Event 2: Blurry Vision

[letsplayamod]

[The morning of Wednesday starts with a distant commotion. As much as you can hear from your rooms. Scrambling out, you might catch a strange sight: a couple horses, and even a pegasus, had managed to reach the first floor. They were rapidly leaving that floor too, sprinting out into the open area with a clear sense of panic.

Whatever's the matter, it sounds like it's coming from deep within the temple. Investigate?]

Comments

[cannotunravel]

Ferdinand!

[Look, first things first: call for someone to deal with the horses]

[markofnobility]

[he runs in from outside where he was working with Derick as usual. Only to see fucking horses in the main temple area!

His cursing is not very noble but we won't judge him]

Leave them to me!

[sweetsynergy]

Oh, motherHUGGER-

[Yeah let's head for the temple, this can't possibly go badly right?]

[letsplayamod]

[Surely not!

The commotion is happening on the second floor and whatever it is, it sounds big. And the horses did not care for it one bit. That goes doubly for the horses still stuck on the floor when your reach it. At least they won't be alone in whatever this is.

And what is it? Well, you know that large door in the hallways, blocking your entrance? It's been wrenched open. It rests against the wall now, bent and twisted. And what was capable of doing that was standing in the now-open doorway, glowering down at the first responders with one evil eye.]

[raisethemoon]

Aaaaaa - who let these out?

[ She is just automatically shying away and going in the direction where horses are not! Deeper into the temple, apparently! ]

[phototraces]

They probably broke loose—shit—there’s an earthquake!

[Oh fuck]

[eeeonetwothree]

[ Omega starts rocketing towards the deeper parts of the temple immediately; he’s the group’s protector, their vanguard, so by his logic, he should meet any danger first.

Shame he doesn’t have any weapons except his fists, huh? ]

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark's peaking out from his room, looking bleary eyed and definitely wearing a Tauros shirt with some tie-dye pants that may or may not have Juicy emblazoned on the backside]

What happened--

[eeeonetwothree]

QUARK!

[ Here comes Omega rocketing up like he’s gonna drag you off again- ]

…IT IS BEST YOU STAY IN YOUR ROOM. I WILL INVESTIGATE ANY POTENTIAL DISTURBANCE.

[rockymountaindie]

[ Passing Quark, walking quickly toward the temple— ]

Horses are freaking out, something's goin' wrong.

[pariunt]

[Well. Looks like Ferdinand has the horses covered.

So off to the temple he goes!]

[threeapplestall]

Time for the Great Detective Mortis-chan to strut her stuff~

[and she just goes DIRECTLY toward where the horses were running away from. because of course she does]

[yourheroine]

Inspect away, Miss Detective!

[Aoi's playing along for this one.]

[fillets]

[ yeah i'mma level with you guys she's still in the tree from the top level yesterday. she may have come down and back up later, she may have slept there, who can say!

HOWEVER thanks to the energy reading she can tell that something's going down! Down the tree and to the temple she goes. ]

[stringup]

[ Ferdinand (probably) has the horses handled, so Velvet is going straight down along with the others to check on the commotion. ]

[yourheroine]

Boop boop?

[Something scared the horses? Must be a potential event! Since finding event flags is still the best way Aoi knows how to advance "Operation Roll Back the Murdergame," she's heading to the temple.]

[necromants]

[Well of course he's headed to the temple as well! Gotta figure out what's causing today's chaos, right?]

[taintedfayth]

[Seymour is on his way to investigate as well because he does not trust the rest of you not to need a healer--]

[catsgothistongue]

[Obv he's rushing in the temple to see wtf is going on now]

[brokenhabit]

[ She had already left her room before this all started so no vines trying to lock her in her room this time!!!

…Even if all her survival instincts are telling her to stay away she’s still going. ]

BOSS FIGHT: Cyclops

[letsplayamod]

Round 1

[letsplayamod]

[The cyclops roars, obviously as unhappy about this whole situation as you must be.

As it reaches for something around the side of the door, you have a chance to act. Roll 1d20 to decide how quickly you can leap into action.]

Round 2

[letsplayamod]

[A good attempt...!

The cyclops rears up again, holding chunks of what appears to be a statue in its large fist. It reaches back and hurls these chunks at the assembling gods.

Rolls 10-20 will avoid the attack, 10-5 will suffer some damage, and 5-1 will be incapacitated for a round.]

Round 3 1/2

[letsplayamod]

[While the attack was quick and caught a few of you off your guard, the assembled godlings have been able to bounce back with a strong defense and some fierce attacks of your own. A combination of quick strikes, lasers, and returned chunk of rock slap into the cyclops and knock it back into the room behind it.

For the moment, you've got it on the defensive so there's plenty of time to act. What's more, it turns out this room you've previous been closed out of is absolutely stocked with weapons. Hopefully, that can be an advantage.

Speaking of advantages...]

Epilogue

[letsplayamod]

[To put it to a point, you have persevered once again.

Another flurry of blows, rained down by godly might, and the cyclops is already breaking apart into a cloud of rapidly dissipating smoke. Aglaea leads the final assault, and Ranma is the one to finish it off, his/her winds rip whats left of the beast to pieces, and you are finally free to take a breath.

You are, however, still covered in it's eye stuffs. But we take these victories.]

[literarybehemoth]

[...well, so he doesn't get too eepy, he changes back and is very... soggy and bedraggled. he's very obviously a considerable amount of fur by volume and therefore his apparent mass has decreased considerably. WET CAT WET CAT WET CAT...]

...

So what on earth was that about?