[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

[windeity]

That is a possibility. If anyone could, it's Rose. [Rose Lalonde is the best okay. But he shakes his head, turning another page.] I think that'd actually make for something very interesting. A dude who just wants a quiet life with his girlfriend...and boyfriend...I think...who also wants to help people but only when he feels like it. You always read the stories about heroes that make it a full-time thing and they just work for newspapers or whatever as a disguise. A pair of glasses doesn't change a person's face that much.

[parodeity]

Don't they?

[ he reaches out to snag john's glasses off his face, giving egbert-sans-glasses a considering look. ]

Hmm. I guess it didn't change you into superman, you're right. [ ...the glasses are duly given back. ]

[windeity]

[Hey!! There's a surprised little laugh but also he is now slightly blind, thanks Dave. He blinks a little to clear his vision, blue eyes focused on his glasses before sliding back to Dave's face and holding a hand up.]

I think I am probably better than Superman anyway. I'm not weak to kryptonite. [But once the glasses are in his hand he doesn't immediately put them on anyway.] Then again, I take that back. Your shades probably change things. I don't get how you can even see out of those all the time.

[parodeity]

[ john's face looks about the same, although admittedly a little Strange sans glasses. his eyes are still super blue, just like the other kids have Super Color Coded Eyes. ]

Acclimation, probably. It's more of a pain to try to see properly without them if it's super bright out.

[windeity]

[He thinks nothing of it. Thanks to the color coded eyes, too, he can sort of make an assumption of what Dave's eyes look like and it's probably the main reason he's not doing something dumb like taking the shades from him. Dave's pretty weird about them anyway, so John leaves it alone. Eventually though he slips his glasses back on.]

I guess that makes sense. The sun is probably brighter in Texas than in Washington, plus LOHAC. [LOHAC was bright and warm and very obviously Dave's planet.] You still haven't found your real shades?

[parodeity]

No. But I have confirmed that several other people can't find shit that's important to them.

[ so that's a thing. dave's lips thin out as he presses them together. ]

[windeity]

That's even weirder. Like we were ransacked before we even realized we were here. [It's troubling, but simultaneously he isn't sure what to think.] I checked everything and I'm not missing anything. So why some people and not others...think asking Genette or Brie would get us real answers? Depending how we asked.

[parodeity]

No. I asked Genette where my shades might've gone, and she played it confused. I dunno if it was genuine or not - but I didn't get accusational or anythin'. However, I think everyone who lost shit lost stuff that was...important.

[ he's frowning. ]

[windeity]

That still doesn't answer why it was only some people and not others. Genette's letter didn't hint anything about that either. But...that's outright stealing really important things then, and that is not cool. [A pause.] Has Rose noticed she's missing anything?

[parodeity]

No, but she doesn't really have...

[ hm. ]

The people I've talked to, it was all like...one thing. That was dead important to them. It's harder to think what Rose would consider that to be, you know? Or you. I might have an idea about what alternabro lost, but I'd have to ask him.

[ which. he will forget to do until the 19th unless reminded in that other thread on the 19th so uh yeah ]

[windeity]

[He's letting himself stare at the lagoon instead, sort of lost in thought. What would be important to him that he might have lost? He has thoughts, but it's nothing solid and there's no proof he lost anything. He's working under the idea that it was only certain people somehow.]

Yeah, I know. What do you think Dirk might have lost anyway? I can't think of what Jake might have lost, but I think that is mostly because I do not know him well enough yet. [A pause.] I didn't realize they were that important to you. [The shades, he means. He made fun of Dave for them liking them unironically, but he hadn't quite grasped it back then.]

[parodeity]

Just...maybe a thing. [ CAL. HE THINKS MAYBE DIRK LOST THE HELLPUPPET. more relevantly... ]

They're the most important thing I own, bar nothin'. [ it's said simply and without any effort at pretense. ]

[windeity]

Oh. [That's helpful, but whatever. Instead he's more focused on what he actually knows.] ...they're sunglasses. [There's a little grin though because it's sort of nice to hear, but also. They're sunglasses.] I mean I am flattered or whatever, but I didn't think Ben Stiller meant that much to you.

[parodeity]

[ john really doesn't know why they mattered, dave knows. he knew dave wore the pointy anime shades but he didn't really get that it was all the time, and that it was mandated. he doesn't really get that it was more or less the first time dave did something not mandated by bro, in terms of how he presented himself.

john doesn't get what it meant to dave to hear that maybe he was actually cool, and that in some goober-dreamed universe he had a chance at stepping out of bro's shadow (escaping bro) and being...whoever the fuck dave strider was.

and dave isn't sure how to explain it. so he jokes. ]

Please. It's ironic, you know? They're awesome 'cause they're ironic and they're ironic 'cause they're awesome. We've been over this, dude, when are you gonna take notes?

[windeity]

[He knows nothing about it, doesn't suspect that the words he'd written would have such an impact. But, of course, they're still true. Dave can be so much better stepping out from Bro's shadow, Dave is the cool kid and in a way it's something John knows he can't emulate and nobody can change. Sometimes he wonders if Dave believes it. Sometimes he thinks Dave believes it too much. But...there is no explanation and he follows along with the joke.]

I don't have a pen, and fuck off. I still think the whole irony thing is stupid. [There's a laugh in his tone though. This is how things should be.]

[parodeity]

[ dave punches john's arm, lightly. not that he could hit as hard as john but YEAH. ]

That's because you, Egbert, have zero taste. It's tragic, but I forgive you for it anyway.

[windeity]

[He snickers and also makes a show of rubbing the place on his arm that Dave landed a hit even though it couldn't possibly hurt at all.]

Thank you, your forgiveness is everything. I do not know how I could go on if I, John Egbert, did not have the forgiveness for my lack of cool from Mr. Dave "cool kid" Strider. [Idiots.] Also my taste is fine. You don't know what my taste is like now but it is fine.

[It's. Probably mostly the same. RIP.]

[parodeity]

Please, like your taste in movies and shit has changed at all in the past three years. [ he laughs, but maybe it's false bravado played easy, to some degree. there's three years of things he doesn't know, now, even if they've all fallen into place as easy as anything.

he slants a look sideways at john. ]

I'll learn whatever changed and probably be duly unimpressed by anythin' new you've picked up, as is my solemn duty as your best bro.

[windeity]

Believe it or not, it probably has. [So nyah. He doesn't mind that they're joking around, even with that bit of unsteady ground. Three years is still three years. Dave hasn't changed, so far, but...maybe he has? He hopes not.]

I didn't really have time to pick up anything new though since all we had on the ship were the movies and video games in my house. So. The same collection of stuff. But I guess that's what this place is for. When we start going new places, too, we can see what kind of stuff the aliens are into. [He waves the comic a bit.] If this is any indication, it might be kind of like the trolls' society.

[parodeity]

So tell me what all you've changed your mind on. You can't leave me out of date on the John Egbert 411.

[windeity]

And spoiler the surprise? No way. [A teasing grin.] Besides, I would hate for you to die of shock when we're surrounded by...this lagoon. Seriously, there are turtles, Dave. Think of the turtles.

[parodeity]

Are the spoilers the kinda thing that would like, kill the turtles also? Because I can take anythin' a bunch of turtles can take, excuse you. And unless you plan to tell me you no longer like Failure To Launch I think I can handle it?

[windeity]

I realized Con Air sucks.

[parodeity]

[ dave opens his mouth on automatic to make some kinda jaunty remark before his brain catches up with him sounding red alert sirens and he actually can't keep the poker face in response? to this statement? because it's not a joke, he doesn't think.

dave strider gapes at john egbert, who just said literally the last thing he ever expected.

eventually after like a minute of bluescreening he basically whispers: ]

Holy shit. [ gaining volume (though not much; he's always pretty quiet) he continues ] Oh holy shit you finally finally saw the light. What did I tell you all those years? Jesus Christ you're not even yankin' my chain. Please tell me you're not yankin' my chain. You've over your shitty wifebeater bunny in a box phase?? Or is your enjoyment of it now actually ironic. Holy shit.

[windeity]

[He's just staring at his comic book and patiently waiting for Dave to reboot because yeah. That is a thing. That is definitely a thing, but there's a devious smirk because it's also sort of funny.]

I still like Nic Cage, so don't get your hopes up too high. [But okay.] I don't know. I just. Realized it's a really shitty movie. I tried to watch it again last year and it was really bad. It didn't have the same appeal anymore because it just seemed really fake compared to everything else? I don't know. Maybe nostalgia factor will kick in someday but not anytime soon.