WEEK 4

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WEEK 4

READY, STEADY, GO-KARTS!

After a harrowing week of forced honesty and a surprise attack from the God of Conflict, it seems the Goddess’ “gift” has finally faded - and just in time! Today marks the date of the highly anticipated Go-Kart Race, featuring a whopping twelve teams from the Goddess’ picks and a number of teams comprised of locals. Fortunately the weather is holding up well for the event, with clear skies and a radiant sun beating down on all contestants as they wait to begin, the heat reflecting off the asphalt. Hopefully everyone thought to use sunscreen!

The local arcade has decked out the go-kart track in flags representing the different teams, and some local businesses have set up both a spectator stand area near the finish line, as well as kiosks selling snacks and drinks for the spectators and anyone who happens to wander by! There are also some midway fair game booths and portable game machines if you're not really here for the go-karts and just here for a fun afternoon out. The best part is that everyone who enters the event zone gets three free tokens courtesy of the arcade, so you've got nothing to lose~ Unless you do happen to lose, which means that you'll probably have to purchase more tokens from the distracted teenagers volunteering manning the admin booth.

ALL'S WELL THAT-- HUH?

Eventually, all the preamble is completed, and it’s time for the race! A light counts down from red to yellow to green, and the racers are off!

While the start of the race is a jumble, a few in particular begin to pull ahead of the pack: Spade of the Sea and Kururu and Schneider in particular! Tragically, Team Bloody Angels just can’t seem to get the speed they want and seem to get stalled by various traps, falling further and further behind…

In the middle of the bunch, Atem and Sunrise manage to maintain their speed, while THE CUTIE PATOOTIES, Fire’n Ice, and Aaron and Morgan all struggle to surpass each other - leaving Beautiful, Bright Knights of Lovely Radiance, and Exquisite Midnight Shimmering unfortunately trapped behind the three and unable to pass at all. Towards the back of the group, Badass Ladies compete directly with TEAM ROADKILL for their place, while Frieren and Arven have a leisurely drive by comparison.

The first and second laps go without incident. But on the third…

Something about the local teams changes. Instead of the regular frustration of losing, some of them seem to fall into, well, road rage.

Schneider and Kururu, nearly caught up to Hiiro and Jordi, find their hopes dashed as a woman in a blue bandana bumps them from behind - the impact enough to cut their engine for a moment too long, allowing Hiiro and Jordi to pass the finish line in first place without any trouble.

The middle of the pack gets the worst of it. Jesse and Mafuyu find themselves hounded by a woman in aviators who manages to ram into their Go-Kart hard enough to dent the guard, putting pressure on the wheel - while they cross at the same time as others, they are unable to steer the Go-Kart due to the damages, and find themselves ramming into guardrail. While Mafuyu is miraculously without injury, Jesse takes the brunt of the force and will be feeling that whiplash the next day.

Aaron and Morgan get a brick - a literal brick - chucked at them, and while they manage to avoid getting hit themselves, they have to do a violent swerve to do so. That’ll also be a bit of whiplash for them, too. Badass Ladies get sideswiped by one of the locals and their kart ends up grinding against one of the guardrails. Eek.

The real destruction, however, hits the back end of the group - a man in yellow sneakers manages to bash hard into Eli and Kirumi, pushing them off course. The impact causes them to bump into Aerith and Maika along the way, who lose control of the steering wheel and knock Fray and Argenti into the wall. Fray sustains injuries as he’s dragged against the wall for a moment until Argenti is able to right their path again, pulling them back into the middle of the course. Eli and Kirumi don’t get off so easily, either - the bump against Aerith and Maika isn’t enough to stop their momentum, and Eli cracks his right shoulder against a barrier as Kirumi hits the brakes to prevent further injury. Fray, Argenti, Eli, and Kirumi will be feeling whiplash the next day.

Braphine’s chosen aren’t the only victims, either - a woman with red combat boots and a man in a green jacket each crash into local competitors, and the result is a six-kart pileup.

Frieren and Arven and Team Bloody Angels witness all of this from the back of the race, though neither team can do much except to continue on to the finish line.

What should have been a celebration at the end instead turns into panic as medics are called onto the scene and emergency personnel are summoned to the track. While many of the people in the stands seem roiling with discontent and beginning to argue and fight over the cause of all these injuries, a few of the locals hurry down to the course to help. Schneider, Aaron, Argenti, Aerith, Eli, and Kirumi will find themselves aided by familiar faces - the boutique staff recognized them and are here to lend them and their partners a hand in getting treated for their injuries.

As the racetrack descends into chaos, it soon becomes difficult to keep track of everyone. However, Hiiro, Schneider, Sally, Morgan, Argenti, Aerith, Frieren, and Celeste all notice a figure in a strangely ancient hood standing among the stands, a fierce grin on their face - before the figure turns and disappears into the crowd.

Mina - having come to spectate and cheer on everyone from the stands - gets a rather panicked look on her face as she watches it all unfold. She quickly takes out her phone and begins typing frantically at it, before hitting “send.”

All at once, all of Braphine’s chosen will hear their phones begin to beep.

CALL FOR HELP.

I've added emergency commissions to the app - please take them on if you are able to/need to!

We can get through this if we all work together. So, please... look out for each other out there, okay?

COMMISSIONS

HELPING HAND

Please help the injured! Even if it's as small as first-aid or comforting a scared child who's gotten lost in the aftermath of the go-kart crash, any little bit of help would be appreciated by the overwhelmed medical staff at the scene! Unless you’re already injured, in which case, please allow yourself to be tended to!

(OOC note: For clarity, this commission reward applies both to characters who are helping the injured and those who are injured in the thread!)

HOLY HEALING

The hospital is going to need more supplies. For those who are strong enough, please seek out Archangel Shadows in the Nekyia. They should drop blessed feathers - these feathers then can be taken to Braphine’s Temple, and the priest or priestess there should be able to turn them into medicine for the injured.

RACETRACK REPAIRS

In the aftermath of the go-kart pileup and everything associated with it, it's time for people who are good with their hands to roll up their sleeves and help the locals with repairs - clear the debris off the track and make sure the way is clear for the emergency vehicles and construction crews who need to access the site!

OOC

READ ME!!!!

• Welcome to your Week 4 event log! While this log covers the go-kart race and its immediate aftermath, please feel free to use this log to thread out anything else happening during the week after and we will see you next week for the Week 5 event!
  
• Note to all go-kart participants that there has been some shuffling in the team compositions due to player drops as well as Everything That Happened on Friday. Regardless, you can claim event participation gacha rewards if you signed up and have one thread of at least 10 comments with a go-kart related prompt on this post.
  
• Archangel stats and information have been added to the bestiary!
  
• AC is due end of the month! Make sure you get that in~
  

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[gardenful]

[ Hell yeah, she's pumped! This is both a good opportunity to improve her skills and to help out those in need, so you bet she's game for this one. ]

Let's go! I'll back you up here.

[unweathered]

[Awww, yeah. She likes this spirit]

What are your specialties? If we have good element coverage, this will be much easier.

[gardenful]

Support and healing, but my elemental specialty is Bless.

[ None of which was a surprise to her, honestly. ]

You seem like the kind of girl that likes to go on the offensive, so hopefully your abilities reflect that...?

[unweathered]

Ahaha, what's the fun of fighting if you can't wage a little war? [She does pout a little when she thinks about how much harder it is to fight with bloody wind spells]

As long as the target is right, my attacks should work out.

[gardenful]

Think of me as your cheerleader and healer, then! I'll boost your attacks so that they hit harder.

[ Which will probably be more satisfying too, she figures! ]

[unweathered]

[ And they reach an archangel almost immediately. Schneider laughs]

Cheerleader, hm? I could get used to that.

[gardenful]

[ Since she seems to like the idea, Aerith decides she’ll go ahead and go all out. ]

Goooo Schneider!

[ With that, she casts Matarukaja, raising both of their attacks. ]

Go get that archangel!

[unweathered]

[Schneider lunges first, smashing the butt of her gun into the archangel's head. Yeah. She's not just a long range fighter]

Now how can I let you down after that?

[But she does do a proper spell with Magaru]

[gardenful]

You won’t, I know it.

[ Aerith will watch for any sort of attack to come Schneider’s way so she can cast a quick Media to heal her up. ]

[unweathered]

Such wonderful faith.

[ It's not quite like fighting critters or enemies with human bodies. Schneider feels like she's slower than she should be and her attacks should be causing more damage only chip a little bit away. She gets a glancing scratch along her cheek and her eyes narrow and she counts. One. Two. Three.

She fires off a Perfect Storm and if Aerith is particularly attentive, she might notice the tension in Schneider at the sound of the rain]

[gardenful]

[ Hm. Not a fan of her own spell, is she? Aerith doesn't want to jump to the conclusion that Schneider dislikes rain, but the tension in her body is obvious, especially when she has to focus to heal that scratch on her cheek with another Media.

The fact that she says nothing at all might make it obvious that she noticed. ]

[unweathered]

[Schneider will just aggressively beat the everloving hell out of all the archangels with lunge and her less...annoying spells. Hmph. She's glad Aerith said nothing]

Ahaha, it looks like we've made a good haul. What do you think?

[so many Feathers]

[gardenful]

[ She picks up one of the feathers after it's fallen to the ground. ]

Looks like it. I think this will be a good amount of medicine.

[ With that, she'll go ahead and pocket it. ]

I'm glad we're able to actually help.

[unweathered]

[ Feathers... ]

If only they were for decoration.

[ But medicine it will become]

[gardenful]

If they were... what would you do with 'em? Make something for your room?

[unweathered]

Mmm... that would be a nice decoration wouldn't it?

[ well Aerith, since they're roommates now...]

[gardenful]

It'd look kinda nice in a flower arrangement. Maybe I could make an arrangement that complements it.

[ Colorful flowers against a stark, brilliant white. Hmm. She likes that. ]

[unweathered]

... there's nothing saying we can't keep a handful if there's a surplus, no?

[ It's one of the few things Schneider genuinely likes. Perking up]

[gardenful]

Then... wanna go get a few more?

[ They got what they planned to, so where's the harm in a few extra!! ]

[unweathered]

If you're happy to help me shoot down some more of these monsters...

[ Time to harvest feathers!!]

[gardenful]

You know I'm up for it!

[ She'll even scope out another Archangel, pointing towards it. ]

Charge!

[unweathered]

[ Time to snipe more demons, hell yeah. And after they have even more and even Schneider is beginning to feel a little winded...]

Think this is enough for a good bouquet?

[gardenful]

[ She's feeling a bit tired herself too—using a Persona is way different than just channeling spells through materia, after all.

But Aerith takes a count of their rewards and nods. ]

Yep, I think so. Besides, we wouldn't wanna tire ourselves out to the point we can't enjoy our new decor, now would we?

[unweathered]

Mmhm. There must be something to brighten the place up. Such a dreary world.

[ It really is nothing like using a weapon blessed with arcanum. She brushes her hair back and begins to sort the two piles. One to complete their mission and the other just for them]

[gardenful]

[ She watches as Schneider sorts through the feathers, waiting to take one of the piles when they're ready for transport. ]

No kidding. Even going outside is depressing.