dripdrive: (bitch smile)
Narciso Anasui ([personal profile] dripdrive) wrote in [community profile] bottlecaplogs2025-05-06 12:28 pm

Paved Roads Quest Catch-all! | OTA

Who: Emporio, You and maybe even some asshole ostrich (Anasui)
What: Paved Roads quest
When: Throughout May
Where: The city streets further towards the forest.
Warnings: Anasui being Anasui.

For a while, Heliolisk has been in charge of expanding the city streets further towards the forest, making transport of goods and services easier and overall expanding Bottlecap Bay. The project had been slow going but progressing well until about two months ago, when Heliolisk noticed that some of the streets have somehow diminished in length. The reason why remains unknown. Perhaps it was a quirk of the forest that the guilds didn't understand - 'Maybe the forest doesn't want to be expanded into?' - but that didn't explain why some of the roads closer to town were also disassembled, making patches in the road. Many other Pokemon also pointed out there are a number of cobblestone towers alongside the path wherever these patches are, obviously sourced from the road itself!

The mystery of why the roads are shortening is largely left to speculation in favour of actually solving the problem. Hence why the quest has appeared on the quest board again, this time from Polteageist: they need reliable Pokemon to help clear the roads of debris, flatten the dirt where it needs to be flattened and place the cobblestone back.

There are many roads to be fixed and you'll likely find Pokemon already there, regardless if you're doing a patch job or going all the way to the forest's edge to re-expand the paths. One of those Pokemon is a large Espathra, who only casts a half-glance at you before going back to what he was doing. He seems to be placing cobblestone in a very particular way...

...and according to the Cubone rounding up as many as possible for the job, that's entirely typical. He can't be sure if it's something he specifically did in their own world, mind you, but he's pretty sure he would have if possible. Emporio notably seems more concerned with just gathering stones to be available for Anasui to place. Perhaps it's a strength thing. Perhaps not? He's absolutely doing his part, but occasionally he'll watch someone else putting their stones down and then glance in Anasui's direction before wincing. As if he knows something.

And maybe he does, because after a good bit of work with their own team, Emporio will jump.

"...Anasui's gone!"

...It's probably fine, right? Best to just focus on your own work.

Although... if you are placing cobblestone down, you may notice Anasui behind you, pulling up the stones you JUST placed and swapping their places. What is up with that???

[[OOC - To account for how many are involved in Anasui and Emporio's team for Paved Roads, and the fact that the Mods saw fit to refer to him in the quest response over all, this is a thread-jack friendly open log! Specify if you want Anasui or Emporio most of all, but otherwise, there's no holds barred here. That said, if you do not want threadjacks, please note this in your tag in. That way it doesn't get too unwieldy for you.]]
seacub: (AnxietyBoy prevails)

[personal profile] seacub 2025-06-09 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhhhhh...

[Emporio watches the other wander away, and slowly looks back to Firoza.]

D...

You don't think I should worry, right?

[Theoretically yes, he should be the one with the answer to that, but emotionally please reassure him oh no-]
bladeofnymeia: (surprised pikachu face)

[personal profile] bladeofnymeia 2025-06-09 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just blankly stares back.]

You know him better than I. Should I worry?
seacub: (AnxietyBoy prevails)

the comedy beats...exquisite...

[personal profile] seacub 2025-06-11 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[AHH...He should have seen that coming...

Emporio thinks about it.

And stares off.

And turns back. He-
]

I think...

...I think, I have a few days before I have to.

[Oh-] A- And you definitely shouldn't have to, at all!
bladeofnymeia: (gAH that hurts)

[personal profile] bladeofnymeia 2025-06-13 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
...Emporio, that is not very reassuring.
seacub: (AnxietyBoy prevails)

honestly the funniest possible way we could end this thread,

[personal profile] seacub 2025-06-13 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
S...sorry...

[He has no better defense!!]