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

KD6-3.7 | Blade Runner (CRAU)

[glencolans]

Night 006

[obeir]

IC DATES: Night 006
STARTING SQUARE: IX.R.12
ENDING SQUARE: IX.R.12
DETAILS: Per K's arrival message: The fine white sand under your back still retains some of the warmth from a long day, but aside from that and the persistent sound of waves rolling into your feet, it's hard to tell what else is going on around you in the dark of night.

K's unsettled realising he can no longer see in the dark like usual, and he's immediately more cautious than he'd otherwise be as a result. This wouldn't be the first time he's been physically altered upon arrival in a zany new world, so he'll be paying close attention to his body, and probably start noticing he feels weaker and more vulnerable to the elements/fatigue/hunger/thirst/etc. than he's used to being. That doesn't bode well...

Without sunlight or a fire it seems futile trying to dry his clothes and he doesn't particularly want to strip down either, so he'll just remain soggy for the time being. But he will do what he can to dry his electronics and gun. He'll wait for his mobile devices to fully dry before checking to see if either is picking up any sort of signal or GPS data, and also check the date/time/compass to see how they're behaving. But being an old hand at multiverse travel means he doesn't really expect much to work correctly here, so he won't spend long fiddling with his electronics; he wants to conserve battery life. He'll use the flashlight function to get a better look around his immediate surroundings, though.

He's on the lookout for... anything at all. First and foremost, any signs of Harley or other people/animals, anything that might provide clues about where he is, any useful items, any notable landmarks. He'll also take careful note of anything in the night sky that might indicate whether or not he's on a version of Earth. With the Meadous having such a uniquely distinct sky, he'll be able to quickly rule out that as a possible location, at least.

[glencolans]

Night 006
Hour 1: IX.R.12 (drying out gear)
Hour 2: IX.R.12 (seven nickels)

K's analysis of his gear will make it pretty obvious that something is amiss. None of his mobile devices are picking up any normal signals - no mobile data, no WiFi, no stray Bluetooth connections, no GPS, no extrauniversal network hookups. At least his compass seems to work fine, but the date and time displayed on his devices all read what they would have been at the time he left his world with maybe an hour or two's difference. Whether or not this matches the actual time here depends on what time it was when he left, but the date being the same is probably suspicious.

His flashlight at least lets him avoid tripping over anything on the beach, but it doesn't provide much in terms of seeing far ahead; a combination of evening mist and the darkness of the nearby, beachside jungle are more than his phone flashlight can handle. There are no signs of animals, humans, or notable landmarks in his immediate surroundings or in the visible distance (the squares immediately surrounding him) - just ocean at his back (south) and an indeterminant amount of beach and thin forest everywhere else.

The sky is perhaps refreshingly Earth-like, compared to the Meadous. Familiar stars, constellations, and other night-sky landmarks are readily identifiable, suggesting an equatorial Earth location.

K has 6 hours remaining before Morning 007.

Day 007

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 007 morning -> day
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.EE.11
DETAILS: K spends the morning with Randvi and Senku getting a tour of the area and begins setting up a fishing weir at IX.EE.11. He'll continue working on it during the day block while Randvi collects the clay for Senku's oven. If he finishes the weir before the day block's over, he'll join her to help with clay collection.

[glencolans]

Morning -> Day 007
General Search Results:

• a bundle of stained, but blank paper, roughly 10 sheets
• decent chunk of cloth sail
• three pineapples
• a stone brick

If K dedicates most of his day to setting up the weir, he'll have it mostly completed a couple hours before sunset. He could continue working until nightfall and travel back to the abandoned airstrip in the dark, finishing the project in a single day, or he could put the finishing touches on it sometime during Day 008.

Day 008

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 008 (morning)
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.EE.11
DETAILS: K will enjoy more pineapple then head back out to the river to finish setting up the fishing weir.

[glencolans]

Morning 008
General Search Results:

• plastic smoothie straw
• can of pears, halved
• small copperhead snake

K is successfully able to put the finishing touches on his fishing weir in square IX.EE.11. It's now the start of Day 008.

Day 009 - Day 010

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 9 -> Day 10
STARTING SQUARE: X.F.23
ENDING SQUARE: As close to IX.T.9 as they can manage
DETAILS: Deleted my prior Day 9 search request so everything can be consolidated here instead.

K, Randvi, and now Zam are travelling together (Day 9 and Day 10), so he'll be on the same route as them. He'll also check the fishing weir when they pass it in case there's any fish.

[glencolans]

Morning 009 -> Night 010
Starting Square: X.F.23
Ending Square: IX.T.9
Duration: 48 hours
General Search Results:

• a green gourd rind of some variety
• bottlecap
• a two-pound bag of beet pulp pellets
• one very large egg in a nest on the ground
• a metal nut for a screw
• four metal washers
• three sweet flags
• a AA battery
• bundle of tangled wires

K finds two medium-sized fish trapped behind the fishing weir, resembling sunfish.

Day 011

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 011 (morning)
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.T.9
DETAILS: IX.T.9 -> IX.EE.11 -> IX.T.9

Come morning, K will make a final clay run to collect the last of what Senku says is needed for the oven. He'll also check the fishing weir while he's there.

[glencolans]

Morning 011
Starting Square: IX.T.9
Ending Square: IX.T.9
Duration: 8 hours
General Search Results:

• seven pods of beach peas

K finds five medium-sized fish stuck behind the weir, resembling a cross between trout and freshwater eels.

Day 012

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 012 (morning)
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.EE.11
DETAILS: K will make the usual trip to check the fishing weir and have a river-bath, and spend some time foraging in the area. He's still keeping an eye out for any containers too.

[glencolans]

Morning 012
Starting Square: IX.T.9
Ending Square: IX.EE.11
Duration: 8 hours
General Search Results:

• wooden paddle
• sugarberry

K finds three small fish in the fishing weir, having the appearance of juvenile bass.

Day 013

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 013
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.W.12
DETAILS: K will be joining Randvi and Senku (and any others who come) climbing up to the bungalow roof to have a look around and exploring the hotel!

As noted in Randvi's search request, he'll stay on the main floor with Randvi and very, very carefully search the area, being mindful of the unstable floor. He'll be keeping an eye out specifically for any glass containers (they need more!) and sewing kits, since he knows hotels will often have those available for guests.

[glencolans]

Morning 013 ➜ Day 013
Starting Square: IX.T.9
Ending Square: IX.W.12
Duration: 16 hours
General Search Results:

• bottlecap
• beach umbrella
• blanket
• stack of coffee filters
• pyrex baking dish
• tangled fishing line
• hip flask, still filled with whiskey
• roll of thread
• plastic smoothie straw
• pillowcase
• can of peaches

Day 014

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 014 -> ??
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: Aiming for Taissa, Chloe, and the Cat's camp at VII.S.3
DETAILS: K will spend some time in the morning preparing supplies enough for another several day rescue mission with Squalo this time, including making an improvised tarp-stretcher that may or may not be needed, depending on whether it's better/faster to simply take turns carrying Chloe. Also K will take some dried fish treats specifically for the Cat. Once they're both ready, they'll embark.

They'll take familiar routes east into the X tile and follow the river at X.A.11 up to X.H.1, heading north into the VI tile, and continuing in a northeastern direction into the VII tile. Since Squalo has been through the area before, they'll mostly prioritise taking paths he knows. They'll also give the infamous death cabin at VII.K.8 a wide berth. They'll rest at night and travel when it's light out.

For K's part, he'll be alert and cautious and won't take unnecessary risks; it's a rescue mission, they won't be much good to anyone if they get injured along the way. And they're both well armed in case they encounter any trouble.

Hopefully this isn't too vague to work with! Let me know if we need to provide more specifics for any point of the journey.

Day 017

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 017 (morning)
STARTING SQUARE: VII.S.3
ENDING SQUARE: VII.C.25
DETAILS: Once the rescue team reaches their destination with help from the Cat, he'll be rewarded with some dried fish treats and introductions will be made. But this isn't a social call, and K will quickly get down to business inspecting Chloe's injury and helping to clean it using some of the whiskey he found. She'll also be offered a drink of it before he heats Chloe's own knife and, with her permission, carefully cauterises her wounds. He's performed this on himself before and knows to avoid burning healthy tissue, so it may not be pretty and will hurt like hell, but it should help significantly to stave off infection. With another dousing of whiskey to finish the job, he'll rebandage Chloe's injury using clean strips cut from the beach towel or blanket he packed. He intends to have these regularly changed, either doing it himself or leaving it to Chloe and/or Taissa, whichever Chloe prefers.

K, Squalo, and Taissa will get the makeshift stretcher situation sorted with Chloe on it, the Cat will be invited to ride on K's shoulders, and then they're off. Sometime during the day block they'll notice the ominous looking sky, and those at the airfield camp will also warn them of what looks like an oncoming storm.

Per Squalo's suggestion, they'll head for Martin's jail at VII.C.25 to take shelter, because it seems like a safer bet than trying to make it back to the airfield. Whoever takes point (most likely Taissa) will be given the sturdy branch K picked up to check for any traps in their path.

Day 018 - Day 019

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 18 -> Day 19
STARTING SQUARE: VII.C.25
ENDING SQUARE: VII.C.25
DETAILS: Realising they're going to be stuck here a while since the storm isn't letting up, K will set out some things to catch rainwater in, and make sure the others are taken care of (food, water, bandage changes, helping make adequately comfortable sleeping nests, etc.) before spending time whittling some of the bone needles Steph mentioned wanting. Whenever Squalo finally passes out from manic exhaustion, he's getting tucked in.

K's also going to venture outside to check around the immediate tile for anything potentially useful or edible.

Day 021

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 021 (morning) -> ??
STARTING SQUARE: VII.C.25
ENDING SQUARE: IX.T.9
DETAILS: Once the storm has finally abated, K will rouse the others (Squalo, Taissa, Chloe, Cat) and head for the airfield base at the earliest opportunity before anyone can go even more stir-crazy. The Cat is invited to ride on his shoulders again, and whoever takes point is given both branches to check for traps just in case — they'll be sticking as much as possible to the route he and Squalo previously took. Oh, they'll also make a brief stop at the giant wooden sculpture of a bird that nearly killed K so Chloe can try her bracelet magic on it. K isn't entirely sure what that even means but he's curious too.

The strange lights in the sky will be noted but since they don't seem to pose an obvious threat, he'll urge the others to keep going.

He'll check on the status of his fishing weir at IX.EE.11 along the way, fully expecting it will need to be rebuilt, alas. That can be done later. The priority is getting everyone back to the airfield safely. He's already heard that there's even more people in need of rescuing so there's no time to waste.

Day 026

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 026 (morning)
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: Aiming for the caldera Squalo discovered in VI.EE.31
DETAILS: Since I think it's now safe to assume both Senku and Harley will still be alive on this day—

Very early in the morning of day 26, K and Senku will make their final preparations (including rations enough for 3 people), pack their "offerings" for the gods, and set out for the caldera in hopes of meeting the Snake player. K's hoping to get a proper look at the Snake player since he plans to carve a little figurine of them to potentially give them later on. A gift just for them.

K previously sent Harley an ASCII map of the island with instructions to head toward the caldera as well, so they can meet up — along with a warning not to actually enter it or get too close; they fully intend to honour their agreement with IN732Q. Only one friend is accompanying Senku.

K's bringing one of the simple spears he made and because it's practically second nature by this point, he'll be using the blunt end to check for traps along the way. Safety is obviously the priority, but since the storm might've turned up some interesting new finds, feel free to have them travel through some unexplored tiles while heading for the caldera. They'd of course avoid any areas that seem blatantly unsafe, but veering off the beaten path here and there is fine.

Day 027

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 027 (morning? post-meeting with IN732Q)
STARTING SQUARE: VI.EE.31
ENDING SQUARE: IX.T.9
DETAILS: K and Senku will have done their best to be diplomatic and respectful with IN732Q, so this is assuming all goes well! Trying to catch K, Senku, and Harley up to the current game day, starting with seeing how they fare during the crab rave.

After the encounter with IN732Q, K and Senku swing by Harley's location and pick her up, then the trio will head directly back to the airfield, with K resuming trap-checking duty using his spear — and this time, he's also prepared to use it on any boars that might try charging them. (Which could double as avenging Senku and Martin while acquiring some future bacon for Harley, win/win.) They've been hearing about all the boar and crab difficulties people are facing back at base, so returning to help with that is the priority now. OOCly we're also trying to avoid any event related instadeath, so ideally they'll nyooom through that upper part of the X tile and avoid the giant crab construct altogether 🙏 since they won't go near the bay.

Day 029 - Day 033

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 029 - Day 033
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.T.9
DETAILS: More catching up.

Day 029
K continues with the usual airfield maintenance and chores and settling into island life with Harley, including setting up more of their own little area in one of the hangars. Due to the vibriosis risk, he'll be steadily clearing out the crab carcasses and crabmeat rather than attempting to preserve any of it, womp womp. He'll cook up any freshly killed crabs, though. And he does his daily map sharing and works more on his carving of IN732Q.

Day 030
Same as above. K will also check around to see if he can find and spear any boars for food (bacon bacon bacon), while keeping an eye out for: any signs of Maddy, any items he could gift Harley, any pretty stones for IN732Q.

Day 031
Once Squalo has finished cutting wood for the fishing weir, K gets to work rebuilding it in IX.EE.11. And continues his daily map sharing.

Day 032
K and Randvi will see Senku, Squalo, and Dirk off on their rafting adventure, K assisting as needed and promising to keep the Medusa safe for Senku. He'll then continue rebuilding the weir if it wasn't finished on 31. And of course, daily map sharing.

Day 033
Another day for rebuilding the weir if it's needed, or the usual airfield maintenance and chores if it's not, and he'll start checking the weir for fish. He'll periodically check in with the raft team if the transceivers reach that far, and will ask Randvi if he and Harley can borrow her climbing equipment for whenever they go on their island date to investigate the plane wreckage(s) (which he'll still consider a date even if they invite more people along). Also the usual daily map sharing.


And I think I'll pause K here just in case anything significant happens on any of these days that could affect things going forward.

Day 034 - 039

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 034 - 039
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.T.9
DETAILS: K's routine consists of much the same as on prior days, with the addition of helping take care of preparing/cooking/curing/preserving the boar meat Randvi brought back. 🥓Bacon time🥓

He'll be checking the fishing weir daily. Does he find anything? With the increasing boar threat and unusual happenings (Randvi's snares and the message that was left for Maddy being destroyed), there's been concerns that something may be attempting to mess with the airfield's food sources...

And in light of that, he'll also join Randvi's patrols.

For searches, he'll specifically be on the lookout for chalk or limestone so Senku can make lime for tanning purposes, clothing or material to make clothes from, pretty stones, and any woodworking tools (hatchet, axe, saw, hammer, etc.) for himself.

Day 040

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 040
STARTING SQUARE: IX.U.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.U.9
DETAILS: K will accompany Levi Jr. on a brief trek to return the boar statue to the jungle. They'll take some spears with them and K will use the blunt end of his to do his usual trap-checking along their path. Considering recent events, they're both on high alert and keeping their guards up.

In the specified tiles where they'll be searching, K will still be on the lookout for: chalk or limestone for tanning purposes, clothing or material to make clothes from, pretty stones, and any woodworking tools for himself.

Day 041

[obeir]

IC DATES: Day 041 - whenever they'd reach the airfield
STARTING SQUARE: IX.T.9
ENDING SQUARE: IX.T.9
DETAILS: K, Harley, and Steph will set out early on the morning of day 41 with ample supplies, spears, and climbing gear in the hopes of exploring the massive airplane fuselage Harley previously spotted to the west of her camp in VI.AA.29. (K's also considering making a brief detour alone to leave a gift for IN732Q where it's likely to be found, but alas he won't get the chance to.)

They'll travel as far in that direction as they're able to until night 42, which is of course when all hell breaks loose at the airfield with the boar siege. At that point they'll head right back to the airfield ASAP to help handle the situation and/or deal with the fallout. Hopefully the teens at the airfield won't be left alone for long.