WEEK 2 DAY 5: MISSION

[wonderful_mods]

Mission: "Free the Black Rose from the Hydra's grasp."
Time Limit: Medium
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: Key walls around the church, other walls as you see fit. Do not use Noise as a wall clearing condition. Harriers may still attack players with Noise.
Wall Rewards: Tin Pin Thrift
Reaped Rewards: Lovely Beam
Mission Rewards: Black Rose



[Well. Nobody did erase the GM last week, did they? Even if they did, she obviously had some trick up her sleeve, as she's definitely skulking around town... in several places, even. She's obviously been demoted, as well, judging by the scowl on her face. She doesn't seem to be harrying today - another reason for the scowl, judging by how aggressive she was at the end of last week. The reapers have a strange set of instructions as well - obviously, the goal to this mission isn't combatative.

And what's with guarding the church? There's nothing of note there.]

Comments

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Zecora, who still did missions by following walls that had no Reapers to pass, had followed a Key Wall or two into the church, and promptly gotten somewhat turned around. She could only assume a hydra, being large and heavy, would live in the basement.]

Perhaps now I'm closer to a win!
Does that Wall keep us out, or the hydra in?

[juuichi_yosamu]

...Neither, actually, I don't think.

[By now, he's actually settled in a bit, mostly seeming like he's slacking. And if he'd gotten "special orders", that meant this place wasn't the usual mission-specific checkpoint, right? That there was something that players REALLY shouldn't get past.]

A hydra's a mythical thing that regrows its heads after you chop one off, right? I don't know of any noise like that, and I don't think anyone would know to come here unless they were told or unless they stumbled on it by complete accident.

If you still want to get past...

[Hm.]

Give me proof there's a hydra down here.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Hmm. Well, since she can't prove what's past that Wall...]

We have hydras where I am from
Not many, but certainly some.
They are not a Noise, of course
But still represent a deadly force.
But would you know how one appears
From the front, the side, or the rear?
I wonder if things I recognize
Would look the same, to your eyes.

[juuichi_yosamu]

[Well, the closest he knows of is a Hydreigon... so...]

A draconic beast, with many heads. Chop one off, and two grow in its place. Do you know that this game uses the same hydras you recognize...? If not, your thought is as unsupported as mine.

[A bit of a pause, as he considers what he saw before the mission properly started.]

Come to think of it, maybe it's not an actual hydra, but instead someone or something with hydra-like qualities.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

You expect much of me, to prove this foe
Is here, when its shape we do not know.
But let me ask: why make a Wall
That has the potential to fall
If the foe we face is not past?
Why not make one that surely will last?

[juuichi_yosamu]

Special orders from the higher-ups. They wouldn't make a special exception if it were important to the mission.

[Grovyle scratches aimlessly in the dirt as he contemplates that.]

I think I'm meant to lure someone here. There's been a lot of weirdness this week.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Strange weird things of which I've heard
Verging on the truly absurd.
So let me ask you, how
Closely will you keep your vow?
If I show you a hydra, now and here
Will you let me past to peer?

[juuichi_yosamu]

[Thinking on it, Grovyle nods.]

I'm a man of my word. I don't think your mission lies this way, though, and I know you guys have a time limit.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

And if a secret lies behind
This Wall, for a Player to find
Perhaps the end will bring us back to life
Instead of into another week of strife.

[juuichi_yosamu]

Maybe. I don't trust it, though. I know there's got to be a reason, but I can't shake the feeling that this is meant as a trap.

It's your choice, though, Zecora.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Your point is wise, but one I don't savor.
Might I ask for you a favor?

[juuichi_yosamu]

...Possibly. You know Reapers aren't exactly supposed to be doing favors for Players, no matter what that goof with the yellow scarf might think.

[He's listening, though.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Neither of us are suited for this task
But you'll have better luck, so I will ask.
Use my phone to call Sasuke
And let him know I'm trying this way.

[juuichi_yosamu]

...I'll let him know.

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