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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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kishin: (fluster ± not so secretly a puppy)

[personal profile] kishin 2023-03-26 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
—Ah. If you wouldn't mind, I'd really appreciate that!
ends: (real smooth.)

is this going to be on the exam???

[personal profile] ends 2023-03-26 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ he isn't sure why, but for a fleeting moment, Otonashi had feared three things all at once:

Hinata would move past him, inexplicably talking to and interacting with someone else all along.

Hinata would vanish in an instant, and it would have been a figment of his - or their - collective imaginations.

Hinata would miss, or try to high-five him instead; this, of the three, would be the most welcome snag of idle worry he could imagine. mercifully, none of it amounts to anything, and he can let out the breath he must have been holding.
]

What? No, not... exactly. I guess it can be. [ is it odd to laugh? he's going to. ] But you already did help me, idiot. You confirmed you could interact with me this time. You're getting off pretty easy.
shear_trigger: (fight // gunblade)

[personal profile] shear_trigger 2023-03-26 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Squall does take note of how the other man seems to move so fluently with that huge ass sword. Must be a professional...

Keeping his focus, Squall attacks another skeleton that breaks away from the pack and heads straight for them. His gunblade comes up and he slices it clean through the cracked torso.

But just as he's busy with that one? Another skeleton makes a grab at Zack's ... ass. Trying to pull his pants down??]
at_heart: (skeptic :: riiiiight)

[personal profile] at_heart 2023-03-26 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Some crazed creep did a bunch of experiments on people, and one of 'em turned this, like, sixty-year-old woman back into a little kid?
glidinglight: (neehee i win)

[personal profile] glidinglight 2023-03-26 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not going down (and not being choked) would definitely be the preference! ]

We're doing a dumbo drop!

[ That's not how that works. But the point is--Lumine is very obviously angling her glider to land them on the back of the elephant. ]

Get ready!
glidinglight: (neehee)

[personal profile] glidinglight 2023-03-26 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Let's go for it. Actually, I wonder if something like this would work on Oz as well.
monoceroscaeli: <user name="amayaicons-anime" site="tumblr.com"> (25)

[personal profile] monoceroscaeli 2023-03-26 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Yep, looks like he has to go. With a heavy sigh, he begins to climb back upwards.]

If I recall, you still haven't mastered those powers of yours yet, yes? Don't bother, I'll take care of it...

[He says so begrudgingly, as if asking him to put forth any effort toward anything is just a huge ask.

He can't really use a bow here to snipe those squirrels, so he's just going to skip the whole bow part and form a hydro arrow in his hand...that he just throws as hard as he can upward to pick off one of the squirrels. As it falls, he feels no joy in what he did...in fact, he feels kind of bad now that he just up and killed some random poor creature that definitely was going to try to kill them if they had the chance.]


Ah, perhaps I shouldn't of thrown it so hard...
monoceroscaeli: <user name="optimisty"> (137)

[personal profile] monoceroscaeli 2023-03-26 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
If that's how you'd prefer the help.

[He doesn't mind, in fact, he holds his hand out to her to take if she's willing.]

I know a number of dances, and I'm not too shabby of a dancer myself. I don't know how to do the demonstrated dance for your season, but I think I can find something that will work just as well.

Know how to tango, comrade?
kingside: (we are not amused)

cw: suicide/suicide-adjacent

[personal profile] kingside 2023-03-26 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
That isn't the same thing and you know it.

[Cutting Suzaku off there, yes, and finally turning to glare at him even as he continues up the steps.]

I'm supposed to be dead, Suzaku. A vacation here I'll allow, but how would it be in any way fair to anyone if I was permitted a future after everything I've done? That was not what we agreed upon. Isn't it unfair to you most of all?
shear_trigger: <user name=rikusora_chan site=livejournal.com> (gentle // silent)

[personal profile] shear_trigger 2023-03-26 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Fine!

He very much brusquely takes her hand as well because he really doesn't have time for this. because he was so busy leaning there doing nothing If he can make a point that all of them waggling around like idiots is a waste of time? Sure. Okay, fine.]


Yeah. Try and keep up.

[But it does seem that Squall takes her hand and leads her back to the safe space to practice and then respectfully puts his hand on her upper back precisely poised and ready to lead with their joined hands up and ready.]

... Ready?
manastacks: (34)

[personal profile] manastacks 2023-03-26 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
If it was something I'd mind doing, I wouldn't have offered.

[ Besides! He likes adventure and getting out and doing things. Being somewhat idle is driving him nuts. :/ ]
shear_trigger: (Default)

[personal profile] shear_trigger 2023-03-26 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
... Something like that.

[Is the Commander of an entire military unit at age seventeen important?]

Good for these people, I guess.

[There's that added magic or whatever...]
mistsplitter: (ayaka009)

[personal profile] mistsplitter 2023-03-26 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Please excuse us...

[ Bowing her head to excuse herself and Ayato as they pass by some of the people looking at them, she walks ahead to lead the way for her brother. There doesn't seem to be any chaos so far out in the streets! So far... ]

Perhaps, but then that means more of them are in a similar situation. The poor thing...
kishin: (horror ± just stop it!)

cw: suicide/suicide-adjacent

[personal profile] kishin 2023-03-26 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Jerking back like he's been slapped. ]

—I never wanted you dead.

[ ...It was sort of an impulsive blurt, but after a second or two Suzaku is somewhat surprised to finds he means it. ]
shear_trigger: (fuck off srsly // dork)

[personal profile] shear_trigger 2023-03-26 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

Anyone ever tell you that you talk too much?

[Don't call him out like this, holy shit-]

Do you seriously think they're telling the truth about all this crap?

[Turning to stone? ...]
manastacks: (7)

[personal profile] manastacks 2023-03-26 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Should I have offered a bow or a salute?

[ Nope. He's not going to let that one go. It's too funny to him. ]
glidinglight: (entertainer 1)

[personal profile] glidinglight 2023-03-26 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
It's been a while, but I think I've still got it.

[ At least, if dancing with Saya has proved anything, she's not too bad for someone who hasn't danced in recent history. She takes his hand. ]

Who's leading?
monoceroscaeli: <user name="rosebursts" site="dreamwidth.org"> (9)

[personal profile] monoceroscaeli 2023-03-26 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Uh...no. It's spelled with an e.

[Maybe introducing himself this way wasn't a good idea. Not the first time someone's made that assumption, and honestly now he's not sure if he was given that name on purpose...]

Listen, forget that. Just call me Tartaglia instead. "Childe" is an alias of mine, though I suppose in this world, it's really not needed.

[Maybe when he gets home he should make a complaint to Fatui HR...]
shear_trigger: <user name=rikusora_chan site=livejournal.com> (look down // stoic)

[personal profile] shear_trigger 2023-03-26 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He's literally burning up inside and don't look at him.

Squall SQUINTS.]


... Why do anything for me in the first place? Just take care of yourself.
roundandaround: One arm to the side in a "come in!" gesture, dressed as Cocoa from Is the Order a Rabbit. (welcome!)

[personal profile] roundandaround 2023-03-26 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, there's lots of steps that we put in our choreo! There's some easy ones, like this!

[She starts two-stepping, still along to the music.]

There's a bunch of tutorials online. Oh, but that's back on Earth... I wonder if they have the same thing here?
monoceroscaeli: <user name="optimisty"> (62)

[personal profile] monoceroscaeli 2023-03-26 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[He takes her hand, pulling her into him to take a starting position, but he also grins at her, as if he's got other ideas in that crazy head of his.]

I will be, of course. But I'd be interested to see if you can manage to reverse it on me. I won't make it easy for you, of course.

Dancing too, can also be a form of battle, so let's see what you've got.

[Without further adieu, Childe steps off to start their dance, leading her expertly with his own Snezhnayan steps mixed in as well- to keep her on her toes.]
glidinglight: (ah well)

[personal profile] glidinglight 2023-03-26 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Why so sad Saya? ]

I guess everybody's got something they're insecure about. I'll try to believe in myself since you do.

[ She picks up the pace and gets a little fancier with the steps, leading them into some elegant spins. ]
wayofthehousekeeper: (Youth of peter pan.)

[personal profile] wayofthehousekeeper 2023-03-26 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Mine as well.

[ And admittedly, he's by no means any kind of experienced dancer, but he has danced freely at festivals so hopefully she doesn't mind something like that! ]
wayofthehousekeeper: (Disappearing with a small breath.)

[personal profile] wayofthehousekeeper 2023-03-26 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ The way she put it made it seem so much simpler than he was making it out to be, which honestly he really appreciated. ]

That's a pretty good way of looking at it. I guess I shouldn't have been trying so hard to force myself away from what I know better.
glidinglight: (entertainer 3)

[personal profile] glidinglight 2023-03-26 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ A dance battle. Honestly. She has to laugh at that. ]

Only you would want to turn a dance into a scrimmage. All right! I'm going to give it all I've got.

[ It's a good thing that she's light on her feet and used to having to duck, dodge, and parry, because otherwise she'd probably be stumbling and stepping on his toes since he insists on throwing in steps she's not familiar with. ]

Is that the best you can do?