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Side Quests v.2

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SIDE QUESTS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR NEW ONES. ONLY COMMENT IF YOU HAVE AN OLD SIDE QUEST THREAD TO TURN IN.

What are Side Quests and how do they work?
Side Quests are optional missions/jobs that are posted on the Libra Network each month for characters to do. New quests will appear every month around the same time as the OOC plotting post (so about the 28th), but ICly will appear on the app on the 1st of the month.

Players will sign up their characters to do particular quests with another character or in a group. During the sign up, players will give information on how well a character would do on a particular quest (for example: if an illiterate character was asked to read some books to children, you should mention that they can't read). With this information factored in, the mod helper will respond with roughly how smoothly the quest will turn out based on a combination of your characters skills and RNG.

From there, players are free to play out or hand-wave the side quests as they wish! While we ask that players sign up for quests that are happening in the current month, players can backdate quest threads as much to your liking.

The minimum amount of characters that can partake in a quest is 2 characters. There is no maximum limit, so in theory you could have a raid party of 30 characters. You can sign up for as many quests as you like.

Quest results will be received on Sundays by 4pm EST. If there are quests that were submitted BEFORE 4pm EST that didn't get their results that day, they may get their results on Monday. Quests that are submitted on Sunday AFTER the 4pm EST window may have to wait until the following weekend to get results.

If you wish to see the older side quest post, you can find it here.

Please note that while factors like luck-based abilities and specialized skills will increase the chances of success in side quests, there is always a chance of failure depending on how the dice rolls land (for instance, if the side quest mods roll a "1", the quest will be a failure regardless of luck boosts). Sometimes failure happens, and that's okay! The mods are not failing any players on purpose, the rolls are entirely up to RNG. If there are any severe long term consequences to a side quest, it will be listed in the quest info so no one is caught by surprise.

We ask that players please understand when they sign up for a quest, and to accept any failed results with maturity (aka don't harass the side quests mods over it). Should you be unable to do so, you will get one warning. Should you continue to act inappropriately, you may be barred from participating in future side quest for some time depending on the severity of the situation.

Are there Rewards?
Each quest will have IC rewards for characters that vary depending on the quest and how well the characters do! IC rewards will be listed next to the results.

On the OOC end, there are two different rewards you can obtain should you turning in quest threads that have at least 3 comments from your character:

Regain Points: You can obtain 2 regain points per quest thread that you submit! The maximum of regain points you can earn through this manner is 4 regain points per player per month (or through two quests maximum). In order to be eligible to earn this on multiple quests, each quest thread must be with a different player, as we want side quests to be a way to encourage CR. This requirement will reset on a bimonthly basis (example: if TF and Yuff did a quest together and got 2 regain points for it in July, the next time we could do a quest together that'd earn us regain points is September).
Gacha Pulls: For every quest thread submitted, you can earn 2 free gacha pulls. You can only redeem quest threads for gacha pulls 3 times per month (aka a maximum of six pulls per month)

The quest doesn't need to be completed, it just needs to have at least three comments from your character in order to be eligible. It's up to you to decide which portion of the quest the thread covers (it could be threading out the quest as it happens OR making a reaction post after the fact). Threads for quests from previous months can be redeemed as well, but it'd count towards the quest turn-ins for the current month.

When redeeming rewards, please make sure each individual participant comments to the quest results comment with a link to the quest thread AND specifies which kind of reward they want.

Can we submit Quests?
Sure can! If your character has a job that needs to be done, just head over to this post and fill out the form!

Available Quests

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Player(s): Fae and Bon
Character(s) Involved: Yuuki and Eunie
Quest Name: A Torrid Tail
Relevant Skills: Yuuki and Eunie are both in POKEGO, so they're both pretty familiar with elemental critters like this. Eunie also gardens, so she's used to handling these sorts of critters when they aren't on fire. Yuuki, meanwhile has a +3 personal luck boost and a +1 luck-boost-to-others from being a kirin.
Anything else?: As a negative, Yuuki is getting dragged into this and will be grumpy about it even if he'll do it anyway.

It turns out that being part of the nerdiest faction in the city is a bonus when one is dealing with magical creatures who like to self-combust. Having kirin luck on their side really does wonders, too. Yuuki and Eunie are quick to find the salamanders. A couple of stalls do set fire as they are brought out of hiding, but thanks to their monumental luck, there are always buckets of water or sand nearby to put them out. It's like the gods are truly smiling on them. Nothing gets more than a little singed. The stallkeepers there grumble, and will expect compensation for what was damaged- but it definitely could have been worse! Through the power of TEAMWORK (or Eunie pushing Yuuki along while he whines about it) they manage to gather all the salamanders from the area to take them where they'll be less troublesome.

For their success, they get $500 and a potion that gives you fire resistance (not immunity!) for 1 hour. You can also adopt a salamander (without fire powers).

You can determine exactly how this quest went down, and thread (or handwave it) as you please! If you decide to turn in this quest for gacha points, please reply to this comment with your thread once you have commented at least three times.

Player(s): Bon, Jay and Effy
Character(s) Involved: Ragna Mercurisson, Lapis de Fiore, and Noctis Cameron
Quest Name: Paranormal Slacktivity II
Relevant Skills: Ragna has shadow manipulation and claws, as well as high regen thanks to Azure Grimoire abilities! Lapis can actually talk to and summon ghosts, along with having high-level shadow manipulation and master-level shadow conjuring. Noctis has warping, the Engine Blade, and the kind of exhausted fearlessness that comes when you've been up the whole night last night and nothing can scare you now.
Anything else?: Ragna is scared of ghosts despite being possessed by a ghost, though his pride means he'll at least push past the fear to actually help. meanwhile, Noctis did not sleep the night before and is honestly just doing this bc he's planning to sleep on a rich dude's featherbed after all the work is done. Lapis at least has experience in talking to ghosts and isn't planning to just nap on the guy's dime.

Edited (missed a word sdfg) 2024-01-09 15:05 (UTC)

The two willing questers and one slacker come to find a very messy house. When Ragna and Lapis try to clean one of the rooms (and Noctis decides to go sleep on the fancy bed) they will find things moving very quickly. Sensing nervousness from Ragna, the ghost takes full advantage of this and hucks an entire bucket of water at him. While Ragna tries to battle off the various other items the ghost throws at him like an angry, wet cat, Lapis can do her best to de-escalate the situation. Unfortunately, the ghost has taken exception to Noctis' nap and decided to go full Bedknobs and Broomsticks on the bed- floating it up into the air and smashing it through the fancy French windows of the bedroom, doing loops of the house with the thing. Does Noctis even wake up for this? Who knows! If he does, he can warp to freedom, if not...well. He can just enjoy a nice nap. Eventually, they manage to rescue the bed and bring it back down to earth. Lapis manages to talk the ghost into please stopping and by some luck manage to get the bed back into the house. They spend most of the night trying to fix the window and end up doing a pretty half-assed job of the cleaning they were assigned. Richard Richard doesn't notice- he's impressed with the new window they fitted! It seems he forgot what he actually hired them to do- which given this man keeps forgetting his house is haunted shouldn't be a surprise. They make terrible cleaners, but maybe they can set their sights on house renovations for stupid rich people in the future?

For your (barely passing) victory, you get $400 and a gift card for one meal for two people at a fancy steakhouse.

You can determine exactly how this quest went down, and thread (or handwave it) as you please! If you decide to turn in this quest for gacha points, please reply to this comment with your thread once you have commented at least three times.

Edited 2024-01-09 19:18 (UTC)

Player(s): AC
Character(s) Involved: Ritsuka Fujimaru
Quest Name: Bad Vibes
Relevant Skills: For retrieving the crystals, Ritsuka mostly has the fact that she's just so... straightforward and genuinely caring going for her. She just wants to help! Like we're talking that if she's sufficiently concerned and someone's being extra-stubborn she might even simply offer to buy back the crystal just to protect them. She also has that absurd-level sense of smell (thanks, gacha) that could possibly help with finding or tracking down the crystals once she knows what to look for.

For dealing with the kitsune... she's got the animal love trait I guess?? If that would even affect them. Otherwise pretty much just her earnestness. Yeah.
Anything else?: Thanks to a curse Ritsuka now turns into a two-tailed kitsune herself! And while she'd stick to human form for the mission, her iffy sense of control means there's pretty much always at least one tail visible. Which no, it wouldn't occur to her to hide or otherwise do anything about that when dealing with the kitsune, because that would require actually thinking these things through before acting on them.

Unfortunately for Ritsuka, crystals do not have a smell, so her sense of smell is not helpful at all for her here. When she tries to use it, she ends up on a wild goose chase which, quite literally at one point, ends with the geese chasing her. Might want to stay away from that lake, Ritsuka! Her stubbornness does help her find one of the poor victims of the crystal- but as they were turned into a mouse, it's pretty hard to convince them to give up the crystal in question- largely because it's bigger than they are and they put it in their underground nest. If she's stubborn enough, she can dig the thing out but as soon as she touches it...well, she can enjoy being a mouse herself. Either as a mouse or a person, she can return to the Kitsune to try and Make Them Stop.

Animal love does not influence anything with human-level sentience, so it would have no effect on the Kitsune, and they would be rather insulted if she tried! They do make note of the fact she's cursed- but they know that it's different to themselves. It won't stop them from trying to make her think that she's special, though- calling her "sister" and the like. They're just trying to butter her up to make her an easier possible mark in the future. If she was cursed as a mouse, they will change her back, but tell her she OWES them one at a later date. They are, unfortunately not convinced to change their minds on pawning off the crystals.

For your tragic failure, you hear foxish laughter as misfortune falls upon you for the next 24 hours, in your case, you can only tell the truth.

You can determine exactly how this quest went down, and thread (or handwave it) as you please! If you decide to turn in this quest for gacha points, please reply to this comment with your thread once you have commented at least three times.

A point for the dumb dog, please.

Bird point for taking the spicy cat on a walk?

Thank you! You have earned 2 gacha pulls! You can redeem these gacha pulls on the regain page, just please note it coming from a side quest when you do!

You can earn 4 more gacha pulls from side quests for January!

puts this here for his gacha pulls, I'm sorry it's not three comments of "Noctis snores through the quest"

leaves this here for gacha pulls!

requesting points!

Player(s): Jay and Prince
Character(s) Involved: Lapis and Jinwoo
Quest Name: Just Dew It
Relevant Skills: Local shadow couple back with -4 as usual. Jinwoo is the go-to for being sneaky for any investigation/snooping thanks to his abilities and Lapis is the more fight orientated, so if combat happens she can step in with her scythe. And considering their mission involves dealing with a love potion vendor, they'll both have a vested interest in solving this.
Anything else?: Instead of celebrating her birthday in a normal way, they're being productive since Lapis is just quietly vibrating from anxiety and is in no mood to celebrate. There is much stress. Also Jinwoo had the vision about the love potion so mayhap this might help with the sidequest?

Player(s): Usagi + AC
Character(s) Involved: Yasuho Hirose + Ritsuka Fujimaru
Quest Name: Fruit Flies Like An Apple?
Relevant Skills:
Yasuho - Has strong(er) animal riding experience, has seen furbicorns. Wearing 'Magic Kitty Cloak' + 'Magic Horse Boots', and has her sword. Experienced in working with Ritsuka, capable of grounded/quick strategy. Has Paisley Park, who can help tie both to furbicorn with shapeshifting. Can summon solid rainbows (strong enough to hold 1 person). Has Luck Bringer (+2 on rolls).
Ritsuka - Can summon a Furbicorn, which is a Furbicorn. Experienced in working on her feet with 'chaos'/on battlefields, and responding with appropriate tactics. Experienced in working with Yasuho. Skilled animal rider. Has Animal Love.
Anything else?:
Both girls are giving it their all, but they aren't here specifically to win- just have fun. They're therefore having fun, no matter how well they're actually doing.

Per their combined skills (which cover each other's blindspots), they're able to come up with a strategy to rush for the apple. Ritsuka handles the approach on the Furbicorn, as she's familiar with dodging attacks of all kinds. Once near enough, she has Furbicorn jump-

At this point Yasuho jumps up off the Furbicorn to summon a rainbow platform for herself. She'll jump from there and reach for the apple using her sword and/or hand.

Animal Love should keep animal opponents from attacking. If Furbicorn creeps out the rest, well, they aren't complaining.

Player(s): Bon and Effy
Character(s) Involved: Edward and Diarmuid
Quest Name: Don’t Get Shafted
Relevant Skills: Both Dia and Ed are Roof Cryptids™ so they probably have a good layout of the city to track anything down. Edward has Eagle Vision for further tracking, shadow claws used as throwing knives and a shadow tentacle for grabbing and sleeping/berserk darts. He can also talk to rats which they’re in a city, so yeah. Diarmuid in general just has a knack for magic sensing being completely magical himself, spirit form for stealth, the forethought to not wildly rush into things and plan instead and of course, his swords. Ed is the ranged combatant while Dia is the melee fighter.
Anything else?: The both of them work well together already, but they also both have the devil’s luck. Like this is their job basically so in theory it should go well, but sometimes you have E Rank luck you feel?

There are certainly less stressful ways to spend one's birthday than hunting down a dodgy potion seller trying to pawn off knock-off love potions, but who are we to judge. Jinwoo's stealth is a good way to do some investigative work as they hide out in a convenience store storage room, waiting for a shipment of the sketchy potions to come in. Unfortunately, Jinwoo's terrible luck once again betrays him and he ends up in a comedy of errors in there, which ultimately ends with his foot in a mop bucket and an entire shelving unit being pulled off the wall. The noise makes the delivery person scatter, but in their haste, they leave a piece of paper with the address of the potion makers scrawled on it- convenient!! It's not hard from there to find the culprit in the Entertainment District - here Lapis can let loose with her battle prowess- keeping the culprit busy while Jinwoo gets rid of the tainted product. The guy puts up one hell of a fight for a greasy little nobody who makes weird potions- but she is on her toes enough to deal with him. Jinwoo's terrible luck does mean that some end up in the drains but the worst that'll do is create some interesting romantic situations for the rats in the sewers. It's fine. They manage to both beat the guy down and stop any more of the potions being made. Also probably helped sewer rats fall in love and that's always a winner, right?

For your fantastic success, you get $1000 and a free 12-pack of Baja Blast.

You can determine exactly how this quest went down, and thread (or handwave it) as you please! If you decide to turn in this quest for gacha points, please reply to this comment with your thread once you have commented at least three times.

The competition is stiff in the race for the apple. Yasuho's city cloak and awful horse boots are great for climbing up the tree- giving her agility and speed that's really needed amongst the branches. The Furbicon, being (tangentially close to) a horse, doesn't do so well with the climbing - even with Paisley Park keeping them on, it's clear that the hooves are not going to get them up and they'll need to unsummon it to get any further. They manage to dodge a rogue fisherman screaming and laughing a harpoon gun at them, and a pile of Girl Scouts who are just straight up building a ladder of Girl Scout cookies- watch them, they will use thin mints as weapons and they don't care who they hit. Ritsuka attempts to use animal love on the Terrible Geese, and it DOES work. Unfortunately, the only love the geese can give is the toxic sort and they show it by biting and getting aggressive at anyone else who tries to get near her. Luckily, Ritsuka's experience with chaos (though probably not this exact sort of chaos) helps her keep her head and between them they are able to clamber up (helped by the rainbows) to nab the apple. Victory is theirs!

For your victory, you get $1500 and a memorial plaque with your name spelled wrong.

You can determine exactly how this quest went down, and thread (or handwave it) as you please! If you decide to turn in this quest for gacha points, please reply to this comment with your thread once you have commented at least three times.

Dia and Ed's Roof Cryptid™ ways really do help them out here. Sure, the chaos still reigns below, and the illusions are incredibly distracting, but at least from the roof, they have a better lay of the land instead of being down in the middle of it all. Ed manages to talk to some rats, but unfortunately, they are rats and when asked what is making the city so dangerous, the two get sent to the local cat sanctuary instead- after all, what is more dangerous to a little rat mind? The detour unfortunately does get them wrapped into an illusion involving a T-Rex trying to kill them. This one isn't purple but is probably still beloved by children everywhere. Kids love dinosaurs. Luckily, Ed and Dia have the skills to fight it and break free of the illusion. It's a solid combo of Dia's magic sense and Ed's Eagle Vision is what finally leads them to the culprits, mid-bank robbery. Between them, they have the battle skills to fight the thieves back- but their illusions are enough for them to distract the pair and make a getaway- but at least they didn't get any money! Congrats guys you sort of did it!

For your (honestly barely passing) victory, you get $750 and a box of really tasty chocolates. You also receive a book on ancient astronomy and astrology combined.

You can determine exactly how this quest went down, and thread (or handwave it) as you please! If you decide to turn in this quest for gacha points, please reply to this comment with your thread once you have commented at least three times.

Player(s): AC and Effy
Character(s) Involved: Meredith and Lucy
Quest Name: Apples to Pomegranates, Too
Relevant Skills: These two gals both grew up in the midwest, so they know their apples and could almost certainly tell the difference between a Honeycrisp and a SweeTango from a few bites. Pomegranates are trickier but neither is above simply asking for recommendations, even if any taste-testing would have to be done immediately as given their housemate that fruit is Forbidden at Lucy's house. Lucy also has all the charisma of an actress and radio show host to help with trying to calm the villagers down and maybe get them to listen to reason.
Anything else?: Mostly they're just looking to do something nice and helpful that isn't high stress or dangerous. They hope.

Both ladies are in for two excitable villagers clamouring for their attention- desperate to prove which of the fruit is the best one. The villagers remember Lucy and how she helped boost Oden's bar - and certainly crowd her for her opinion- maybe if she can give her choice on air, it will prove who is the BEST FOREVER. They manage to make a pretty convincing argument for the apples- they're a little less hot on the pomegranates, which does make Team Pomegranate think they're picking favourites. There's a lot of yelling and pointing going on. Eventually, the ladies are able to convince the villagers they want everyone's opinions, which results in Team Apple and Team Pomegranate giving very impassioned PowerPoint presentations on their respective fruits. It's in this debate they realise their differences aren't as great as they thought- and an uneasy truce is made- but only if Lucy promises a fluff piece on each fruit on her radio station in the following week. But hey, an uneasy truce is better than nothing!

For your (passing) victory, you get $500 and a bushel of pomegranates, as well as a gallon of delicious homemade apple cider. Do not bring the pomegranates home, it would be an extremely poor life choice. Just don't do it.

You can determine exactly how this quest went down, and thread (or handwave it) as you please! If you decide to turn in this quest for gacha points, please reply to this comment with your thread once you have commented at least three times.

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