PLOTTING POST: EVENT 003

[erkumods]

EVENT 003: INAUSPICIOUS TIDES

I. Swap til you drop With the abundance brought forth by the influx of Eros energy in the world, the Augur has blessed the world's new organic inhabitants - past and recent arrivals both - with personalized welcome packages. Overnight, these goody bags have been quietly delivered to the doorsteps (or dirty hovel floors, Gundams, tree branches, etc.) of each Island resident. Open them up to find a supply of basic hygiene necessities perfectly suited to your tastes, as well as a small selection of fun extras: good quality clothing, beachwear, fancy soaps, "necessities" to complete an Auspicious Act, and maybe even a surprise from home. Unfortunately, not every item is yours. In their haste to please their guests, the robots might have mixed a few items up, switching up favorite colors, smells, lingerie sizes, and preferred condom flavors - among other things - for someone else's. What’s more, a tiny glitch in the Augur has also beamed some inventory items directly from their owners' homes and placed them right in a stranger's welcome bag! The robots catch on quickly to the problem. By afternoon, they have hastily set up a swap meet on the beach for residents to trade, sell, or barter their unwanted items. "̷T̶r̷a̷d̴e̵ ̷a̴u̸s̷p̸i̶c̸e̴s̶ ̵a̴n̷d̴ ̶b̵e̶ ̷t̶w̸i̴c̵e̴-̴b̸l̷e̸s̷s̸e̸d̵!̴"̶ As a special event, the robots on site are also facilitating square swaps for consenting parties, and will upload the appropriate app to the devices of interested residents. Use your wrist device to project your A5 card for all to see and get swapping! Simply by tapping each other's card displays, you can easily switch squares between yourselves. The robots have authorized one square swap per person. II. Treasure Island i̶n̴o̶r̷g̷a̷n̷i̵c̷ ̸m̷a̶t̵t̴e̶r̴ ̶d̵e̵t̵e̶c̷t̵e̶d̶.̶.̷.̴ All of the activity on the beach has kicked up something beneath the sands, and as you make your wait through the festivities you may notice something glittering and gold on the sands. Mysterious treasure has begun to wash up from the seas - from large chests (ahem) to small statues, from ornate jewelry to faceless coins of indeterminate origin. You may not be the materialistic sort, but the treasure almost compels you to pick it up. Once you find something, you'll be hungry to unearth more. When questioned about the treasure's source, the robots appear stumped. Jewels and gold have no worth to them, they explain. h̶o̸l̷d̶ ̴o̵n̵ ̷t̶o̶ ̴w̶h̶a̶t̸'̸s̷ ̵p̸r̶e̶c̸i̶o̶u̴s̶.̴.̶.̴ Time will reveal that this is cursed treasure. The treasures on the beach inspire feelings of not only jealousy, but also the desire to flaunt what you do have. You find yourself craving what belongs to others - be it food, items... or even lovers. Those under the treasure’s spell are attracted to even more treasure; a flash of shiny new gemstones may be all it takes to entice even the most loyal to your side. Anyone who can sense magic will notice a faint green aura around a cursed item, but little else can be determined. Incorporating an item into your Auspicious Acts - be it coin to trade for the pleasure of their company, or if you'd prefer to be taken wearing nothing but decadent pearls - seems to lift the aura and alleviate those strange feelings of envy and vanity. Inauspicious Tides The lucky few who discover how to cleanse the treasure of its aura are not enough to stop the rightful owners from coming to claim what’s theirs. From the deep, they rise. A flash of lightning illuminates the dark sea. A horde of bodies begin to walk out from beneath the waves. They range from monstrous to humanoid, but a commonality they all have is decay. "Our treasure..." Some are completely inhuman, covered in bone and debris, flailing slimy limbs or tentacles at anything that moves. Others seem half-person, half-shipwreck, with bodies mutating around pieces of driftwood. While the largest of them threaten to wreak havoc on the beaches from the shallows, their long tentacles reaching for any buildings within their grasp with destructive intent, the smaller and more human-looking of the invaders march in droves towards land. The robots rally to defend the Island, but it soon becomes apparent that they are no match for this threat. "Give it back..." When the horde makes it ashore, they may attempt to fight the residents of the Island - but they seem far more agitated by the appearance of any native 'bots, attacking them maliciously. They are impervious to gunfire, they feel no pain, and their waterlogged bodies make them resistant to flame. They spill over all corners of the city as they make their way to the hospital. Should any of these creatures make it inside, they will head for the Augur first and foremost. And though the sun's rays will peek through the windows and turn them to ash come daybreak, their damage is done. The Augur will go offline for repairs; the robots will dedicate themselves to tending to it for the next month. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● N A V I G A T I O N

Comments

Kaine | Nier

[thorniest]

Swap Til You Drop - Kaine doesn't own a whole hell of a lot - here or in canon - but I'm gonna put up one of her swords and a lei made of lunar tears for other people to find in their bags! As for swapping A5 squares, I'd mostly be interested in swapping her Ritual square out... IC, she's unsettled by her snuff square, but wouldn't want anyone else to have it, since Rude's network post showed her that other people might actually consider it.

Treasure Island - Even magically compelled, Kaine doesn't have a lot of personal use for this sort of treasure, but she will absolutely trade it for sex, or drape a partner in it. Also, she could just get caught up in the excitement of collecting it; she's got a scavenger's heart, after all.

Inauspicious Tides - M U R D E R. Once these damp bastards start rolling up, Kaine will be all too happy to start shredding them. If your character wants to kick ass alongside her, or be saved by her, or even just marvel at her mindless ferocity (and endless disgusting threats), let me know!

Lastly, I don't think I'm going to be top-leveling this time around, since I've still got a bunch of threads from the last event, but I'm more than happy to hit up whatever y'all post!

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Re: Kaine | Nier

[noncertus]

Let's team up and do our CR a Concern about our readiness to brutalize some enemies!

[thorniest]

Ayyyyy sounds good! The bloodlust might even distract her from how awkward she feels about Cloud seeing her as a traumatized, (mentally) little girl...

[noncertus]

It's okay, everyone was a little weird in the fog. That sounds like a plan!

[stripsearch]

Something that forces them to meet so Rise can apologize in person?

[thorniest]

Yessss! Maybe the swap meet? Rise could have ended up with one of her swords, maybe? Can't imagine she'd be too keen on hanging on to that, or assuming it was actually for her...

[stripsearch]

Yes! Either that or saving Rise from monsters, and Rise getting to use her Persona to back Kaine up?

[hello_again]

I admittedly don't know all that much about Kaine but give she's a berserker like you said, maybe she sees Pyrrha has strong magnetic powers and tells her to yeet her via her weapon at a monster's face?

[thorniest]

...that sounds really dumb. Let's do it!

[hello_again]

Honestly Pyrrha's already used to dumb plans that somehow end up working out.

[pawper]

consider: stop being mad at pupper long enough to smash up some driftwood monsters together

Mostly floating this here in case I toplevel so u can come harrass me

[thorniest]

she can be mad AND fight alongside the pupperino! and will!

also if you do, i def want kaine to see her go furry.

[pawper]

borks in despair

[hascomeundone]

These two need to meet and be violent at some monsters together.

[thorniest]

YES! I'd especially love for Kaine to see The Big Hand, because she would 100% assume that means that Velvet's possessed, like Kaine herself was.

[hascomeundone]

Velvet will definitely try to eat the evil sea monsters so that can be arranged!

Also if kaine gets treasure-charmed, Velvet might be willing to help her.

[nuvellity]

Constance wants a lei. Please.

[thorniest]

She can absolutely get lei'd. Kaine will be moderately embarrassed when reclaiming it...

[nuvellity]

It's so pretty though. Are you sure Constance can't keep it? Trade for it?

[sharpestsword]

she'll be getting a maid costume so maybe they could meet at the cafe?

[thorniest]

Absolutely! It's not the sort of place Kaine would go a lot, but. hearing about robots in funny outfits would make her curious enough to check it out once. And Julie would def pull it off better than the robots...

[shangrilady]

Accidentally steps on her with the gundam

[thorniest]

Okay, first of all, rude.

[acquaint]

raises hand i'd like to request some monster asskicking team-up times please! or sylvain just, watching her do most of the asskicking bc damn, this girl is tough. he can provide some backup in the form of well-timed healing spells though, if she needs it!

[thorniest]

Love it. She could definitely use a healer, since... she's used to basically being able to regenerate, so she barely even acknowledges her wounds (aside from getting even angrier). Also, the idea of magic being used for something NON-DESTRUCTIVE???? Alarming.