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!]

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[notsogrimreaper]

[Oh my god oh my god oh my god-

Ryoji is hanging out by a wall he's supposed to be manning, but he's certainly not paying attention right now. He's a little more preoccupied with the mission for today.

Santa? Like the big man who gives presents? That's where all the gifts for the others were!

Ryoji hasn't even heard of Santa much, since he's only lived through one Christmas and this is the first one he'll actually celebrate, so clearly he's much more excited than a teenage boy should be. His real age is showing, due to that excited shout he gives when he spots Santa walking right past his wall!]

Ah! It's Santa! Santa! Over here!

[Oh... um, that Santa doesn't look as nice as he expected...]

[roadroller]

[spies the creeper and his sack from across the wall...]

I knew it! Santa's evil. ♪

[Now where was that weapon shop?]

[notsogrimreaper]

Rin-chan! Why is Santa evil? Why does he have a hook hand?

What is in his sack that's moving?

[This is not what he expected Christmas would be like.]

[roadroller]

[man, she doesn't know that stuff. ...But she will still act like she does.]

It must be the "present"... ♪

[notsogrimreaper]

I-I really don't want that present! I was hoping our gifts weren't under the tree because they were special...

[Sob. These are the wrong kind of special.]

[roadroller]

Well, er, have you heard of any missing people? ♪

[needsmorezippers]

[Neku doesn't know a lot about the concept of Santa, since it wasn't really something done a lot in Japan. But he knew enough to tell there was something very wrong with this one.

He doesn't like the look of that sack, either.]

[needsmorezippers]

[oh goddamnit Ryoji--]

I'm pretty sure he's not the real Santa.

[You know, because there ISN'T ONE. But it's another world, so who knows...]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[As a denizen of Equestria, Zecora has no knowledge of Santa. Their winter holidays are completely different, after all. She has no positive connotations of Father Christmas to influence her behavior.]

[Consequently, people in the fields will see the delightful sight of a sketchy Santa having the crap slapped out of him by his own toy sack, courtesy of a zebra's Sexy D pin.]

[notsogrimreaper]

[Ryoji had just noticed one bad Santa walk by, but he didn't realize there were *more* of them, and with all that movement, it's hard to tell that this one is bad.

So have Ryoji freaking out a bit. No words as of yet, just incoherent stammering and screaming.]

[notsogrimreaper]

Not really... but the day just started, and I haven't seen a lot of people.

[notsogrimreaper]

Not the real one? T-That would explain the hook hand and the look he gave me...

[Confidential whisper to Neku.]

I thought I was on the naughty list...

[Shivers. That would have been a terrible fate.]

[notsogreatape]

[The alien's not even sure who or what he's supposed to go to, what with no knowledge of Christmas or anything surrounding it.

He's guessing the guys with squirming sacks are bad news, though. Was he watching a mass kidnapping take place? Definitely gonna observe a little to come up with a plan of action.]

[notsogreatape]

That's a Santa?

[Not sure if he wants a present from one of those things...]

[shinbunshinobi]

[Since when was Santa an unholy mix of jolly red guy and a pirate?]

[Guess who's going around and trying to slice his bag open with Pop Pendulum?]

[shinbunshinobi]

Hey you. You're a new Player, right?

[Sasuke says while running up behind him.]

Distract the guy in red while I snatch his sack from him, will you?

[needsmorezippers]

[Siiigh.]

And the fact that he looked strange didn't occur to you?

[roadroller]

Right, well... let me know if you hear anything, and in the meantime, can I borrow some zeny? ♪

[roadroller]

Well, he's got Santa's outfit! So he's probably the Santa for the mission, right?

Even if he's not jolly. ♪

[doudemoe]

[Welp, first official mission for him. And it had to be Christmas-themed.

Well whatever. He's going to need to figure this pin out. Any more experienced Players (or even Reapers) can help him out.]

[wonderful_mods]

[You don't know your own strength, Sasuke! Just that attack was enough to take the bad Santa completely down.

And now there's loot: a red Christmas stocking. It doesn't have a present in it, though. Hmm.]

[cruel_kindness]

[The Flutters have been slacking on Reaper Duty yesterday. Today, too. But yesterday, they had a good reason. Today, well...

If you enter the weapons shop, Fluttercruel's there and causing a huge commotion. She's screaming and yelling and stomping her hooves on the ground and generally throwing a hissy fit like the less-than-1-year-old she is. Fluttershy's tried to talk to her, but she's not having any of it.]

I WANT THE SWORD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

[notsogreatape]

I see. So is the "present" something from that sack?

[notsogrimreaper]

I couldn't see his hook hand from a distance! I noticed when he got close up!

[notsogrimreaper]

Zeny? Oh, the currency... What do you need it for?

[Ryoji's nice, but he's not going to throw away his money willy nilly!]