Event Log (Finding the Cure)

[plungeintofire]

Welcome to Happy Heights!

Attleton's premier amusement park!


Or at least it used to be.

Attleton's mayor has mentioned the unfortunate only access point to the items needed to make the tonic that will cure the tragic sense-depriving infection that's going around. They'd thought the disease was gone, so they hadn't bothered to maintain the area, but the wells are Happy Heights are the only place that's still going down to the aquifer. They could drill down but-- well, they don't have time for that before the disease really sets into permanence! The number of freak incidences and the decrepit state of the theme park will make it difficult to maneuver, but they've notified the electric company to turn the power on so that people can navigate their way through the park in order to gather the ingredients to make the cure.

Unfortunately, since it's been so long since the park's been opened, rain water and nature have all but wiped the park's map into illegibility. You're on your own for exploration and it's time to find at least four wells from different parts of the park. There are many, but none are a walk in the park to get to! They used to be part of a collection game kids could play when they came into the park.

The mayor warns everyone that the cure is incredibly sensitive to sunlight and oxygenation from the atmosphere- by the time a person can get four, the first extracted water will have their bioluminescence diminished. (And going to that park in the dark... it's too dangerous, he wouldn't recommend it!) It probably won't make it out of the park, so drink it right away! Good luck!

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OOC NOTES: There will be different areas listed for different flowers that have soaked into the wishing wells' aquifer. Each area will have a couple of different scenarios you can play out- you're responsible for playing them out and you're welcome to have a blast with whatever you want to do! If you don't want to play it out but you did play sensory deprivation, feel free to handwave your character getting a cure, but remember: If you manage to have at least four different threads with 10 comments from your character, your character will receive an Attleton Charm ICly and for 'exceptionally valiant efforts' in eliminating the disease. (3 month prize claim limit puts this prize available until Dec. 21st.) To claim a charm, click here. Good luck!

Don't forget: If your character tampers with any of the things that are set up to get access to wells except when stated, the ride may explode or collapse, cutting off the well. Pretty unstable park, you know.

If your character wants to explore more of the park than where the wells are, they're more than welcome to. Feel free to make your own thread if you just want to have your character playing on any rides or doing things that they want- get creative, have fun, but the only areas with wells are those listed.

Comments

3. Sugar Rush OTA (techy types appreciated)

[youfool]

Ted met his archnemesis: DraculaSatanMachines! Cursed clockwork contraptions which he couldn't make heads nor tails of.

His first instinct was to hack away at the overgrowth, thinking meddlesome vines were the Sugar Rush' ills, hardly suspecting the real answer lay at the control booth. Give a fool a clue, why don't you?

[koishi_komeiji]

Ted wouldn't see Koishi this time. She was trying to remain stealthy, floating up behind him and-

"MISTER SPADES!"

A green cuddleball collided with his back giving him an impressive hug and more than a few tickles. This couldn't possibly be considered fair play.

"You seem upset Mister Spades! I want to help!"

Koishi, he can't answer you if you keep tickling him.

[youfool]

He was in the middle of another hack, when the shriek startled him so much, he flung his sword into the weeds. Ack!

The squeeze and the tickles didn't register much, giving him more confusion than anything. He replied cheerily enough anyway. "Oh, Moon, hello! Yes this ride isn't doing what it ought, so I'm pruning. Hopefully it'll be free to obey in time." Clearly this was serious business if he was no longer ticklish. He may never be goochy-goochy-gooed again!

[koishi_komeiji]

That just means she'll have to try harder next time! She did back off though, drifting up and blinking. "Oh..." And then she looked at the ride, tilting her head one way... then the other. She squinted a little bit...

"Umm... Have you tried switching it on Mister Spades? It seems like that would be good to try first."

[youfool]

"Hmm? No, I haven't. All the rides, surprisingly, still seem to work. You think this one's malfunctioned?" He's walking over and searching for this thrown blade. By the cuts on his hands, it's clear he's had a few accidents, though the pain was minimal at worst. Some groping around later, and...

"Aha! There it is." Into the bag it goes. "Did you see the ah..." "not the most familiar with technical terms. "Control...panel? It must be around here somewhere." Eventually he'd find that too, then press a few buttons. Nothing seemed to work.

"That's new, though not the kind of novelty I like. Don't suppose you've learned anything in all your years about operating amusement park rides?"

[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi floated after him, her tendrils coming in handy when it came to moving some of the foliage out of the way. Though the control panel was quite fascinating to her. So many buttons! "I dunno. I don't really know much about human mechanical things."

All the same, she reached around him and tried a button... then another! And another! Then she tried a few switches and a knob.

"This is really interesting. I've never seen so many different things all on one piece of metal." She clapped her hands, looking across the panel, though her smile fell after a moment. Reaching out she poked at one of the dark indicator lights. Ted could practically see the wheels in her head turning.

"Umm... Sometimes people kick things when they don't work."

[youfool]

Ted certainly looked contemplate, studying the machine to see if anything stood out. Nope! Not one with an eye for details. All he noticed is that it at least appeared to have power. Didn't seem to do anything, but hey, at least they aren't dead in the water.

"Ah, like a stubborn TV." He walked up to it, then decided to incorporate Koishi's solution and his own. First a kick to the side, then a firm pat on the head. It was far too hard of both, given his ignorance of his own strength at the moment. You could see little indentations.

"Mm, nothing so far." The Fonz he is not.

OR IS HE? It was faint, but there was a little *beep boop*, both near and far. "Did you hear something?"