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❪ october plot conclusion; wyver takes ❫



THE END TO THE EPIDEMIC    

On the morning of November 3, there is a palpable buzz on the streets as both the natives of Wyver and Olympian refugees share the same sentiment: excitement. Word will quickly spread that a cure to VIOLET2710 has finally been developed and is ready for mass dissemination.

Throughout the city, the cure can be found at any of the numerous small temples and outposts of the Altar of Volkkra. The shamans of Volkkra will happily distribute the cure to any of the ill in need of it, without restraint. A joint venture between both Olympia and Wyver, citizens of both are granted equal access. As the lines form, the shamans will ask that able-bodied persons administer the cure to themselves and to others. Don't let the needles scare you! It'll only hurt a little.

At each of these outposts, signs will be posted giving credit to those who aided in the creation and manufacture of the cure:

Claire Fraser
Amaterasu
Pike Trickfoot
Charles Xavier
Alan Foster (Bruce Wayne)
Keyleth
Rosalind Lutece
Shinjiro Aragaki
Mipha
Wrathion
Dorian Pavus
Merlin
Morrigan
Clarke Griffin
Rose Lalonde
Peter Parker
Linnaeus
Zelda
John Watson
You Watanabe
Jean Grey
Mikleo
Daenerys Targaryen
Dylas
Frankenstein
Waver Velvet

As they distribute the cure, the shamans will note that those receiving the cure should give thanks to those named. Without their contributions, it may have taken much longer for the cure to be found and created in large enough quantities to save everyone.
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?    

With Olympia and Wyver's fragile alliance still in effect and a cure to VIOLET2710 distributed, Olympia finally opens its gates once again to Refugees if they feel a little homesick. High-speed transportation will be available at record low costs as politicians, merchants, and other business owners desperately hurry home to salvage whatever they can from the terrorist attacks.

Refugees are advised to remain in Wyver until food rations can be recovered and the water can be decontaminated. However, those more personally attached to Olympia may discover that the city is preparing a mass call for volunteers that will go out in the near future. In the meantime, and understandably, you should do what you can to help the Wyver people. The Dragon city has started posting quests, not only for you to do your part, but for the Wyver people to gauge your worth as visitors to their sacred land.

Thesa also has an interest in the unfolding events. Refugees have now been exposed to both lands, and certainly some will find themselves more invested in one side than the other. Darma finally wakes from slumber to observe, and while she is thankful that Refugees are immersed in her world, there is something foreboding on the horizons. On the night of the 3rd, Darma will appear in your dreams for a conversation.


It has been some time, Refugee... ah, no, certainly not for me. I am Darma. It is my hope that Sael as served you well in my place. The Natha do not feel, but I must express gratefulness that I am able to return to you.

My greeting extends to both old and new faces. As we watch you, we see that this world and its people have begun to influence your hearts. In time, your loyalty to either of these lands, to Olympia or to Wyver, shall affect how you are seen by the other side. As observers, we are unable to provide either region a winning edge. Thus, once you pledge loyalty to one, you cannot use Thesa to teleport to the other.

Choose wisely, or choose none at all. There is no war for those who do not wish to see it. For those who do... if I may be prudent— this alliance will not last. Keep your friends close, Refugee, for they may not remain so if your allegiances conflict.



You will wake before you get a chance to reply.
THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM IN THE UNDERGROWTH    

The locals often speak of a cursed place deep within Wyver territory, confounded by the spirits of dragons who passed long ago: those who still wish for vengeance on the people of Olympia for their untimely deaths. Though these stories began as nothing more than urban legends among the raiders and shamans, over time the idea has become mainstream. So much that the rumors have started causing unrest between the people of Wyver and their guests. More than a few people within Wyver have used these rumors as justification for opposing the current alliance with Olympia.

Many Wyver locals see these rumors as a sign that their ancestors disapprove of the alliance. As a result, those in charge have decided that it would be prudent to mitigate some of the anxiety from either side. Those who are willing to look into these rumors further will find themselves lead towards the darkest parts of Wyver, deep within the Undergrowth in a region devoid of light. The faint of heart will be advised against delving further.

Common among these rumors are accounts of people being attacked by an unseen enemy, or talk of possession and out-of-body experiences. Those who press on will find that the culprit is none other than a new, undocumented beast.

This creature is able to camouflage itself perfectly to its environment. This, paired with darkness of the deep Undergrowth, makes this beast nearly impossible to detect with the naked eye. The creature also release a noxious gas that can spark a range of emotional responses: some may grow hysterical, while others may be consumed by despair. The effects only last for minutes, though some may linger in the back of one's mind for hours after. While the creature does not actually attack people directly, the other beasts of the Undergrowth may take advantage of its victims.

Fortunately, Wyver is not looking for the creature's capture. They respect the delicate balance of the jungle as they see themselves as its protectors. For now, they only desire more information about this creature in order to assuage the people. Good luck and do your best to keep your wits!

ALRIA'S FULL MOON    

While Olympians worship the ever-present light of Thesa, the people of Wyver are captivated by the smaller, yet ever-changing Alria. Alria cycles in and out of the night sky much like what denizens of Earth would remember as lunar phases, and those who are familiar with that may notice it is very similar to their own. And likewise, the creatures, men and women of Wyver are affected when Alria transitions into its full moon phase.

  • DRAGONS & LUNATICS —
    The dragons are restless. Perhaps because this particular full moon is accompanied by far more human scent than they are typically used to, but there's no doubt that they are eyeing humans as they do fresh prey. That is exactly why humans or human-like refugees will be tasked to tame a particularly rowdy dragon stable.

    The dragon mounts at Lhongha Stables have broken free from their homes, roaming aimlessly in the deep undergrowth. You and another will be advised to strip down to your undergarments (it's hot, relax a little, human!) and lure the dragons back to the stables with your bodies. Rowdy dragons do love their human flesh! "Just a hunch," says the owner of the stables, "But I bet they'll come running faster if they smell your human blood."

    He laughs as he hands over a pocket knife if he sees you're not carrying a weapon. The owner assures you that the dragons have been trained not to attack unless told to, but who knows how serious he is about that?

  • JUNGLE HEAT (NSFW) —
    The full moon affects Wyver in other ways as well. While Olympia has a district blessed by Thesa's light all year long, Wyver only feels it at a certain time of the month. "The Heat" lasts for a full week starting on a full moon. You'll see it everywhere. Olympia has its lust confined in a single district, but in Wyver, during the phase of the full moon, the lust is everywhere. The people of Wyver will be friendlier then, offering you ale and meat. They sing songs of destroying their enemies up north, but even the native Olympians won't be able to will themselves to be angry when Alria shines upon them.

    Perhaps you'll be find yourself affected, too, by Alria's light. And it's okay to get touchy; it isn't like the locals care about public displays of affection when they most certainly are getting handsy themselves.

  • THE PACT OF VOLKKRA
    Shamans, too, participate in celebrations of Alria's full moon. During the event, the shamans will give pairs each a couple of blessed dragon teeth necklaces. Wyver tradition states that if a shaman approves you as a pair, then you are granted a chance to form a Volkkran Pact. This pact, the shaman will explain, will bond a pair as an unstoppable team, granting one another a small influence on each others' powers.

    "King Shanrian and his Pact, Counsel Shenya benefit from this. Shenya was granted physical strength, and our King his Counsel's perception. It has made quite a difference."

THE VOLKKRAN PACT AT NAMARAK SUMMIT    

Despite being mistaken for a pair, there is no need to take the shaman's advice. The necklace will disappear if the Pact isn't completed in a week's time. However, if the Pact's benefits might be something of interest to you and your partner, then you'll be advised to travel further south, until you reach Namarak Mountain. At the summit, you'll find an altar, where you and your partner are expected to return the necklaces and make a vow to support one another.

The shaman there isn't particularly interested in what you do to complete the Pact. In fact, many people who attempt the Pact tend to... go a bit further than is necessary, when it can be achieved through a simple kiss between the partners.

The Volkkran Pact's effects are immediate upon physical contact. Each Pact can be broken through a special process with the head Shaman, but there needs to be at least a month's time before one can sever it. The pairs may be fake and still receive the benefit of the Pact, though they may find that sharing power with someone they are not truly committed to is a mistake.

NOTE: Players may be creative about what powers can be shared. The recipients of the such powers can never be granted its full strength, but it may be strengthened with Wyver REP rewards. Please note that PCs does not need to pledge allegiance to Wyver in order to keep the Volkkran Pact; they will only need 10 Wyver REP in order to strengthen it. Refer to the questions thread below if you have any questions.
BUILD-A-BLADE WORKSHOP    

Sirod, the weapon's head shopkeeper, is interested in procuring a few materials for his clients. While these clients have already collected the claws of larger beasts and various other parts needed to create their new weapons, they are still missing some rare, necessary items. In particular, they are still missing the following:

  • High Prisms — These tiny crystals attach themselves to the branches of older trees. They tend to hang near the tops of them, hiding in the shadows of the leaves. Unfortunately, retrieving them requires one… to climb. Hopefully you got a lot of tree climbing practice as a kid. Who knew that skill would ever come in handy?

  • Crystal Drop — These are normally found near bodies of water. Especially water that has been enchanted, past or present. The drops tend to cling to the floors of these mystical streams and lagoons. Those seeking them will also have to be careful not to be affected by the water’s properties. Perhaps that's part of the trick of gathering them.

  • Frozen Mylan Root — Mylans are a type of live vegetation that grows on Namarak Mountain. Constantly roaming in the warm seasons, they root themselves into fertile earth during the winter where they sleep until spring, making the snowy mountain ideal to acquire the roots. Plucking them from the ground takes strength, and slicing them will prove equally difficult... and of course, there is a blood-curdling scream when you wake it from its slumber. Well, it wouldn't be a real test of strength and emotional fortitude otherwise.


Those who retrieve any of these items will be rewarded 100 Silver.
FINAL OOC NOTE    
An AC-eligible thread for 2 WYVER REP POINTS may be submitted from this log. SUBMIT THE THREAD HERE by DEC 10th 11:59 PM EST.

We will no longer be providing overflow posts. In an event where the post hits CAPTCHA, players are advised to move threads to an overflow post on their character journals or create their own catch-all post. These threads remain eligible for AC, AC Rewards, and REP.

1 SILVER = 1 US DOLLAR.
worldlyafflictions: (ch80pg12p2)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[WHY ALWAYS THESE HEADSTRONG TYPES??? He debates for a little while before following, pulling out his prayer staff as he goes.]

Yonaaa-saaann, c'mon this is crazy! Didn't ya just recover from some crazies??
cutefaced: are two circles that do not overlap in my venn diagram of life ("being an adult" and "being happy")

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
The whole time I was sick, all I did was cause trouble for other people!

[Honestly, it's hard to tell who got the worst of it.]

It's time for me to help people instead.

[So, uh, having The Crazies has just made her even more determined to be crazy.]
Edited 2017-11-05 06:07 (UTC)
worldlyafflictions: (ch81pg32p3)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Shima could say all sorts of mean things here... He knows this type too well. But it's really not any of his business to try to psychoanalyze her or try to take that argument apart. Instead he sighs, moving to catch up to her.]

Mmmm... well what're ya planning ta do if a dragon really does appear?
cutefaced: so they can attempt to fully understand the complexities of my existence (i plan to donate my brain to science)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking I would run back to the stable and then have you close the door behind it when it flies in after me.

[...

Look, she never said she had a good plan.]


We just have to lure it back to where it needs to go, right?
worldlyafflictions: (ch089pg15p3)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
But then you'll be locked in there with it!
cutefaced: i'm having fun for the time being (even though i'm gonna be a felon)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
...

[errrr]

I can slip back out through the door! We won't have to open it all the way to get back out, so it'll stay in there.
worldlyafflictions: (ch067pg27p4)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
I can't stop ya from dying if you're determined!

[Is that a joke?? Well at least he hasn't abandoned her yet. The trees are also getting taller, the roots thicker, as they go deeper into the undergrowth. There are definitely the sounds of live things calling from all around. Too bad they don't know what a dragon sounds like yet.]
cutefaced: tell me not to do somebody and suddenly i wanna (you know how it is)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not going to die!

[HAVE A LITTLE FAITH.]

My great-great-great... a lot of greats, great-grandfather, used to be a dragon! So I'm sure I'll get along fine with these ones.
worldlyafflictions: (ch066pg15p2)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
Just 'cause ya might be a little related doesn't mean you'll get along, ya know... [Like some people can barely get along with their immediate family, okay? That's not how that works!]

Though the first problem is getting one ta even show up.
cutefaced: is actually to be MORE petty (my new year's resolution)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
....maybe they'll notice the family resemblance and come down to meet me!

[yeah that's not happening

but she's sure going to explore the undergrowth as if it will

they're so dead]
worldlyafflictions: (ch080pg15p01)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Aaah.. what was the owner's suggestion. The scent of blood, wasn't it? Though I can think of more enjoyable ways ta work up a scent...

[If they die does he have to die a virgin?]
cutefaced: (6)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean?

[Shima's going to get punched again at this rate.]
worldlyafflictions: (ch080pg05p4)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh no, she doesn't know]

...Yona-san's still pure and unsullied like an untouched white lily. Someone'll get mad at me if I explain.
cutefaced: are two circles that do not overlap in my venn diagram of life ("being an adult" and "being happy")

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
When you say it like that, I'm not sure I want to know.

[Ugh, she's getting distracted again, isn't she? They need to find dragons. Yona frowns and scans the skies again, but doesn't really spot anything, because, well.

There are so many plants around.]


Maybe if we climb one of the trees, we'll have a better view...
worldlyafflictions: (ch011pg21p7)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a good way ta get knocked out of a tree and get eaten. Wanna go first?
cutefaced: and i STILL feel like i need an adult (i am the oldest one here)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
...you're not as chivalrous as I remember.

[What happened to the boy who gave her a piggyback ride when she was too weak to walk, she wonders? Well, whatever. Maybe he's just scared of dragons.

So she nods, and heads straight for one of the trees.]


Just make sure you catch me if I fall, got it?
worldlyafflictions: (ch005pg23p2)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, well ya seem hale and healthy now, and already running headlong inta trouble! There's only so much I can do against that, ya know, I'm trying my best! [Kind of]

Either way, my manly arms await!

[The view from under the tree isn't bad, anyway.]
cutefaced: with some naive jackasses in a place they had no business being at (it began the way the best stories do)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[The look Yona shoots him is more than a little incredulous, but she nods and turns her attention back to climbing the tree a moment later. It's a little easier said than done, and the bark is uncomfortable on her bare skin...

But she manages to pull herself up a few branches! She's making progress! And she hasn't even fallen yet.

She shimmies out along a branch and pushes some of the leaves aside, then gasps.]


...there's one! It's really far away, though... how can we catch up to it?
worldlyafflictions: (ch065pg23p1)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-05 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh yaaaaay.. a dragon...]

Aah, the point was ta lure it over, not catch up to it right--but please don't cut yourself, that'd be stupid!

[Looks at his staff, looks back at her...]

Ya wanna try using my staff?? [Thumps the end of it on the ground causing the rings to jangle--it could probably make enough noise to catch the dragon's attention.]
cutefaced: before we start making radical plans and starting fires (let's wait to see what happens)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-05 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's that far away, we can't lure it anywhere! We're so much smaller than it, it probably can't see us or smell us from here.

[So yeah, no blood. Yet.

But the staff might work. She nods and leans down, stretching her arm out to take it.]


Hurry, hand it up!

[She can't balance like this forever.]
worldlyafflictions: (ch067pg28p6)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-06 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Yona plz, he's probably getting an eyeful down here like this. Honestly Shima's only even mostly on task because doing dangerous stuff with a hero-type as a partner has him on edge.]

Haa, here goes nothing...

[He tosses the staff up to her, the rings jingling together.]
cutefaced: (10)

...actually no nevermind, it's funny so i'm just gonna make this a real tag now

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-06 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[fumbles the staff and drops it on his head]
Edited 2017-11-06 05:48 (UTC)
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[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-06 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
[fdfhsdfs]--ow! Yona-chan! We're about ta be in a life or death situation here!

Jeez, ok, give me the knife first and then I'll pass up K'rik...

[Just.. just gonna climb up closer so she doesn't have to throw the knife at him. He doesn't trust her anymore.]
cutefaced: person i've never met before (why thank you for your unwanted opinion)

[personal profile] cutefaced 2017-11-06 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't drop it on purpose.

[Geeze. No trust at all. ...though really, trusting her in the first place was a mistake. She leans down to pass him the pocketknife, and luckily, does not drop it directly onto his face.]

Here, take it!
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[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2017-11-06 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Thank god. Though he seems to have started muttering a prayer already. He takes it and passes up the staff, still kind of murmuring to himself under his breath and even has his hands locked together in prayer once he's only holding the knife...]

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