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melodiesofeternity2019-01-07 12:28 pm
einspine) wrote in melodiesofeternity2019-01-07 12:28 pm
Player Plot: A (skele)ton of Work
Who: [AU] Papyrus and everyone else attending the expedition
When: January 7th
Where: The I.B. Magitek Tower
What: The I.B. Magitek Tower may rest on top of the ruins of Asura's temple. Thus, it's up to our heroes to investigate the tower in hopes of finding the great Eidolon within.
Warnings/Notes: Let's just say it's gonna get... topsy turvy. ;)
Everything is pre-arranged. The flight to the tower. The appropriate waivers. Naturally, everyone who accompanies Papyrus will have to sign to gain access- the Triumvirate was rather adamant about preserving the more confidential secrets within the tower, after all.
But once the appropriate paperwork gets signed away, the tower staff escorts the group toward the elevator. Though with the sheer turnout, it may take a few trips to get everyone down below.
[ooc: Info and sign ups are here!
As a quick clarifying note, here's the gist of how the temple and tower relate.
- Characters can access terminals on specific floors, which will open up stairways to an upside down and photo negative version of the I.B. tower without any people in it. Characters enter on the ceiling, which is now the floor, but must proceed to doorways that are on the floor (now the ceiling).
- The elevator does not function on these flipped floors, but it does function on the regular floors, which is what will allow them to skip around to key areas.
- For the trials, there are only terminals within three floors of the destination (as outlined in the comments).]
When: January 7th
Where: The I.B. Magitek Tower
What: The I.B. Magitek Tower may rest on top of the ruins of Asura's temple. Thus, it's up to our heroes to investigate the tower in hopes of finding the great Eidolon within.
Warnings/Notes: Let's just say it's gonna get... topsy turvy. ;)
Everything is pre-arranged. The flight to the tower. The appropriate waivers. Naturally, everyone who accompanies Papyrus will have to sign to gain access- the Triumvirate was rather adamant about preserving the more confidential secrets within the tower, after all.
But once the appropriate paperwork gets signed away, the tower staff escorts the group toward the elevator. Though with the sheer turnout, it may take a few trips to get everyone down below.
[ooc: Info and sign ups are here!
As a quick clarifying note, here's the gist of how the temple and tower relate.
- Characters can access terminals on specific floors, which will open up stairways to an upside down and photo negative version of the I.B. tower without any people in it. Characters enter on the ceiling, which is now the floor, but must proceed to doorways that are on the floor (now the ceiling).
- The elevator does not function on these flipped floors, but it does function on the regular floors, which is what will allow them to skip around to key areas.
- For the trials, there are only terminals within three floors of the destination (as outlined in the comments).]
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Go for it, guys, I'm almost through with Room 2. I'll catch up once everything's set.
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Crate's secure. Is it 'above' the door in there?
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Had no idea I was a freaking puzzle master!
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This time, he managed to send a text to the whole party.
Didn't seem that anyone else was going to take point so it might as well be him. As a precaution, Sephiroth makes sure that Illusionist is switched in before working his way up to the next room; if the crate that Naomi had positioned would hold his weight, he reckoned it'd hold everyone else that had come along with them. If not, at least he could levitate to halt the fall.
We've got ladders; path seems clear
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Fortunately, for Sephiroth, the crates held just fine. So far, so good, in that respect.
Once Kanji readied the third floor on the path, it'd just be a matter of reaching the end where they'd hopefully find their first key.
Of course, on the inverse side, the formerly plain Floor 13 would hold more than machinery, crates, and hooks. As a matter of fact, there seemed to be a small arrangement of chests in a square- nine, to be exact. All identical.
This was one puzzle not easily solved by the machinery topside, but surely the key would be worth any potential mimic tomfoolery.
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He pushed away from the terminal and pulled his coat closer around himself. He had to test himself now, and put up with the fact that he wasn't a huge fan of gym. But he'd fought Shadows, he'd fought monsters and he'd scaled obstacles whenever they explored some ruins of an ancient civilization.
But he would definitely be the last to reach the chests, after some pauses to consider jumps before he made them. Scaling ropes was no issue, but he nor his Asterisks were terribly agile.
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Were they cheating? Maybe, but they had the abilities to work around the puzzles so they might as well take advantage of that fact. Leaving the room, she would go re-join Sephiroth in the inverse room, leaving him to the crate while she climbed on the wall. Yes, the others should be able to make it through now.
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But the question is, what will they do when they arrive and see that array of chests? Which one holds the real key? There are three in a row and three rows total.
Choose carefully.
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"...Man, I had my leg chowed on by a mimic last time I dealt with chests." Which likely meant they had to figure out which one was real and which wasn't.
"Do, uh... do we give 'em a kick and see what happens?"
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Having taken in the obvious risk that lay in the form of the nine-chests, Sephiroth went about inspecting around Floor 13, closer at the chests and from all sorts of different angles, for any potential clue which might lead some way for them to figure out which might be the chest that contained the key they needed. Or even for some warning which chests not to touch.
"Could indeed be a few mimics in there; could be traps, monsters too..."
Honestly, they could just blow up the lot and then would leave only the key behind? Sephiroth would prefer to find some clue first, at least.
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As they inspected, she absently messed with her iMog slate, seeing if switching from White Mage to Chemist might help yield any results either.
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Should they get bold enough to open the other chests, however, they will find that the four chests along the corners contain mimics. The top middle, bottom middle, and left and right middles will contain the following items.
Top row, middle chest: Turbo Ether
Bottom row, middle chest: Molotov
Left column, middle chest: Antarctic Wind
Right column, middle chest: X-Potion
woo! dice says no chompies today.
"...Oh! Hey, an ether." When you work for various shops part-time, you learn to recognize items.
"I don't use magic stuff much." He held it to the group for whoever might need a future MP boost.
Nice
She could really make Turbo Ethers herself, but she'd have it on hand if anyone else required it. That aside, the approached the central chest and opened it. Reaching in, she drew out the Temple Key with her claw, humming. "We got what we came for..."
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He unfolded his arms finally when the Temple Key was produced; there was no point in brooding over it, after all, they'd apparently found what they came for. It irked him that it had turned out to be the dead-center chest -it seemed altogether far too easy.
"That's a job done then; I guess it's back to that first room with the terminal..."