melodiesofeternity | Cram Week [Player Plot]

The Great McGard library is a vast, majestic, and above all else sprawling library. Visible from miles away, the dozens of wings of the gigantic building spill over the Min'to countryside like a slumbering giant. Going inside does little to diminish the library's grandeur, the gilded architecture and the weight of all the knowledge contained within the shelves is breathtaking.

Tyzias, however, appears to care very little for any of that. If anything, it seems to be making her more angry. Steam is practically shooting out of her ears as she slams her fist on the desk of the quaking head clerk--although the effect of her shouting is somewhat diminished by how she keeps her voice low out of respect for the library staff. Nerds will be nerds, after all. "What do you mean there aren't any ruins?"

"T-t-t-they were razed a long, long time ago!" the lalafell squeaks, holding her hands up. "Before the library was even built! We just used the foundations, I swear!" Tyzias opens her mouth to give an incoherent groan of bottomless despair, but the librarian interprets the gesture as the precursor to more yelling and interrupts the troll. "Bu-but wait! I, um, we might have something that can help. There's this, uh, this book called The Tantarian that we recovered from the ruins it's in the eidolon section it can probably help you please don't hurt me!"

Tyzias blinks owlishly, then shrugs. "...aight. Let's get moving."

The clue leading to the thirty-second page of the Tantarian was rather simple--and because of that, it was extraordinarily difficult to find, due to both of the vagueness of “something about Ka’pandol” and “history section.” and the sheer size of the Great McGard library. But through process of elimination and lots of grunt work, it’s eventually tracked down: the thirty-second book in the history section. It’s old, dusty, leatherbound, and its title is obscured… but there’s a palpable air of menace around it. A group of seven--Megatron, Minimus, Vimes, Tyzias, Sephiroth, Johnny, and Nozomi--has been assembled to investigate, just in case something nasty happens. It stands on its shelf, daring the adventurers to come and get it.

Just like with the Tantarian, Tyzias wastes no time and reaches towards the hefty tome. As soon as she touches it, the book flies out of the shelf, flips open, and a solitary page flies out… which transforms into a hovering fiend with purple wings and a skull for a head. It immediately casts [Zephyr], surrounding itself in swirling green winds, then points at the party as if to challenge them.

“Damn ass globes rock,” Tyzias mutters under her breath as she draws her blades. Time to throw down.

Looking up references to “Lulutu” barely narrows the field--it appears that the lalafell was something of a ladykiller back in the day, and many, many love poems were written about him. It’s anyone’s guess as to which one was scrawled on the 128th page of the Tantarian. With what happened to the group sent after the thirty-second page, Corrin, Naomi, Asriel, Serge, Castor, Regis, and Uendo are sent to scour the massive poetry archive for references to Lulutu.

Finally, luck strikes. In a particularly dusty corner of the library far away from the bulk of the Lulutu collection, a book labeled, “Lulutu and the 128 Lovers” is found, giving off a menacing aura that’s bound to have turned away whatever poor fools stumbled their way into this particular corner of the library. This is the book you’re looking for. But who’s going to pick it up?

It takes the bravest of souls to venture into the forbidden archives of the Gourmand Section. And unfortunately, it isn’t a short trip. There’s no obvious numerical clue this time, no handy “256” on a book cover to guide Cor, Papyrus, Madhuri, Kuja, Naoto, Kanji, Uendo, and Klonoa have to suffer through days of hunting through the tomes of the most vaunted ~~Vore Mages~~ Master Gourmands to find it.

But at last, they’ve found a likely culprit: “History of Bangaa and the Gourmands,” giving off a menacing aura in a dusty corner of the most obscure part of the Gourmand Section, where some truly terrifying tomes reside. Now, who will be the one to pick up the book?

Edited 2019-02-07 01:05 (UTC)

After a week of hard work, monster fighting, and getting yelled at by librarians for making an excessive amount of noise, all the Pages of the Tantarian are subdued and retrieved. When they're finally brought to the book, it rustles its pages in happiness as the monsters are absorbed back into it. "Oh, man. It's been a long time since I've felt this complete! Feels so good." It lets out a sigh of contentment.

Then... it starts laughing. "Hehehehehe. Thanks... SUCKERS!" Without any further warning, the Tantarian flies away from the party!

Pursuing it leads to the top of the roof. "Haha, wow!" it crows, hovering in front of the party. "You guys sure are dumb! I doubt you can even do the basic arithmetic that you'll need to de-- WAIT FORGET I SAID THAT." It coughs, somehow. "Anyways, I miiiiight not. Actually. Be able to leave these grounds. But I'm sure as hell not letting you guys inside the temple without a fight! Come at me, motherf--"

Tyzias wastes no time. Having already studied the monster while it was monologuing, she activates her [Moonsetter Scales Stance] and [Sunslammer Gavel Technique] before leaping at the monster with a [Judgment Piercer]! Her sword goes clean through the covers of the book, and the Tantarian cries out in pain. "Ouch! Hey, quit that!" It wriggles off the edge of Tyzias's sword, and it flips open to PAGE 1. A Firaga spell flies out of the book, hitting Tyzias right in the chest and sending her flying back.

BOSS FIGHT START

PAGE: 1

(OOC: Feel free to continue tagging into your Page threads, you'll get sweet loot once you beat them. As for the Tantarian, don't worry too much about initiative order due to its mechanics--you can post to this thread once every day, and I'll post exceptions to that rule if it comes up.)

Edited 2019-02-22 17:20 (UTC)

Following his defeat, the book ollied out— But not without making a door appear upon the northern wall first, one adorned with the symbol of Alexander. Opening the door, the Heroes of Light would find themselves in a large circular room. The room is very different from the rest of the Library— As if it belonged to a different building altogether. At first, the room is too dark for them to see anything beyond the vague shape of a machine.

Upon taking further steps, blue light will emerge from candelabras spread across the room, twelve of them to be specific, each activating as they step closer to the center. The first thing of notice is the machine they spotted in the shadows: it is actually a statue depicting an Alexander, the legendary Eidolon..

Should they peek toward the back of room, they would see a painting depicting a boy. Looking at the name below, it reads Minato Arisato.

At the feet of the statue, there is another text. However, this one is written in the language of Eidolon's. What's written is identical to what was written in the other temple:

On Calamity's Eve
The Heroes of Light Rise

For Destiny to Weave
The Four Rise

From His Lost World
A Lord Was Formed

On Calamity's Eve
Summon the Four to Rise

The Tantarian

PAGE 32 - MEGATRON, MINIMUS, VIMES, TYZIAS, SEPHIROTH, JOHNNY, NOZOMI

PAGE 128 - CORRIN, NAOMI, ASRIEL, SERGE, CASTOR, REGIS

PAGE 256 - COR, PAPYRUS, MADHURI, KUJA, NAOTO, KANJI, KLONOA, UENDO

BOSS FIGHT - OTA