Because this quest is meant for Freshman, the parameters of this one are clear: Stay in the lit areas only. Do not wander into the dark. Do not wander into unexplored territory.
RP Notes for this Quest Make sure the following are mentioned in your RP: - Your Character being given a large reusable plastic bag (bearing the Emerston bookstore's name), and a flashlight. - Once you are finished the quest, please mention them returning the bag and flashlight!
To Complete this quest: - You must scavenge in TWO different areas, and fill in each post with RP to consider the quest completed. - Roll a 1d6 to start - This will determine where you are scavenging. Then, follow the information in that area's SPOILER TAG for further information. - This quest must be done in separate posts - there should be at least 4 posts total (1 to choose location, 1 to scavenge, 1 to choose second location, 1 to scavenge second location). - Scavenging rolls may be done in one post or three (1 post of 3d6, or 3 posts of 1d6). - Please note that any items found are considered IC gains only and will not count towards your mini site totals. Any food or water is automatically given to the University storage for later IC rationing!
1: A First Floor Lecture Hall
- You have decided to scavenge in a first floor lecture hall. Any one of them. They are mostly barren, save for dust and abandoned backpacks. - Please roll a 3d6 and match your results to the rolls below to determine what you find.
1: You flip through someone's notes, and find a recipe for a no-cook meal. Interesting. 2: You trip over something. The Projector in the room screeches to sudden life, sputtering and flashing for a moment before all does still. You find nothing, but you lose a couple of nerves in the process. 3: You find a backpack. You dig through it, and manage to find a half-full (or half empty?) bottle of water. 4: You find a couple sweaters. You may either keep them (IC find only), or bring them back to base to share. 5: Something shiny catches your eye - it looks like someone dropped a toonie. Score? 6: You rifle through an abandoned purse, and discover a few cereal bars. They haven't expired yet! (+1 credit)
2: Emerston University Bookstore
- You have decided to scavenge in the Emerston University Bookstore. It's mostly been picked clean, at least the shelves have, but the floor is littered with debris. There might still be something useful here, right? - Please roll a 3d6 and match your results to the rolls below to determine what you find.
1: You find a backpack. It's big, and fairly intact. Cool. 2: Markers and Paper bound. There should be enough plain paper to start a (very ashy) fire, at least. 3: You find a couple of batteries on the floor. Double-A ones too. You perform the Bounce Test, and there's a chance that they'll work! (+1 credit) 4: You dig under a stack of fallen english textbooks, and find a small pack of candy that survived. 5: Somehow, you manage to find an MP3 player on the ground? I wonder if you could find a charging station for it... 6: You dig, and dig, and dig, and end up with nothing but paper cuts.
3: Gym Locker room
- You have decided to scavenge in the Gym locker rooms. While the lights in this area are dimmer than elsewhere, they still work. Luckily for you this Schools lockers did not automatically come with locks, as a student you had to provide your own. As such, they are mostly all openable. - Please roll a 3d6 and match your results to the rolls below to determine what you find.
1:On the floor you find a few notebooks and pens, partially used. 2: This row of lockers seem to be jammed, you find nothing. 3: Opening a locker you find some (really smelly) old socks and shorts. Do you keep them? (IC only) or you can bring them back to the group. 4: Checking the washroom to the side of the locker room you find a closet filled with new, unused, toilet paper rolls. Something that would be great for the group! (+1 credit) 5: You find a large stack of paperwork in the corner, perhaps good for making fires? 6: Searching a locker you find a pretty nice jacket actually! You can choose to keep it (IC only) or bring it back to base.
4: Guidance Counselor Office
- You have decided to scavenge in the Guidance Counselor office. This would have been one of the first places you saw upon entering the University. Once neat and organized it is now a ghostland of paperwork and chairs everywhere. - Please roll a 3d6 and match your results to the rolls below to determine what you find.
1: Rummaging around you find some high quality pens, some even look unused! 2: Just a bunch of paperwork everywhere, darn! 3: You find a calculator that runs off solar energy! Neat! 4: Rummaging around in an old file cabinet you notice something sparkling at the bottom, and turn up a small hidden stash of unopened gummy bear packets. (+1 credit) 5: You find a bunch of stuffed animals themed after the Universities Mascot in different costumes. You can keep a few (ICly) or leave them there. 6: You find something smelly, only to discover it is a rotten sandwich left behind, ew!
5: Chemistry Lab
- You have decided to scavenge in a Chem Lab. - Please roll a 3d6 and match your results to the rolls below to determine what you find.
1: You find some sturdy rubber gloves. Good for touching gross stuff or for taking off to slap people that offend you. 2: You find a pair of goggles. Eye protection is important, even during the apocalypse! Maybe especially during the apocalypse. 3: Something crinkles under your feet. It is a very helpful poster. Good to know. 4: While checking in the cabinets, you find some unmarked chemicals. Someone wasn't following proper lab procedure! 5: You happen across what looks like a stash of sturdy laboratory glassware, all intact. Finders keepers! (+1 Credit) 6: You find a box marked 'HIGHLY FLAMMABLE'. It might be best to take this one back without opening it.
6: Dining Hall
- You have decided to scavenge in the Dining Hall. - Please roll a 3d6 and match your results to the rolls below to determine what you find.
1: You find some packages of vacuum sealed meats! Pre-marinated, too! (+1 Credit) 2: The cabinet you opened has something in it, but it smells awful. You might not want this. 3: Someone has already ransacked the fridge, leaving nothing. Might be for the best - it would probably be spoiled by now. 4: You find a full bag of sugary cereal! Sweet! 5: You discover a stack of dinner trays that look like they were freshly cleaned before this all started. Might be a cool shield or sled. Or you could always eat off of it... 6: One of the students working kitchen staff left their bag. A change of clothes is still inside.
If you wish to complete this in a group: - You will still need to scavenge in two different locations, but each player must roll a 1d6 in that area. - Example: Corey and Charlie wish to scavenge together. Corey (by OOC rolling) chooses the lecture hall. Both Corey and Charlie's players need to roll 3d6 in the lecture hall to scavenge. They finish that area. Charlie (by OOC rolling) chooses the bookstore. Both Corey and Charley's players roll a 3d6 in the bookstore to scavenge. - All posts must be filled in with RP before it is considered complete for either player. ALL POSTS. Meaning, if Charlie's posts are filled in but Corey's aren't, neither Corey nor Charlie can mark that quest as complete.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:01 pm
Harvard crossed his arms with a rustle of plastic. The bag seemed sturdy enough, and the flashlight worked, so that was definitely a plus. But he, a professor with a doctorate and fluent in 15 languages, being sent out scavenging like some rat?! It wasn't to be borne. He picked at an ink spot on his hand briefly before looking as his companion - they weren't to travel alone, after all.
"So, where do you wish to look first?" Harvard didn't recognize him, but these days he barely recognized anyone.
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Character's name: Dr. Harvard Falls Character's faction: University Character's journal link:Here Character's survival stats: #80 Jersey Number: -- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 35 year old linguistic anthropology professor. Dark hair and beard. Smokes. [x]
In his ventures so far, Austin hadn't exactly been the best at scavenging -- not that he'd admit it. In his own possessions was a single can of cheap beer, probably stale beyond compare, more likely to make him sick than to nourish him, but potentially useful at a later date. Unfortunately, that time wasn't now. He had no flashlight, and as he peered up at the other man, it was clear that his eyes were slightly unfocused behind the heavy glasses on his nose, narrowed to a squint, like he was trying to make something out into the distance.
Austin didn't see terribly well. And these weren't his glasses.
After a moment, he huffed out a sigh, looking sideways as if he might find escape -- but as there was nothing there, he nodded once, sharply.
"...I vote dining hall. Or the book store."
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Character's name: Austin Character's faction: University Character's journal link:Here Character's survival stats: Austin ElswoodView BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTERHERE.
Austin's slim and a bit taller than average at 5'10' with sandy hair shorn short on the sides, longer and curly on the top. His eyes, behind a pair of thin wire thick plastic frames with the wrong prescription, are faded green and usually amused; his skin is fair, freckling in sun unless he's careful; his mouth is just a little too full, in a way that appeals to most people.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:17 pm
"Well, too ******** bad. We're going to the gym." He nudged Austin with his flashlight. "No use standing around." This was said without a hint of cheer.
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The look Austin gave him at the flashlight prodding was flat and unimpressed and, despite the fact that he was only an inch taller than Harvard, gave the clear message that if he tried that again he'd lose the damned flashlight.
Maybe it was annoyance that made his poking around the room less than a stellar performance. He kicked at a few lockers, tugged on some doors, and couldn't quite manage to get anything open. Later, he'd say it wasn't really his fault, that obviously some kind of fight had gone on in there. The doors had been bent, stuck, there was probably only dirty gym clothes to be found anyway.
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This row of lockers seem to be jammed, you find nothing.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:26 pm
"Talkative, aren't you?" Harvard moved to the lockers, opening one, then another, then a third. He pulled out a nice jacket, leather, but not a letterman (thank god). Harvard slipped it on.
"Eh, not bad. But not my style. Here." He tossed it at the other man, hoping to elicit some sort of response. Maybe he was stuck with someone who was deaf or didn't speak English. In which case, Harvard probably spoke the guy's language, if only he would talk. Wait, he had spoken... so... just taciturn. Alright. HArvard could deal with that.
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6: Searching a locker you find a pretty nice jacket actually! You can choose to keep it (IC only) or bring it back to base.
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The jacket hit him and, for a moment, it looked like Austin was going to object, get pissy again -- but that, finally, made his expression relax and his eyebrows go up, something brightening in his eyes. It was a nice jacket, and it was leather, and it sure as hell beat the piece of s**t windbreaker he had now.
After a pause to check the label and see who it was made by [acceptable if not excellent] Austin shrugged into it himself, testing. Sleeves a hair too long, but...
"Not bad, I think." He didn't say thanks, just looked around the place and then shrugged at Harvard: not quite smiling, but considering. Maybe he'd be down for actual conversation, now.
"You look kind of familiar..." He poked absently at a large stack of paperwork, trying to decide if there was any use to it. It was, at least, dry.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:56 pm
"Suits you. And I'm not sure - have you ever taken linguistic anthropology? I'm Dr. Falls. Though I guess, since it's the end of the world, you may as well call me Harvard." He clicked open another locker and nearly gagged. Old socks and... shorts.
For a brief moment, he debated tossing these at Austin, too. But, ugh, effort and then additional effort getting Austin to not pummel him. Instead he shoved the offending materials in his plastic bag. Whoever was on laundry duty might cry.
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3: Opening a locker you find some (really smelly) old socks and shorts. Do you keep them? (IC only) or you can bring them back to the group.
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"...no. But I guess maybe you just look like my into to psych teacher." Pens and notebooks weren't really something Austin'd find useful just now, but after a skeptical look, he offered them to the teacher.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:01 pm
"Mm, good." He absently accepted them, shoving the pens into more pockets than it looked like Harvard had. "Cannot have enough pens, even in this wasteland of a situation." Disgust colored his voice as he bent to root around in a corner. He shoved some paper into his bag. Might as well.
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5: You find a large stack of paperwork in the corner, perhaps good for making fires?
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"This place is a bust, though." Finished with his searching, Austin stood and swiped hands on his pants -- not dirty, but for some reason he felt that way, just a bit. He pushed the glasses up on his nose and shrugged at Harvard, rolling his shoulders under the unexpected luxury of his new coat.
"Want to see what else is nearby?" He didn't wait for a reply -- didn't wait for a no, or more argument or prodding, just led the way to the Guidance Counselor's Office.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:05 pm
"Lead the way," he said to Austin's already retreating back. He stepped into the room and looked around skeptically. "Loks like a bunch of s**t - something smells." He opened a desk drawer and paused. Ah, a rotten sandwich. Great.
He closed the desk drawer.
In another, he found yet more pens. Half of these, however, he shoved into his plastic bag. The other half still disappeared into his own pockets. Harvard moved on. The cabinet held... gummy bears.
"Someone's bound to want these. Did you find anything?"
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6: You find something smelly, only to discover it is a rotten sandwich left behind, ew! 4: Rummaging around in an old file cabinet you notice something sparkling at the bottom, and turn up a small hidden stash of unopened gummy bear packets. (+1 credit) 1: Rummaging around you find some high quality pens, some even look unused!
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It was morbid curiosity that drew Austin over to peer at the rotten mess Harvard had discovered, and he immediately regretted it, bringing a sleeve up to his face as he gagged at the smell. When Austin closed the drawer, it was with more force, not even trying to play it cool like that hadn't grossed him out.
There were more pens, and this time, Austin shoved half into his own pocket, as well, before the teacher turned eyes in his direction -- and he shared the other half with a little shrug. "Lots of pens. Seems pretty useless to me."
But then he paused, with a blink that melted slowly into a smile, heading toward the other side of the room. "...oh, but these could be entertaining."
Not useful, but stuffed animals. Austin picked one up and tossed it in Harvard's direction, entertained. "Help pick up girls at the very least, I imagine. If you're interested in that sort of thing."
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You find something smelly, only to discover it is a rotten sandwich left behind, ew. Rummaging around you find some high quality pens, some even look unused. You find a bunch of stuffed animals themed after the Universities Mascot in different costumes
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:14 pm
"Never underestimate the feeling of needing a pen and not having one" And didn't that should stuffy and teacher-ish to say? But Harvard didn't particularly care; it was the truth. "Besides, s**t like this gives people a sense of normality." He sighed heavily, and his hand reflexively reached up to catch the stuffed animal.
"You really think this would work on them? Huh." Still, he pocketed it (lumpily). "I'm into whatever. Kind of regret not taking up my T.A. on all her offers before, well, this. End of the world, sort of - don't people usually end up ******** more because of danger?" He glanced around the room; it looked fairly cleared out. Absently, Harvard noted that, upon return, he must relinquish his plastic bag, flashlight, and the contents of said plastic bag. But the pens, those were his.
"Unless you want to take that mess that was previously a sandwich, I think we're good here."
"Who's your TA?" Austin asked it brightly as he rolled up to stand, tucking a couple stuffed animals under his own arms -- awkward, but worth collecting, he thought. He hadn't found much, but at least what he was bringing back would be interesting.
"I'd ask if you had a picture, but none of us have pictures of anything anymore." This slid toward something thoughtful, instead. "And if you did, I bet you could make a mint on it."
