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Event #6: Doctor Why Instead of Who

Doctor Why Instead of Who
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Sawyer's Return

Sawyer, the Autumn Guild Leader, addresses the network on noon on the 19th. He's back from wherever he has been since disappearing in November. The message goes as follows.

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"This is Sawyer. I lead the Autumn Guild as the last Autumn Power Holder native to this world. I was accused of crimes relating to the portal mysteries and sabotage in the Research Center in November. Well, I guess I still am.

I managed to track down the real culprit, but couldn't capture them. Instead, I got the device they used just before they disappeared into yet another portal. The device still has the coordinates to the location they went to. Instead of pursuing them myself, I'm asking for everyone's help, since I got injured fighting them. I'm leaving the device to Olwen, along with a file on another incident, and letting Harrison put me in jail until the real culprit is captured. Hopefully after Jade looks me over.

Anyway, I'm counting on all of you to capture the bastard. They go by the name "The Doctor".

Harrison, I'm waiting behind the Amberfall Guild."

Any inquiries about the video will be met with a "We are forming a plan of action, please wait" for the first few days after. But everyone will be assures that Sawyer did get medical attention before taken away! (Handwaved) Visitations are permitted while he's in custody.

Color Me Inked
(Duration: Whole month)

Part 1

There is some really good news following the slightly worrying news from before: The Fairy Queen has reacquired all of her powers! That's why anyone who is interested is invited to Amberfall to gain an upgrade for their seasonal powers. This upgrade comes in the form of a magical tattoo. These tattoos not only give boosts but it can also move around one's body (for example, if someone's tattoo is a bird, the bird can fly around, especially when powers are activated).

These tattoos are permanent by default, but they can also be temporary should the person wish so. Temporary tattoos will wear out in a month (or earlier, if the tattoo is in constant use).

The basic effect of the tattoo is simple: seasonal powers stronger against the dark energy, meaning everyone will be able to fight creatures coated in it easier. That is, however, not the only effect; two more effects can be chosen when the tattoo is made, from a pool of choices provided.

Tattoo extra effects
• Danger Sense (gives an ability to sense danger in the surroundings)
• Door Creation (lets the user create a temporary fake door to pass through walls and other obstacles)
• Elemental Resistance (one element) (can be chosen twice)
• Enhanced Sense (choose one of the basic senses) (can be chosen twice)
• Guardian Spirit (summons an astral being to physically protect them, in the shape of something important to them - stays for an hour per summon)
• Mermaid Song (gives an ability to be able to heal minor injuries with singing)
• Minor Regeneration Powers (automatically heal minor injuries)
• New Element creation and manipulation (choose from electricity, light, neutral) (can be chosen twice)
• Retrocognition (able to see an item's past by touching it (does not work on living things))
• X-Ray Vision (lets user see through walls and other objects by touching them (does not work on living things))

All extra effects of the tattoo drain magical energy just like any other abilities do. If someone is low on magical powers, the tattoo will look like it's faded out (animal based tattoos may even start sleeping). No one automatically masters these abilities, so it might take some time to get used to them and properly use them in a fight.

Part 2

Various booths have been set all around Nightwake that let people test their new abilities. Most of the booths utilize just one ability (like being attacked by a water balloon with a blindfold on to test danger sense or test their enhanced senses) but some of them have several ways to complete them. They vary from obstacle courses to target shooting. These are mostly fun, harmless things

There's also just general fighting areas set up for people to just fight it out with their new abilities (they know by now that otherworlders love their fights). There are also robots that are installed with various martial arts to use as opponents, for those who prefer not to fight other people.

Bigger on the Inside

(Duration: January 22nd -> 26th)

Part 1

Olwen, the Winter Guild Leader, is the next one to address everyone through a message sent to all devices. It's an invitation to join him in tracking down and capturing The Doctor, but also for anyone who wishes to join the support side of things. The team will be gathering in Blossomcrown Park, on the 22nd of January at noon, where he will explain the plan.

The park has several tents set up. All of them are somehow related to aiding the fighters who will be entering the portals, so all non-combatants will be asked to man them. There are healing, food and even touch energy tents. After an analyzation done on the portal device, it seems that touch energy will drain faster inside the portals than they do normally.

Before the portal is opened, Olwen greets and thanks everyone for coming. He will explain that their primary goal is to find The Doctor, but also prevent monsters from entering Nightwake while the portal is open (it cannot be shut while someone is inside, unless you're someone like The Doctor). He explains that the nature of this portal is otherwise still unknown and he advises anyone who starts feeling bad in any way to return to Nightwake right away.

Once everyone is done with preparations Olwen activates the portal device and leads the way inside, holding a sword and shield in hand.

Part 2

When people first enter the portal they are met with a breathtaking view. It looks as if the water surface and the sky melt together, as the water reflects the starry sky. On the water there are several rowing boats. Once at least two people are inside a boat it will start moving across the surface of water and will eventually disappear into a mist (all except for Olwen, who disappears alone for some reason, who tells everyone to stay focused on the mission before the mist takes him).

The boats take people into sceneries that reflect their seasons. If there's more than one season on the same boat the scenery will be a mix of them.

• Winter is a cave of ice and water, filled with monsters named Glaciduets (Rock monsters with various animal bodies that shoot ice and rocks as weapons)
• Spring is a place among the clouds, filled with monsters named Galeduets (Birds that are partially fishes, that use sharp winds and icicles as weapons and dive among the clouds)
• Summer is a village that is burning, filled with monsters named Flameduets (Various dinosaurs with wings that use fire and wind as their weapons)
• Autumn is a rainy forest filled with monsters named Terraduets (Skeletons with fiery armor that use earth and fire as their weapons)

All of the monsters are far sturdier than they look and can provide to be difficult opponents. To proceed, they all (at least five monsters, can be more) have to be defeated and if any of them get past them into the mist the people entered from they will attempt to enter the portal into Nightwake. The mist is also the way to escape and return to regroup if needed.

Part 3

Defeating enough monsters will destroy the space they entered. Once enough spaces are destroyed, one final space is revealed (this will take a few days, there are a lot of these spaces). It's where Olwen can be seen fighting a masked, hooded person. Olwen is using his sword, water and ice - while the other figure uses force fields to protect themselves from magic and two swords. From the looks of it, the fight is rather even.

Those who try to help Olwen will be met with another force field around the area, preventing anyone from entering. Destroying the devices making the field will help Olwen get past the villain's defenses, but they're guarded by shadow monsters called Shadow Moths (This creature takes the shadows of people to become bigger and faster. It usually takes the form of a giant mothman that has shadowy vines as its weapons. If hit by the vines, characters would start doing everything backwards).

Once the devices have been destroyed, Olwen manages to encase the figure in ice before collapsing on the ground himself from exhaustion. All that's left now is to get both the ice covered villain and Olwen out of the portal and closing the portal - but with that, it's mission accomplished.

The masked villain (still frozen) will be taken by the Law Enforcement into custody to be questioned while Olwen gets Jade (Spring Guild Leader) to look after him right away. Olwen is tired, but thanks everyone who came to help with the mission (whether fighting or supporting) with a healthy sum of 20,000 Moon Coins.

Epilogue

With The Doctor in custody, Sawyer is free. Harrison makes a public apology, which Sawyer accepts and a viral video can be seen of all the guild leaders hugging him and telling him how they always believed in him. Are those tears in Sawyer's eyes? You must be seeing things!

Information about the villain will be given at a later date, once they manage to interrogate them. Meanwhile Sawyer will return to his guild duties. This time actually doing them without (as many) complaints.

Waiting in the Shadows
(Duration: January 28th - 31st)

Part 1

The Research Center Leader, Helene, and the Fairy Queen have been working on a project while the Portal fight has been going on. They send a message that there's another mission to take to those who are interested, with a 50,000 moon coins reward because of how dangerous and important this mission is.

Those who agree to take on the mission are asked to take at least a temporary magical tattoo. Those who already have a tattoo (permanent or temporary) will have theirs temporarily enhanced. This is the only requirement to participate in the mission. The enhancements for the tattoo are to protect the user from what they are about to face and make magic work against it - as well as work as an emergency exit if all else fails.

Explanation of what they are about to face is a dangerous entity once faced by two otherworlders. It has been named the All-Consuming Darkness: an experiment made by the Doctor that was meant to be unleashed to destroy the barriers around Ellipsa. Under normal circumstances it would eat any attacks delivered at it. But with the Fairy Queens magic tattoo boosts that danger will be out of the way.

After all the preparations and explanations, they are advised to take the new, temporary teleport crystal out to the Autumn Segment, straight to the Abandoned Mansion.

Part 2

The Abandoned Mansion is a creepy, old two story building that looks quite rundown. It's surrounded by mist that expands into the forest. There's not much to look at on the outside, other than two tombstones with the names of Kamisato Ayato and Kaveh on them. Anyone who has previously visited the mansion might remember they definitely weren't there before June, when the place was sealed.

Magical tattoos let everyone pass through the barrier and into the house. The strategy is simple: find all the arms of the monster, spread out to the mansions every room, and destroy them. With the boost from the tattoos all attacks can now deal damage, but the monster can still inflict status effects (silence, stun, burn, poison) and the air around it generally feels poisoned.

The being itself has no actual figure. It's a shapeless blob of mass that attacks people relentlessly with its arms. It will also try to capture anyone it can and eat them to make itself bigger, since it no longer can consume attacks to do so. Even with the magical tattoo boost it's still a difficult opponent to face.

Those that do get eaten will receive their own tombstone outside. It seems it appears automatically after death.

Everyone is also advised to retreat if they need to, which they can do by passing the barrier out of the house. With how many arms the being has the fight may take a while.

Part 3

Once all the arms are destroyed, the shadow blob will evaporate and the eerie feeling that was all over the place will vanish. The spirits that were guarding the doors will open the windows and doors, relieved that the danger was now gone. It's almost as if the nature was celebrating too, as sun beams start to fill the mansion as well.

The teleport crystals will take them back, but there's also a promise of a free luxury airship ride back for those who want to pamper themselves for a job well done. The airship is parked at the Autumn Airship Station.

OOC TIPS

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• Remember to content and spoiler warn as necessary!

• Characters are responsible for coming up with their designs for the tattoos or at least ideas for them (the fairies doing the tattoos can offer options). As a bonus, there's no healing time for the tattoos, as they are completely magical! It also doesn't hurt (unless the person is very sensitive to it, then it might. Player's choice). Everyone is also allowed to get temporary tattoos first before committing to a permanent one (the limit is one permanent tattoo per character).

• Those with special skin (mechanical or otherwise) will still be able to get a tattoo, as they are magical. Even those whose skin would normally regenerate (like titan shifters) can have a tattoo stay permanently. These tattoos will also be available as "aesthetic only" ones after the event.

• Neutral Element is what it says on the tin. It's a shapeless energy that usually takes a blank, white form (but can be different colored, too). No creature is super weak against the element, but none of them resist it either; it's the element that will always deal damage, no matter what.

• Reminder that this month does not have Activity Check-in!

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I see... Then it is nice to meet you, Carbuncle.

[ Nen crouches a little to offer their hand for it to sniff just the way they've been shown to for dogs, since...besides a Pokemon, that's the animal they encounter the most on account of people walking them everywhere. Less cats on harnesses and all that. ]

My name is Nenonen.

While she didn't mean to necessarily hit him that hard, it's probably better that she did rather than just letting him run headlong into the portal looking like that. When she catches up, she puts herself between Jean and the portal and plants her hands on her hips.

"If you can't control yourself, then you shouldn't be here!"

This is her Scolding Mom Voice. She wags a finger at him to fully complete the picture.

"You could have got hurt."

It does, at that.

[And while he does have to question the wisdom of just sailing off into the unknown, the fact that Olwen went in ahead of them at least adds some weight to the idea that this is not just a waste of time... or some kind of trap.

Still, Baizhu has no intentions of following.]

Are you waiting for somebody, or just hanging back?

Yeah, we're pretty lucky in that regard. Though, a big part of it is thanks to the ritual we had when we got married. But even before that, we were lucky enough to be together.

[They could have been separated at any point. Yet here they still were.]

It's called Avalon. Another world in need of saving, like this one. A very magical place, with knights and fae and all.

Not everyone could do it - it depended on what kind of magic you received. I happened to get Animal and Healing magic.

Huh, so it's kind of like here! Because everyone got something different. I wonder if that means we keep these powers too? I always thought we'd just give them back.

[Frieda is curious about that ritual, but it's likely otherworldly magic that can't be recreated here. If only they had such magic back home! Perhaps then she could have brought her family here with her, saved them, or at least won them all more time together... but at least she has Historia. Her presence is a great consolation to her.]

If you're both experienced with your seasonal magic, I take it you'll be in pursuit of the Doctor? I'll make sure to have enough healing potion for everybody at hand!

No, in a situation like this it is best that you stick to your best skills, there's no room for a misstep in there.

{ he looks at the front door as he says it. }

But I look forward to seeing your full capabilities. There's no need to hold back today.

{ he takes a steady breath, eyes focusing to look through the door using the power of his new tattoo. once seeing the best route he'll push the door open and dash inside, sword already raised and pointed as soon as it swings open. }

Oh? This was in... Avalon? { he and Jean had mentioned that place before, though he doesn't know much in detail. }

Dragons are very powerful creatures, however, I assume you were very well protected with that as your spirit guardian?

Possibly back when I was wearing my clothing from home on quests... though perhaps we weren't doing those then. And I suppose when I use my hydro attacks it is fairly simnilar... the Kamisato family crest has a Camellia flower at its core.

{ he gives a nod in return. }

Hopefully the tattoos help as they were promised to. And if it comes to it, step back out the barrier for a break. We both need to consider resting for this, even if we may want to go all out.

But let's see what the best course of action will be, shall we?

{ he pauses, hand pressing against his chin as the tattoo lights up slightly, petals spreading like the Camellia from the family crest is blooming. }

Considering it is everywhere inside, be prepared for the worst.

It's definitely appreciated, as much as Levi still bristles asking for and accepting help. He's been getting better about it, he'd been forced to, first when he got blown up and then when he landed here with all the damages. But it still made him uncomfortable more often than not, mentally calculating how many more times he can expect somebody to pull his weight for him before they're inevitably sick of it.

Somehow, he's really starting to think that's not going to happen with Erwin.

He might indeed be noticing different things. Some things might have their own gravitational field that inevitably pulls in his gaze, too. He doesn't say anything for a while, allowing them both to just relax and enjoy the hot water and how it seems to thaw the tension out of muscles.

But something's missing, and it takes him a moment to figure out he's lamenting the loss of contact they'd shared earlier. He tells himself it's the exhaustion and low energy reserves, of course he wants to not turn into a stone statue, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't consider the sensation simply nice. Maybe there's no logical, underlying reason. Maybe he just wants to feel it again.

He'd like to lean against Erwin, he thinks. Rest his head on his shoulder instead of the bath edge. But it's a little... bold to demand that kind of close contact when they're both in the nude, isn't it? Erwin might take it the wrong way. Hell, Levi doubts he'd even accept it in the first place. But maybe if he goes for something smaller.

"Mm." He makes a vague noise of acknowledgement and lifts his left leg -- not actually pulling it out of the water, though -- so he can move it toward Erwin, laying his calf across the other man's thighs again, landing his injured knee within his reach, staring him in the face all the while as if this is some kind of a challenge or a game of chicken, as if he's daring him to scoot away or do anything similar at his own risk.

"Do it again."

Erwin knows it must be difficult, to be so capable your whole life and then suddenly things that were so simple are are struggle to do on your own. He understands, and so deliberately tries not to fuss, to just be there for support when Levi needs it. It will never, ever be tiring for him.

That absence of touch is becoming noticeable to him, too, when he finds himself with a leg in his lap again, along with a challenging stare that turns one corner of his lips into a slightly wider smile and a request that sounds more like a demand. Ah, so that's how it is, is it?

More amused than intimidated, Erwin slides his hand gently along Levi's hand under water. Outlining his ankle, following the curve of his calf, until he comes to his knee again, tenderly finding the spot he'd been working at earlier, and once again wills some soothing energy down into the damaged tissue. Yes, this feels better. Not just the transfer of energy, but the natural instinct to tend an injury, to look after someone you care for. Better to be close, than at opposite ends.

With his view obscured by the water, Erwin watches Levi's face instead as he works.

"How's this?"

[ Right. No holding back. It wasn't just exercising what he'd picked up on instinct. The lessons learned from the Kamisatos between Nippon and now the realm of Ellipsa. The training he received under the direct guidance of Sephiroth himself. It wasn't about choosing a branch and following it to the end. Right now? It was a culmination of everything. And bringing everything into tearing this whole damn place down.

Ayato takes the lead, seeing the best path forward. Right now, it's Cloud's intention to follow his lead, keep his senses sharp. The temporary tattoo on his person would imbue him with the power of light, and he intends to use that to cleave a way for everyone. His Buster Sword is drawn, at his side yet at the ready as the two burst through. There's commotion on the upper floors. Eerie silence below.

And just a sense of dread in the main lobby and beyond. ]

... You feel that?

[ Like they're being watched. From all angles. It's enough to render the hairs on the back of his neck on end. Not scared. But alert. ]

Avalon, yeah. But the dragon wasn't so much for protecting me as for protecting the spirits of the dead. It was a passover ceremony, like the one we had here back in October.

[Things went south big time, and he was only able to save so many of the souls with his spirit guardian's help, but he won't bring the mood down with that now! As for Ayato's crest, he does recall the appearance of his hydro powers. That'll suit him alright!]

Where do you want them to put your crest? I think I'll get my dragon on my shoulder!

[Apparently he's ready to just throw all appearances of being a proper cop overboard and going full yakuza...]

Really?? How does that work...?

[ They can't quite picture what it means for an object to have a past because they're thinking of having memories in the same way people do, of which...objects do not. But it's got to be magic if it works--because if something makes no sense and does, it must be: Magic^TM ]

What is it like? Peaceful or constantly fighting? Do you have monsters to worry about?

It certainly could be far worse. Imagine if we were talking about feelings.

[See, you get it.]

Soo many monsters. Beasts, demons, cursed artifacts, you name it.

[And he's responsible for.... all of them. Go him.]

And eh, things are getting more peaceful? Had a seriously bad couple of years, but things are calming down. Least on the danger front. My job was still going full speed before I got yanked here. Jobs.

Exactly! God, that'd be awful.

[They truly are Same Hat.]

[Zvei nods at that, because that definitely sounds in line with his own world. Sometimes your world just sort of sucks, he gets it.]

What is your job, precisely?

I do hope you haven't had anyone try to force you into that. One of my coworkers kept trying to do that to me all the time...

[It truly is suffering being Like This. Because people who aren't Like This just won't leave you alone, smh.]

Mmm, well, I do have people who try to get me to talk about all the shitty things that have happened in my world because it's, like, 'healthy to address trauma' or something like that, but that's not quite the same?

...Is it healthy to address it?

[He says, like the idea has never once crossed his mind.]

But no, thankfully that is rather different! Though it does sound annoying in its own way.

Officially? Peak lord of An Ding peak, one of the twelve that make up the Cang Qiong Mountain sect. An Ding handles all the logistics for the sect. Repairs, construction, supplies, trade.

But I also serve my king. Kind of doing a lot of the same for him since it's what I'm good at.

[And spying, plotting, etc, but that's between him and Mobei.]

Obviously can't really do most of that here, but I can still do my best to advise him!

That's what people keep telling me, anyway. Which, I guess they might be onto something? But I'd rather just not think about it here where I don't have to deal with any of that stuff anyway...

[She's so healthy!]

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Event #6: Doctor Why Instead of Who

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forever showing up late with starbucks XD;

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