Sewer Quest

[forcegalactic]

Characters: The Heroes of Light who signed up for this player plot
Where: Sewer system underneath Aqures Ixen
When: The morning of October 15th to evening.
Summary: The Barkeep is concerned what may lurk in the sewers. He and the other Heroes of Light will investigate and travel as deep as possible in search of monsters and hidden rooms.
OOC notes: This event is being modded by me, but for the most part, dungeon puzzles and random monster encounters are run by players. OOC discussion can be found here and monster information here.

( Time for the sewer dungeon! )

Into the Chaos of Vampires and Ghosts || OPEN

[sacredancestor]

WHO: D, OPEN
WHAT: After return from Esdham, D has been trying out the Ghostbuster Job in connection with the Vampire Job.
WHEN: October 11th - 30th (save for the event days. He'll be unavailable.)
WHERE: Aqures Ixen; neighboring areas
NOTES: D will be hunting and collecting ghosts pretty much nonstop and using this as a good training session for his other Job. The Vampire seems tireless, but the late he is encountered, the closer to his bloodlust he is. The more monstrous he appears. Well build CR with him (OOC: I'm steadily working on a CR post)
WARNING: Violence. Possibly gore.

Scenario One: Early on as he wanders the streets

[The streets were filled with long cast shadows from the behemoth monoliths erected in Aqures Ixen. Without his Dragoon Job, D had to be more careful about his jumping and springing. He found he could still do some because of his previous training in his own world, an asked skill hard to forget, but his body felt heavier. And protested just a bit more.

Still, D straddled two roofs while waiting for his quarry to enter into his trap. When he activated this job, he forsook the ridiculous jumpsuit for his regular tight fitting clothing, cloak and hat. His sword balanced between his shoulderblades in wait.

The night fueled through his veins, his eyes catching every slight movement: a stay cat rooted in a nearby dumpster hoping for scraps from the restaurant; some couple clung to each other after a dinner date, the pungent smell of lust permeated around them like a cloud; and... Yes the ghost was stalking them. Perfect.

The ghost's hopeful meal would be interrupted.

Utilizing his balancing skills, D slid asking the tiles of the roof to its end where he jumped down to the ground of an alleyway with an opening right next to the couple. The combination of his Vampire Job and Ghostbuster Job served him well to keep deathly silent and cast neither shadow nor reflection.

His PKE machine hummed and he grabbed the thruster. His fingers glided along and a shudder released from inside him feeling the essence of the already captured spirits crying out. For a moment, he almost felt sorry for them. Almost.

D waited for the couple to pass him by. They didn't detect him but the scents enveloped him. He stopped dead in his tracks, his nostrils flared and he growled, his fangs descending. That caught the couple's attention. His want for their thick blood tormented him but he managed to speak in a gutteral tone.]

Run. Get out of here. [Before I eat you both. He thought to himself.

Thankfully, they wasted no time and with their retreat he came face to face with the ghost. It howled at D knowing that its conquest had been interrupted. D flashed his fangs at the creature and turned on the thruster. The more powerless spirit couldn't resist the PKE and when it sucked up, he glanced down at the meter.]

Burn in the abyss of oblivion with your friends.

[Turn he turns to find his next quarry, wherever the meter takes him.]

Scenario Two: Somewhere in the middle, hunting in the forested areas

[D has been collecting many spirits and fending of his growing hunger. Not wanting to feast on the humans he's trying to protect, he takes to the forest.

Upon encountering him, people that know him sense the imbalance growing in his usually cool state of being. Not only is he not catching the ghosts automatically, he's playing with them like a cat might a mouse. Yet, he's still in enough control to capture them in the end. He still has more control over himself.

To those who don't know him might notice how dangerous yet effective this particular Hero of Light is. He seems to be enjoying this game of cat and mouse. And he still is willing to help.]

Scenario Three: Back in Aqures Ixen towards the end of the month

[D is more vampiric than human in appearance. Still in a semblance of his own control, he's moving against ghosts and nipping at animals in the alleyways. He's more annoyed and his aura is dark. Tired? Healthy? These questions cannot be really answered. Something about these ghosts might be doing something to his psyche. Or maybe they remind him of things...]