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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?
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, your characters will not reap the rewards of the quest OR raise their rapport with Cree or Voss, respectively.
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, we cannot give you a specific result.
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: Pillars of the Community
Description: The Temples have been quiet since the outbreak of rioting weeks ago. Suffering minimal damage, the building itself has undergone repairs and reopened to the public already. In an effort to boost community morale, Overseer Voss has put out a call for teachers, but not just the kind who teach in formal schools; if you have a skill, whether it be combat, magic, or something more rustic like carpentry or sewing, Voss requests your presence as a volunteer teacher at the Temples in the coming months. The task is simple: teach others your skill and share your passion. You will be provided with class space, either indoors or in the Temple gardens (your choice), and you may go as in-depth as you like!
Voss is also offering a second go at the Temples's magic, colored crystals as seen in the Safe Haven quest. Specifically, his personal interest in the refugees has led him to extend the generous of offer of allowing those who worked with the crystals previously to teach other refugees how to use them, and what each color crystal does. The different powers and possible problems with each crystal can be found HERE. An acolyte, when distributing the crystals, may comment that they seem richer in color now... and you may notice that their magic is much stronger on Temple grounds. Try not to make a mess!
Dates available: April 14th - May 16th
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited. However, if you are considering doing this quest multiple times, please consider combining your groups.
Follow-up quest: None at this time.
Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: Submit your qualifying thread to be considered successful. As long as there isn't any property damage, you're good. (If you want your character to do poorly, they simply won't be asked to teach that lesson again, but they'll still get paid for their time.)
Tips & tricks: This one's up to you! You may enlist the aid of Temple acolytes for use as demonstration dummies or assistants, if you want; many of them will be eager to volunteer and learn something new and "exotic." You may also advertise around town for your personal class, as the call Voss puts out is only for people to teach, without specifics.
RESTRICTIONS: None for player-designed classes, crystal classes can be attended by anyone but taught only by those who completed Safe Haven.
REWARD: 50 silver per class; you may assume all teacher volunteers are welcomed back to the Temples for additional classes, if you want to come again! Those who complete a crystal class and submit a qualifying thread will be allowed to take home one crystal of their choice.
Quest: Actual Pillars, Outside the Community
Description: In the Edrathe Ruins, where Overseer Voss has suggested crystals be harvested from a certain cave, there are... pillars. Stone pillars surrounding a stone circle, perhaps for ceremony of some kind, perhaps for something else; time has chipped away at these structures, but the size and might of the pillars in their greatest days can still be felt from what pieces remain. And the stones are carved with writing and pictures, some that look like they tell a story, some that seem completely unrelated to the rest around them. The stone circle on the ground is severely worn, but the faint remains of a series of carved circles rippling out from its center point can still be seen, and each circle contains a different series of etched lettering—or what you think is lettering, anyway. The language is too old to understand.
The Edrathe Ruins are spoken of as a place once dragon-blessed, where Mother Thesa was honored highly, and which then fell to abandonment and disrepair. Overseer Voss, after the progress made in translating some of the Temples' old library, now has a vested interest in making sense of Edrathe's pillars and stone circle, and has asked for intrepid volunteers to make the long journey out there and bring back to him pictures (photographs, drawings, not picky) of the ruins for this purpose. It's a long haul, but it never hurts to know more about the people who used to populate these lands.
BONUS ROUND: Rumors about the Edrathe Ruins speak of riches beyond your wildest dreams, resting deep within a recently discovered cave system naturally occurring underground. Under the assumption that something relevant to the Temples might be stashed down there as well, if it exists, Voss has offered a second reward to anyone who can find something useful down there. The caves are deep, icy cold, and dangerous—you'll need to take a couple light sources and some shoes that don't slip, for sure. But hidden in the caves there is indeed a cache of hidden goods, mostly various Olympian-made weapons with a minor magical enchantment*. The rest of the cache is broken pieces of technology, clearly from Thesa Station and not any natives on the planet. These pieces of technology are old, damaged, salvaged—but the care with which they've been stored suggests whoever put them there knows what they are and how they work. Probably shouldn't give those to the native Temples...
*This can be handwaved; nothing destructive enough to destroy a building, but elemental enchantments or something like "slows down a struck opponent" are fine!
Dates available: April 14th - May 16th
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited
Follow-up quest: TBA
Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: Submit your qualifying thread to be recognized by the Temples. If you take something from the secret cache, please report it in your thread submission.
Tips & tricks: If you completed Need To Know Basis, you may see some similarities to the library documents in the words carved into the ruins. However, they seem a touch older, suggesting the Nysan language has evolved since these were carved.
RESTRICTIONS: None.
REWARD: 500 silver for a good report, more if you can make progress in the labyrinth.
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: 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: 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.
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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 (Take Two!)
Description: Deciding that the pioneers of "science" deserve to start from the ground up for their actions, Cree asks that his esteemed patrons 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, and ensure they do not work again. 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: April 14th - May 16th. SIGN UPS CLOSE APRIL 20th (INFO WILL BE GIVEN THAT DAY).
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. Characters that make sense to be involved in the break-in (employees, former hostages in Group 1, tourists) may report their involvement with group members for a reaction, but they will not be rewarded or designated a task unless with a group.
REWARD: 5,000 silver for a successful task completion
Quest: Rockin' Robin Robbin'
Description: The sweet song of many feathered friends have been snuffed out for far too long. In the wake of a recent murder spree murdering the underground's messenger network, Cree has requested volunteers to train a new batch. Ranging from finches to hawks, you are tasked with sending specially prepared birds to retrieve letters, jewels, or any item the trainer specifies. There is a tracker on their legs that connects to app on your phone. However, they are, well, bird-brained, and they go off the projected path and will bring back a shoelace, a dead rat, or the morning paper rather than what it is you desire. Or, if you aren't careful, they may be eaten by the local wildlife. Endure days worth of failures, or give up and face judgement.
Dates available: APRIL 14th - May 16th.
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited.
Follow-up quest: TBA
Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Successfully train a bird of any size to retrieve any item you ask. Bonus for those that get more creative and bring secrets of their friends or gossip from the nobility.
RESTRICTIONS: None.
REWARD: 500 silver for each bird trained.
Quest: You Know How the Caged Bird Sings
Description: To have successful organized crime is to have little competition. Though The Gilded Cage maintains a reputation for being the only establishment of note in recent years, tensions have brought out a desire for looting and violence for a variety of different motivations. Cree asks that you rattle the bones of potential gangs and radical groups with—with bones?
The Gilded Cage is distributing magic-imbued pendants made from the remains of dragon bones in a more ancient, altered version of the Volkkran Pact. Drawing from the abilities of Cree himself, those in possession of the pendants will possess a new skillset... at the cost of performing his tasks. Use them to rig the fights of Flona Cove in your favor, stop the raiding of shopkeeps under the Cage's protection, or even raid a cache of gems from the Temple acolytes. If it snuffs out any ambitions of violence, you both win, right? The different powers and possible problems with each pendant can be found HERE.
But in light of the recent kidnappings, Cree offers what the guard does not: revenge. You may use his tools to track down those who have wronged you, those who have gotten away, if you offer him something in return. Will you seek out those that have tormented your fellow refugees and deliver a taste of their own medicine.
Dates available: April 14th - May 16th.
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited
Follow-up quest: N/A
Tips & tricks: The actions taken with the pendants do not necessarily have to be shady in nature, if your character has the creativity to find a loophole. The Gilded Cage thrives off of information—if you present something of value, Cree will allow you to use the pendants for your own purposes.
RESTRICTIONS: None.
REWARD: 1,000 silver per delivery of information, money, or hostage in.
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 any 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.
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QUEST SUBMISSIONS
*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!
SAMPLE
CHARACTERS INVOLVED Cree & Voss
LINK: Here
SUMMARY: Despite their differences, Cree and Voss eventually uncover the solution to the famous Monty Hall Problem.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Mephisto Pheles, Peter Nureyev
LINK: Link
SUMMARY: As a participant of the Safe Haven quest, Mephisto was allowed to teach a class on the crystals, and demonstrated some of their abilities and limitations to Peter. Additionally, Mephisto will be taking a blue crystal for teaching the course!
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Cain & Takasugi
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Takasugi uses his connections to sneak them into contact with the Olympian group of kidnappers he'd cooperated with and who'd previously kidnapped and tortured Cain. Fun times! They're able to gather information to bring back to Cree. Takasugi behaves himself (i.e. no deaths and minimal violence) so that he can potentially maintain future relationships with the radicals and can keep to his deal with Cain; Cain suspects that Takasugi's motives aren't pure, but since Takasugi is technically doing what he wants, he can't do anything about it but fume and once again resolve that Takasugi is indeed the worst.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Cain & Akira
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Despite an unfortunate bit of dognapping, Cain and Akira do eventually train the bird to fetch on command. They also engage in some friendly reverse-crime to return the items the bird mistakenly fetched during the training process, and during the course, retrieve plenty of gossip from Olympia's nobility to bring back to Cree's ears.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Takasugi and Rosalind
LINK: here
SUMMARY: (Dropped) Takasugi struggles to train a hawk (because hawks are idiots) and Rosalind steps in to help. They manage to successfully teach it to associate value with fine jewelry, coins, and small slips of paper. While it isn't the most precise with finding items exactly as requested, it makes up for its lack of accuracy with tenacity. Expect several items a day from this guy, and probably a dead mouse too. A gift.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Takasugi and Rohan
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Rohan uses his ability to literally read people to sneak himself and Takasugi into the depths of the shamans' temple. Along the way, Takasugi rips a page bearing a map of the labyrinthine halls from one of the shaman's psyche, for later use. After discovering a shaman implicated in the kidnappings who is also enamored with Volkkran Pacts, the pair fake being interested in such a thing to get close to the shaman. Once near, Rohan will gather any available information about the radical shamans (left vague for now), which Takasugi and Rohan(?) will report back to Cree, albeit separately.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Takasugi and Mai
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Takasugi and Mai take up the case of a pharmacy being harrowed by young drug dealers. They wanted to use the shop as a cover for their product, and the owner refused, so they returned with violent intentions. Mai and Takasugi quickly put a stop to that, while wringing information on the gang's supplier from them. A shaman had been giving them their stock - the pair goes to meet the shaman outside of Wyver's nebulous borders, and proceed to interrogate/capture him. They'll bring him to Cree so the bossman can ask further questions/do whatever he wants with him.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Takasugi and Mikazuki
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Breaking into the Institute with relative ease (and a bloody finesse), Takasugi plants the bomb he was given quickly. Following the explosion, with a trail of bodies left behind - guards, engineers, and other employees all among them - the pair move into the research lab. Mikazuki is repulsed by the sight of the human experiments, and makes violent work of the head of security. The chest is left largely intact, so Takasugi will take it along and deliver the chunk of metal to Cree, should there be anything of value (an SD card?) inside. After disposing of the immediate threat, Mikazuki releases the creatures in the lab. Some expire, and some run off, but a few meander along with the pair back to the Gilded Cage. Takasugi will imply that it is imperative they are looked after in some way - for Mikazuki's sake.
And Mikazuki himself will speak up, saying he thinks it'd be better if the Institute disappeared.
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Another peculiarity is that when the pair of amulets are close to one another, they will almost sparkle like gems. Perhaps this is Cree’s way of implying the pair should continue working together.
He also supplies some sort of animal jerky for Mikazuki. He claims it's close to its expiration. As for the experiments, he has the perfect idea for them. (No, it's not jerky).
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Takasugi and Axel
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Takasugi finds some bones he's pretty sure are human, and Axel offers to help him dig them up while dealing with any trouble that may come their way. What they recover is about femur length in size, though seemingly having belonged to someone of great stature. Just as they've unearthed the bone, they're targeted by guards. Axel makes good on his agreement to take care of any problems, and Takasugi makes good on his side by letting Axel in on the profit.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED "Alexander Noble" aka Peter Nureyev (
LINK: here.
SUMMARY: very ongoing but! After getting some images of the above-ground parts of the ruins, they get adventurous and try their luck navigating the caves for the overtime pay. After some persistent trial and error they'll hit paydirt—and after poking through the cache like the nosy bastards they are they'll bring whatever choice bits they can reasonably manage on a trip back up to trade over to Voss. (Before they do, Peter will swipe a fancy dagger with an ice enchantment from the cache of weapons for himself. Boxer's leaving the weapons alone but he's definitely gonna pocket any of the Natha tech he managed to spot while they were digging around, if possible. Better than leaving it lying around, right...)
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Peggy Carter (
LINK: Here
SUMMARY: Complete. Peggsy enter the Institute at the assigned time (before 1 PM) in order to intercept their target before classes let out. Peggy wears the glasses gifted to her by Cree after the last mission in order to remain undetected and unrecognisable by any passerby. Eggsy stands guard nearby outside the classroom and the pair are connected by earpiece comms. The disguised sentry bot accompanying the target goes on the offensive when Peggy tries to incapacitate what she believed was a civilian and it calls for reinforcements — two robots that see Eggsy as a threat and attack him. He holds them off in the hallway while Peggy knocks the target unconscious, takes out the sentry bot in the classroom, and escapes through a window. Eggsy, in accordance to their failsafe plan, sounds the fire alarm to clear innocent civilians out of the building and takes out the S-8 and Chasdef bots with electromagnetic sticky bombs, their own swords, and the brass knuckles given to him by Cree.
Peggy deposits the target in a storage shed and keeps him sedated with her own brand of lipstick and turns back to try and help Eggsy, but he's since gotten out of the building and meets her halfway. They collect the lecturer, find the door to the Gilded Cage, and bring him to Cree without further incident (although both spies sustained injuries in the process). Both were careful to remain as unseen and/or unrecognisable as possible despite the circumstances and intend for the entire thing to be chalked up to another weird Institute invention gone rogue.
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historybook. When opened, it can draw out a map of the immediate area, including guards that could be lurking past walls or even of bots that may be hidden or disguised. The downside is it must be studied quickly as the map will disappear after about 10-20 seconds. It can be utilized consistently, but each time will strain the users eyes a little more and more. Though it should be noted that the effects are not long-lasting, or permanent. Cree personally recommends eye drops.Strangely enough, it can also act as a magic 8-ball if you write your questions into it. Though, no one can vouch for the accuracy of its predictions.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Rocket, Peter Quill, Gamora, and Mantis
LINK: Here
SUMMARY: Incomplete. The Guardians have discussed their plan and are ready to enact it thanks to the directions Cree gave them. They are fully prepared to be successful, despite being them, because... the instructions were pretty clear and this means A LOT to Rocket, in particular. Rocket, due to not trusting Cree either, will be sending the androids to the Natha, out of personal revenge for the virus thing. He will also be shredding Evras's things and stealing that file, even if it doesn't do him a damn bit of good. FUCK YOU, EVRAS.
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Another unusual thing they will find is that when they are together, they can summon a shield together. All it takes is for them to say a word or phrase in unison. The shield will not be able to withstand anything too severe, but it will definitely come in handy when fighting. Moreover, the more of them present, the stronger the shield will be. Though, they would probably do best not to use it too often as its reliability dwindles the more often it’s used.
Additionally, Cree is sure to give Rocket the most aesthetically unappealing orb. It seems he isn’t too happy about not being supplied his robot.
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Thank you, mods. This is awesome!!
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Alisaie Leveilleur & Prompto Argentum
LINK: here!
SUMMARY: Alisaie and Prompto complete their mission with a couple of hiccups, some archivists are killed, but they are able to acquire the requested items.
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Actually though the accessories were given separately, they’ll find that the pieces of both of them fit together quite well! This is because they were originally from the same compound before being carved and split. This is why when one of them activates the power of their accessory, they will find that the other half will also react in tune no matter how far they are from each other. While it requires some coordination, Cree has no doubts the couple will find a use for it.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Ana Amari
LINK: Here
SUMMARY: Both groups manage the initial infiltration without being spotted and accomplish their respective objectives. Upon rendezvous they try to rescue the animals that have been sedated by Atsushi and Cayde, bringing them to the Gilded Cage temporarily before they can be released outside the city limits. Ana and Bruce provide some very general information as to Evras' plans, and Bruce presents Cree with two vials of the mysterious liquid.
Additional vials were taken by both Ana and Bruce to be studied privately so any info on what they might be able to learn from that would be appreciated!
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Also, these temporary effects apply even if the flute is played very poorly. Though, perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to become better at it.
As for your question: Most of the vials will appear to be some sort of liquid compound taken from fauna. Though, if Ana and Bruce do their research, they’ll find that none of these liquids are from animals that are not native to Olympia. Additionally, while a majority of the vials don’t seem dangerous in theory that isn’t to discount the fact that they may have be used for darker purposes.
Additionally, one of the vials when put under natural light will show several symbols denoting that it should not be opened. If by sheer curiosity they do open it, they will find that the liquid inside of it will dry up immediately. They will experience light-headedness and a lingering migraine that will not leave them for days as a result of this.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Revolver Ocelot, and Soldier: 76
LINK: Here
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Employing their military training and stealth skills, Ocelot and 76 will be taking a more cautious approach, attempting to leave no witnesses behind. If that means a few people die... that's unfortunate. Though he'd be fine with killing his target Ocelot thinks it might be useful to see if they can get any more information, would bring him back to Cree, and offer to interrogate him. If he doesn't give up anything useful, Ocelot would probably just shoot him after they're back at the Gilded Cage.
Don't tell 76.
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This is the creation of a charm potion. He suspects this would come in handy on any future missions. Its effect isn't large, but when thrown at someone, it will make them a little more susceptible to influence. This is especially perfect for the occasional mission slip-up. Not that Cree expects any of those.
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CHARACTERS INVOLVED Cain, Haru, Yusuke
LINK: here
SUMMARY: Ongoing. Cain, Haru, and Yusuke successfully infiltrate the Institute and complete their assigned impersonations and tasks. With the help of the charm ring, Cain retrieves the Love Potion from Lysa's office and uses it to help the others reach their objectives; Yusuke opens safe passage and steals the key, making use of the confusion of the escaped test subjects; Haru infiltrates Evras's secret room, takes pictures of the scattered research materials, finds the requested book "Those Who Bleed," and takes pictures of its pages. She also carefully cuts out a few random pages very close to the spine to make it hard to notice they're missing unless you know to look for them.
The group will give Cree pictures of half of "Those Who Bleed" and, courtesy of Yusuke's artistic criminal talents, forged copies of the pages they took from the book that aren't included among the pictures they give him. (None of this group trusts Cree, sorry murder dad.) Their reasoning for not bringing back the book itself is that Evras would have noticed if the book was missing, considering the level of security he had on it, and thus stealing the book itself would have alerted Evras to their infiltration. They're professionals, after all, and they took care to make sure that no one would be aware that they'd been in and out of the Institute. The pictures contain more than enough of Evras and Simwe's dirty deeds, and the pages they've provided Cree, as far as he knows, provide proof that the book the pictures come from exists.
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However, if they take on the form of someone they know more intimately, they will discover that they will be able to carry this appearance far longer. Sometimes even for 15-20 minutes. Not that Cree thinks this is a thing you should do to your closest of companions, but... the option is there.