WEEK 2 DAY 1: MISSION

[wonderful_mods]

Mission: "Reach the Házsongárdi Cemetery."
Time Limit: Medium
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: Key walls on any route between Cluj-Napoca Railway and Házsongárdi Cemetery.
Wall Rewards: Creepy Weepy Barrier
Reaped Rewards: Natural Magnum
Mission Rewards: 500 leu



[While just yesterday the number of Players had dwindled to less than 10, there are now a new bunch to take their place. For Reapers, it's a great chance to rack up your points! For Players... just hope they get erased and not you as you rush to the goal! At least they were clear about where it is this time, though you still must deal with the cliche of lurking around a graveyard while you're a ghost.]

Comments

[juuichi_yosamu]

[They said he couldn't use his powers to attack Players unless the composer or GM gave word. They never said that he couldn't use his abilities to his advantage in non-aggressive ways.

The fledgeling Reaper has seperated from his assigned partner to take on Harrier duty; he's lurking under the grass just feet away from the cemetary, holding himself underground with a Dig. Naturally, when he senses a player coming close, it'll be time to unleash the Noise on them, as happened so often with him before.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Here's a familiar sucker Player: Zecora, in no hurry, is simply following the Walls to her destination at a calm, deliberate walk.]

[juuichi_yosamu]

[Grovyle waits until she's started to pass and then bursts out from the ground behind her, swiftly.]

Going somewhere?

[Even if he understands your feelings, he's also got a job to do.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[She stops, then looks slowly over her shoulder, eyes burning in the shadows of her hood.]

I know your goal. We have no feud.
Will you dare toy with me in this mood?

[juuichi_yosamu]

[He nods.]

I want to know if you can back up those words you said earlier. Besides, as I said - we all have our roles, and mine is to oppose those who still play.

[Rivalry - to oppose someone is to make them stronger, more resolute. He knows full well what kind of an effect that can have on someone. And he knows Zecora's been through a week of this already, so he's not holding back - a noise pin drops from one leaf, and he sends out a Dub Rhino - it might be tough, take strategy, but it's a far cry from the Mammoth or... well, the GM.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Zecora has a strategy, and so far it's been a winning one -- the moment the Rhino spawns, she activates Sexy D to telekinetically slam bricks, plants, and even a gravestone into the creature in rapid succession. Once its power is exhausted, she relies on her equine legs to keep the distance between it and her as she focuses attacks with Eyes Full of Hope.]

[juuichi_yosamu]

[And yet, the Rhino seems to shrug them off - mostly because she's trying a mostly frontal assault. The gravestone coming from behind the noise seems to get a result, though, causing the rhino to flinch in pain before retaliating with a charge. Meanwhile, Grovyle takes a perch on top of the cemetary gates, simply watching. He'll give her a hint if she seems to struggle, but from this angle, it looks that she's holding her own, and will eventually prevail due to sheer brute force and stubbornness.

Not exactly efficient, but he's also not trying to erase her. Wasting her time, on the other hand...]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Zecora is no fool -- quite the opposite. She happily lived amongst creatures great and terrible, without fear, in her breathing days, and she can read the body language of creatures -- even monstrous ones.]

[She switches to a delaying tactic, keeping her distance as she waits for a reboot -- and as soon as it comes, one item after another lift and arc around the Noise to strike it from behind. She might have gotten this Pin just for the sake of a challenge, but she appreciates that greatly now.]

[juuichi_yosamu]

[And Grovyle just smiles from his perch. Yes, she was definitely resolute. It doesn't take long for the Noise to be erased, given the weight of the tombstones she's hefting... though the imagery does give him a bit of a reason to think.

Once the behemoth has been dealt with, he simply sits there, and regards the zebra.]

It was entirely natural for you to use those grave markers as a weapon, wasn't it...?

[Suddenly things are in a little sharper focus. Those who we don't interact with are treated as tools, not people.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Zecora regards him for a long moment before bursting into laughter.]

Natural, to use a Pin
To throw things at a foe to win?
Natural to fight a Noise
That's half-monster, with cunning ploys?
I threw with all the Pin's might
Anything that could end the fight.
I felt I had to, and yet...

[Her mirth is gone. She lowers her head, sighing.]

Any harm I caused, I do regret.

[juuichi_yosamu]

[He shakes his head.]

You caused no harm to me or my sensibilities, though you made a few things more clear.

That said, I'd hope you didn't disturb the dead... ghosts and the unliving are far less pleasant than any noise.

[He gives a bit of a smirk. He knew the zebra would be ready for anything that came her way, but what harm was there in playing the role of the trickster now and then? She would learn to think more about what was going on around her that way.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[That statement startles a wry laugh out of Zecora once more, not entirely a humorous one.]

Fearing ghosts or dead folk is too much.
Am I, a Player, not one as such?

[juuichi_yosamu]

[That gets a similarly laugh out of Grovyle.]

Maybe, just maybe! I don't think any restless spirits stirred here will know to play by the rules, though.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

If they play with us, against the rules
That makes them the greater fools.

[juuichi_yosamu]

Maybe. I see I'm not going to stop you for now, though...

[He does his best to act disappointed - act being the key word - as he hops down from the gatepost and starts to head off in search of other players to harass, or maybe his partner.]