Player Plot: The Mysidian Tower!

[jadethenecromancer]

Who: Everyone who signed up for the plot!
What: Jade is taking a team to explore the Mysidian Tower before it'd swallowed by the Calamity.
When: February 8th-12th
Where: The Mysidian Tower on the Continent of Ruin.
Warning: Everything that can be expected of surprise monster encounters. Beyond that, whatever people bring with them.

The Enterprise brings everyone involved to the tower on the afternoon of February 8th. Thankfully the early floors have already been cleared by previous explorers, making the initial entry easy and relatively safe. Once the Heroes start reaching the upper floors, however... Who knows?

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OOC info post
Ground Floor - Campsite
Friendly Monster
Floors 30-39
Floors 40-49
Floors 50-59
Floors 60-69
Floors 70-79
Floors 80-89
Floors 90-99
Floors 100-101 will be open at a later date.

Comments

[not_most_days]

[For the moment. It pays to be polite after all. At least that's how propriety and respect ran in her own world.]

The Ancients...Likely anyone in Mysidia who DOES know something would be unwilling to tell us. [She made no effort to hide the sarcasm in her dry response. She was still upset at what the Sage had done and said to them after the fact.]

Stands to reason. Given what we've seen from the Ancients so far they might have locked it up for good reason. We should be prepared to destroy what we find here if it comes to it.

[jadethenecromancer]

Precisely why we need to see for ourselves what's in there. If we just keep waiting for something to happen, we'll never catch up.

[There's always some risk involved in walking into things blindly, especially with the Calamity getting so close. But it's that or sitting around twiddling their thumbs...]

That is a possibility. Personally, I'm hoping to find something we can make use of. Goodness knows we need every advantage we can get.

[not_most_days]

Aye...though that recent vision and the presence of the Diamond WEAPON still troubles me. Once this is done we should come up with a plan on what to do about that as well. BEFORE it becomes a threat to everyone no matter who's hands it's in.

[jadethenecromancer]

Yes, that's going to be a problem. Even if we find it before Palitutu does, she still has the Ultima WEAPON. Any retribution we provoke from her will be severe.

[not_most_days]

She threatened to bring it to bear against Trano Golsaucia just to prevent us from apprehending Artemicion. Of course, that she showed up so quickly could just as well mean she meant for us to find out about the Diamond Weapon from him.

After all, it was our efforts that subdued it and handed it over to her. It was her plan but she needed us.

[jadethenecromancer]

That would be a fine mess if we discovered the Diamond WEAPON only for her to swoop in and snatch it from right under our noses.

We can hope that without Hackers to subdue the WEAPON, Palitutu can't claim it for herself. Though, I can't say I'm comfortable just ignoring her, either...

[not_most_days]

It's a fine hope, but I doubt she'll simply let it be like that. People of this world can use those Jobs as well, can't they? Just not nearly as well as we can.

[She shakes her head, trying to get things back on track.]

When we were in the Heran research facility the Ultima WEAPON appeared to be dormant. It wasn't until our encounter with Kalki at the Crystal did it awaken and become a threat. Something in that moment had to have been the key. Whether us, the Crystal, the corruption of it or Kalki. Or a combination of them.

Have we determined anything new about what the WEAPONS themselves are? I know the Ultima WEAPON was on display in Aqures Tosf in the past but I didn't get to investigate it.

[Instead she wound up playing into Palitutu's hands for not the first time.]

[jadethenecromancer]

The WEAPONS were supposedly made by the Ancients as a countermeasure against the Calamity. The Ultima WEAPON most likely reacted to the Calamity's awakening.

[He pauses, thinking back.]

In fact, as I recall, we heard the WEAPON right when the Calamity started spreading, didn't we?

[Come to think of it, it's been almost a year now since their assault on the facility. Things have only become more and more complicated...]

[not_most_days]

[As complicated as things have gotten, the encounter in the depths of that facility are one of the most clear memories in the Assassin's mind. She doubts it's a good thing that she was there, but she is glad deep down that she was there to witness it for herself.]

Aye, that was the shape of it, so it seemed. But remember thatPalitutu used us as bait for it later. So clearly it was keen on us as well.

[Simple logic states that a clear crystal may not do the same luring effect, but it's not something she's keen on testing.]