TURTLE BABIES~ | Update #4

[cherrywood]

In the natural rhythms of arrivals and departures from Tu Vishan, some of the baby turtles recovered from Sinbrilee are now missing some of their stand-in mamas and papas. Having grown used to the reassurance of their caretakers, the hatchlings will once again seek out a psychic connection among the Foreigners.

From the original event post:

The eggs will 'resonate' when they are near their caretaker and the caretaker will feel compelled to seek it out. When they are near, the shell will become luminous and a peaceful feeling will come over those characters specifically chosen by their turtle [...] The turtles will learn very quickly, and soon their vocabularies will be more complex, enough to hold a complete conversation with, albeit telepathically. The babies will be very curious and full of questions, the most common one being 'why?' or 'what?' as they learn. They will be able to grasp theories of complex mathematics and physics without difficulty, and will seem to have an innate understanding of most things upon the simplest explanation.

This post will be used to fill in spots as they open through dropped characters so even if there are no spaces available right now, please consider putting your character in the running!

As always we ask that this be limited to one character per player to allow for the most people to be able to participate in this ongoing plot. Remember this is open to newly accepted characters as well, just snag the sign up and comment to this post. It's a great way to jumpstart CR and interact with other characters by sharing hatchling feeding tips, shell care and baby turtle fashion trends... or something like that.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Canon:</b>

NOTE: Everyone who had an egg previously still has one, unless they've dropped in the interim. The gdoc is HERE for reference.

Comments

[bonjourguignon]

Player Name: Kit.
Character: Félicien Lesgle, a.k.a. L'Aigle, a.k.a. Bossuet.
Canon: Les Misérables

[cherrywood]

Congratulations, Bossuet has connected with the NU hatchling, named Hector! As described, the young turtle will send a gentle psychic connection to your character, compelling them to seek the hatchling out. Once they're nearby, they'll will feel a calming wash of peace as the turtle once again feels safe and cared for and they'll also be very excited to meet a new "parent", infusing them with feelings of affection and joy.

You're free to thread this out or handwave, your choice; check the google doc for the names and journals of your co-parents! :) If you have any questions, just reply here!

[bonjourguignon]

Wow, this notification got super buried in my inbox. Belatedly, thanks so much!

If I wanted to thread with a turtle hatchling, whether Hector or otherwise, would I just add that to the list of characters in any given log post?

Also perhaps I'm simply daft, but where are the hatchlings usually located throughout Keeliai? Do they stay with their surrogate parents? I'm especially curious considering the current events of Malicant takeover, as to where Bossuet might be able to find his turtle-child in all the wreckage, etc.

[denyamenti]

Sorry, I'm not understanding what you mean by adding it to the list of characters?

Hatchlings stay with their parents so you'd have to contact the others to see what the living arrangements are at present.

[bonjourguignon]

When posting to tushanshu_logs, for example, under "Characters [in the scene]". Basically, what would be the protocol to do so? Would I need to notify mods first, are they only threadable with on hatchling-event-specific posts, etc.?

Gotcha, thanks!

[denyamenti]

OHH in the comms, sorry. (I should not try to answer modly things while still half asleep lmao!)

You can add the hatchling's name to the log header if you wanted, it's not necessary but it might give people an idea. It could also go into the summary if that's easier for describing the log. It's generally assumed that the hatchlings split their time between all parents equally unless other arrangements have been made, so that's where you'd ping them first for some info. You don't need to let the mods know for either your hatchling or others, but you should contact the parents of hatchlings not your own first if there's going to be anything more than "sees Hatchling ___ wandering around" etc, just so there's no godmodding with them. Hatchlings can be played in any log at any time, actually quite a number of people have included them in their catch-all logs as an extra way of generating CR.

[bonjourguignon]

(Haha, NBD; totally understand the feeling. xD)

Ah, cool, then. Thanks for the info, and the quick reply!