ninth shot ⊗ open july log

[flamekthunder]

Who: Eustace and anyone
Which: Open July Log (set after the beach party/moon viewing log)
Where: Various
What: Seagulls; boatbuilders+seafood dining; choya; teleporting and limiters follow-ups
Warnings: None just shenanigans


⊗ a: quest 703: herding seagulls

[Those seagulls are definitely a damn nuisance, especially when they're around his and Tifa's house. He just wants some damn peace and quiet!! But he'll also be taking to the riverfront where most of annoying birds have gathered to join in the efforts in controlling the invasion.

Now, while he could just electrocute them with the abundant amount of lightning he can wield at this point, he will try to be more...humane and instead use two of his corgis to try and chase them off and work on a bit of wind element while he's at it.

So anyone out on the Riverfront will see Eustace calling out to two corgis—a red named Idris and a black and white with a tail named Cadoc—to essentially herd the birds. Some are just chased away, but if there's a large group Eustace aims to capture them.

Idris will rush at any groups that are scattered, driving them to fly closer together and knock them up into the air by the wind the dog's speed produces. Eustace will follow up by producing his own wave of wind to force them to fly and tumble closer to the ground before Cadoc releases a weighted net from a canister. For the most part, they're mostly successful, able to capture up to 10 birds in the net and then send them off to others who will either carry them to the beach or...cook them. Look he's not going to judge, even if it's not the tastiest thing.

But sometimes a few mishaps might happen...such as—]

Ah—

[Someone either caught by Idris's wind blast, a stray seagull flying right into someone's face, or worse—there's a misfire from the canister and someone gets caught in the net instead.]

⊗ b: quest 704+5: ocean fishing

[Finding some amount of the materials isn't too difficult, particularly since he had to find some good wood for a piano... But testing a boat? Hmmm. Given that there are requests for some seafood, might be able to kill two seagulls with one harpoon.

1. Peace and Quiet. With whoever has decided to join him on this impromptu fishing trip, Eustace looks out on the ocean waters as they stay near the shallows for now.]

So far so good. The waters seem calmer out in the shallows so let's keep it simple and see what we find around here first before trying to go further.

[And what can they find...? From simple fish to curious squids to anything really.

2. Rough waters. But if things start getting rough, such as a large angry crab or really, really sticky seaweed that's trying to wrap around their oars or the boat itself, their boat might also start seeing a few cracks.]

⊗ c: quest 706: choya chop

[Eustace actually isn't here for the quest—around another time that he's trying to fish or exploring the are a little, he'll notice any chaos and commotion from anyone who is trying to do the quest—or just happened to accidentally piss off the choyas.

A crackle of lightning and a gunshot will ring out as he rushes in to aid, shouting when he sees those weird cactus things turning read and looking ready to burst.]

Get back, it's going to explode!

[At worst, if someone can't make it on their own, a sheet of ice will suddenly appear in front of them, acting as an impromptu shield that will block at least most of the carnage.]

⊗ d: teleporter and limiters follow-up (semi-closed)

[For those who answered Eustace's inquiry last month about creating some kind of teleporter doorway as well as power limiters, including use against nightmare energy, Eustace will be trying to follow up and see how things are going. It'll be a brief message, something along the lines of,

I'd like to follow up on our discussion regarding [___]. Let's meet at your earliest convenience.

With the [___] filled in for whichever topic they discussed.

If anyone else would like to speak with Eustace about these topics, they are welcome to use this prompt and either use a journal response or find him out and about in town.]

⊗ e: wildcard

[Open to other prompts! I considered him trying the dog sleds for vehicle testing Feel free to hit me up on discord, PM, or laenavesse for questions or further discussion!]

Comments

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[crystalized_hope]

[G'raha has set aside his revenyte project for a little while to focus his attention on something that he had spoken to Eustace about last month. Creating a device that allowed you to teleport to a specific place in mind seemed a little daunting at first, but how was this unlike how revenytes worked?

So for the time being, he settled on creating a big enough crystal to hold in his hand for a test run. When he thought of a project like this, his mind went back to the devices that had been given to the Scions before heading out to Ultima Thule. Mayhap later in time, he could really refine how these look and function, but for now this would have to do.

The Crystal was self made through dreamotion, only because while a normal crystal here found in Reverein would probably work, he had a feeling that it would better attune to the revenytes having come from the same source. After tinkering around with the concept for about a month, he had found success in his preliminary tests. Now if he could modify it to allow travel to wherever the user focused on while using dreamotion, that would put him one step closer to their goal.]

Pick a place and I will be there anon.

[It was a good time to share his findings with Eustace.]

[flamekthunder]

Meet me in this field over here.

[Insert a simple map showing G'raha how to get there from the neighborhood.]

I assume a larger, quieter area would be best to discuss this.

Journal → Action

[crystalized_hope]

[The field seemed easy enough to find, so he swiftly responded back.]

I will be there ere long.

[Grabbing the device and whatever notes he had on the project, he made his way there. It didn't take too long for him to arrive, waving momentarily as he approached Eustace.]

Have you waited long?

[flamekthunder]

[Eustace stands leaning against the fence post marking the entrance to the field, just taking in the peaceful, quiet nature of the place before he hears the approaching footsteps, glancing up before G'raha gives his greetings.]

Not long.

[crystalized_hope]

Good.

[He was glad that he wasn't kept waiting. He then turned his attention to the crystal, holding it up for Eustace to see.]

'Tis nothing special, if you go by appearance, but I have performed some preliminary tests on it already. Though I have not yet achieved the goal of using it to teleport to wherever the user may wish to go with it just yet, it has been able to teleport to the revenytes around town.

Though, in truth, there are some things I would like to test while I show you the progress that has been made thus far. I cannot say whether or not it will work as intended, but the only way to know is to keep testing it.

[flamekthunder]

[That's a lot more progress than he was expecting, so this is looking more favorable than he initially thought.]

What do you want to try?

[crystalized_hope]

In order to develop this to teleport wherever it is needed, it needs to be toyed with until it attunes properly. Ergo, I propose a test run to see it's limits. From there, I'll be able to make the proper adjustments.

[Or however many they require.]

[flamekthunder]

[A small nod.]

Sounds reasonable. Is it possible for this to take the both of us or is it only one individual?

[crystalized_hope]

Well, considering how it's possible to teleport with others in tow, I think there is a good chance that this may work the same way. We'll just need a destination in mind, though generally being attuned to an aetheryte is usually the reason why it works. If we can figure this much out, that would be a step in the right direction.

[flamekthunder]

[...Attuned and destination...]

Only one way to find out... However, I have to ask—there's not a chance of our bodies somehow getting damaged or split, is there?

[crystalized_hope]

There's no worries of being split necessarily, but there is theoretically a way to be stuck in between the lifestream in a normal situation with aetherytes. Although, that's a fairly rare situation. That usually has to do with the situation of if the aetheryte the person is teleporting to happens to be destroyed before they arrive.

I can assure you that I have never heard of such a thing actually happening though. There is the possibility, but destroying aetherytes are fairly uncommon on its own. There has only been a few instances that.

Whether or not something like that will occur with these are still unknown, but I don't think the chances are likely.

[flamekthunder]

[...

Yeah only slightly worrying, but...]

Even if something similar were to happen, given that we're already an altered state of our original selves and can traverse through dreams, we'd likely be able to escape any "gap" in between via dreamwalking.

If that's all then I'm willing to test it firsthand. Pick a destination.

[crystalized_hope]

[If it makes him feel any better, the few instances have dealt with beast tribes because they wanted to be difficult or during the Calamity.]

I'm sure it will be fine. [For the reasons he listed.] My suggestion would be locations that people populate the most. Perhaps it better we try a location that won't trigger the revenyte I have in the marketplace, though? How about the Wildlands?

[flamekthunder]

I would suggest the Corgi Tree, but you've never been there. [Hm.] What about the south exit, the one that leads to the lake?

[crystalized_hope]

I think that would work fine enough. All that's left is to give it a try.

[G'raha began to focus on the south exit whenever Eustace was ready to give it a try. He took the time to try to clearly envision his destination before attempting the teleport.

One moment they were there, the next they were gone! Success? Maybe? Or maybe not. Hey, is it just me, or is the water a lot closer to them than they thought?

The plus side is that nobody was harmed or taken by surprise by them popping in.

The bad side was that they were now taking a dip in the lake. Details.]

[flamekthunder]

[Eustace begins focusing, clearly imagining that exit. The road, the buildings, the fences, even the fields just beyond it...

Yet somehow, instead of seeing the road, when he opens his eyes he sees water—]

—!!

[And KERSPLASH!! Into the drink they go. Quickly Eustace is able to swim back up with a gasping breath.]

[crystalized_hope]

[Once to the surface, he gasped for air, letting out a few coughs.]

Of course it can't be that simple... Did we overshoot?

[Not that he expected it to be easy, but less issues would be better...]

[flamekthunder]

[Brushing back his hair, he quickly glances at G'raha, a little relieved to see he surfaced just as quickly before he looks back at their surroundings. Given the taste of the water had been more fresh and the brief glimpse he had before they fell in, he could quickly guess they were at the lake, but now the familiar surroundings confirm it.]

Possibly... Is it a problem of what we were thinking?

[crystalized_hope]

Hmm... It's quite possible. Before we ponder the possible reasons as to why it was incorrect, I dare say we should probably find dry land.

[They could try to attempt it again here, but this seemed like a less than desirable situation to do it in.]

[flamekthunder]

[Fair enough.]

Luckily the shore isn't too far from here.

[And swim away they go until they reach the shore, where they can at least catch their breath and probably try to wring out their clothes a bit.]

Despite where we ended up... It was effective and worked.

[crystalized_hope]

[Once on shore, he was glad to rest on the ground for a moment, all while wringing out his clothing the best he could. He set aside some of the articles of clothing he could, setting his bracers, scarf, and vest off to the side after wringing them out.]

This does mean it's theoretically possible. It just needs more fine-tuning. Even if it was not the destination in mind, the fact that it worked at all is a step in the right direction. Now we need to just consider what went wrong.

[flamekthunder]

Was the location too vague?

[crystalized_hope]

We could try to be more specific. If nothing else, we could rule out that as the cause if we end up elsewhere once more.

[But just where they end up next if that's the case? Hopefully they won't need to find out and it'll just work.]

I wonder if an actual landmark or structure would be a better choice to focus on?

[flamekthunder]

[Hmm.]

A landmark might be good. When I was thinking of the location, I was imagining the street, the buildings, and the general thought that it was towards the lake.

[...Hm.]

Perhaps that last detail added to the confusion.

[crystalized_hope]

It's quite possible. I have not admittedly been to the lake much myself. What would be a good landmark to use?