event two | recycle, reduce, reuse!

[chims]

CHARACTERS: Everyone!
DATE: April 21st~23rd
RATING: PG for pointy sticks and garbage death!
SUMMARY: Earth Day weekend isn't really a holiday, right...? But there's ten tons of recyclable garbage littered all over Mac Anu! Perhaps if you do your part and help clean the town there'll be another prize in it for you, huh? Hey, if nothing else, you have pointy sticks to stab garbage with-- take your stress out!

Mac Anu is a sore sight today, littered in recyclable goods, with empty plastic bottles floating in the harbor and the smallest scraps of cardboard and discarded cans in every nook and cranny. It may seem like a prank at first, until one notices the clearly-labeled recycling bins around the fountain with sharp metal-tipped sticks and mesh bags just begging to be picked up and put to use. The GMs are nowhere to be seen, but...

...There's an Out to Lunch sign on the Quest Kiosk. Maybe one will turn up sooner or later...? It's a pretty straightforward objective, if a tedious one. Mind the ends, and don't go stabbing each other's feet!


( ooc | Apologies for the late event log! This is a bitty event, and the prize is a wee one-- as thanks for picking up the town and restoring it to a spic 'n span state, we'll ensure you get plenty, plenty of item drops to make up for it! Everyone will receive lvl.1 Simple Bracelets and Simple Necklaces modified with the item Dowsing Chain, which increases item drops by monsters 25%. They'll be titled "Search Bracelet" or "Search Necklace" and everyone can use them. )

Comments

[solveforn]

But spies aren't seen, by the nature of their objective.

[And N is totally speaking from experience here. Yeesh.]

[noisyclockhands]

Not every spy is good at their job, you know~

[....why can't Oz meet sane, sensible people? brb chucking some more cans at you {the angles might be a bit fantastical}]

[solveforn]

[He's able to catch most of them, at least.]

I haven't encountered such a problem.

[noisyclockhands]

[ That is actually kind of annoying :T ]

Are you saying you've done that before?

[solveforn]

[He plays with Pokemon all day, he knows how to play catch!]

Not myself, no. I had a triad of "spies" that looked into things on my behalf, to ensure things were going as I desired.

They were also good for my curiosity. There was quite a bit I wished to know.

combo~

[noisyclockhands]

[noisyclockhands]

[noisyclockhands]

[noisyclockhands]

I really don't get the people in this place

finis~

[noisyclockhands]

You know, this is not something you can mention in such a casual manner.

[solveforn]

Is it?

[He genuinely doesn't seem to quite understand why. There's a glimpse of vague understanding of the paranoia, but spies never really held that sense of danger to him.

After all, what good would a spy against him do? He didn't lie or keep secrets.]

I have no use for them in a place like this. Would there really be a reason for anyone to feel uneasy?

[noisyclockhands]

Don't tell me you really have no clue. . .

[ Oz is beginning to feel the dire consequences of brainbreak here. Somehow, this place is full of trolls and then social-dumbs - both of these groups are kind. hard on the head.

And, oh N, you are so much better than Oz here. The bunny is lying and hiding like a pro, idiot-face and all ]

The question is rather, why would anyone believe you? You used unfair methods before after all.

[solveforn]

Unfair methods? I have never harmed anyone with anything I have done.

[And that's true, too. Though as he goes on, speaking a mile a minute, he doesn't quite help his own case.]

I wanted to know the hearts of the humans whose Pokemon loved them. I wanted to know what sorts of humans were good to the Pokemon they took with them to battle at their side. I had only heard of cruel trainers, before then, and I wanted to see more.

And there was one trainer in particular I had wished to know more of... they were pursuing the Truth.

[noisyclockhands]

That's not what matters! The thing is, people will care that you used sneaky methods before! [ ...this is really rather topsy-turvy. Getting Oz of all people to tell you about trickery. . .

and wao hey, don't forget to breathe will you?! ]

Most people simply - ask, you know? It's more fun if you actually get to talk with people instead of just watching them from the shadows that only makes you really creepy.

[ leaning back now that the cans are collected and caught, weight on his hands. For someone who keeps on grumbling about how weird you are he seems pretty comfortable here ]

Are pokemon common where you come from?

[solveforn]

[Air is for the weak...!! Rather, it doesn't seem to occur to him that speaking as quickly as his mind is working makes it hard for other people to keep up.]

I did ask, of course. But I couldn't follow them on their journeys, since I had several things I was concerning myself with as well. They told me a lot about their trainers.

[Meaning he talked to the Pokemon more than the trainers.]

Yes, they are. They're the creatures of my world. The word most often used by others in this place seems to be 'animals', but Pokemon can be plants as well.

[noisyclockhands]

[ are they all going to be fish then?! Also, it's a good thing that Oz is more intelligent than he looks - he can follow you so far. Who knows how long this will stay true however. ]

You aren't the type to do things by halves, huh? Most people would have left it at the questions.

[ wait, wait - from your descriptions Pokemon could be pretty much anything but one thing is kind of eating at his brain already ]

The plants where you come from are able to speak?!

[solveforn]

The Pokemon that are plant creatures are just as aware as any other creature.

No one can hear their voices, normally. But I can.

[noisyclockhands]

Oh, you're very special then, aren't you Mister?

Have you seen any of them around?

[solveforn]

No. There's some animals around, but they're not the same. They have voices, too, but they talk very strangely.

[He oddly doesn't seem to respond to being called special.]

[noisyclockhands]

I'm not used to them having voices at all. This place is nothing like the one I come from.

[ that just makes you appear arrogant, N. Don't do thissss ]

[solveforn]

[Well he kind of is, he thinks he's perfect! So uh. At least he's honest?]

Tell me, then, what sort of place you come from. I am interested to hear about it.

[noisyclockhands]

Isn't it difficult to talk about your home? You wouldn't know any differences after all because it's what you consider normal.

[ again, way more than Oz can say who is - not suspicious here, nope~]

[solveforn]

Maybe, but providing plenty of information and explanation has proven to be quite sufficient in bridging that particular informative gap.

[noisyclockhands]

And you're the one who would profit from that the most, I guess?

[ if you could make 'kicking legs in the air' a tone then Oz' voice would sound like that. Lacking that however, he just sounds childishly thoughtful ]

[solveforn]

I hadn't thought of it in that way, necessarily.

[There's a simple "huh" tone in N's voice, as he's... failing to see what's wrong, on a couple levels. He has a vague idea of it logically, but it's just not clicking properly.]