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highseasooc2015-07-10 03:00 am
rebellions) wrote in highseasooc2015-07-10 03:00 am
go big or go home (info post)
Hello, High Seas! Lycoris here with a little announcement thingy.
Long story short, losing his entire crew to drops is leaving Ragna in less than stellar state, pushing him to deal with it using one of his less healthy coping mechanism: namely, wishing for the destruction of the world, which will cause him to turn into the Black Beast to make that happen. I realize this is on an extremely short notice, but the circumstances outside my control led to this timing, so I can only hope it won't get in a way of anything for you guys.
Now, let's move on to explain what all of this actually means for you!
So what is this "Black Beast" thing you speak of?
Without getting into technical details that would make one's head hurt, the Black Beast is a huge monster with numerous heads (think hydra or Yamata no Orochi - especially the latter) that exists simply to kill every living thing. Here are some visual references: one, two, three; these should be enough to give you a general idea. Also, these look just like the shadows Ragna normally uses in battle, in case someone's familiar with them.
What can we do about it?
Fight and defeat it, preferably before it accomplishes its goal of destroying the world! No one likes that.
And how is that supposed to work?
On the 10th I'll be putting up a post, followed byan open log on Port Chance a thread on the general log for everyone's combat needs. The Black Beast can be NPC'd freely there, since there isn't any sort of thought behind its actions anyway. It's just a monster that kills and eats, eats and kills, nothing more.
Wait, the 10th? Isn't that the date of the race?
Tough luck, eh? But shhh, don't you worry about that. It'll work out, trust me.
Okay, but what's in it for us?
Glad you asked; in case saving lives isn't good enough reason, there actually is something you can get by fighting it─ namely, the Katabami's remaining shards (two big and two small ones). Once the Black Beast is defeated, you can find those near its corpse. Or perhaps some can fall out of its body in the middle of the battle, too. Whatever works for you.
Gimme.
Sure, just drop me a line in the thread below and I'll get back to you. To keep things simple and quick, I'm gonna make it a "first come, first serve" rule, with one shard per crew (unless we don't have that many crews left, I guess). I'll randomize the size of the shard you'll be getting, too, for the sake of fairness.
Can we punch Ragna in the face for all this crap afterwards?
Ah, here comes the tricky part. Sadly, the answer is no─ after the Black Beast, and by extension Ragna himself, dies, he won't be coming back. In other words, this post also doubles as an ahead-of-time drop post. The guy is already dying though, cut him some slack.
Apologies for the tl;dr I've just put you through; if you've got any questions or I forgot to cover something, feel free to comment here! That said, it's been amazing (almost) two years and I really enjoyed my time in the game here. Hope you guys are gonna have fun sailing until the end!
ETA: links are up!
Long story short, losing his entire crew to drops is leaving Ragna in less than stellar state, pushing him to deal with it using one of his less healthy coping mechanism: namely, wishing for the destruction of the world, which will cause him to turn into the Black Beast to make that happen. I realize this is on an extremely short notice, but the circumstances outside my control led to this timing, so I can only hope it won't get in a way of anything for you guys.
Now, let's move on to explain what all of this actually means for you!
So what is this "Black Beast" thing you speak of?
Without getting into technical details that would make one's head hurt, the Black Beast is a huge monster with numerous heads (think hydra or Yamata no Orochi - especially the latter) that exists simply to kill every living thing. Here are some visual references: one, two, three; these should be enough to give you a general idea. Also, these look just like the shadows Ragna normally uses in battle, in case someone's familiar with them.
What can we do about it?
Fight and defeat it, preferably before it accomplishes its goal of destroying the world! No one likes that.
And how is that supposed to work?
On the 10th I'll be putting up a post, followed by
Wait, the 10th? Isn't that the date of the race?
Tough luck, eh? But shhh, don't you worry about that. It'll work out, trust me.
Okay, but what's in it for us?
Glad you asked; in case saving lives isn't good enough reason, there actually is something you can get by fighting it─ namely, the Katabami's remaining shards (two big and two small ones). Once the Black Beast is defeated, you can find those near its corpse. Or perhaps some can fall out of its body in the middle of the battle, too. Whatever works for you.
Gimme.
Sure, just drop me a line in the thread below and I'll get back to you. To keep things simple and quick, I'm gonna make it a "first come, first serve" rule, with one shard per crew (unless we don't have that many crews left, I guess). I'll randomize the size of the shard you'll be getting, too, for the sake of fairness.
Can we punch Ragna in the face for all this crap afterwards?
Ah, here comes the tricky part. Sadly, the answer is no─ after the Black Beast, and by extension Ragna himself, dies, he won't be coming back. In other words, this post also doubles as an ahead-of-time drop post. The guy is already dying though, cut him some slack.
Apologies for the tl;dr I've just put you through; if you've got any questions or I forgot to cover something, feel free to comment here! That said, it's been amazing (almost) two years and I really enjoyed my time in the game here. Hope you guys are gonna have fun sailing until the end!
ETA: links are up!