2019-05-06: This Tourist Trap Has Rockfalls
- Log: This Tourist Trap Has Rockfalls
- Cast: Ethius Hesiod, Lorelei Calice, Cyre H. Lorentz, Chime Isa
- Where: Besaid
- Date: May 06, 2019
- Summary: A band of Drifters gather to explore Besaid. Silliness ensues. Rocks fall. Most people don't die.
===================================<* Besaid *>=================================== Besaid is a small tropical island at the southernmost point of the Spiran archipelago, almost as far south as one can get and still be part of Spira. The island features a large beach and seaport, a small village surrounded by forests and waterfalls, and a temple of Yevon. Its relative isolation from the outside world has resulted in a pastoral, almost idyllic life for its few inhabitants; if not for the few Summoners traveling to pray to the Fayth, Besaid would see almost no visitors at all. It is also home to the lowly Aurochs, a blitzball team of which the less said is better. BGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxJE6SSX-aw
DG: That party is not open to new members.
DC: Chime Isa switches forms to ARMs Meister Chime!
DG: A party led by Ethius Hesiod is now entering Besaid Trails. DG: Party formation is now over. An Entry Challenge will now be drawn and displayed to the party.
==================================================<* Besaid Trails *>===================================================
=========================<* CHALLENGE - Besaid Man Throws Blitzball at Strangers Unprovoked *>==========================
|Type: Entry |Dungeon Ability: Brute |Challenge Rating: 1 |
-----------------------------------------------< Challenge Information: >-----------------------------------------------
As you arrive to the entrance of the trails, you come across Guba, a
40's-something man wearing the open yellow vest and wading pants of a
Blitzer. Guba is a rare individual indeed: the aspiring Blitzball player
who, in the last twenty years, has never managed to make it onto the Besaid
Aurochs.
"Hey, catch!"
Now, Guba attempts to waylay strangers by pitching a Blitzball at them. He
has been rejected for throwing the ball so hard that it bowls people over.
Can you catch it and send it back at him, before he distracts you further
from entering the trails and being on your way?
=Dungeon Conditions: Injure===================================================
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
Besaid. It's well off the beaten path. It's well off well off the beaten path. It is a quieter place than Luca by some magnitudes, and not at all a bad place to come by and visit if one wants to just go to the middle of nowhere, or whatever direction or position adjacent to nowhere. Besaid is it, down in the southern reaches of Spira.
Ethius is among whatever other parties, dressed the way he always is - culturally appropriated from the Al Bhed, which gives its share of problems that do not seem to dissuade him from continuing to do so. For example...
"Hey, you!" A voice calls from above. Some of the gathered may already be well-acquainted with this man. 40-something local man, devoted Besaid Aurochs fan...
Guba. (Who has never, ever made the team.)
He hefts a well-worn regulation blitzball up as only a momentary tell, the glint of the sun above flaring light off of a shine that it should no longer have. Ethius turns his head slowly, to the economy of energy of someone going 'oh, that's neat' and less the more realistic reaction of 'WE'RE UNDER ATTACK.'
That's not an exaggeration, this man's throwing arm... could not be appreciated in his time. His throw is relentless, threatening to bean anyone with enough force to hurl one off their feet. How will the gathered deal with it?!
DG: Ethius Hesiod has contributed a Brute Basic Action toward his party's challenge, Besaid Man Throws Blitzball at Strangers Unprovoked. DG: Ida Everstead-Rey has left your party.
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
"Oho, what's this~?"
The voice comes from just off to one side - and its source descends on the group like a radiant pink comet. To those familiar with Rosaline Calice, there are a lot of commonalities: Big pink hair, catlike ears, an Ethos symbol on her shoulder.
Lorelei Calice carries herself entirely differently. With a gasp, she clasps both hands together at her cheek and beams as she watches Guba heft the blitzball. "Oh dear, is that a member of the championship-winning Besaid Aurochs?! --Oh, oh my, or perhaps a hopeful with a heart full of wishes? Isn't it true, though?! You know, it's never too late to pursue your dreams, isn't it? Some of the best people begin late in life! Of course it's a little different for me, being a beautiful and young 21-year-old woman, but certainly time is just a number, really--"
"Dame Calice, he's going to throw it at you," opines the shortish, glasses-wearing Etone trainee just behind and to the right of Lorelei in the most dry voice possible.
"Oh, don't be silly, Mignonette," Lorelei scoffs as she flips one hand in the air. "Certainly he can see that I'm not a sportsball player! I'm sure his training regimen is much more rigorous--"
There is a resounding *THWOCK* as Lorelei gets hit in the face with a Blitzball and topples over.
Mignonette Stirling, Etone trainee, sighs and reaches for the ball. "...You can't have this back," she tells Guba shortly.
DG: Lorelei Calice has contributed a Brute Basic Action toward her party's challenge, Besaid Man Throws Blitzball at Strangers Unprovoked.
<Pose Tracker> Cyre H. Lorentz has posed.
Besaid...! It's kind of in the middle of nowhere. But if you want to call yourself a merchant, you have to be willing to travel high and low, doing business, conducting trade and researching markets for The Next Big Idea (tm). Cyre is accompanying Ethius on this trip for a number of reasons, those included. Also included are 'making sure he doesn't burn Besaid Temple down' and also 'visiting Besaid Temple as part of a pilgrimage to win the trust of the locals.'
This trip is, how you say, multi-purpose.
But as they make their way down the path toward the sleepy fishing village, Cyre and Ethius are both witness to an overweight middle-aged dude giving a lady a concussion.
Seriously, Besaid's in the sticks but that doesn't mean domestic violence NEEDS to be a stereotype that gets perpetuated.
Now, Cyre has never actually been properly acquainted with the notorious Guba of Besaid. (Also known as the Goober of Besaid, Goofy Goober, 'that asshole with the ball' but mostly as 'Besaid Man.') It really isn't a good showing that the first Cyre learns of the man is his proclivity to chuck blitzballs right at a familiar-looking pink-haired catgirl.
"Oh, shit," Cyre skids down from a nearby hill (apparently, he was scouting ahead!) "Rosa! Rosa," he says, leaning over to help the unconscious pink-cat back onto her feet. "You alright? That was a meaty thwack if I ever heard one--"
Beat.
This woman.
Is at once Rosa-like and not at all Rosa-like.
...
Did she get hellionized again?
Well, Cyre helps her up regardless because politeness demands it and he'd already started doing that anyway.
DG: Cyre H. Lorentz has contributed a Brute Basic Action toward his party's challenge, Besaid Man Throws Blitzball at Strangers Unprovoked.
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
The trails to Besaid are rough beaten paths. The perfect place for ADVENTURE TIMES. Chime is humming cheerfully self as she examines the surroundings, watching the ongoings as she does. The short elf is dressed in her usual outfit, colourful but comfortable in hot enviroments! How will it fare in humidity through?
The jungle island is a lovely sight as the group starts to carry itself down the trails, at least till a sudden shout. Chime blinks, her humming coming to a stop as she looks for the source. And then a flinch as the nimble elf throws herself out of the way because the ground probably hurts less than the gaint rubber possible murderball.
Looking around from her spot, she'll see Lorelie is down. Glad it wasn't her face. "That looked painful through." she comments idly watching Cyre help her. "No more of those I hope yeah?" looking back to the source, Guba.
DG: Chime Isa has contributed a Brute Basic Action toward her party's challenge, Besaid Man Throws Blitzball at Strangers Unprovoked.
==================================================<* Besaid Trails *>===================================================
=========================<* CHALLENGE - Besaid Man Throws Blitzball at Strangers Unprovoked *>==========================
|Type: Entry |Dungeon Ability: Brute |Challenge Rating: 1 |
-----------------------------------------------< Challenge Information: >-----------------------------------------------
As you arrive to the entrance of the trails, you come across Guba, a
40's-something man wearing the open yellow vest and wading pants of a
Blitzer. Guba is a rare individual indeed: the aspiring Blitzball player
who, in the last twenty years, has never managed to make it onto the Besaid
Aurochs.
"Hey, catch!"
Now, Guba attempts to waylay strangers by pitching a Blitzball at them. He
has been rejected for throwing the ball so hard that it bowls people over.
Can you catch it and send it back at him, before he distracts you further
from entering the trails and being on your way?
=Dungeon Conditions: Injure===================================================
=============================================<* Besaid Trails - Round 1 *>============================================== ===========================< Results - Besaid Man Throws Blitzball at Strangers Unprovoked >============================ Player Exhaustion Pass/Fail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethius Hesiod 0 --(0)--> 0 Pass Force 0 Brute Effects: BASIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cyre H. Lorentz 0 --(0)--> 0 Pass Force 0 Brute Effects: BASIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chime Isa 0 --(0)--> 0 Pass Force 0 Brute Effects: BASIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lorelei Calice 0 --(0)--> 0 Pass Force 0 Brute Effects: BASIC -------------------------------------------------------< Party >-------------------------------------------------------- Leader: Ethius Hesiod 0 --(20)--> 20 Pass Conditions: Injure(2) Effects: ===================================================< Dream Chasers >====================================================
DG: The party led by Ethius Hesiod has passed this challenge! The party gained 20 exploration! If anyone needs to use party management commands, do so now. Otherwise, the next round's GM may begin the next round with +dungeon/draw.
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
*THWOCK*
There is uproarious laughter, for Guba - BESAID MAN - is no gentleman, as most everyone takes cover and/or sees to the well being of Lorelei after she has taken a dodgy ball strike. It doesn't roll far away from Mignonette's patient grasp after that impact, allowing her to claim it after taking one or two steps in its direction.
"Indeed," Ethius remarks to the suffering assistant with a hand to his forehead, "I do believe it is the point, based on available information from previous visitors..."
Beat.
"...That it is a customary gift in these parts to impart a Blitzball to visitors."
"WHAT." Guba yells.
Ethius turns and gives the Yevonite bow. "Your hospitality is appreciated."
"NO."
Chime seems to have the right of it, and Cyre will not see any intercepting attempts to see to the well-being of poor Lorelei! Mignonette gets the customary souvenir*, and the lot of them can see themselves safely further down the trails.
"GIVE THAT BACK!"
"Hmm, that appears to be a local greeting," Ethius remarks coolly. "Perhaps it would do well for us to commit it to memory to say so to any other locals that may yet appear."
* stolen Blitzball**
** This is a bonus boost to one's Good Karma rating in this context
DG: Lorelei Calice has drawn a new Challenge.
===============================<* Besaid Trails *>================================ ==================<* CHALLENGE - Rocks Fall, People Get Hurt *>=================== |Type: Exploration |Dungeon Ability: Agility |Challenge Rating: 2 | ----------------------------< Challenge Information: >---------------------------- As you walk along the trails, making your way through the jungle and the woods, you hear a rumbling from above. Then, a few rocks come crashing down a steep hill. To make matters worse, one clips one of the ancient, rusted metal ruins -- and a chunk of broken, pitted steel /also/ falls free. You have a rock slide coming crashing down on top of you, unless you move fast! =Dungeon Conditions: Slow, Injure=============================================
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
Chime Isa pushes herself up and shakes her head at Ethius. "No Ethius. just.. No. Greet them with a polite word and no throwing things."
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
Lorelei's feet twitch in the air. She has on very sassy boots. They have heels that are on the edge of impractical for this sort of thing.
The shorter Etone sighs as she kneels near Lorelei, slipping her a tablet of some sort. "Dame Calice is... not always the most attentive," she apologizes quietly as she moves to help the catman.
With a wince, Lorelei rubs her face, hoisted back to her feet. "Ugh, what a rude thing to do, just throwing those at people," she grumbles. "Surely that violates some rule of the sport--"
Lorelei pauses. She takes stock of Cyre. She glances up him quickly. Glances at his ears.
And immediately bats her lashes and touches a hand to her collar, dipping her chin demurely. "Oh, ah, I'm so sorry for being rude, I don't mean to be a negative sort, of course -- ah, thank you so much for helping me! It was very kind of you and I'm so grateful, and I'd love to find some way to thank you--"
"Dame Calice," Mignonette huffs, elbowing the taller woman sharply.
Lorelei jumps a little, jostling noticeably. Her ears perk. "--Oh! Goodness." She clears her throat and adjusts her open overrobe. "Well then. That was a thing. I wasn't expecting him to do that. Hmph...." She straightens the relatively short vest (it's pink) she wears beneath the robe. "Well! In any case, it's nice to meet you all. My name is Lorelei Calice of the Ethos Society and this is my apprentice, Mignonette. She may not look it, but she's actually a very capable woman!"
Mignonette looks down at the blitzball with a soft blush.
Introductions out of the way, Lorelei strides onward, pushing her huge rosy hair back from her face with one hand. The redness on her forehead from the blitzball impact is gone soon enough - certainly as they reach a section of trail backed onto by a steep hill. Shielding her eyes from the sun, Lorelei sighs and looks on. "I wonder what there really is out here? A way home, perhaps?"
"Sunburn," Mignonette mutters.
In spite of herself, Lorelei lifts her hand to her lips and laughs a hearty laugh.
"Ohohoho~"
It echoes. The sound carries off the rock face.
ohohoho~
ohohoho~
ohohoho~
ohohoho~
A few pebbles fall. Lorelei looks up very, very slowly.
Just in time for more rubble to begin to plummet down the slope, carrying chunks of steel with it as an observation deck somewhere above tears loose from the hillside. "Eeeeek!" the Etone elite yelps as she scoops up Mignonette. "Oh no, whatever shall we do?! Hurry--"
"Dame Calice," Mignonette wails as Lorelei tucks her up in her arms and takes off. A huge boulder crashes down in front of her - and she springs up to it.
She lands expertly - even on her sassy boots. With a graceful leap, she springs off, kicking off another rock in midair and seeking to just flip herself through the rockstorm with shocking grace and agility.
DG: Lorelei Calice has used her Tool Sassy Boots toward her party's challenge, Rocks Fall, People Get Hurt.
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
Brushing herself off, Chime's ears perk slightly under her curly red hair as she listens to Lorelei. She also giggles slightly to herself, and maybe at Cyre, listening to the tone of Lorelei's response to the catboy.
With the danger of blitzballs away, and Ethius already told to not throw his new found toy at others in 'greetings' whether he listens or not, Chime clasps her hands behind her head and starts along the path also humming again. Till the pebbles fall. Then the rocks. Oh look, is that a gaint piece of steel? Oh no.
The nimble elf doesn't unclasp her hands, leaning her head back into them as she watches the debris fall and starts to dash foward weaving as she watches and tracks where pieces are heading trying to stay out from under anything particular dangerous. Hopefully.
<Pose Tracker> Cyre H. Lorentz has posed.
No, this is definitely not Rosaline.
First of all, Rosaline does not have stripes. Second, she most definitely does not have a long-suffering second who is probably not being paid anywhere near enough for this job. Third, she is not wearing a habit.
...
That's an important one, okay!?
"Well of course," Cyre says, immediately sensing a way to ingratiate himself to someone who is POSSIBLY one of those very rare and hard-to-come-by WELL-MEANING IMPORTANT PERSONS. "I can't exactly leave a lady in her time of need, can I? Cyre Lorentz, it's a pleasure."
"You... wouldn't happen to be related to a Rosaline Calice, would you?" He asks as they make their way further down the road to Besaid. "A twin of hers, maybe? I--"
OHOHOHOHO.
Ohohohoho
...ohohohoho
...
Something tells Cyre that this woman is not actually 21, but he is also well aware that broaching that kind of subject is a really bad idea.
Also a bad idea: Laughing like that in the presence of some very loose soil.
"Ah damn," Cyre huffs, the wind suddenly stirring all around him. He throws open a great sack of cloth, and immediately... begins floating right out of the danger zone.
That's the best way to avoid getting murdered by falling rocks, you know?
Just... don't be in the place they're falling.
DG: Cyre H. Lorentz has used his Tool Reverse Parachute toward his party's challenge, Rocks Fall, People Get Hurt. DG: Chime Isa has contributed a Agility Basic Action toward her party's challenge, Rocks Fall, People Get Hurt.
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
An Ethos, Ethius internalizes, as he continues ahead along the trail. "A way home would be ideal, yes, though I would have reason to believe there would be no such convenience," his voice sounds too rehearsed and clinical compared to the theatrical, emotional, powerful presence of one Lorelei Calice of the Ethos!
Or compared to the to-the-point observation of Mignonette, which is factually correct.
"Yes, I must concur with the assessm--"
And then, the 'ohohoho' echoes, as though even the very rocks find it funny. The rubble is rumbling with the laughter, so this sentiment does appear to be shared by the surrounding environs.
Wait.
"I do not share this sentiment," Ethius remarks flatly as he has to break out into a run to avoid having something fall on his head - owing to him already being a fair bit ahead - and having to risk jumping off the trail as he hurriedly ties the harness to the Hot Air Sack to his wrist, manages the Symbological spellcasting ritual on the move, and leaps off in hopes that the bag will inflate in time and prevent him from losing too much ground.
DG: Ethius Hesiod has used his Tool Hot Air Sack toward his party's challenge, Rocks Fall, People Get Hurt.
===============================<* Besaid Trails *>================================ ==================<* CHALLENGE - Rocks Fall, People Get Hurt *>=================== |Type: Exploration |Dungeon Ability: Agility |Challenge Rating: 2 | ----------------------------< Challenge Information: >---------------------------- As you walk along the trails, making your way through the jungle and the woods, you hear a rumbling from above. Then, a few rocks come crashing down a steep hill. To make matters worse, one clips one of the ancient, rusted metal ruins -- and a chunk of broken, pitted steel /also/ falls free. You have a rock slide coming crashing down on top of you, unless you move fast! =Dungeon Conditions: Slow, Injure=============================================
==========================<* Besaid Trails - Round 2 *>=========================== ====================< Results - Rocks Fall, People Get Hurt >===================== Player Exhaustion Pass/Fail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethius Hesiod 0 --(0)--> 0 Pass Hot Air Sack 2 Agility Effects: Resilient ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyre H. Lorentz 0 --(10)--> 10 Fail Reverse Parachute 1 Agility Effects: Rally and Quicken ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chime Isa 0 --(10)--> 10 Fail Rush 0 Agility Effects: BASIC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorelei Calice 0 --(0)--> 0 Pass Sassy Boots 2 Agility Effects: Quicken ------------------------------------< Party >------------------------------------- Leader: Ethius Hesiod 20 --(20)--> 40 Pass Conditions: Injure(2)|Slow(2) Effects: Quicken(1)|Resilient(1) ================================< Dream Chasers >=================================
DG: The party led by Ethius Hesiod has passed this challenge! The party gained 20 exploration! If anyone needs to use party management commands, do so now. Otherwise, the next round's GM may begin the next round with +dungeon/draw.
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
Lorelei is absolutely not wearing a habit. Her boots come most of the way up to her knees and she's got a pair of shorts on to go with the vest. It is not the most priestly outfit that Granas ever created.
But it works for her. The pink Etone, her arms full of Etone trainee, flips through the air and actually does a backflip off a falling rock well before it even hits the ground. She arches back, corkscrews in the air, and touches down delicately on those sassy heels. A second later, the rock she kicked off of smashes into the turf.
Smiling neatly, she sets Mignonette down. The Etone trainee wobbles unsteadily.
The rockfall proves perilous, however, and even Chime's agility can't save her from a chunk of steel grazing past her - but she makes it. So does Cyre, who gets pelted in midair with pebbles. Lorelei gasps as she watches he and Ethius float along. "Oh no, don't fly away, you two! What will we do without you both?!" she gasps, cupping her hands to her cheeks.
She dusts herself off once Cyre's landed. Only then does she smile neatly at him, her eyes twinkling. "Oh, you've met my dear little sister, haven't you? Yes, we're as related as two people can be when they grow up in a church together, but she really is dear, isn't she? I hope you've treated her very nicely! She deserves the very best from everyone in her life."
DG: Chime Isa has drawn a new Challenge.
=============================<* Besaid Trails *>============================== ====================<* CHALLENGE - Clearing a Rockslide *>==================== |Type: Exploration |Dungeon Ability: Brute |Challenge Rating: 2 | --------------------------< Challenge Information: >-------------------------- The trails that cut through Besaid Island border on the mountainous. In parts, they rise above the treeline of the jungles. Because of this, rock slides are not uncommon. Here, you find one such event: the trail has been blocked by a huge pile of rocks, which slid down from the cliff face above. It would take no small amount of time to double back and find a different way, too... =Dungeon Conditions: Weaken, Tire=============================================
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
While one slide isn't bad, even with issues like getting graced by a piece of steel, they at least made it~ On the other hand, when it rains rocks it pours. Not even fifty meters up the trail and around the corner the results of the rest of the slide blocking the path forward. "Weellll~ At least this explains why the first slide was so light~" Chime says cheerfully as she walks up to the pille of rocks examine it.
"Mmmm... I got a trick for this, but." she says cheerfully eyeing the debris up against the cliff face, and then down the side. "I can't get it into position to blast everything over the edge. It'll probably need some help along once it's loosen.". With that said, she pulls out of the fine leather case attached to the back of her belt a small metal sphere.
She casually lights the fuse as before carefully thrusting it into a gap between rocks. And then she hums as she walks away from the rock pile saying "I'd recommend hitting the debris in the air or waiting for it to settle. It'll be easier to work with either way~" an amused giggle coming from the short elf as she moves out the blast radius of the small bomb.
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
Following along behind Chime, Lorelei comes up short as the sight of the consequences of the rockslide comes into view.
"Oh-- goodness, this is a problem, isn't it? Oh, I never know what to do in situations like this, it's so very frustrating," Lorelei dithers, clutching her hands near her cheeks and churning back and forth in something of a tizzy. "I really don't think we have enough people to move all of these rocks without bringing down another one--"
Chime sets some explosives. Lorelei pauses in mid-fuss and blinks, then plants her hands at her hips with a cluck of her tongue. "...That would certainly do it, wouldn't it?" she muses before nodding to Chime crisply, her smile neat and pleasant. "That's very helpful! Thank you for doing that, miss."
The bomb goes off. Standing back, Lorelei levels one hand.
There's a sudden FLASH of flame and light. A chunk of debris explodes in the air. A spray of white-hot shrapnel blows away from the group, directed off to one side to dash against the ground and dim. Another piece of flying rubble is next to explode as a bolt of flame and light erupts from Lorelei's hand to strike it in the blink of an eye, exploding and reducing the rock to debris.
Truthfully she's relying on Chime to do most of the demolition. But this sure as hell looks impressive.
"Please don't get too enthralled, Dame Calice," Mignonette says as she begins to plant small sticks of dynamite amid the remaining rubble.
DG: Lorelei Calice has contributed a Brute Basic Action toward her party's challenge, Clearing a Rockslide. DG: Chime Isa has used her Tool Path Maker toward her party's challenge, Clearing a Rockslide.
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
Ethius takes a little while to drift back - he really did all but leap off the path just to avoid injury! The masked white-haired man drifts back soon enough, and his head seems to have a distressing lack of the color red. (Or is it a good lack? There are fundamental constants of the universe that are being flaunted today.)
"Miss Chime," Ethius remarks far too late before she can set the explosives, "I would rather--"
BOOM
Ethius throws a forearm inward to some slurred syllables, to an obvious Symbological spellcasting effect (there are lights) but nothing that follows the effect that signifies a spell is being cast. Fortunately, Ethius is not in range of anything dire - but any small debris or pebbles that are going at a fast enough speed will deflect off of him with a loud, electrical sound and flash, but it is less impressive by far compared to what the Etone is doing.
Flame and light fill the air. Her spellcasting is impressive. Precise. Fast. Potent. It looks very impressive on her part, indeed. Ethius doesn't do anything more than hold his position, turning his head only so much that he can even see Lorelei's work in action without fully taking his eyes off of the possibility of more debris flying their way.
DG: Ethius Hesiod has contributed a Brute Basic Action toward his party's challenge, Clearing a Rockslide.
<Pose Tracker> Cyre H. Lorentz has posed.
Ugh! Curse this landslide for knowing that the secret weakness of ALL flying types is clearly ROCKS.
LANDSLIDE USED ROCK THROW IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE.
Cyre doesn't quite come spiralling down to earth like a bird that just got beaned on the head with a rock, but his landing isn't nearly as smooth as he would have liked. "Ugh," he grouses, picking a few stray pebbles from his shoe, and his cloak, and his everything (seriously gravel gets everywhere). "These guys haven't heard of road maintenance, have they? Jeez--"
Cyre looks up.
Oh. Rock slide.
Oh. Ethius and Chime AND LORELEI are chucking all kinds of explosion magic at the offending stone. Being RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AOE means Cyre has to spend most of his time getting the hell out of dodge rather than actually being of much help.
...He does chuck a pretty sizable wind spell at the looser rocks, but that's mostly a matter of 'helping himself get away' rather than any meaningful attempt to move dirt.
DG: Cyre H. Lorentz has contributed a Brute Basic Action toward his party's challenge, Clearing a Rockslide.
=============================<* Besaid Trails *>============================== ====================<* CHALLENGE - Clearing a Rockslide *>==================== |Type: Exploration |Dungeon Ability: Brute |Challenge Rating: 2 | --------------------------< Challenge Information: >-------------------------- The trails that cut through Besaid Island border on the mountainous. In parts, they rise above the treeline of the jungles. Because of this, rock slides are not uncommon. Here, you find one such event: the trail has been blocked by a huge pile of rocks, which slid down from the cliff face above. It would take no small amount of time to double back and find a different way, too... =Dungeon Conditions: Weaken, Tire=============================================
========================<* Besaid Trails - Round 3 *>========================= ======================< Results - Clearing a Rockslide >====================== Player Exhaustion Pass/Fail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethius Hesiod 0 --(0)--> 0 Pass Force 0 Brute Effects: BASIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cyre H. Lorentz 10 --(5)--> 15 Fail Force 0 Brute Effects: BASIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chime Isa 10 --(0)--> 10 Pass Path Maker 4 Brute Effects: Liability, Efficient, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lorelei Calice 0 --(0)--> 0 Pass Force 0 Brute Effects: BASIC ----------------------------------< Party >----------------------------------- Leader: Ethius Hesiod 40 --(15)--> 55 Pass Conditions: Injure(1)|Slow(1)|Tire(2)|Weaken(2) Effects: Strengthen(1) ==============================< Dream Chasers >===============================
DG: The party led by Ethius Hesiod has passed this challenge! The party gained 15 exploration! If anyone needs to use party management commands, do so now. Otherwise, the next round's GM may begin the next round with +dungeon/draw.
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
With a spectular light show, road maintenance is complete! Mostly. The path forward is cleared, through it'll take a bit of care to walk now till the rest of the debris is cleared out that's still right up against the cliff. Between the explosive and the magic most of the rocks are out of the way through.
Once everything settles, Chime pulls out of one of her vest pockets a heal crest and taps Cyre with it saying "Better luck next time~" in an amused voice before the crest vanishes back into a pocket as the blue-green light fades. "Through, hopefully no more failing rocks."
DG: Cyre H. Lorentz has drawn a new Challenge.
=============================<* Besaid Trails *>==============================
=======<* CHALLENGE - Dodging Excessively Long Tourist Conversations *>=======
|Type: Exploration |Dungeon Ability: Wits |Challenge Rating: 2 |
--------------------------< Challenge Information: >--------------------------
Sometimes, people from elsewhere in Spira come to Besaid in search of the
quiet and calm of the small island. With a Temple here, religious
pilgrimages are not uncommon. Today, you find a pair of husbands who slow to
a stop and wave at you.
"Ho, there!"
"Fellow travelers, huh?"
"Do you have any tips on where to eat?"
"What's traffic at the Temple like?"
If you don't find a way to deflect them, they might well take up hours.
=Dungeon Conditions: Stupify, Tire============================================
<Pose Tracker> Cyre H. Lorentz has posed.
No more falling rocks indeed. Cyre looks utterly unsurprised that he is spending at least part of this trip covered in explosion debris as he receives Chime's heal-crest. Like, seriously. The dude is travelling with Ethius 'oneshot a fucking fire golem WITH FIRE' Hesiod. 'Getting caught in explosions' is basically a given in the life that he's chosen to lead at this point.
"Thanks," he says anyway, dusting himself off. It does absolutely nothing for him, but it makes him feel better. "We can hope. Come on, let's get a move on--"
"Oh my that was a big explosion," an unfamiliar voice says from behind the dust cloud. "Dear, I think we've run into some of those famous ~Besaid Mysteries,~ you know, like the ones in the pamphlet?" Those are two unfamiliar voices, belonging to two unfamiliar, distinctly touristy-looking travellers who quickly bustle RIGHT UP into everyone's personal space like it doesn't even exist on this side of the moon. "Oh, but I didn't read anything about a half-ronso in there. Pardon us, but could we take up just a bit of your time--"
These two... they seem like they're going to take up more than 'just a bit' of everyone's time.
As for Cyre...
Cyre is...
There... there's a dotted outline of the space where Cyre used to be. He seems to be... hovering overhead, stealthily making his way past the OBVIOUS DISTRACTION.
You guys... are all on your own this time...!
DG: Cyre H. Lorentz has contributed a Wits Basic Action toward his party's challenge, Dodging Excessively Long Tourist Conversations.
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
"Miss Chime, I must implore you," Ethius' voice takes a rare turn for the more severe in that way that seems intangible but unarguable as he walks through the cloud of dust and debris that follows the explosion and the amazing lightshow, "this is a quiet locale. The moment you set off--"
'Oh my that was a big explosion,' and Ethius turns like someone just drewa gun on him. These are touristy-looking travelers, who are already getting up in everyone's business.
There is only one thing he can do.
"Yes. Welcome to Besaid." Ethius straightens out, arms behind his back.... where he signals to Mignonette with an open hand, please give me the Blitzball. "We are honored that you have come to visit our quiet village." Our?
The moment he gets his hand on the Blitzball, he makes with THE TRADITION OF ALL BESAID MEN.
Which is to say his answer is to huck a Blitzball at the both of them like one might a grenade.
It's very rude!! No matter how polite the Yevonite bow that may follow.
DG: Ethius Hesiod has contributed a Wits Basic Action toward his party's challenge, Dodging Excessively Long Tourist Conversations.
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
"Oh, I'm glad we could help!" Lorelei smiles sweetly at Cyre, cupping one hand to her cheek and batting her lashes. "I'm really glad to have met one of my dear little sister's friends, by the way. It's really quite--"
Voices come through the dust cloud. Lorelei stops, and her ears prick forward a little.
"Oh, well!"
Lorelei has already darted forward, clasping her hands and smiling widely as she descends upon the husbands like a force of nature. Her eyes shine. "We also heard about those famous ~Besaid Mysteries~! Aren't they just the most interesting things? And you know -- ah, we've found so many wonderful things since we've been here! I never thought Besaid would be such a beautiful place, but now that I'm here I think it's just so wonderful! Oh, and the food is just so nice -- there's this little eatery right on the water a few miles from here, ah, the man who runs it, his name is Solofa, you see, and oh my gosh I've never had such a delicious fish platter in my life you should try it you'll absolutely love it--"
She'll go on like this for an hour if you let her.
Mignonette relinquishes the Blitzball to Ethius without complaint, looking up at him with her arms folded. She tilts her head to one side.
Then she leans towards him slightly. "We should continue on. We can pull Dame Calice along as we're leaving."
DG: Lorelei Calice has used her Tool Mignonette's Hot Tips toward her party's challenge, Dodging Excessively Long Tourist Conversations.
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
Chime is all amused smiles as Ethius entreats her that she shouldn't have used her explosives. "Maybe, buuuttt~" and her smile is more cheerful as the sudden tourist appear proclaiming that explosion must have been on of the mysterious of Besaid "This was so much more fun~" she giggles. Yes, the elf is forty something going on twelve it seems.
Then her book is coming out but not in time to stop Ethius but it doesn't stop her from changing targets. She can't knock the blitzball out of Ethius' hand but she can certain try and smack him with it. The thin, leather bound book is just stiff enough it's spine makes for a good whapping instrument.
Then she's sighing slightly as she listens to the things being said. Oh well, it's at least amusing to listen to as she stand there with a cheerful smile.
DG: Chime Isa has used her Tool Cure-Alls toward her party's challenge, Dodging Excessively Long Tourist Conversations.
=============================<* Besaid Trails *>==============================
=======<* CHALLENGE - Dodging Excessively Long Tourist Conversations *>=======
|Type: Exploration |Dungeon Ability: Wits |Challenge Rating: 2 |
--------------------------< Challenge Information: >--------------------------
Sometimes, people from elsewhere in Spira come to Besaid in search of the
quiet and calm of the small island. With a Temple here, religious
pilgrimages are not uncommon. Today, you find a pair of husbands who slow to
a stop and wave at you.
"Ho, there!"
"Fellow travelers, huh?"
"Do you have any tips on where to eat?"
"What's traffic at the Temple like?"
If you don't find a way to deflect them, they might well take up hours.
=Dungeon Conditions: Stupify, Tire============================================
========================<* Besaid Trails - Round 4 *>========================= =========< Results - Dodging Excessively Long Tourist Conversations >========= Player Exhaustion Pass/Fail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethius Hesiod 0 --(20)--> 20 Fail Investigate 0 Wits Effects: BASIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cyre H. Lorentz 15 --(20)--> 35 Fail Investigate 0 Wits Effects: BASIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chime Isa 10 --(15)--> 25 Pass Cure-Alls 1 Wits Effects: Cleanse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lorelei Calice 0 --(20)--> 20 Fail Mignonette's Hot Tips 1 Wits Effects: Enlighten and Fanfare ----------------------------------< Party >----------------------------------- Leader: Ethius Hesiod 55 --(10)--> 65 Fail Conditions: Stupify(2)|Tire(2)|Weaken(1) Effects: Cleanse|Enlighten(1) ==============================< Dream Chasers >===============================
DG: The party led by Ethius Hesiod has failed this challenge! The party gained 10 exploration! If anyone needs to use party management commands, do so now. Otherwise, the next round's GM may begin the next round with +dungeon/draw.
<Pose Tracker> Cyre H. Lorentz has posed.
Ethius does as Ethius will, and chucks a blitzball at one half of the nice touristy couple. Normally this would result in someone clutching a broken nose and a lot of hurt feelings. Instead...
Instead, as luck would have it, one of these nice gentlemen is in fact retired defensive star of the Luca Goers, 'Blue Destiny' Bradi.
...Who single-handedly catches Ethius' pitch, and replies with a vicious, brain-cell annihilating return-pass.
"Hahahaha! I've still got it! How do you like my trusty Ex-AM Shot!? Back in the day, that used to go right through machina like butter! You've got a lot to learn, sonnie. Bradi here is no Auroch, boy! Gahahahaha!"
"Oh honey please, don't injure such nice people," his partner shushes, and instead turns toward Lorelei with a bright smile and an hour's worth of small talk.
...Meanwhile, Cyre is still just... Floating by on the breeze.
His face is locked in a silent, suffering 8I.
DG: Ethius Hesiod has drawn a new Challenge.
==================================================<* Besaid Trails *>=================================================== =========================================<* CHALLENGE - Jump Into the Ocean *>========================================== |Type: Exploration |Dungeon Ability: Agility |Challenge Rating: 1 | -----------------------------------------------< Challenge Information: >----------------------------------------------- Sometimes, parts of the trails through Besaid Island are flooded out. Sometimes, there are no bridges, but every Spiran knows how to swim -- and if not, there are ropes along the canyon walls to drag oneself along. However, getting down into the water entails leaping into it. Try to not become a red smear on the rocks when you do! =Dungeon Conditions: Injure===================================================
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
"--Ohoho, didn't the Aurochs do so good in the tournament? I can't belive--"
"--Really, your cousin said that? Oh gosh, he sounds like a true character--"
"Oh, well, my best advice is to keep it a little moist, okay, darling? You don't want to start when you're dry, it just leads to so many problems--"
"--Oh, you mean the Caravan Kinship? I heard about them! Oho, they sound like such creative people--"
Lorelei is at it for a very long time. Mignonette Stirling's eyes increasingly cloud with despair.
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
*THWOCK*
Ethius corkscrews in the air thrice before his quasi-conscious body digs and displaces the topmost layer of soil as the Ex-AM Shot seems to come this shy of making this an ex-local(?). (He doesn't go far. Chime can walk up and whap him in disciplinary action if she so chooses.)
He'll probably be okay, for long enough for everyone to enjoy Lorelei's chatty dominance about all sorts of small talk. (For a given value of 'enjoy.')
The sun is starting to make way for the dusk when they are all finally free of small talk - the one good thing to come out of all that is that there's talk about some flooded path they came from full of things they couldn't see before, and hey, that might be promising as a path.
Ethius, who now has bandages around the better part of the back of his head, comes before where a drop that does seem to lead towards something interesting. Something shiny in the distance, or a weird plant, or a rare Fiend, or... well, it can be anything, and that would be great, but there is one problem.
They need to get down. It is a long way down. There's a derelict bridge whose ropes might still be reasonably stable for climbing down! There are also rocks. They are rocks that are not reddened with blood.
Let's keep it that way.
"Yes. That was an enlightening conversation," says Ethius who was not 'there' for ninety percent of it as he re-asserts the tie to the harness of the Hot Air Sack, and goes about the Symbological motions. His vision swims, his head throbs, and he doesn't quite get the correct set of syllables towards the end of the incantation before he has to grab at the rope to stop himself from plummeting.
...He'll need another minute to get the spell right before continuing.
DG: Ethius Hesiod has used his Tool Hot Air Sack toward his party's challenge, Jump Into the Ocean.
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
Lorelei's small talk is the best small talk ever and she absolutely enjoys every minute of it. There are a lot of minutes for her to enjoy.
When she does return, she blinks at Ethius. "Goodness, you look like you came out of that a bit worse for the wear. Hang in there, alright?" Touching his shoulder, she smiles sweetly and winks, once.
Following the group along the trails, Lorelei presses her lips together as she looks down at the drop ahead. The rope bridge ahead looks out, and she considers it a moment, then gauges the distance across the bridge.
"Mignonette, carry my robe for me, won't you, darling," Lorelei asks as she shrugs out of her robe. She steps up to the edge of the cliff and prepares herself.
"Dame Calice, both of us are going to have to swim," Mignonette points out.
Lorelei frowns, then moues her lips, looking up to watch Ethius bobbing erratically. "He must've hit his head harder than I thought," she murmurs sympathetically. "Poor man. We'll have to treat him later."
For a moment, Lorelei considers things. Then she slips an arm around Mignonette. "Put your arms around me, Min. We're going to try this."
The Etone trainee is visibly tense, and there's something incredibly rigid in her expression as she puts stiff arms around the taller Beastwoman. "Very well," she says, her voice a little tight and reluctant.
Lorelei tightens her arms around Mignonette and shakes her head. "I know it's a little unusual," she murmurs. "You can chide me later."
And then she picks the tinier woman up, sprints forward, and leaps. It is a long leap, boosted by those boots. Lorelei flips through the air dramatically, wind rushing past herself and Mignonette - and at the peak of her jump, she levels a hand downward.
A burst of wind roars out from her palm, blooming out across the chasm like a bomb. Gusts erupt from the spell and kick Lorelei and Mignonette back up into the air. The Beastwoman controls her trajectory expertly, her expression focused and calm despite her earlier small talk. The way she sails herself through her front-flip towards the far side is nothing but professional and calculated.
DG: Lorelei Calice has used her Tool Sassy Boots toward her party's challenge, Jump Into the Ocean.
<Pose Tracker> Cyre H. Lorentz has posed.
Cyre is at least polite enough to descend and give Ethius a J-Potion as a pick-me-up when it becomes abundantly clear that the symbologist is (yet again) suffering from a concussion. It exposes him to small talk that he'd REALLY RATHER NOT BE PART OF but these are the sacrifices we make to ensure that our walking weapons of mass destruction aren't permanently stripped of their ability to discern friend from foe.
That's how robot apocalypses happen, don't'cha know?
"I'm not sure I ever wanted to know anywhere near that much about lubrication," Cyre grumbles as they approach the ~hidden shortcut~ in the waters. They... didn't mention a cliff. How did they not mention a cliff? How are they supposed to climb down safely at this hour!?
...
Oh right, Cyre's got ~cat eyes~
And, more importantly, a handy parachute with which he can completely skip half of the challenge! What a useful tool, that.
Of course, he does stop every so often to... make sure Ethius doesn't accidentally mis-mumble a spell and set the moon on fire or something ridiculous like that.
What a good(?) friend...!
DG: Cyre H. Lorentz has used his Tool Reverse Parachute toward his party's challenge, Jump Into the Ocean.
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
The ongoing conversation is amusing enough that Chime clearly doesn't mind. If anything the entire situtation amuses the short elf. She's very easily amused. Specially since Ethius got his just desserts without the need of her book.
Once they're back on the trail, Chime is humming again with her hands clasped behind her head as she walks. When Ethius comes to a stop before a derelict bridge Chime herself walks up to the edge to peer at it. Then she's looking at the waterway. "Ooooh, a water path~" she chimes cheerfully.
"That's neat~" before frowning at Ethius when he has trouble. "You okay Ethius? I'd hate to send you back to the young lady damaged." as she studies him for a moment. Once he gets his spell working through she seems content with his state for the moment before jumping off the cliff to dive into the ocean water below.
DG: Chime Isa has contributed a Agility Basic Action toward her party's challenge, Jump Into the Ocean.
==================================================<* Besaid Trails *>=================================================== =========================================<* CHALLENGE - Jump Into the Ocean *>========================================== |Type: Exploration |Dungeon Ability: Agility |Challenge Rating: 1 | -----------------------------------------------< Challenge Information: >----------------------------------------------- Sometimes, parts of the trails through Besaid Island are flooded out. Sometimes, there are no bridges, but every Spiran knows how to swim -- and if not, there are ropes along the canyon walls to drag oneself along. However, getting down into the water entails leaping into it. Try to not become a red smear on the rocks when you do! =Dungeon Conditions: Injure===================================================
=============================================<* Besaid Trails - Round 5 *>============================================== ===========================================< Results - Jump Into the Ocean >============================================ Player Exhaustion Pass/Fail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethius Hesiod 20 --(0)--> 20 Pass Hot Air Sack 2 Agility Effects: Resilient ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cyre H. Lorentz 35 --(0)--> 35 Pass Reverse Parachute 1 Agility Effects: Rally and Quicken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chime Isa 25 --(0)--> 25 Pass Rush 0 Agility Effects: BASIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lorelei Calice 20 --(0)--> 20 Pass Sassy Boots 2 Agility Effects: Quicken -------------------------------------------------------< Party >-------------------------------------------------------- Leader: Ethius Hesiod 65 --(20)--> 85 Pass Conditions: Injure(2) Effects: Quicken(1)|Resilient(1) ===================================================< Dream Chasers >====================================================
DG: The party led by Ethius Hesiod has passed this challenge! The party gained 20 exploration! If anyone needs to use party management commands, do so now. Otherwise, the next round's GM may begin the next round with +dungeon/draw.
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
Ethius' shoulder feels like... a shoulder. It is a mystery that is hereby solved!! No matter how well he might hide it (or not) with his vocabulary, the man does seem more than a touch rattled. Who wouldn't? That was a prime Blitzball throw from a former pro. Though the various treatments have to be administered in a position that's a bit awkward, he seems able to take in the J-Potion and slather some of its contents against his head.
"Yes. I am fine," says the man who just nearly plummeted to his death - but that might be of interest to the Etone, because Chime's the first to say the man's name. He has neglected to do so in the most polite and wonderful company of a sociable twenty-one-year-old woman! Honestly! Where's his manners! Maybe they fell out of his ear when he got hit by that ball!!
But enough on that.
Lorelei takes Mignonette into a great, huge, sassy jump in front of the setting sun, setting forth a ~sexy silhouette~ as she makes her leap to safety - whether dry or a little moist - with a catlike grace as Cyre drifts and watches his traveling companion drift by with far less style and agility, maintaining his altitude all the way over to whatever awaits.
Chime's dive goes without issue, and she even has a really exciting close shave where she dives between two rocks and can feel the rush of a near-miss while she takes in the fresh, clean, sparkly pyrefly-filled ocean waters of Spira.
The descent comes with no further incidents... in so far as getting across or into the water is concerned. After all that, though...!
DG: Lorelei Calice has drawn a new Challenge.
===============================<* Besaid Trails *>================================
=======<* CHALLENGE - Besaid Man Needlessly Provokes Dangerous Wildlife *>========
|Type: Final |Dungeon Ability: Wits |Challenge Rating: 2 |
----------------------------< Challenge Information: >----------------------------
Besaid Island's largest Garuda is known as Kagoro-no, a beast of such
immense size that its wingspan is said to be larger than some bridges. The
islanders know well to never go too near Kagoro-no, much less draw its ire.
And yet, here we are.
Guba, the rejected Besaid Auroch, has made his way through the trail. He
bounces a blitzball off the ground -- /pth-wooooong/! -- and then gets ready
to clobber the legendary monster.
This is a bad idea.
=Dungeon Conditions: Reckless, Stupify========================================
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
Lorelei's landings are always like that. It's part and parcel of being Lorelei.
When she does touch down, Lorelei sets Mignonette down; the younger trainee looks more irritated than anything else, and she immediately jerks away and wraps her arms loosely around herself, shoulders hunching. Lorelei looks at her with pursed lips, then hangs her head a little. Whatever passes between them doesn't require words - but Mignonette does fall into step with Lorelei nevertheless, quiet again.
Something shrieks ahead, and Lorelei jerks up short, blinking once. "Well, that sounds menacing. I wonder - are we near the nest of Kagoro-no? None of the villagers would go up here for that reason...."
"And I see no reason not to dispute their recommendations," Mignonette points out with a scowl, adjusting her glasses. "We came here to search for another Elw transporter, like the one your sister utilized in Azado. We don't need to engage a garuda that's not troubling us--"
"Hey ladies!" shouts someone. "Check out these GAINS!"
"Oh Granas," Mignonette and Lorelei sigh at the exact same time at the sight of Guba standing on a rock nearby, grinning as he hefts a blitzball. He's taking aim at the huge garuda. Again.
"Ah-- excuse me!" Lorelei gasps as she sweeps in, clasping her hands and descending on Guba. She flutters her lashes airily and flicks her hair back. "You know, I've always admired the Aurochs and I was very impressed with how they did! I'm sure now they'll be looking to bolster their strength! But I definitely know that the Garudas aren't a Blitzball team -- oho, how could they even go in the water? Ah, you see then - I should think that that would make it a little less worthwhile to train against them? You see, sportsball requires lots of skills, and you have to have a very complete repertoire, so I think maybe if we work on your passing--"
Mignonette steps in to Guba's other side and taps him on the shoulder.
"That thing'll kill you," she says coolly.
DG: Lorelei Calice has used her Tool Mignonette's Hot Tips toward her party's challenge, Besaid Man Needlessly Provokes Dangerous Wildlife.
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
Calculated. Chime enjoys her simple dive and then refreshing swim.It doesn't take long to get back on a not-water path. Sad days. But there will always be more swimming around these parts.
The walk is nice as they move along, at least till shrieks come from ahead. Lorelei and Mignoette mention the famously infamous local monster Kagoro-no and Chime makes a slight face her hands dropping to the sheathed crossbows on her boots. At least till a familiar and unwanted voice shouts out. "Oh dear~" she hums in amusement. "You don't think-- Oh he is~" and she shakes her head still smiling.
Since the pair of Lorelei and Mignonette rush in first to talk the man out of it, Chime stays back drawing a single crossbow and focusing on it the strange body of her chosen weapon as she does something to it. She keeps one eye on Guba through as she prepares to take a shot if needed to knock a blitzball right from the sky.
DG: Chime Isa has contributed a Wits Basic Action toward her party's challenge, Besaid Man Needlessly Provokes Dangerous Wildlife.
<Pose Tracker> Cyre H. Lorentz has posed.
"Kagoro-no?" Cyre asks, raising an eyebrow. "Was that something mentioned in one of those tourism packets? I guess it'd make sense that they'd mention a dangerous roosting garuda-- Good way to cover their own backsides in case anyone is feeling particularly litigious or something like that." Do they even have lawsuits on Spira? Is that a thing??
"Anyway, I'm not sure Besaid's going to have much in the way of a transporter. That huge doomwhale thing is supposed to hate technology, so I'm willing to bet most costal regions are going to be no-gos. Our best bet is probably to find the biggest island around and then search inland, but that's even assuming the Elw came out this way--"
Suddenly.
A voice!
A... a familiar voice.
Oh goddamnit not this asshole again.
Cyre just sort of... sags his shoulders a bit. "Alright. Well, you know, we could just leave the guy to get himself killed. I'd probably get my ears chewed off for that, though..." So instead, Cyre focuses his attentions into weaving a powerful curtain of wind between the walking midlife crisis and the hyperlethal garuda looming overhead.
You know. To throw his pitch off-target.
Just... just in case.
DG: Cyre H. Lorentz has contributed a Wits Basic Action toward his party's challenge, Besaid Man Needlessly Provokes Dangerous Wildlife.
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
There is a horrid shrieking ahead, and that should get anyone's attention - especially Ethius', even as out of it as he appears to be (and is). His steps are not the steadiest, but he stays upright on his feet by running a hand against a rocky outcropping for balance as he goes to see the source of the commotion.
Guba, the local Besaid Man... and a great huge Garuda. Ethius sits on the rock out of necessity, an act that seems all too detached for the amount of danger they are in by proxy. A hand goes to his forehead for a split second before he seems to regain his faculties - his focus. Like something about this picture makes... sense.
...
Ethius gets out the Spectral Lens. With a Symbological spell, he gives it a small electrical start to look through the softly glowing eyeglass. Is he intending to help stare the Garuda to death? He's...
...looking away from the scene?!
"It's fine." Ethius remarks. No, it's not. He's hurt--
"They can do as they wish." Except doing as he wishes will get them all killed what is he thinki-- oh he's concussed, never mind, he can't possibly be in his right mind, can he?
That said, if Ethius sees any weird interlocking mechanisms hidden within the environs while they deal with this blatant disregard to a threat to any and all of their lives... well, he'll be the first to tell them!
DG: Ethius Hesiod has used his Tool Spectral Lens toward his party's challenge, Besaid Man Needlessly Provokes Dangerous Wildlife.
===============================<* Besaid Trails *>================================
=======<* CHALLENGE - Besaid Man Needlessly Provokes Dangerous Wildlife *>========
|Type: Final |Dungeon Ability: Wits |Challenge Rating: 2 |
----------------------------< Challenge Information: >----------------------------
Besaid Island's largest Garuda is known as Kagoro-no, a beast of such
immense size that its wingspan is said to be larger than some bridges. The
islanders know well to never go too near Kagoro-no, much less draw its ire.
And yet, here we are.
Guba, the rejected Besaid Auroch, has made his way through the trail. He
bounces a blitzball off the ground -- /pth-wooooong/! -- and then gets ready
to clobber the legendary monster.
This is a bad idea.
=Dungeon Conditions: Reckless, Stupify========================================
==========================<* Besaid Trails - Round 6 *>=========================== =========< Results - Besaid Man Needlessly Provokes Dangerous Wildlife >========== Player Exhaustion Pass/Fail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethius Hesiod 20 --(0)--> 20 Pass Spectral Lens 2 Wits Effects: Enlighten ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyre H. Lorentz 35 --(0)--> 35 Pass Investigate 0 Wits Effects: BASIC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chime Isa 25 --(0)--> 25 Pass Investigate 0 Wits Effects: BASIC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorelei Calice 20 --(0)--> 20 Pass Mignonette's Hot Tips 1 Wits Effects: Enlighten and Fanfare ------------------------------------< Party >------------------------------------- Leader: Ethius Hesiod 85 --(35)--> 120 Pass Conditions: Injure(1)|Reckless(2)|Stupify(2) Effects: Enlighten(1) ================================< Dream Chasers >=================================
DG: You have overcome the dungeon's trials! This run is a success! DG: The party led by Ethius Hesiod has successfully explored Besaid Trails!
===============================<* Besaid Trails *>================================
==============<* CHALLENGE - O'aka Donation - Fresh Gysahl Greens *>==============
|Type: Discovery |Dungeon Ability: Conclusion|Challenge Rating: 1 |
----------------------------< Challenge Information: >----------------------------
As you near the exit of the trails, you find a slightly different bush than
the rest. The Gysahl bush grows the common food of the chocobo, Spira's
ever-present horsebirds: the gysahl greens. One could make some clippings
and sell these...
But you recall something heard on the boat ride to Besaid. Isn't a merchant
named O'aka looking for a Gysahl bush?
Please visit the following wiki page and update the current donation!
https://dreamchasers.space/O%27aka_Support_Fund
=Dungeon Conditions: Secret===================================================
<Pose Tracker> Lorelei Calice has posed.
Nobody is as smart about this as Chime Isa. Some problems can only be solved with weapons.
Lorelei and Mignonette at least try to solve it with wordspeaks. Cyre tries to solve it by foofing on it. Ethius Hesiod...
... tries to solve it by lumping around looking for a locking mechanism. There are no locks present. Ethius finds himself looking at rocks and grass.
Guba, meanwhile, frowns as the wind kicks up. "How am I supposed to throw into that crosswind? That's the worst." With a scowl, he hefts his ball a couple of times - "Alright, fine. Guess I'm gonna have to just gun it!" Snapping his arm back, the 'baller winds up and throws as hard as he can.
The ball gets about ten feet before Chime's crossbow bolt hits it and knocks its trajectory completely off.
So does something else. The Blitzball suddenly flash-vapourizes as a blast of fire and light erupts into it. Wind bursts from the point of impact, kicking into Cyre's in little vortices, whipping hair and clothes back.
When the explosion fades, Lorelei lowers her smoking palm. The scowl she fixes on Guba is like heavy artillery. "Go home," she orders sharply. "Say ten prayers and give penance to your gods for your foolishness, and thank them that you survived this to be a better man tomorrow."
By the time Guba goes slouching off, wide-eyed and shaken, Lorelei's lowered her hand with a sigh. The imperious, shoulders-back stance she adopted relaxes only after a moment. Quietly, she reaches up to brush back her rosy curls.
Then she looks over to Chime - and she lifts her hand to her mouth and laughs.
"Ohoho~ What a silly man!"
Not too far away, Mignonette's crouching by the rock Guba's standing on and quietly taking a small clipping of gysahl greens from a thick shrub. She adds them to an extensive bag of herbs she's got with her. "These have negligible medicinal properties," she murmurs, "but there's a merchant who was looking for the location of one of these...."
<Pose Tracker> Ethius Hesiod has posed.
A crisis is averted by a number of concerned individuals who have a coherent understanding that Guba provoking the great Fiend is a fast ticket to being torn to shreds by proxy, because Fiends are unyielding, unwavering balls of hatred and envy for the living. For their whole survival, it is unambiguously the right call to stop that man and that Blitzball from turning them all into pyreflies.
...Would they turn into pyreflies? They're not from here. Science! ...It may be best not to find out. ...Science later!
As they collect the clippings from the gysahl green bushes, Ethius stands startingly upright at the tail end of that Etonely lecture to Guba... staring. (Who would blame him, though? Lorelei's a looker!)
"...Yes." He remarks, belatedly, to Mignonette's observations as he ambles back over to another rock to sit down on. "I see no issue in taking them to cover the material costs of the expedition." A hand goes to his forehead.
On the whole, it does not appear that the Guard's forces have had much to do with this part of Spira, he reflects quietly.
<Pose Tracker> Chime Isa has posed.
PRedictably, the blitzball goes flying and Chime's crossbow straightens and fires a blunted crossbow bolt at the heavy rubber ball with enough force to easily knock it off course. Then an eyebrow arches in amusement as several other things happen to the poor blitzball removing it from the air permanmently. "That works too~" she hums.
The crossbow slides back into its boot holster mirroring the other one. She offers Lorellia a cheerful smile. With the problem averted, she clasps her hands behind her head again as she watches the ongoings.
<Pose Tracker> Cyre H. Lorentz has posed.
Well.
That was very nearly an optional boss fight! Cyre doesn't exactly have a particularly good track record with those. The last one was Chaugnar-Faugn, and it almost killed them all! Best not to risk this one.
But... It looks like the elder Calice is quite the sorceress. Is that crest sorcery, symbology, or something else...? He can find out later-- after all, worst case he can just ask Rosaline! She probably knows, right?
Right!?
"Oh, these--" Cyre says of the bush. "...Aren't these the leaves that those huge labor-birds (labirds!?) like to eat? I think maybe you might be right. O'aka will probably pay pretty good money for this intel."
And... maybe they can work out a co-exploitation agreement? Hmm.