#character: kjeuk

[ageofpiracyrp]

PLOT DROP 25: PEAK ENTERTAINMENT

After an enjoyable excursion on Pryft, Prosperity docks on the planet Sturn outside of the town of Ustust. The landing pad is a half mile from an extremely large dormant volcano- almost 3/4 of a mile high! This volcano is Ustust. Almost as soon as Kjeuk steps foot on the planet, he starts talking much more than he has the entire journey. He explains that the "locals" say that the volcano hasn't erupted in thousands of years and it is perfectly safe- and that's where the group will be going. A lengthy afternoon is spent unloading a large portion of the cargo bay's contents into a rented amphibious vehicle- think a longer and taller DUKW with a one way viewing window enclosing the top. The pilot (Beck) and new navigator (Stella) are asked to take on driving/navigation duties. In the cozy bench seats back of the vehicle, Kjeuk chatters excitedly to whoever on the rest of the crew will listen about volcano facts the whole way to the clubhouse the Sturn branch of the Tarrk Theme Park Club.

Kjeuk's native planet is indeed Sturn, but Kjeuk only moved out to Ustust eight years ago when the area started to become more attractive. Sturn is a large planet- one and a half times the size of Earth with a proportionately greater population. Overall, Sturn is also a rather warm planet with a variety of climates. Ustust is surrounded by lush rainforests. While the volcano itself is not particularly green, the people that have lived on it over the course of many years have terraced the rich soil to provide them with what they need. Objectively, this is a beautiful area, and the drive through the rainforest border up the mountain is enjoyable if you like that sort of thing. The truck took a very winding path- avoiding the more convenient elevator/lift and slide systems that most of the "locals" (as Kjeuk calls them without malice but somewhat carelessly) use.

Three very excited and socially awkward carreki greet the crew upon arrival at the clubhouse... which is halfway up the mountain. The clubhouse and some other local businesses on this part of the volcano seem to be newer and more polished than on much of the rest of the mountain.

The three new carreki (Junyi, club president Oplo, and club secretary Qjun) gravitate immediately to the hybrids on the crew, and explain that they have never met any before. They become distracted from hybrids after Kjeuk reminds them how they managed to get so many great things from the club's wishlist! The carreki that it would be great to see some of those things. Also Junyi says offhandedly that the air conditioning is broken. She seems unbothered and unconcerned about how this will affect the guests' experience.

Anyway, the wishlist items that were explicitly for Junyi, Oplo, and Qjun are located and distributed. Qjun heard about "tips" when researching certain Earth customs, and tips the crewmembers twice as much as what he thinks the goods are worth because he is so happy to have real Legoland legos.

Oplo, while wearing the large souvenir sunglasses someone purchased at an obscure park, explains to the crew that there are beds for Prosperity to stay in Ustust for the distribution of goods. However, Oplo says, flipping the sunglasses upside down to see if they are more comfortable to wear that way, not everyone wanted to come all the way to the clubhouse to get their goods. Qjun insists that he will make everyone promise to tip well, but Prosperity is going to have to make deliveries directly to the club members on Sturn... and also the rest of the planetary system.

Daphne sighs, and says that this will at least give her, Robin, and Muffy time to interview the two local Communications position candidates before leaving Tarrk.

Kjeuk persuades Junyi to order takeout from the new Sour Jehk-style restaurant that opened up a year ago in the local "cool" part of Ustust, and shows Prosperity the dormitories. The lofted, full-size bunk beds feature bedding that is completely white because that is what research says theme park hotels like to use. There is a large, non-chlorinated pool intended for leisurely soaks (unfortunately for some of the crew, the water is quite warm) and an elegant communal restroom connected to the dorms. There are also some random rooms in the clubhouse that do not have a specific purpose which can be used for meetings or hanging out. The clubhouse is set up for many members to be able to visit comfortably if needed. It would all be quite lovely if the air conditioning wasn't broken. The crew of Prosperity is encouraged to use the facilities, and is welcome to take as long as they need to deliver the goods. Kjeuk does not seem sorry about the delay, but states that this mission means a lot to his club.

For at least the next month, the crew will take missions around Sturn in large or small groups to deliver goods to some potentially obscure places. The group will be fed, and is free to come and go as they please. Oplo pops out of nowhere at some point to explain that the members won't be upset if things take a while or if Prosperity needs to take a detour for a few months for any reason because many of them don't even remember ordering or asking for anything and will only be excited to have new toys delivered.

It will certainly be an interesting excursion in the Tarrk system.

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PLOT DROP 22: COASTING TOWARD SUCCESS

After some considerations, the Prosperity completed its plans for travel.

After a successful series of Japanese theme parks and some conversations with the Astrea twins, Daphne negotiated for a day off for the group to go to Tokyo Disneyland for Robin and Ryder's birthday party.

The party will not be funded by Kjeuk, although he is enthusiastic to gift anyone excited to have a birthday at a theme park some gifts. Kjeuk provides each of the twins a carefully curated set of pins tailored to his impression of their interests and a Mickey or Minnie earband that he believes suit their personality (both are glittery, but Robin's is a little more understated).

The Robin and Ryder birthday party event will take place in Discord during lunchtime on July 1st at Tokyo Disneyland. The event will take place in an outdoor seating area where Daphne and Greg got in early to reserve enough tables. Attendees will have had the chance to ride some rides, and will have the chance to ride more later! It's a day off for fun and to celebrate the twins!

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Back to business, the next location that the group will be traveling to will be South Korea on July 3rd. In South Korea...

Samira and Ryder have been assigned to be the point people on South Korean park merchandise research (although Ali as the lead as supported by his staff, Ian and Theo, are responsible for merchandise research.

HJ, Stella and Daniel have been assigned to visit (with Kjeuk) Ocean World and Caribbean Bay.

Beck and Robin and Skylar are responsible for visiting (with Kjeuk) Everland and Lotte World. Yes, this is a three person group because these are the most popular theme parks.

Gwen and Ian have been assigned to Eco Land Theme park and Maze Land. Kjeuk will not be attending.

Samira and Ryder have been assigned to Psyche World and E-World. Kjeuk will not be attending.

Theo, Daphne, and Ali will visit (with Kjuek) Wolmi Theme Park and Gyeongju World Amusement Park

Muffy and Al have been assigned to Aiins World and O-World Daejeon Theme Park. Kjeuk will not be attending. (Muffy is looking forward to it)

Marshall and Laurie (with Kjeuk) have been assigned to Legoland Korea and Seoul Land.

Greg and Kyle have been assigned to Daegu E-World and Seoul Children’s Grand Park (Kjeuk will not be attending).

Essentially, the responsible parties will need to coordinate with the research team (here - Ryder, Samira, Ali, Ian, Theo) to make sure merchandise gets purchased according to Kjeuk's requests. They don't need to do it all in one day, and are very strongly encouraged to enjoy the theme park's attractions while in attendance so that they can (in Kjeuk's words) more authentically purchase merchandise. Kjeuk will be quizzing people because he wants the deets.

In creating threads for this South Korea destination, players are allowed to assume any kind of merchandise is requested by one of Kjeuk's club members.

Have fun! The research point people and thread pairings will be switched up at each destination, so look forward to that!

Players are allowed to start writing any threads taking place in South Korea's theme parks now or later!

[ageofpiracyrp]

PLOT DROP 21: THE GREATEST MISSION ON EARTH

Kjeuk, a carrek of considerable financial means, was seeking a pirate crew that understood Earth theme park culture well enough to be considered for a job. The Prosperity is the first crew that Kjeuk found that he believed could actually help him. He traveled to the planet Kraysha because he knew the city of Rungung stood a good chance of having experienced pirate crews to hire. A lifelong Earth theme park fan, Kjeuk has relied on videos and merchandise that happened to make its way to him. There are theme parks around his home planet of Sturn and planetary system of Tarrk, but they aren't the same as what he believes he wants.

The vice president of Tarrk's Theme Park Club, he volunteered himself to go on the exciting yet dangerous mission to Earth. He has a list of specific theme park merchandise that he and his club friends want and a separate list of ideas of things that the club members like since they don't know enough about what is actually at the parks to be sure there isn't something that exists that they would love. Kjeuk has tasked the Prosperity with creating the perfect itinerary for visiting as many theme parks as possible to help fulfill these two lists. He would like to enjoy the parks, and have the crew do all of the merchandise acquisition. Of course, Kjeuk would like to review the day's purchases before leaving the parks, but this is the culmination of a lifelong dream here. Kjeuk agrees that purchasing merchandise at each park won't take all day, so whoever attends with him can ride some rides and see some shows too. It's going to be great.

The Prosperity is set to arrive on June 22 in Japan to take advantage of parks like Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Nagashima Spa Land, Universal Studios Japan, and Fuji Q Highland. Some of the crew will visit the park with Kjeuk to make the purchases (and enjoy some attractions). Others will do research on the merchandise to acquire. Others still will do some work to do standard crew work - downloading media such as what comes from streaming services like Netflix. The jobs will rotate overall so everyone at least has a couple of chances to visit a park.

[ageofpiracyrp]

KJEUK

Pronouns: He/him

Position: Vice President of the Theme Park Club of Tarrk

Age: 74

Romantic and/or Sexual Preference: Asexual Aromantic

Species: Carrek

Home Planet: Sturn

Faceclaim/Humanoid Appearance: Will Poulter

True Appearance: Kjeuk resembles a fish. While many carreki seem to more closely resemble traditional Earth-like amphibians (despite convergent evolution), Kjeuk looks the most like a mangrove killifish in patterning with sandy colored scales and delicately webbed hands.

Information:

Kjeuk is a deeply awkward person, and he is happy to have so many friends and acquaintances in the club that love Earth theme parks as much as he does. He never wants to talk about anything else. If it isn't related to theme parks, he isn't interested. Intellectual property related to theme parks is on thin ice.

Kjeuk traveled to Kraysha because he knew he had a good chance of finding pirates in port in Rungung. Even if there are pirates that operate out of his home solar system of Tarrk, he doesn't know who they are. He knows there are pirates from Rungung, so that's where he booked a ticket to.

It is Kjeuk's lifelong dream to visit a theme park on Earth.

Kjeuk grew up rather wealthy, and hasn't had to work a day in his life. He has some investments that he nurtures to increase his income, and hasn't had much to spend good money on until the journey to Earth... where he will be lucky enough to join the crew of Prosperity in visiting a plethora of theme parks. He will rely on the crew to focus on planning the sequence of parks to visit when, purchasing tickets, and purchasing merchandise- all bankrolled by Kjeuk and the theme park club's members.

The only music Kjeuk likes to listen to is parade theme park music.

[ageofpiracyrp]

PLOT DROP 23: ARE WE THERE YET?

Below, the pairings for each of the subsequent locations are detailed. It is not expected for any player to write threads of all of their pairings. These are simply her to give thread fodder.

Locations and Groupings

China and Hong Kong and Singapore

Dates: July 10 - July 16

Point people for this region: Gwen and Stella

Shanghai Disneyland Resort: Gwen and Laurie and Marshall

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom: HJ and Samira

Chimelong Paradise: Daniel and Ryder

OCT Resort: Muffy and Kyle

Happy Valley: Skylar and Beck

Zhengzhou Fantawild Adventure: Theo and Robin

China Dinosaurs Park: Ian and Daphne

Fantawild Oriental Heritage: Stella and Ali

Ocean Park: Al

Universal Studios Singapore: Greg

Western Europe

Dates: July 17-July 23

Point people for this region: Skylar and Robin

De Efteling: Daphne and HJ

Tivoli Gardens and Legoland Billund: Robin and Ali

PortAventura World and Parque: Al and Kyle

Gardaland Resort: Stella and Beck

Alton Towers Resort and Legoland Windsor: Laurie and Theo

Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventures: Marshall and Skylar

Disneyland Paris and Puy du Fou and Parc Astérix: Ryder and Ian

Europa-Park and Heide Park and Legoland Deutschland Warner: Daniel and Gwen and Samira

Phantasialand and Liseberg: Muffy and Greg

Latin America

Dates: July 24-July 28

These pairings are not detailed but we are definitely going here! If you want to have your character go to one of these locations, I can create pairings upon request.

United States

Dates: July 29-August 4

Point people for this region: Ian and Beck

Walt Disney World Resort: Muffy and Kyle

Universal Orlando Resort: Ryder and HJ

SeaWorld Orlando, Discovery Cove, and Aquatica: Gwen and Daphne

Universal Studios Hollywood and Six Flags Magic Mountain: Marshall and Samira

Dollywood and The Island in Pigeon Forge: Daniel and Ian

Cedar Point and Kings Island: Skylar and Ali

Six Flags Great Adventure and Hersheypark: Greg and Al

Sea World San Diego and Knott's Berry Farm: Stella and Laurie

Canada's Wonderland and Centreville Amusement Park: Beck and Robin

Catch-Up

Dates August 5-August 11

At this time, the group will go to one-off locations like Energylandia in Poland that weren't covered under the previous categories, and pick up anything that the point people for each region believe were missed.

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Please message the admin with any questions! Additionally, if your character is missing from a location pairing or listed twice in the same location, please let the admin know. Each person should be listed in only one pairing per location. Thank you!

Please feel free to assume that Kjeuk is coming with you wherever you are going (or not, if you think the park is small enough... For example, I don't think he wants to go to Dollywood). If you need to lay claim to a specific date, please let me know!