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Event #1: Welcome, Adventurers



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Guild Playing Games With my Heart



Part 1


A new message on everyone's smartphones says that all the Guilds are finally open for business! Instructions on how to get to each one of them are sent with the message.

Each Season has their own Guild (Winter in Frostreign, Spring in Blossomcrown, Summer in Solarpeak and Autumn in Amberfall). Originally they were formed when the world was thriving and the natives were power holders, now they serve a purpose for aiding Otherworlders.

Although there are some aesthetic differences, all of the guilds have the same basic layout, which the newcomers are given a tour of:

The main floor is for information, containing computers that are connected between all guilds. Using them brings up holographic boards which contain information on each of the segments, with a focus on their home segment. You can find out here what the weather is like in each segment, what quests are available, an explanation on how the Flower Yards work, and even a list of powers that have been discovered and how to practice them.

The second floor is a place to go for combat practice, or just practice using your powers. There are simulators here that can be used to create a space to test your skills against virtual monster opponents or against other power holders, all with safety precautions to keep anyone from being injured.

The third and final floor is meant for relaxation and provides a temporary place to nap when necessary. Those who do quests on a regular basis will receive a key that opens their own, personal room for relaxation that can be customized as much as they want. It's void pocket space that doesn't appear unless the specific key is used or the owner invites someone in from the inside.

It's also the floor where the leaders of the guild have their own private space in that's a restricted area. They have their public office there as well.

However, the power holders are expecting everyone outside, in the backyard of the Guilds...

Part 2


The main event of the opening day of the guilds is a lesson on how to become more attuned with your new elemental magic. Some characters may already feel comfortable with them, but the Power Holders wish to help anyone who might still feel like they're struggling.

Behind the guilds there is big open space. A yard meant for lessons like this. Each of the power holders is own their own stage (even Sawyer, who seems rather reluctant to be there) and announces the name of the lesson: Elemental Dancing.

They explain each in their own way that dancing while focusing on their basic element is a way to start properly feeling the element. The dance can be anything, as long as their bodies are moving and they can feel their magical energy align with the element.

To demonstrate, they dance:

Olwen dances a slow dance that looks a little like ballet, with water flowing naturally around him and increasing in quantity as he goes.

Jade has a much quicker dance method, like she's dancing at a party and is surrounded by wind that sometimes helps her even jump higher.

Dawn's dance is a passionate belly dance accompanied by rings of fire around her that turns into a pink fire so she doesn't burn herself as the flames come closer to herself.

Sawyer, as reluctant as he, goes full breakdance with each of his tricks forming pillars of earth that he can use to dance even more.


Once their demonstration is over, they encourage new power holders to give it a try themselves and remind them that they can dance however they please. They also advise that the dances can be attempted with a partner, as long as they can learn to trust one another. Sometimes magic is far stronger when done together... but it may also backfire.






I Came In Like a Questboard




Anyone interested is encouraged to join their guild. The staff explains that it's very beneficial, as they would get access to the upper floors that just today were shown to them, and that nearby stores would give guild members discounts for potions and other such adventuring necessities.

Even without joining, all of the first floors services are available for everyone. That includes the questboard that is now on display, though it only shows four quests for now.

There are some necessary preparations still going on with the questboard itself, but the staff assures that later there will be more of them, with some permanent ones added to the mix that would help with making the Segments safer for those without powers to explore as well.

Why not find a friend and go out on an adventure together? The guild does recommend doing quests together with someone, rather than alone.

Well, except Sawyer of Autumn, if he's around. He will always encourage people to go on their own and claims it's an act of bravery. Oh, and make sure to check the Beastiary before heading out, once you've picked your targets!

The Quests [ Click to Expand ]
Quests


CW/TW: possible nudity, possible death

Name: Skeletal Mischief
Rewards: 100 Moon Coins per 2 Snowskeletons vanquished
Location: Winter Segment
Description: For some time Snowskeletons have bothered natives who visit the Flower Yard. Usually the only nearby place of peace has now become a nuisance to visit. Those who attempt it usually return to the city in just their underwear (if they’re lucky). A request has come for the guilds to get rid of the Snowskeletons near the Flower Yard in whatever means necessary.
OOC notes: Snowskeletons have two types: either they're snowmen made from bone or they're skeletons made of snow. Either way they're definitely not friendly and often disguise themselves among the snow to surprise their prey. They're not really out to kill anyone, but may sometimes accidentally do it. Instead they're looking to steal clothes and wear them. Basically they're notorious bandits.

CW/TW: mind altering

Name: That Very Big Tree
Rewards: 500 Moon Coins, Loot you find
Location: Spring Segment
Description: The researchers are curious about the “One Very Big Tree”. They want to know what the tree does and are asking people to take a look and report back what they find.
OOC notes: One Very Big Tree is hollow on the inside and looks like a big tree house. The higher someone climbs it the less they feel like they’re themselves. In fact, they will turn into the exact opposite of themselves. There are also dangerous Gale Squirrels living inside that use wind magic of their own to attack!

Reaching the top, however, will reward them with feathers of a mighty monstrous bird that can be used to enhance any weapon so that they fly back to the user's hand. Only one feather per character, magic stops them from taking more than one.

CW/TW: possible death, possible mind altering

Name: Treasure Ship
Rewards: 500 Moon Coins, any treasure they find
Location: Summer Segment
Description: “The abandoned ship in the Great Ocean Lake used to be a treasure ship! So why not go fetch the treasure? I’m sure it can be used to make some neat weapons or armor. I’d love to help do that, I’m an expert in using treasure for enhancements! But I’m not strong enough to go get them myself. The fastest route there is from the Airship Station!”
OOC notes: The ship is full of Octokitties that are cats with six to eight limbs. They’re territorial and won’t appreciate anyone coming to their ship for any reason and will attack viciously. They can also spit ink that includes side effects of going into a berserker mode and not caring who is an ally and who is an enemy. But the treasure is real.

CW/TW: eaten alive, death

Name: The Blue Flash
Rewards: 700 Moon Coins for finding a lost one*
Location: Autumn Segment
Description: “Help, my friend disappeared on our trip to visit the old lady of Autumn Airship Station. We walked outside to stretch our legs after our airship journey and then there was a blue flash in the corner of my eye and he was gone! Nothing at all remained and I was too scared to go look for him so I ran back inside. I’ve heard this isn’t the first time a blue flash has abducted someone!”
OOC notes: The reason for disappearances is the Angler Will-o'-the-wisps: Most will-o'-the-wisps are harmless, but there are types that act like anglerfish. They take the form of other monsters and toss a "fishing line" out of a dark bush to make it look like a normal will-o'-the-wisp was trying to get their attention. When the prey gets too close, they will attempt to devour them to get more soul energy. They have left their normal place in the forests and invaded some bushes around the Segment.

*Reward stays the same even for just figuring out the mystery behind disappearances.





Enhanced to Meet You




Part 1


Enhancing items is a magical specialty in Ellipsa. The power of words determines how your item of choice gets enchanted. If you're trying to make an armor stronger, it would be wise to use kind and encouraging words but a weapon might need violent and determined words. Enhancement include defense boosts, attack boosts, health stealing and even adding status effects. All of these effects aren't permanent, but they should last for at least a month before fading away.

The workshops around districts will offer teaching to anyone who is interested in learning the basics of basic item enhancement. For more advanced things (like learning to make the enhancements permanent) the natives suggests taking an apprenticeship in the Magical Manor of Amberfall or Tower of Potions of Coldreach. Especially with potions, as those are more advanced than what they are showing.

Of course, armor and weapons aren't the only things that can be enhanced anything is possible as long as it's a non-living thing.

Part 2


A group of mischievous Imps are causing trouble. They're doing everything they can to make people angry (like dropping items on people's toes) as they try their magic. This could happen to anyone, even otherworlders testing their new magic.

Due to their mischief, a group of magical performers who were meant to enhance some animal statues to make them move around in a show ended up cursing a lot while the magic was happening. Because of that the animal statues did come to life, but they're angry and started running around, ramming into people left and right. It's especially alarming when one of the statues enhanced is a giant elephant, and some of the statues were meant to be used in a bullfighting show. Those are some very, very angry stone bulls coming at people in high speeds!

The natives don't want to break the statues, but they would like the statues to be stopped. With kind and loving words the effects of the curses will vanish and the statues will calm down and act like they were supposed to.

Of course they would appreciate catching as many Imps as possible so they could be returned back outside into the Summer Segment.





OOC TIPS


- Ask 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 warn as necessary!

- Event starting date is March 17th, but the opening day of the guilds and the elemental dance lessons happen for a week so everyone who wants to attend them can have a chance to do so.

- NPC Power Holders can be interacted with, but it will all be handwaved. Feel free to ask questions on the questions thread if you're unsure of how the interactions would go.

- Starting in April, quests will be posted bimonthly and there will be a Quest Mingle available for people to use to thread out the quests! This format is just here because it's the first event where they're introduced.

- These particular quests are canonically open until end of month.



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mistsplitter: (ayaka002)

[personal profile] mistsplitter 2023-03-20 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Please keep it at bay, then! Ayaka has to check one of the baskets so she can grab some bread... Maybe it'd like melonpan?!?! ]

M- Mister Bird— [ ayaka you don't even know if this bird is a girl or a guy...

Breaking a piece of it, she very, very slowly approaches the bird. It warks at her, which startles her and she drops everything before she takes a few steps back. Okay- maybe that was a bad idea. She just wanted to help! ]


I'm sorry, if I hadn't opened the window too much...
kerontribution: (together they would travel)

[personal profile] kerontribution 2023-03-20 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oryou did it! Thank you for your help. Would you like a frog?

[Oryou just keeps them on hand to reward people with/snack on when she gets hungry.]
fishfearme: (wha)

[personal profile] fishfearme 2023-03-20 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Byleth startled briefly when the stranger turned around and revealed themselves to be not a stranger, but quickly recovered. If anything, he was resigning himself to being informed of yet another bizarre timeline where he was either a woman, a professor, or both.]

I'm here to do quests, specifically the skeleton one.

[It seemed like an easy way to rake up plenty of coins with minimal effort, as Jeralt said: "always game the system".]

However, before we agree on a quest, please humour me for a moment: how do you know me?

[If he says 'as a professor'...]
abnormalizes: neutral blush ((the girl's a super freak))

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2023-03-20 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You're fine! Don't feel like you have to censor yourself for me.

[She appreciates honesty in a friendship.]
lost_soldier_echidna: (JulieSu8)

[personal profile] lost_soldier_echidna 2023-03-20 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[And this causes her to hug Evangeline, fur and metal pressing against her even as they danced.]
abnormalizes: positive (in a limousine)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2023-03-20 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, honey. Evangeline gives Julie-Su a squeeze before spinning them both around.]

You can say whatever's on your mind, it's not a problem.
lost_soldier_echidna: (Default)

[personal profile] lost_soldier_echidna 2023-03-20 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. Say, you have a roommate? I could use an extra body…
abnormalizes: positive blush (it's the right time)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2023-03-20 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't have a roommate, but I should probably warn you that I bring people back to my apartment all the time, so I understand if you'd rather not deal with that...

[It's awkward being the roommate of someone with So Many Hookups.]
fishfearme: (stern neutral)

[personal profile] fishfearme 2023-03-20 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm, I suppose that's true. Accidental injury occurs during practise spars, after all.

[Then, Byleth will view this akin to a spar. He nodded slightly to himself, and lifted his gaze from their feet to stare intently into Alcryst's eyes (sorry Alcryst).]

Very well. I am now your willing and obedient student, Alcryst. Lead me well.
outride: (🏹 102)

[personal profile] outride 2023-03-20 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
( She taps the snow skeleton one. )

How about this? Not only am I an archer, my arrows are firey! Those snow skeletons won't stand a chance.
lost_soldier_echidna: (JulieSu6)

[personal profile] lost_soldier_echidna 2023-03-20 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! Um… I-I see! Just leave a sign or something! And don’t forget me!
abnormalizes: neutral blush ((the girl's a super freak))

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2023-03-20 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I won't forget you! As long as you're sure it's okay, I'd be happy to be your roommate.
putupyourdukes: (08)

[personal profile] putupyourdukes 2023-03-20 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least Felix looks the same as Byleth remembers him, dressed as a duke. He scowls at the question, thinking he's fishing for compliments. He doesn't understand yet that there's a reason for checking what they know of each other.]

I didn't think you were the type to seek praise, Ashen Demon. But you did impress me, the way you and the other mercenaries got in the way of the kingdom army during the war, until you joined us. It's your swordsmanship I remember most...
lost_soldier_echidna: (Default)

[personal profile] lost_soldier_echidna 2023-03-20 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
…I’m okay with it. Really.
fishfearme: (gentle neutral)

[personal profile] fishfearme 2023-03-20 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, thank the fucking-]

Thank you for the compliments, but I wasn't seeking praise. You see, others from our world have been brought here, but they come from... alternative timelines.

[The way Byleth said 'alternative timelines' implied a hint of lingering disbelief that this was even a thing - but, he shouldn't really be so shocked, considering his ability to manipulate time to his will. Still, alternative timelines...]

King Dimitri and the Emperor both state that I was a professor at Garreg Mach, for example, and the Emperor was adamant that I was a woman in her world. That you know me still as the Ashen Demon, one that opposed you for a time, is a relief. I was beginning to think I'd hallucinated my own timeline.
fishfearme: (gentle neutral)

[personal profile] fishfearme 2023-03-20 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Very well. I'm also adept at fire magic.

[He can set his blade on fire, or turn it into a medieval ye olde lightsaber (i'm not even joking), so those snow skeletons will all but melt before them (literally).]

This quest states that we are paid per kill. Is there a quota you wish to reach, or shall we engage as many snow skeletons as we are able in one hunt?
asaviorshand: (Surprised)

[personal profile] asaviorshand 2023-03-20 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dimitri is using all of his might to keep the stone bull pinned to the ground on its back, so he ends up hearing the voice calling his name before he sees the speaker. But he's able to hear it well enough to recognize it instantly. It's one of those voices he would recognize instantly even if he went for thirty years without hearing it.]

Felix!?

[Dimitri turns his head toward the source of the voice, and sure enough, he sees Felix, who happens to be dodging shattered glass. His clothes are different, but it's unmistakably his friend.]

Felix, try to get over here! I could use a hand!

[There's a lot he wants to ask, but that can wait for now.]
princessofhyrule: (Default)

dancing

[personal profile] princessofhyrule 2023-03-20 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
( Zelda knows how to dance even if she'd given her dancing master fits by not showing up when she had lessons as a girl but she doesn't know how to dance in the way it's been...demonstrated. She knows dances suitable for court and they're slower and with a partner, not to perform solo. When she sees Dimitri ask for a dance she gives him a nod. )

If you know how to dance slower than they're dancing over there, I will absolutely dance with you. I'm afraid I'm not blessed with that level of skill.
glidinglight: (spying)

I

[personal profile] glidinglight 2023-03-20 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ When she first spots him, Lumine holds back, intending to greet him once he's completed his business. But one minute turns to two, to five, to ten, and then fifteen, and from what she can see he's not making much progress in spite of all his effort. Perhaps she shouldn't wait after all?

Lumine walks up to the computer station next to his. ]

Do you need some help?
essenceborn: (sippy sippy)

[personal profile] essenceborn 2023-03-20 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean use ourselves to lure them out...? That could work. Should we just wave them around or something?

[ Nothing Can Go Wrong With This Plan ]
essenceborn: (kirakira)

[personal profile] essenceborn 2023-03-20 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay~

[ Nen slows down a bit so their pace comes to match Ayato's and they can walk alongside him, kicking at a bit of snow and looking around. ]

Should I be the bait? I can wave my coat around and distract them.
dreadborn: (🌼 so easy)

[personal profile] dreadborn 2023-03-20 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)

( Mal simply nods at that — an understandable confession, all things considered. He'd never danced himself in Golmore, but rather he'd come to it later during his time in Kugane. )

I see.

( And at that he extends a clawed hand palm up, offering it to Byleth for him to take should he so wish. )

Would you like to learn this one with me? I like to dance.

( His smile softens, shifting from that curious mischief to something a little more understanding. )

I can help you.

acquirement: icon of kamisato ayato (I'm getting what is mine)

[personal profile] acquirement 2023-03-20 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
{ keeping it at bay is a bit difficult, but he can at least try and keep its eyes on him -- bit hard to do that when birds have eyes on the side of their head. }

Not to worry, { ayaka has no reason to apologise, the blame entirely rests on this creature thrashing around their kitchen. } if we're careful, we may be able to knock it out without causing it harm.

{ it's a little risky, especially when he doesn't know if it will work but at least its hatred will be on him, and not ayaka. }

Just ensure you stay back.

{ is he really going to whip out his sword and use his vision in the kitchen? apparently so, as ayaka will recognise him shifting his stance before he charges forward. it's fast enough the bird is taken by surprise, more so when water cascades through the air, splashing hard into the back of its head along with the pommel of his sword.

it's at least dazed momentarily, if not knocked out, but it's a little hard to aim for a bird's head when they're so small.






thoma is going to have his work cut out for him cleaning all this up sdkjgg }
abnormalizes: positive blush (it's the right time)

[personal profile] abnormalizes 2023-03-20 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't love that hesitation, but she doesn't think pressing it any would be productive, so she just squeezes Julie-Su tight.]

Thank you. You're sweet.
lost_soldier_echidna: (JulieSu8)

[personal profile] lost_soldier_echidna 2023-03-20 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Nuh-uh. You are.