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lunae calamitas mods ([personal profile] promittere) wrote2024-04-27 03:43 pm

central mission

ECHOING PAST MARZIALE
The sun sets on the manor when Tatara seeks out Akira, Kurapika, Syrlya, Kiryu, and Mòrag individually and brings them all outside, saying they've been summoned.

When they step outside, they will quickly see why: dressed in the royal blues and golds of the Granvelle family is an entourage waiting for them on horseback. Among the multitude of castle guards are two distinguished-looking gentlemen that everyone here will have seen at the ball. One, a shorter, portly man, leaps from his horse when he sees the wizards emerge, while the taller of the two remains perched atop his white horse to watch in silence.

"Good! You decided to show yourselves," the man says. He remains professional, but there is a hint of distrust in his eyes. "I am Drummond, Minister of Arcane Management at Granvelle Castle, and we have summoned you today to fulfill a direct request of ours.

"We believe the the castle is experiencing—don't laugh!—a haunting to a degree never before recorded or spoken of. It is simply unbearable to be there after dark. It is so much worse in the lower levels of the castle. Too many of our staff are flat-out refusing to come to work, and the situation is growing dire.

"We believe a magical artifact located somewhere in our vault is causing this. Locate this item and neutralize it."

He gestures to five horses, saddled with no riders.

"You will be coming with us back to the castle. Chop-chop! We don't have all night."

OOC NOTES
Welcome, Central 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 Central disposition, attitudes, and magic. If you find yourself struggling to tackle a situation, refresh yourself on the description of Central on the locations page, and make sure to confer with your teammates too!

As a bonus, here's your theme music!

You will have until 11:59 AM EDT on Saturday, May 4 to reach a conclusion for this mission. Good luck!
jokey: (V5ifP9Q)

[personal profile] jokey 2024-04-27 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Somebody get this man a chill pill. Jesus.]

Right, right. Don't get yourself worked up over it.

[Akira wouldn't exactly call that ghost at the ball unintelligent even if there's a chance it was simply recalling memories from its prior life... but this man clearly lacks the capacity to deal with ghost talk at any length. That's fine. He'll calm down when the problem has been eradicated, hopefully.]

We'll get it sorted out. Just... chill out until then?
chronosynthesis: (❖ Self-Deception)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2024-04-27 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Syrlya furrows his brow. That's still a short timeframe, but there's something else important that implies.] Your prince wouldn't happen to be a wizard, would he?
jokey: (20 - vnSdzzO)

[personal profile] jokey 2024-04-27 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[What can he say? Rustling old man jimmies is a specialty of his. Akira has more to say, but for the sake of keeping the peace, he'll bite his tongue and pocket his hands, nodding once.]

Sure thing. We'll do our best.

[Akira swivels on his heel to take his leave. Another step in the wrong direction and the grandpa bomb is liable to go off.]
specialinquisitor: (sidelong look)

[personal profile] specialinquisitor 2024-04-27 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Step one: Put every ounce of willpower and effort she possesses into not looking like she has no idea what she's doing atop this strange monster.]

[Step two: glance around at the others.]


I did not particularly hear anything to be worried about in the vault. Did anyone else?
revengier: (20)

[personal profile] revengier 2024-04-27 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He shakes his head. ]

No. It looks like we'll be stuck figuring out what it is by process of elimination. [ A pause. ] Unless any of you are familiar with finding possessed or cursed objects?
jokey: (pic#14562329)

[personal profile] jokey 2024-04-27 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[He'll do his utmost to keep this out of earshot from the guards escorting them, but it's not Akira's fault if they hear him spitting hard truths and take offense. He said what he said and he stands by it too.]

For a team they've conscripted themselves, they sure don't trust us, do they?

[More importantly...]

Did any of you notice the apparitions at the ball? The man I was talking to disappeared right in front of me. His eyes were empty, hollow sockets too. We can probably expect to encounter more like him.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Time Splitter)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2024-04-27 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. [So he's among the group that seemingly evaporated.] All right, we'll identify and neutralize this artifact. Please have the staff remain clear of the area until we've ascertained it is safe.
revengier: (31)

[personal profile] revengier 2024-04-27 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
...No apparitions on my part.

[ Just a priest that yelled at him. ]

Did he say anything suspicious to you?
chronosynthesis: (❖ Chaos Vortex)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2024-04-27 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
... You can call me Syrlya.
jokey: (Nv429T1)

[personal profile] jokey 2024-04-27 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
...Good to hear.

[A slight delay on Akira's part.]

He had me confused for someone else— someone named Ser Alec. He was asking me about troop movements. He mentioned a Ser Faust too, but that's all I got out of him before he poofed.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Spatial Surge)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2024-04-27 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure they have no other choice, but that doesn't mean this isn't a serious problem which needs to be taken care of. [Wizard distrust or not.]

But that's alarming. I can't say I noticed anything spectral at the ball, though--[He tilts his head to Kurapika.] We were dealing with the apparitions that have appeared around the castle in its aftermath.
themanwhoerasedhisname: 7 (7)

[personal profile] themanwhoerasedhisname 2024-04-27 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
The wizards who had to solve the problems last time found out a moon rock was the cause. This could be just the same.

[Maybe there's a moon rock in the vault]
revengier: (109)

[personal profile] revengier 2024-04-27 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe you look like him.

[ Extremely unhelpful. ]

I wonder if he wanted to be seen, in some way, and you acknowledging his presence was enough for him. [ A pause. ] I admit I don't know how ghosts operate, though.
revengier: (91)

[personal profile] revengier 2024-04-27 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
A moon rock... let's keep an eye out for it. Was it big?

[ He hopes so. Kurapika doesn't want to look for a little thing in a huge vault. ]
chronosynthesis: (❖ Chronophantasma)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2024-04-27 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I was suspecting as well. [Syrlya nods.] In that case, we may be able to recognize it by sight or a similar sense of unease from it.
specialinquisitor: (explaining)

[personal profile] specialinquisitor 2024-04-27 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I observed it. It was not particularly large, and moreover, it was described as being here for a long time and causing immense difficulty. The scales of the operation do not appear identical.
jokey: (2875116 (2))

[personal profile] jokey 2024-04-27 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It's possible.

[What a lucky guy, looking as handsome as him. /s]

What I want to know is if that battle he was referring to happened in the past or is something we need to be worrying about now.

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