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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!
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[personal profile] positivize 2024-04-13 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Do we have more information on when and where in town this started?
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[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...Somewhere, Day kind of feels like some higher power is maybe having a bit of a laugh at his expense as he takes a look at the paper handed to him. ]

Do we know what they've already tried?
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[personal profile] positivize 2024-04-13 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[A nod! She'll peek at the letter anyways, but yep. Well, she's gone off less information so just knowing who to talk to will help; they can go from there.]

What sorts of anomalies have you seen so far? That might help us understand what we should be looking for.
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[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Just one crop? [ He'll check the letter to see if there's any mention of it. ]
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[personal profile] positivize 2024-04-13 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[she wants all of it, give me all the mahoyaku lore lav--

Okay fine we'll be sane people and focus on the disappearances. (But also if he's around afterwards... fingerguns.)]


That's alright! Even a gut feeling can turn up new leads... But what makes you think they're connected? Is there something different about this incident?
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[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It prob'ly hasn't been very long, then. What makes you say this ain't gonna be a regular request, though?
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[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
We'll keep that in mind, then. Maybe the gut feeling won't turn out to be entirely off the mark.

[ Speaking as someone who knows destiny sometimes just works in strange ways... ]
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IC Discussion

[personal profile] positivize 2024-04-13 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's definitely more of a city gal, but she can appreciate the views of the South for sure. It seems like they've got some time before they reach their destinations, so might as well discuss potential next steps.]

Hey, everyone! Looks like we're all going to be working together for this one, so how about we chat a bit and figure out how we want to approach this?
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[personal profile] jorunna 2024-04-13 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Does this affect the other countries in any way? Like if they know about the sick crop or the Southern country's troubles.

[ since they're heading to Southern country specifically, going to the others may be too time consuming or not worth it all? ]
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[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Day had a... difficult-to-read expression when the feeling of familiarity of nostalgia washed over him earlier, but he immediately perks up when he hears Maya. ]

Mr. Robin said this illness has only affected one crop so far, so I wanna check out the fields and see if we can figure out what's up with that. It doesn't sound like it's been long since only one field's been failing, but...
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[personal profile] jorunna 2024-04-13 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's really pretty here! The feel is different from the coastal town Comet knows. He's never seen so much farmland... ]

Visiting the crops is a good idea, and talking with the southern country townsfolk too?

...We can also fly around and check for anything from above.

[ The secret thrid option is out there! ]
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[personal profile] troublereduction 2024-04-13 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
We could split up, then. Taking a look around outside the town and fields is a good idea.
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[personal profile] jorunna 2024-04-13 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A nod! What happens in the south stays in the south ig ]

I guess that's a good thing.

[ we don't need them to know about the poor diseased potatoes or what have you... ]

We'll probably learn this firsthand, but... Is the Southern Country isolated because of the people, something that happened in the past... or just the geography?
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[personal profile] jorunna 2024-04-13 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't mind flying around! It could be caused by animals or something from the wilderness?

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