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Event #3: Can't Defeat the Temple

Can't Defeat the Temple
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Game Start

Part 1

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.

Part 2

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?

Part 3

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.

When Your Heart's Not Open

Part 1

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.

Part 2

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 Towering Jenga Heights

Part 1

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.

Part 2

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.

OOC TIPS

• 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 has made a mistake?! But, honestly, this is par for the course for Shigeru at this point. Shigeru does not relent though, because he's an idiot. ]

Yeah, but, do you think they would've liked to have known you got sick trying to protect them?! [ Pot calling the kettle black here but no one has to know that!! ]

They probably wouldn't have wanted you to push yourself so hard for their sake. Saying that your death doesn't have any meaning is no good either, you know? The person who's important to you would say the same thing I'm sure. Just, um, think about how-how they would feel if you had died!! A-Anyway!! Just-just be more aware next time, I guess. [ Good pep talk there. ]

This place is weird and I can't get sick either but somehow the magic in this place always seems to find a way. It's really...something else.

[ He'll sigh as his shoulders sag a little. ] But you don't have any lasting effects, right? Do you feel okay now? I'd like for you to stay for at least half an hour just to make sure nothing changes.

[And now their gaze goes from the bandaid up to the ceiling as the lecture... continues.
This is so strange to them. To go from someone so powerful and regarded with fear and apprehension, the right hand of Gold Pig themself, to...
Sitting in a chair in a doctor's office with a child's bandaid and being lectured about their health.

Part of them almost wonders if they're still sick and hallucinating. But only part of them.]

... What a strange business you run -
Is the point not to have many customers so that your business can prosper? Why tell them to keep themselves healthy?
Would that not mean less customers? Or do you make no money in this line of work?

[There's a fundamental misunderstanding of doctors in there, somewhere.]

I am feeling... better, however. Not fully. But better.
The ache in my chest has faded, and I may even be able to use my powers once more. But I will stay if that's your recommendation, doctor.

[ Wow mister don't go looking up at the ceiling while he's lecturing you about being healthy!!! RUDE. Shigeru huffs as he shakes his head though. ]

Don't tell me you're from some weird place where the doctors are all crooks, too. I swear other worlds have such bad healthcare and such evil people as doctors, what the hell!! It's giving us doctors a bad rap, I can't believe it. It really makes me wonder sometimes!! Of course, I want people to be healthy! My job as a doctor is to help people with their illnesses, you know? Why the heck would I want people to suffer and be sick just so I make more money? That's not how a doctor should act and it's not about the money at all! My first and foremost priority as a doctor is treating my patients and helping them recover!

[ Which seems to be a distinct and lacking trait in doctors from other worlds. ]

Well if you're not one hundred percent you should stay a little longer then. You can rest on the cot here and I can bring you something to drink if you'd like. All I have is water but it's better than nothing. [ Does Purple even need to eat/drink?? ]

Oh! I'm Shigeru Miyata by the way! What's your name?

... I am Purple Mage. And I cannot drink, as I lack a mouth. That is why I came to you for help with the potion.
I couldn't drink it.

The realm of immortals also lacked doctors entirely. Or, at the very least, it lacked doctors for as long as I can remember -
I have been alive for many millions of years. If they existed in the Everhood, it was long before I can remember.

[They pause for a moment, taking this chance to fix their robes back on correctly. ... And then, why not -
They'll go ahead and float up off the chair and onto that cot. This is also a good chance to start trying to remove that ice, now that it's melting, so don't mind them using their magic to try and pluck it off their own face as they talk.]

... However, if we had doctors, I have no doubts in my mind that money would be their priority regardless.
We could not get sick, and injuries were fleeting. The only purpose they would serve would be to grant quick relief.

Oh I see. I thought it might have been because of the weirdness of the ice. So you really have no mouth, huh? [ That's it. Just a 'huh' and an intrigued look before he coughs and looks away which doesn't last long because this man sure just did float over to the cot. But also millions of years and he just lectured them on good health practices, ahifah! ] Millions of years?! That's amazing!! You're the only person I've met that's been alive for that long. But I guess with a name realm of immortals it's pretty standard.

[ Still he can't help but wonder how that must feel to be alive for that long. ]

Well money isn't mine, so you don't have to worry about that! Everhood though, that's the first time I've ever heard of a place with that name. But you also can't get sick? Seems like there are a good few of us around like that. Which makes it really scary and uncomfortable when we do get sick, right? But I do try my best to make people comfortable in instances like that.

I could not get sick there. I do not know if such protections pertain to my form or not.
We'll have to see.

[Flu season rolls around in a couple of months, they'll find out then--
Another, larger chunk of ice gets pulled off of their face, though, only to be placed on the cot next to them. All done with their magic, of course.
They'll use their arms and legs as little as possible, so long as they have their magic.]

... Am I truly the only one you've met at such an age, however? I did not think it would be common, but surely there must be a few others like myself...
I was not the only person in the Everhood, after all. For a long time, we were a society of billions.

Well if you ever do get sick you know where to find me! And yes! I-I don't think anyone else here is that old though, no!! But I guess you could always ask over the network. That seems to be the best option for meeting people of similar situations and things of that nature.

[ The most grandpa of the grandpas. ] You could probably make like...a club or something!! That might not actually be so bad, you won't feel like you're the only one either. [ Have a smile directed your way, Purple. ]

Were, huh? What happened to everyone then? If you don't mind me asking.

They were wiped out in a series of genocides perpetrated by the only individual capable of killing us.

[It's said with 0 upset or hurt or anything in their voice, even casually plucking the last bit of ice off their face to sit and melt with the rest on that cot.
As if it really isn't something they care about... because it's not.]

Not everyone, mind. Plenty of others found a way to rid themselves of their immortality long before.
And select few had found a way to remove those that bothered them through the use of tools or the environment. The one I served was quite fond of using an incinerator.

[ PURPLE?? This is very alarming and also sad?? Shigeru thinks the other having literally no reaction or even care is the worst part though...he has to wonder if any of those people who died were their friend?

Shigeru does look visibly troubled for a good while, a frown etched into his expression and a deeply troubled look is still plastered over his face as he regards Purple again. ]

I'm sorry...that you had to experience something like that. It doesn't seem like a very nice place. [ He looks away. ]

Did you know anyone there? Like as-as...friends or even acquaintances?

Of course. There were only thirty of us left after the previous bout.

[You come to know people pretty well when there's so few people left in the entire world.
But that's said as they tilt their head a bit, curious about Shigeru's reaction to it all.]

...

Their deaths were predestined. You needn't feel sorrow for them.
It was their time, as well as my own.

W-Well, I mean, that might be true but-but it's still sad to see people...die. Predestined or not. What could have been getting taken away like that is always hard to think about, you know? [ It's sad even if it was their time to go. What could they have done with their lives if they weren't cut short? ]

Still I'm sorry that happened to you. I guess this place is filled with people from all stages of their lives. [ Strange to think about as a doctor, really. ]

But I'm glad I got to meet you and that you're here! [ Just have a wide smile back at you Purple. ] This place is also pretty great about giving people a second chance, you know?

[ Of course it's up to the person what they want to do with it. ]

[Purple's quiet for a bit, thinking over their next choice of words. It's becoming clearer to them how Shigeru feels about the topic of death - then again, they shouldn't be surprised when he's so painfully mortal.
Despite being immortal, themself, death is a topic Purple knows a lot about. Perhaps far too much.
It's why, even though they stood and faced death in a battle head-on, they accepted that it was their time with no complaints.

... Okay, with few complaints. But that was before they truly understood what was going on.]

This is a heavy topic for you. It is admirable. Someone who chooses to spend their life healing should care quite a bit about the deaths of others.

However, as a former immortal and a necromancer both, I wish to pose a question for you.
What do you suppose happens to a world that remains stagnant for millions of years?
No lives coming or going. Every life remaining the same, day after day, for an eternity.

It's a heavy topic for anyone. Even immortals like yourself have to think about it sometimes too, right? [ Death is never a joke, of course, and being a doctor and having seen his own friend die right before his very eyes due to his own powerlessness hits him a bit harder than most. ]

I'm not sure, really, I don't think I ever thought about a world like that. Is there no room for change, growth, or creativity of some kind there? People tend to overcome things like that through wants and desires, even hopes and dreams! Just because you're immortal doesn't mean you can't have those, you know? But I'm not immortal so I wouldn't know. [ If it's no, then he can see why but even still... ]

I guess I want to ask...if there was anything in that world or even this world now that you would like to have seen?

... I would like to see the ocean, perhaps.
But this world seems to lack that as well.

[All they've got is the huge lake in Solarpeak... the rest of the world is barred thanks to whatever happened in Ellipsa's past to create those dark lands at the edges of the segments.
Part of them wonders what it'd be like to live a million years here. It's much larger than the Everhood had been.]

You are an optimistic person. Filled with a hope I have not seen in many thousands of years.
I understand now why Duval trusts you enough to turn me in your direction as I stood at death's door.

Try not to lose such a human trait, if you can.

The ocean, huh? I used to live right by the ocean back home! I can give you some of the pictures I drew of it. I-I know it's not the same thing...but having a picture is like a first step towards seeing the real thing, you know?!

[ He draws Nen pictures of flowers all the time so he can do this for Purple! But Shigeru's expression shifts a little between surprise and something akin to guilt. Ah, well, his last encounter with Duval was anything but pleasant after all...]

You think so? Sometimes even I get a little down though. But you seem like a nice person and I think if my optimism can have even a little bit of an effect on someone I definitely want to keep at it! But Duval...he-he actually was the one who sent you to me?

[ He's not sure how he feels about that?! His feelings on the other man are so complicated and strange. ]

Yes. He was. I cannot see why this would be a surprise.

Duval's kindnesses towards me have been... numerous. And immeasurable.
Thus, assuming he believes in your skill as a doctor, it would make sense that your clinic would be his recommendation.

He would not lead me somewhere that could potentially cause further harm. This, I truly believe.

[They can't imagine why Shigeru would have that look on his face when talking about someone as kind as Duval...
But then again, Duval's mentioned how hard connections are for him due to being an "asshole". Surely that must be the issue at play. Misunderstandings, surely.
So they have no problem explaining just how kind he's been to them, because that's clearly something Shigeru needs to hear after everything that's happened, right --]

[ It's a surprise because Shigeru almost choked him out and went semi!feral and eldritchy on him because he was so damn angry, but no one needs to know that!! It's all because Duval is an asshole, yeah!!

Shigeru looks away at that, his expression unreadable for a brief moment. ]

Well-well I'm glad he told you to come here. If you know of anyone else that's in a bad spot, please don't hesitate to send them my way. I have plenty of potion stocked up for whatever this outbreak may be.

[It would be a very good thing to never let Purple know that, yes!!! They aren't a very good person!!! So!!
That said, Shigeru's been pleasant enough that they feel no suspicion from the way he reacts to their explanation.
Though they are curious, if the way they tilt their head is any indication... but they'll let him have this one.]

Your dedication is admirable. If I find anyone else suffering as I was, I will make sure they know where to go.

[Here, they go ahead and slip off of that cot, though their feet don't touch the tiles of the room - rather, they just. You know. Start hovering a solid five inches off the ground.
That's how they do it.]

... I will have to find a way to repay you for this, once I have done so for Duval's kindnesses as well.
Thank you, doctor.

If you find yourself in need of a mage of my strength, my alias on that "network" bears my name. You will find me easily.

[AKA, their username is literally just PurpleMage.]

[ They will never know, unless Duval spills the tea, in which case RIP to Shigeru. Shigeru meanwhile will frown at the offered repayment. ]

You don't have to repay me, Purple! I-It's my job? Um, so, you know I'm just doing it! I'm glad I could help. Maybe we could talk more then! Have you ever been to an arcade? I think you might enjoy it. There's VR there and we could definitely simulate a beach or ocean for you! It's not exactly the same but VR is pretty realistic.

It is your profession... yet you seek no payment at all? Not even an obligated payment in exchange for labor and supplies.
You truly do run such a strange business.

[They can't wrap their mind around the idea at all. Everything they had ever done was out of obligation and in return for pay.
Even the horrible things they've done for Gold Pig. Like, y'know, attempted murder. Even that got them paid???
(Sorry if anyone expected them to understand pure generosity.)

That said... the words Shigeru brings up are all very foreign to them. Or, at least, they're words that Purple hasn't heard in - as always - thousands of years.
Their memory span only runs for so long.]

... I have not heard of an arcade, nor "VR". However, if it is for simulation, it may be similar to Green Mage's games...
I have never played them myself. But they speak of the locations held within these games as if you are truly experiencing them.
It would not surprise me at all if they were capable of something similar with their powers.

However, a term such as "VR" sounds much more like technology than magic. Am I wrong?

[ Shigeru smiles brightly back at Purple giving the other a thumbs up. ]

Then we definitely got to take you to see it! It's a really cool experience, especially if you're unfamiliar with it. But, yeah, it's more technology-based although in this place you could also say there's a little bit of magic involved too!

[ Magic and tech go hand-in-hand in his own world so this isn't the strangest of things to really say. ] So this Green Mage could mimic simulated worlds?

I cannot say for certain; I have not seen them do so in person, having only heard the tales.
But Green Mage is incredibly powerful. There is quite a lot they are capable of.
I would not be surprised if the tales were truthful.

[Despite the praise, Purple's tone is even and cool, of course. As if they're just rambling off facts rather than compliments toward another Mage.
(Because they kind of are, in a way.)]

... Does this VR cost much to experience? I must admit that I have no source of currency at this moment in time.
I know that quests assigned by the Guilds are an option, but my powers are rather specialized...

[ Shigeru hums in thought as he brings a gloved hand to his chin. Sounds like an enigmatic fellow, this Green Mage, but he would like to learn more about them definitely!!

Shigeru does laugh at that follow-up question, however. ]

You don't have to worry about that! It'll be my treat! Though what are your powers, if you don't mind my asking? Specialized as they are I'm sure you could find some work around here, especially with magic being so openly used and all. And there's always the seasonal powers we get! Have you tried using yours? I think they're emotional-based...maybe? I'm not sure how they work but I can use telepathy with mine, which has made my life so much easier to communicate.

[ But also it has made it awkward at times /sweats ]

Through my powers, I am able to raise the dead to do my bidding. I am also capable of rewinding small portions of time, if needed.
I may have spent the last few eons a servant, but my tasks were not menial.
My powers were chosen for me by the one I served so that I may crush their enemies as needed.

And it was needed quite often.

[Surprise, Shigeru, you're befriending the loyal right hand to a tyrant that helped choke out an entire world!!!
They are literally only good at being The Dragon™. That is their only skillset. It's all they've got to offer.]

[... That said, though, they actually look down at the floor in a thoughtful sort of manner after explaining all of that.
Despite how little features make up their face... they somehow give off a kind of melancholy air. As if this is something that's been troubling them, but they haven't had the chance to get it off their chest.]

However, if I am to be frank with you, doctor... I do not believe I am suited for life in a place like this.
It is only recently that I became aware of the sort of person I am -
And that person has been so well-tailored to fill my role, I would be lost attempting any jobs that most offer here in Ellipsa.

I don't even know most of the words used for such jobs. I have read many offerings to the point of having these words memorized, and yet understanding eludes me.
What is a "cashier"? A "clerk"? What is "graveyard shift"? A "resume"?

These are all gibberish to me.

[pls help]

Event #3: Can't Defeat the Temple

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cw: talk of genocide, suicide, murder, everhood is a fun and happy game

it is so fun 😟

so fun!!

sounds like...a blast. 😭

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no need to tag this back if spoons elude u, im just poking thru their inbox

I have at least 1 spoon for purple

1/2; well how bout that, i got at least 1 spoon for shigeru!!

2/2;

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