Quest Mingle: August-September

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Quest Mingle: August-September
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Quest Plotting!

• These quests are valid from start of August until end of September.
• Characters don't need to be a member of the guild to do quests and anyone can do any segment's quest! The quests are just marked this way to show where the quests are taking place.
• City Location Details | Segment Location details
• Remember to keep distances (times are calculated as walking times) in mind when planning what quests to do when. You have two full months, so there's no rush!
• For some of the monsters, additional details can be found from the Beastiary.
• Rewards are for one completion of the Quest, but characters can do it multiple times to earn more money from them, as the problems do repeat.

• Please see the guild page for permanent quests.

🚨 Emergency Quest 🚨

Going Gorgon

A massive monster has been spotted in the Jungle of Judgement (Summer Segment). It has been feeding on the native fauna and even people! It looks like a giant snake lady with wings. Some have identified it's name to be "Gorgon". We can't have this monster feeding on everything that comes even close to the area of the Jungle its at, so we need people to take care of it! We will pay 2000 Moon Coins for your efforts of somehow solving this problem - may it be destroying the monster or just getting it leave!

OOC: This is a player made quest that won't last for two months. More information on it in this post. To suggest a quest, please leave a comment on the Player Suggestions page.

Log for the Gorgon Quest is here!

City Quests

Even in your city... quests! [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Blind Cooking	Local TV channel is looking for participants for a new type of reality cooking show. In the show one person is blindfolded and the other is giving them instructions. This is very much a trust building exercise for the participants, as well as entertaining for the viewers. Of course, any and all injuries will be healed by a team of specialists on set.	Upon entering the set the producers will do a spell that will determine how well the two people know each other. The closer they are the less likely they'll be allowed to work together. The goal is to find people who barely know each other to take a leap of faith in cooking. Of course the spell can be fooled by keeping your thoughts neutral about the other person while it's being cast.	500 Moon Coins, a free self made meal
Emotional Art	Amberfall artists have set up giant blank canvases all over the districts (even in Frostreign) with plenty of different painting tools (brushes, spray cans etc). The task is to paint with your positive emotions and make pictures that radiate with positive energy. The tools and canvases are all magical so trying to enforce negative emotions into the paintings will lead to the paint disappearing once it's been on the canvas for a while. These works of art are meant to uplift the spirits of the citizens and just let people have fun with painting.	Characters may learn an instant spell for cleaning their clothes from paint (and only paint) while they're participating in this quest or can be provided with overalls. Occasionally the paintings will be changed to a new blank canvas to give people more room to paint, but the "finished" canvases can be found from various places in the city.	100 Moon Coins, a watercolor set, watercolor paper
On a Magic Carpet Ride	The Research Center is always looking for fun new ways to travel. Now they are looking for people to test out the newest ones. It's a magic carpet meant to be ridden by two people. One of them powers up the carpet by singing (anything goes, even songs thought up on a whim) and the other steers the carpet. The test drivers are asked to complete a course where they need to pick certain items throughout the city and then return back to the Research Center.	You are free to come up with simple items (fruit, special tokens, stamps - anything that won't be too heavy to carry) for the course. If the character in charge of singing stops, the carpet will gently float down to the ground (or whatever is beneath it) until singing continues again.	700 Moon Coins
Pipe Express	Mysterious turquoise pipes have appeared all around the city. Some natives have entered them out of curiosity and ended up in a completely different place. Turns out they're warp pipes, a new way of fast travel! However, some of the warp pipes have an extra challenge that will take them to either a grassy terrain where you get chased by small dinosaurs that breathe fire or a pool with fish called Toe Nibblers. Some have even found just a room with a bunch of gold coins! Please help us label all of the pipes and where they might lead.	Fire Breathing Dinosaurs are the size of a house cat and can look like various different dinosaur species. Toe Nibblers are various fresh water fish that nibble on people's toes and aren't generally very dangerous. There's 1/10 pipe chance to end up in either of the enemy pipes and there's 1/50 chance to drop into a room full of gold coins.	300 Moon Coins
Undercovered CW: Gang Activity	After the opening of the Underground Mall, there has been an increase in criminal activity and shady people, especially in the center district. The police are very understaffed, so we're asking otherworlders to go undercover and infiltrate these crime groups (but only those on the surface). Any information provided is important and will help towards making the city a safe place to be in.	You're free to come up with different motivations, reasons and plans the minor crime groups may have and use the local Law Enforcement to bring them down with the help of your character. Some groups will hand out simple flower pins (imagine small, like hair accessories) to characters out of trust towards them.	2000 Moon Coins, possible flower pin

Winter Segment

Lights, Snow, Quests [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Invisible Maze	Throughout the Winter Segment, invisible walls have appeared. These walls form a maze and occasionally one finds themselves stuck in an invisible dead-end. They're very hazardous and make traveling in the Segment difficult. We ask that you find whatever is causing this maze to exist.	Passing through the maze will lead to finding an invisible Mime Monster (a bipedal, masked ermine creature). Once the characters reach the Mime Monster it will turn visible and attack. All its attacks are invisible but you can predict what they are by participating in a game of pantomime. The Mime Monster doesn't need to be killed if you show it a pantomime it can't solve.	400 Moon Coins
Just Around the Riverbend	The rivers and lakes of the Winter Segment are flooding due to giant monstrous Snow Beavers making dams all over the place. These beavers are the size of human teenagers and their coat looks like powder snow. You don't have to kill the beavers, just get rid of their damn dams!	Snow Beavers usually travel in groups of four and make dams on any watery surfaces. The dams are strengthened with ice, but shouldn't be too hard to destroy; it's just that there's a lot of them and the Snow Beavers will try to bite anyone who attacks the dams.	600 Moon Coins
Snowed Out	The Summer Districts want to make ice and snow sculptures in the city to cool the areas a little bit. To accomplish this, special snow and ice need to be delivered from the Winter Segment. Any snow and ice that glitters like the northern lights under sunlight will be perfect for the task as it won't melt. Bring as much of it back as possible.	Sleds and other means of transport are provided for the task. Snowmobiles can be rented to pull sleds easily through the snow.	200 Moon Coins
Yet We Must Fight	A group of Giant Yetis have emerged from the forests of the Winter Segment, looking to destroy anything in their paths. They have weapons made out of wood that they use to hit opponents with. They've been making steady progress towards the City Barrier, attracted by the masses of people inside it. We believe the barrier will hold, but the natives would likely get spooked if they saw them banging on the barrier so chasing them away is important.	The Giant Yeti max height is 6 metres / 20 feet. They don't have any other abilities other than their size and their wooden weapons. Killing them is optional, they just need to be chased out. Usually by fire.	900 Moon Coins

Spring Segment

Breezing through quests [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Cats Need Catnip Badly	Local animal shelters have run out of cat- (and other creature-) nip due to not being able to visit the Creature-Nip Meadow regularly for the past two months (due to a certain quest). Now they want to fill their storage with as much of the herbs as possible.	Eating or otherwise ingesting the various herbs in the Meadow may turn people into the creatures they're meant for (cat nip -> cat). At the least they will make the person act like said animal for a few hours.	200 Moon Coins
Farming Life	The Research Center has provided barrier stones. These stones can be used to protect farming plots where you can grow various vegetables and herbs. The barriers don't protect them from normal animals, but they do protect them from various natural disasters and monsters. Place these barrier stones around the various abandoned farming plots and maybe get into farming yourself!	The barrier stones only cover plots of 5 x 5 kilometres / 3 x 3 miles. There can be multiple next to each other. Various vegetable and herb seeds are also provided by the quest givers.	200 Moon Coins, fresh vegetables/herbs later
Movie Inspirations	A movie producer needs references for a fight scene and wants people to defeat local Spring monsters in the flashiest way possible and get it on camera. Camera provided, of course, with enough film for four different takes.	Any Spring Segment monsters in particular will do the trick (even slimes). Cameraman safety is not guaranteed during the quest and they may have to tend to themselves.	100 Moon Coins per clip
Panda Picking Season	It's the time of the year when Giant Pandas tend to feast on the Bamboo Labyrinth in large parties. This is a necessary cycle to keep the labyrinth in good shape. However, the panda babies tend to run off. Please protect them and bring them back to their parents. The grateful mama pandas will give characters golden bamboo shoots they find from the ground as a reward.	Golden Bamboo Shoots are a special type of bamboo that will upgrade the Spring Power Holder powers when added to regular food. If a non-spring holder eats it they will just feel a lot lighter for a few days. It also tastes delicious. Please refrain from taking the baby pandas away from their parents. If you must adopt a panda, adopt the whole family at least!	Golden Bamboo Shoots

Summer Segment

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Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
All These Mummies CW: Mummies, Skeletons, Mind Control	Areas near the Deserter's Desert have recently seen an increased amount of Mummies. They have certainly appeared from out of nowhere (or from sand, we suppose). They're a menace... but not in a fatal way. Instead they're trying to wrap bandages around people to turn them into them. The bandages do have a 1/50 chance to actually make someone completely act like a mummy (walking in a trance, wrapping bandages around people) that can be canceled by taking the bandages off. They should be dealt with as soon as possible.	The mummies are otherwise mostly harmless, but the Research Center would appreciate if someone captured a few of them so they could study them! Actual mummies have skeletons underneath all the bandages but nothing else. If they're stripped off their bandages they will comically cover their genital area and run away.	300 Moon Coins
It's Raining ... Fire CW: Burns	The Summer Segment is a place where it rarely rains outside the Rain Jungle, and when it does rain it can be something other than your regular water. Like fire. Recently observational team has noticed fire raining down from the skies. The source seems to be Wyverns circling in the skies (their scales, when falling, turn into fire). Put out the fires before they spread too far and dodge the unpleasant rain.	The Wyverns can be fought, but they're danger level 10 and even killing one is a very, very hard task, especially since they're cloaked in Dark Energy most of the time.	400 Moon Coins
Pirates of the Great Lake	Mysterious ships have made an appearance on the Great Ocean Lake: ghost ships and pirate octopi ships. They're disturbing all life on the lake, throwing explosive and other things into it. The Research Center has provided ships that can be taken to the waters and some pirate outfits to fit the theme (optional). Destroy the enemy ships and restore peace to the lake!	Ghost Ships are ships that don't seem to have any members onboard (or they can only be seen by the Winter holders). Pirate Octopi are octopi with eyepatches (and some even have mechanical tentacles in place of normal ones). The ships rarely fight each other but they don't consider each other allies either.	700 Moon Coins
❗High Risk Quest❗ La Va Land CW: Burns	New creatures are emerging from the Lava-Ridden Land. Monsters made completely out of lava and rocks and are slowly making their way towards the segment and burning their way through everything. They're especially headed for the airship station, though we are unsure if they'll be able to cross the Forever Fall, but we don't want to risk them actually passing through it. Defeat them, however it takes or chase them back beyond the barrier.	Lava Monsters are extremely dangerous and will burn anything they touch. They're closely shaped like slime and other blobs, making hard to tear apart as they will just reform themselves. Their weak point is the lava core, lodged deep inside their bodies. Breaking the core means the lava creature will dissolve.	8000 Moon Coins

Autumn Segment

Maple scented Quests [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Leaf Me Alone	Majority of the autumn leaves have turned magical and have started to cause people to fall into a state of sleep whenever they hit someone. Luckily, most people have fallen asleep on the safe zones, but there are those who did not. Be careful not to get hit by the leaves and try to get rid of them instead, all while saving the people sleeping in wrong places. As long as a leaf remains on someone they will either sleep or feel very drowsy and the more leaves they have on them the more potent the effect is.	The effect is less effective through clothes, but will still make one feel sleepy/yawn a lot. With enough layers of clothes the characters will be able to collect the leaves for extra potent sleeping potions. However it's not recommended to eat the leaves as they are, as it might lead to a comatose state instead.	300 Moon Coins
Migrating Foes	Over the course of several weeks, some (Spring) slime and (Winter) Gem Biters have made their way to the Autumn Segment and are now eating special mushrooms near the Mushroom Sanctuary (but not inside it). These mushrooms grow them in size and now we're dealing with human-sized foes. Slime are still relatively harmless, though now they can cover someone in their slime drool, but Gem Biter bites may actually be dangerous. Fight these creatures and either destroy them or bring them back to their original habitats (the effects of the mushroom will fade with time).	Eating a mushroom will make someone grow triple their current size (clothes will transform with them). The effect will fade in a day. Used in potions this mushroom will help with plant growth.	400 Moon Coins
Silent Streams	In the woods, near the Silent Mountains, people will find they lose their voices. In fact, all the sounds disappear. However, it's also the place where you can find one of the purest of water sources, needed for a special potion. The quest is simple: obtain the spring water and bring it back, but be careful of the dangers you cannot hear.	While the area around the spring is relatively safe, sometimes Spirit Animals wander around, attracted by the emotions of those in the area. They will only attack if there are too many different emotions in the area at the same time. There are also actual bears and wolves wandering the woods, but they rarely come too close to the Silent Zone.	100 Moon Coins per water container
❗High Risk Quest ❗ Rest in Pieces CW: murder, drowning	Lately people have died or gone missing near the Abandoned Graveyard. A new type of Kelpie specie has emerged from the Flooded Woods: the Ghoul Kelpie (or Ghoulpie). It can't enter the protected area, but it will haunt people right outside of to either immediately feast on them or take them with them back to the woods to drown them. They're extremely aggressive and attack anyone on sight. They need to dealt with as soon as possible to bring peace back to the area.	Ghoul Kelpies have a sticky fur that anything sticks to. Their teeth are sharp and venomous and their mane turns into vines that poison or stun their opponents. Their weakness is that the more dry they get, the more vulnerable they are to attacks so they occasionally need to retreat back to water.	8000 Moon Coins

NSFW Quests
DO NOT use the Quest Mingle for these quests and instead play them on other posts! This questboard is only unlockable by characters that are 16 or older.

The Spice [ Click to Expand ]

Quest Name	Description	OOC Notes	Rewards
Sex on Air	A new airship is looking for workers for their opening months. The airship cruise that circles around the districts and segments is meant for pleasure and pleasure only. Employees will dress up in sexy lingerie and serve customers drinks, food and entertainment. It's much like a sexy host club on air. There is also a chance of trying their new spell: actually having sex while floating in the air. Just make sure not to fall behind the airship or you may be in trouble.	Of course anyone is allowed to just be a customer of the airship - or why not both, with occasionally doing work and occasionally being served. The Airship leaves evening second evening from the Nightwake Central station and returns after two days. Think of it as a luxurious cruise.	900 Moon Coins per cruise
Shibari Lessons	Due to the last month's Freezing Heart incident, local sex shops have opened up workshops around the Underground Mall. They are teaching characters magical shibari. Every knot tied around someone will represent an emotional or physical block they have. Once all knots are in place a spell is cast on them that will relieve them of their burdens for some time (depends on the person, how fast they will grow these burdens back in their minds/bodies). May also cause arousal to doing this with a partner you know and trust might be a good idea.	The spell doesn't completely erase the burdens, it's merely meant to bring temporary relief and pleasure. The spell is a customized for every person, but it has to include the words "release you from your burdens", but otherwise it can be worded however the one doing the spell wants (for ex. "With my love and care towards you, I release you from your burdens"). The spell has to be one full sentence, but it can't just be "I release you from your burdens".	Shibari Spell, Shibari Rope

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Comments

[pecsonthebeach]

This is not the first time we have been toyed with. I fear it will not be the last.

[It is still incredibly bizarre to think their memories all reach different points. Clive doesn't like it, feels like his freedom is being taken in an unforeseen way, but if there's anything he knows all of them are good at, it's persevering. So that's what they'll do.

Joshua's look penetrates him, though, in a way he's not used to. But he's right. Clive has the responsibility to tell Jill what's happened. And he will. He will. But not here.

Clive stands up and holds a hand out first to Jill, then to Joshua should he need it.]

Let's go, then.

LMAO beautiful also I'll fast forward a bit next tag bc unspeaking titan can get old

[dreamsofwings]

[ Eren can't fathom finding his titan form attractive so he misunderstands the implication. The titan is literally VERY HOT temperature wise so...okay, weird thing to say, but that's the only meaning he can imagine.

He shrugs a shoulder and punches his way through a dam. He could use the War Hammer's spikes but this is more fun.

He watches her and the beavers for a minute then turns to stomp off to the next dam. ]

cooking!

[knowsvinewhip]

"It looks as if they've decided on cookies."

Okay, listen. It wasn't a lie exactly that Hakkai doesn't know Eren. He's met him! But that's not the same thing as knowing someone, right? A technicality. That's all. Not the first time he's abused one. Probably won't be the last, either.

He smiles. As if he's apologizing for the whole situation.

"I'll let you tie the blindfold on. Unfortunately, I haven't had a lot of practice with these before..." How hard could it be? It's baking. He can bake. "I don't believe we'll set anything on fire, haha!"

And not make anything shaped like body parts.

Hopefully.

o7

[abnormalizes]

[She follows him fearlessly, cutting down any beaver that gets in the way.]

Right, you can't talk like this. That's fine, I should probably wait to flirt until after we're done with the quest anyway.

[embracingsun]

Don't die, Ruby! You have to hang on!

[Not the worst way to go out, but definitely don't go out at all! And there the pile on continues]

[silver_eyes_rose]

They’re… they’re adorable… but I can’t go now!

[Despite the pile on, Ruby tries to squirm her way out, her shoulders exposed as they cling to her clothes, too.]

[dreamsofwings]

[ Did he hear the word flirt just now? Surely not. That would be...really weird. Even Hange doesn't go that far.

Anyway, there are dams to bust. Between the two of them, her scything beavers that try anything and him literally punching dams into pieces, they manage it in a decent amount of time.

The transformation in reverse is also strange, Eren pulling himself out of the titan's nape, the titan body dissolving into scalding steam around him. He's actually grateful for that, the heat that could burn another person. After that whole freezing disease thing, this heat is so welcome.

Alas for Evangeline, Eren just looks like Eren now, though he has the telltale marks on his face, vestiges of tendon-like strands that attach him to the titan body. Those will take awhile to fade away again. ]

Thanks for the help. You're good with that weapon.

[abnormalizes]

No problem - there's definitely worse ways to spend a day than helping out a handsome Titan and getting paid for it.

[Is this unsubtle enough. She will get worse until acknowledged.]

I have training with a few different weapons, but this one's my favorite.

Toshirou Hijikata | Gintama (Prismatica & Isle of Avalon CRAU) | Summer

[mayoninofukucho]

[OOC: After the conflict that led to the 'Going Gorgon' quest Hijikata has had a lot to mull over, so quest partners may find him a bit subdued compared to his usual temperament, especially during the rest of August. He'll be doing the City Quests during that time and the Segment Quests in September (but of course we can already kick them off now)!]


1) On a Magic Carpet Ride (for sangreine)

[Between the Gorgon disaster that kept Hijikata occupied and the failed second hibernation prevention experiment on Saya's end, both of them are less energetic than usual as they meet up to test the magic carpet. Hijikata is restless and really wants to throw himself into battle out in the Segments to escape the many thoughts he can't untangle, but given his arrangement with Ozymandias this is about as good as it gets right now.

Nevertheless he musters a little smile for Saya. He worried about her when he saw her acting so unlike herself after she awoke from her sleep, bereft of all the memories that made her who she is... he truly thought that they all had lost the Saya they knew. Her memories returning felt like a rare divine mercy.]

Well, at least we won't have to argue over who sings and who steers.

[He heard her sing at the art festival! To say that she can hold a note would be a huge understatement.]

2) Pipe Express

[Pipes randomly appearing... what else is this place going to throw at them at this rate? Somehow Hijikata feels reminded of the Temple of Life. He tackled all levels back then! It this going to be the same kind of situation?

Well, if nothing else there are enemies. The dinosaurs that come running up to Hijikata and his quest partner may barely be the size of the starter pokémon many people got from the vending machine in the underground mall, but they're a lot more aggressive. Hijikata turns their fire green and harmless as he kicks at them to keep them at bay and, ideally, send them running.]

This only pays us 300 Moon Coins? This is bullshit! Did they say how many pipes we need to label?

[Sounds like he's considering phoning the quest in... what a bad attitude for a policeman!]

3) Undercovered (for likeiron)

[Given his job, Hijikata has seen some hair-raising reports about clashes between the local criminal organisations and otherworlders lately - and one person appears to have been involved outrageously often. There have even been fatalities (on the criminals' side) in incidents Hijikata strongly suspects Nina to have been embroiled in. His coworkers held and questioned her multiple times already, but it seems that the young woman is as stubborn as as a mule, and since there's been no conclusive evidence they ultimately had to let her go each time (it helps her case that the gangs generally refuse to cooperate with the police in any way, even to testify against someone who's troublesome for them).

Now that new groups seem to have formed (or, potentially, splintered off from the underground ones) and Harrison has tasked Hijikata to support those volunteering for the infiltration, he can't think of anyone better than Nina to reach out to. For a first meet-up he invites her to the Shinrin-Yoku in his home district Sunwaning. Nothing like a conspirative meeting in a private room in a traditional Japanese Inazuman teahouse!]

Well, then. What do you know about the groups that have started operating in the city centre? I read all the reports, but you probably have a better overview than my colleagues and I do at this point.

4) Invisible Maze

[Hijikata still has some lingering bad associations with the Winter Segment, give his disastrous mission with Jean and Mukuro a couple of months ago, but the quests there won't sort themselves out! Once September arrives (not that they'd feel the change of time, given the way Ellipsa is) and he's free to enter the wilderness again, no longer under Ozymandias' protection, he finds a quest partner to head out into the eternal winter with.]

Invisible walls... didn't anyone who investigated this share their findings on the network? If it's the ice maidens again--

[He gets cut off by the impact of the snowmobile against - what else would it be - an invisible wall. He and his partner get solidly jostled, but at least they weren't speeding to to the point of sustaining serious injuries or the vehicle being wrecked! Hijikata is clearly unamused as he (with the snowmobile properly turned off) marches up to the invisible obstacle and puts his gloved hands against it.]

It's a wall alright. Let's see how much it can withstand, shall we?

5) Just Around the Riverbend

[Hijikata isn't sure why the snow beaver damns are such a problem - there aren't any important structures around that might get flooded, right? -, but a job is a job! He observes the human-sized, white-furred creatures as they work on their home made of logs.]

I know it's not in the assignment, but wouldn't it be best if we killed the beavers? Otherwise they'll just keep building new dams. Or are they a protected species?

[Look at that, slowly but surely his latent bloodlust is apparently coming back!]

6) Snowed Out

[The quest is simple and straightforward: Go out, get snow, bring it back. But given the pitfalls of the Winter Segment Hijikata is accompanying his quest partner as a protective escort. He's one of the best when it comes to destroying snowskeletons (the skeleton type; the snowman type is tougher)! Of course there's plenty of time to talk on the trek back and forth and even while shovelling the snow into the transport sled.]

Are you just in it for the money, or are you into making snow sculptures? Back home we have competitions for that in winter, but people will build the damndest things.

7) Farming Life (for vennessa)

[Once more Hijikata signed himself up as an escort, expecting to be paired up with a non-combatant, and when he found himself matched with Vennessa instead it was a pleasant surprise to see her again. Given what little he knows of her background he's confident that she could have held her own out in the wilderness, but it's just a lot safer (and recommended, in any case) to not go alone!

He lets her choose the Segment and specific location, purely being in it out of restlessness himself. Having gotten side-tracked talking about recent events on the journey, he only puts his mind back on the quest once they're on location and placing the barrier stones.]

Do you want to use this plot yourself? Or are you just helping the locals?

8) Movie Inspirations (for icepatch)

[Hijikata wasn't particularly interested in the quest at first - he wants to fight monsters because they're causing problems, not because some movie makers want inspiration! -, but when he ran into Kaeya and learned that he was going for it, it immediately activated his competitive spirit. Before long the two of them find themselves out in the Spring Segment.]

We have enough film for four takes, that means two for each. What do you want to start with? A slime?

[That suggestion in and on itself is already half a challenge...]

9) Panda Picking Season (for angerintomiracles)

[Quests involving cute animals are definitely for civilians - but as always civilians need protection, especially if they're kids like Eva. (Never mind that at this point she could probably fend off most enemies with her cutting wind!)

Eva's had a tough time lately, Hijikata thinks, what with her arachne affliction, so he doesn't mind coming along. If they can get a golden bamboo shoot for her it'll surely make her happy. Given that it would haven taken them 6-7 days on foot, they instead took the airship, after which Hijikata called his winged bull to cut the rest of the journey down to half a day. They strategically unmounted in a location on the outskirts of the Bamboo Labyrinth where they spotted a baby panda from above.]

I just realised that we've got no way of identifying its parents, do we?

[What if this becomes a total panda odyssey?]

10) All These Mummies

[As usual Hijikata's hot and sweltering home Segment holds plenty of dangers for adventurers - perfect for a swordsman like him. He's confident that no mummy will be able to wrap him in bandages (nor his quest partner, not on his watch)! Now if only the Research Centre hadn't asked to get a mummy or several captured "alive"...]

It'd be easier if I just burned them! I mean, they're already dead, right?

[Well, before he can attempt that, they first have to meet one. But perhaps the mummies are not far! They are in the Deserter's Desert.]

11) It's Raining ... Fire

[As a summer power holder Hijikata doesn't possess any effective magic to face off against fire-resistent enemies - but that doesn't stop him in the slightest from venturing out into the Summer Segment yet again. Who cares that a pair of wyverns almost killed him and Medusa and forced them into their ill-fated Master-Servant contract, this job is just about their falling scales and the fires they cause! If nothing else, Hijikata's winged bull friend eases the scouting.]

There's another fire over there! Damn it, is it their molting season, or what? But it's always summer!

[Hopefully he isn't with a fellow summer power holder, otherwise they'll really have to get creative. Sadly he never learned the rain dance!]

12) La Va Land

[Since the lava lizards and wyverns clearly weren't enough in terms of fire-resistent threats, now there are lava monsters. Hijikata, ill-equipped as ever in terms of effective magical abilities, is nonetheless burning (haha) to get out there and intercept the march of the eerie new enemies.

After a comfortable enough airship ride and some help from his winged bull he and his quest partner have taken up position on the eastern end of the Great Crossing. Hijikata's grin looks just a tad manic.]

Just let them come. I've got unlimited ammunition for this baby.

[He swings... a keychain. This better be good, right?]

13) Leaf Me Alone (for hometown)

[Collecting people who've been put to sleep by magical leaves in the Autumn Segment sounded like a total civilian task, however Hijikata's been feeling a little guilty about not having taken his Tepig on any of the quests in the Winter- and Summer Segments, given the cold respectively the danger. This one would probably be fun for the little fire pig. A pokémon is a partner, right? That's what Director Clavell said. So it's fine if he goes with just his Tepig!

(It isn't fine.)

When Reiner sets out on the same task - either equally reckless, or maybe intending to stick to the safe zones only - he'll find himself approached by the slightly breathless Tepig. If he has his Turtwig with him it'll be happy to see it again, but only briefly before falling into the classic "pet asking for help for its owner in distress" behaviour.

Since Reiner is too nice/responsible/curious a person to not follow the fire pig, despite its owner being kind of a huge jackass, it ends up leading him to where Hijikata succumbed to the leaves. He's flat on the ground face-down, arms straight at his sides, and steadily accumulating more leaves. His Tepig tried to remove them, but couldn't quite manage it all.]

14) Migrating Foes

[Attack on the Mushroom Sactuary? Not if Hijikata has a say! He flies himself and his quest partner in on his trusty bull (unless said partner has their own transport), and the now human-sized foes are readily visible from the air.]

I think I can take all of them on with my bazooka. The slimes I can also just burn; it makes them shrink. Or do you have any other ideas?

[He doesn't have a bazooka on him by all appearances, but not to worry!]

15) Rest in Pieces (for corpsewarblade)

[Ghoulpies are about the last thing Hijikata wants to deal with. Regular kelpies would be fine (well, more or less), but these ones are half ghoul!! And they live between the creepy abandoned graveyard and the Darkness! This quest just has "bad news" written all over it!

But Mukuro is determined to tackle the problem, and Hijikata can't let his sworn sister walk into that kind of shitshow on her own. Besides he does feel the responsibility to act, given that the creatures have already killed people (presumably locals who used the teleport stone to visit the graves and were lured beyond the iron fence), and, well, the reward is really outstanding. He could buy so much mayonnaise with 8000 Moon Coins!

Onsite they first assess the situation, confirming that the graveyard's enclosure is still undamaged and the ghoulpies haven't been able to enter the safe area.]

So far, so good. Now how do we best take these creepy things out?


[OOC: If you'd like to hash things out, do hit up my plotting post!]

Cole Harrison - Changeling the Lost - Mid-August onwards

[tethered_roamer]

Pipe Express

[Using the pipe system is pretty interesting. Quickly travelling from place to place isn't unlike traveling the Hedge back home. And he's getting an inkling that he could use this in combination with the fact his Hedge Gates here only go between places he already knows to get even more benefit.

That's part of why he's signed up to help map their paths. But also, it's one of the few jobs he feels that he can do and other people will need the information.

Popping out of a pipe, feet still soggy from a few pipes back, he frowns at the sight of three little fire-breathing dinosaurs as they stare him down.]

Great.


Panda Picking Season

[He had to take this one as soon as he saw it. Not because pandas are cute, but because the thought of any child becoming lost away from a parent is still too close to home. Paid or not, it's important to him that he help prevent that.

The nice thing is that this is a mostly chill jub, which is good because he's been a little tired lately. It also gives him time to think. About this world, about home, about his friends...about his parents. About the fact that even if he wasn't here, none of it really matters anymore. That part of his life is over and done, and as long as most of them stay safe that's what matters. He needs to focus on himself for now...which is easy to say, isn't it?]


Migrating Foes

[The nice thing about being Lost is having a potentially varied way of interreacting with threats. Cole turns his attention away from the Gem Biter, leaving it quaking and unresponsive where it sits. The only other things immediately around are slimes, but he's not sure quite how to get them out of the area without killing anything. Violence is almost never his first instinct where there are other answer, so this is a problem.]


Silent Streams

[Despite the unnatural silence, he actually feels a little at home here. Autumn is his element back home and he can clear his mind except for the task at hand. He's only got three containers with him, physical strength being an area that he's seriously lacking in. He might do this a few times though, just to enjoy the peace.]

Pipe Express

[tethered_roamer]

Do you need help?

[Cole could hear the skirmish as he neared the mouth of the pipe, so he's actually just peeking out and observing for now. After all, he's more than a head shorter than the average person with a weight to match. Picking fights he doesn't need to is not recommended.

But he can, or maybe just get the guy to safety. Safety would be good.]

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

Probably a good idea.

[He looks off into the distance taking in everything.]

The closest one is thataway.

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

Nah, just you're plain ordinary ones. I wonder if celestial frogs are even a thing?

[She got it in one at least? He's definitely immortal.]

[forgingfires]

[He nods and starts that way.]

If you can keep from messing it up for a century, I'll try to convince my parents to stave off any ambitions for that long as well.

[dreamsofwings]

[ Eren is a little obtuse but he's not entirely oblivious. He stares at her for a second.

Suddenly that hot comment means something else, doesn't it... ]

You...seriously think my titan form is...

[ He has to struggle with the concept for a second. ]

Handsome?

[ He'll come back to the weapons thing but right now he's too busy just ?!?!?!?! ]

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

You know, I don't see why you have to be so rude about everything.

[He floats after.]

I don't go around holding it over his head that he abandoned me.

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

[It's really handy.]

Then I'll make sure to surprise you. It'll be fun! [He ruffles her fur.]

I'd definitely join you in ground-chicken.

[abnormalizes]

Yeah! One hundred percent!

[If her immediate, enthusiastic answer wasn't enough to show she's serious, she's blushing. Her eyes practically sparkle.]

[forgingfires]

I'm always rude. If I don't hold it back for the Dragon Girl and Noodle Boy, why do you think I would do it for you?

If you cannot see how much worse what you deliberately did to him than his failure to act, then that is on you.

If you have complaints on his actions, then that is something to address with him.

I'm offering to aid you in the chance to work it out. For my own selfish reasons, but you're the one who claims to care about my family. A century is plenty of chance to make persuasive arguments for an outcome you'd prefer.

[sangreine]

[ More gold in her eyes now, glittering like kicked up silt. ]

< You're my favorite. > [ She may or may not tell people that all the time, but it's usually true. ]

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

I didn't say it because I have a problem with it. It hurt at the time and, like I said, talking it out wasn't an option.

And we don't actually NEED to talk it out. We made our truce when I help him escape the Spider Queen's web and he returned the favor. You talk like I just haven't done anything.

[forgingfires]

I'm saying think longterm, Monkey King.

My family has not given up our ambitions entirely as far as I'm aware. We were just taking time to...breathe. Take a break and actually bond.

[Work through some Issues. Get his father more used to him so there were less moments where he looked at Red Son and saw a stranger.]

Now unless you know exactly why they decided a strong enough truce to vacation together, and it included some oath to not try and take over the world...

Well, it would be a time to practice planning.

Unless you have no plans to ever interfere with their ambitions again.

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

I dunno if you forgot, but I'm retired. If you're going to not even try to preserve whatever legacy your friends and the people they care about leave behind, that's on you. If you just raze it to the ground then you'll have to live with that just like I did.

[That's not a no.

[forgingfires]

You're not going to guilt me, Wukong.

Frankly, I was expecting for all this to blow up in my face in a decade tops.

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

I wasn't guilting you, I was stating a fact. If you're willing to throw away their goodwill and MK's faith in you, you have to live with that. Just like I do with my brothers.

You're underestimating their loyalty when it comes to friendship if you thought they'd be that easy to push away.