melodiesoflife | Event || Crystallis de Chocobo

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Event || Crystallis de Chocobo

Characters: All the Heroes of Light participating in the event.
Where: Chocobo Farm
When: The 16th of August.
Summary: One day after having received a letter from Biggs telling them to get a Chocobo, the Heroes of Light's Moogles will show them the way to the Chocobo Farm. There, the old man in charge of the place will explain to them how to capture their own Chocobos. This post is for all Chocobo related activities. Characters can start their own thread and engage in Chocobo activities, help each other, etc.

There will also be a thread for characters to question the Old Man and Moogle in charge of the farm, as well as another one for the Boss Battle against the Chocobo Eater. Please refer to the OOC Post for instructions on how to capture a Chocobo and what can be done with them. The specific content of the rewards will be posted once the event over.
Warning: Boss Battle against a Chocobo Eater.

Old Man & Moogle Questions
BOSS BATTLE: Chocobo Eater

Upon arriving at the Chocobo Farm, the Heroes of Light will be greeted by the old man and his faithful Moogle (who seems to be at least as old as he is, if not more). The Chocobo Farm looks exactly as what one could expect of a farm dedicated to Chocobos: vast areas where Chocobos can run freely, enclosures and stables where both regular and professional racer Chocobos are kept and of course a house where the old man and his Moogle live. East of the farm is a cliff, not a very tall one, but certainly tall enough should one stumble and fall. Chocobos can be seen passing by the area, but they're too far and too fast to be captured.

Noticeably enough, the enclosure is empty. And the old man is quick to explain why: a Chocobo Eater has eaten what little Chocobos hadn't been sold yet! Thankfully, the creature isn't anywhere to be seen, so for the time being the Heroes of Light can hunt Chocobos without having to worry. The Moogle will give each Heroes of Light a Chocobo Lure, along with instructions on how to use it and explanations regarding the different types of Chocobos. Thanks to the Chocobo Lure, Chocobos running in the distance will now approach the characters... Hopefully they will be friendly Chocobos.

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Kaji grumbles as he gets to his feet and tries to dust himself off. There is now a lovely grass stain across the front of his outfit. "Yeah, next time I think before I move." He looks Sparks over carefully, "You were the one getting dragged, are you okay?" Or did the armor take all of the damage?

The chocobo is warking repeatedly and trying to keep walking, but it's out at the end of its rope, and can't keep going. It keeps pulling the rope taut as if trying to jerk it out of where it's tangled.

[Zelda whistles a quick birds tune and her chocobo kweehed loudly. She grabs it by the neck as it runs towards the chocobo eater and gracefully swings her legs so she is riding atop her violet bird.

She pulls a knotted oak staff from the birds side to her hands as they travel forward. She doesn't run to the front lines but close enough so that she could start healing when the monster starts its attack.]

I'll back you up!

[Sparks is glad he's got enough time to catch up to everyone else, running like the wind to catch up. He was fit to begin with, but the physical boost from his job classes sure was handy. He gets there just in time for the monster to let out its earth-shaking roar.

Sparks Nevada has seen far too much in his time to be scared by some ugly monster. He gets into a fighting pose when he suddenly makes a face. Sho's right; that sure is a smell.]

Alright, I-- Ugh! Wow, that is some breath. Gross. Man, you weren't kiddin'. If this thing deserves a poundin' for anything now, it's that.

Yeah, I'm fine. Where's my-- gimme that. [He swipes his hat from Red. She says she was just keeping it safe, grinning the whole time. Sparks shoves his hands into the robot fists hanging at his side, and they power up with a whirr. He looks them over to make sure they're okay, and dusts them off.]

Alright, chicky, that's enough of this. Consider yerself successfully wrangled. [Untangling the rope from the roots, the chocobo immediately attempts to take off - but it's not going anywhere. It may have caught Sparks off-guard initially, but with the grip of robot fists holding it back, it doesn't stand a chance. It struggles a bit more, but at this point, it really needs a breather. It's still very upset, though, squawking at its captor, who just shakes these things.]

No way, pal. Took me four hours to even find one 'a you. You ain't goin' nowhere.

[With all the commotion and how this fight wasn't going to end well if Demeter was a part of it, he dismounts with a slide.]

Lester, take Demeter to safety!

[The moogle's pom-pom shoots straight up in shock. That's a large duty for such a little guy and Angeal is counting on him. He salutes and shoos the heavy white chocobo toward the back.]

Yessir!

[He replaces Buster with a smaller sword that he has strapped to his hip and grins toward Sparks.]

All the more reason we shouldn't let this thing live.

So you're saying this is a thing I ride?

[Riding an animal seems so...so...unrefined.]

And you're saying that I can easily catch and tame one of these birds? In case you haven't noticed, I'm not exactly a licensed ranger.

[His chocobo struggles to keep up as the last of her energy gives up a few feet back from where most others have dismounted. Using his Dragoon abilities he jumps high off of her and lands, having to take a knee from the impact, not so far back from where all the other Heroes are forming up to fight the monster.

Getting to his feet, Masamune is slid around and held up, the long sword that only his Warrior/Dragoon combo can wield arched down from his shoulder towards the large beast similar to the sting of a scorpion. Yet oddly out of place atop his purple/sliver light armor as opposed to his 'usual' attire.

He flashes a smile in Angeal's direction.]

Lets get on with it then

[If no one else were going to take the action, but to stand and gawk at it, the least that Sephiroth can do is at least open by leaping in and swinging his sword in a first attack.]

"Monk?" The job class didn't seem to fit her but at the same time it did. It was odd that something like that was chosen for her but at least it wasn't too strange that it didn't.

He canted his head to the side and leaned back to give her space with a soft chuckle. "You don't seem like the meditating type. How did you acquire it?"

He was no stranger to bruised knuckles and hard hits. If she could manage to do the job that was given, then maybe there was a reason his was picked as well. He knew that he was given Warrior but he hadn't known about the Monk class just yet.

[Guessing by the way she seems to be backing away from the monsters, probably not. Time to help then! Henry starts building some lightning into his hands. It sucks that they don't seem to have wind magic here, because duh, they are flying-- totally extra damage! Oh well He raises his arm towards the buer and yells.]

THUND-no that's not it nyahaha-LIGHTNING!

[A bolt of lightning crests down from the sky and singes one of the two Buer, it stumbles in the air, but soon rights itself and resumes advancing.]

Nyahaha! That was weaker than I thought!

[Henry starts walking towards Ib.]

You got anything? Magic? Arrows? Transforming into a dragon?

Excitedly Henry replies "Ohh! Those are goblins! They are what's supposed to tear me apart in my gruesome and bloody death! This is gonna be great!"

Grinning from ear to ear, Henry raises his sword over his head and charges, dodging the goblins first attack and bringing the sword down on it's head.

"Nyahaha! Like a melon!"

As the one goblin falls to the ground, the now somewhat less un-blood splattered henry turns to Kaji, calmly.

"Ok, It's your turn!"

Spencer still hugged tightly to his kupo nut while Mogington indulged himself. Though kupo nuts were for sure his favorite, he was a very dutiful Moogle and would not relax with such an atmosphere lingering around the situation. He bobbed up and down in mid air and kept always half an eye on the chocobo that was looking for treasure to present to her Hero.

"That is a friend to all Kupo, kupo." He agreed, but it seemed for the time being the Kupo nut would be saved for later.

Sephiroth did nothing whatsoever to acknowledge or release the tension between the two of them. He cautiously took a couple more steps towards his fangirl of a chocobo and canted his head down at the area of undergrowth she was picking around in. He wondered if she wanted him to help her, but wasn't even sure what it was she were looking for.

As Demeter came closer, she stopped suddenly still and slowly raised her head back up to look at the larger, white chocobo. Unsure, entirely of this rival for her Hero's attention that had been bold enough to approach them.

"Quarrrrk" She warned, leaving her searching to stride back to where Demeter had only just come into range. Sephiroth looked down and to his side where the larger bird was only inches away from ducking her head around the back of his forearm. He raised his arm up and around where she might make contact, and only then raised his face to Angeal. Had the other SOLDIER made some command to the chocobo to come over to his side for affection? He hadn't heard Angeal say anything, but even so.

Meanwhile, his smaller, yellow chocobo strode more defiantly forwards and flapped her small wings as if to ward Demeter off. This was her Hero, and she wasn't going to let this larger rival take him away from her. She rubbed her head forcefully, but only once, against Sephiroth's arm again as it came back down to rest at his side, which earned both of the birds a stern look from the silver haired warrior.

"What's this all about?" He asked of no one in particular, he wasn't even convinced if his chocobo could understand him that well after all.

[He's not sure what to make of that. Surely the crystals wouldn't have brought just anyone here, especially with no previous combat experience. But then, who is he to judge what the selection process might be, he's as new here as she is.]

Dealing with monsters is more than part of my job, back home.

[He explains, content to leave it at that. Ib's introduction causes him to blink a few times, not quite taken aback but it was seldom that Sephiroth ever had to introduce himself.]

My name is Sephiroth. Nice to meet you, Ib.

[The foul beast, knowing it was dangerously close to the cliff edge, made haste to correct this disadvantage against the swarm of heroes gathering before it.

With a rumbled growl and long claws stretched out, the beast thrust its body forward. Not only damaging the immediate heroes, but also doubling to primitively push all of them back. The distance between the eater and the cliff has broadened.]

The "woah" was well said. Bursting out of the brush, Cloud thought that it was another monster incoming and he only managed to correct the aim on his spellcasting at the last second. The fireball narrowly missed Snow, fizzling out harmlessly in midair. Cloud cast an annoyed look at the man, but there was no time to chew him out. Fight the monsters first, then this guy.

He looked back to the monsters surrounding the Chocobo. Two wolves and... "That Bomb is going to be trouble. Be careful, we don't want it blowing up on us. And whatever you do, don't hurt the Chocobo." He began to focus on his spells once more. He wasn't sure if he could take out the Bomb with a single Blizzard, but maybe he could soften it up.

Zelda tugged at her white dress as they walked. It was a harder task wearing a dress while riding versus flying and she was still figuring it out.

She was atop her purple Chocobo as her eyes landed on the pair. It was the first time that she had seen a light blue chocobo so she wandered over to take a closer look. Her Chocobo let out a happy kweeh as a greeting which also alerted them to their presence.

She put on a happy smile as her Chocobo trotted forward. "Hey." She noticed the Chocobo's pushy behavior and tilted her head to the side curiously. "You on your way to find treasure then?"

Yes, Kupo!

[ Then back to the old man. ]

Chocobos are very loyal to those they chose or who answer to their challenge. Taming isn't an issue if you put your heart to it, and if you don't have the time to take care of them afterward, we will do it for you here.

[ And back to the Moogle. ]

If you think the size is the issue, there are plenty of Chocobos small enough for you, Kupo!

[Well that was impressive.]

Me? I don't....

Ib! You're a Red Mage, kupo. You can do that too! Try.

[She looks back at the monster and nervously raises a hand. She does know how to do this, somehow....]

B- blizzard!

[The monster is encased in ice and crashes back to the ground.]

[Honestly she'd like to know why she was selected too. Everyone else she's met seem like much better choices.]

So you were a hero before you came here?

[See? Heroes kill monsters, and if that was his job already then it makes perfect sense to pick someone like him.]

It's nice to meet you too.

I dunno. I didn't really have any trouble with mine....

[Nagisa dismounts his chocobo who is content to peck lazily at the ground while he saunters over to watch Sparks reel in his bird.]

It's...it's...a charr. Though sadly, it was not the one that Zojja was hoping to see. No, out of all the possible charr she wanted to see, this one ranked very low on the list, if not at the very bottom. Sure, she had never met him in person, but Zojja doubted that there was a person alive in Tyria who didn't know who he was.

"Evon Gnashblade. It's...nice to make your acquaintance." Not really, but she was going to be polite (for once). It wasn't like she disliked Gnashblade, no.

She just thought he was utterly useless. At least some rank and file Blood Legion lackey could bash their head against a wall to weaken it. What could he do? Bribe this world that may or may not be a living entity to let them go home? He didn't even have access to his vast and baffling amounts wealth here.

Someone should really do an academic study on exactly how this charr managed to command an entire economy.

"It's true, I prefer followers of a more mechanical nature. But I don't have that option here, not yet anyway, and so the fluffy moa will have to do for now."

"Uh-huh, KUPO!" Mogington cheered and happily chewed on the nut.

Demeter lowered her head to show her submission that she wasn't trying to move in on the other's chosen hero with a series of low clicks and chirps. Demeter blinked as Mogington watched with rapt attention as if at any moment he would miss something important.

Angeal stepped closer and placed his hand gently on Demeter's head. He could feel Sephiroth's stare and knew that he was deliberately being ignored. Perhaps he deserved it and said nothing about it. Once he made it clear to Sephiroth's chocobo that Demeter had already picked her hero, he hoped that the simple action was enough and stepped away to walk up toward the hill.

Mogington was torn between following Angeal or stay to watch the two chocobo with confusion. He wasn't sure what just happened but Angeal's pensive nature as the hero walked by was a heavy clue that he wanted to be alone.

Demeter hadn't made any sudden movements and skulked away to follow Angeal while Mogington remained with Spencer. Something was wrong but the chocobo stopped right next to Mogington as if to silently ask if she should follow.

All Mogington could do was shake his head. "It's okay. He'll be alright. You don't have to worry about him."

[ since his skill set was better at a distance, Sho wasn't in the immediate line of attack but he still fell at the push. he rolled with it, getting back to his feet quickly. one of things he had to be thankful for was that he never been supernaturally enhanced. all his skills came from just pushing himself. the jobs he had only matched the kind of abilities he had back home, although he knew he was going to be one mass of bruises from this battle if he was lucky.

he swung one of his pistol bows around into his hands and aimed for the face. the six inch quarrels might not do much damaged to the main body, but if he can make an eye shot, that could give someone else an opening. with that thought, he fired. ]

"Treasure?"

Genesis' puzzlement was drowned out by a chirped warble from Aoi, who bobbed her head and then proceeded to poke Genesis again in the shoulder. He frowned and waved her off, and she danced a little in place, puffed up her crest, and then hunched a little in an attempt to sneak around him to his other side.

He looked from his chocobo to the purple one with the young lady riding it and shrugged. "I think she just wants to play with me more than hunt for treasure."

Aoi clicked her beak and then tapped him on top of the head and kweh again.

[The thrust of the gigantic body of the monster caught Sephiroth mid-leap as he'd dashed in for an attack. Long claws both blocked and propelled him backwards the way he had come forwards.

Only Sephiroth forcing his balance forwards, as if blocking another blade, when his legs met with the ground again prevented him from falling right back onto his ass. He even took one or two steps backwards to walk off the momentum so that he wouldn't do so. His long sword was then twisted and turned back into its ready strike once more as long silver hair followed his movements, spilling haphazardly around the armor plating he was equipped in.]

How irritating. [He scowls, pointedly glaring at the monster as Sho takes a shot at it.

Sephiroth is quick to follow in the wake of the small arrow, if anything, ready to use it as a distraction so that he can drag his long blade down and across whatever body of the monster he can meet.]

[For his part at least, he's much too accustomed to being regaled as a Hero for the notion to have very much of an effect on him. Besides, Sephiroth is still half-convinced this is all some crazy dream.]

I've been labeled as such, for a long time, yes.

[Heroes do kill monsters, and they win wars too, even if such acts were in themselves monstrous to those on the other side of the fence. Sephiroth himself is well aware of the hypocrisy of the label he was given, how he has been used as the face of Shinra's successes for many years already. Still, it is his job and he is the best at it.]

It takes a lot of work.

[He flashes Ib a small smile and then turns away, leaving Spencer floating nearby to offer a short stubby shrug to Ib by way of an awkward apology. Sephiroth isn't the most social by a long shot and the moogle cannot appear apologetic enough.]

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