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Entry tags:
- !event,
- attack on titan: eren jaeger,
- attack on titan: frieda reiss,
- attack on titan: jean kirstein,
- attack on titan: levi ackerman,
- d4dj: rinku aimoto,
- danganronpa: mukuro ikusaba,
- dcmk: nakamori aoko,
- end roll: kantera,
- fate grand order: oryou,
- fate/stay night: rider,
- genshin impact: kaveh,
- genshin impact: tartaglia,
- gintama: hijikata toshirou,
- ib: mary,
- in stars and time: siffrin,
- original: evangeline,
- original: nenonen,
- original: nikkolaus,
- svsss: shang qinghua,
- umineko: eva ushiromiya
Event #6: Doctor Why Instead of Who
Doctor Why Instead of Who
LOGS | NETWORK | OOC | MEMES | NAVIGATION
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.
(Duration: Whole month)
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.
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.
(Duration: January 22nd -> 26th)
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.
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.
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.
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.
(Duration: January 28th - 31st)
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.
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.
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.
• 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!
• 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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[ No time for that--whatever they saw before is definitely moving inside that room, a wriggle mass of...shadow? That they can't see through. Nen's eyes widen and they point to the upper-left of the room, which looks to be some sort of den/sitting room. ]
Over there! Shoot!
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Phew. That was e-- Nenonen, be careful!
[Kagami shoves Nen with his palm as part of the mass emerges from the doorway and fires at it.]
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[ They weren't expecting that--and because it isn't technically an attack, their Safety Pin doesn't stop the pushy either. It'll prevent them from scraping their hands of knees as they land, wide-eyed as the mass crawls its way out of the door toward him. ]
Kagami!
[ A moment of concentration fuelled by cold panic sends an icicle shooting up out of the ground to impale the mass, pinning it to the wall. ]
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[Kagami laughs, unhinged and nervous, but hearing his name shouted like that makes him feel like he just swallowed ice.
While the mass is pinned, he stumbles back and grabs Nen's wrist, back against a wall. Placing his palm down, a door appears--which he opens to pull them both inside. Anything to get away from that monster.]
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[ There's no resistance in Nen's body as he pulls them through the door, but still their hand reaches out toward the hallway they leave behind. The watch the writhing limb struggle against the ice, shaking it off with a thunderous crash--and then the door slams shut, cutting it off. ]
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[Once he's certain the door is shut, and it disappears, Kagami starts looking Nen over for any injuries. He doesn't realize how worried he sounds. Defeating the monster isn't even on his mind.]
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[ They weren't even touched by anything that wasn't Kagami. They don't understand why he's panicking so suddenly...but they will reach up with both hands to hold his face, gaze fixed on his. ]
Are you alright? You have not sustained any injuries?
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[Kagami stops rambling. He stares at Nen like they asked him to solve an advanced equation from memory. Blinks slowly.]
I'm...fine? I'm fine!
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[ His face is given a soft squish. They brush the hair from his eyes. ]
It is okay, Kagami. We are not hurt.
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[Now's really not the time to be blushing. Too bad his body doesn't listen to him...!
God. He needs to think. But relief seeps into his body, knowing that they're safe.]
We're not, but that monster sure is~ [He chirps with a bright smile.] Sorry for cutting it short. I'll make sure we destroy the next one.
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[ There he is. Kagami looks more grounded now. They watch as his shoulders relax and his grip lightens to something less tense. They give his head a gentle pet and then let it fall away, standing. ]
This time we will make sure it is defeated.
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[He lets himself indulge in leaning into their hand before turning to face the wall. But before he makes another door, he meant to ask...]
I meant to ask you before. Why did you come along, Nenonen?
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It killed two people I care about very much. I did not know at the time, but when they revived...I heard what it had done.
[ And by now, Kagami may or may not have clued into the issues Nenonen has around being left behind. He has seen some of their memories thanks to Eren. ]
I want to make sure it does not take anyone else.
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Even though they have every reason to lash out. Every right to close themselves off.
They're still trying. He has to make sure it isn't in vain. He has to see that they succeed.]
It won't. We won't let that happen again. [Kagami reaches, tucking some hair behind their ear in a gentle gesture, and creates the door to lead them back.
He goes through first and fires his gun.]
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They don't get to think much more about it than that though; Kagami pulls out his guns and starts shooting, and Nen has to hurry to their feet so they don't get left behind.
The shadowed arms are right where they left them, stretched out into the hallway and searching. A portion of them look as though they've been torn slightly--the leftover damage Nen had done pinning them to the doorway. That knowledge in mind, they do their best to keep up; their eyes track the shadowed hands as they reach out, grasping for Kagami even as each bullet fired sets them back. Nen conjures a jet of water that slices through the outstretched arm at the base.
It falls to the floor and writhes like an eel before going still and breaking apart. ]
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Nenonen~! You're so cool!
[Kagami claps his hands together and sparkles, narrowly avoiding firing the gun off as the arm is destroyed. He walks over to what remains and digs his heel into the ground out of spite.]
Let's head to the next room. Be careful! I wouldn't want you to tire yourself out.
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[ The gun fires magic, after all, and that needs to come from Kagami. Nen raises a hand to his neck to check his pulse, glad to find it steady, if elevated.
Their Safety Pin and tattoo were charged well in advance of the actual engagement, so their defense should be fine for now. It's just using too much magic at once that they need to be mindful of, as he reminded them. Once they're out of that, they'll be a hindrance. ]
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[It was elevated before, and now it races with the knowledge of Nen’s concern and their cool hand against his skin.
Kagami plasters on his most convincing smile.]
I’m fine. I’ll protect you, Nenonen!
[He pockets the gun long enough for his hands to find theirs and give them a squeeze. Leading them through a corridor, he enters the nearest room.]
Oh hey, it’s pretty d—
[And is smacked by one of the arms, stumbling back as if stunned.]
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[ The yell of his name comes out more raw than they expect--but they were in no way prepared to see him get thrown back into the wall like that, and it's as if a switch flips in them. Their pulse skyrockets. Their blood feels cold. Kagami is hurt and please, please get up get up get up please get up--
Nen doesn't have good reflexes, but they move as fast as their body will allow to put themself between him and the next arm that comes crashing through the doorway. It hits their shield with a loud clang, but Nen responds by conjuring a wall of water and flash-freezing it in place to block off the doorway. ]
Kagami! Kagami, are you okay?
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[Kagami blinks at them, trying to will the world to be less blurry, but his mind feels like it's been replaced with clouds. Why are they upset? What just happened? They were looking for the arms, and then...]
No.
[He breathes, not answering Nen's question. Nenonen just helped him. They put themselves in harm's way for him, and he didn't do anything. His chest feels tight. As far as the attack goes, he's fine, as far as he can tell. He can move. Nothing feels broken. It's simply...hard, trying to move and react. But he has to. Kagami forces himself to get up, even though his gait feels unsteady. Hearing Nenonen sound so distraught is too painful for his ears, and something he never wants to hear. He never wants to see that again.]
Nenonen! I'm okay. Run? Please. I'll protect...
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[ Kagami gets uop, but Nen's hands are already on him, as much to hold him steady as they are to just hold onto him for need to know he's still there. They don't have the strength to make him stop, they both know that, but he doesn't look good. He needs medical attention or healing--neither things Nen can provide for him beyond basic first aid.
Muffled banging comes from the wall of ice behind as the shadow hands beat against it over and over; the walls shake from the force. ]
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[He's not, but he's not incapacitated. The arm did something, and he needs to act. He needs to stop it before it hurts Nen too.
It wouldn't take much force to move Nenonen if he wanted to, but in the gentlest of motions his hand meets theirs and gives it a squeeze. With both hands over Nen's, he pivots their positions so that he's guarding them in front. Only then does he move away, sucking in a nervous breath as he lifts the gun up--
And taps into his wind magic to give the bullets an extra boost, piercing the ice and the shadow hands over. And over. Until it stops moving.]
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Nen sticks close as the shadows finally stop moving, hovering and placing a tentative hand on his shoulder when it seems the danger has passed; their tattoo isn't reacting anymore. ]
Kagami....
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Oh no. He doesn't turn around to acknowledge the hand resting on his shoulder until he can smooth his expression out with a relieved smile as he looks them over.]
Nenonen! I killed it. You're not hurt, are you? Please don't get hurt.
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[ There's no anger in their voice, but there is a sense of disbelief, of frustrated incredulousness. They have their Safety Pin, it's still charged--he was the one sent careening into a wall just now. He should not be worried about their well-being when only his has been in jeopardy.
Nen makes a stressed sound in the back of their throat and stare at him, face hot. ]
We must go outside. You need to be examine.
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**examined, weeps
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