Player Plot: Bizarre Bird Behavior!

[moechocobos]

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 Kendy - Kenichi and Cindy, Unmodded

[failtsuninari]

[Kenichi was in Nakagawa at the time the chocobos overtook the town. As the home of the Cavalier guild, everyone, including him, pitched in with their attempts to pacify the giant birds running amok. Seeing the birds this distressed was definitely a reason to worry. Whatever drove the wild ones into the town, meant all the cavaliers' mounts were in danger as well. Eventually he, along with his chocobo Kohaku and her chick, had to pull away to get a breather close to the outskirts.

That chance for respite evaporated when the gold chocobo appeared in front of them. Along with the fabulously shiny bird, a yellow female approached as well. ]

So...you want me and your friend here to deal with whatever's out there? Okay I guess, but I think we're going to need a little more help than this.

[tuneyourheaders]

[Cindy had been traveling when everything went a bit chaotic and Nakagawa had been where she finally got caught up in the thick of things.

Wiping a gloved hand across her forehead, the blonde had been about to try and herd a few more chocobos out of the fray when she spotted a gold chocobo approaching a man not far from her along with a second female. Curiosity got the better of her and she stepped closer just as the man spoke--and she couldn't help but grin.]

Maybe I could offer some help? Might as well since I'm here!

[failtsuninari]

[The chocobo chick cheeped as it jumped up and down excitedly at the sight of a new ally. Kenichi returned the grin. Though he didn't want to admit it out loud, this would be his first battle in this world and he'd rather not do it solo.]

Thanks. I could use all the help we can get. I'm Kenichi. What's your name?