Stiltzkin's Castle Exploration

[scriptrix]

Characters: Team Fairy Tail (Levy McGarden, Robin, Tsubomi Hanasaki, Ib, Cloud Strife, Morgan), Team Abyss (Luke fon Fabre, Tear Grants, Jade Curtiss, Guy Cecil, Anise Tatlin, Gaara, Selen), Team Nameless (Lydia Deetz, Bartender, Tazrenda, Gaius Van Belsar, K'pandolu Tohka, Olivier Armstrong), Team Discovery Channel (Allenby Beardsley, Yugi Mutou, Gregory, Jude Maverick, Bartz Klauser, Yuri Lowell)
Where: Stiltzkin's Castle
When: The month of June through July 4th at nebulous points in time - groups should bear in mind it takes 10-15 days to get there and back
Summary: Exploring a dungeon we won't have access to pretty soon
Warnings: Unknown!

((OOC: This is basically freeform exploration of the inside of Stiltzkin's Castle.  Each group will have its own subthread to roleplay exploring the castle.  Anything significant in the way of monsters to fight, treasure to loot, or information to find will be explained by the mods if any of the groups happen to look in the right places.  As for the mechanics of the Castle, physical attack power and Job levels are reversed inside - for example, White Mages will be as physically strong as the more combat-oriented Jobs.  As far as Job levels are concerned, it's essentially 12 months minus the amount you actually have in the Job.  So anyone at an Initial level would be considered to have the Job mastered, and everything in between - if you're 3 months in, treat your character as 9 months in.  Higher level techniques will be weaker than lower leveled ones.  All of this information has been made public to the characters venturing into the Castle, so assume that everyone on the expedition knows about that.  Any questions that aren't covered here should be directed to the mods.))

Comments

[melodiesmods]

[The ice attack hits the chimera hard, and it staggers back in pain. Both snake heads are too hurt to attack anymore.]

[scriptrix]

It looks weak... I wonder if we can capture it now.

[Levy takes the equipment from the Arena from around her hip, stepping forward and attempting the capture. She's not entirely sure how it works, but it's probably some kind of magic. Still, it's worth a shot, so she holds it out and activates it in the way she was told, hoping to draw the monster in.]

[neverfirstclass]

[Cloud lands roughly, but thanks to everyone else he's able to get back to his feet unharmed. His eyes flit to the others to make sure they're okay as well. Satisfied with what he sees he moves into position to protect Levy in case something goes wrong.]

[melodiesmods]

[The chimera roars as it is pulled into the device. It's too weak to struggle against it, and Levy captures it successfully.]

[tacticallyminded]

Good work, everybody!

[Robin goes to check the chest. Maybe it left something there...?]

[melodiesmods]

[It's empty. This chest only housed a monster.]

[scriptrix]

Let's try the northeast next. They can't all be trapped with monsters.

[A baseless assertion, yes, but one she's making anyway. Levy cautiously heads over to try to open that chest.]

[tacticallyminded]

Good idea, Levy. They can't all be!

[...she hopes.]

[bag_has_snapped]

We've probably jinxed ourselves...

[neverfirstclass]

[Cloud doesn't say anything, but he certainly hopes that Tsubomi isn't right. He looks back at the chest they just got tricked by. All that work and not even a reward.

He turns back, ready to fight again if need be but if all the chests or even most of them are like this they might be in trouble.]

[her_rose_is_red]

Maybe there's a trick to it. Maybe most of them are traps and one has something good in it.

[Ib is very familiar with 'only one choice is right' kind of scenario.]

And we're supposed to figure out the right one.