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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Comments

[imperiosity]

[Aaron figures the murder thing was either part of the rundown that Yoon got or maybe he's just used to people dying at random. Who knows!!]

Well, replacement or not, get used to being underinformed and jerked around by our resident goddess while you're here. And if you've got questions, someone can probably fill you in.

[aaron wei, professional greeter]

[strawsandals]

[ If he's the welcoming committee, well...at least he's realistic...... ]

Sure, I have one for you, actually. Who are you?

[imperiosity]

[You know, this question actually makes a lot of sense, but the number of people who have asked for his name in this game is in the single digits, so it's going to strike him as weirdly mundane??? Oh well, not like it's a hard one.]

Aaron Wei. I'm on the third floor, in 302.

[because he's still squatting there and refuses to actually move into Argenti's room......]

[strawsandals]

I'm Yoon. I'm in 501, rooming with Céleste.

[ Who seems to be an interesting guy...to say the least. rip aaron and argenti ]

Are you hungry? There's plenty of food to go around.

[imperiosity]

[rip indeed... argenti doesn't deserve an asshole who comes in at 4 am just to take a shower and leave

Anyway, the name is noted but will not be used until their S-link is high enough!!]

I guess. [Peering down at the hot pot...] You planning to make a habit of this?

[strawsandals]

[ challenge accepted ]

No. This is a special occasion. I should make a good impression while I'm here, and also, after hearing about how a lot of people got hurt...well, it'll be a problem if people are too tired to fight. Right?

[ Which is his way of saying he gives a shit, but!! He can be tsundere as a treat. ]

[imperiosity]

[clasps hands in tsundere solidarity

Anyways, there's a small shrug. There were a few injuries that were probably particularly bad, but it also seems like the locals got the worst of it...]

Pretty sure most people are managing somehow, but I don't think anyone's gonna complain about a free meal. [unless it's like, poisoned or something maybe] What'd you put in it, anyway?

[strawsandals]

Vegetables, meat, seasoning.

[ It sounds like nothing fancy, but he is confident that it's tasty as hell. ]

It's nothing I haven't made before, but I'm surprised that ingredients are so readily available here. Give it a try, will you?

[imperiosity]

[How vague! But considering Yoon's observation about ingredients, maybe he's just not used to this much variety...?]

You live in the boonies or something?

[Although even small towns would get imports nowadays, he thinks. Oh well. At Yoon's invitation, he will oblige by grabbing a spoon and scooping out a bit of meat and veggies directly from the pot. What's the verdict, chief?!]

[strawsandals]

I'm a traveler.

[ Which isn't untrue! His group travels all over the place. ]

When you're in between cities, you have to flag down merchants when you see them traveling. That sort of thing.

[imperiosity]

[Uhhhh hm. That seems like an old-fashioned way of doing things, unless the places he travels to really are so remote that there aren't any well-paved roads for vehicles. As he continues to eat from the hotpot:]

...You know what a car is?

[strawsandals]

[ ...

...

... ]

A what, now?

[ NOPE. It doesn't ring a bell, it seems. The term is completely lost on him. ]

[imperiosity]

Yep, thought so.

[SIGHS now he has to explain because there's no one else here he can fob the task off to...! What a tragedy.]

Look, you at least have carriages, right? Imagine one of those moving without the horses.

[strawsandals]

[ Ah.

...

Huh? ]

How, though? Do you have to move the wheels yourself?

[imperiosity]

[briefly contemplates saying yes and just leaving it at that


also briefly contemplates not answering at all because effort but fine he'll throw the poor kid a bone!!]

Nah, there's a machine connected to the wheels that moves it for you. All the driver's gotta do is steer and decide when to go forward.