stellafortunalogs | october mid-month event

October Mid-Month Event
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Two weeks after the Travelers arrive in Inazuma, the conflict between the Shogunate and the Sangonomiya Resistance begin to intensify. At Forneus' behest, you venture west to survey the battlegrounds and consider your next move.

Heading west from Narukami Island will bring you to Kannazuka, the location of the Mikage Furnace. This furnace uses the power of the Tatarigami to produce high-quality swords for the Shogunate. However, sabotage by members of the Resistance have led to the furnace becoming unstable. The Shogunate's soldiers and the Shrine Maidens have set up camp on the island, but the two factions cannot decide on how to address the problem. That's where you come in. Unfettered by the chains of bureaucracy, you can act as you wish. Venture into the Furnace and stabilize it before it blows the island away.

Yashiori Island lies even further west. Its position means that it is currently the middle ground where the Shogunate and the Resistance skirmish. However, the fighting has died down due to torrential rain that blankets the island, as well as the intense Electro energy within Musoujin Gorge. Once, this island was the battlefield between the Raiden Shogun and Orobashi, with the latter defeated and sealed. However, someone broke its seals during the civil war, and the lingering resentment of the Serpent has possessed soldiers on the island, turning them violent.

Once again, a stalemate that can only be broken from the outside. This isn't anything new now, is it?

State of the World

The Sangonomiya Resistance have declared civil war on the Shogunate after the establishment of the Vision Hunt Decree. As you travel through Inazuma, you will eventually meet them, as well as their leader. It becomes evident that the two sides are locked in equal balance, and that the civil war does nothing good for anyone... which is why the overseer of the Narukami Shrine has asked you to come. You are unbound by any destiny, and thus able to tip the scales. But to do that, you will need a complete picture of the situation, and to solve problems that no one is willing to face.

No one has seen the Shogun out in public for quite a while. It seems that only a sufficiently grave danger will provoke her from within her castle. The enemy of eternity is change, and you are just that.

Questions about this event can be asked below!

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[Another day, another mission. Whether or not Jun is happy about this pair up, he won't say. In fact it's hard to read his emotions, what with his hood on and the voice modifier distorting his voice. It didn't really matter anyway in the end. To a Seal Knight, the mission was what mattered above all else.

And as for the mission...well, it was a mess alright. Jun was familiar enough to recognize with these kinds of things the Tatarigumi energy for what it was: something that humans had no place messing with. But it wasn't his mission to dispose of the Tatarigumi entirely. Just simply resolve this crisis. So, he'll focus on that]

If we can get to the furnace, I can create seal that'll hold until proper repairs can be made.

[He'll summon his sacred sword. It'd do little good here to hold back. He then starts to head in. No point in waiting around after all! ]

[Fine by him. Anything to not have to discuss what happened the last time he'd seen Jun... as unsettling as the modulator sounds, at least it keeps them from maintaining eye contact.

That's fine. That's safe.

He'll keep his palm against the base of his gun as he follows behind Jun as best he can.]

Are we talking a physical or elemental seal?

[yeah eye contact is the worst. let's avoid that.]

A magic seal, designed to contain evil. However it uses an element that doesn't exist in this world, so it'll be a temporary solution.

Better than nothing. If it gives us a chance to take a closer look without people possibly dying, then we might as well.

[why the hell are there so many fatui around this place.... he hates it here :(]

Not sure if the energy of a furnace can be considered "evil", though. What are the odds of your seal failing?

[He gives a slight nod at that first part. They'll probably need an actual expert to look at the thing for permanent repairs. His own mechanical skills were basic. But yeah, it's better than nothing.]

"Evil"'s just a general term to keep it simple. [In other words, he's not gonna throw around a bunch of Seal Knight terms that might go over Lutha's head] It'll hold, provided you can protect me while I cast it.

[SHRUGS. Whatever you say, dude, he's not a magician.] So long as your casting doesn't summon its own monsters, I think I can manage.

Getting in there's more of a priority right now. If we can get further up the cliffsides, that can at least keep us out of range of all those Fatui down there.

[And also, Balethunder is a bitch and a half and climbing from the bottom is a chore they can hopefully avoid.]

...

[Jun looks around carefully, assessing the area. They aren't close enough for him to see the Mikage furnace platform itself, but there are some nearby cliffs that he can get enough of a visual.

Yeah, probably their best option. He holds out his free hand]

Take my hand.

[Is he going to explain why? No. No he is not.]

[Uh?????

There is a LONG moment of hesitation, in which he has to fight the urge to spit a rejection back at Jun. But he takes a second to look at Jun, look at his hand, before Lutha lifts his only hand off the grip of his gun and holds it out.

?????????????]

[There's a distorted sound when Lutha finally holds out his hand. Rather than doing anything romantic, he more just grabs the guy by the wrist before raising his other hand. There's a blue flash of light before the area around them disappears and they re-appear on top of one of the cliffs a bit closer to the furnace.

He then lets go of Lutha's risk]

That's as close as I can get us.

october mid-month event

Mikage Furnace

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