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1.0 game launch log
1.0: Game Launch
Patch Update
Maybe you’ve been getting settled in for a little while now, maybe you just arrived yesterday. Either way, a big change is coming! All Dodo residents will receive a city-wide broadcast on their phones:
> Thank you for your patience with our construction, city-goers! As our month of pride celebration has wrapped, all our streets are once again open. Hope it sets your hearts aflutter for 🤍 White Day! 🤍
The streets of Crane City have opened, and what glorious streets they are! Decorated with gently blooming white flowers, ivory streamers hung from building to building, and floating snowy balloons, everything seems to be elevated with a touch of elegance. What’s that? It’s looking a little bridal? Now you’re getting in the spirit! The city is abuzz about an upcoming celebration...
Meanwhile, Duocaeli has also become the loveliest storm. It’s a tornado of silks, a cyclone of chiffon, ribbons as far as the eye can see - that’s right, it’s time for a parade of princesses. Avis Isle is tittering with gossip, airship after airship coming to land as royalty gets to enjoy the fresh air and roguish sights of a guild town. There’s princesses from faraway lands, kingdoms large and small, excited to rest before they depart soon to their next destination—some kind of royal slumber party? rich people—and they’re so excited to be here! Some are children, others as mature as their late 300's—once a princess, always a princess.
Avisle is excited for their business too! ♥ Looks like everything’s a little more expensive around these parts (know your audience) but there’s also better service and rumors of special treatment for those of blue blood pedigree, or their staff. Why don’t you slide on in? If anything, you might want to teach your friends how to pass for royalty, lest they get mistaken for a worker!
Speaking of roleplay, it seems like there’s an abandoned chest in one of the roadways, likely fallen off a carriage in the chaos… Inside, characters will find gorgeous adornments, including lovely gowns, crowns, etc. The criers looking for royal customers ring in the back of your mind – “Princess business welcome!!” – do you do the proper thing and look for the owner of the chest, and see if you can get a reward? Or is it time for royal cosplay? (Though should you return it, and the shopkeep may ask you to wear some garments as advertisement anyway...)
Alternatively, in your plain clothes, or... most clothes, it’s easy to be mistaken for a page. Well, they’re all awfully young ladies–have a sense of humor! Don’t let it rankle you too bad... or do?
Guild business is in high demand now especially, with most specialties being sought after by a monarch-to-be for one reason or another.
♔ Crafters are highly sought after, especially those who specialize in adornments. Won’t you make them some hair ornaments that bloom just like true roses?
♔ Warriors are being asked to fulfill more bodyguard roles. You know! Just like in their romance novels…
♔ Scholars are being asked to fulfill divinations—how good are you at fortune tellings? The future of their kingdoms are prosperous, aren’t they? Aren’t they?
♔ Wanderers are being requested as tour guides and escorts. They have a higher chance of being mistaken for pages. Sorry.
♔ Menders must clean up after everyone’s messes, as usual. Stained gowns, broken hairpins, the occasional sprain of a princess fallen out of a tree (we told her not to!)—you name it.
♔ Warriors are being asked to fulfill more bodyguard roles. You know! Just like in their romance novels…
♔ Scholars are being asked to fulfill divinations—how good are you at fortune tellings? The future of their kingdoms are prosperous, aren’t they? Aren’t they?
♔ Wanderers are being requested as tour guides and escorts. They have a higher chance of being mistaken for pages. Sorry.
♔ Menders must clean up after everyone’s messes, as usual. Stained gowns, broken hairpins, the occasional sprain of a princess fallen out of a tree (we told her not to!)—you name it.
1. Questboard
The quest board at the guild hub has been updated with the latest patch! Excited players are gathered around to collect new bounties, which are open to all. The guild hub also provides a useful bestiary, which is readily accessible by guild members via crystals.
2. Dungeon Crawl - Guild Hub Catacombs
Welcome to your first limited time domain! Princess Andalina is the belle of the ball, and the one organizing the royal slumber party... when she's suddenly attacked by robed figures in the Guild Hub! It's your job to escort her safely through some secret underground catacombs so that she might be smuggled aboard an airship and escape–though naturally, there's a catch.
Task: Escort Princess Andalina Quartzrosen Pili Majesteria the Third
Reward: Daiya, diamond jewelry of choice.
Chamber 1: Once Upon a Time...
Right in front of your eyes, the exhausted Princess suddenly transforms… into a beautiful diamond? Housed in a necklace, it seems that this icy stone is her dormant form, and is entrusted to players for safekeeping. Dungeon party members will be given roles in the first chamber: knight or princess. Knights will be in charge of defeating foes; princesses will have to wear the enchanted stone and keep it intact. If princesses are hurt, the stone will be damaged. If they're grievously injured or killed, the stone will be destroyed outright.
Additionally, knights will find themselves buffed overall and invulnerable to damage. But it's not that convenient–princesses will sustain any injuries meant for their knights. In RPG terms, princesses serve as the HP for all members of their parties.
It's imperative to keep moving to avoid the incoming assassins, though that's easier said than done: some of the hallways are incredibly narrow, there's constant forks and uneven terrain, and the darkness is thick and suffocating. It'll be easier to stay close–or maybe even get a piggyback ride? A princess carry, if you will? It's easy mana!
Chamber 2: A Sticky Situation
The catacombs are damp and stale–and of course, in their neglect, they're teeming with danger. The pitch black corridors make it easy to stumble into giant spiderwebs, which are nearly impossible to escape alone, though they can be burned or otherwise destroyed with some help. The webbing itself is weaved with magic, and will quickly drain the mana of anyone trapped within.
But where there's spiderwebs, there's bound to be… spiders! Careless knights and princesses may find themselves kidnapped and carried away by these hunters, which can attack with sharp barbs and acid that lingers on every surface. Knights are invulnerable, but can still be incapacitated by webbing–be careful!
Chamber 3: Sins of our Daughters
The light is at the end of the literal tunnel, but one obstacle remains: the young leader of the assassins who introduces herself as Nina.
Nina doesn't attack outright, instead first explaining Andalina's crimes against her kingdom, and her desire for justice. Proudful and grieving, Nina will only accept Andalina's death, but nevertheless offers the players a choice:
Destroy Andalina: By deliberately injuring a party's princess, Andalina's crystal will be destroyed, and she'll be killed. Nina will thank the party and slip away without another word, looking wearied.
Save Andalina: Protecting Andalina will cause Nina to attack, leading to a boss battle.
BOSS: Nina the Emerald
HP: 10000
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Weakness: Water, despots
Resistance: Earth
Attacks
Defeating her can be as "simple" as beating her in a fight before the party sustains too much damage, but there's also a large, deep lagoon in this chamber. If you can make Nina sink like a stone, the water might be enough to dispatch her permanently…
HP: 10000
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Weakness: Water, despots
Resistance: Earth
Attacks
- Crystal Cage: Summons giant, emerald shards to create walls, isolating party members.
- Shatter: Anything her knives touch turns temporarily into crystal, including limbs and portions of flesh. Nina will often throw these knives, though she can also be turned to stone using them. Payback's a bitch!
Defeating her can be as "simple" as beating her in a fight before the party sustains too much damage, but there's also a large, deep lagoon in this chamber. If you can make Nina sink like a stone, the water might be enough to dispatch her permanently…
G̴̮͇̽ĺ̶̻͉̓͝i̷̜͓̙̊t̵̤̄́̏c̶̝̘̃̉̀h̶̯͓͘i̶̖͙̭͆ń̷̻̦̘g̶͐͒͜ͅ: Occasionally throughout the dungeon, including during this boss fight, the role between princesses and knights can switch without warning! Don't get too comfortable.
In the end, only one of the two girls can survive. While others may view this as just a cutscene in a game, to PCs, something about both these women feels quite real. Claim your reward, and step into the glowing portal that will teleport you back to the dungeon entrance. Players may thread any number of outcomes, but can only report one of their threads here for rewards!
OOC Notes
March's OOC Event Plotting Post is also here for your reference!
Please look forward to our next gamewide mingle for Dodo's Doki Doki White Day Auction on Friday, March 17th.
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It's not the person, it's the circumstances. Call me a fool, but I'm not giving up on this one without a fight. Maybe a couple.
[ They've been through literal Hell and back, what kind of partner would she be if she was ready to throw in the towel this early in the game. Or ever. ]
But hey, I thought you were too busy for relationships. Seems like you might know a little more than you let on, hm? [ Deflection time! ]
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[still though, she can offer up a smile - easy teasing is simpler for her to fall into step with.]
You sound like a maiden in love though. I could almost be jealous!
[she's not! but that's part of the teasing....]
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[ Ah yes, this is much more her speed. Well, until Rin drops the L word. Her smile pulls thin as she puts up her hands defensively. It's not like that?! They were only together a few months as far as she can remember! A few months, filled to the brim with a healthy dose of Shared Trauma. It's not that serious.......
And yes her ears are always a little pink, that's her story and she's sticking to it. ]
Oh come on, what part of this face says maiden to you?
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[as if rin even knows how to define her own type.... there's only one person who's come up consistently when her heart does its little flip thing - but that's far out of reach for her now. it's better for her to step aside so others can enjoy those soft feelings.
but she hums thoughtfully as she makes play at examining hibiki's face, like she's reeeaaally thinking about it... and then she'll lift her hand and draw a little circle with her pointer finger!
indicating to
all of her face!]
Maybe about that much?
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[ Give her any excuse to ham it up and Hibiki will take it without question. Besides, as far as she can tell, Rin's still young so she has plenty of time to figure out what makes her heart do a doki. Hopefully she isn't into shounen idiots like Hibiki is.
ripShe sees where this is going as soon as Rin starts tracing a circle in the air, and she briefly presses her lips together to keep herself from giggling. ]
What? All of this? [ She redraws the circle with her index finger, feigning extreme disbelief. ] Wow, they've really lowered the bar on what a maiden's supposed to look like. Didn't know they could have eye bags. Don't they usually get too much sleep?
[ Looking at you, Snow White and Briar Rose. ]
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[True Love? yea ok. rin would be more interested in just finding someone good enough to temporarily date to win a bet than think about anything so grand and lofty.
but she grins a little bit even at hibiki's response, nodding with a very arrogant certainty.]
You're twisting it the wrong way - who wants a lazybones who wastes the day away? A plucky, hardworking maiden trying to make her way through the world is far better if you ask me. I'd be more likely to root for someone like that.
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[ Wow that just. Slipped out. Her eyes widening a bit, an awkward silence hanging heavy, Hibiki considers finding the closest heavy object and hiding under it. Shit. Shit, say something! Anything!
Cue the most stiff laughter ever. ]
I'm kidding, I'm kidding! That'd be pretty wild though, right? Seeing the future, come on, get real! I mean, it always felt like she knew what I was going to do right before I did it when I was growing up, so that's basically the same thing, right? [ Ughhhh stop talking! ]
B-but you're totally right! Who needs a girl who sleeps all day when you can have a career woman and her future bloobette for a wife? "If he can't take me with my eye bags, then he can't have me at all!"
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[it's a Servant trait that an annoying number of them have! if it shows up in myth and legend, she's not surprised if people in other worlds might have the real deal. but regardless, she'll move on if hibiki's uncomfortable. little mercies.]
Anyway - teasing aside, I think that makes sense. Dating someone and only knowing pieces of them sounds like a pain.
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...Really? I mean, it makes sense, but I've only known one other person who could do anything like that.
[ This is totally a normal conversation nbd.
The blonde heaves a sigh before throwing a knowing smile in Rin's direction. ]
I'd bet. I've only ever had one successful relationship, and we couldn't hide anything from each other if we tried. The one I mentioned earlier. We hadn't been together for very long, but I'd trust him with even my darkest secrets. And I like to think he'd feel the same.
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Your mom? [she shrugs a little bit] It's a common enough thing that comes up in multiple societies. Someone's bound to be blessed with prophetic ability, whether it be in dreams, visions, or something else.
[but wow..... talk about a dreamy situation! rin looks mildly curious, but keeps a polite distance in her interest. even now, she doesn't really care to cross that point of closeness with others.]
.... yeah, you're going to be hung up on this guy for a while. Well, I hope it works out for you.
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Blessed isn't the word I'd use, but I get what you mean. [ A beat. ] It kinda makes it awkward when a friend tries to sneak up on you and that sense kicks into high gear. But I haven't flung anybody lately, so I guess I can't complain too much.
[ Hibiki??? Normally she wouldn't own up to
being so violentsomething like that, but it's easier for her to bury personal complex feelings with self-directed humor. Speaking of which... Flashing Rin a sheepish grin, she shrugs a bit. ]Yeah, probably. Normally I'd tell him how I feel, but I don't wanna influence his decision either way. Like I said, it's complicated. But I appreciate it. Fingers crossed, right?