Event 02: Wishing on a Star Firefly

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☙Pupating Fireflies
Fireflies usually pupate in late spring, but for some reason these tiny pupa have been popping up everywhere in the labyrinth. Small, armored bug-like creatures which do nothing but hang out on leaves, their underbellies glowing softly. Wishes on them though get a glowy blink and then no matter what it is you wish for, a flower begins to grow from the top of your head. They did say to wish on a firefly and not on this wriggly little bug, after all.

Worse yet, the flower changes colour depending on your emotions. Deep red for anger, sunny yellow for happiness, and blue for sadness, with colors mingling for anything more complicated than that. They are only flowers after all, and eloquence isn't their strongest suit.

☙Star Fireflies Emerge

About a week after the fireflies pupate, you get a blue screen and a new mission:

Mission #02: Catching The End of Summer
Find a partner and capture a Star Firefly and make a wish!

Go forth into the Yggdrasil Labyrinth and you will find all the fireflies have emerged from their pupas overnight! Speaking to the various NPCs, you will get some clues as to where to find them and how to catch them.

One NPC says, “I think I heard the Star Fireflies like hanging out near water!”

Another NPC says, “If you catch one you can wish on them like on a star! But you need to make the wish with one other person!”

A third NPC says, “I caught a Star Firefly and it attacked me! Maybe it was just me but I could have sworn its light flashed red for a second…”

But yet another NPC says, “Those Star Fireflies! When I caught one with my husband we wished to be together forever and we became stuck together for a week until we managed to catch another one!”

Other NPCs may give tips on how to use the Star Net and Star Containers (sold at Napier’s Firm for a limited time only!) So do the RPG thing! Go talk to everyone!

A. Catching the Star Fireflies

The fireflies are about the size of your fists and they can only be caught by a Star Net bought from Napier’s Firm. They will burn through anything else. Place them into the Star Container, then hold it together and make a wish!.

Naturally, while you’re chasing the Star Fireflies the usual dangers of the Labyrinth are still there. Don’t focus so hard on catching them or making your wish that you enter the range of the Ragelope.

B. Those Pesky Mimics Again!
The mimic pupa from before also emerged and became fireflies! Unlike the Star Fireflies once caught in a net they will burst out of it and grow to the size of a monster! Cue the battle music and the fight begins! Beware, the Monster Firefly's light will call more of its allies to battle. Finish it off quick!

...or run away, that works too.

Before it shows its true colours, there is one way to tell the difference between is that the mimic’s light will flash red every so often unlike the Star Firelfies whose light only pulses a warm yellow.

☙End of Event

b>Mission #02 Completed!
Please report to Expedition HQ to claim your reward!

3000 gold
Class Change Voucher
One vial of Firefly Luciferase (a portable lightsource, +2 Accuracy)

((OOC: Reward for the Mission can only be claimed once, the first time you make a wish on a firefly but wishes on the firefly can be made as many times as you want!

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Comments

[mithrarin]

Star Light, Star Bright

[Not far into the Labyrinth from the entance, Dust weighs both a net and a container in his hands. He suspects, though isn't certain, that a swift transfer is absolutely necessary, but the net is too unwieldy to make that feasible. Too bad Fidget isn't here..]

[So, no help for it. Dust glances back along the path, and when he sees someone approaching...]

Could I get your help with something really simple for a minute?

Labyrinth Rage

[Dust is panting, which is very uncommon for him, as he crouches down not far from the stairs. He still has his sword in one hand, though the other actually supports him.]

That thing... is too dangerous. We need to stop it. At least someone else, probably more with me.

Labyrinth Rage

[unwantedtwin]

Dust!

[She'd wandered into the labyrinth to get some training in but she spots a familiar someone...and from what she can see there's definitely something up.

She crosses the distance in a leap and lands near him, surprisingly quiet.]

What's wrong?

[mithrarin]

[Dust shakes his head reflexively. He'd taken a hit or two, still felt the effects, but that isn't 'wrong', just a normal day.]

The creature down there... it's not that it's strong, but I'm too weak to handle it right now.

[unwantedtwin]

[She'd learned a thing or two when Shen Qingqiu had been here and that was: always be prepared with items.]

Do you need any healing items? [She still pronounces the words like they're foreign to her but she at least does have some.]

[mithrarin]

I'm all right. [No sense wasting them on him, when he's out of danger for the moment.] But if I'd stayed longer I might have been in trouble.

[unwantedtwin]

[Well, if he's sure. She crouches down in front of him, still frowning.]

What did you run into?

[mithrarin]

[Yeah, he's sure. His standards of what needs attention might be a bit skewed, admittedly.]

It looked like a giant deer. A giant, very angry deer.

[unwantedtwin]

A deer...?

[She frowns.]

I've never seen an angry deer.

[Probably the most worrisome thing here is...she doesn't sound worried. She sounds like she's considering something.

Perhaps even something along the lines of 'can I fight it?']

[mithrarin]

[Dust knows that sound. It's what wound him up in this position.]

Right now, I couldn't handle it. Not alone. We'd need several of us and a coordinated assault.

[unwantedtwin]

...is it really that strong?

[mithrarin]

If it wasn't, would I be up here telling you that it's that strong instead of down there walking away from its defeat?

Sorry September ate me alive

[unwantedtwin]

But with two of us aren't we twice as strong?

[That is not how that works!]

Here's hoping October is better!

[mithrarin]

That only works in certain circumstances, and I don't think we have those circumstances going for us.

Here's hoping!!

[unwantedtwin]

...tch.

[She's pouting. That's the only way to describe her expression at the moment, petulant and put off but grudgingly accepting.]

This place is the worst.

[mithrarin]

I'm not really fond of it either. But I definitely want to take that thing down. [His fingers tighten, then loosen, on the hilt of his sword, as he tries to think of some way, any way, he can do that.]

Star Light, Star Bright, but I missed all of the DDR cues and I'm suffering.

[levelthreehooligan]

[Pinya's soft footsteps and Fenrir's padding lope aren't too hard to pick out in the midst of the quiet evening, and she's far too busy watching all the glowbugs wander about in mid air to care that she's not being stealthy. She wasn't expecting to see a familiar face, but she isn't sure why.]

Oh! Hello, Dust. Are you out here to catch some of the fabled Fireflies?

[mithrarin]

Yeah, but if the only thing that can catch them is the net... [That seems pretty ridiculous, but a lot of this did, so.] I could use a hand holding the jar.

[levelthreehooligan]

]She snorts, because yeah, that does seem pretty stupid - though she knows some people and creatures back in her realm are equally as picky.]

I can hold a jar or two! All part of our heroic duties I suppose.

[She reaches to take the jar out from Dust's hands, carefully angling it so that he can simply swipe the bugs directly into it.]

[mithrarin]

If I didn't know better, I'd say you were a bit cynical about it all.

[Catching a firefly is not really a feat when so many flit about, and you're reasonably fast as Dust is. A quick swipe through the air and he smacks the net down over the jar in the same motion.]

[levelthreehooligan]

[She snorts, a smirk gracing her features]

Perhaps, though I've spent years in the business and done everything from slaying gods to delivering groceries for the old woman who lives on the hill.

[She shrugs as she says it, as though she doesn't know you could simply decline those requests. She does, but she also doesn't like leaving people in need if she can make a difference.]

[mithrarin]

I can't say I've spent years doing it, but yeah, I get that. [Dust shrugs slightly.] This is just round two.

[levelthreehooligan]

Ha! Perhaps I should start keeping track.

"The adventerous Saga of the one and only Illustrous Pinara Conada," how does that sound?

[mithrarin]

A bit long.

[Hey, she'd asked. But his smile and the warmth in his voice make the jibe gentle.]

[levelthreehooligan]

[She snaps her fingers and mutters a curse under her breath, all far too dramatic to be serious]

"The Amazing Piñara" will have to do, then!

[mithrarin]

Will I get a chapter, or just a footnote? [Of course it's too early to tell, but who's counting?]

[levelthreehooligan]

That depends on how this particular misadventure goes!

[mithrarin]

Well, only one way to find out, I suppose.