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lunae calamitas mods ([personal profile] promittere) wrote2024-04-11 07:19 pm

southern mission

CALANDO OF WITHERING AMBER
It's mid-morning, with the sun rising high into a bright, cloudless sky, that Tatara summons Bruno, Comet, Maya, Yodarha, and Joyous Day to the manor elevator. It's urgent, he tells them with that soft smile on his face, and your services are needed.

When you arrive at the elevator, standing there to greet you is a young man, finely dressed and with kind eyes; that his mop of brown hair is slightly unkempt is not the only giveaway that he's incredibly stressed. He stands with his shoulders tensed, and almost flinches when he sees you.

"It's...a pleasure," he begins, hesitant at first. But when he inhales, squares his shoulders, he finally looks more like a government official than a meek boy. "My name is Cock Robin, and I am a secretary from the Central castle. On behalf of the minister of arcane management, there's an urgent request for you."

From his thick folder, he pulls out one paper—worn and handwritten. He glances it over briefly before handing it to Joyous Day.

"A town in the southern part of the Southern Country has been having problems with its crops. It seems there's some sort of...sickness that's taken hold of the plants that's spreading rapidly, and they can't seem to find a cure. The only thing they haven't tried is magic. That's where you come in.

"Find the source of the sickness and neutralize it before it destroys their crops. The South is already inhospitable as it is. I can't imagine how they'd fare if they lost a food source. And, personally..." he glances out the window, at the moon fading in the morning sun. "...I have a really, really awful feeling about this. I don't think this is going to be a regular request."

OOC NOTES
Welcome, Southern wizards (and witch), to your mission!

Missions are mod-guided events that are partial CYOA, partial play-by-post instances. In general, you are free to interact with a scene as you please, and the mod will tell you how the scene reacts as a consequence of your actions. Some scenes will allow for more flexible threading, such as exploration or conversation, while some scenes will require strict turn order to preserve rounds, such as combat or other time-sensitive conflict. The mod will inform you if strict turn order is required at the start of a scene. Regardless, always be sure to bold any important actions you take.

This mission has been specifically tailored to Southern disposition, attitudes, and magic. If you find yourself struggling to tackle a situation, refresh yourself on the description of the South on the locations page, and make sure to confer with your teammates too! But you've been assigned South—we don't need to remind you of that, do we?

As a bonus, here's your theme music!

You will have until 11:59 AM EDT on Saturday, April 20 to reach a conclusion for this mission. Good luck!
serenesinker: kickin' back! (relaxed)

[personal profile] serenesinker 2024-04-13 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
You gotta put more faith in yourself! I know we just started this wizard thing, but if they didn't trust us to get the job done, they wouldn't have sent us at all.
positivize: (pic#17104136)

[personal profile] positivize 2024-04-13 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it's not like I don't understand where you're coming from... but I think this is a pretty good opportunity to find out what we're dealing with in this world.

[There's only so much they can find out by digging into the books at the library and whatnot.]

And even if we don't succeed in the end, there's still something to be gained from trying.
troublereduction: (day61)

[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, if you feel like disappointing Tatara and possibly getting your as— [ Wait. Language. ] —throttled by the short guy, then I guess you could turn around right now.
jorunna: (comet06)

[personal profile] jorunna 2024-04-13 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Point blank while everyone is encouraging Bruno or discussing the consequences: ]

I could do something like healing back home.

[ It's Shinto-esque purification magic. Not a doctor, don't look at them. ]

We don't have our old powers here, I know. But I can try to figure it out the wizard way if there isn't another cause to fix.

[ Even if they had them, that's so much crop... And kind of impractical to heal. ]
jorunna: (comet08)

[personal profile] jorunna 2024-04-13 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, hearing all this makes me want them to thrive. Especially if they're the nicer sort.

[ let's save that bread. ]
fallingsand: (51;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ cries sorry ]

Oh. Uh. Have they at least stopped going to work on them? 'cause that's. It's kinda bad if it's jumping to people, too?
fallingsand: (93;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
...you realize they sent us because there's no other choice, right? Trust has nothin' to do with it.
fallingsand: (55;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
And a whole lot to lose by failing? Look, people are sick, too. This ain't just some plants wilting. We walk up into that mess and fail, guess who's fault it is? Ours.
fallingsand: (51;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, don't use swear words in front of a Disney character, wow. ]

Yeah, well, my entire life is disappointing people. [ Also, he's not going to think about the Wanderer. ] I... I did warn Tatara, so. Not entirely my fault there.

[ Well, more that he told him he's bad luck and clearly a double mistake having him here at all. Close enough. ]
fallingsand: (84;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You can? [ Or could. Huh. ] I... hm... okay, that's at least an idea besides "hey, let's look around and hope for the best".
serenesinker: not quite sure how to feel about that... (neutral)

[personal profile] serenesinker 2024-04-13 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
If you spend all your time worry about failing, you set yourself up for that failure.
troublereduction: (day12)

[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
And what did Tatara say?

[ He'll get back to the first part in a bit, probably. ]
jorunna: (comet02)

[personal profile] jorunna 2024-04-13 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
We're probably doing a bit of that too, in all honesty. But I think that's fine, we'll talk about what we find later.
positivize: (pic#17104120)

[personal profile] positivize 2024-04-13 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Even if that's the case, turning back and pretending we didn't hear any of this isn't going to help. If it looks like we rejected their request, I don't think they'd appreciate that either.
fallingsand: (73;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, yeah, but what if someone's already prone to failing?
fallingsand: (87;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bruno turns that thought over in his head for a second and visibly wilts at the very thought. ]

...oh. Right. There's... no real winning here, then.
fallingsand: (37;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
...that he wants to believe in me, anyway, which, eh, I mean, probably not the best idea, to be honest?
fallingsand: (93;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, sure, but having a "and then" part after looking around is, um. Better?
troublereduction: (pic#17020440)

[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even after only having one conversation with Tatara, Day somehow isn't surprised he said that. ]

Then...I guess you could think of it this way, we could try and possibly screw it up, or don't and it'll definitely go downhill, totally unmitigated. And if we try and fail, then...well, you're already used to disappointing people, so you say, so I don't think you have anything to lose on that front.

There's five of us here anyway, and some of us have experience even if we ain't used to the magic here. I'd say the chances aren't abysmal.
positivize: (pic#17104136)

[personal profile] positivize 2024-04-13 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well damn. She'd meant that as a something of a reality check, but she didn't want to make the poor guy feel even worse about this.]

Whoa! You don't have to get so down about it... Look, all I'm trying to say is that we're already here, so we should try and help, yeah?

Let's just focus on what we can do for now. We can take this one step at a time and lean on each other when we need to.
fallingsand: (52;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bruno's face twists up a little at that logic. It's not that Day doesn't have a point. He does. Similar to what Maya was saying, they lose either way, if they try and fail or if they walk away instead.

There's no winning...
]

...fine. [ He says with a sigh. ] I guess... we may as well give it a go.
fallingsand: (70;)

[personal profile] fallingsand 2024-04-13 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sorry, Maya, this is just how he is sometimes. ]

...I guess. When you put it the way you did before, there really is no harm in looking.
troublereduction: (day25)

[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Day manages a small smile. ]

Thanks. [ For being willing to try, he means. ] If you ain't up for talking to people [ (because Bruno seems like the anxious sort, from what Day can tell) ], I'm heading to the fields to see what's wrong with the crops. Or you can follow Comet and Yodarha on an adventure.
serenesinker: uh oh, you see my weird eye now don'tcha? (serious neutral)

[personal profile] serenesinker 2024-04-13 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yodarha huffs.]

You just gotta try that much harder. Bahamut knows I've been there!

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