=> [MINI META LOC] Chittentown

[Hivestuck]

The nearest major city to the base, Chittentown boasts many interests and benefits for the lowblood-oriented Initiative. Information and supplies are often routed through or bought within the city, and while it might not be a hotspot for entertainment or comfort, the rebels connections provide quite well regardless. A haven for lowbloods more apt to support the cause, and full of technological advances just ripe for the mimicking, the dusty desert town certainly isn't an unusual stop on any given night.

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HOW TO PLAY

Teams can roll (1d6) to search for clues and expend a stamina point, either in the same location or in two different locations, using the form below. All trolls must search the same room as their teammates during each individual session. Please double check that you're in correct room before rolling.

[size=14][b]TEAM NAME[/b][/size]
[b]Team Members:[/b]
[b]Your Roll:[/b] (edit in)
[b]Current Stamina:[/b] starting with 2/2

Once you've rolled, you can check the chart (see spoiler) for your discovery. If you've landed a clue roll, your clue will be PMed to you at the end of the day. Please do not share clues in a public setting, but be sure to hang onto all of them and share them privately with your group!

You are free to respond to the mini-prompts you receive in this thread as well as roleplay. Landing on an NPC roll will trigger a short walk-by, which could give you even more hints, and will be posted in the room thread it was activated in. It can also be reacted to via RP, and other teams who rolled that day in the same location can witness it. Keep your eyes peeled and remember, the more you RP, the more you can search!

Reaching 200 words of RP per teammate in the ORP or any LOCATION thread will grant each team member an extra stamina (1 extra per location/orp for a maximum of 7 total throughout the entire game). Please quote the mule when each team member has met the requirement in any given thread. You may continue to RP in any room thread even after your rolls are complete. Additionally, at any given time during the week of gameplay, your Team Leader may quote the mule and grant your entire team 1 extra stamina, but only once.

Each day a mule post will be done in each location thread declaring the start of the next day. Your teams stamina fully recharges, and the prompt encounters in a thread may change.

The last day to roll is the 18th!

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CHITTENTOWN DISCOVERIES

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If you rolled a 1...

You hear some strange noises and chirps from the far corner of a dark alleyway, and find yourself creeping towards them. Turning a corner, you look down to see a mother meowbeast tending to her fresh litter- awwww, how adorable! You go to lean in closer, but the mother gives you a short hiss, and you slink off in compliance.

If you rolled a 2...

You were minding your own business, peering into a window display of freshly baked goods when an orangeblood on a bus-sized alligator lusus clipped your side, sending you stumbling backwards. They offer no words of apology, and scurry off on their charge. Rude!

If you rolled a 3...

Turning down a busy street, your vision narrows on a large poster of the Queen's face plastered outside a common food chain and sopor slime store. Someone had scrawled a moustache across her grin, and one of the store's employees was currently replacing it with a fresh copy of the Queen. You had to wonder- how often did they need to replace it?

If you rolled a 4...

Looks like you found something... (Please quote the mule to receive your clue PM at the end of the day.)

If you rolled a 5...

Lifting up a rusting lid to a dross croffer lining a nearby alleyway, you peer inside. Flies swarm at your face, and the heated stench from the garbage inside made you want to toss your lunch- what did you think you'd find inside, anyway?

If you rolled a 6...

Looks like you found something... (Please quote the mule to receive your clue PM at the end of the day.)

 

[quite uneventful]

TEAM GIRL SQUAD
Team Members: Vremea Everai, Odette Cygnet, Athene Bramma
Your Roll: 5
Current Stamina: 2 - 1 = 1 stamina

To start off their investigation, Vremea's first option was to head to the streets of Chittentown, where she at least knew how to get around and knew quite a few trolls whom were information sources. She'd asked around but sadly, nothing came up. Her not finding anything made her become paranoid-- she was supposed to be a leader, but she couldn't even find information properly. Greeaaat. She felt a slight longing to visit the library and to go check up on Yammom, but she couldn't, and Yakmom could take care of herself... Or, well, could she? She was getting weaker... She needed to take her out more often... Vremea took a step to go home before realizing she wasn't in the position to do so. Her friends needed her to lead them

After leading Odette and Athene near a dark alleyway, a few noises made her peek in it to see... Meowbeasts? Raising an eyebrow, she walked a little closer, only to see they were freshly birthed. This struck a chord in Vremea— why couldn't trolls do this with their young? Trolls were descendants from other trolls, they weren't created out of nothing... She couldn't help but wonder— Who was my own ancestor? Were they like me, an opposer to this monarchy... A sigh slid out of her when she heard them hiss, and a sad expression slid onto her face. "We should go,"Vremea said, turning away. They'd find nothing here...

Quote:

You hear some strange noises and chirps from the far corner of a dark alleyway, and find yourself creeping towards them. Turning a corner, you look down to see a mother meowbeast tending to her fresh litter- awwww, how adorable! You go to lean in closer, but the mother gives you a short hiss, and you slink off in compliance.

 

[zeflamigo]

TEAM GIRL SQUAD
Team Members: Vremea Everai, Odette Cygnet, Athene Bramma
Your Roll: 4
Current Stamina: 1/2

Odette looked at the meowbeasts with Vremea, cherishing their cute features. They weren't anything like featherbeasts of course, but all little beasts were cute in their own right. Odette wanted to reach out and pet them, but their mother wasn't having any of that. Still, she could admire them from afar. "They're cute, aren't they Vremea?" She said. "I haven't introduced you to Siegfried yet, have I?" She continued, "Oh, he's a little pigeon Keionx and I are taking care of. He's lovely, I'm sure he'd love you!"

Odette turned and followed Vremea out of the area. "Where should we go next?" She asked. Vremea was the leader, of course. She should rightfully be in charge of where they should go.

Hivestuck

We just got a clue!

 

[Hivestuck]

The next night has begun. All teams stamina is restored back to 2 points, (with the exception of bonus stamina, which rolls over to the next day if it haven't been used!)  

[Hivestuck]

The next night has begun. All teams stamina is restored back to 2 points, (with the exception of bonus stamina, which rolls over to the next day if it haven't been used!)  

[Green Minuet]

TROUBLE
Team Members: Kursha Vidari, Byakko Mawiya, Rasali Panaka
Your Roll: 1
Current Stamina: 1 - 1 = 0

Kursha's eyes narrowed as a crocodile lusus barreled between him and Rasali, nearly knocking both of them to the ground. His hand drifted dangerously close to his rifle, and then returned to his side, empty. He he watched as the lusus disappeared around a corner, letting out his breath. It would do no good to cause a scene. They needed to keep a low profile, and shooting up some pissblood's lusus would only make them a target. Besides, he had a feeling his teammates might not approve. He made a mental note to later track down the lusus and its keeper, and make them eat dirt.

((Not much happening here, sorry.))  

[kamileunaire]

TEAM ******** Members: Zeffer, Aprife, Tete
Your Roll: ?
Current Stamina: 5-1=4

It was a new night with new opportunities, and a certain stormchaser had woke up with a novel idea; they could do a little poking around outside the base, maybe. After hearing about the little spat his teammates had had after they had split up, Zeffer figured it might be nice for a change of scenery and a bit of fresh air.

After getting lost a couple of times through the tunnels, they had finally found their way out. Snakedad had been hanging around, and slithered over immediately to meet them, wings fluttering. The reptilian lusus rather enjoyed the desert; there was fine basking to be had during the day, and the night was full of furry, edible creatures. They didn't waste any time; of course he was more than happy to ferry them into town on his back.

"Good old Chittentown. I think I know where we should start, too..." Zeffer patted Arcus' neck when they reached their destination, goggles pulled over his eyes to protect them from the sandy breeze that had kicked up. They'd been around this very area only weeks ago, and he couldn't help but feel a bit of distaste. It was a city that was full of bad memories for him, but he wouldn't let that be a hindrance this time...

After a bit of searching, the blueblood stumbled upon something that seemed as if it could be useful. "Hey guys, come look at this..."  

[melona-pan]

TROUBLE
Team Members: Kursha, Rasali, Akko
Your Roll: 4
Current Stamina: 2 - 1 = 1 (+1)

Chittentown.

Byakko was well acquainted with the primarily rustblooded city, as one would almost expect of a member of the Pheonix Initiative. Akko knew the littered desert streets well, and the twisting alleyways even better; after all, many of the Initiative's allies and connections were found within the dusty metropolis. She was used to slinking around in the shadows discreetly from Point A to Point B, aiming to avoid any and all detection as she went about whatever business she had within Chittentown. It was a force of habit born from years of conditioning rather than something she felt was actually imperative, as the lowblooded city had always treated her decently. Still, Byakko was a creature of caution, and felt exceedingly more comfortable in her mask of shadows than out in the open.

However, with her two greenblooded teammates in tow, this time Akko found herself smack in the middle of a main street in broad nightlight as the trio pressed on with their search. It felt odd. They had been wandering the city for a couple hours now, searching for something, yet nothing specifically at the same time. Her well traveled paths would offer little but fly ridden refuse bins to their investigation, and so they had instead made their way for some of the more populated areas of Chittentown. Akko felt her own frustrations about their lack of progress mounting... tedious investigation work wasn't really her jam, and neither was large crowds of trolls and their lusi. Especially large ones. Double so for huge, menacing looking ones with fangs- wait... was that Arcus?

Byakko stiffly turned to feign interest in a window display of various work gloves, using the glass' reflection to peer at the snake lusi and the trolls accompanying him. Ah, ********> She tugged her robes tighter around her muscular frame, as if that would somehow help disguise her. Sure enough, Zeffer, Aprife, and that unfamiliar looking pissy greenblood were headed in the direction of her team. What were the chances?

She glanced over her shoulder at Kursha and Rasali who couldn't be more than a couple paces away. A quick retreat was possible, right? It wasn't that she was avoiding her friends, per say, as much as it was she just... didn't want to have to deal with them right now. Okay, maybe she was evading them. Akko just didn't know what to say to them on a more personable level after the rebel summit. Hey guys, crazy how I kept that huge secret from you all these sweeps, huh?

The mutantblood hastily strode over to her teammates. "Hey. Maybe let's check out that store over there?" She pointed to the nearest doorway, hoping the two would comply without much question.

Hivestuck

clue get!

 

[saedusk]

TEAM ******** Members: Zeffer, Aprife, Toote
Your Roll: 2
Current Stamina: 5-1=4

Hivestuck

Encounter!

 

[Hivestuck]

You strike up a conversation with a chatty tealblood about the rebellion as they helped lead you back into the base after your night's work at Chittentown, and eventually the topic wandered to the previous Initiative commanders and their downfall. "So it was like, Qinlon and Zhuque who were morails, right?" They prattled on, describing how the two originally shared the leadership position of the Initiative. "Zhuque decided to step down after... some stuff with Byakko, and I guess that really peeved Qinlon off." They shrugged lightly, waving a hand in the air dramtically as they gossiped. "A lot of trolls around here think the pressure drove Qinlon off the edge enough to go totally bananapants and betray everyone, but I dunno. Those two had their problems, but they were morails, y'know? Things did get pretty crazy up there, but I guess everyone died so it doesn't matter much anyway." You pleasantly parted ways as you made it back to base.

saedusk

 

[saedusk]

Ah, Arcus. It brought back a lot of good memories riding on his back the way they had, enough to temporarily sway his thoughts away from what ha happened last night. It was hard to dismiss the feelings, though, and he'd mentioned what happened to Zeffer, looking for a little support. For now he was feeling better, though, if only a bit more solemn as he thanked his matesprit's lusus for the ride. He hadn't yet looked back at Muerte.

It seemed like Zeffer had the right idea with where he'd chosen to take them, though. Finding a good lead after searching only one area was definitely a bonus, and the yellowblood had a good feeling about Chittentown after that. What other secrets would it divulge? He wouldn't have to wait very long.

A tealblood, one quite eager to talk. It was always those types Aprife liked best, they were easy, and he didn't much feel like expending a ton of effort at this point. Soon he'd find his groove again, but for now he just wasn't as on top of it. Didn't stop his eyes from widening at the gossip they got as they walked their new company to the outskirts of the town. Really? So that's what had happened, what had caused the change in command. He found himself even more interested thanks to the direct tie to a certain someone he was personally familiar with. Shouldn't have been so nosey about her personal life, but hell, Aprife was nosey about everyone's secrets, especially his friends.

When they'd reached the edge of town, the tealblood intent on returning to base, Aprife declined them. "I think we've got more to do here." He looked around to his teammates for confirmation, eyes lingering on Zeffer longer than they did on Muerte.  

[Melancholies]

TEAM ******** Members: Zeffer, Aprife, Tongle
Your Roll: 5
Current Stamina: 5-1=4

Muerte himself wasn't too keen on recalling or reminiscing on last nights events. There was a dull animosity present, albeit quiet, which would have been unusual for the greenblood if not for what had happened. Muerte was generally more quiet than loud, yes, but that was not to underestimate how out spoken he could be. Even so, he usually wasn't without the little scoff or smarmy one liner at least.

To anyone else who didn't know the greenblood well, they might describe him as placid. Even though he had been reluctant to board Arcus into the town (snakes snakes snakes disgusting), he went rather silently, not in the mood to start anything up again.

At least town provided a clearer atmosphere and more distractions. He found himself looking to a gratified poster of the queen, though remained rather indifferent on the matter as he watched the poster be replaced. This was a goddamn haven for lowbloods, so what were they even expecting, plastering the highbloods fast on all and everything? It mattered not to him. He wasn't really thinking—a peculiar oddity—finding himself on the outskirts of town, idly following his... he supposed group as they were escorted around.

Gossip. For once he found himself listening to their words, even if he didn't find what they said to be particularly interesting. Muerte wasn't one to be riled or excited over drama, unlike a particular yellowblood nearby who was practically salivating over the juicy tidbits. He found himself rolling his eyes a little. Being morails meant nothing, really. Quadrants were a bullshit ideology to the greenblood; if what the tealblood said was true, then it serves the dipshit right for trusting someone so much.

One can only truly trust themselves.

Or so went his motto. The scientist kept his arms grossed, eyes following his boots as they trekked back into Chittentown.  

[kamileunaire]

TEAM ******** Members: Zeffer, Aprife, Teetels
Your Roll: c
Current Stamina: 4-1=3  

[saedusk]

TEAM ******** Members: Zeffer, Aprife, Tetipsy
Your Roll: 4
Current Stamina: 4-1=3

Hivestuck

Got a clue!