[OPENING] exploration log

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Who: Explorers and Co.
Where: Around the island and at the newly discovered house
When: Day 10
Open/Closed: Open to All
Note: Feel free to create your own logs for individual island explorations. A prompt is for house exploring, and you can list off multiple A prompts like A1, A2, etc. for more than one prompt within the house. B prompts (B1, B2, etc) are for exploring the island and may be open to all OR select friends who your character is exploring with.

[It's tough to live on an island that doesn't have many resources outside of the limited food sources and running streams. While Brie is aware of some other minor sources of food, like fish and frogs, one person exploring an island on their own means there are a lot of secret spots left to uncover. Despite adventuring for three years, her time on the hub itself has been much shorter, only staying for days or weeks at a time. Now that there are more people on this journey, covering ground is a lot easier.

Recently she's discovered another large estate -- much larger than her current shared mansion, which might also mean it has some supplies inside. On the morning of Day #, she's called together those who are hankering for more supplies in order to bring as much back as possible. Congrats, you get first dibs.

A. Upon approaching the house, the first thing that's noticeable is its size. It's all one story, but very flat and spacious. There are gardens in both the front and the rear, and upon entering (Brie might have enlisted you to help break the door down, oops) the inside is also quite vast. There are tons of rooms, multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, two kitchens and other rooms that aren't even explorable because they need keys to be entered. Unless you can find these keys, that is?

B. Alternatively, or maybe even aside from exploring the house, Brie's also suggested that you do some exploring on your own. Again, she's one woman with limited time to scout the island herself. What can you find? What resources are there to be harvested? Will you share in this bounty, or keep it to yourself?]

Comments

[splinten]

[He presses his face into his hand, trying to breathe.]

Just tell me what you want to do, man, because everything I say you hate.

[parodeity]

I don't want to do that. Stop...askin' me to decide shit.

[splinten]

Okay.

[God. He doesn't know what to do. He shuts his eyes behind his shades.]

Math?

[parodeity]

[ no clue what dirk means by math - just talking about it? - but it's no worse than anything else and less immediately terrible than some of the other options. dave ranks it as neutral. ]

Sure. Another time?

[ he's still apparently decided the turtle takes priority. ]

[splinten]

Okay. Do you think—it'd be okay for me to ask you to draw up a few outfits for me to pack for travellin'?

[Dirk is still holding his turtle. He honestly isn't even sure he'll adopt the turtle? That was never his plan. It might not be a great thing to do, given that they'll be world-hopping, and it is a turtle, and it belongs in this weird 'natural' habitat it has with turtle friends. He is reasonably sure it just wanted to follow him for food.]

[parodeity]

Another time. Sure.

[ he takes a step back. ]

You should kinda wear whatever you want though. My opinion didn't really...it's not that important.

[splinten]

You're right, though.

[parodeity]

It's subjective.

[splinten]

[The turtle seems to be unhappy with being held for this long, so Dirk sets him down. He offers him a little more food as thanks for his service.]

You literally didn't want to give me orange-striped shoes because you knew I'd choose clashing colours.

[parodeity]

He'll get away if you do that.

[ pointing it out. ]

Also I never said anythin' like that about orange-striped shoes.

[splinten]

I don't own him. [Dirk gives the little dude a pat.] He's a free turtle. If he wants to come with me, I'll help him, and if he'd rather live here with his turtle friends in his ecosystem, I'm not going to turtlenap him. That would be stupidly selfish. Maybe I'll, like, visit him if he decides he doesn't want to stick with me.

[He looks down at his shoes.]

I am pretty sure you implied it.

[parodeity]

Orange...doesn't go with much. [ ... ] But that's just my opinion.

[splinten]

I'm interested in your opinion, dude.

[parodeity]

I don't get why.

[splinten]

From what I can tell, you have a really strong sense of fashion. I get the impression that most people don't agree with my idea of a tshirt as business wear.

[ Why is Dirk the goddamned fashion worst. ]

[parodeity]

Polos are a step above tank tops, I guess.

[splinten]

Huh. [He thinks about it.] I've never tried a polo. Are they really?

[parodeity]

I thought that's what you meant by business shirts.

[splinten]

No, I meant t-shirts. Like my Godtier top, without the hood and with slightly shorter sleeves.

[parodeity]

I...guess that's an option?

[splinten]

I guess? [Dirk doesn't know. He is the worst at all things fashionable.] Anyway, I trust whatever you want to come up with.

[parodeity]

I'll think about it. For now, I've got the mobile thing with Rose.

[ whatever that is. ]

[splinten]

Yeah, I know. I hope you guys have a good time.

[parodeity]

Probably we will. Later.

[ and he'll abscond for the safety of rose lalonde's cabin. ]