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- !event,
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- original: shigeru miyata,
- tales of vesperia: judith,
- tales of vesperia: yuri lowell,
- trails into the sky: estelle bright,
- witch hat atelier: qifrey
Event #3: Can't Defeat the Temple
Can't Defeat the Temple
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A new message appears on everyone's smartphones. There's been a change in the Temple of Life: the door has finally opened! No one knows how or why, but the sensors left by quest goers alerted them to it suddenly being open. Preparations are made in each guild to finally explore what's inside it.
Those interested in helping are greeted by researchers in the guilds that will provide everyone with one single use item: Escape Rope: an item they found out about while investigating the temple. Should the Temple really prove to be a place "no one can return from" they should be able to use this rope to escape. It should teleport the person using it (just one) outside of the place they're in (can only be used indoors). Of course the rope can be saved for later use if it becomes unnecessary. Everyone also gets basic climbing and survival items, just in case. They have no idea what to expect inside, but better safe than sorry, right?
The new Teleport Crystal system will get you to the Temple of Life in a minute, but no one is forbidden to use a longer route if they want to travel rather than take the easy route. Once they get to the Temple (the teleport stones take them to the surroundings of the fountain in the courtyard) they will notice a lot of natives collecting various tropical fruits as the area is safe and the fruit are nice and nutritious. Anyone eating a fruit will notice a boost in stamina, too.
All that's left now is to climb the stairs and enter the Temple of Life.
Inside the Temple of Life is a "lobby". It's actually just an empty room made with the same stone as the temple, but it has four different doors, each with a different symbol: lightning strike, snowflake, fire and a hurricane of sand.
Characters inside will notice that the door they walked in from is now gone (of course) and they may feel different as the temple has stripped them off of all their powers, including Seasonal ones. Instead they may feel like they're lighter (their jumping ability has increased to triple their normal one) and that they have three holographic hearts on top of their heads.
There's a holographic display near the doors and a shelf for laser guns. The display says the following:
This is the Gigaman simulator. Welcome, players. Each of you have been given three extra lives. Once all of your total of four lives have been used inside the levels you will get a Game Over. For native participants this unfortunately means you Die.
However, otherworlders! You are in luck. If you die four times inside the simulator you will be thrown out of the simulator, into the courtyard of the temple and you can try again! Dying is painless. Getting hit, unfortunately, is not. You have ten regular hits before you lose a life. Your lives are indicated by the hearts on top of your heads.
Things that will instantly kill you include: lava, falling into an endless pit and spikes.
Please take a laser gun and enter the level. You may bring any other items as well, but your powers will be gone and so will the special effects of the items. Except for the legendary "Escape Rope". That is something that can bypass our system. Keep the rope at hand if you get scared. If you lose your other items inside the levels, do not worry, they will appear outside. However, if you lose your laser gun it will reappear next to you.
Oh and you may keep the laser gun afterwards.
The question is: cAN yOu deFEAt [redacted]?
Well, the choice is yours. Do you enter one of the doors or use the escape rope to get out of the temple?
All of the levels start with a normal room of just the environment of the level. But there, in the starting point of the place, there are natives of Ellipsa sitting around with a look of defeat and desperation on their faces. They're physically fine as the simulator grants you the ability to just ignore hunger and other basic needs, but they're also stuck here. It seems the simulator is just too hard for them to get past. Most of them have no holographic hearts over their head or just one: they're close to dying and don't want to take the risk.
Escape ropes are their only hope of getting out of the place and they promise anything if you give them the item and help them escape.
If you give away your Escape Rope, the only way to leave is to either Game Over or Finish the Level. Good luck, players.
(There are also some natives in various other parts of the game, too scared to go further or go back. They can also be saved by taking them with you to the end and defeating the boss monster together but if they die, they die, so there is a risk in that method.)
The Levels [ Click to Expand ]
All basic monsters and boss monsters are weak to the laser gun. Some can even be jumped on to decrease their health.
Electricity
Design: A factory with plenty of platforms and conveyor belts over bottomless pits (or spikes) that change directions occasionally. The main hazard of the level is the beams of electricity that will damage players. They can be switched around with buttons, but deactivating one beam will activate another.
Instant Deaths: Bottomless Pits, Spikes
Basic Monsters: Ufo Catcher (a claw with googly eyes that will try to drop characters into a pit or spikes), Small Robot (small robots that throw wrenches at players), Slinky (slinkys with googly eyes that won't stop for anything)
Final Boss: Squirmle: A slinky minion mass-producing machine (looks like one of those Worms on String with googly eyes, but mechanical). Occasionally fires electric shocks that stun players for 5 seconds while the minions attack them. Weak to Smokescreen as the sand jams its machinery and makes it temporarily lose the ability to produce minions.
Boss Loot: Laser Gun Upgrade: Electric Shock (damages and has a chance to stun the opponent)
Snowflake
Design: A snowy mountain cave with active waterfalls. The ground is slippery (ice physics!) and some of the platforms have a limit as to how many times you can jump/walk on them (they reappear after a time). Occasionally, while on a normal platform, a strong stream of water will fall on it, intending to push players into a bottomless pit (it can be predicted by a few drops of water before it).
Instant Deaths: Bottomless pits
Basic Monsters: Snowmen (throw very sharp carrots at players), Skeletal Fish (fish that appear from the waterfalls and spit out lasers), Yeti (a monster that will try to stomp on players)
Final Boss: Frosty: A bipedal monster made of spiky ice (doesn't have a distinct form to refer to, just looks like a giant block of animated ice) that breathes a frosty breathe that both damages and makes players go slower. Tries to stomp players by jumping high in the air. Weak to Fire Bullets, as they will melt it little by little.
Boss Loot: Laser Gun Upgrade: Ice Beam (damages and has a chance to slow down an opponent)
Flame
Design: Inside of a volcano where all bottomless pits are lava pits. Platforms are mostly normal, until a notorious section where the only way to get over a lava pit is to jump on disappearing blocks. Learn the pattern and follow it. Occasionally lava rocks will fall from the ceiling (but luckily not during the disappearing block section).
Instant Deaths: Lava
Basic Monsters: Demonic Fireballs (fireballs that jump around from spot a to spot b and hurt a lot when they hit), Lava Bomb (occasional lava rock with googly eyes that can move towards players like a homing missile), Fireman robot (a robot that will try to douse fires with scorching hot water).
Final Boss: Lavadoom: A volcano headed monster (a volcano with eyes, mouth, arms and legs) that shoots fire bullets and lava rocks at players. Occasionally makes part of the floor be literal lava that burns players health little by little. Weak to Electric Shock as it will stun the monster for long enough to turn off the volcano on its head and then you can jump on it.
Boss Loot: Laser Gun Upgrade: Fire Bullets (damages and has a chance to cause burn damage over time)
Sandstorm
Design: A desert area full of bottomless pits and rocks with spikes. The floor is mostly quicksand that can only be crossed if you stay constantly in movement. Late in the level massive sandstorms will block players' view and push them towards the pits and spiked rocks, making movement during it very dangerous.
Instant Deaths: Bottomless Pits, Spikes
Basic Monsters: Walking Cacti (cactus that shoot spikes at players), Angry Missiles (ride the sandstorms and try to hit players), Sandworms (appear from the sand and try to bite the player)
Final Boss: Hurrisand: A bipedal sand monster (looks a bit like a it could be a human, but at the same time has animal features, not to be mixed with a certain Looney Tunes character) that will turn into a literal sandy hurricane that makes it hard to see anything and makes bullets miss. Weak to Ice Beam because it slows it down so that it can't turn into a hurricane.
Boss Loot: Laser Gun Upgrade: Smokescreen (enables easier escape from situations)
You're free to challenge all of the levels and gain all of the upgrades to the laser gun, which you can then use outside the temple as a weapon. Even after all of the natives are rescued or all of the levels have been beaten, you can re-enter the levels and do them again. You won't get the boss loot again, however.
Back in the city, the weather is strangely cold in every district (except the central one that's safe due to the artificial weather there). Even the hottest of them, Solarpeak, is advising people to wear long-sleeved shirts, just in case, even if the temperature only drops to +10 Celsius/50 degrees Fahrenheit at worst.
The reason for the unexpectedly cold weather is simple: a cold breeze travels through the whole city. Sometimes the wind even appears white, as if it's laced with snow and ice. It's easy to tell that this is not a normal sort of wind, but a very magical one.
The wind indeed has a special effect: there's a chance of the wind freezing someone's heart. This doesn't instantly kill anyone, but instead it starts to freeze people from inside out. This effect especially targets people who either have secrets or have feelings that they hide. The freezing is a slow and painful process, taking two weeks to completely encase someone in ice. Once that happen they will end up breaking into pieces and die.
Somehow this wind doesn't affect the plant life or animals at all.
Scientists are quick at work to work on a cure. They have found that there are certain ingredients in all four of the Segments that when mixed together into a potion will undo a frozen heart. So, to help those affected, there are some options that you can do.
Stay in the City to take care of the affected. The key to healing a frozen heart is not only the potion that they will make but also affection. So those brave enough to touch someone who feels cold as ice to touch are encouraged to hug and cuddle, tell them positive things about them and making sure they're comfortable. This will ease the pain and slow the spreading down.
Head to one of the Segments to find the ingredients. The guilds are helping with the preparations to go outside and providing anyone interested clear instructions and maps on where to find them:
• Winter Segment: Bottom of the Unfrozen Lake, a coral that can survive in cold temperatures
• Spring Segment: Breeze Hills, the eggs of a monstrous Firebird (a bird that has wings made of fire that spits out fireballs, not to be confused with a phoenix)
• Summer Segment: Deserter's Desert, a special cactus flower that only blooms during a sandstorm
• Autumn Segment: Mushroom Sanctuary, a special mushroom that only grows on top of the mushrooms that are a size of a house
Once all the necessary ingredients have been found and delivered, people can also participate in potion making. The more people helping with making potions, the quicker everyone affected can get their potions and be cured. The potion is successful if it smell like a warm fireplace during a winter night.
The VR Arcade of the Underground is holding a special event: they have managed to come up with a technology where you can minimize yourself and enter board games! They're looking for volunteers to test this new way of gaming.
For example, there are games like Jenga, Monopoly, Chess, Hungry Hungry Hippo, Checkers, Scrabble and many, many more! The games are made to fit the tiny people, but are also very realistic. Oh and Monopoly has an actual jail, but the money is as fake as can be.
It seems Jenga in particular is at its regular size and people will have to climb to push pieces out. That definitely seems like a fun challenge? Everyone gets a safety rope that's attached to poles around the Jenga towers, that will act as sort of a safety bungee jump rope.
Usually the minimized effect wears off once you end the game and leave the game board, but occasionally the technology glitches and leaves players small. The unexpected side effect wears off between 2 to 12 hours.
Anyone who did participate in the experiment will either get a month of free VR gaming time or a handheld gaming console with classic 8-bit games like Tetris.
Those stuck in a tiny form longer than expected may discover jumping platforms to the fairy mall. It's located in the ceiling of the Underground Mall and is fit for small people like fairies. Here the fairies are all visible as they go about shopping and relaxing. They're all friendly and will make sure you have a lovely time relaxing in this small fairy oasis. Be warned, however, that the food here is strictly for fairies so if you eat it, you might end up sprouting fairy wings for a week. And not necessarily on your back.
Don't worry, you can't turn back to your regular size in the middle of the fairy mall. The magic there prevents that for the duration. Once you return by jumping onto one of the cushions left below the mall, you will return to regular size.
For souvenirs, why not buy a little bit of fairy dust? It's useful for potions, as it gives them stronger magical capabilities but used as is will make anyone be able to fly for 24 hours. The problem is you cannot use it on yourself or else it will horribly backfire and turn you into a talking frog for 24 hours.
• Ask event related questions here.
• Smut is not allowed on the event post, so if your thread is heading that way, please move it to a private entry of your own (your own entry or a new locked post on the comms).
• Remember to content and spoiler warn as necessary!
• All of the prompts happen around the same time but you can get affected by the frozen wind after visiting the Temple of Life or the other way around.
• All natives will be rescued by the end of the month, but the Temple can be accessed later just for fun.
• The frozen hearts potion will be done by the end of the month as well.
Temple of Life
• More Escape ropes can be picked up from the guilds to save more natives, but there's no way to tell there's someone trapped inside until someone goes in, so they'd have to get back after the first visit.
• Smartphones do not work inside the Temple of Life.
• You are very much allowed to work together inside the temple.
• The boss door will only open once the previous group of players has defeated it and have been transported out of the Temple. Then the boss will respawn.
• No one will have basic human needs inside the temple. It's basically a simulator so it doesn't matter how long you spend in there. Once you get out you might need to refuel on touch energy and food as soon as possible, but other than that all one needs to worry is surviving the temple.
• We admit the inspiration for this came from "I can't defeat Airman" without shame.
Frozen Hearts
• The event can affect anyone, not just those with secrets and hidden feelings.
• At the same time, the event can completely miss people as well.
• Samples of the wind can be collected and analyzed but it will turn out as a classic "it's magic" explanation.
• Reminder that this month is Activity Check-in month and check-in ends on July 31st, at 23:59 PST.
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[He doesn't sound incredulous. He sounds fascinated, with both ears pricked forward and a distinct note of excitement in his tone.]
Please do! I've never seen a flying bull before.
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[He pulls a necklace out from underneath his collar, unclasps a white amulet (while leaving a crystal attached), holds it up at the sky, and yells:]
Shirobeko!!
[He puts the amulet and necklace back in place, then leads the way off the bridge they met up on and into the Segments (they're at the border of the Autumn- and Summer Segments, where the temperature is quite pleasant).]
It'll take him a while to get here, so let's walk a little already. It should only take us a day to the Mushroom Sactuary on his back, but I'd still prefer to camp overnight before we actually venture in there.
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[A bit unorthodox to simply yell but then again, that was a pretty interesting way to call a steed. Now he's even more interested, eying the amulet Hijikata had apparently used while calling out.]
Oh that's quite alright, I enjoy a good camping trip. Even better to enjoy the journey there. Have you ever been to the Mushroom Sanctuary? ... The instructions did mention something about house sized mushrooms didn't it?
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I haven't been there before, but yeah, apparently there are house-sized mushrooms there. As for Shirobeko, he hears me across the distance because of magic in the amulet, I guess. It was made from one of his feathers. Winged mounts like him are drawn to seasonal power holders, so if you visit the Spring Segment maybe you'll befriend one too.
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What did you do to befriend such a loyal beast?
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[What he doesn't mention is that he ignored the bull for an embarrassingly long time while trying to lure in more "badass" creatures - predators, beasts, anything dark and dangerous with sharp horns or teeth! But ultimately the gentle creature won him over.]
Oh, look, there he comes.
[He points at the sky, where a small flying object quickly approaches, steadily turning out to be a lot bigger than it looked at first... and when the bull eventually lands, its wing span absolutely enormous, Oengus will probably be delighted. It's a huge animal on the whole, looking more like a bull raised for the meat industry than a lean arena fighter, with small nubby horns and a dirty white colour all over. It snorts as it folds up its huge feathered wings, giving Oengus a curious look.]
Shirobeko, this is Oengus! He'll come along with us today.
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[But the second he caught sight of the animal, he was no longer quite as perplexed. Oh goodness-]
Look at him! What precious little horns he has too, he has such a friendly face! Would he mind if I pet him? Just quickly, before we depart.
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[It was a given that these two would get along! The huge bull enjoys any pettings he gets from Oengus, settling down in a lying position so the riders can get on his back more easily.]
You'll get more opportunities to spend time with him later, now get on! Let's use the daylight hours.
[In the Summer Segment he'd do the opposite and travel at night to evade the heat of the day, but the Autumn Segment can get very cold after sunset. Luckily he has all they'll need in his huge camping backpack!]
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Did we bring anything to eat with us, by the way? If we're to camp overnight, we'll need at least one meal, won't we?
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Not to worry, I've got everything we need. I'm an experienced camper by now.
[That is true. Not only did he pack his luxury tent which is bigger on the inside, keeps a consistent pleasant temperature, and can withstand most elements, he also brought food and drinks! (Of course mayonnaise is included, but it's not the only thing he packed!)
When the huge bull raises itself up from the ground and falls into a trot, Hijikata wraps his arms around Oengus' waist (usually he himself would sit in front, but the other man was so overenthusiastic, now he's the "pilot"!)]
Grasp to his horns or neck, whichever you can hold on to better. Also if you get airsick just lie down on him and close your eyes!
[Knowing Oengus, though, he'll probably keep those eyes wide open to take in the landscape below. Shirobeko runs faster and faster, wings now extended, until he's stampeding, and then--! With a powerful push the huge animal becomes airborne. It's easier in the Spring Segment with its strong gales, but it can still be accomplished!]
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[Thank God it's not just a big tub of mayo, Oengus is an adventurous sort to the point of questionable intelligence, but he's not that crazy.
As Hijikata went to wrap his arms around him, the wings on the faerie's back simply vanished. Shimmered and flaked away leaving no sign behind that they'd even existed. This was done without hesitation or acknowledgement, it may as well have been just a reflex.]
Oh I wouldn't concern yourself with that, I'm quite comfortable with flying. Though I've never ridden on the back of another beast to do it before.
[He listened and did as he was told though, holding fast to the bull's neck as the mount took off running, leaning down to press himself against the animal before with a mighty FLAP, they were off and flying. Absolutely exhilarating for Oengus, of course, letting out a delighted whoop as they took off into the sky.]
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He's very surprised to see Oengus' wings simply disappear, but he just rolls with it and shimmies a little closer to him. Besides it being more secure to hold on to the rider in front, it also allows for a pleasant mutual energy exchange between them. Hopefully Oengus hadn't been forgetting to touch others regularly; it's important!]
Do you fly a lot back home? What kind of place do you live in?
[With his branch-like antlers Oengus struck him as a being of the forest from the start, but would that sort of terrain provide enough open space? Then again perhaps he isn't an endurance flyer and just flits from tree to tree, like a very tall bird..?
As they rise higher their steed's position gradually stabilises, and they can enjoy the view of the autumnal grasslands below. Their route will lead them straight westwards to the Mushroom Sactuary, with the enormous pumpkins of the Pumpkin Spice Trail coming into view far in the distance to the left of them as the only other notable landmark.]
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[He sounded distant for a moment, clearly lost in this pretty little memory, before he pulled himself back into the present with a sigh.]
A land called Tír na nÓg. Where youth and health is everlasting, the water is sweet, the grass soft and the sun gentle and warm. It's terribly beautiful.
... But it does get a little [He wavered one hand a bit] ... Samey. As you'd expect in a place untouched by troubles. Considering your profession, I'm sure I need not tell you how interesting a little bit of trouble can make things. I wouldn't be against just a little bit of trouble- Are those giant fruits?
[DISTRACTED. GIANT PUMPKIN. No he's never seen a goddamn pumpkin before, he's trying to clamber up just a little more on the bull to get a better look.]
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I'm not sure if pumpkins are fruits or vegetables, but that's what they are. The area they grow in is really swampy, but since medicinal berries grow on top of the largest pumpkins people still go out there to gather them - or, well, now they preferably send us otherworders.
[The Pumpkin Spice Trail was one of the first landmarks he visited in the Segments, but he hasn't gone again - not even because it was so awful (it was fine); there just hasn't been an occasion.]