day 117 :: Core Event

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone who wants to participate
Open: Open
When: Day 117
Where: Prosper Bluff --> Jawson's Bog
What: The PCs go hunting for a core, and get caught up in a dangerous situation
Format: log, action, etc.
Warnings: Some threads will contain triggering material. Those threads will be labeled as such in the headers.


[Some time has passed, and more people have arrived. It seems as though things have been turning around since the last hunt for a core. So when Nathaniel comes to tell everyone that another core has been located, and that they'll need to go get it, his somber attitude might seem a bit strange.]

Alright everyone, I'm getting an energy spike in the general area of Prosper Bluff, so I'm pretty sure a core is there. Unfortunately, I can't get an exact location on it, just a general area, so you're going to have to go down there and root it out yourself. It should be somewhere on the bluff, which will make for an easy recovery, since most monsters stay away from that area.

However, there is a chance that the core might be a bit further East, in Jawson's Bog. If it is, just leave it there. It is not worth risking your lives to go in there to get it.

[Everyone is free to talk to Nathaniel before leaving, if they want, or they can just be on their way. Either way, the NPCs will be waiting for them to return.]




Threadtracking:

Preparation thread
Prosper Bluff
Jawson's Bog
Jawson't Bog part 2
special group goes here

Comments

[dissectionislove]

[Having followed the path of Paarthurnax, Stein had expected to join with the survivors in this area of the bog.

Unfortunately, things don't appear to be that simple, he realizes instantly upon seeing the downed bodies of his comrades motionless on the ground. They're alive - that much he can sense for certain.

...But they weren't the only ones alive.

A fist clenches at his side, then opens once more. With one hand, he pulls his glasses off and casually slips them into the breast pocket of his lab coat for safekeeping, revealing narrowed, severe green eyes. He's not about to leave anyone behind, no matter who -- or what -- is foolish enough to stand in his way.]

[bastionpc]

[Fortunately a couple people are there when the monsters arrive, so the four unconscious people aren't immediately overtaken.

Remember those Peckers? The ones that normally avoid Alucard and Crona like the plague? Well now that Alucard and Crona are knocked out, they're trying to take this moment to finish them off. So everybody who's not asleep will need to fight them off.]

[amphibian]

[Meanwhile, up in the sky, all Aoi's been able to figure out from her spot on Paarthurnax's neck is that things are just getting worse in the bog below by the second.]

I-I think they need help down there! Can we land? Or, or if you can get us near the trees, I can climb down! [She's talking at a mile a minute, fueled by her worry just as much as that magical burst of speed.]

[individuates]

[Tama-chan makes another screeching noise, nudging at Seimei with a little more fervour. She has seen Peckers before. She can't manage Peckers. She can't reach them, they escape her too quickly... ergo she can't take them on. Taisan and Seimei always helped her out but Taisan's gone with the core and Seimei's not moving.

She runs to Crona, eases her horn under the pink-haired meister's arm and pushes. If she manages to move everyone closer together... that should help, right?]

[windgod]

[Ippo's eyes opened, but his expression was blank and his eyes were dull; almost lifeless. He didn't move, didn't speak, in fact he did nothing at all save for stare blankly at the trees above. His mind had been thoroughly shattered and there was nothing left in him to force any kind of movement; he was lucky to still be breathing at all with how out of it he was...he would likely need much help getting back to the Bastion; or more to say, someone was going to have to carry him back.]