Is this the truth you were mentioning or was that something else. Also. Are the shards also true in their own way? Or is it just you.
[ Would Emet-Selch have recognized them and treated them the same, basically. Also he heard the ancient stuff but why don't they tackle one thing at a time. ]
no subject
[Shakes her head.] Oh, no, it was a very large truth, but there was something even further - the root cause of why the world had to be split, that's what we found. And the other parts of me are just as true, just as full persons as I. Never would I consider them lesser.
[Somewhere in her subconscious Ardbert is crying and he doesn't know why]
no subject
[ He's not following the Emet thing 100%, at least not in terms of parsing what it is that Hades or Emet-Selch must have told her and what she discovered on her own after, but there's at least one point of reference he can sort of grasp onto. ]
Unova's Dragons used to be one too. But they split long ago. Truth and Ideals have been separate beings for a long time now.
It is a little strange to think of them ever returning to being one entity. [ His head cocks the opposite direction from earlier. ] Do you feel different from before you had them return to you?
cw: shadowbringers spoilers but like. confusing ones without context.
[Kind of like how dragons from her world can just lend each other an eye if needed. But also definitely not like that at all.
She recalls, at Emmet's question, that technically she is eight times rejoined because of Ardbert - that he was a wandering spirit with only her for company, and that technically G'raha Tia is also eight times rejoined, sort of? Somewhat? But then she remembers that this is all hard for her to explain, and she lived it. There's no way backtracking to explain the particulars is going to go well.]
...Slightly. I know I am stronger in mind and body. But it's not as if I have lost a part of myself and gained another self. Our cores remain the same - the desire for adventure, the drive to help others in need, the determination to protect what must needs be protected. We have those - I have those - and I can't be anything other than myself.
no subject
So it split. Half became truth and half became ideals. And what was left became ... something else. They were once the same; now they aren't.
[ Equal, evenly matched, maybe. Similar, counterparts to one another, but not the same. ]
What you are saying sounds a little different though. To me, it sounds more like ... there is a lot of overlap? You are saying that you all are the same still, that no one took any pieces away from the others, so it does not matter. Is that right?
no subject
[They are individuals who have differences but also are the same at their core.
It would be interesting, she muses, to meet a shard of herself and not fuse with them - let them live their own life, and she hers. Like some kind of long-lost sibling.]
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)