Search Requests (OLD)

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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: <b>Starting Point:</b> The square your character is starting from. <b>Squares Traveled:</b> The amount of squares your character will be traveling, not counting the square they start from. If your character is backtracking, that will add to this amount, so please note that here. <b>Areas Searched:</b> SQUARE - BUILDING - PASSING THROUGH/QUICKLY/THOROUGHLY SQUARE - BUILDING - PASSING THROUGH/QUICKLY/THOROUGHLY <b>Anything Else?</b> This is the place to note if your character will only continue searching until they find a specific item or if they're specifically looking for only certain things and would discard other things. You can also mention if they're going to try doing anything unusual anywhere. MAKE SURE TO NOTE ANYONE TRAVELING WITH YOU. 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: <b>Location:</b> Please be specific! If they're doing something in a building, specify the building. If they're doing something outside, the square would be fine, unless you're having them work in one specific part of the square. <b>What Are They Doing?</b> Again, be specific. This can be as simple as taking an item that's part of the description or as complex as trying to break something down or build something. Note it may not always work and the town may react to attempts to alter it. 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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Jay Merrick | Marble Hornets

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Day 001

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Starting Point: E5
Squares Traveled: 2 - one square out and return to start
Areas Searched:
E5 - 31 and surroundings - THOROUGHLY
E6 - any buildings - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? He'll be looking for any kind of technological items, even nonworking ones, as well as tools and anything that could be used as an easily carried weapon. In E6 and upon his return to building 31, he'll pay particular attention to any signs of former residents.

He'll also be recording his search on the video function on his tablet.

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In building 31, Jay will find a kitchen knife and a small compact mirror. Outside is only rubble; searching that reveals a few screws in good condition.

E6 reveals two intact houses side by side (34 and 35). If he thoroughly searches both of them, he will be stuck in the one he searches last for the night. Would you like to do this, and if so, which will he search first?

Day 002

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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.

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If he reviews his film, Jay may notice a bit of distortion around the edges of the film, as if the edges were starting to blur for no good reason.

D6 contains only rubble, with no buildings to search. D6 and E7 are similar.

Day 003

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Starting Point: E6
Squares Traveled: 6
Areas Searched:
F6 - any buildings - QUICKLY
G6 - any buildings - QUICKLY
H7 - any buildings - QUICKLY
I7 - any buildings - QUICKLY
J7 - any buildings - QUICKLY
K7 - any buildings - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? He's still primarily looking for clothes, though if any kind of medical or technological supplies are easily found he'll grab those too. He'll be rushing along to get as far as he can, stopping for the night in the first building he'll (hopefully) find in K7. If there are no buildings, he'll just be shit out of luck.

As always, he'll be filming everything.

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Jay may note that there's no blurring around the edges of his film today. It's gone from the previous day's film as well.

F6 contains only empty snow, with nothing to search.

G6 contains half of building 29. At this point, it's clear a large building looms ahead--it wasn't visible before due to the snow, but it's obvious there's an elementary school nearby.

The entrance to building 29 is on this side; its description is as follows: A small shed outside the school, going inside reveals sports equipment is being stored in here. There are hurdles, various sports balls, giant mats, and the like. There's nothing that could be used as a weapon, though, unless you're going to try to hurl a basketball at someone's head. This is the only place on the campus it's possible to stay in overnight--if you try to stay anywhere else, you'll be made to leave at 7PM.

H7 contains one section of the elementary school; this block doesn't have an entrance, but it's clear the building has torn in half just to the north. This building is quite large and would take a full day to search the whole thing; given the implications of this being a campus, it also means there aren't likely to be many buildings to stay in overnight especially close by except for the one he's already found. What will Jay do?

Day 004

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Starting Point: G6
Squares Traveled: 3
Areas Searched:
H6 - the school - QUICKLY
I6 - the school - QUICKLY
J6 - anything there - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? He'll go through the school as quickly as he can, not really bothering to look around much unless something unusual catches his eye.

Assuming he finds a building that can be stayed in overnight in J6, he'll search it for clothes and tools and stay there.

As always, he'll be filming everything.

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At first, the film is normal. At any point where he's near the collapsed center of the school, he film is normal. However, deeper into the school, the film begins to warp around the edges as it did when Jay first arrived. The warping will remain on the film.

The school is described on the settings page as building 30; it's really long, so I won't paste it in here since it's already there. There's a first and second floor to the school and both are accessible; will he check both?

Day 006

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Starting Point: G5
Squares Traveled: No more than six including searches - they'll be exploring the school and then ducking back into building 29 in time for nightfall.
Areas Searched:
H5(and any other school squares their search leads to, see below) - 30 - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? Copypasting this from Louise like winner!! Jay is still with Tim and they'll both be recording everything while regularly checking the recordings to look for the warping they filmed yesterday. Since it only appears in the deeper parts of the school, they'll be checking there most intensively and comparing footage to try and find the place where it's worst (if applicable), in an attempt to trace a source. Because investigating weird film distortion has never ended badly for them before, ever.

If that bears fruit they'll continue to investigate the distortion, but if not then Jay will move on to searching the second floor of the school, on the western side, specifically looking for the teacher's lounge and anything interesting he might find there.

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It's very quiet in the school, and the deeper they go the quieter it seems. Footsteps echo more than they should and the distortion gets worse, as if someone were pulling harder and harder at the edges of the film just out of sight. Sometimes the film cuts out entirely, but only for a few seconds at a time. The better-preserved areas of the building have worse film corruption, but there's no specific source.

As they head upstairs, the brighter, less oppressive atmosphere of the stairwell relieves the tension somewhat, but it reinstates itself upstairs, and the film distortion returns. The teacher's lounge is unlocked, and everything except the machine seems accessible without an ID. The atmosphere is thick here, like trying to breathe through thick steam.

Searching the school, Jay will find a teacher's edition of a math textbook that doesn't mention dates but does cover up through what would normally be considered late middle school math despite being labeled as an elementary school resource. He will also find a child's umbrella and a very small backpack shaped like a bear, with the "mouth" opening up and accepting anything placed into it. Inside is a child's drawing of a group of shadow people surrounding a small, crouched figure.

While searching upstairs, the piano downstairs will begin to play, and will continue to play until they return downstairs, when it will stop. There is no one in the room it's in--and, of course, there aren't any strings in the piano anyway.

Day 008

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Starting Point: M7
Squares Traveled: 4 (through N7 to N10)
Areas Searched:
N9 - 107 - THOROUGHLY
N10 - 114 - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? He'll start out attempting to follow Masky, but quickly lose track of him due to being terrible at tracking.

He'll be searching for any kind of clues about previous residents, particularly hoping to find more SD cards or other recordings. He'll also take any clothes if he can find them. Though he'll try to break open the locked door in 107, I'm assuming he won't be successful.

As always, he'll be recording his search on video.

ALSO

Location: Square M7, building 36
What Are They Doing? He's taking all the books in the library off the shelves and throwing them all over the floor.

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Searching building 107 yields nothing, as the building is completely empty. The door also cannot be broken down, seeming to be unreasonably solid for something that looks (but clearly isn't) wooden. While recording here, there is an unceasing whining sound in the recording, though it can't be heard off of the recording.

Searching building 114, Jay will find a bucket of dried black paint and a blanket that's full of holes.

Day 009

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Starting Point: N10
Squares Traveled: 5 (straight north to N4)
Areas Searched:
N5 - 91 - QUICKLY
N4 - 85 - THOROUGHLY (not that there's much to search through)
Anything Else? As always, he's recording everything on video.

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In building 91, Jay will find a teddy bear and a pack of two unused taper candles. While searching building 91, he will be locked in and will be unable to search building 85.

Day 010

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Starting Point: N4
Squares Traveled: 4
Areas Searched:
L8 - 44 - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? He'll be hurrying more or less directly southwest, not bothering to look around much until he stumbles upon building 44 and stays there for the night. He'll search the building for anything interesting he might find, though unless he find medical supplies or spooky clues he won't bother taking things with him.

And of course, as always, he'll be filming everything.

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Searching building 44, Jay will find a yellow fitted sheet (twin-sized), fireplace poker, and saucepan.

Day 011

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Starting Point: K9
Squares Traveled: 5 directly to the west
Areas Searched:
I9 - 42 - QUICKLY
I9 - 43 - QUICKLY
G9 - 48 - QUICKLY
F9 - 41 - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? He's searching specifically for anything creepy or weird that might hint at former residents, but will also stop to pick up any medicine he can find.

As always, he's filming everything.

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If he searches every building quickly, he will end up locked in building 48. Is that okay with you?

Day 014

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Starting Point: B4
Squares Traveled: 3
Areas Searched:
D4 - RUBBLE - QUICKLY
E4 - BUILDING 25 - THOROUGHLY post lockdown!
Anything Else? Jay's looking for SPOOKY CLUES. He was told not to stick his nose in places it doesn't belong so of course that's making him search EVEN HARDER.

As always, he's filming everything.

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Searching the rubble of D4, Jay will find a handful of screws in good condition.

Searching building 25, Jay will find a bright yellow and orange beach towel, a pink bath bomb, and an orange wash cloth.

Day 020

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Starting Point: T7
Squares Traveled: 3
Areas Searched:
T6 - The graveyard - PASSING THROUGH
T4 - 83 - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? He'll be looking for signs of anything spooky with renewed vigour thanks to not remembering anything about the town. Assuming he doesn't find any kind of HINTS or CLUES, he'll pick up any medical supplies or other potentially valuable items.

And of course, everything's getting filmed.

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While filming the graveyard, there's distortion around the edges of the film--a pulling sort of look, which Jay would be familiar with if he remembered anything. Too bad he doesn't.

Searching building 83, Jay will find a bag of cat litter, a can of wet cat food, and a catnip mouse.

Day 031

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Starting Point: E15
Squares Traveled: 4, including backtracking
Areas Searched:
SQUARE E17 - BUILDING 131 - THOROUGHLY
SQUARE E15 - BUILDING 130 - THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? After Tim's melted the ice on the keycard reader, Jay's getting his head back into the search game because GOTTA FIND THAT KEYCARD. He'll be searching through the rooftop and pharmacy as thoroughly as he can for keycards or SD cards or any other kind of cards. And filming everything, of course.

Day 032

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Starting Point: E15
Squares Traveled: 4
Areas Searched:
SQUARE E15 - BUILDING 130 - THOROUGHLY
SQUARE D11- BUILDING 58- THOROUGHLY
Anything Else? Still searching for keycards/sd cards/WEIRD SHIT, meds, and cigarettes, and filming everything as usual. And yes, I copied this from Louise like the lazy asshole I am.