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labyrinthian_logs2020-08-17 09:34 pm
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Event 02: Wishing on a Star Firefly
☙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:
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
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!
Make your own top levels for the event in this post. Remember to tag yourself. New characters can make their own tags, just follow this format: canon: character
If you have any questions about the event, feel free to ask us here.))
I have a very vivid memory of replying to this? I'm so sorry for making you wait this long
I am aware that games exist where I am from. I did not play them so I am not familiar with them.
it happens to all of us
[She hadn't wanted to assume but she wasn't surprised either.]
There's this sort of game where I'm from called roleplaying games. In them, you play through a story as a character, usually you'd be fighting monsters and how strong your character is, is determined by their stats...things like attack, defense, magic, speed... [She raises a finger for each one...then waves her hand because...she's pretty sure there's enough to give someone the point!] ...stuff like that! A debuff is an attack or an item that causes your stats to fall temporarily.
Status ailments are things like poison or confusion or...um. Blindness? It affects your character's ability to fight in the game.
[And here is the part that she finds a little crazy herself. The flower on her head turns slightly blue for uncertainty before it returns to the previous colour.]
Since this place reminds me of one of those, it makes sense that this [She gestures at the flower on her head.] might cause one of those.