10/29 --- Δ Haggard Traveler’s Reprieve?????

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Who: ??? & you!
What: Something's starting...
Where: Δ Haggard Traveler’s Reprieve (Twilight Shoreline)
When: Sunday, 10/29
Warnings: Will be added as needed.

( Perhaps intrigued by the mail allegedly sent by CC Corp, perhaps visiting the Shoreline by chance, gating into the Area goes as it always does, until the music stays cut for longer than it should, and the black, liminal transition screen lingers for a little too long. The seconds tick on. They near turn to minutes. You can't struggle, you can't argue— you can only simply be, and it occurs to you that maybe you'll be trapped midway here, conscious, for maybe forever.

And then you hear static. Your vision warps; pixels strain into words, blurred and unstable. You see them combat for your attention; you see— )



( And then you load in. )

( POST NAVIGATION )
( Sign-in Comment (Mandatory) • How to Play • Mechanics

Phase 1 • Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 • Round 4 • Round 5 • Round 6

Phase 2 • Round 7 • Round 8 • Round 9 • Round 10 •
Round 11 • Round 12

Epilogue )

Comments

QUESTIONS/CONCERNS/COMMENTS

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While we will have a thread open on the game Discord for chatter (check the threads under the general chat), please use this toplevel for all questions so that all players can see responses. Please reach out directly to the mods as needed for any immediate concerns!

SIGN-IN COMMENT (MANDATORY)

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Welcome to the Barrett (Tarvos) and Mithrun (Macha) joint phase battle! Please leave a comment here if you intend to participate! This battle will be drop-in FFA combat, but commenting here before participating is mandatory. We will have a coordination thread in the general RP channel in the Discord to avoid flooding the main channels, so please feel free to join whether to plan and popcorn.

Please answer the following questions in your comment:

• What is your character's name and class?

• Does your character have a bracelet? What Core will your character have equipped during this battle?

• Are you okay with the chance that your character may be permanently killed during this combat? (Note that saying "yes" doesn't mean your character will be killed.) Y/N?

Please be aware of the following:
 • There is a chance of your character being critically injured during this battle. (Note that this doesn't mean your character will be critically injured. Critically injured characters will still have a chance to be healed.)
 • There is a chance that the charm and confusion status ailments may affect your character's actions during combat. (Note: dispel conditions for charm/confusion will be clearly delineated.)

MECHANICS

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DO NOT RESPOND - READ ONLY. Attack mechanics will be added as new toplevels here as needed.

HOW TO PLAY

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COMBAT MECHANICS
• Rolling to hit: A roll of 12 and above hits Tarvos; a roll of 6 and above hits Macha; a roll of 10 and above hits PCs. No contested rolls, and if your roll hits then any side effects (ex. Knockback, Debuff, Critical Hit, etc) also land. Since this is a FFA, we're keeping this quick and streamlined.

• Interacting with bosses: When engaging in combat, please make sure to mark in bold your intended actions, as well as its dice roll and any and all debuffs or attack effects. After a majority of players that are currently online have responded, bosses will react to all actions done to them simultaneously and declare their next moves, kicking off a new round. A new round will always be marked by boss combat actions. We will adjust this frequency as needed based on player availability and fight situation - ultimately our goal is to keep the fight moving and completed.

• Levels: Though we have up to an OOC week to complete the combat if needed, the battle ICly only takes place on 10/29, even if you OOCly drop in late after receiving your bonus AC rewards. Therefore, characters will be no more than level 75 during this battle.

• Availability (OOC): Players can drop in and out of combat as their schedule allows, and the battle will progress with whoever's available. If needed, we will establish round deadlines (ex. if boss character players will be asleep or otherwise unavailable.) We'll tweak the pace of rounds based on what participants find a comfortable speed.

• Availability (IC): While new characters can join the battle late, your character cannot leave the arena once the battle has started. We recommend checking in with the mods for advice if you want to do threads dated 10/30 and on before the battle is OOCly completed!

PHASE 1

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( The music blares.

As you gate in, you find the Shoreline a Candyland fantasy: the sands made of cinnamon, the ocean candy glass, the clouds cotton candy, the sky sickly pink. The Gate doesn't work when you try getting back out. The Gate's only one way. Your map tells you where you really are: Ω Cruel Vindictive Scars. But what's in a name? It must be nice here.

But the air is sweet, sweet, and it reminds you, almost, of perfume worn too heavy with the intent to hide, powder laid on too thick. The lighting here is too harsh: it's too bright, too defensive, too argumentative about being okay. The colors here run ultraharsh, shadows cast vantablack. Nothing is easy to look at. Everything is aggressive on the eyes.

And on the ocean you see two figures.

Tarvos stands tall and furious, his chest heaving like a raging bull and his wings buzzing with violent warning; Macha sits at his feet, legs splayed and limp, arms wrapped around Tarvos's calf for support, and he gazes at you with miserable yearning. Their shadows cast sharp and long to the left - much larger than they are, much more distorted. Lily fixed them here with this task, the first two of the Waves to break shore, and they do not seem keen to stop short.

Make sure you comment under the sign-in thread before commenting!

Everyone present may take this opening time to act, speak to, or attack the bosses before the bosses engage. If attacking, please bold tag your actions taken so that we can log it. We will be starting combat at 4PM EST/1PM PST, and round speed will vary on player availability (please see How to Play for confirmation.) )

[dissimulative]

• Oriade, Steam Gunner
• N, Armor Core
• N

[aphonik]

• Ramiel, Flick Reaper
• N, Damage Core
• N

[secondthoughts]

Hector, Harvest Cleric

Y, Heal Core

N

[ganymed]

• What is your character's name and class?

Ganymede - Macabre Dancer

• Does your character have a bracelet? What Core will your character have equipped during this battle?

A Zelkova owned bracelet so, yeah. Damage Core

• Are you okay with the chance that your character may be permanently killed during this combat? (Note that saying "yes" doesn't mean your character will be killed.) Yeah, that's fine! Ganymede has a score to settle, is all :>

[legendofthelion]

• FlameMane, Edge Punisher
• Y, Damage Core
• N

[trashtier]

• L3V147H4N, Adept Rogue (Blade Brandier, Wavemaster, Macabre Dancer)
• Yes + Damage Core
• No

[curvaceous]

KaraBear, Tribal Grappler

Y (Zelkova), Armor Core

N

[rebelles]

Haru, Steam Gunner
N, Heal Core
N

[threatmewted]

• Swallow, Adept Rogue (Flick Reaper, Blade Brandier, Tribal Grappler)
• Zelkova Bracelet, Healing Core
• N

[justonezero]

• Nanashi, Harvest Cleric
• No Bracelet, Armor Core
• N

[trashtier]

["The next time I see you, I won't hesitate to kill you. If you care so much that your anger is going to burn, then make sure you have more than a matchstick of fire, or you're NEVER going to match me.

Make your choice. Make sure it's right."

"I... I will.

Wait for me, okay?"

The time has come for that fateful second encounter. With a determined look in his eyes, Leviathan stands ready among the others who came to fend off the Wave. Noticeably stronger, burning brighter. He sees that Barrett and Mithrun—Tarvos and Macha—have changed, too. It's time to fight, now more than ever.

It's time to find a way to get them back.

He brandishes his sword and points it toward the two.]

Barrett. Mithrun. I've made my choice.

[curvaceous]

[ While Levi gives his shounen speech, Kara will try to rally the others. ]

Just so you know, I'll be a buffer this time, though I still have my offensive capabilities as a Tribal Grappler.

[ Her gaze is extremely serious. ]

Prepare yourselves. This is gonna be tough, but worth it.

[legendofthelion]

[The sight is terrible. She knew it would be, but being struck with it is going to be a sight that burns in her mind forever.

Dehya stands at the shore. Her blade is leveled. There is one heavy breath, and at once she steels all of her nerve to fight.

To much has been taken from all of them. She won't allow it to continue.]

Morgan! Barrett!

[tinged]

• tabibito, wavemaster
• n, damage core
• n... unless???

*would prefer if someone could roll for me, ty!

[deto]

• updeto, tribal grappler
• n, damage core
• n

*would prefer if someone could roll for me, ty!

[rebelles]

[ Standing on the distorted beach, Haru faces the two figures who have become Tavros and Matcha. She wonders if the man next to Mithrun is the friend he expressed worry about when they had sat down for tea, the one he had wanted to help. How had it come to this? She raises her weapon but reluctantly. ]

Mithrun...this isn't how I wanted to have our rematch.

[tinged]

[ they've already said the necessary goodbyes. ]

Together.

[ and a note: ]

Our healers and buffers might have to swap parties, so be prepared to make space for them. Please... keep in mind Mithrun's post about healers.

[ganymed]

I'm about to punch you in the face so hard, you'll wish you said sorry to me too.

[ Sorry what kind of determination speech is happening?

Anyway, here is Ganymede. He isn't afraid of anything anymore and has psyched himself up so well that he doesn't even THINK of fleeing. It's game time, bruh. ]

[deto]

[ ???

he's just here. everyone's rallying, which is great, but like, doushite y'know? ]

[threatmewted]

Told you I'd be back.

[It isn't a pleased tone.

She's on Blade Brandier right now, but as pretty much everyone else here knows - she can always switch.]