WEEK THREE

[killerwaves]

WEEK THREE

26 Vacationers

The events of the past weekend, the past week, may linger on your mind as you awaken to the sun rising on your third week on Sungem's Peak. The rays of the sun are welcoming as always, and so are the amenities, and the new island— Kingfisher's Retreat.

The theme this week certainly seems to be relaxation and excitement, perhaps with a mind to distract all vacationers that your number has decreased by two. Or maybe you're the type to take a plunge in the name of your sacrificed vacationers? Either way, there's plenty of do, including more tasks for the objective minded.

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TASKS:

Dear:
How are you enjoying your vacation? Are you missing your friends or family back home? Write them a postcard and post it on the bulletin board!
(REWARD: RARE!)

Gifts:
Everyone loves gifts, so this week give one to someone else! It can be a physical gift, a gift from the heart, or any other kind of gift.
(REWARD: RARE!)

Take a Plunge
Take advantage of the waterfall, cold plunge, or even plain trust with one another. The point is to take a leap of faith together!
(Reward: Common)

(( REMINDER: Task submissions are due Friday by 9 PM EST/6 PM PST. ))

(( OOC: Murder proposals are due by Tuesday at 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST, for the current week's murder. Feel free to submit for later weeks too!

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THURSDAY

[killerwaves]

!, closed to Haruka & Zelkov

[killerwaves]

[ Happy Thursday! Did you have a good sleep? Maybe you're grabbing breakfast, or staring out into the ocean seeing if warp-chan will reappear on cue. Regardless of what you're doing, you'll hear an odd sound. A steady beeping, that although low at first, grows to a level that's annoying even if you lived right in the heart of Tokyo.

What's odder still is that it doesn't look like anyone else hears it? Following the source of it will lead you to the waterfall area. There you'll find one of your other vacationers, probably look as perplexed (and annoyed) as you are.

Continue to follow the noise? ]

[passetemps]

[ hmm. he will indeed follow, with a knife at the ready just in case!

which haruka probably isn't going to love seeing in his hand, but whatever. ]

You hear it as well?

[townmusician]

[Against better judgement (and unarmed, which is probably a very bad idea), Haruka is also following the annoying beeping! Curiosity killed the idol, or whatever.]

That beeping? Yeah. It's super obnoxious.

[Also weird?? Why is there beeping now...]

[killerwaves]

[ Now that you're in the right area, the beeping is even louder. One could almost wonder if someone set off the non-existent fire alarms... there's no sign of fire or smoke at least, so it's probably fine?

It won't take you long at all to pinpoint the sound is coming from behind the waterfall because it's mandatory that things are always hidden there. Getting there to see what the source is probably requires some minor climbing (careful the rocks are slippery!) and you'll probably get just a little wet too.

Your discovery at first is a little uneventful, because the facade of rocks mostly just looks like well. Rocks. But there's not supposed to be a bright green flashing light at about torso height embedded in the wall, is there? ]

[passetemps]

[ he has no idea what a fire alarm is. but he has very good ears, so he'll follow the source of the sound to behind the waterfall, which does indeed feel like a very jrpg place to hide something.

aside from getting unpleasantly damp, he has little trouble making it there to the light, though he does pause from up on the wall like an ibex craving that mineral to turn back to haruka again. ]

You needn't follow if you do not wish to. The rocks are quite slippery.

[ ...but if he does, he'll hold out a hand if he needs it. one without a knife in it. ]

[townmusician]

[If Haruka was even more of an idiot then he already is, he'd refuse to take Zelkov's hand, but he's not that dumb. Dumb enough to not turn around when it feels like they're walking into some big cliche, sure, but still!]

It's fine.

[...]

...And thanks for the hand.

[Now on solid ground, the green light is pretty hard to notice. His first thought is of recording lights (even if those are, usually, red), but it means he's looking to Zelkov for permission and pointing to it wordlessly. If there's an actual camera here he's going to have so many questions, but also.

What if this is trapped... You can't be too careful on murder islands...]

[passetemps]

[ zelkov just gives him a nod that can feasibly pass as a you're welcome.

he'll wave the knife blade in front of the light first just to make sure it's not, like, going to vaporize whatever gets in its way. ]

See if you can find any sort of crack or anything else out of place in the wall.

[ though if that doesn't yield any results... he'll go ahead and touch it with the knife handle, i guess?? is it a button??? ]

[townmusician]

[He can do that! It can't be that hard to look at some weird rocks and find cracks or crevices or... whatever.

He's also looking for anything that seems oddly reflective, like a lens. This could be the worst hidden camera reality show in all universes.]

[killerwaves]

[ Congrats you're all on Are you the One? the hit dating sho—

wrong genre. Waving the knife and looking for anything that's reflective doesn't yield any results, but prodding it with the knife handle does. The rock shifts immediately drawing down into the ground, revealing a short passage that looks to open up into a small room from what Zelkov and Haruka can see where they're standing.

A robotic voice also chimes out from the bedrock. ]

DOOR LOCK DISENGAGED. WELCOME TO OUTPOST K4. HAVE A PRODUCTIVE WORKDAY!

[passetemps]

[ ...well at least he's been surrounded by robots enough here that the random disembodied voice isn't THAT shocking to his ye olde ass, but. hm. he squints, peering inside. ]

Some sort of maintenance route, perhaps...?

[ before going in, are there any loose rocks or anything that can be picked up here that could be used to keep the door jammed open just in case? ]

[townmusician]

I get the feeling this isn't just for maintenance.

[Outpost K4? Hm. Surely that doesn't mean anything of significance.

He's not going to step in completely until they find a way to keep the door opened, because getting trapped in some weird mysterious backroom is exactly what would happen to him if this were a drama, but he's scooting in close and leaning over the threshold. Exactly how well lit is this mystery room, anyways?]

[killerwaves]

[ Thankfully there are some loose rocks they can stack to keep the door from closing in on them wouldn't it be funny if they were trapped in here for curfew. When Haruka scoots in closer, lights flicker on overheard to illuminate Outpost K4 properly.

Largely it looks half like an office, half like a lab with equipment that's not identifiable from this distance. Also, the beeping has stopped! Yay! ]

[townmusician]

[Yeah, he's leaving the lab side for Zelkov to check out.

Are there any computers in the office - and how modern do they look if there are any? Please let there be computers so he doesn't have to rifle through filing cabinets because he can't not take this time to snoop.]

[killerwaves]

[ Hallelujah there will be no filing today because there is a computer, sitting on a desk (no drawers) with a printer right besides it. Just to set the ambiance a little, there's also a few, motivational posters on the wall.

This computer also looks more modern than anything else Haruka's seen on the island, we're in the 2010's instead of the 2000's, nice. Currently the computer has a screensaver of you guessed it, bouncing birds ala the bubbles screensaver, and the printer has a torn sheet of paper hanging off. ]

[townmusician]

[Noting down that Haruka thinks those posters are cringe.

Also, going to grab that paper first - or however much is left of it. Does it look like it was torn by someone pulling it from the printer? He'll be looking it over and pocketing it anyways, and then waking up the computer.

At least the screensaver is cute...]

[killerwaves]

[ wow.

The paper does look like it was torn from the printer, what's still left of it reads: ]

EXPERIMENT # Z_03
WEIGHT: 29.4kg
PROPERTIES: Organic, alive, humanoid

REPORT:

Subject was placed into LELANTOS at approxmiately TT05:34:13.000Z. Tracing yielded a 22% synchronization, with retrieval initiated despite synchronization not at mandatory levels.

[ The computer slowly hums to life with an immediate alert box: ]


ALERT: CONNECTION TO MAINFRAME DAMAGED. CURRENTLY IN RECEIVE MODE ONLY.

CONTINUE?

[townmusician]

[Synchronization…? Fascinating. He has absolutely no idea what all of this means together, beyond “there’s also a fucked up experiment happening”. Maybe something to pester Shigaraki-san about later.

In the mean time, yes, he absolutely wants to continue! Also, are there any knickknacks on the desk? Or anything to write with, even if there’s no desks to snoop through.]

[passetemps]

[ that actually would be very funny but ALAS, the door is now propped open, so they are ostensibly safe (??)

zelkov will cautiously look around the room for any sign of movement or imminent danger, holding his arm out in front of haruka until he's judged it to be clear enough... and then he'll quietly head over toward the lab side of the room.

what are we noticing right off the bat over here? is there any kind of barrier to the equipment and everything or is it just all right there within reach? ]

[killerwaves]

[ totes.

There's no signs of movement or danger, thankfully. Right off the bat he'll see his own set of posters on the wall. There's no barriers to the equipment of which there seems to be two main pieces:

One, a kind of metal pad on the floor with a screen backlit against the wall (current blank). It honestly looks like this but this mod promises you this isn't Among Us/Convive.

The second piece of equipment looks like some kind of centrifuge looking equipment, but it doesn't match up with that exactly. There's also a small table here, with a cube resting on it.

And just to note, there's a kittybot in here against the corner but it looks to be shut down. ]

[passetemps]

[ warily eyes kittybot.......

let's be obnoxious and start with the one thing that wasn't bolded, what does this cube on the table look like? is there anything else on the table or Just Cube? ]

[killerwaves]

[ Obnoxious, I like it.

It's a black opaque cube about slightly larger than a rubix cube with no markings or anything else written on it from what Zelkov can see. On the table is a couple of empty vials, a few packages of cotton swabs (the sterilized sealed kind), and a pen. ]

[passetemps]

[ so it's just black and smooth on all sides? he'll tentatively pick it up to check the underside too.

do the vials look like, never-filled empty, or like they've been used? any visible residue or anything? ]

!!!

[killerwaves]

[Thursday, and the usual unhappy hush hangs over the islands, muffling the sounds of the exponentially increased numbers of birds, the revelries in the new relaxation hangouts and likely the relaxation effects themselves; but though the pall lingers throughout the day, little happens until sometime into the night.

Perhaps it's because you offered a bit more for the island to chew on last week?

Whatever the case, the first stars are out and the moon glows above the horizon by the time a familiar low noise and atmospheric lightening makes itself known -- something like a dull roar that vibrates through bone, too unsettling to be the murmur of waves. The aviary has been even quieter than usual, but there's sudden a burst of cacophony as all the birds seem to cry out at once before it falls silent again -- it's ever more noticeable here with them all in one place, but they've been surprisingly hard to find for anyone who's visited.

Anyone on Kingfisher's Retreat who remembers to look up will see the familiar shimmer spreading across the sky by the waterfall, two long tendrils like the spreading of wings. It's thick and substantial enough to interrupt the fall of the waterfall at this point, creating an incredibly strange sight where the water seems to be riding on the warping, and some of the noise appears to be the sound of parts of the cliffs coming down or actually being flung a fair ways into the sea. Hope you're really watching your head there.

Meanwhile, those back on Sungem's Peak will spot the shimmer there too; this one is quieter in comparison, almost a tiptoeing bump in the night compared to the spectacle going on at Kingfisher island. A little veil of distorted moonlight spreads out across the waves down by the beach. Maybe it's not a night for skinnydipping.]

[OOC: The usual! Feel free to respond for a quick answer if your character is doing anything with/at the distortion, or ask in mod questions if needed.]

Kingfisher Retreat... No, RetreatING.

[hearnoplague]

[ So! Guess who was not happy to see the shimmer messing with his new favorite hiding hole?

The squid.

Kallamar stares up at the distortion in abject horror, gripping the spear he brought with him for dear life. ]

Why... Why is it here!?

[ There go his plans for tonight! Anything else to note, or is he free to flee- Er, make a tactical retreat? ]