Player Plot: Bizarre Bird Behavior!

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Should you happen to have missed it, the plotting and information post for this event can be found here.

A. Choco-Chaos!

Perhaps the first thing anyone notices is the noise, the incessant squawking and warking of so many startled and disgruntled chocobos. Then comes the smell. Ew! In the early morning hours dozens, maybe even hundreds of chocobos invaded many of the cities of Vaikuntha, and while for the first few minutes some may have been elated to see them, attitudes quickly change. The chocobos are panicked, running around without much rhyme or reason, trampling on flower beds, knocking over merchant stands, and making such a ruckus even the dead couldn’t sleep through it. Any food they find is destroyed within minutes, and anything they’re curious about meets the sharp end of their strong beaks. While they’re generally harmless birds, they have the capacity for devastation.

And none of that mentions the, uh, other mess live animals tend to make.

Despite being within the city limits, they are far from tame. Any attempts to approach the birds will be met with either an angry warning wark, a display of puffed feathers, or the chocobo just straight up bolting away. This seems great, as maybe they can be corralled, but… Nope. While this works to an extent, as soon as the birds get too close to the city borders they turn tail and jump straight over the heads of the people attempting to be rid of them, running back into the city to make even more of a mess in their renewed panic. What is there to be done about them?


B. Lurking Lunchers

Should anyone be so inclined as to find out why the chocobos feathers are so ruffled, they need only walk to the edge of the city. Stalking around just beyond civilization are fearsome beasts known only as chocobo eaters. Based on the feathers stuck between their huge teeth this is probably an apt name. The monsters have little interest in humans, but become very interested when a chocobo wanders too close to the outskirts of town. The chocobo eaters are quite aggressive and will gladly take on anyone bold enough to make a challenge. Adventurers may attempt to fight them, but it seems like just when you send one packing, another bigger monster shows up. Was that a baby chocobo eater you were just fighting? You could have sworn it was an adult, with how big it is!


C. Fight or Flight

At last the time has come. A gold chocobo trotted in from off the horizon and rounded up what she believes to be able fighters, herded them into groups, and partnered them with a chocobo that will fight by their side. Ironically it seems to be the feathered member of the party that actually knows what to do, and the teams are led by their respective birds out into the battlefield to take on one of the ferocious beasts waiting out there for lunch. Fight as hard as you can and don’t let the birds down. Defeat might not mean death for you, but it certainly would for the chocobos!


Once the battles are won and the flocks free to return to their natural habitat, some of the brave battlers will find themselves with new feathered friends. Others will not, but everyone will have a handful of greens. If you missed this opportunity to get a chocobo, or you have a taste and want even more, head on over and check out the chocobo capture/breeding system that will be available from now until Eternity.

Comments

Team Bird is not the Word

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Adrien was both ready and not ready. Then again, he was always ready to help - even more since the return of his ring - but the issue was birds. Large birds, larger than an ostrich even, and one of the standard modes of transportation... and it didn't matter, Adrien was still allergic to Chocobos. As long as he kept his distance from the birds, he could focus on the fight before himself and Mythra.

"Achoo!"

Okay, distance wouldn't entirely help, but adjusting his grip on his sword, he shifted his stance while closing the distance between himself and the monster. It had muscle so taking out its strength with Shooting Star, even a little bit, should help.

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Mythra was quickly starting to change her mind about her and her partner's chances. She had come into this confident, as Mythra did most things involving combat. For one thing, she did have back the Aegis sword, but it wasn't her only weapon. She also had a normal, actual metal sword, because admittedly, a giant laser blade did not mix well with all environments. But this would not just be a battle of conquering their enemies! This would also be a battle of conquering allergies!

"...Let's just hope the sneezing doesn't slow you down to much," She, tried to reassure him but really Mythra you could've worded that better.

Still, Adrien right now was handling the Swordmaster thing, and Mythra thought it was slightly redundant for them both to be doing it. Thus, she chose to switch over to Tactician, because being able to inflict statuses was going to be a bit more helpful, with their current setup.

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The Chocobo Eater stomps over to the party with steps that shake the ground. It looks hungrily between the two yellow chocobos, seemingly weighing which one will make a better appetizer, until Adrien sneezes again. Intrigued by the novel sound, the monster focuses on Adrien and swings its oversized fist for a Physical Attack.

While the enemy's attention is elsewhere, the younger chocobo takes a flying leap and delivers a Kick to the Chocobo Eater's face. The older chocobo pecks furiously at the creature's feet. The Chocobo Eater roars in pain.

It makes a growling sound that sounds somewhat like "YOU'RE NEXT!" in the younger chocobo's direction.

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Adrien is knocked back, but only somewhat at the strike and scowls at the Chocobo Eater. It hit pretty hard, but that attack wasn't enough to make him back down. Shifting his position, he doesn't mind keeping himself up front and even in the Eater's path to keep it from going at the young Chocobo it had targeted.

Steeling himself, he draws his blade in the furious Shooting Star combo attack. Blade back, he would target its defense next.