WEEK 3 DAY 2: MISSION

[wonderful_mods]

Mission: "Get a present from Santa!"
Time Limit: Medium
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: Key walls in front of Lutie Fields and the Toy Factory.
Wall Rewards: Handsfree Healing
Reaped Rewards: Ice Risers
Mission Rewards: 10,000 zeny



[Well, doesn't this mission sound nice? Anyone venturing into the fields and the toy factory will find a great number of very suspicious Santas, whose sacks appear to have something alive in them... umm, he's really not Santa, is he? But think about it! The real Santa would probably be very pleased if you took care of the impostors, and surely he must live somewhere in town. So fight on and get your present!]

Comments

[vexed_snake]

So, what, you're here to try to get us to behave?

[And by "us," he means himself...and fat chance of this "behaving" thing happening. He's still sounding rather disdainful.]

[tamedhollow]

[Ichigo, with a new (somewhat crappy) katana in tow, enters the inn to warm up a little after a long day that his mun hasn't bothered to thread out yet.

Then just sort of... stares. With his mouth a little dropped open. From across the room.

No. No way.]

[roadroller]

Oh, you're kidding... Well, can't you just take it down? You want to know what's going on with the Santas too, right? ♪

[shinbunshinobi]

[Sasuke does the same before the Santa has a chance to do anything. He eventually doubles back and meets up with the other Player. He holds up the empty back and a stocking in the other hand.]

Looks like another stocking.

[How a bag that looks like someone is inside turns into a simple stocking is beyond him; that's why he's not trying to think about it too hard.]

[notsogreatape]

...That's all?

[Too late, he's already pretty beffudled. Some kind of strange hammerspace?]

Is this the present we're meant to retrieve?

[roadroller]

He's Santa Claus! He's the big jolly human with a red coat. And he has a magical sleigh and he and his reindeer fly around on it giving presents to everyone in the world! ... But if you've been 'naughty', you only get coal for a present. That's why you better not... um...

[CRAP how did that song go again??? Oh well, better just get to the point.]

... yell! Get it? ♪

[shinbunshinobi]

I don't think so. I took down another impostor and got the same thing, but...

[He holds up his hand.]

The timer is still here.

[shinbunshinobi]

[He could be a mall Santa for all Sasuke cares, but he's not like the others. It's worth investigating.]

You know, Santa's got a view fakers out there trying to ruin his image. I doubt trying to scare and kidnap people is part of the Christmas spirit.

[notsogreatape]

H'mm...either only a few of them have what we need, or we're being distracted.

Is there anywhere else here where we could find presents?

[cruel_kindness]

[Fluttercruel stares wide-eyed and slack-jawed at such a prospect of someone going around getting presents to everyone. While Fluttershy think that's nice, Fluttercruel has so much childlike awe.]

...Really?

[That word comes out breathlessly.]

[shinbunshinobi]

For this holiday, under a tree or in a stocking, but in this game, that isn't so simple.

[notsogreatape]

[Taking another moment to ponder, tail twitching idly in thought]

Who exactly is this "Santa"?

[shinbunshinobi]

Normally he's a jolly old guy in red who gives presents to kids if they've behaved themselves all year. Those guys--

[He nods in the directions to the impostors]

--bear a good resemblance to him but in a more... menacing way.

[notsogreatape]

Aaah, I see. [So it's possible the almost-Santas were connected and not just a distraction...maybe?]

Do you think we should keep searching the lookalikes?

[shinbunshinobi]

Unless we find someone more true to the original, we don't have many options right now.

[roadroller]

Really! I even saw his sleigh parked just inside the gate. Santa's here somewhere. ♪

[roadroller]

Then, on your mark... Go! ♪

[she is now charging at the Santa. If only she knew she could be using her Velocity Attack pin for this.]

[cruel_kindness]

[Fluttercruel takes to the air, excited.]

Where is he!?

[She must go get the sword. Also it's a good thing her temper tantrum is completely gone.]

[xmas_fild01]

Indeed, indeed.

[The mood turns a touch somber as he regards Sasuke.]

You've been hunting them, I can tell - but I need proof before I can properly reward you. After all, if you don't gather up those torn stockings they carry, the problem will continue unabated.

Christmas magic can be a dangerous thing when it goes awry.

[xmas_fild01]

[Way.

Apparently even Santa likes to kick back in the warmth with hot cocoa and egg nog. That, or someone told him to show up here so that he can see the players.

...Assuming he can't see the players normally - I mean, it is Santa.]

[xmas_fild01]

[Why, this isn't hell at all, Neku! It's Christmas! A time for togetherness, friends, and happi--oh. Well, maybe a smidge hellish, we suppose.

At least you aren't Asakura.]

[xmas_fild01]

I'm here to do my job, which is spreading Christmas cheer and making presents. I'm simply taking a break.

You obviously want nothing to do with that cheer, so it makes sense that you would have nothing to do with me.

[Move on, bro - Santa's not intimidated.]

[xmas_fild01]

Indeed, indeed! If we're simply handed everything we desire, we become lazy and weak. With a challenge, we can grow! Become stronger!

[Your friends never took the easy way out, did they, Ryoji?]

[notsogreatape]

[Wait what he didn't mean right this second--

C-can't be helped, he guesses. Charging after to assist!]

[notsogreatape]

Right. At the very least the sacks don't seem terribly difficult to take, so it shouldn't be very long for us to collect a few.