quest two | tulip day

[tsunderator]

CHARACTERS: Any and all~
DATE: May 12th~15th
RATING: G
SUMMARY: Time to give Springtime one last hurrah with a quest!

[The same thing happened as with the first quest: Relics all over The World ring simultaneously with a message readily available on-screen. It says,

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY (っ´ω｀)ﾉ
It's time for a race! Spring is almost over, and summer is right on the horizon. These tulips aren't going to last much longer. Find four puzzle pieces in the flowers and assemble it to gain access to the Temple where you can find the special item! Don't break the flowers or else you break the puzzle piece, too! The first player or team to solve the puzzle and bring back the special item wins the prize!

Sounds fun, doesn't it? A note at the bottom of the message has three keywords: Δ Serene Sunshine's May Field. Players who warp to this event area will be greeted by a sunny field of tulips. Each flower contains a puzzle piece, but only four pieces match up with each other, so be careful not to destroy the puzzle pieces!

If you're not up for questing this time around, celebrate Mother's Day at a picnic on a plateau on the same map. There is a picnic all set up overflowing with tea and cake and cookies and all sorts of pastries. Why don't you take a break from looking for puzzle pieces here, too?]

(ooc | Apologies for the delay!! Please don't forget to tag your characters in when you post! The keywords in this quest aren't for player creation use either, so keep that in mind!

Now, for the quest low-down: only one player or one party can win this quest. The flowers are fragile, so don't use force when you pry the petals open for the puzzle pieces! Breaking the flowers will result in the puzzle piece crumbling, too. All the puzzle pieces can connect with the right piece, and you need four to complete the puzzle, and players will have to go through a lot of flowers to find the right combination (who said this was an easy quest?). Once assembled, the puzzle will reveal a picture of a tulip in a glass case, which is the item the player/party will find in the temple in the middle of the field area. Bring this back to Kain at Mac Anu, and the player/party will receive the prize. An announcement will be made once the tulip in the glass case is returned. It will then be displayed at the top of the Mac Anu fountain.

The winner(s) of the event will receive +1 level for this event, and a Never-Withering Crown of Flowers that when equipped, gives the player a 5% atk bonus against monsters with the earth element. Good luck and have fun!)

Comments

[revealed]

I think I'll keep it under wraps, just to be on the safe side. If people ask questions, it'll get awkward.

[ particularly since he wants to hide the fact that he can... read minds... yeah... ]

[mercuryangel]

That might be true, too.

[revealed]

[ trust mia to be understanding about it. he's quiet for a moment, before smiling brightly. ]

Let's sort through this pile of flowers, okay? Maybe we'll find some matches.

[mercuryangel]

[And with another nod, she takes several flowers and begins carefully peeling them open.]

[revealed]

[ and he'll start, too! humming a little-- ]

Oh, by the way, who's the third person?

[mercuryangel]

His name is Roy. He's a bald man with darker skin.

[revealed]

[ thinking... ] I don't think I know him. [ but if mia's recommending him, then it must mean that it's all right to trust him. and ivan trusts mia's judgment. ] He's not from our world, right?

[mercuryangel]

I don't think so.

[Some of the things he says... on the other hand, there's too much of Weyard she hasn't seen to definitively answer that.]

[revealed]

When he shows up, introduce me! [ :D ]

[mercuryangel]

I'll be sure to!

[Of course, maybe it'll just make him party-member-sick.]

[revealed]

[ ahaha maybe /)_(\ but hey, something suddenly occurs to him as he's peeling back a flower. ]

You know, I wonder... Would 'reveal' work on these?

[mercuryangel]

Hmm...

[we'll never know until we try sieg what are you doing this is a mia post.*]

I don't know. You could try it and find out...

[*sieg is not actually a muse.]

[revealed]

It'd certainly save us a lot of time. [ mulling this over... on one hand, it feels like cheating-- but on the other hand, he's kind of tired of peeling open flowers. ] Do you think they'd mind? The people supervising this.

[mercuryangel]

[That would be likely to be Kain... and she saw him back in Mac Anu.]

I don't think they'll be able to find out.

[revealed]

Why would you say that? [ /curious, curious... ]

[mercuryangel]

Well, the person in charge of events like this is in the city.

[revealed]

[ ahhh he catches on-- ]

... we should take advantage. [ grinning slightly, he double-checks to see if anyone's watching, before putting out his hands towards the pile of flowers that he gathered from before. closing his eyes! getting into ready position. ] Here I go.

[mercuryangel]

[She nods, completely prepared for the technique she knows is coming.]

[revealed]

[ time to do a little revealing!

concentrating, he reaches out with his mind's eye, feeling the psynergy hum until it expands into a wide circle around him. when he opens his eyes again, the world is black and white. he glances over the flowers with his newfound vision, and is pleasantly surprised... to see that he can see shining puzzle pieces within. ]

Well, it looks like it's working.

[mercuryangel]

[Mia, as always, is able to share this vision. And of course as I type this the desert music starts playing.]

It does...

[revealed]

[ afdlkjds it was meant to be... he nods. ]

So now we can see the pieces... Can you try picking a flower up, Mia?

[mercuryangel]

[Without actually speaking, she does.]

[revealed]

[ oh, good, so the spell is holding. he nods. ] Okay. Now, to find matching pieces... the puzzle's based on how many knobs there are on each side, right? And the knobs fit together?

[mercuryangel]

That sounds right... but just because that's true doesn't mean the pieces will match.

[revealed]

True. But it'll at least lower the number of combinations we'll have to try. [ focusing... and then pointing at the flowers. ] Try that one and that one. And... that one with the one over there.

[ he'll take... another, and the one to the right and start peeling these flowers back. ]