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BATTLE AGAINST THE STORY EATER

The Story Eater has arrived.

More details on everything can be found here. We will request any thread submissions for certain prompts during AC and TDM threads will count. For more information, refer to the Game Notes.

Players who made boss submissions, if you are creating a prompt in your toplevel or wish to create a designated prompt for your boss, please comment here which will be used as a directory.

I. ON THE MOON

Those on the moon will at first feel overwhelmed, possibly even forced to the ground by the sheer enormous force of the nightmare energy that continues to pour out where the Story Eater had once stood. It feels as if they had extremely underestimated its power, and those of a weak mind will already feel the effects of the nightmare latching onto their worst fears. However, a cold air brushes over them and the ground beneath warms as it pulses white. In an instant, the oppressive feeling disappears, clarity returning to them.

It's too early to fall now, little dreamers, a sultry voice whispers in their ears with a laugh as another sighs, the softer voice like a melody. Quick, before the blessing loses its effect. The rest is up to you.

A. Tapir Calvary. The tapirs may have been hanging back for a while, but they will pop in, all eager to feast upon the nightmares that appear. Of course… Like anything, too much is dangerous for them as well. While they are able to withstand the seemingly endless amount of nightmare energy as if they are just swimming through flooded waters, after eating too much they start to wobble and complain of their stomachs hurting. This in turn makes them irritable, and instead of stopping to eat, they start eating more. Stop them before they eat themselves sick. Those that start to exude a dark mist and start turning black need to be quickly taken off the moon or sent into a dream. If they are not… They will disappear to somewhere unknown.

B. Slenderman and Cupid. There are two particularly strong foes that will be working with the Story Eater. "Slenderman" will be just like it was when it first appeared by the castle, feasting on nightmare energy and using shadows to its advantage. It will be a tough foe to kill, but explosive wisps and pure dreamotion light will be effective against it. Cupid will be insane and will try to inflict hatred upon any struck by his arrows. He is more unstable and will be more susceptible to those who try to purify it with love and kindness. (Cupid will most likely move to attack the town so he is available for On the Ground prompts.)

C. Wisped Away. With the amount of monsters and damage caused by the Story Eater directly and its creations, deaths are inevitable. Normally for those who have fully integrated into the world, like the fae and the dragons, this would have been permanent. However, perhaps due to the unusual nature of the Story Eater, they will be "graced" the same fate like the dreamers that inhabit Reverein. Their physical body may disappear, but their "soul" turns into condensed dreamotion energy and takes the form of a wisp. (Characters can and will be turned into wisps if they die so these can also apply to them.)

🛑 Because of the high likelihood of the original body suffering a traumatic event, the wisp will be extremely vulnerable and has a high risk of turning into a noctaere. They will flash red and black and the deeper the color, the closer they are to changing. Find and help purify them via dreamotion.
🚦 Escort vulnerable wisps to the portal so they can be taken to a safehouse and calm down.
💣 Some wisps will not feel negative emotions and instead will want to continue to fight. Although they are still vulnerable, because their dreamotion energy is so condensed they have the ability to explode without any harm to themselves to either inflict damage on the creatures OR to help purify those afflicted with pure dreamotion energy. These wisps will be gold in color.

II. ON THE GROUND

As soon as the Story Eater appeared, those of strong magical prowess had attempted to erect a barrier to protect the town and its surroundings from the brunt of the fallout, but it could not keep up forever, especially as those who try to keep it in place begin to quickly fall as their own nightmares take over. Thus while it's still safer than what's going on on the moon, the same afflictions can still be felt and experienced.

A. Support the Barriers. There are two different barriers currently protecting Reverein and the surrounding areas. Not only must they be defended from attacks, they also need help to stay up.

🧱 The sand walls erected earlier will stand tall and withstand most physical attacks, but eventually they will begin to crumble and create gaps. They must be quickly patched up and defended as the Story Eater's minions, creations, and those turned into noctaere start to push through.
🔮 The magic barrier is fueled with dreamotion and serves to help keep the effects of the nightmare energy lowered so that most of the people inside can withstand it. However, as those who are trying to keep it up fall, replacements are needed. To help, the moles from before bring up crystals that anyone can help channel and use to help as a power source to empower the barrier.

B. Aid Relief. Those who have been injured and brought back from the moon or from around town will be ushered into designated locations set up for healing. Be it physical or mental, they will be treated and protected by those who remain on defense. However, as the battle goes on and more people are afflicted, supplies and personnel will wear out, so additional aid will be needed. This may even require venturing out to get much needed herbs or supplies unless someone can dreamotion them up.

III. SPECIAL MONSTERS & BOSSES

The Story Eater is using its powers to take on the forms of an individual's worst nightmare or enemy. This could be anything. Below is the full list of special bosses and mob monsters that were submitted by players and can be encountered both on the moon and on the ground. Refer to the original links for more information. Players are still free to create and use anything that is not on the list, especially f their character's worst nightmare is something else. IMPORTANT! While any of these are capable of killing, those marked with the red flag (🚩) indicate that these are more likely to perform kills or destroy the individual to turn them into wisps.

A. Monster Mobs. Typical monster/mob creatures that while numerous are the weakest and easier to defeat. Physical attacks will be enough, but dreamotion or using Aspect abilities will inflict more damage.

🍆 Sinner Demons. They take on any form based on the type of sin they committed. Could take on the form based on the person they face.
😱 Devils. Takes on forms based on the fears of people.
🚨 Garlean K-9 Soldiers and hunting dogs. These soldiers aren't here to help and will be targeting anyone they come across.
👻 Cursed Spirits. Spiritual beings manifested from cursed energy as a result of the negative emotions that flow out of humans. They cause harm to humans and seek humans out to harm them.
💨 Redead. Emits a scream that immobilizes temporarily, moves towards target and jumps on back to deal damage.
🐍 Nagas. Breathe and spew toxic miasma and prolonged exposure to it can cause weaker beings to transform into nagas themselves. Archnaga's venom is corrosive in both liquid and gas forms. Can also swallow large objects. 🚩
🕶 Shadows. Shadow-like blobs and tables and headless dancers and things. Fairly weak.
💎 Zeugles. Aggressive genetically enhanced animals; must destroy the core inside to completely destroy them.
🤺 Sword Retrograde Army. Sword tsukumogami summoned for a cause to change history. Generally stronger than normal humans with some spiritual powers.
👹 Demons. Can hide their horns and wings to appear more human, otherwise their true form is more monstrous. They range from committing harmless silly pranks to more violent and murderous. 🚩
🎭 Four Masks. Drains one's sanity until they go berserk with potential to summon Atman (boss).
🔊 Noise. Affect people with weaker willpower and play on their negative emotions or nightmares.
📰 Xeroms. Monsters capable of attacking, infesting and draining emotions dry leaving the victim an empty husk.

B. Solo Bosses. Some nightmares manifest into one singular entity with greater powers and considered a higher leveled "boss." They do not appear as often or in number as the monster mobs and some may be controlled by players.

🍬 Gumball Waterson. Cartoon character turned creepy due to nightmare energy, but still on the sillier side. Body parts morphing or separating from him, getting into weird places, driving invisible cars, surviving crazy falls; basically whatever might be funny at that moment.
👂 Parrah & Nayo. Twin puppets that are not physically strong, but they're very annoying and are the "like to break people by talking" type of antagonist.
🙍‍♂️ Takaya Sakaki. Charismatic but otherwise a weaker enemy capable of standard Persona based magical and physical attacks and capable of summoning nightmare based Personas.
🐀 Rasputin. Can summon minions, destroy things, conceal nightmares within illusions.
🔥 Firelord Ozai. Can bend/generate fire and lightning, strong physical abilities.
🦋 Valentino. A charismatic moth demon capable of controlling smoke and has pheromones that can attract those to him.
🧝‍♀️ Gaea. Goddess of the Earth. Stronger when tethered to Earth. Powers include geokinesis, chlorokinesis (control of plants), creation of sentient life forms, atmokinesis (weather), control of animals, transformation.
🌱 Omega Flowey. Can grow vines, venus flytraps, plant stems that shoot, lots of plant based attacks.
🍐 Sephiroth. Sword fighting proficiency, shapeshifting, ability to cause hallucinations, telekinesis of medium sized objects, minor manipulation abilities, materia magic. Potential lethal backstabs. (Prompts available within FFVII toplevels). 🚩
⚡ Raiden Shogun. Scary lady with lightning based attacks, illusions, large-range attacks.
🤖 Shouki no Kami. Divine Automaton that uses lightning based attacks.
💃 Stella. Vile woman who thrives off mentally and physically tormenting.
👑 Paimon . Stolas' father, a powerful demon capable of shapeshifting, teleportation, grimoire manipulation, projection.
🧣 Ardyn Izunia. Has thirteen weapons at his disposal; can cast powerful magic such as striking down lightning, summoning blizzards, fiery explosions; has the power to heal; and is resilient to physical pain.
⏳ Kronos. God-like strength, specializes in sword combat, tough to take down. Has several types of kinesis magic.
💀 Nyx. Only has one main ability: cast death. However it's a slow windup so can be beaten beforehand. 🚩
😾 Wakaba Isshiki. Large sphynx with a woman's head. Heavy wind, almighty, and physical attacks. There can be riddles that are pertinent to those who engage it.
👮‍♀️ Makima. A woman who looks normal but is actually a Devil of immense strength, enhanced smell, domination, and can force manipulation that can damage weak targets by simply staring at them.
🖤 Atman. A very creepy giant mask that will disappear but then reappear after being defeated.
🤸‍♂️ Vholran. Fights with a waterblade. Acrobatic swordsman, mastery over water-elemental astral energy and can cast high power artes.
🎨 Creed Graphite. A Will Artist (spellcaster) capable of casting spells and summoning and controlling Xeroms.
🎼 Ganon. Hate and hunger for power in physical form. Can corrupt anything with darkness, will only be able to corrupt non-PCs unless players want to do something with that.
🌋 Calamity Ganon. Capable of creating Malice (poison substance that can cause other monsters or bosses to go aggro) and raising other monsters from the dead. Can be destroyed by any type of sealing dreamotion magic.
💔 Xehanorts (multiple). Control darkness and use darkness as a weapon; controlling people to his will by turning them into versions of himself, otherwise known as getting "norted" where victim gains yellow eyes and is controlled to his whims and the darkness in their heart/they will follow their darker side. Darkness meteorites can also be a thing.
➕ Emperor Demitrius (final boss form). Basically heal himself back up to full mid-fight so it will take a few rounds to defeat him.

C. Megabosses. Extremely powerful entities that may not even be defeated by conventional means and instead have powers that affect everyone instead. High chance of death. 🚩🚩🚩

🤖 Diaspora. Half the size of Dragon Island and up in the sky, it can disassemble dreamotion energy and knock someone out into wisp form without dying with a beam of blue goop. Has high regeneration, but will be vulnerable to prolonged attacks.
🐲 Dragons (Voids). Faces of dragons that coalesce in from the sky when they decide to attack with high concentrations of nightmare energy. Zhaitan will be capable of turning those who turned into wisps into noctaere in the form of Void Risen. Mordremoth will just descend and smash into small areas to inflict damage. Kralkatorrik will fire a giant beam of crystal fire breath that will encase anyone and anything in its path into purple crystal, and they must be freed before they turn into noctaere.

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II. ON THE GROUND }

A. Helping Hand

[ With all the chaos ongoing, even at ground level there are enemies aplenty to fight against. This wasn't expected to be easy, and by now, one might find oneself tiring. Perhaps an enemy happened to get the drop on you - perhaps what could be an injurious or even fatal attack is headed your way, right at this very moment.

Only, without warning, everything - including that foe - is suddenly moving away. Or rather, one happens to be moving away from it, the world going topsy turvy in a flash of purple light and wooshing strands of darkness as one tumbles through a portal that wasn't there a moment ago, just to land with an equally abrupt stop as the everything returns to sight.

Everything, at the moment, happens to be the nearest element of cover, whether that's a broken down wall or some haphazardly placed crates. From close at hand, a young lady whispers-- ]

Are you alright?

[ Should one turn to look, they'll find Naminé regarding them with open concern. The clothing she's wearing at the moment is far more formal and clustered with gemstones than she'd ever don voluntarily, and the deep color suggests a somewhat sinister character, but-- Morgan le Fay's power is worth the departure from Naminé's typical aesthetic. ]

B. Aid Relief

[ Despite her attempts to help out on the (closer) battlefield, Naminé does find herself more at home tending to the wounded. By now she's had a little experience, and so there's no hesitation when she walks closer to an injured party, shoes tapping quietly on the floor. She approaches with flowing sleeves already tucked as far out of the way as she could manage to get them, hair clasped back in the elaborate, braided hairstyle of her costume; she's not dressed like a nurse, but that won't stop her from saying, ]

Here - please, let me see what's wrong.

C. The Fine Line Between Love and Hate

[ It would have been foolhardy to believe she'd get through this battle unscathed. Accepting the risk was only the first step; now, Naminé's got to the face the consequences.

Or rather - everyone else around her does.

The arrow of hate that struck her shoulder a moment ago was probably intended to turn the young witch on her friends. In point of fact, that isn't quite what happened. Although she's been quick to cast a spell here and there to discourage attackers for some time now, they've never been so ferocious as they are now, as she flings fire and ice and lightning from her hands like a girl possessed, shredding through enemies with very little concern for what's around them. All this might be well and good, except...

Aside from the pressure of the nightmare energy, there's something else that flows around her now - a different sort of magic entirely. The sense of foreboding is great as things start to go wrong in ways both obvious and unclear. Perhaps the street's begun to twist and buckle - the sky to flash with colors that oughtn't be there, or the walls to shift into shapes that were never present before, and that might not even exist. Reality - or perception - appears to be warping in on itself, and begs the question whether there's a difference between the two at all in a place like Reverein.

Worse than that, one might find that their own mind has become untrustworthy. Memories wobble and shimmer, pieces change at random; old recollections are pulled to the surface, and new ones pressed down until one might have to question what one was doing here in the first place. One might even struggle to recognize the sound of one's own name.

In the center of it all, the young lady continues on her way, seemingly heedless to the surreal changes that follow in her wake. ]

D. Aftermath

[ Fortunately, the arrow's effects are temporary. In time, Naminé can later be found curled up in the safest place she can locate, quiet and still. She doesn't speak when one approaches; either she's at risk of slipping into unconsciousness, or she's reluctant to look up for her own reasons. ]

....

E. WILDCARD

[ Naminé will be assisting on the ground during various phases of battle to support the barrier, heal those who are wounded, and fight directly. Prompt C can be supposed to feature any or all of the mentioned symptoms of general distortion of perception and memory as well as alterations to the physical environment. ]

[Perhaps he is a bit biased, but Ira would not have marked Namine for combat. Though he knows of her talent for magic, it always seemed better used for other tasks. No less important ones, but she has never struck him as the type to charge into combat.

As such he resolve to stay close and tries to reach her. If only to check that she is doing alright.

But it's odd. The more he tries to run towards her, the less distance he seems to gain. Or, he can't seem to get closer. It's not making any sense.]

Namine!

[ Under normal circumstances, there are likely many people who would feel similarly about Naminé's role. She's a gentle creature in every possible way, from the delicate nature of her movements to the kindness of her heart, not to mention the fragile appearance of her form. In truth, she's far more suited to walking the medical wards, tending the wounded with the utmost care and attention, like she's already spent part of the day doing.

Yet here she is just the same, dark-clothed with her uncharacteristically intricate braid coming loose, watching as flame consumes the strange beasts that were before her a moment ago. At the call of her name, the young lady turns, but--

There's something very wrong in her expression. Recognition is absent, and though her eyes light on Ira, she does nothing to close the distance herself. Rather, she turns her back on him and, heedless of the smoldering embers that used to be her opponents, continues on her way.

The farther she gets from him, the easier it becomes to move forward. Whatever's going on, though, it's clear he has reason enough to be concerned. ]

[The lack of recognition is scary. There's really no other word for it, and Ira cannot say that he likes it very much. Something is wrong here and he has to try to do something to fix it. Or at least find out what it is.

And so he pushes forward, even if it means entering this weird shifting of reality. But he steels himself, trying to keep his focus on reaching Namine. Even if it feels like he's moving through water, or not moving at all.]

[ Following after Naminé at the moment is not terribly unlike stumbling one's way through a dream. The swaying and shifting of the buildings around them is increasingly tangible as Ira proceeds, until with each passing moment they seem to become something different, a kaleidoscope of other realities that flash by in an instant, only settling occasionally. (Some of those places, however, might be oddly familiar--)

But - the longer he follows, the easier it gradually becomes to catch up, provided he can keep control of his mind long enough not to get distracted. Once he draws close enough, the girl will make an abrupt pause, stopping to stand still with her back still facing him. If he really wants to approach her, now seems to be the time. ]

[Before he approaches her, Ira has to stop. Taking a moment to breath and wrap his head around what he just experienced. If he can even describe it. He's not sure what he's been through, what he's seen. It's a wonder he didn't wander off to some obscure corner of this space.

He's almost a little reluctant to approach, but the desire to make sure she's okay outweighs that fear.]

Namine? Are...are you alright?

'Alright...?'

[ Her tone is strangely vacant, almost careless - and wholly unlike her. The beat of consideration is familiar enough, but... perhaps there's a 'no,' implied by her, ]

I can still do what needs to be done.

[ Peculiarly aloof, the lass turns her head only partway, and it's hard to tell much from just the curve of her cheek. There's still some trace of politeness when she speaks again, yet her voice is... hard. ]

You aren't here to stop me... are you, Master Ira?

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C + D maybe? :3

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c, maybe d later!

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c is for c:

c: !!

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