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Entry tags:
- !event,
- attack on titan: eren jaeger,
- attack on titan: jean kirstein,
- attack on titan: levi ackerman,
- attack on titan: reiner braun,
- d4dj: rinku aimoto,
- end roll: kantera,
- fate grand order: oryou,
- gintama: hijikata toshirou,
- original: evangeline,
- original: mikhail rostovan,
- original: nenonen,
- original: nikkolaus,
- tales of vesperia: judith,
- tales of vesperia: yuri lowell
Event #4: Under the Great Ocean Lake
Under the Great Ocean Lake
LOGS | NETWORK | OOC | MEMES | NAVIGATION
September 15th - 30th
A message appears on everyone's phones. There's a new type of magic to learn! This magic is based on trust, so anyone interested is expected to appear to one of the training places (the Guilds in Frostreign, Blossomcrown, Solarpeak and Amberfall) with one or more people they trust (it doesn't matter which guild this time so they can pick any of them as their location). Anyone who arrives to the guilds will directed behind the building, to the giant outdoor training area.
Some may recognize the people waiting in the areas. They're the teachers of the Magical Mansion. They've set up a lot of Swords in Stones around the backyard and the explain how the magic words thoroughly before letting anyone do it.
The goal is to partner up with someone they absolutely trust and pull the sword out of the stone. After that the sword disappears and the essence of it transports into one of them. The teachers explain that their bond and the sword's magic now enable them to form a magical bond weapon.
The person who received the essence is now a "Vessel" while the other is a "Wielder" (a decision between players which is which). The wielder will be able to pull a weapon out of the vessel. This progress doesn't hurt the vessel at all; but they might feel a little "out of it" for a moment. The magical bond weapon fits the wielder perfectly (any weapon - firearms have infinite ammo) and cannot be broken or wielded by other people. It's more powerful than normal weapons. They disappear after the battle the weapon was summoned to is finished. The only way for the weapon to fail is if the vessel is somehow critically hurt or knocked unconscious.
The bond between the two of them will remain in existence as long as the trust remains. If either side loses their trust for the other, the connection will flicker out of existence and feel like a sting in their chest.
Those who are as close as "soulmates" will be able to feel if their partner is in danger or approx. where they are. Otherwise the bondmates will feel warm feelings when close to each other.
The Magical Manor Teachers will be at the guilds to guide people for the whole month. Afterwards the Swords in Stones will be periodically replaced by guild staff if someone uses them (there will be written guides to how they work from then on as well).
Those who don't want to or don't have partners to participate in the main event, there are stalls around the districts for characters to make Elemental Weapons. Everyone will receive a ribbon stick (in various colors and designs) that they can use in fights. The element used by the ribbon is not tied to the user's Seasonal element, but to the element that resonates the most OR the least with their soul. This element can be water, wind, fire, earth, electricity, ice, darkness or light.
There are targets set near the stalls meant for practice. There are natives who show how the ribbons work: wave the ribbon towards the targets and the element comes out shooting like beams or balls, depending on the movement of their body. If the ribbon is thrown up, the element will rain down on a single enemy - if thrown down it will spread the element across the ground.
The Elemental Weapons need to be charged by magical energy, but they last for 100 different attacks at a time.
September 18th - 19th
Another message arrives on everyone's devices (on afternoon on September 18th). This time it's Dawn, the Guild Leader of Summer. It's a text message labeled "Urgent"!
Hello, everyone! Dawn here. I have an important mission for everyone! You see, the mermaids sent us a message through the fairies that they have located the missing Fairy Queen. She's apparently been captured by the sirens.
So we're going to be launching a rescue mission to the depths of the Great Ocean Lake. The mermaids will also be helping us, but they need our skills to fight the sirens properly.
And by that I mean I'm also going to be coming along with you. All the fairies and the Fairy Queen are important to us, so I want to do my part in helping her out. Don't worry, I know how to fight even underwater!
There will be temporary teleport crystals straight to the northern side the of the Great Ocean Lake at every Guild. Let's meet there tomorrow at noon! You might wanna bring some swimsuits with you - but we'll have some other useful things for diving at ready there!
Oh, right. You will get a big reward of 10,000 Moon Coins if you come to help. The Fairy Queen is essential for fighting back the Darkness. So if you're able to come to our aid, please do.
Dawn is waiting for everyone at the beach at the promised time with a lot of boxes. She explains that the boxes contain different methods of helping people with the dive. One of the items included is a Oxygen Helmet made by the Research Center that lets someone breathe underwater for 12 hours after charging it with magical energy. The second item included is a Seashell Necklace that will release a temperature altering bubble when used underwater, making the water around the user a pleasant temperature and also lets the user breathe underwater for 12 hours after charging it with touch energy. The energies can be charged in the middle of use if necessary. Both of the items make communicating underwater possible and can be kept after the mission - but you only get to choose one.
Other items in the boxes are saddles, harnesses and treats, meant for Water Mounts. Dawn explains there are several water animals tamed by the mermaids that will aid the characters if they feel like they're not strong enough swimmers - or just want to save their strength. There are sea lions, seals, giant sea horses, dolphins and even orcas and sharks. The first mission is bonding with the mounts - which is where the treats will come to play. Some mounts may be more difficult to bond with than others.
There's time to practice both riding the mounts, diving and even fighting underwater. There's even a cage-like ring made with seaweed where people can practice sparring safely.
As the mission starts it becomes clear that the lake is very, very deep and has a lot of caves and labyrinths made of coral. That's why the mermaids are there to guide them to right directions. Anyone is welcome to stray from the paths and explore different caves for different aquatic herbs for different potions and variety of items, but they should be careful not to get lost.
The trip is so long that the mermaids suggest staying at their homes at the Mermaid Village (all the houses are made out of coral) for a while to charge and eat a little bit. The mermaids accommodate the otherworlders by having one full room that has oxygen and a nice, comfortable bed... but due to the limited number of houses all rooms will have to have two residents (and just one bed).
During their stay in the mermaid village, they have a chance to interact with the local mermaids and hear them tell mermaid tales (basically stories from the past, of royalties and pirates, and even a love story between a siren and a mermaid - feel free to come up with fun little stories).
They also wish to hear about characters' stories. Either from Ellipsa or their homeworld. If characters manage to make a mermaid laugh or cry with their stories they will receive mermaid tears that can be made in jewelry that makes a water shield around them (even out of water) in danger. The ones made from tears of sadness will also heal characters slightly while the shield is up.
There's also the danger of getting invited by a siren instead of a mermaid as they pretend to be mermaids around the village. They also have houses, but they're further away from others. They will try to lock people up and either kill them or make them their slaves. If someone starts doubting where they're going they can use their voice to make people think they're following a loved one to safety.
The sirens will also definitely use characters as shields to protect themselves from death.
September 19th - 21st
After a good rest at the Mermaid village, it's time to continue the journey towards the proper siren territory. The guide mermaids will lead the team into the darker themed coral reefs. Some of the colors emit a light, making it easier to see through the coral corridors.
On the way to their destination there are some more open coral caves where monsters lurk. The caves can include camouflaged ice squids that try to freeze people (the closer someone gets to them the colder the water is and they're weak physically which is why they hide), adamantine swordfish that will wish to duel anyone with a sword (defeating them requires firing magic at their mouth) or energy sapping jellyfish that try to cling onto people (the trick to defeating them is to get them stuck together or destroying them).
Some of the caves also have sirens hidden in them that are the first wave of guardians of the siren territory. They're armed with tridents that shoot out ice or electric crystals and their singing will cause pain and status effects (such as stun, poison, sleep, burn and energy sap). They're not hiding their pointy teeth or spiky tails around this area so they can't be mistaken for the guide mermaids.
If someone does get affected by a status effect, the mermaids can heal them with their songs.
Some coral caves also have very beautiful crystal flowers stuck to the coral (they can't be removed). Characters will feel weaker near the flowers. It seems the flowers are draining touch energy. Holding someone's hand near the flowers help with the effect.
After the coral caves, the team finally makes it to a giant area surrounded by rocks and coral. The seabed in the middle looks empty, but it's still guarded by more sirens with tridents. But these guards also have schools of manta ray that protect them and use their tails to sting opponents. One siren usually has three manta ray protecting them and they fight in formations with other siren's manta ray when needed.
Defeating a siren will gradually destroy an illusion, so either destroying them or knocking all of them unconscious has to happen before the team can proceed. Once every siren is defeated, the Siren's Palace is finally revealed.
Dawn leads the way to the Palace, which is more of a prison for "breathers". There are some native humans there, but also who they were here to rescue; the Fairy Queen. The Mermaid Guide provide more Seashell Necklaces to rescue everyone from the Palace. Dawn personally helps the Fairy Queen, who seems to be unconscious but still definitely alive.
Going back through the coral paths is now easier with the enemies gone. The crystal flowers previously there have disappeared while the fight was going on at the palace. Otherwise the journey back to the surface can be made faster by by riding currents. These currents reach from the Mermaid Village to the surface - but only go upwards, which is why they couldn't be used on their way down. They cut the time swimming into half.
Once characters make it back to the city they will be greeted with a feast that the fairies have set up with the natives of the world. Plenty of free (normal, not fairy) food and drinks for everyone! And a hefty 10,000 Moon Coins rewards for everyone who went underwater.
Epilogue/Extra Information
Further investigation of the Palace and interrogating sirens leads people to find out that the sirens alone weren't responsible for the abduction of the Fairy Queen (unlike the natives, those are completely blamed on the sirens). Apparently the remnants of the Auctives (or "The Harvesters") were also responsible, but they have been found dead in the Palace.
Another name that the sirens mentioned (with added venom in their tones) was "The Wizard". Apparently this person promised to stay around and help them win their war against mermaids and their allies, but the person had vanished and left the sirens behind to take the blame. They say the Wizard has a way with words, making almost anyone believe what he says and trust him - but once that effect stops people see the error of their ways.
The sirens responsible for kidnappings of natives are given to the mermaids, as they know the best way to punish them. This, by no means, means all sirens have been dealt with - just a group of the more loud ones.
Meanwhile, the Fairy Queen will be resting somewhere in Nightwake, regaining her strength but she will surely make an appearance later to tell her side of the story when the time is right.
• 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!
• The First part of the event will continue for the whole month.
• The Second part of the Event runs ICly between September 18th and September 21st, with the Fairy Queen being brought back to safety on the 21st by Guild Leader Dawn.
• Those who wish to see a glimpse of the Fairy Queen as she's being rescued, she looks like this, but with huge fairy wings (PB: Monica Bellucci). She's normal human sized, unlike normal fairies. She will be added to the NPC page later.
• Dawn will be participating in the event, but she cannot be interacted with in threads. You're free to handwave her fighting alongside your character with her double swords or chat about anything related to Summer Holder powers - or maybe even think about hosting a party - while resting somewhere.
• Items found from the underwater caves can be freely chosen by players. We just ask you don't make your character find a piece of every item available!
• Reminder that this month is Activity Check-in month and check-in ends on September 30th, at 23:59 PST.
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He'd explain that his franchise has been crossed over with so many video games in recent years that sometimes the jargon just slips out, but most people get terribly confused by having the 4th wall broken on them, so he refrains - and Purple Mage's impressive haul of mermaid tears distracts him from that, anyway.]
Wow!! How'd you get this many? Your story must've been a huge tear-jerker!
[Just what kind of life has this mysterious-looking fellow been leading?!]
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The mermaids were rather susceptible to stories of hardship and starvation. One of them was particularly upset when I mentioned the lengths I had gone to in order to secure a roof over my head.
However, it was not until I explained how it had gone on for centuries that they began to cry.
[Said all matter-of-factly and cool, of course, like it's nothing.
And now that they're all counted out... they keep four out and put the rest - only about three - back into their little baggy. Purely so they can hold those four out for Hijikata.]
Here you are. You sound quite impressed; I need not hoard something precious when there are plenty of them to share.
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[Having to struggle for food and shelter for centuries? Talk about a crapsack world! When Purple Mage offers the pearls to him, though, he holds up a hand in a declining gesture and shakes his head too for good measure.]
No, don't give them to me! It's really generous of you, but give them to a non-combatant or someone else vulnerable. I have a shield of my own already.
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[If he had any question as to how Purple could end up stuck suffering through that for so long, that'd be why.
Immortality kinda sucks if the world sucks on its own.
They're already putting the little gems back into their equally as little bag, though, despite their question.]
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[He's died once already, and he came back no worse for the wear!]
But even aside from that, I've got a full arsenal of defensive and offensive abilities.
[He sure sounds confident for a man who was eaten in one bite by an anglerfish will'o'wisp... but in fairness, that happened just a month or so after he got here. In the half-year since he's unlocked so many new abilities! (Will he stop it with the internal gamer jargon any time soon?)]
I'm sure there are civilian who'll be grateful if you share the tears with them.
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[And back into their robes goes that little pouch! Hijikata's right, and frankly, they're well aware - they have someone in mind that they planned to share a few tears with, regardless.
They were also just wholly prepared to give up all of them.]
Did you play a close part in the battle, then?
I didn't have the chance to watch much of it, from my vantage point. I may be immortal, but my place is at the back as that which I command fights for me.
[You don't get to wear a hat as ridiculous and huge as theirs without some kind of weird magic up your sleeve, after all.]
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[He's pretty sure he knows who of the fellow temporary merpeople Purple Mage was, too... there aren't many people who swallow the light like the eye-catching coelacanth mermaid he took notice of in the big group.]
I've got to thank some friends for being able to do so well in that battle, though. One lent me a magical bracelet that let me use my fire magic underwater, and I only have my shield ability because another unlocked my soul energy for me to use.
[That's the best he can explain what an Aura is!]
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[They have the physical strength of a wet rat at best. It's better that they don't try and fight directly, they'd just be big and in the way.]
However, if at any point you found yourself fighting alongside undead animals of the sea... that had been my doing. I was quite lucky to have found the corpse of a shark among the coral. With help from a friend as well, of course -
Even with my magic, uncovering it would have been far too difficult alone.
And I must admit, I am rather curious about that "soul energy" of yours... I have yet to meet someone else whose powers work through their soul as mine do.
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[He got big scare when he first saw those! But luckily, they were fighting on the same side.]
You're a necromancer, then!
[Sorry, Purple Mage, this is distracting him from explaining what his Aura is! He could have been a necromancer on the last world he visited, too, having been gifted with death magic there, but instead he specialised in exorcisms. This is interesting to him!]
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Long fish with sharpened teeth. As well as a handful of even smaller fish, whose teeth seemed even sharper.
I do not know what kind of fish either were, but they were all quite violent and voracious from dwelling among the dead for so long. They made a wonderful choice for the encounter.
[All the carnivorous, undead fish were thanked with a meal for helping out, of course, but most humans don't like those kind of details, so they're going to keep that one to themself.]
... Does the power of necromancy interest you?
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[Battles are always chaotic, and he wouldn't be able to tally how many enemies the undead creatures took out of commission, but they made a difference for sure.]
Ah, I just got pinged by the topic, but I don't have those powers anymore. I never practised necromancy, but I was granted death magic on the previous world I helped out.
[He stopped bragging about being a *~triple isekai veteran~* after some embarrassing malheurs here on Ellipsa, but Purple Mage can probably figure as much.]
It encompassed necromancy- and exorcism powers and some other abilities, such a leaving one's own body behind for a while, being able to see ghosts and their traces, and whatnot. I mainly honed the abilities that'd allow me to banish dangerous spirits, but I also spent a lot of time with benevolent ones.
[He's making himself miss his Yuureisengumi ghost patrol. The recruits were all remnants of two concurrent terrible disasters the otherworlders failed to stop: One that destroyed a whole city, and one that devoured the souls of the newly created ghosts. It was fucking terrible, frankly.]
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But magic is rarely that easy to understand, regardless. It wouldn't be magic if it was.
[Not that they got to choose their magic, of course. They just ended up with whatever they got because they snapped at the chance to have powers at all.]
... If you meet such dangerous spirits here, however, perhaps consider calling for me.
I have spent too many eons now using the spirits of those who don't deserve such treatment - it would be nice to have a change of pace.
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[He was terrified of ghosts before he learned to engage with them productively! Initially he really felt like he'd been punished with his magic type. Eventually, though, he learned to tentatively embrace it, and became an asset in several important endeavours. It was a good run, all things considered.]
What've you been using those spirits for? To fight for you?
[Purple Mage seems to have led a pretty rough life; maybe battles were also part of that?]
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[It may sound a little patronizing, but they're being genuine; they've had a hard time being able to talk to others about their powers without scaring or upsetting people... they're actually rather glad Hijikata doesn't seem to mind the discussion.]
As for the use of my powers, you are correct. To fight not just for myself, but also the one I served.
There had been many times where I was still needed under their command, so I had no choice but to send the dead in my place...
But I do not recommend doing that. They are a mess without guidance.
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Hearing that Purple Mage served someone else, though, makes him perk up yet again. He understands!]
Are you a Heroic Spirit?
[Or maybe he doesn't.]
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The question itself earns Hijikata a few, confused blinks.]
... I am not a "heroic" anything, no. My master would not have allowed for heroics.
The idea goes directly against their wishes.
[How are you meant to accrue all the wealth ever when your eternal servants are going out doing heroic things?? That's just silly.
(Purple Mage is, in fact, a villain.)]
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[Like he's one to talk after the shitshow he kicked off here with his own Servant just the other month! And no, he isn't getting that he's gone down the wrong path here just yet. Heroic Spirits who don't see themselves as heroic are the saddest thing!]
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I accepted the position myself. It was my own choice.
[Like, yeah, it sucked absolute balls in a lot of ways, but they're the one who agreed!!]
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They both have purple hair, too!]Why'd you agree to serve that Gold Pig?
[Was it to make a wish come true? But then again, isn't it usually the Master who gets to wish upon the Holy Grail rather than the Servant?
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... They were the one who saved me from the life I spoke of earlier.
The stories that caused mermaids to weep. Poor and weak, starved and unable to do anything to bring myself back out of such a state.
Gold Pig offered me magic and power in exchange for my servitude, after I had been struggling for so long... it would have been foolish to turn that down.
[So, yeah, they're just... a regular servant. Nothing special about it, aside from perhaps the special treatment Purple got as Gold Pig's right hand and personal servant.
Are they proud of themself, having made that choice? Nah. But what else were they supposed to do??]
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That all sounds pretty crappy. Are you going to stay here?
[Ellipsa has to be a paradise in comparison to that shitty world!]
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The choices I have are all so incredibly different, it would be hard to make such a decision now.
[After that, they pause for a moment -
Before a realization seems to hit them.]
Ah - I did not mention this, but I would simply cease to exist, should I go back to that realm.
I was very recently killed, and had been on the journey toward reincarnation.
So while it was... "crappy", as you say, that is not the life I would return to.
[This probably doesn't help any of Hijikata's confusion at all.]
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Is there a reasonable chance for you to be reborn into a better life back home? Or is life generally hard for most people there?
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My issue, however, is that I would not remember my time here in Ellipsa, should I decide to go through with it...
Thus why it depends on my experiences here. If they are too much to simply sacrifice in order to move on to my next life, I will have no choice but to reject it and remain here.
[So far, they're already leaning toward staying. They've met people here that have taught them what actual friendship is - yes, they had such a rough life that they had to be taught something like that - and that alone has been enough to get them to question whether or not they want to go ahead and be reborn, after all.
However...]
That decision, too, has its fair share of issues. My lifespan, for one - to live as long as I have is unnatural. No one soul should exist for several millennia.
And should my lifespan continue on such a path while I live here, while all that I meet remain mortal...
[And then, a pause.]
... I apologize for bringing such heavy thoughts onto you, of course. The feast is meant as a celebration, yet here I am, prattling on about death as if it is nothing.
[but really what do you expect from someone who's millions of years old, peepaw has a lot to think about]
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It's fine. This is a damn tough choice; I don't envy you for having to make it. I know that there are some other really long-lived people here, but most of us probably do have short lives.
[He takes a sip of his drink, pondering what he would do if he were in such a position.]
If you stay here and your friends who do the same eventually pass away, you could always return home, but first write your memories down so you can take them with you, if only as a story for the "new you" to read and enjoy. Or maybe if your friends want to return home, you could go with them instead?
[Or with one/some of them, assuming they're not all from the same world.]
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