Event: Core [Day 61]

[bastionmods]

For more details, or if you have any questions, please see the OOC post.

For this event, Player characters will be split into two groups: Group A and Group B. Group A consists of any characters who arrived in the Bastion before Day 61. Group B consists of any characters who arrived in the Bastion on Day 61. Please keep your posts to the threads that have the heading that corresponds to your respective group.

There are two goals that need to be met:

1: Group A must locate Group B and safely bring them to the Bastion.
2: Someone must bring the Core back to the Bastion.

The second goal is time sensitive. If the Core is not found in time, it will disappear from the Skyway.

This event will consist of free-form tagging. There is no set tagging order, so feel free to have your characters respond to occurrences as you see fit.

All important threads are listed below:

Group A starting thread
Group B starting thread
Group A: at The Melting Pot
Group A: searching the stalls
Groups A and B meet up
Boss battle

Comments

Group A

[bastionpc]

[Early in the morning on Day 61, the NPCs Nathaniel and Mireille call a meeting, inviting everyone in the Bastion to attend.

At this meeting, Nathaniel is the first to speak up.]

First off, I'd like to say that it's good to see so many people here. We've grown from five people to over fifteen in two months, and if we keep finding more people out on the Skyway then we might just be able to build a little community here.

But as we grow, we have to worry about accommodations for everyone. To put it frankly, We're stretching our food supplies a bit thin right now. Mireille here thinks we have enough for four more weeks, supposing we don't get any more newcomers. We can look for more food out on the Skyway, but by now a lot of the stuff we're coming across is rotten. We really need to work on making our own food here in the Bastion.

Which brings me to why I called you all here. The Bastion has its own food supplies, and it'll grow food on its own with minimal care from anyone else. I managed to find the settings for it, but we need more power to the Bastion to activate it. That means finding another Core.

[He pauses there for a moment, to let the reality sink in for everyone. He might also be looking to gauge how others respond, since he's still new to being the head Mancer for all Bastion-related things.]

[hellpyre]

[There's a quiet that seems to permeate the group even after Nathaniel speaks, but not surprising it's Rin who pipes up.]

I've gone after Cores before. It ain't easy but I'm willin' to do it again. If anyone can take hits from those damned Windbags it's me. 'course I'm willin' to go with anyone else who wants to help, too.

[This is important, after all. They need it to survive and she's risked her neck a few times already.]

[spotofsunlight]

[ Little guy tugging on the hem of big girl's shirt. ]

What's a 'Core'? Can I eat that?

[hellpyre]

Shiro, shh.

[Rin puts a hand over the little guy's mouth to silence him.]

You can't eat Cores, we need them to make this place better, ok?

Group B

[bastionmods]

[Normally individuals appear on the Skyway by themselves, or in small groups with people from their own world. Not this time, though. This time, several individuals from different worlds end up appearing in the same general area of the Skyway, though they may need to go searching to find each other.

So when your character awakens on the skyway, what do they do?]

Re: Group B

[buildingthefuture]

[Osahar's disoriented for more than most would be. He's not used to this level of brilliant light, and for a few long seconds, he's blinded. He tries to hold his arm to shade his eyes, but even still, it takes a few seconds for his eyes to adjust.

When they do, he's stunned at what he sees. This... looks a bit like Orphan. Dark rock and all that. But... as he looks around, it's clear that he's far above the surface now, with a warm breeze playing that he'd never feel on his home world.

There's no one around him, either. It's disorienting, and he's not sure where he is or how he got here. So he slowly walks around, eyes wide as he checks his gear and his surroundings.]

...what happened...?

[bastionpc]

[He's ended up in what looks like a shopping district, but it is way, WAY low-tech compared to what he is used to. There's lots of little wooden stalls full of fruit and trinkets, and technology itself looks like it's reached flintlock guns and basic machines at the most.

There are also many statues around the area Osahar is in: men, women, and children, all mingling about, as if they were frozen in time in the middle of a normal day.]

Group A; searching the stalls

[bastionpc]

[Comment here individually for your chance to search for items. Specify what kind of stalls/where your character is looking to find things they get to take back to the Bastion!

NOTE: each character can only 'search' once.]

[kyotoprincess]

[Bon remembers hearing the friendly NPCs Nathaniel mention something about needing more food, so he will go poking around at one of the food stalls.]

[bastionpc]

[In his searches, Bon will find several bags of rice that have been invaded by mice.

But he will also find two five-pound bags of rice that have remained untouched and are alright for human consumption!

Also, by the magic of the Skyway, he can carry these without being inhibited for the rest of the event.]

[blackblooded]

[Crona just sort of pokes around what looks like a food stall. Ragnarok is more interested in sweets than anything else, so he's probably going to be a distraction.]

[bastionpc]

[See, the problem there is that this stuff has been left to rot for two months, and most candy is perishable.

However, Crona and Ragnarok do manage to find a small bag of rock candy which has survived the test of time. They also find a dusty book with "RECIPES" written on the front.]

[notduchess]

[ Duke hunts down a particularly destroyed stall, interested in seeing if the collapsed structure would yield less destroyed things. Armor for the teens would be nice, so that's what the knight is looking for, really. Armor stands, please have something useful.. ]

[bastionpc]

[While there are a couple armor stands, most of the armor is made for men much larger than Duke is, and thus wouldn't be very useful to her.

However, in one stall she can find what appears to be a woven undershirt of some kind, except it is made of very thin metal-like strands and goes down to mid-thigh when worn, not unlike a tunic in length. If she tests it, she will find that it is resistant to slashing and piercing attacks, though it offers little protection against bashing attacks.]

[hellpyre]

[Rin hated looking at the statues. But that was okay because Nathaniel had suggested they try to find more than just the Core if it was at all possible.

So she puts Shiro down and splits off from the rest of the group as they all start searching, and hits up one of the stalls that seemed to specialize in practical items like tools, house wear, etc. Something must have ran in to the stall at one point because it's pretty banged up, one side crumpled and a lot of the tools scattered about in some state that ruins their usability.

She frowns, digging around and pushing stuff about, hoping to be able to find something worth while.]

[bastionpc]

[After some digging, Rin will be able to find a fabric stall! In it are sewing supplies and several bolts of brilliantly colored cloth. It's all a bit cumbersome to carry right now, especially since they still need to fight monsters and find the Core, but it is located right at the entrance to the Melting Pot, so it will be very easy to find (and raid) at a later date.

In addition to the bolts of cloth, there is a bag full of remnants that can be taken along now, though most of the pieces of fabric are oddly-shaped or smaller than a handkerchief.]

[spotofsunlight]

[ When Rin puts him down, he follows her for only a brief coupld of moments before he breaks off, curiosity getting the best of him. Normally he would be attracted to things that smell tasty, but considering the rampant rot and how mostly dry food would remain, the chances of stumbling upon anything that smells even remotely freshly cooked are slim at best. He really has no idea what any of the stalls hold and thus no real aim or goal in his salvaging: what attracts him now is anything shiny. ]

[bastionpc]

[There are lots of shiny things! In fact, there is a stall of jewelry, with several gold and silver necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and hairpins.

All of it is cheaply made, of course, but the cheap gemstones are very shiny!]

[goodlifechoices]

[ Marie is just looking through things and also stuff.

It's really more arbitrary because she doesn't actually have any goals in mind, but the others are looking for some kind of supplies. Most importantly, she's trying not to wander off too awful far. If she can always see someone else poking around, she's not going to get turned around.

It might happen anyway. ]

[bastionpc]

[Marie does not find supplies, like everyone else is finding. Instead, she finds a wallet.

If she looks inside, there is a small bit of foreign money, as well as an ID and some papers written in a foreign language. One definitely looks like an address scribbled on some scrap paper, but the others look like forms of some sort. There is also a picture of a man, a woman, and a young girl within the wallet.]

/slides on in here late

[unflattering]

[Anything that could be of use, anything, Maka will dig through the rubble as deeply as possible. Materials for new things, water, weapons--maybe something to read, whatever.]

whoops almost missed this

[bastionpc]

[Maka finds a collection of comic books depicting the adventures of a superhero in a tuxedo!

...but it's entirely in Caelondian and thus unreadable to anyone who doesn't know the language.]

Groups A and B: Meetup!

[bastionpc]

[In one of the crossroads within the Melting Pot, two groups meet.

On one side there is the search party, who had been trying to find the core. On the other is a pair of strangers, newly awakened, standing near the core.

There's also about ten minutes before trouble arrives. As time passes, the sound of cawwing can be heard in the distance.

WHAT DO?]

Re: Groups A and B: Meetup!

[buildingthefuture]

[For the record, this part of Team B, by this point, has improvised a sling for a neat little clock that he's found, and he's examining the core with avid interest. Including, among other things, holographic readouts displaying from his wrist-mounted computer. He's frowning at the thing, too- he still doesn't like that much energy, and he's still not sure what to make of it.

Obviously, he won't notice the newcomers until they make themselves known.]

[notduchess]

... And the birds on the other side?

[ Duke gives the big glowing crystal a look, but doesn't have anything that's effected by it. Passing the survivors now, because if there's a bunch of little ones and a big one... Whelp. ]

Glad we found the people before they showed up, then.

[ The knight will just warily keep an eye down that way. Birds showing up will hopefully be easy to spot. ]