Project Paradox event log

[indigo_league]

Who: Everyone!
Where: EveryWHERE!
When: September 15-21
Summary: Wormholes have been appearing all over Kanto and Johto as a consequence of Silph Co's latest public meltdown mishap! Characters find themselves face to face with AUs of their own homeworlds. ((OOC details here-- Use this log for your wormhole toplevels!))

Comments

[paladinlost]

Luckily, it does not. Otherwise, it'd make many enemies among these waters.

[Like one of those teal and yellow shadows that almost, but not quite, approaches the rocky platform they are crossing before swimming away.]

Unless you want to explore, you can ignore the path to the right after we turn the corner; it's little more than a detour.

[crystalmaster]

Good to know.

[He relaxes some. Upon being told of the path, he watches Evie to make sure she doesn't decide to investigate.]

I think we'd better just hurry on. Who knows how long it'll take to find a wormhole.

[paladinlost]

Easily months even with an airship, if they can appear anywhere in the world or with a delay. I can think of a few locations that would be particularly promising, but they'll be difficult to reach without assistance.

[Forward, then left, then there's a few more rotting bridges to cross. Without prompting, Rosie aims an Ice Beam at a green gator tail that was approaching in a most suspicious manner.]

If no wormhole can be found on this planet... I can attempt to open a Torsion. But that will make things worse for everyone involved, so it'd be best to avoid that.

[crystalmaster]

[Well, that definitely isn't promising. Oh boy.]

Yeaaah, I'm sure we won't have months. They're probably gonna shut down that loco machine as soon as possible.

[Evie helps with some Swift attacks!

Radley winces at this information.]

A Torsion? What's that?

[It definitely doesn't sound like a good thing.]

((OOC: I stuck a Sephiroth on the TDM. If you're interested in interacting with him, I can have him have experienced the Dissidia games so they'll know each other. :) ))

[paladinlost]

[Rosie crouches to offer Evie a high five. Excellent teamwork! No monster can stop them!]

A hole ripped into a world, which distorts the space that surrounds it. It can be used to travel over long distances swiftly, or even to connect with other worlds... at the cost of attracting monsters, of sapping the strength of those that enter it, and of destroying the land.

[A beat.]

Let's consider every other option first.

((Oh boy the joys of untangling Dissidia's place in Sephiroth's timeline! And then the last two chapters of Opera Omnia make things even worse.))

[crystalmaster]

[Evie warbles happily as she returns the high-five!]

... Um gee. Yeah, let's hold off on that for as long as possible.

((OOC: LOL. Oh my. I'd better read up on Opera Omina. I'm only familiar with the others.))

[paladinlost]

I'm glad you agree.

[Third bridge in a row cleared! The next can be seen some distance away, but–]

This time, we'll have to take the long way around. The ledge is too thin and slippery to be safe.

((Taking Sephiroth before it happens would be much easier! But the story was delightful and Squeenix uploaded all the cutscenes on youtube, so.))

[crystalmaster]

[Radley eyes the bridge with a frown.]

Yeah, we don't want any slippery thin ledges when we've already got problems.

[Evie chirps. They'll be safe with Cecil guiding them!]

((Yeah, mine is definitely post-AC, so it would have happened. Wow, that sounds like a super complex story, but I do love the sound of it! Curious that the only attempt to really redeem Sephiroth happened in a mobile game with chibi-ish renders of the characters, lol.))

[paladinlost]

Luckily, it's not that much of a detour. Beyond it, there's a relatively short distance until the staircase... and the tricky part that follows.

[He doesn't sound truly worried about the 'tricky part', though, so Evie's trust may be well-founded.]

((The game does super interesting things with all the villains, either directly or indirectly. It's great! And the last two chapters before the finale were very generous towards FF7.))

[crystalmaster]

((It definitely looks like it was amazing! I will have fun incorporating that into Seph's timeline here.))

... So what happens at the tricky part?

[paladinlost]

We'll need to wade through the water and look for barely-visible passageways in the rock.

[A beat.]

I think I remember where most are, at least.

[crystalmaster]

... Oh, that sounds really fun.

[Heavy sarcasm. Then he pauses, thinks.]

And are monsters gonna attack us in the water?

[paladinlost]

Of course they will!

[Why wouldn't they? Potentially easy sources of food, right there!]

But fear not; Rosie knows better than to use Electric-type moves while we're in the water.

[crystalmaster]

Of course.

[Radley sighs.]

Well, that's encouraging.

["Vee!" says Evie. She, at least, seems ready for adventure.]

[paladinlost]

[Evie's enthusiasm is met by a delighted smile. That's the spirit!]

We'll be fine. The last time I needed to cross this waterway, two of my companions were merely five years old, yet we reached the castle in one piece.

[That the children were magical prodigies is obviously irrelevant.]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley chuckles. Evie's enthusiasm is always a good time.]

Wow. There must be a pretty big story behind that.

[Not that there would be time for it now, of course.]

[paladinlost]

Even if I tried to simplify the tale, telling it would take hours.

[Absolutely no time for it now! Ah and here are the stone stairs. Very scenic.]

Still, I named a pair of Nidoran after the friends in question. It seemed fitting, for twins.

[crystalmaster]

Well, that's cool.

[About the names. And reaching the stairs. He looks around for any monsters as he approaches the stairs.

"Eevee-vee," Evie comments.]