annexedlogs | Relief Log #1

I. In The Aftermath

After the mission is complete, the new recruits are invited back to Central Command for a patch-up and celebration to let loose and socialize a little bit.

The first order of business is the patching up. Anyone who was injured is welcome to go to the Hospital, if the injuries are more serious. Everyone else, those with smaller injuries like scrapes and bruises, minor cuts or burns or abrasions, are welcome to come to the Infirmary in Central Command. There will also be attendants that tell returning new recruits that if they'd like to learn a little first aid and tend to their comrades, they can also head to the Infirmary.

In the Infirmary, anyone who's not injured but shows up will be instructed in basic first aid so they can tend to their teammates and friends. Nurses will be rotating around to check in on people and make sure nothing is more serious than it looks, but generally, the new recruits will be encouraged to tend to their teammates in order to encourage group bonding.

II. Pool Party

The celebration itself, which happens after the the initial patching-up exercise, will be happening in three large conference rooms adjacent to the swimming pool. In one of the conference rooms, a large buffet will be set up, catered by food trucks and restaurants in the area, with a variety of food. Some of it will be familiar to characters in the game, with a wide array of food from Earth and any other planet or locale that the new recruits might be from. Some of it will be unfamiliar, local cuisines that are heavy on mushrooms, insects, and root vegetables - stews and flatbreads full of fillings and a lot of varieties of meat on a stick. There's also an extensive dessert bar with cakes, cookies, tarts, donuts, bars, and a soft-serve ice cream machine with a lot of different mix-ins and toppings.

The main focus of the party is on the pool, where characters are encouraged to put on a swimsuit and lounge in the pool on a bunch of assorted pool floats, swim laps, or play in the small children's pool where there are fountains. The pool also sports a small waterslide with three intertwining slides that range from extreme speed to slow speed. Through speakers in the area, music is playing that's suitable for dancing or just listening to while characters enjoy the pool.

III. For The Extroverts

In another of the conference rooms, an extrovert's dream is set up. The door is kept closed because the music inside is loud, and the atmosphere is that of a club. There's a small bar area where a bartender serves drinks. While most of the drinks are regular alcoholic beverages that are both familiar and unfamiliar, there is a selection of drinks catered by Robin's, which is known for their specialty cocktails which have a variety of effects - specifically, euphoria, relaxation, and energy - available in a variety of flavors. Servers move through the room with trays of snacks ranging from nuts and olives to bowls of chips and popcorn, free for the taking by anyone feeling peckish.

There is a nice dance floor set up and the lights are low except for fluorescents and spotlights that bathe the room in bright color, and the DJ is playing a mix of techno, rave music, and danceable oldies remixes. Along the back wall there are several booths set up for karaoke, where groups of characters can go and sing their hearts out and/or laugh at their friends who are singing their hearts out.

Did that mission leave you wanting to get wasted and dance the night away? Then this is the party for you.

IV. For The Introverts

Not everyone is cut out for a rave, though, especially not after a tiring and draining mission, and the rebels have prepared for that too.

In the other conference room, just on the other side of the buffet room, there is a party set up for the more sort of person who finds solace in quiet and peace. In the corner of the room there's a lovely tea and coffee bar set up, with an espresso and latte machine, coffee, and a truly expansive variety of teas - white, green, black, rooiboos, herbal, and some local varieties that are made specifically to relieve tension and relax the mind. These local varieties can produce a state of utter relaxation and mental calm that is beyond what normal tea could provide, perfect to drink before going to sleep for the night, or right before a calming nap.

Speaking of naps, for those who don't want to be alone but would like a bit of shut-eye, there are soft bean bag loungers where people can retire to for naps. The music playing in the room is quiet and soothing, lyrical ballads or instrumental easy listening, easy to nap through and no barrier to quiet conversation over a cup of tea. The library has also provided a large shelf of readable popular novels, non-fiction, and other books that might interest the new arrivals - there are novels of most genres that are unique to the Broken World, and research materials for anyone looking to exercise the mind or learn a little about the culture of their new world.

Besides that, there are also a cluster of small tables where games are set up. There are board games, decks of cards with printed sheets of common game rules from the Broken World, and a type of chess-like game that is played frequently on the Broken World, complete with instructions.

NAVIGATION

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"Oh, er." Those sure are pointy ears. Probably not from Earth, then. "It's a game where you move pieces around a board, strategically. I'm actually not very good," Steven admits. "But I just thought the similarity was interesting. What are you working on?"

The ears are, indeed, very pointy. Though from Link's perspective, it's everyone else whose got weird looking ears. Who wants ones that are round?

"A puzzle," Link answers, gesturing towards the coffee table he's been working on. He's only been able to piece together about a quarter of it so far, but it's enough that Steven will be able to tell that the picture is of several horses, majestically running into the sea.

That's probably something Steven would be better at. And if blondie doesn't know chess, or whatever this new game is, he probably doesn't want to come over, so he might as well drift over there instead. "Kind of funny that this is some other planet, other universe even, and they have horses too. Chess is one thing, it's not even the same just similar, but horses? What are the odds there, right?"

"I...don't know?" Link says, looking at Steven with a distinctly lost expression.

Honestly, all of this debate was flying right over Link's head. He barely had a grasp on the concept of 'planets'. He had thought that planets were a star thing. But now they seemed to be maybe be like kingdoms, except a hell of a lot bigger. Universes? No idea.

"Why wouldn't other planets have horses?"

Aw, sorry, Link. Steven is... not going to stop just yet. "Well, honestly, why would one planet have all the same species as another? They're so far apart! Surely there are other, you know, more evolutionarily sound models for four-legged animals that run fast and carry heavy people. Though I guess in this case, there's humans, which is probably weird enough, so maybe humans colonized the planet?" He looks around thoughtfully. "And brought horses and other animals with them? You're not from Earth, right?"

Now he's looking back at Link. "I guess you have horses wherever you come, yeah?" Or he wouldn't think this discussion was confusing.

“No,” Link says, having approximately zero idea of what or where ‘Earth’ is. “I’m from Hyrule. We have horses.”

And, feeling the odd need to prove this fact, he opens up the Sheikah Slate and flicks through the images until he finds one of a horse to show Steven.

"Yeah, that sure is a horse, innit. Hyrule definitely is not on Earth, so I guess we're from different planets after all. Not that I really thought we weren't." He peers curiously at the Slate. "What is that?"

"Ancient Sheikah technology," Link says. Though it's likely that the design of it will remind Steven very much of a modern tablet - if one with some unique quirks and an all-together different design. There's no traces of typical Apple-style minimalism here.

It's also technology that doesn't match at all with what's visible in the image Link shared earlier, which is decided far less high tech.

"Ancient huh? Looks pretty fancy, to me. Who were the Sheikah?" Steven pauses, then adds, "Or what. I guess it could also be a what."

"They're a tribe of people." He slips over the Slate, showing Steven the eye symbol on the back - the Sheikah's symbol. "They're still around. But they don't have the technology anymore."

Well, except for Purah and Robbie. But they weren't exactly representative.

"Oh, definitely a who, then. Why don't they have the technology anymore?" Sometimes techniques can be lost, but a whole understanding of how to make fancy tablets seems a bit extreme for that.

"I heard people got scared of it," Link explains. "An old king exiled them. So they gave the technology up."

Of course, that didn't mean the technology was gone. As evident by Link's Slate.

"Well, that's kind of awful, innit," Steven says with a frown. "They couldn't keep their stuff in exile? Maybe that old kind didn't deserve useful technology, if he was gonna be afraid of it."

Link shrugs. He couldn't really say what the Ancient Sheikah were thinking; they were all long gone, and he wasn't exactly knowledgeable in their history. He was barely knowledgeable in his own.

"He didn't get to have any to use. They buried all of it. Until it was dug up." And hence, how Link has the Slate now, all this time later.

"That's pretty amazing technology, if it still works however many years later after it got buried... can I see it?" he asks. "Only if you want to. I'll be very careful with it, of course."

"No." The Slate is his. It helped him on his quest. It keeps all his things for him. And Zelda gave it to him. She's the only one he'd let take it.

At the same time, however, it's in Link's nature to want to be helpful. "You can look," he relents. Look, but not touch. He holds the Slate so that Steven can see the screen, but not so that he could take or operate it.t

"Oh. Um, okay." That's a firm and complete denial, right there, and Steven supposes he's not that surprised. This boy doesn't know him from Adam, after all.

He leans over, when it's tilted his way. "Can you show me what kinds of things it can do, then?"

Link nods. He might not be willing to let someone else handle the Slate, but he's happy enough to share what it can see.

"You saw the Camera rune," he says. "The other runes are Magnesis, Stasis, and Cryosis, and Remote bomb."

Link starts off with an easy option: Magnesis. Link's been carrying around on his back his current weaponry - a spear and of all things, a trash can lid - so he pulls off the trash can lid and tosses it on the ground.

Then, tapping onto one of the rune's on the Sheikah Slate, a giant, glowing magnet appears in Link's hands. Pointing it at the trash can lid, the magnet connects to it, and lifts it up high into the air.

"Magnesis," Link says.

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