Commandant Flynn Scifo (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thinkfirst) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
wellcome2023-04-02 01:40 pm
thinkfirst) wrote in wellcome2023-04-02 01:40 pm
Entry tags:
1.3 Week 1 Desert Exploration
It's finally happening, everyone! After two months in this town, Flynn is sick of not knowing what else is out there. Sure, it's a little windy and very hot, but it's better than last month, and there's no time like the present, right? It's time for a:
Desert Expedition!
After posting about it at the beginning of the week, Flynn will be leading a little expedition into the desert. His goals are as follows:
The plan right now is to leave just before dawn on the morning of the 7th with as much water and food as Flynn & anyone else who's coming with can carry. He's going to try to set up water caches to support future expeditions, as well as start to map what's out there. It's going to last all of a single day and a single night of camping under the stars before the entire party is going to be caught in a massive sandstorm and have to fight their way home. Fun!
The way I think it'll work best is if we basically do all the exploration here in this little post! So, if your character wants to come with, feel free to just count them in. I'll be making comments below with various things we'll need to hash out, and we can figure out roughly what happens on this little expedition! I'll hop in on the mod account (or have Mads do it) with anything folks might discover, and I'll be (in the interest of not mostly playing with myself, haha) letting other people kind of take the lead on that!!
I was thinking this would be mostly OOC for ease (i.e. "Flynn's going to spend his time poking his nose into X, Y, and Z, he'll need some help with A") but if you'd like to actually thread things out, feel free to do that too. We're all just making things up over here!
After posting about it at the beginning of the week, Flynn will be leading a little expedition into the desert. His goals are as follows:
- figure out how far the desert goes
- understand what else might be out there
- see if there is any hint of other intelligent life
- find a way to communicate that they're all trapped here with someone who can help
- just kinda see what's going on
The plan right now is to leave just before dawn on the morning of the 7th with as much water and food as Flynn & anyone else who's coming with can carry. He's going to try to set up water caches to support future expeditions, as well as start to map what's out there. It's going to last all of a single day and a single night of camping under the stars before the entire party is going to be caught in a massive sandstorm and have to fight their way home. Fun!
The way I think it'll work best is if we basically do all the exploration here in this little post! So, if your character wants to come with, feel free to just count them in. I'll be making comments below with various things we'll need to hash out, and we can figure out roughly what happens on this little expedition! I'll hop in on the mod account (or have Mads do it) with anything folks might discover, and I'll be (in the interest of not mostly playing with myself, haha) letting other people kind of take the lead on that!!
I was thinking this would be mostly OOC for ease (i.e. "Flynn's going to spend his time poking his nose into X, Y, and Z, he'll need some help with A") but if you'd like to actually thread things out, feel free to do that too. We're all just making things up over here!
Who's in?
no subject
Survival Skill Level: Ehhhhh he's okay at it. He's got a lot of lists of supplies and he can carry a lot, and he's pretty good at fighting if they should encounter anything.
Interested In: What's out there? Are there any other people, or any signs of other people? How hard is it to get to those mountains in the distance?
What else will they be doing? Flynn set this up, so he feels a lot of responsibility to keep everyone safe. He'll be leading everyone in the direction he feels is most useful to start with (out west, toward the distant mountain ridge and sort of near where the lights were). He also wants to set up caches of water to enable people to roam further in the future. He'll be there through the entire expedition, including camping and helping people get home through the storm.
no subject
Survival Skill Level: Diluc has memories of his training as a knight. He can survive in the wilderness and on various terrain. He's solid in a fight. Decent with first aid and maps.
Interested In: What is out there? What happened to the town. What can they get to? What supplies might be out there?
What else will they be doing? Diluc will help anyone who needs some training in survival or combat. He'll be assisting in guiding others and setting up caches. He'll loyally stick to and serve as protection for the group.
no subject
Survival Skill Level: Middling high. Bruce is good at navigating obstacles and will come as prepared as possible.
Interested In: Discovering if communication with a theoretical 'outside' is possible, making sure other people don't die.
What else will they be doing? Bruce is bringing a jailbroken walkie-talkie with him in an effort to catch radio signals, if there are any. Whether or not the reassembled walkie-talkie can actually pick anything up if anything even exists to be picked up is an unknown.
no subject
Survival Skill Level: He's amazingly resilient and adaptable, plus he doesn't know when to give up, so it's pretty good.
Interested In: Helping out as much as he can and maybe looking for any sort of resources. Broken down caravans or transports, trails that indicate any passage of life. He's adept at drawing so he might attempt to make maps or sketch out any notable landmarks with notes on how long/far they are from town.
What else will they be doing? Aside from attempting to keep spirits up, he'd probably be invested in trying to make sure they can find their way back. He'd be planting markers and counting paces as best he can while making notes in a little novelty notebook he has.
no subject
Survival Skill Level: Middling? High because he is powered by the sun, doesn't need to eat or drink. Doesn't sweat or get tired during the day. Has super strength, durability, and speed. Low because he's trying to hide anything unnatural about him, he's also clumsy and has no actual survival know how.
Interested In: Making sure the crew goes out there and gets back as safely as possible. Any signs of horses or plant life that they may be able to grow.
What else will they be doing? Tripping, falling, being a bumbling mess. Probably a good pack mule.
no subject
Survival Skill Level: Medium-high: can do a lot by instinct, even if he doesn't remember why. He's traveled through a desert before, and nearly died from it.
Interested In: Keeping Flynn alive, finding civilization outside of Wellstone
What else will they be doing? Helping to navigate, helping to carry stuff, being generally supportive, telling people to hydrate.
no subject
Survival Skill Level: Low to middling? He has no special abilities and no survival training, but he didn't die on the magical therapy train so he can't be totally useless.
Interested In: What is out there? Are there more people? Ideally people who actually know things.
What else will they be doing? Carrying stuff. Complaining about how much the desert sucks. He's likely also got a pretty good eye for rations, which would have been more useful if this trip lasted longer than a single day.
Exploration
no subject
He'll also be burying caches and generally making sure that they're making a map of any notable landmarks in case they get a chance to go farther in the future.
The Storm
no subject