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Snowblind Moderators ([personal profile] snowblindmods) wrote2015-04-06 10:46 pm

Search Requests (OLD)

Search Requests (OLD)

Characters are allowed to travel across already traveled upon squares without mod intervention, but if they are traveling across unexplored squares or want to search buildings and other areas, you will have to post here. How much searching and traveling your character can do is based on the weather, any movement penalties your character may have, and any events that may otherwise hinder travel. Common sources of movement penalties are injury and being over-encumbered--if you want to try and drag a mattress around with you, don't expect to get anywhere very quickly!

The base amount your character can travel is divided up by area of the map and then split between safe and potentially unsafe travel. Travel is on a per-square basis; safe travel is how many squares you can move and still have time to find a place to shelter for the night--you could reasonably expect to be able to backtrack a bit and settle down in a house if you find yourself in an empty square, while unsafe travel means you're traveling right up until the 8PM lockdown. If you end up in an empty square at that point, your character will be locked outside and die overnight of exposure.

The time it takes your character to search is split into a quick search and a thorough search. SEARCHING HAPPENS ON A PER-BUILDING BASIS, NOT A PER-SQUARE BASIS. A quick search of a location gives you more time to travel; a thorough search gives you less time but can yield a larger quantity of items, as well as items that would be better-hidden. By default, a quick search uses up one square of travel time, while a thorough search uses two. Especially large buildings will take longer to explore completely, but these will be noted as they are found. As far as what you can find, typically they will be items normally associated with whatever sort of building you're in. There might be more unusual items in certain areas, though...

In the case of certain buildings, things can be assumed to be included in the rooms even if they are not specifically outlined in the descriptions. There are no electronics in homes unless specifically noted. Unless otherwise noted in a specific description, assume the following is in each residential home that has these rooms mentioned:
Living Room: couch, armchair, end tables, television stand, bookcases
Kitchen: cupboards, counters/counter tops with drawers
Dining Room: dining room table, chairs (default is six chairs)
Office: desk, chair
Nursery: crib, rocking chair, changing station, small dresser
Bedroom: bed frame, mattress, dresser, nightstand
Master Bedroom: bed frame, mattress, large dresser, two nightstands
Bathroom: toiletries

Electricity and running water should not be assumed to occur in a house and will be noted in case of a house having these things. If water is mentioned, it defaults to cold water.

We encourage you to do your planned traveling all at once so we can get you your results as quickly as possible, but don't worry if IC circumstances lead to your character traveling twice in one day! You can comment again and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. While you're traveling in this manner, if at any point your character would come across something unusual or something they would have to react to, we will pause your travel there to allow you to see what they've come across and react accordingly.

Residential Zone One:
August 18 - August 31
Day 027 - Day 031

Safe: 5 Squares morning start, 4 Squares day start
Potentially Unsafe: 6 Squares morning start, 5 Squares day start

September 1 - September 30
Day 032 - Day 041

Safe: 5 Squares morning start, 4 Squares day start
Potentially Unsafe: 6 Squares morning start, 5 Squares day start

Residential Zone Two:
August 18 - August 31
Day 027 - Day 031

Safe: 5 Squares morning start, 4 Squares day start
Potentially Unsafe: 6 Squares morning start, 5 Squares day start

September 1 - September 30
Day 032 - Day 041

Safe: 5 Squares morning start, 4 Squares day start
Potentially Unsafe: 6 Squares morning start, 5 Squares day start

Ice Caves:
August 18 - August 31
Day 027 - Day 031

Safe: 7 Squares morning start, 6 Squares day start
Potentially Unsafe: 8 Squares morning start, 7 Squares day start

September 1 - September 30
Day 032 - Day 041

Safe: 7 Squares morning start, 6 Squares day start
Potentially Unsafe: 8 Squares morning start, 7 Squares day start


First, reply to this thread to make a top level comment where all of your search threads will go. This thread should have your character's name in the subject line. To travel into unexplored territory or search, fill out the following form, making sure to reference the setting page where necessary and let us know who is travelling with you, and reply to your own thread:


If your character would like to alter something written in the basic description of a square or building, this is also the place to put that! For example, if your character really is going to give dragging a mattress around a try, they can take one from a house if you let us know. We can both adjust the descriptions of the locations and tell you potential results/penalties. To do this, fill out the following form and reply to your top level:


Finally, we have a character location spreadsheet that lists where characters are on various days, so you can more easily see where everyone is and how it relates to your character. This is player-updated, so feel free to make a row for your character and start adding where they've been!

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croi: (Not much you can do here.)

Day 001

[personal profile] croi 2015-06-04 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Starting Point: M11
Squares Traveled: 2 (3 if you count where he started, I guess.)
Areas Searched:
M11 - 61 - THOROUGHLY
M11 - if there's any obvious other major tourist attraction houses of note there - QUICKLY
L11 - if there is one - QUICKLY
L10 - see above - QUICKLY
Anything Else? He's looking for Gae Bolg in M11, but obviously there isn't going to be a Gae Bolg anywhere. (Hope springs eternal, though.) Or large sticks he can use to bludgeon people with or other weapons he can use to kill people wi- look, he just died in Murderfest. Or I guess coats? Or people. People's good.
ossifragant: (Ö but i'm the one to blame)

[personal profile] ossifragant 2015-06-04 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Greed will be keeping the can opener, butcher's knife, and will be carrying the frying pan with him for the time being.
Edited 2015-06-04 00:31 (UTC)
croi: (Default)

[personal profile] croi 2015-06-04 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Any chance of amending L10 to a more thorough search given that L11's got jack shit with a side order of fuck all re: rubble? Or is that pushing it? (Pretty okay either way, for the record.)

I'm also deeply disappointed that we can't get our graffiti going yet, but one day.
maskintape: (you ever see that movie)

[personal profile] maskintape 2015-06-04 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
HAHA OH NOOOO. Will he be able to make it over to 83 in T4 in time if he runs for it? I knew his stellar luck in finding the sponge couldn't possibly last
maskintape: (you got like 50 million aliens)

[personal profile] maskintape 2015-06-04 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my god I'm losing my shit. LAST QUESTION: can he stamp on/otherwise abuse a chair (or something) enough to snap off a leg to be used as a potential weapon?

Thank you again!
maskintape: (global warming? please)

[personal profile] maskintape 2015-06-04 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
He'll be using a dining chair and whacking it against a doorframe, assuming that would do the job! What a ruffian.
sageprincess: (Unbelievably bored)

DAY 002

[personal profile] sageprincess 2015-06-04 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Starting Point: V11
Squares Traveled: 1, potentially 2-4 if U11 contains no suitable buildings for shelter
Areas Searched:
U11 - any intact buildings - THOROUGHLY
(potentially T11 - any intact buildings - THOROUGHLY)
Anything Else? She will be ignoring rubble today, searching only places that are at least somewhat intact. If U11 contains nothing, she will pass through it to T11, and if that contains nothing, she'll backtrack to V11 once more for the night.
genreblindness: (Slow going again.)

Day 002

[personal profile] genreblindness 2015-06-04 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
Starting Point: E6
Squares Traveled: 4 - returning to E6 from E7
Areas Searched:
D6 - any buildings - THOROUGHLY
D7, E7 - any buildings - QUICKLY
Anything Else? He'll be primarily looking for clothes, shirts in particular, but in D6 will also stop to look for signs of former residents. After that paranoia will start creeping in and he'll rush it, only bothering to go through dressers and other likely locations for clothing. Whether he finds anything or not, he'll run back to house 34 well before nightfall.

As before, he's making a video record of everything.
dr_unconscious: (Grin | Chuckle)

Day 1 - setting change

[personal profile] dr_unconscious 2015-06-04 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Remember when I said I was done bugging you guys about day 1 stuff? I lied!

Location: U4, building 88
What Are They Doing? Stiles is going to try to tear apart a couple couch cushions or pillows (whichever is available and possible to damage) and Clayton is going to try to tie the casing around his socks and pad them out with the cushion/pillow stuffing, as improvised external footwear. THANKS STILES
Edited 2015-06-04 15:26 (UTC)
figureitout: (◐ run boy run)

[personal profile] figureitout 2015-06-04 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright! He'll tear off a part of fabric of some of the furniture (a chair or something that has fabric covering that has been clawed by the cats) to stick in his bag, and in building 88, he's taking all of the mentioned items.
genreblindness: (Posting it tomorrow.)

[personal profile] genreblindness 2015-06-04 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's totally not going to be terrifying for him at all. Thanks!
sageprincess: (Finding amusement)

[personal profile] sageprincess 2015-06-04 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
HELL YEAH SHE'S TAKING THOSE BOOTS and the hairbrush and card thing. I've plotted with Lea-mun and they'll be stuck in the same house when curfew kicks in, so while she might not know what to do with the card initially, she'll have someone around who does as well as the tablet helper and the network.

So. What's on the card. /chinhands

Mami Tomoe | Puella Magi Madoka Magica

[personal profile] fataliteas 2015-06-05 03:10 am (UTC)(link)

DAY ONE

[personal profile] fataliteas 2015-06-05 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Starting Point: P9
Squares Traveled: 3
Areas Searched: P9, P10, (P11 was traveled through but not searched) O11, no backtracking
P9 - 108 - QUICKLY
P10 - ANYTHING NOTABLE IN THE AREA - QUICKLY
O11 - 118 (where she'll stay overnight) - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? She'll specifically be looking for paper, writing utensils, books, matches/lighter fluid, medical supplies, small tools like hunting knives/flashlights/screwdrivers, and any sort of weapon but especially firearms.
ninjainviolet: ([Focus])

Sheena Fujibayashi | Tales of Symphonia

[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2015-06-05 07:29 am (UTC)(link)