Duty Session 562: Fireball Solves Everything
Scattered throughout the forests of Eastal, a number of structures which are believed to have been used for religious rituals in honor to The Burning Goddess lie abandoned. It is said that some of them still contain Igneous Stones, specially crafted rocks used to stabilize and control flames. The secret of their manufacture has been lost to time, and scholars all over Yamato are willing to pay well for some samples to study in the hope to re-discover how they were made. As usual, the encountered challenges will require a variety of skills and ability to be overcome, but due to the special attunement of these structures with the element of Fire, the cooldown time for flame-related Artes is reduced dramatically, thus making this mission a favorite of people who specialize in this style of combat.
Difficulty: Easy
Rec. Party: 3+
Rewards: 3
World Rewards: Prove once and forever that Fire is superior.
Kotono
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
A Lander has a problem. There's a number of temples that have special stones in them. There are big rewards involved.
Kotono isn't doing it just for the reward. She's doing it because she watns to help out! She's always willing to lend a helping hand.
"OK, let's get this going!" The Spriggan says. "We're going to get those stones out one way or another!"
Kotono isn't doing it just for the reward. She's doing it because she watns to help out! She's always willing to lend a helping hand.
"OK, let's get this going!" The Spriggan says. "We're going to get those stones out one way or another!"
Dosbox
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Dosbox grumbles, hoofing it after Kotono, "I... Don't mean to complain, but some of us have... WAY shorter legs..." DosBox is three foot five, and most of that is torso height.
Thalia Maxwell
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Thalia is in it for the reward. Well, and helping out. The Spriggan reaches down (and that's a feat because she's tiny) and pats Dosbox on the shoulder. "Come on, it'll be fine. Let's figure this out."
Not like she wasn't just here the other day.
Not like she wasn't just here the other day.
Llyn
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
She was a caster so this place had her interest in poking her head into this the somewhat leggy Pirate from the Palace Lands would join up with everyone else looking around for a moment. "So this is the place and hello I'm Llyn!"
Kotono
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
It looks like things are a little cryptic... in more ways than one. The scriptures may be alien to some people, but not to Kotono.
"Let me see here..." She mutters while reading it over. "Hmm..." Then she snaps her fingers. "I've got it!"
She maanges to figure out what the scripts say and that helps out a bit.
"Let me see here..." She mutters while reading it over. "Hmm..." Then she snaps her fingers. "I've got it!"
She maanges to figure out what the scripts say and that helps out a bit.
Dosbox
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Dosbox has been through 3 different towers of almost exactly the same make, "I don't want to be rude to this tower's makers, but...." He effortlessly breaks the enchantment powering the systems with a well-placed magical burst.
"Personally, I would have added a little variety, if I were a security system specialist, but...."
"Personally, I would have added a little variety, if I were a security system specialist, but...."
Llyn
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Llyn is from the Palace Lands so the local wards are a bit different but it seem she's got an idea of about them. She'll issue warnings to the party as she does so. "Nopt bad if this is all we got to worry about, we should be fine with this." She's looking pretty smug here, but this could be leading to a fall.
Thalia Maxwell
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Once again, Thalia has no idea what any of the runes mean. Not a single clue. She putters around, trying to decipher things, but before she can even think she might have something, everyone else has made it go.
Downwards they go again, and it's the door with the locks. She grins and moves right up to it, pulling out a lockpick and going to town.
It worked last time, right?
She looks at Llyn, smiling. "I'm Thalia, and, uh, this is where the easy ends, I think."
Downwards they go again, and it's the door with the locks. She grins and moves right up to it, pulling out a lockpick and going to town.
It worked last time, right?
She looks at Llyn, smiling. "I'm Thalia, and, uh, this is where the easy ends, I think."
Kotono
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
There's a door.
The door is locked.
Sometimes you have to resort to other means to get through. In this case, it means Kotono being one of the adventurers who picks the lock on the door. With the help of Thalia, she's able to pick the lock and get the door open.
"Who needs a key when you can pick a lock?" Kotono says with a grin.
The door is locked.
Sometimes you have to resort to other means to get through. In this case, it means Kotono being one of the adventurers who picks the lock on the door. With the help of Thalia, she's able to pick the lock and get the door open.
"Who needs a key when you can pick a lock?" Kotono says with a grin.
Llyn
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Llyn smiles back. "Good to meet you! We will deal with it. I think we'll have no trouble it should be smoothe sailing from here." She laughs at Kotone for a moment but she seems to have some idea with dealing with it, even if it's with a fireball.. She does time it to make sure no one gets caught in it! thankfully!
Dosbox
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Dosbox removes the hinges on the door effortlessly, "Who needs to pick the lock when you can just knock the door over. It is the SAME STUPID HINGE on the SAME STUPID DOOR!" He sighs, "At least there aren't any monkeys in this one... Right?"
Kotono
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Kotono thinks stealth is the better way to go sometime. Keeping low and keeping out of sight.
Except this time, she trips over herself, which wakes the bats up.
"Aw no!" Kotono yells while cursing a few times as she runs away. "I've heard of bats in the belfry but this is ridiculous!"
Except this time, she trips over herself, which wakes the bats up.
"Aw no!" Kotono yells while cursing a few times as she runs away. "I've heard of bats in the belfry but this is ridiculous!"
Llyn
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Llyn looks at all the bats she looks at herself given her hair and she tuens about and just goes on the evaisve she has no intent to get swarmed by bats if she can help it. So long as she lives she can patch everyone up, right?! Thats the power of being a healer!
Dosbox
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Dosbox sighs heavily as he wraps himself in darkness. He seemingly knows exactly where to walk, and where, not to, as if he'd been in a tower of the exact same layout 3 times before. 3 Times. "So, Thalia, how are the wife and kids?" DosBox whispers, apparently not taking the tower seriously anymore.
Thalia Maxwell
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Much like the last time she was here, Thalia smirks at the bats. She sidesteps into a shadow, vanishing, only to re-emerge on the other side of the room, past the danger zone. Just in time for Kotono to take a tumble.
She looks concerned, but the other Spriggan bolts, so it's fine. The look she gives Dosbox is one of abject confusion. "I ... I don't have a wife or kids!"
She looks concerned, but the other Spriggan bolts, so it's fine. The look she gives Dosbox is one of abject confusion. "I ... I don't have a wife or kids!"
Kotono
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Phew, it really stinks in here! Shouldn't they open a window or something?
Well, in some cases, it helps to use magic.
Kotono conjures up her spell runes and brings forth some air magic to clear things out.
It works well, and the stench is spread away somewhat. "Whew!"
Well, in some cases, it helps to use magic.
Kotono conjures up her spell runes and brings forth some air magic to clear things out.
It works well, and the stench is spread away somewhat. "Whew!"
Thalia Maxwell
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Once again, it's the plants. These things respawn too fast. The stench is nearly overwhelming, but Thalia does what she did last time, with a little extra. She turns her back to the plant and buzzes her wings rapidly. She adds to this by drawing her swords and spinning them in her hands incredibly quickly. She's like a living oscilating fan as she blows the stench clear wherever she turns.
Kotono
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Sometimes, it pays to take to the air.
Kotono checks the situation at hand and decides to use another air spell rune. And like before, it works well.
The golem is blasted by what could easily be considered a miniature tornado!
"Anyone seen Dorothy?" Kotono jokes after.
Kotono checks the situation at hand and decides to use another air spell rune. And like before, it works well.
The golem is blasted by what could easily be considered a miniature tornado!
"Anyone seen Dorothy?" Kotono jokes after.
Dosbox
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Dosbox just autopilots his way through each action as if he is a robot programmed with code, "It's water cooler talk. Kind of like... How's the golf game, old sport?" He provides air support for the party, turning the tornado into a fullblown cyclone.
Llyn
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Llyn is going to do much the same as Kotono and use hte pwer of air magic to clear thing out ahead. "See what I said it's all smoothe sailing so far!" Oh she's having so much fun with this so far. "Ummm, okay..." She's peering at Dosbox for a moment with an odd look on her face.
Thalia Maxwell
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Thalia, against the Snow Guy, brightens. "Oh, this is different! Last time was the fire guy!"
She joins in the Air Rune magic party, hurtling scouring gusts at the guy. She side-glances at Dosbos. "How old do you think I am!?"
She joins in the Air Rune magic party, hurtling scouring gusts at the guy. She side-glances at Dosbos. "How old do you think I am!?"
Dosbox
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Dosbox maintains the tornado with the other two as the snowman is getting hit with hurricane force winds, "It's kind of hard to tell, really. Our models don't show age. I mean, your MODEL looks young and cute, but you could be... like... 75, you know?
Kotono
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Once all is said and done, Kotono twirls her blades before sheathing them. "Well, that was a bit of an interesting challenge. We pulled through and that's what matters!" She gives a smile and a thumbs up.
Llyn
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Llyn grins "I could be a senior reveling in being young again, I could be a teenager now older who knows." She laughs. "Well that wasn't too bad at all, shall we get out of here before something comes to trouble us?"
Thalia Maxwell
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
Yamato - 3 - 0 - 0
"If time is accurate, I'm twenty-two! Way too young to have kids," she says, her voice turning into a mumble. The sharp eared might hear it as she pockets her loot and starts to walk away. "Not like anyone would want me out there anyway."
Uh oh. Bad Dosbox.
Uh oh. Bad Dosbox.