Event || Custom Fit

[eternitymods]

Who: All
When: September 10th to September 30th
Where: Curti Center and mines around the world
What: Characters assist Ganeshan in developing Custom Jobs.
Warnings/Notes: OOC Post

A. The Lab

As much as Ganeshan requires supplies to create Custom Jobs, he need help at home base. With the large number of potential applicants, outworlders and Curti Center employees are invited to help out in the lab, not only with testing transfer of Jobs to crystals, but in developing the abilities and running safety tests.

Easier said than done when all of these cats aren't roaming throughout the center and claiming everything to be their sitting spot. The interns are trying their best to catherd to little avail.

B. Job Development

The break room contains formal submission papers and pamphlets describing the steps required to develop a Custom Job. Senior employees are available to help characters workshop the abilities, but they mostly want to remain in the break rooms to avoid Ganeshan's constant Job mania. His booming voice is muffled through the doors, interspersed with allergic sneezing.

A room has been prepared for those to practice using their basic job abilities, primarily in making sure they're stable yet not too weak. There is a chance that an improper ability extraction can go wrong and hurt the user, so Ganeshan has group of White Mages are on standby in case things go south.

For those that would rather have all the fun without the work, there is the Ability Simulation and Modeling Room, where characters can design their abilities on the computer and see them play out on the screen before them. There's no limit here, and since Jessie is too busy to keep an eye on everyone, the outfits and visual effects have the potential to get...very, very silly.

C. Heigh-Ho

It's off to work you go. Those crystals won't mine themselves, and anyone strong enough must enter the mine in search of the necessary material. It's tedious, difficult work, and some of these are embedded so deeply in the rock that they might be more trouble than they're worth. Not to mention those gross bugs might not like their homes to be disturbed.

There's also the fact that monsters have a tendency to wander inside and attack, so they'll need some reliable body guards.

There should be more crystals deeper inside, but someone else will have to scout the area...

D. Explore the Dungeon

Which is where this team comes in. All the good stuff is deep in this mine, and reliable navigators are necessary to map out the tunnels without getting lost. There's also the fact that the previous owners of a time long ago didn't want opportunists to take their precious resources and outfitted the rooms with puzzles.

Door Locks are puzzles. Pressure plates activate traps. It's the ultimate test of critical thinking. Some of these don't make sense if you think for too long. Why did they go through all the trouble to program time-based puzzles with falling blocks and symbols? The Pupu are strange. At least the bats here are easy to fight, and the mine cart rides are fun.

Comments

Re: B

[wind_in_my_ears]

"MANYA! Wh--!?"

The fluffy one exclaims, stumbling back in startled surprise.

"O-oh, uh, hah.. I.. didn't see you there!"

He says, rubbing his head awkwardly. "Red.. mage? Oh, I guess so. Hm.. If it's a little bit of everything, then would adding it to 'everything' mixed together even make much of a difference...?"

He muses.

[strawberryredgrave]

While not intending to startle him like that, Dante takes it in stride, folding his arms as if that didn't happen.

He shrugs. "Depends on what kinda everything you wanna do. Jack of all trades, specializing in one thing and dabbling in another...stuff like that. You got a theme in mind? Might be able to throw some suggestions at you."

[wind_in_my_ears]

Klonoa blinks, and then glances back at the monitor before turning to look at the zora again. "A.. theme? You mean, actually make my own? I mean, I guess I could.. I was mostly just seeing if I could get the wind to go any stronger."

He thinks for a moment. Maybe... there actually is something he could make out of this.

"...Do you got any ideas for jacks of all trades..? Maybe, wind-type ones...?"

[strawberryredgrave]

"Wind, huh..." He scratches his chin for a moment.

"The way I see it, having wind control is obvious, but what about moving like the wind? Speed and maneuverability are gonna be key in that; reposition yourself real easy to do whatever you gotta do. I'd say start with a dragoon base for exactly that. You ever seen a dragoon in action? They give ninjas a run for their money."

[wind_in_my_ears]

Klonoa nods, taking down a few notes. "Quick and easy to move. Got it." He says, keying some things in.

It makes sense. After all, being maneuverable and quick has always been his thing anyway. "Dragoon.. I haven't seen them, but I'm sure you're right. What about something to keep people from getting hurt?"

[strawberryredgrave]

"Paladin, easy. Templars are good, too. Both are really good at taking hits and keeping others from taking hits. Templars are pretty damn slow, though; you'll need to fix that up if you don't wanna be dead last. Mixing it with dragoon oughta fix that right up!"

God, look at him go on and on about job mixing. A certain other zora might be influencing him too much.

[wind_in_my_ears]

It takes a while, that's for certain. Klonoa keeps messing with settings, changing things around, looking for more wind things... mixing speed, defense, and a little of everything with all of the advice he's getting, before he finally sits back, flopping down to look up at the screen above him at the thing he's created.

"Whoof... Well.. How's that look?" He asks.