EVENT ★ ZETA-12 FINAL WEEK

[futurologists]

ZETA-12: FINAL WEEK After team Audentes makes it out of the desert in more or less one piece, they'll begin to notice the environment changing once again. After the sparseness of the sands and canyons, vegetation and water once again become more common; eventually, they've found a lush jungle with plants and rivers both plentiful. And like the changing environment, the squidges once again begin to transform. Please select an evolution according to your choice. Please note, you must have submitted your choice to the thread in the previous logs in order for your squidge to evolve. For those who encountered the cave: If they went into the cave, their squidge has taken on one of the following features: a fox-like tail, an armadillo snout (with tongue!), or enhanced sense of smell. However, if they stayed above, their squidge has one of these: a beak, a prehensile tail, or enhanced sense of hearing. THE JUNGLE (WEEK 6) The jungle air is thick with humidity, light barely filtering down past the dense canopy of leaves overhead. Unlike the forest back at the beginning of the journey here, the climate in the jungle is almost stifling, so recruits may want to look for refreshing Rainbow Berries to snack on and keep their energy up -- but keep an eye out for the Lucifer's Poppy, as its effects can cause the journey to reach an abrupt end. Rivers wind through the jungle, with waterfalls ending in relaxing pools where recruits can try to beat the heat and spend some extra time with their squidges as the journey's end approaches. Like the other biomes, there are no creatures here -- no birds, no bugs, no jungle cats -- but that doesn't mean that recruits can leave their guard down entirely. Apart from various poison plants (such as the Beezlebulb and the Malboro) other hazards to look out for include slippery, moss-covered ground cover that may cause a hapless recruit to lose their footing, and the dangers of heat exhaustion. Unlike the previous biomes, there is no major choice for recruits to make here. Instead, they must bathe their squidge in the Wellspring, a bubbling, faintly glowing pool of water in the depths of the jungle. The Wellspring is responsible for triggering the squidges' final transformation and allowing them to grow into adulthood. In order for squidges to evolve into an adult, squidge parents must have completed a certain amount of tasks during the Zeta-12 mission. If these tasks were not completed, the squidge will not evolve and will remain in its larval stage. The evolution form can be found on this post. Squidges who successfully evolve into adults will grow in size, anywhere between 122-183cm (4-6'). They will loosely retain their rounded shapes, their limbs and torsos elongating, and any physical transformations will also grow with their size. In adulthood, squidges are less needy and frightened than in their larval stage, and generally have a calm demeanor (with exceptions made if they happened to pick up an aggressive trait along the journey, of course). Their language remains a wordless burbling, but they can communicate with their caregivers through gestures. After bathing their squidges in the Wellspring, regardless of the success of evolutions, recruits should prepare to depart Zeta-12 with the knowledge that their alien children are better, stronger, and smarter for the time they spent together. OOC NOTES This log lasts ICly for one week, and OOCly for 1.5 weeks. Once the mission is completed and the squidges are bathed in the Wellspring, recruits will have until August 20th to say goodbye and let their alien wards leave the metaphorical nest. Direct questions about the Zeta-12 mission here. And don't forget about the bounty board! After August 20th, Zeta-12 bounties will no longer be completable. Please remember to fill out your squidge success form! Participation is required to pass AC this month. If you have any questions about the form, please direct them here. Forms must be completed by August 31th, 23:59 UTC.

Comments

[misspotts]

[sigh]

I didn't realize you two knew each other.

[/unsure if good or bad]

[predomination]

[urahara rubs the back of his head, as if embarrassed. this is entirely for show.] I could say the same. Tony-san, you never told me you had such a lovely friend.

[you sly dog.]

[hyperverbose]

She's my - much - better half, actually.

[misspotts]

[She sees you trying to suck up Tony. After that conversation in the caves it's probably sorely needed, lbr]

Among other things.

[She's a multi-tasker.]

[predomination]

[he leans closer to Pepper, using his fan to cover up his shit eating grin.]

I see~ Well, he does seem like the type to keep a person very busy.

[urahara "shameless jackass" kisuke.]

[hyperverbose]

He's onto me. [ and he's starting to get edgy over here, worried that sparky's going to start moving too much and give him away ] So we're wrapped here, yeah?

[misspotts]

[She lifts an eyebrow.]

Someone's in a hurry. [She glances back for a moment, back the way she came before she turns back to them.] But I think so.

[predomination]

[Urahara turns at the same time Pepper does, catching sight of Osaki mingling among the other squidges.] Are you going to let Sparky keep that little suit of his? It might come in handy if he's clever enough to figure out how to get out of it when he wants to.

[hyperverbose]

He'd grow out of it, and he can't make the adjustments himself. One - no materials. Two - he didn't complete his night school masters in engineering despite my best efforts.

[misspotts]

He'll be fine without it, anyway.

[predomination]

Oh, no doubt. [Osaki comes bursting out of a crowd of squidges to latch onto his leg, chirping happily.] And there she is! No doubt trying to make sure I leave her with something, hm?

[hyperverbose]

[ sparky hears the sound of his friend and starts vibrating around in tony's pack so he takes a step backwards, and tries to distract pepper, since urahara is clearly occupied. ] Jarvis settled in?

[misspotts]

Yeah, he's fine. [But she sounds distracted, her eyes falling on the pack Tony's carrying.]

Tony, what do you have in there?

[She doesn't want to know, does she.]

[predomination]

[OH HO~ BUSTED!

Urahara looks up, managing to look cheeky about something that clearly is not even his business at all.] Ahhh I see now. Trying to be sneaky, were you, Tony-san?

[hyperverbose]

It's an oscillating... facilitator for the suit. It's just going haywire right now. [ the protest is directed at urahara, but he casts a side-long look at pepper like NOT NOW IN FRONT OF THIS GUY ]

[misspotts]

Uh huh. Sure it is.

[Side-long look or not, Pepper's just standing there, hands on her hips. She doesn't believe a word of that, and she doesn't care who's here to catch him in a lie.]

[predomination]

Mmhmm.

[just standing here with his fan in front of his face like tee hee~]

[hyperverbose]

[ tony shrugs, and opens his mouth to protest, when there's an unzipping noise, and sparky sticks his little helmeted head up over tony's shoulder. he glances back to look at him, the word TRAITOR etched on his features ] ... Now how'd you get in there?