WEEK 1 DAY 6: MISSION

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Mission: "Erase the boss noise."
Time Limit: Short
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: None. Keep harrying.
Wall Rewards: ( If anyone puts one up anyway: Hot Dog )
Reaped Rewards: Murasame
Mission Rewards: Earthshake

[Anyone who saw the Noise Sigils from Tocho's Observation Decks the day before will know exactly what this mission is talking about. Those who didn't may not realize that there is more than one. That plural form's sneaky.

But either way, there's a Mammoth Boss in the middle of Shinjuku Gyoen, and a Fox Boss in front of the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower. They are very tough and cannot be defeated alone. Apparently the GM really has it out for the Players today - and anyone who steps to the plate may feel as though they're being watched.]

Comments

[juuichi_yosamu]

[He had wanted to catch up with her yesterday. On the other hand, he got caught up for quite some time in Ichigo's noise-box trap, to say nothing of other reapers stepping up their game. It was a busy day, and he was lucky to survive. Maybe it wasn't luck, but modesty was one thing Grovyle kept nearby.

By the time the mission had been cleared, she was nowhere to be found, the two of them constantly missing each other.

Thus, it's only when she nears the tower that she will see him, leaning against a nearby wall.]

...sorry about yesterday. Today... we can't pull those antics. Gotta work together or else we won't have a snorunt's chance in a volcano.

[carsharkkonishi]

Grovyle!

[She runs up to him, smiling a bit.]

I'm glad you're okay...I was hoping to make this mission easy for you like you did for me yesterday...guess that can't work now.

[juuichi_yosamu]

I had some stuff to look into, that's all. And I just did my part yesterday; if it was easy, that's because you knew what needed to be done.

But the missions are getting harder and the reapers are getting more aggressive. The way to make this easier on both of us is if we stick together from here on out.

[He sounds slightly different than Rhyme may recall - a bit more... determined, maybe?]

[carsharkkonishi]

[She'll note that, along with her nagging thought from yesterday--what if he doesn't care about her anymore? Why'd he talk to that Reaper? But, she tries to show none of that with a firm nod.]

Yeah, but still, I wanna do the same amount as you. I feel bad when you do all the fighting and stuff. It feels like I'm no help at all.

[juuichi_yosamu]

[Grovyle reaches up and rubs the bridge of his... muzzle?... in exasperation.]

Without you, I'm powerless right now. I can defeat Noise, certainly, but that won't win the game alone. You know of this world, and its customs; I certainly would have had a much easier time yesterday if I had stayed with you.

[And that causes him to sigh.]

But I couldn't.

[carsharkkonishi]

You're smart enough to figure it out though. I mean, you talked to that Reaper yesterday, she told me. You'd find everything out without me, too. But yeah, yesterday would have been better if it wasn't so hectic.

[juuichi_yosamu]

[!]

...what exactly did she tell you? [That conniving wench...]

[No. Calm. Don't give the girl the wrong idea; she needs a reason to keep going, you need to be that reason... for now.]

Tell me. Do you think that a flower can grow without getting sunlight?

[carsharkkonishi]

She was wondering why you wanted to see her and not me. That maybe I was useless...

[She doesn't sound as happy as she normally does, sad, even.]

No. Without the sun it can't, just like it can't without water.

[juuichi_yosamu]

[Okay, he can salvage this. One hand lifts, and holds up two fingers.]

Two things. One, she's a reaper. Don't you think it's her job to make us doubt each other? We're... not gonna get through this if we don't trust one another. Just because she didn't throw noise at you doesn't mean she wasn't trying to hurt you.

[A bit of a sigh. That manipulative little... She KNEW the reason he was alone. He didn't have a life to go back to, after this. At least as a Reaper, he could work to make this game less of a broken mess, help those who were truly deserving to come back to life.]

Two... just because the flower seems to be getting along fine on its own, as soon as you take the sun and the water away, it starts to wilt.

You may not think you're helping, but believe me. You are.

[carsharkkonishi]

....I trust you, and that's why I'm worried. What did you need from her that you couldn't ask me about?

[She does worry about that.]

And you did that yesterday and look, you're fine.

[juuichi_yosamu]

...Explicit information on how the game - not just the mission, but the entire game - worked. Something that a Reaper would know that a player would have no clue about.

...'fine' is subjective, and ignores the fact that I was trapped in a wall-box for most of the mission fighting for my life as wolves tried to tear me to pieces. Someone figured out I'm no good at a distance and used that against me.

[Another sigh, and a headshake.]

Even if I DID get out of that without being erased, there was no way I could've cleared the mission with that mess going on. But at the same time... someone cleared it, didn't they?

[carsharkkonishi]

Yeah. The timer went away, didn't it? [No use in telling him it was her.]

I'm sorry I wasn't there to help.

[juuichi_yosamu]

[He has his suspicions anyway, though it was somewhat presumptuous of his own abilities.]

Don't be; I chose the path that seperated us, so it's only logical that I have to deal with the consequences.

So... Rhyme. You're the brains of this outfit, what's this "boss noise" they mentioned?

[carsharkkonishi]

Well, there were these weird symbols near this Tower, so I looked it up. I think it's Noise symbols, so I'm going to check.