WEEK 3 DAY 3: MISSION

[wonderful_mods]

Mission: Spread holiday cheer to the town!
Time Limit: Long
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: Neku, the Flutters, and Kreutzer are explicitly assigned to wall duty, other reapers may man key walls around town as desired. Wall-clearing requirements must involve cheering the reaper in question up somehow.
Wall Rewards: Whirlygig Juggle
Reaped Rewards: Aqua Ghost
Mission Rewards: Adamantite
Bonus Reward: Love Me Tether

[It seems this week's GM is pretty easy-going, as this is another simple mission... it seems that spirits are still somewhat down amidst the RG, to say nothing of the Reapers. Obviously, one or more of them need to be happy to clear the mission. But which ones?

Strangely, all phones will get a second mail a few minutes after the first, though it's a little different than the mission mail... it actually seems to be in a somewhat stylized script, and reads quite differently.]

While those in this Game are carrying out your mission, there is one grinch who seems to be quite intent on befouling the name of this town and perhaps all of Christmas! Perhaps if you could find it in your heart to spread a little Christmas cheer to that snakey soul, Santa might have an extra present for you!

Ho ho ho~!

[This... doesn't seem to be part of the mission, but is it a prank? Santa does live in town...]

[[OOC note: Just like W2D7, you get a secondary mission! It's not gonna be easy, though, and the Reaper in question definitely did NOT agree to such a thing...]]

Comments

[shinbunshinobi]

[Black Rose as a good even spread of the Whammys (save the one Hand), but Sasuke seems to be favoring the Bomber at the moment.]

i would go find the names of the pins but i'm not sure where my game is right now. ;;

[needsmorezippers]

[Great, then Neku will have his pin stay where it is and use the Stinger at the last second.]

[cruel_kindness]

[Fluttercruel look at Zecora like she grew a second head.]

...Swords are cool, that's why the buck I want one! Plus I can have something to hug while I sleep...

No worries. I'm just using them to make threading Tin Pin a little easier for me

[shinbunshinobi]

[Sasuke didn't think his luck would last. That stuns his pin. Now he has to wait for the effect to wear off or save his pin with the hand should it be knocked off.]

[vexed_snake]

[Asakura's scowling openly now because he'd love to get in there and help the Noise fight with his own two hands, but that sort of thing is frowned upon. How vexing. He's watching the Shark Noise to see what it does...and he has a couple more Noise Pins at the ready, just because he's fond of overkill like that.]

[vexed_snake]

Not paying attention to your surroundings can get dangerous. Lucky for you the worst thing here is all that Christmas cheer.

[Or the worst thing there could be the creepy Christmas-hating dude, possibly...]

[vexed_snake]

[Asakura has to laugh at this, because the whole thing is just too, too absurd...and he's got a really bad habit of doing things like breaking promises.]

Oh, we can try that...not like it'll make much difference for you in the end.

\o/

[needsmorezippers]

[Neku's certainly going to try and knock it off, aiming to keep it stunned until he does so.]

[yamagishi]

[...]

Well, I don't think it's a bad thing really...I think it's more a good thing to see everyone so happy and especially in a strange world like this.

I think it might be needed.

[shinbunshinobi]

[Sasuke is hoping that the man in red will lend a hand, but even if he doesn't, then he can't say he didn't try.]

Oh, I'm shaking in my boots.

[shinbunshinobi]

[The pin does get knocked off, but it's quickly pushed back into play using the hand. Sasuke just grins. See? He's figured out the timing for that. Then he starts slamming his pin into Neku's.]

I feel like a hypocrite, typing this tag while my desktop background is Rainbow Dash with a sword...

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

It's fine to say a sword looks 'cool'
But remember, it's not fashion, but a tool.
At best it will deal painful hurts
At worst, let life's blood out in spurts.
Do you truly have much to gain
By causing other people pain?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Zecora seems to have this well under control -- the next surge the shark makes, she meets with the flickering protection of Creepy Weepy Barrier, which she shields herself with until her more directly-offensive Pins reboot. Sexy D isn't the best choice against this Noise, though, so once the barrier drops, she meets it with the violent slam of a Velocity Attack.]

[As useless as her potions and brews might be in the UG, she's very good with psychs.]

[needsmorezippers]

[Neku shoots Sasuke a smile- he's gotten better. Neku tries to Hammer the pin, trying to get another chance to push it off.

[cruel_kindness]

What? I'm not going to use it on anyone!

[vexed_snake]

All this just makes me sick.

[And he punches a nearby wall for emphasis.]

[vexed_snake]

Shall we begin, then?

[...and that sure is a Drake Noise Asakura's calling out.]

[vexed_snake]

Useless monsters? How vexing...

[Ah, if only Asakura could bring his own monsters out to play...or better yet, get involved himself. But he had to make do with what he'd been given, and now that the Shark Noise has met with its defeat, he's decided to up the ante a bit. Since he's a brute force kind of guy, he's trying the biggest Noise he can bring out to play--the Mammoth.]

[yamagishi]

[And she notices! She almost took a step back to prepare herself from the sound]

Ah...w-why is that? Shouldn't it be a happy holiday?

[vexed_snake]

People being happy...that vexes me.

[Oh, and there is an accompanying crazy man smile, too. He's doing it deliberately in an attempt to see if he can frighten her enough to get Noise to gather...and also because he enjoys making people squirm anyway.]

[yamagishi]

[Yup, she's taking that step back now.]

I-I see...but, just...why?

[shinbunshinobi]

[Sasuke will manage to stun the Hammer once, but his pin is close to the edge. A second Whammie or a few good hits with a pin will push it over.]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Nor would your mother, so demure
But accidents can still occur.
A sharpened edge can still cut
No matter how you might say 'but'.
Better to leave a sword with its edged brothers
Than risk accidental harm to yourself or others.

[shinbunshinobi]

[He really likes the really big Noise, doesn't he? All right, first thing to do is get some distance from it, so he has more room to move and dodge.]

[roadroller]

[while he's lazing around, a yellow blur races past him.

Then it stops short and stumbles a little. Apparently the blur was a girl. She looks over her shoulder]

Ahh, is it gone? ♪

[turn...

And after noting the lack of Noise, she's spotted Demyx. When their eyes meet, she grins and waves a little. And hopes that she's not just imagining the eye contact. That's happened before, and it makes her feel really stupid.]