PLAYER EVENT ★ HELIOLOGY

[ricksybusiness]

INTRODUCTION. It's difficult to tell time without the presence of a sun or moon. There are no stars. The world is in constant blackness, the heavens barely visible from below and the only light artificial. It's been like this for months. Suddenly, those who expressed interest in observing the sun (or lack thereof) will all at once receive a text message on their ALASTAIR jewellery from 82736775: Get your shit and go look at the sky. Now's the time. If you need me, I'm around. It's time to get to work. OBSERVATION. Find the highest point you can and point the telescopes at the sky. Should be easy, right? Be mindful that there are still guards patrolling the city, looking for escaped prisoners, and some citizens would be very happy to tip them off to your presence. There are still animals in the forests to contend with, and there are still nosey citizens who may ask you too many questions. There are also your fellow ALASTAIR agents, who may not be very willing to share the spot they already staked out before you just showed up. People and animals aren't all you need to look out for, either. Seven hours after the observation starts, there is a lightning storm. It lasts for 30 minutes, bolts of electricity arcing across the sky. It might be a good idea to scurry down someplace lower when this happens -- you know what they say about lightning and height. 82736775 doesn't contact anyone after the initial text, so observers are free to give up whenever they decide they've been sitting out in the freezing dark for long enough. [ note: even if you didn't sign up, feel free to tag in! your character won't have a telescope but that doesn't mean they can't mingle. ]

[ previously: ic info | ooc info ]
[ direct questions here! ]

Comments

[viscontree]

I'll be able to find out where you are based on your transmission should you fail.

Keeping the line open is a good idea.

[He's got you backed up bro.]

[kamiizumi]

If I fail, I'll be at the bottom of the tree, hopefully not in too messy of a pile.

[lolol

But okay, he's going to shut up and try to get that telescope off his back with one hand now.]

[viscontree]

[Oddly enough, Julius laughs. It's not that he finds it funny it's more like he things there's a low chance of failure in this case. He listens to the feed for anything suspicious like crashing sounds.

Are you okay turtle bro?]

[kamiizumi]

[There's a few long, quiet minutes. No crashes or yells, which is presumably a good thing.

But eventually, holding that telescope up with one hand while the other stays clinging to the top of the tree is enough to make a guy's arm start aching, and when it starts to feel like he might slip if he keeps it up, Leo starts very, very carefully shimmying back down enough to get a foot on the highest branches and try to get a secure enough spot that he can actually bother securing the thing back on his back for the trip down.]

Okay. We're good.

Not sure if that was enough data to do much with, but I'd need a little prep time to come up with something to keep it up here longer term, so it'll have to do.

[viscontree]

[That's fine. No worries turtle dude.]

We'll see the larger picture once we've collected everyone's information. I wouldn't be too concerned.

Something that would seem insignificant to us might be significant when it's all put together.

[kamiizumi]

Yeah. I think Donnie would have my head for bringing in a sample size this small, but there should be enough of us around to make up for it.