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rakuen_ooc2012-04-19 08:03 pm
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The first tower opens
On IC Tuesday (OOC: 20th April) a group of prefects attempted to open the Battle Arena tower. They were successful.
As the thread might take a while to write, this post is to explain the effects it has on Rakuen.
The tower begins to hum as the first prefect touches their plaque - not quite the hum of a large machine, more the sound of quiet voices - with the humming getting louder with each prefect's touch. By the third prefect, the noise will be loud enough to hear all over the city. Once all four prefects have placed their hands on their respective plaques, it's more a wail than a hum.
At this point, the prefects and anyone near them (ie anyone in the arena) are blasted backwards by an unseen force, landing a few metres away, ruffled but unhurt. A five-pointed yellow star shoots from the spire of the tower and burns in the sky over Rakuen.
During this time several things happen:
- The young shopkeeper, Recette, collapses.
- The remaining staff gather, collect Recette's body, and lock themselves inside the Mayor's Mansion. If any characters try to talk to them as they retreat, they will wish you luck (some more sarcastically than others) but offer no help whatsoever (some more regretfully than others).
- Every shop and building in the city closes; the streets empty. Townspeople grab their children from their playing and lock themselves in their houses, closing the shutters and shooting fearful glances at the sky.
And, finally, something huge forms from within the star.
Congratulations, Rakuen, you've unlocked your first Tower Guardian, the Yellow Wyrm of the Centre. It is a large, serpentine dragon without wings or horns, almost like a massive snake but for its six legs. Its scales shine gold, its eyes, glossy black. As the central guardian, its mastery is over Earth. It can cause localised earthquakes with its tail. Fun.
Obviously, it must be defeated. As usual, only Players can draw weapons, but for the time that the creature is active, the rule against multi-wielding does not apply. That means that Players may draw whichever weapons they want simultaneously and hand them to non-Players to arm them.
The creature will only attack the school buildings and the battle arena unless characters get too close to residential buildings, at which point collateral damage is inevitable. It is powerful but by no means unbeatable. Starred Weapons do more damage against it than ordinary weapons, but all weapons are effective. As its element is Earth, any Wind-element Weapon will deal huge damage to it.
No matter what happens, the creature will disappear on IC Wednesday nightfall (OOC 23rd/24th April). If the characters manage to defeat it before then, everyone will receive a voucher for use in Rakettear. This voucher allows the character 'one free item'. This can be anything available in Recette's huge catalogue of items from all worlds.
This post is for any questions and also plotting, if your character will be a discard on IC Tuesday, post here so that Players can grab you, emergency battlefield vows are a-go!
Note about death: If you die during this battle you wake up as normal in your bed and can rejoin the fight. Dying in this battle will not give you an undead ring though and if you are counted as an "live" weapon you remain so.
There is now a Tower Information page on the main navigation.
As the thread might take a while to write, this post is to explain the effects it has on Rakuen.
The tower begins to hum as the first prefect touches their plaque - not quite the hum of a large machine, more the sound of quiet voices - with the humming getting louder with each prefect's touch. By the third prefect, the noise will be loud enough to hear all over the city. Once all four prefects have placed their hands on their respective plaques, it's more a wail than a hum.
At this point, the prefects and anyone near them (ie anyone in the arena) are blasted backwards by an unseen force, landing a few metres away, ruffled but unhurt. A five-pointed yellow star shoots from the spire of the tower and burns in the sky over Rakuen.
During this time several things happen:
- The young shopkeeper, Recette, collapses.
- The remaining staff gather, collect Recette's body, and lock themselves inside the Mayor's Mansion. If any characters try to talk to them as they retreat, they will wish you luck (some more sarcastically than others) but offer no help whatsoever (some more regretfully than others).
- Every shop and building in the city closes; the streets empty. Townspeople grab their children from their playing and lock themselves in their houses, closing the shutters and shooting fearful glances at the sky.
And, finally, something huge forms from within the star.
Congratulations, Rakuen, you've unlocked your first Tower Guardian, the Yellow Wyrm of the Centre. It is a large, serpentine dragon without wings or horns, almost like a massive snake but for its six legs. Its scales shine gold, its eyes, glossy black. As the central guardian, its mastery is over Earth. It can cause localised earthquakes with its tail. Fun.
Obviously, it must be defeated. As usual, only Players can draw weapons, but for the time that the creature is active, the rule against multi-wielding does not apply. That means that Players may draw whichever weapons they want simultaneously and hand them to non-Players to arm them.
The creature will only attack the school buildings and the battle arena unless characters get too close to residential buildings, at which point collateral damage is inevitable. It is powerful but by no means unbeatable. Starred Weapons do more damage against it than ordinary weapons, but all weapons are effective. As its element is Earth, any Wind-element Weapon will deal huge damage to it.
No matter what happens, the creature will disappear on IC Wednesday nightfall (OOC 23rd/24th April). If the characters manage to defeat it before then, everyone will receive a voucher for use in Rakettear. This voucher allows the character 'one free item'. This can be anything available in Recette's huge catalogue of items from all worlds.
This post is for any questions and also plotting, if your character will be a discard on IC Tuesday, post here so that Players can grab you, emergency battlefield vows are a-go!
Note about death: If you die during this battle you wake up as normal in your bed and can rejoin the fight. Dying in this battle will not give you an undead ring though and if you are counted as an "live" weapon you remain so.
There is now a Tower Information page on the main navigation.