❪ FEBRUARY 2018 UNAFFILIATED QUESTS ❫

[nysan]

Amidst the two biggest factions trying to influence the future of El Nysa, other groups move in the shadows or walk in the light. In Olympia, Overseer Voss of the Temples of Thesa pursues his own agenda to preserve the light of the Goddess, while in Wyver, the mysterious gang leader Cree seeks to expose the supposed treachery of the people in power. Can you really believe everything you hear? QUICK N' DIRTY FAQ     How do I complete a quest? For the most part, all you need to do is a link to your (AC length) quest thread under the appropriate heading! Some quests require signing up beforehand in order to receive additional information, so read the requirements carefully. Can I sign up for more than one quest at once? Yes and no! If a quest has limited slots, please refrain from signing up for more than one at a time in order to give everyone an even chance. Otherwise, you may thread all the quests you want. Cree and Voss' quests are separate, so signing up for one from each at the same time is fine. What makes my quest complete? In order to obtain the silver reward and any other information for each quest, you must submit an AC length thread under the correct quest heading in the comments below. If you sign up for a quest and fail to submit a thread, it will be considered incomplete and someone else may sign up. For a group thread only, AC length is considered 10+ total comments as a whole, rather than 5 per character. If a character is not actively participating, they will not be considered for the reward! Do I get REP from this? Not exactly! Cree and Voss are unaffiliated with Olympia or Wyver, faction-wise, so helping them will not get you Olympia or Wyver REP. It will get you custom benefits from either/both of them, however. Reaching 10 REP with either faction does not impact your ability to take quests. When do quests have to be "done"? Typically, a quest that is time-sensitive will be "due" - meaning an AC length thread must be submitted, not necessarily a complete log - by the end of the given availability period. This is usually the end of the month! However, if you sign up for a quest with a time-sensitive due date very close to said date, we'll be flexible and let you know when to get a response in. Quests that do not have a time-sensitive due date are obviously not "due" within a given time frame. Can I play the other side of these criminal quests? Will I get anything out of it? Yes and sort of! If you would like your character to discover these quests and oppose what is taking place, for example: a member of the guard stopping a smuggling job, you may. However, they will not receive positive recognition from the NPCs putting out these quests or special recognition from others, as it is already expected of them or just another regular occurrence of vigilante justice. We encourage plotting with quest takers solely for the experience of threading that interaction out. Please list all involved characters under the sign ups thread so we know what's going on! If you have any questions about what kind of opposing actions can be taken, ask us! Keep in mind that these oppositions would follow the same rule as quest success: if there is not an AC length thread submitted, it didn't happen. REQUESTS FROM THE TEMPLES OF THESA     Overseer Voss entreats Olympian citizens and all refugees to aid him in the various tasks of interest to the Temples. He announces his tasks both in written form, found around the city, and over the speaker in the Temples. ICly, signups and report submission will be done in an office on the first floor of the Temples (this interaction will be handwaved). Quest: A Day in the Life: Take Two Description: After January's investigations of the Guard and of various well-known Olympians, Overseer Voss believes he has enough evidence to seriously accuse several bigger Olympian names of outright corruption. And as he himself is a busy man recognizable all over the city, he can't find the truly damning evidence he needs on his own... which is where you come in. With Voss' direction, investigate a high-ranking Olympian and determine just how corrupt they really are. NOTE: Depending on Voss' mood, you might be planting evidence instead of just looking for it. Just so you know. Dates available: February 7 - March 19 Sign up/limited slots: REQUIRED: Sign up under the correct quest title below with the names of your group members to receive additional information about your target's residence! Follow-up quest: TBA Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: Proof of a successful investigation can be submitted to Voss in the form of a written message or oral report delivered to an acolyte. Tips & tricks: As few as 2 and up to 4 people per investigation group. Knowledge of subterfuge may be helpful. RESTRICTIONS: This quest is closed to groups that have at least one member who has completed a quest for Voss successfully before. That means if you completed A Blessed Entourage or A Day in the Life in January, you and a group are welcome to sign up! Only one member of the group needs to be a repeat customer, but more in the same group is permitted! REWARD: 2,500 silver for a successful report Quest: Need to Know Basis Description: The Temple library contains a number of ancient texts that have yet to be fully translated. Part of this translation problem is due to the ancient language, which is largely unknown to the current Olympians, but also because each of these texts seems to be enchanted. After a certain amount of time or attempts to manipulate the magic protecting the contents, the texts will quite literally make themselves unreadable. Frustrated, the librarians have opened their doors to the public. Under careful supervision, volunteers are able to try their hand at accessing the information contained in these documents by whatever means necessary - as long as they don’t tear anything. Dates available: February 7 - March 19 (quest available until the documents are translated) Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited Follow-up quest: Successful translation will be built over time! Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: Submit your method under the correct heading below to get a clue! Tips & tricks: Linguistic know-how and magic will help. If a group takes too long, each document will literally change its text to nothing but a particular rune, written over and over across the entire page. RESTRICTIONS: None. REWARD: 50 silver/hr if progress is being made Quest: Safe Haven Description: While peace in Olympia starts to crumble, the Temples of Thesa remain stalwart... or at least, Overseer Voss remains stalwart in his refusal to sink to the levels of violence and lack of reason that the rest of the city has fallen into. Lately, reports have been coming in that citizens are going out of there way to harass and even attack those who deserted the city in recent months and have been unable to make it to other, faraway settlements for one reason or another. It is these people Voss wishes to bring back to the Temples now, to give sanctuary and keep them protected from the chaos popping up in the city proper. For that he entreats the refugees to help bring these people home, and as a bonus, he will be providing an extra tool: a crystal, imbued with magic. If these crystal look familiar to those who've been collecting them, well, good job: you helped make this happen. The magic soaked into the crystals has made them darker in color, but they are easily recognizable as the same ones retrieved from the gathering sites. Voss' acolyte will explain that grasping the crystal tightly until it suddenly becomes warm will "adjust" the crystal to your person, after which you will be able to access its magic. But there's something off about the crystals; despite the powers they give their user, they seem to be finicky, as if they're still in a prototype stage. Sorry about that; hope nothing too strange happens while you're facing off against aggravated citizens—or monsters! Dates available: February 6 - March 19 Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited; sign up under the header below for details of what your crystal does, both intentionally and not so much. Follow-up quest: TBA Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: Bring back a) civilians, and b) a report of what happened if your crystal malfunctioned and Voss will be pleased. Tips & tricks: Don't be afraid to punch thugs in the face. RESTRICTIONS: None. REWARD: You can come back and play with the crystal again if you want. Additionally, 900 silver. Quest: Preaching in a Material World Description: Overseer Voss has few vices, but one of them is his particular fondness for crystal drops found deep in the magical lakes outside Wyver. Remember that price the Wyver merchants asked for those gems? Voss will double it, even triple it for a crystal of considerable size and clarity. Gather them, bring them back, and meet with his personal appraiser to get your silver. Voss himself might come to check out the goods if they're exceptionally rare. There are also gems of a different variety that can be mined from a cave located in the Edrathe Ruins. They look like milky quartz in all variety of colors and can be found embedded in the cave walls deep in the heart of the tunnel underground. While the surrounding land is barren and few creatures thrive here, some dangerous beasts make their winter home in this cave and do not like to be disturbed. Dates available: Always Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited Follow-up quest: N/A Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: The more high quality gems, the higher Voss' personal opinion gets. Tips & tricks: Cannot emphasize enough how much he wants beautiful rare gems. RESTRICTIONS: None. REWARD: 300-500 silver per gem, maybe more. ( LOCKED ) None currently! REQUESTS FROM THE GILDED CAGE     Cree's tasks always appear in the less frequented areas of both cities. Perhaps you will be playing a bet on an upcoming fight, visiting a house of ill repute, or just frequenting your favorite bar when you notice strange advertisements on the back wall. They were not there before, and they will not be there when you return. The details are vague until you arrive at the location, where you will be debriefed by an emissary from the Gilded Cage. ICly, signups and report submission will be done via this individual or by scrawling your name on a list in the Gilded Cage (this interaction will be handwaved). Quest: Blinded With Science: Take Two Description: Deciding that a brief break-in isn't enough to support his suspicions, Cree asks that his esteemed groups revisit the Institute and see what lies on the lower floors. Under the cover of a gas leak, you will enter the laboratories to recover remaining secrets Evras' employees have shoved under the rug. However, he warns that these are much higher stakes, and you may not like what you find this time around. NOTE: Tasks will be designated to specific groups, but it is every group's overall performance that will determine the overall final outcome. Dates available: February 7 - March 19. Sign-ups for this close on February 14th. Sign up/limited slots: REQUIRED: Sign up under the correct quest title below with the names of your group members to receive additional information. Follow-up quest: N/A Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Complete your group's personalized task without alerting The Institute's heightened security. RESTRICTIONS: The quest is closed to groups that participated in Blinded With Science: Part One. At most, 2 additions or replacements from outsiders may be made to the original group, but please inform the mods in your sign up that you are taking on new crew members. REWARD: 3,000 silver for a successful extraction Quest: To Kill A Mocking Bird Description: In a world of technological advancement, messenger birds may seem obsolete. However, these birds are unique in the fact they relay recorded information themselves. Varying species of birds are not only the Cage's namesake, but their eyes and ears - and now they've come to a startling halt. Follow a trail of these dead animals, and discover the culprits before every source is lost. Dates available: February 7 - March 19 Sign up/limited slots: REQUIRED: Sign up under the correct quest title below with the names of your group members to receive additional information. Follow-up quest: TBA Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Identify the culprits with substantial evidence, such as photo images or taking them in. Tips & tricks: Questionable moral compass. RESTRICTIONS: None. REWARD: 700 silver for each culprit group brought to light. Quest: Playing Preacher Description: In order to recruit deserters into agents outside of Wyver's walls, the Gilded Cage must provide stronger medical supplies than what they already have. You're tasked with retrieving Volkkran items without giving away that they're to be exported. Incapacite the shamans of Volkkran and don their robes on the path to their Altars. Be warned: when posing as a shaman, you run the risk of performing their weekly rituals. One may be subject to drinking from a communal dish of dragon's blood, preach the importance strength in nature, and overseeing the compensation of the Volkkran pact. Dates available: February 7 - March 19 Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited Follow-up quest: TBA Tips & tricks: Ability to bullshit is useful here. Also, a strong stomach. Drinking dragon's blood is quite the harrowing experience to an outsider. Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Deliver the supplies beyond the wall. Keeping the disguise up is advised, but not required for the reward. RESTRICTIONS: None. REWARD: 1,000 silver per delivery. Quest: Bone to Pick Description: The rituals found in the Wyver wilds have been shrouded in mystery for some time - the locals have a notion of why human remains remain pristine, but they never answer when the question is posed. Then there are the remains of proud dragons, attended to and watched over by faithful guards, known to all as something untouchable. Cree equips you with a saw, and asks that you retrieve either of them. Dates available: Always Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited Follow-up quest: N/A Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Bring human or dragon remains back to the Gilded Cage. Cree will reward both. Tips & tricks: Wyver natives watch over the remains litering the jungle routinely. Recovering them for another purpose is a crime, and those that violate it will need to be prepared to evade arrest by any means necessary. RESTRICTIONS: None. REWARD: 500 silver for nondescript bones in the jungle AND/OR 1,500 silver for substantial pieces of dragon bone. Additionally, characters may ask what purpose they serve at the end of the mission. ( LOCKED ) None currently! CURRENT QUEST SIGN-UP & SUBMISSION     SIGN UP FOR THIS MONTH'S QUESTS HERE! SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF YOUR QUESTS HERE! LOOKING FOR GROUP? QUICK NAV premise ● faq ● lore ● map ● npcs taken ● atp/emp ● application ● rep/acp calendar ● hiatus/drops ● modbox [ FULL NAVIGATION ] elnysa nysalogs nysaisles nysaooc elnyan

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[nysan]

[shashka]

so how cool would Voss be with a wanted Olympian "criminal" (Soldier 76) helping to root out corruption in Olympia? doesn't everyone love a good redemption storyline?

[cutefaced]

Yona is 100% going to drink dragon blood in a quest. What's going to happen?

[panzersoldat]

What would happen if the supplies/medicine get diverted to other people in need? I can see Reinhardt trying to take at least a portion of those supplies/medication from Playing Preacher to distribute to those deserters on both sides who need it most?

[emblazes]

if a character fails to report their findings by the deadline, are they exempt from pursuing the quest further? this is specifically in reference to the blinded with science quest. :^P

[cutefaced]

hi again, mods! just to clarify - for quests like safe haven or to kill a mocking bird that don't have limited signups, is it OK to sign up for them more than once?

QUEST SUBMISSIONS

[nysan]

Use the form below to submit a thread of AC length* to report your quest results! Additional information may be provided. If you fail to submit your thread, your quest will be considered a failure. In the case of quests listed with an "always" availability, submissions are required to reap the listed rewards. Late submissions may be accepted depending on the quest and the length of time past said quest's end date, but you may receive lesser rewards!

*For a group thread only, AC length is considered 10+ total comments as a whole, rather than 5 per character. If a character is not actively participating, they will not be considered for the reward!

<b>QUEST NAME:</b> <b>CHARACTERS INVOLVED</b> <b>LINK:</b> <b>SUMMARY:</b> If your thread is AC length but ongoing, give a brief summary of your projected outcome! Should this change after your submission, please let us know.

SAMPLE

[nysan]

QUEST NAME: Valentine's Day
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Cree & Voss
LINK: Link
SUMMARY: Cree & Voss resolve that they are never, ever, ever, getting back together.

[tricksune]

QUEST NAME: Need to Know Basis
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Red (persistor) and Yusuke Kitagawa (tricksune
LINK: here, with a bit of follow-up on this network post.
SUMMARY: Discussion ongoing, but Red and Yusuke sit down and manage to extract a passage from the book before it flips out on them. They end up working with another pair (Richie and Dorian) that's in the library, compiling details on ancient Wyver rituals, very spooky 👻

[beatupgrass]

QUEST NAME: Bone to Pick
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Rocket beatupgrass and Yusei planetary_bonds
LINK: Here)
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Rocket and Yusei steal a piece of dragon rib bone, and evade capture with a steampunk motorbike.

[gekkajuu]

QUEST NAME: Safe Haven
CHARACTERS INVOLVED team nakanaka yaru janee ka Chuuya Nakahara thetaintedsorrow and Atsushi Nakajima gekkajuu
LINK: here!
SUMMARY: Chuu and Sushi head out to bring people to the safety of the temples, and find a bunch of them actually captured by bandits. Bandit ass gets kicked; people are freed, convinced to trust in the temples, and smuggled back into the city. (The latter part is still ongoing.)
Both Chuuya and Atsushi used their crystals. Both crystals were adjusted to their person as instructed, and this seemed to have worked. However, Atsushi will report that the magic of the purple crystal he used seems to have blinked on and off from time to time, though he can't be sure if that was maybe his fault for doing something wrong!

[shikomizue]

QUEST NAME: Bone to Pick
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Takasugi and Yona
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Yona causes a diversion to distract concerned citizens (and some armed guards) while Takasugi finishes sawing off a fist-sized chunk of dragon bone. There might be a direct confrontation as they make their final escape, casualties TBD.

Takasugi will be asking what purpose the dragon bone serves, as well!

[shikomizue]

QUEST NAME: Playing Preacher
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Takasugi and Solomon
LINK: here
SUMMARY: After sneaking up and incapacitating two shamans, and absolutely murdering another, Takasugi and Solomon sneak into the temple. They end up participating in the dragon blood drinking ritual; both appear visibly 'off' after imbibing the blood. Takasugi plays up Solomon's revulsion as an illness and uses it to be directed to the medical supplies, which they'll then make off with.

[notwagging]

QUEST NAME: Preaching in a Material World
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Keaton (notwagging) and Akira (larsenist).
LINK: Here!
SUMMARY: Crystals mined after a bit of difficulty! A few big ones per both of them.

[baguablade]

QUEST NAME: Bone to Pick
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Cain & Yona
LINK: link
SUMMARY: Ongoing. After narrowly evading a Wyver patrol and being terrorized by a snake, Cain and Yona successfully retrieve several pieces of dragon bone. They bring the bones back to Cree, ask what their purpose is, and later discover that the dreaded snake has followed them back, too. It happily lives out the rest of its days terrorizing Cain at the most unexpected opportunities.

[sparsity]

QUEST NAME: to kill a mockingbird
CHARACTERS INVOLVED yukina (thawedheart), mikazuki (sparsity), mai (maipokerface)
LINK: here!
SUMMARY: (ongoing!) yukina, mika, and mai investigate the forged to try and suss out whether or not cree's missing birds being in the trash outside has any ties to the place itself. they sneak into the forge via window and take turns searching for info and keeping a lookout. on their third switch out, they encounter three smithies, who go on the offense. yukina will keep mika from going full ham in retaliation, so they'll stop at knocking them out to turn them into cree alive. they'll also be turning in the order sheets/correspondence with the knightryders, and one of the feather and bone-adorned weapons as proof.

[sparsity]

QUEST NAME: playing preacher
CHARACTERS INVOLVED mikazuki (sparsity), nami (logpose)
LINK: here!
SUMMARY: (ongoing!) mika and nami join forces, using her ability to bullshit and his iron-clad stomach to get in with the shamans. they knock a couple out and steal their robes and hide them (alive) in a supply checkpoint, then accompany the procession to the summit to oversee a volkkra pact. nami will manage to fake it enough to make it, while mika drinks the dragon blood. they'll use the festivities afterwards to make off with some of the supplies - a few fully prepared medicines, ingredients, and tools. while they'll be successful at getting the items, a few shamans will get suspicious of them shoving breadsticks in their purses shoveling the items into their robes, so they'll have to make a break for it using nami's brief invisibility ability to keep their identities concealed.

nami will probably also kick his ass if he gets too aggro from the blood.

[cutefaced]

QUEST NAME: Playing Preacher
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Yona (cutefaced) and Kanade (hurtled)
LINK: link
SUMMARY: (ongoing until Kanade dropped) Yona and Kanade manage to get their hands on some shamans' robes and head right on into the altar to perform one of their rituals. It involves drinking dragon's blood, which bolsters Yona's confidence to the point that she's able to pick up some of the supplies and fast-talk her way into taking them with her. She sounds convincing because she's absolutely convinced that it's right.

[larsenist]

QUEST NAME: Bone to Pick
CHARACTERS INVOLVED: Haru Okumura (frombetrayal) & Akira Kurusu (larsenist)
LINK: eyyyyy
SUMMARY: With some tricks and some luck they manage to bring back a bone from a dragon wing.

[larsenist]

QUEST NAME: Safe Haven
CHARACTERS INVOLVED: Prompto Argentum (punshots) & Akira Kurusu (larsenist)
LINK: yooooo
SUMMARY: With teamwork and corny jokes, the boys (non-lethally) take down attackers and escort the refugees to safety.

[poolhall_killer]

QUEST NAME: Safe Haven
CHARACTERS INVOLVED: Miles Edgeworth, Venom
LINK: Here!
SUMMARY: Winding down at the moment. Thugs have been punched and several people were successfully escorted to the sanctuary. Their crystals were utilized but with mixed results: Venom's allowed him to target multiple people, but only worked once. Miles's let him see into the immediate future a couple of times, but faded out towards the end.

[baguablade]

QUEST NAME: A Day in the Life: Take Two
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Cain & Koltira
LINK: link
SUMMARY: Ongoing. To Voss, they will present: the rescued servants, the secret ledger, and the out of place clothes from Delia's bedroom, and also Harlan, knocked out cold to prevent him from destroying any evidence or warning Delia of what they've found. These items were chosen because they are proof that Delia was involved in the kidnapping; the ledger has names of kidnapped servants in Delia's own hand, showing she was personally involved; the clothes were found in her bedroom; the servants themselves were found. Cain and Koltira theorize that the servants are being used for some sort of ritual or sacrifice, though with their current evidence they weren't able to determine exactly what, but they're also certain that Harlan was involved, considering the suspicious nature of his arrival to Delia's service and how loyal to her he is.

Upon finding the room with the servants, Cain will insist that the servants must immediately be rescued before any further investigation will take place, and all evidence will be brought to Voss so that an official inquiry may take place. Cain and Koltira will request that they be informed of the results of the official investigation.

[baguablade]

QUEST NAME: Safe Haven
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Cain & Percival
LINK: link
SUMMARY: Ongoing. After struggling with malfunctioning crystals and Cain being a party pooper who won't let Percival set people on fire, they punch some thugs in the face (or, in Cain's case, throw rocks at them) and rescue the people Voss sent them to retrieve. When reporting back, Cain nerds out and will, if Voss can't get rid of him, spend hours pestering him with questions about the crystal research.

[frombetrayal]

QUEST NAME: A Day in the Life 2
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Haru Okumura (frombetrayal) and Ardyn Izunia (daemonized)
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Ongoing! Ardyn magics them both into invisibility so they can sneak about undetected. They bring back the crumpled-up papers from the trash with Karin's correct calculations and the papers from the desk with the incorrect ones, as it being in her own hand makes it pretty clear she's forging things for some reason or another. They also bring back the book with her and her family's business dealings recorded in it for the sake of being thorough (and because, although they may not have the context required to know what the dog-eared pages and markings mean, Voss might; the information about her family's business dealings may also indicate whether she was acting alone or if her family was in on it). They'll bring back the letters mentioning "travel" and "perfume" along with a picture of her vanity to show that she doesn't keep many fragrances - ergo, it must be some sort of a codeword, and if any other investigations turn up similar codewords they may be able to implicate any co-conspirators. They'll also mention the space that smelled of gunpowder and the bombs they found hidden in a boot as a warning to be careful when approaching her.

Additionally, Ardyn will be taking the small key to a locksmith to have a copy made of it; he'll be shapeshifting into another noble and acting as though he just wants a copy of it made for his own purposes. Then, invisible, he'll sneak the original key back into its usual spot before the night is out. The copy of the key will be delivered to Voss so that he'll still be able to have his investigators open anything else that might come up if they go to apprehend her, even if she does try to throw away the original key to keep people out.

FEBRUARY 2018 QUESTS

[nysan]

Reply to the correct quest header below to sign up.

TEMPLES: A Day in the Life (Take Two)

[nysan]

List all participating character names! Additional information will be provided. Remember that this quest is open only to groups with at least one member who completed A Blessed Entourage or A Day in the Life (January).