Search Requests

[glencolans]

SEARCH REQUESTS

At game start, the map is completely unexplored and covered by a "fog of war" obscuring its features. New characters will be randomly dropped onto the island's shores; from there, to uncover tiles on the map and figure out more about where they are, search requests are required to document movement, attempt to uncover hidden materials and passages, discover or confront dangers, find old ruins and create new settlements, and potentially, solve puzzles related to the mystery of the island itself.

RULES AND GUIDELINES

• Search requests are a required mechanic of this game. A search request for the current AC cycle must be submitted in order to pass AC without a strike.
• Mistakes in search requests will never be penalized. Don't be afraid to eyeball a distance or make an approximate guess; if the math doesn't quite match up, or the path doesn't exist, I will offer alternate destinations and work with you in order to decide how the search request will resolve.
• Search requests will rarely be immediately fatal. Unless your character is doing something intentionally reckless, I will do my best to offer paths of escape for any sudden dangers that arise.
• You can be as precise or as vague as you want. If you want to exactly plot out the squares your character will travel through and search every IC day, that is totally fine. It's also fine to simply report that your character is staying in one place all month, or to give a starting point and a desired destination, with a general request to search a wide area. Just note that, the more vague you are in your request, the more I will extrapolate to fill in the blanks.
• Retroactive/backdated search requests are allowed. They just can't be used for the current month's AC if they fall outside of the current month's AC period, or overwrite a previously submitted search request. Forward-dated search requests are also allowed as long as they fall within the same IC day that the request was posted (for example, if you post a search request on IC Day 30 morning, you can make that search request last for the entirety of IC day 30, not just the morning of).
• Thoroughly searching a square, rather than just traveling through it, halves movement through that square. So if you choose to search every square along a path, you'll only travel half as far as someone moving with purpose to a destination. Remember that simply traveling through a square will still fully reveal it.
• IC Days are split into three 8-hour increments. Each of these corresponds to one OOC day. Morning is from 4AM -> 11:59AM, Day is from 12PM -> 7:59PM, and Night is 8PM -> 3:59AM.
• Several examples of search requests are provided below to help illustrate how they work. If you still have questions, please ask them in the FAQ (or in your search request!).

MAP REFERENCE/TRAVEL CONDITIONS

TRAVEL CONDITIONS | IC DAYS 15 → 17

MORNING

DAY

NIGHT

BEACH

OCEAN*

JUNGLE

FOOTHILLS

MOUNTAINS

4 squares/hour
(32 total)
3 square visibility

4 squares/hour
(32 total)
5 square visibility

4 squares/hour
(32 total)
1 square visibility

2 squares/hour
(16 total)
3 square visibility

2 squares/hour
(16 total)
5 square visibility

2 squares/hour
(16 total)
1 square visibility

2 squares/hour
(16 total)
1 square visibility

2 squares/hour
(16 total)
1 square visibility

1 square/hour
(8 total)
0 square visibility

2 squares/hour
(16 total)
2 square visibility

2 squares/hour
(16 total)
3 square visibility

1 square/hour
(8 total)
1 square visibility

1 square/hour
(8 total)
5 square visibility

1 square/hour
(8 total)
7 square visibility

1 square/hour
(8 total)
3 square visibility

*The average human can only tread water for three hours

LEGEND

- Preexisting Structure

- Ocean

- Reef

- Deep Water

- River

- Natural Landmark

- Beach

- Jungle

- Mangroves

- Character-Made Landmark

- Foothills

- Mountain

Click on any of the map tiles for details.

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

SUBMISSIONS

# | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
All new characters will be given a toplevel to this post. To submit a search request, fill out the below form and copy/paste it as a response to your toplevel.

<b>IC DATES:</b> <b>STARTING SQUARE:</b> <b>ENDING SQUARE:</b> <b>DETAILS:</b>

IC DATES: The IC dates the search request covers (I would also recommend putting this in the subject line to make it easier to keyword search later). You can use whole days, partial days, or a combination of either. To verify what IC days line up with real-world days and events, consult the Calendar.

STARTING SQUARE: The square your character is starting their search request on, format TILE.COLUMN.ROW. This should line up with your previous search request, or your starting location if newly arrived/revived.

ENDING SQUARE: The square your character is ending their search request on. If you're not sure where they'll end up (the area is unexplored/your character has a vague idea of where they want to go/you're not sure on the math/etc.), you can give a more rough answer here. Something like "they want to make it to Tile II," or "as close to II.AA.3 as possible" are perfectly valid answers.

DETAILS: The meat of your request. This is where you describe:

1. The path your character is taking,
2. The squares you want them to search,
3. Any special actions your character is taking during this period of time (or inaction), and
4. Any other special notes or questions you might have about this request.

Again, you can provide as much or as little information as you want; saying that your character is simply moving from point A to point B without searching anything is 100% acceptable.

NAVIGATION

Comments

[glencolans]

Day 021
Starting Square: IX.T.9
Ending Square: IX.T.9
Duration: 8 hours
General Search Results:

• three coconuts
• used bar of soap
• two wood logs
• transceiver upgrade - a tiny SD-like card, which looks like it has the right pins for the SD slot on the transceivers, but is too small to be inserted safely without damaging it
• beach umbrella
• tarp
• a large copper coil mounted on a metal pole - Senku will recognize this as definitely being part of his phone
• aluminum sign - square, green, with the faded but still recognizable outline of an airplane stenciled in white

[glencolans]

Morning 023 ➜ Night 024
Starting Square: VII.L.29
Ending Square: VI.Y.30
Duration: 48 hours
General Search Results:

• eight blackberries
• small loose jerky
• bug - stag beetle
• charcoal

The journey continues, wrapping their path around the southern edge of the central mountain until they end up on the western side. They camp once in square X.BB.4 and again in VI.Y.30 before catching up to present-day. More good news - after this point, Chloe's movement penalty due to her injury has been lifted! They should be moving a lot faster at the start of Morning 025.

Chloe's bracelet does have a reaction to the silver medal! It doesn't seem to react to anything else currently in K's inventory.

[glencolans]

Morning 021 ➜ Night 023
Starting Square: VII.C.25
Ending Square: X.BB.4
Duration: 72 hours
General Search Results:

• snapped bowstring
• cleaned animal pelt - dark, faintly spotted
• four handfuls of candytuft
• bar magnet
• scissors
• chunk of sulfur
• three handfuls of honeysuckle
• net
• hand grinder
• ragged animal pelt - piecemeal chunks of dark brown, wiry fur
• an entire patch of multicolor corn, easily four pounds' worth

[glencolans]

Morning 023 ➜ Night 023
Starting Square: VII.L.29
Ending Square: X.BB.4
Duration: 24 hours
General Search Results:

• chunk of sulfur
• sock
• belt buckle
• broken dog whistle
• small coconut crab
• red pen
• metal shiv
• bullet shell
• a clump of yarrow
• broken toy whistle

[wingbound]

How interesting! Guess he has a future mission in mind! Marking their base itself seems unwise, but he will test it and try to mark and label the hotel ruins (named "tall inn") as precisely as he can manage, as it is far enough from their camp not to be immediately dangerous but close enough that he can check it out later and see if anything (or anyone) happened.

Is the beach carry case something like this, or more like suitcase?

He'll take everything else, except for the rosehip, head back to one of the empty hangars in IX.T.9 and test out his new can opener on the tomato can. Once opened, if not immediately obviously spoilt, he'll sniff it carefully to determine whether it's still suitable to eat or not. If still not clear, he'll taste test a small piece; if it seems fine he'll eat a reasonable portion of it (how large is it exactly? I assume it'd be at least two full servings?).

After that he'll look for a quiet corner to nap for a few hours, and spend the rest of Day 17 helping Team Science prepare for the incoming storm, including helping them drag the raft to the designated place and securing the hangar.

[glencolans]

Morning 022 ➜ Morning 024
Starting Square: VI.I.12
Ending Square: IX.T.9
Duration: 51 hours
General Search Results:

• two guavas
• crawfish
• packet of powdered creamer
• five handfuls of watercress
• puffin feathers
• medium seashell
• three handfuls of seaweed
• bottlecap

Even with the extra support, traveling with the badly-injured Jade takes a lot of time. This travel route and timing assumes that all of them stop for the night, forcing them to camp in squares VI.E.10 and V.P.29 before finally making it back to the airfield at the end of Morning 024.

[desperate_times_right]

Funny question - would the sulphur chunk fit in the sock? If it does she’ll carry it that way so crumbles don't get everywhere.

Also would a video game character who uses a lot of guns be able to get any information from the shell?

Is the belt buckle just a regular buckle or a fun design?

Taking the red pen, shiv and both broken whistles (to be repurposed into cat toys)

[glencolans]

Morning 017 ➜ Night 017
Starting Square: IX.U.12
Ending Square: IX.T.9
Duration: 24 hours
General Search Results:

• beach carry case - we'll say this one is more like the first image, while the one Levi found the previous night is more like the second image
• six-pack rings
• used bar of soap
• canned luncheon meat
• half-dollar coin

The app works exactly as intended, placing a little "X" at the spot Levi indicates. His can of tomatoes (28 ounces - easily several servings) smells and tastes a bit stale, but not rancid.

[wingbound]

Hmm, he'll pick up both of the cases, but he'll put the suitcase-y one into the shared inventory at the airfield camp, since it's not too comfortable to carry around.

He'll use the new one himself to put his beach umbrella in so he can carry it more comfortably and keep his arms free. He also takes the canned meat and the half-dollar coin.

Day 018-020 (Storm)

[wingbound]

IC DATES: Morning 018 - Night 020
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9, inside the hangar(s)
ENDING SQUARE: IX.T.9, inside the hangar(s)
DETAILS:

Waiting the storm out in the fortified hangar along with whoever is also present from Team Science. He'll mostly stay put and keep to himself, but help out with daily tasks and cleaning. He'll also encourage people to eat his canned tomatoes; once the can is empty he'll wash it out and keep it, as it seems good to boil water in.

He'll also want to put out some containers outside/near the hangar doors to catch rainwater (and then likely use some of it to wash up later because rain water is nicer than dirty river water). He may or may not try to bully everyone into doing laundry with it (but safely under a roof ofc).

Later on, he might also slip out into the immediate vicinity of the hangar outside to take a leak because he's not using the bucket that other people are using, thanks. But he'll be quick about it, stay near the wall and make sure the hangar is between him and the direction of the wind, and isn't going to wander around out of cover.

[meadqueen]

All right! Taking everything but the crawfish.

[glencolans]

Morning 022
Starting Square: IX.T.9
Ending Square: X.D.22
Duration: 8 hours
General Search Results:

• a handful of seaweed
• clownfish

With a sail and a paddle to bolster it, the raft moves at a pretty quick pace along the shoreline (five tiles per hour); the party reaches Maddy just before the end of Morning 022 with presumably enough time to moor their raft and assess her condition.

Right as they're closing in on Maddy's location, Martin will spot a large shark fin breach the surface of the gentle waves in square X.D.22. It disappears quickly afterwards, but Martin can see the shark's wide body as a shadow under the clear water: It moves erratically and takes frequent, quick runs at the beach, apparently incensed by Maddy's blood in the water.

Suddenly the shark darts away south. They might be inclined to think that the raft has scared it off, except several seconds later, an absolutely massive shape appears from the deeper water towards the center of the reef and makes a beeline for the shark. Easily fifteen feet long and half as wide, the creature's two, gray-green dorsal fins crest the surface briefly when it enters shallow water, then disappear again as it chases the shark further out to sea.

Harley Quinn | DC Comics

[glencolans]

Day 23

[clowngirl]

IC DATES: Day 23 (day)
STARTING SQUARE: IV.F.24
ENDING SQUARE: ???
DETAILS:
The beach here tells a story of a battered coastline, littered with pebbles and jagged rocks. The tide hasn't had a chance to come in yet, but from the shore Harley can see riptides pulling the waves away at a frightening speed. Even the oceanside trees look ragged - bent away, uprooted, and stripped of leaves, replacing the sand with an assortment of leaf litter and discarded shells of bark and fruit. A lot of the damage looks alarmingly fresh.

Harley wonders if the recent storm that appears to have passed through is responsible for her washing up on this rough-looking beach. She's going to grab the nearest stick or break a small branch off of one of the damaged trees if she can, and poke around the beach to see if anything she's missing is among the debris (purse, phone, boyfriend). She'll also keep an eye out for any cool sea shells or sea glass.

Eventually, she'll grab the radio nearby and set off following the coastline to the west, continuing to look around for anything that might belong to her or others.

[lonelynotforsaken]

Cool! Great! Amazing!

They're getting Maddy on the raft as quickly as possible once Levi has performed some first aid to get her as bandaged and secure as she can be. Then pushing off and paddling like their lives depend on it. They'll try to get back to the west side of the Enemy Rivers before mooring the raft and dragging it up out of the water. If they manage to make it without dying, they'll get Maddy to the airbase with Martin supporting or carrying her as needed.

Martin will be focusing on paddling and keeping an eye out for more shapes in the water or a return of the fins. The group will keep the raft as close to shore as is feasible without ending up in the wave breaks.

Day 21 - 22

[hyakuoku]

IC DATES: afternoon 21 - probably til evening 22 (I'm not good at the movement speed thing here)
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9 why did I get this wrong last time MY BAD
ENDING SQUARE: IDEALLY THE SAME
DETAILS:

For afternoon - night of Day 21, he'll go look by the Bungalows, same general idea as last time but especially cell phone parts. He's also looking to see if there's something like an SD card adapter that the micro-SD card goes in to fit into the bigger slot on the transceiver. Like this sort of thing. If he doesn't find one, time to see if there's a slot on the drone that it fits into when he goes back in the evening.

(He does sleep at night for a few hours ofc)

Day 22:

Senku is with Levi and Martin rescuing Maddy and we see how that's going! Is there anything else to observe about the shark? Senku found that giant tooth before; does it match this shark's size? (oR ARE THERE BIGGER ONES OUT THERE, SCREAM)

Once they have Maddy, Senku is taking care of her on the raft since he's useless at paddling whoops to keep her from falling off.

He does know how sharks work, what is myth and what is not, maybe that's a slight stat bonus lol since he'd obviously tell Martin and Levi what he could manage to about sharks.

Also he's wondering after his convo with Snake player, you know, maybe "the Shark" and "the Orca" are sentient creatures who could communicate with them. Not that there's a way to test that now but if they see the scary shark again he's going to observe it as best he can while being absolutely terrified. He's good at getting shit done while scared, it's fine, everything here is F I N E

Day 21 --> Morning 23

[salamanca]

IC DATES: Day 21 --> Morning 23
STARTING SQUARE: VII.H.8
ENDING SQUARE: VII.O.9 (or roughly around thereabouts)
DETAILS:

Rust and Lalo will camp out the rest of the night in their new spot, spending the night sleeping and surveilling the cabin.

After that, they'll be hurting for water, so first this the next morning, at sunrise, Lalo will take them to the river! They'll loop the long way around the cabin to avoid passing too close to it, giving it as wide a berth as they can while still keeping it in view. Lalo will also specifically be avoiding taking them through the same area where he died, if that's on the way.

Lalo will thoroughly search each square he passes through for either anything that looks like it was deliberately left out for someone to find, or maybe pieces of the cabin that blew off in the storm; he'll leave looking for tracks to Rust. He's also having Rust check for traps though iirc I think Rust is still trying to lead him into one, lol.

They won't stop traveling until they reach the river, where they will stay through the night into the next morning.

[aluminumandash]

AHAHAHAHAH thrilled for future!non-kidnapped!Rust and his three lighters.

[salamanca]

bitch who says you are ever going to be non-kidnapped

[aluminumandash]

better prepare yourself for rust dumping all that hair gel in a lake!!

[salamanca]

OMG 😱 villain 🤬

this is why people hate the cops

[aluminumandash]

IC DATES: Day 21 —> Morning 23
STARTING SQUARE: VII.H.8
ENDING SQUARE: Aiming for VII.O.9
DETAILS: STILL BEING HELD HOSTAGE, Rust will try to stay on the alert through the night—listening for sounds of hunting/agitated wildlife or, on the other hand, anything that might accompany clean-up attempts (hacking at felled trees? dragging shit out of the way?). He’ll also keep a lookout for any kind of evidence of a fire in use near the cabin (so…light or smoke ahahahah).

As he and Lalo navigate around the cabin, he’ll be operating under the assumption that most of the traps were destroyed in the storm—but he’ll still be searching for them/their remains, both because he HAS NO CHOICE and because he’d like to examine them. (What are they made of? Are they designed for large or small prey? Are there other types of traps besides snares? And so forth.) Tracking will probably be tough given the state of…everything…but he’ll look for any fresh tracks, pre-existing game trails, or signs of cleanup. As well as random junk that might’ve fallen out of the sky, signs of impact, or dead animals.

He’ll also look for more clumps of fur (particularly early in the morning when it’s less sunny and therefore easier to spot) and make note of spots that offer a good view of the cabin (if any).

Time permitting, he'll do some light fishing with his net if/when they get to the river (as long as the current isn't too wild and the banks aren't totally flooded)—as much for debris and strange objects as for actual fish. He'll basically be using one arm for this, so give any attacking catfish an appropriate stat bonus.

[glencolans]

The sulfur chunk would fit in the sock, yes!

The shell is warped and heavily degraded from being out in the jungle for a significant amount of time. Chloe can at least determine that it belonged to a .22 caliber bullet.

The belt buckle is disappointingly plain - a gold-tinted clamp design, metal, a bit worn but still functional.

[glencolans]

Morning 021
Starting Square: XI.V.14
Ending Square: XI.L.31
Duration: 8 hours
General Search Results:

• shard of hard plastic trash

Dirk is allowed out again a couple of hours after the storm ends, once the usual guard rotation happens and a few other guards from other, hunkered-down buildings come visit them in the barracks. The state of things in the village is the first thing he'll notice on exiting. About half of the huts that weren't fortified ahead of time have been destroyed, their contents strewn around the sandy soil and in the nearby trees. Their limited crops have been completely flooded out. A couple of human-sized bundles of tarp are being carefully carried away to the southwest. Dirk isn't hassled to stay or help with the recovery at all - it seems that everyone is more invested in looking into the damage and starting repairs themselves. He's allowed to quietly see himself out.

The beachside along the southeast is about as rough as Dirk would expect it to be after a three-day-long hurricane-force battering. His former camp in square XI.Q.28 is recognizable only by a couple of pieces of loose charcoal turned over in the sand, and his more fortified campsite in square XI.L.31 has been completely obliterated; the only way he knows he's in the same spot is the position of the rivers it was sandwiched between. All three of the ones he crosses to get here are swollen and moving quickly, but the mangroves have helped keep the beach from completely disappearing underneath them, and provide a nice series of bridges for Dirk to use as well.

[glencolans]

Morning 021 ➜ Day 021
Starting Square: IX.P.4
Ending Square: IX.T.9
Duration: 16 hours
General Search Results:

• broken oar
• used latex glove
• young sea bird - dead, being eaten by a coconut crab
• nail
• pocket compact

It's very slow going with just Steph there to more or less carry Shaw along the beach, but they're just barely able to make it back to the airfield by nightfall.