Event || Crystallis de Chocobo

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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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[desertbloomed]

[Ashelia leans into the Chocobo Eater's charge, hiding herself behind her shield as much as possible. She stumbles backwards, but is able to steady herself. There's a sharp pain in her shoulder. She grimaces, shaking her head. Such weakness.]

[She takes a step back, putting the men between herself and the creature. I've got to be smarter about this. She'll wait for her chance and strike only then - she can't take too many of those hits, as a red mage/summoner. Until then, she decides to join Zelda in supporting the more hardy fighters. 'Tis worrisome. None of us yet know our limits. If Crystallis stripped away all of her own considerable power, Ashelia figured the others must be in the same situation. This enemy may not seem like much, but 'tis our own lack of understanding that will be our undoing.]

[That's when it hits her. There's a way to truncate this battle sitting right in front of them - the creature itself revealed its disadvantage when its first action was to give itself some room.] Drive it back, towards the cliff!

[red_planet_blues]

[The yellow chocobo is tired of fighting at this point, but it's still not happy. Sparks pulls it close, but as soon as he gets a hand near it, the bird pecks at him. Good thing he's got those robot fists. Dink, dink. Dink dink dink. Sparks just stands there and lets it get it out of its system, his expression flat.]

I'd say you lucked out. Took me like four hours to even find one, so there's no way this one's gettin' away now.

[It tries pecking a few more times. Dink dink dinkdinkdink]

Yeah. That ain't gonna do anything, birdbrain.

[red_planet_blues]

[Sparks has just enough time to pulls his arms in and brace for the attack, holding his robotic gloves up to block himself like a boxer would. There's a clang as it hits the metal and the marshal gets bowled over, but he's not down for the count. He's back on his feet fast.

His plan is to get in there and attack alongside Sephiroth, before the creature has time to recover.]

Off the cliff. Got it.

[Robot fists whirring with power, Sparks dashes towards the monster to deliver as many blows as he can in an effort to drive if back.]

[goddessofthesky]

[Zelda's chocobo jumps back with the monsters push, fluttering its wings frantically with the effort. It lands easily and the experienced rider steadies the bird with ease.

She quickly climbs down its side with her staff held tightly in her hand.]

You run. I'll find you.

[The chocobo wants to protest but after the stern look from Zelda it kweehs and runs off into the field away from the terrors of battle.

Zelda turns to face the fray, holding her staff so that she would be ready to heal.]

[goddessofthesky]

Zelda smiled and swung down from her own mount. "That could be." Her laugh was sweet as she watched his light blue chocobo continue to seek his attention. Lenn, her chocobo, was now happily nuzzling it's head against her shoulder.

"It's what happened when this one found me." She reached up and lightly pat Lenn on the neck. "I think once that happens they imprint on you."

[shinrasfinest]

The yellow chocobo didn't seem convinced of Demeter's submissive noises until Angeal stepped in and made contact. She chirped a similarly low, clicking noise and made a point to attempt to rub her side against Sephiroth's as she turned to stride back to the undergrowth she had been searching in.

Throughout all of this time, Sephiroth delivered only a single flick of his flaring eyes in Angeal's direction. He wasn't one to deliver such brutal silent treatment to a friend, but perhaps he had been too generous to consider Angeal as such still. He blinked shortly after and walked away after the chocobo, crushing all of the things he wanted to say to Angeal as deep into the back of his mind as they would go.

[melodiesboss]

[Sho's attack struck the monster, it was a minor annoyance, only causing the beast to flinch and growl in what could presumed to be pain. Coupled with Sephiroth's blade and Sparks' assault, causing some considerable damage, though the beasts skin not allowing the blade to run to deep and only softening at the blows.

The attacks by themselves, did little to stop the eater, but together made an impact. As the intended action was met, and the beast was forced back once more. However, it still had fight. It retaliated aggressively and swung its large claws out, aiming to hit all of the heroes.]

[wear_tear_rust]

Mogington was in his own little world to go after Angeal while Demeter looked from the hill that Angeal had gone to back to Sephiroth. The yellow chocobo was not welcoming to her and so she lowered her head with a crestfallen kweh as if to say that she was the one at fault for the way the two men reacted to each other. She didn't know the issues, she only knew what she saw.

Angeal knew that Sephiroth wasn't going to follow and he never expected it. He had to think and he had to do it alone. His eyes caught sight of something on a distant cliff and he focused on it for a while. It wasn't until he saw what was happening that he ran back over the crest of the hill and grabbed a hold of Demeter's neck to mount himself on her back.

He pulled his Buster Sword from his back and spurred her on. "Let's go."

Mogington was left in shock for a moment and stuffed the rest of the kupo nut into his mouth. "WAIT!" He shouted as he flew off toward Angeal's retreating back and over the hill.

[wear_tear_rust]

[Angeal notes Sephiroth's smirk and with his sword at the ready, he lounges forward. What he didn't expect, which was somewhat off putting since he had never seen this beast before in his life up until now, was that its arms had spread wide, the heavy torso was pushing downward, it looked like it was going to be an easy win.

Wrong.

The beast lounges forward and Angeal is thrown back toward Sephiroth.]

That...could have been worse.

[rhapsoidein]

"That's because I am not the meditating type," She snorted softly, stretching her arm about a bit to make sure the bandage wasn't on too tight. "I woke up with it, I never asked for it. If I did, then I doubt the other Genesis would have picked Scholar."

Considering it offered no offensive abilities whatsoever. She wasn't sure why Monk was chosen for her. She wasn't one to fight with her fists, in fact, she didn't always enjoy close range combat if she could help it. O course, that's when her magic came into place when she needed it.

[sunny_soda_breeze]

This guy doesn't seem to like you much, does he?

[Master of the obvious right here.]

Maybe you should give him a treat or something?

[her_rose_is_red]

[Ib is a little young to really understand any potential hypocrisy in the label. But she's not surprised that 'it takes a lot of work.' It sounds like something that ought to be hard.

She's also just impressed with meeting the sort of person that could be considered a 'hero of light' but then he's walking away. After a second, she calls after him.]

Um, wait! Can I ask you something?

[shinrasfinest]

[Most people knew better than to call back after him, back home at least. Sephiroth freezes on the spot, causing Spencer to back almost back right into him as he'd only just turned away from watching Ib.

The small pale fluffball darted to the side and increased it's altitude slightly to avoid any further possible collision.

Sephiroth takes a side-step and turns back to look down over his shoulder at the small girl.]

Sure. Ask away.

[her_rose_is_red]

[Unfortunately she does not know better.]

Um, I don't really know why I got picked as a hero of light, but.... I do want to help.

What do you think I should do? To get better at this, I mean....

[wear_tear_rust]

"Ah. So you're not that much different than the Genesis I know." Angeal had the patience for meditating but Genesis didn't. His friend could read poetry forever, but to sit there and clear his mind wasn't something he though either of them were fond of in the least. It wasn't that they couldn't do it, it was more along the lines that they just didn't like it.

They were magic users and the ability was something that Angeal was the weakest in performing. Magic simply didn't stick.

[neverfirstclass]

[Cloud curses to himself as he sees the chaos erupting across the farm. He had gone out a long way in search of his own bird, and the fact that he had to fight off a pack of monsters to earn its trust kept him from arriving any sooner. He spurs his chocobo faster as he spots his fellow heroes fighting the Eater

For the first time he finds himself happy to be saddled with the Black Mage job. For once the range that this job requires was playing to his advantage. He focuses on a spell as he closes the distance, and once close enough he calls out to the other fighters.]

GET DOWN!

[He lets the fireball fly, aiming it at the Chocobo Eater's chest and immediately begins chanting a new spell to follow up.]

[gomu_ningen]

WAGGHH! GET DOWN AGAIN!

[There was no excuse for going after such splendid creatures, especially if he himself wasn't allowed to eat them! Luffy wouldn't stand for it! He'd been so preoccupied with having stars in his eyes at all the differently colored birds that he hadn't noticed the looming beast attacking the vulnerable Chocobos.

When he comes up behind the group, Luffy leaps into the air and starts lunging toward the foul monster. Cocking his arm back, his arm wrings behind his back as his teeth clench for what was about to transpire.]

GUM~ GUM~-!!

[He floats for a few seconds more, landing after a few moments as his body goes still. With his arm still cocked behind him, Luffy slowly turns his head around the face the group. The boy looks as if he's stared into the maw of a terrifying specter, his face going white save for the purple hue around his eyes.

It is then that Luffy realizes, regardless of why, that he no longer possess his Devil Fruit Powers.]

... EHHHHHH?!!

[red_planet_blues]

[Thank goodness for that paladin armor. Sparks can't back off fast enough from the creature's wide swing, but his armor keeps him from getting totally shredded. He backs off enough to let Cloud get in his fireball, but is close enough to feel the heat. That was a pretty close call.

The marshal watches Luffy, dumbfounded himself for a moment, since he has no idea what the kid was trying to do. Whatever it was, it clearly didn't work. Sparks, unlike Luffy, is still facing the creature. So when it starts heading their way again, his first instinct is to get the kid out of harm's way. The shoulder check Luffy gets won't exactly tickle, but it'll hurt less than anything the Chocobo Eater dishes out.]

Whoa, kid, look out--

[shinrasfinest]

[Wha-

A sword strike like that, from him, should cleave a monster clean in two. Instead, Sephiroth notes that while indeed its path has struck a sharp slice into the Eaters skin, it's nothing more than a flesh wound and has ultimately done nothing to subdue or hinder the monster.

Sephiroth leaps back into line with the rest of the combatants, just in time for it to counter. He brings Masamune back and around to block automatically but either the Eater's long sweep has much more strength than he expected, or his block isn't nearly as solid as it's supposed to be. Though deflected, the blow knocks his stance forwards and to the side, stumbling to a knee. Just as well since Cloud's fireball and Luffy both then come in for attack from behind him.]

[shinrasfinest]

[Never mind that he thinks this is all still a dream meant to indicate deeper issues in his subconscious. Therefore Ib's presence and questions are being over-considered.

Did this mean he should perhaps offer more in the way to help the small girl? Sephiroth turns to face her square on once more. Though, for the most part he doesn't understand small children.]

If you work hard, and concentrate, then I see no reason why you can't become just as much of a Hero of Light, as any of us.

Everyone starts somewhere.

[He's never been the best at motivational speaking, not having been the one to train SOLDIER specifically, but general encouragement costs nothing.]

[iknowtheconsequences]

What- but- Kaji's mind is having a hard time getting on track, and he can only stare at the sight of Henry's glee at attacking the thing that was prophesied to kill him.

Kaji's turn? What? The second goblin is advancing, and if it gets in range, Kaji is really not going to be happy. He focuses, smoothly draws the arrow, and looses. The arrow catches the goblin at the joint of its neck and shoulder, enough to stagger it, but not quite drop it. It should give Kaji more time to keep out of its range, though.

[wear_tear_rust]

[That was the weirdest thing he had ever seen but the way Luffy tried to use a power he no longer possess seems almost normal...but it isn't. Angeal picks himself up off the ground and dusts himself off, the fireball whizzes by and quickly he realizes that this battle is not organized at all.]

Oh boy.

[He looks to Sephiroth and then to Sparks, his eyes are wide.]

Squads?

[urnotafraid]

[ he really wasn't a fan of these old-fashioned weapons. Sho huffed as he reloaded and then made a face at the monster's counter-attack. He was in the back lines - range being everything for an archer after all - but he still had to move out of the way. he fired both bows as he moves more to annoy than to actually hit, and then some kid sent a ball of fire at the beast while another kid just tried to punch the creature.

he would face palm but he was too busy deciding on a different course of action. ]

Fuck it, get me that other bow.

[ he tossed the crossbows at Zal, stepping back a little more and dragging his chocobo with him. the headstrong bird warbled a waaaaark but complied and Zal floated up with a proper horse bow. ]

This job's a joke [ he took the bow anyways, plucking an arrow from the accompanying quiver and setting it to the string. ] what we need is bit more fire.

[goddessofthesky]

[Zelda watches as the fight devolves into a mess. She cast cure towards Sparks hoping that he and the young boy who was pushed out of the way was alright. She took a few steps closer making sure that he magic would hit and keeping an eye out on all the other fighters.

She holds her staff in the air as the magic flows towards Sparks and then begins to focus so she can cast again.]

[holycrows]

[Henry smiles at Ib.]

Nyahaha! There you go! You killed it! Great! I call the other one!

[Henry pulls out his sword and charges the other buer. He is easily defeated when the buer simple ascends out of reach of his sword flailing, right into a good position to Daze beam Henry, leaving him stimbling in circles and mumbling is a combination of giggles and slurred speech.]