- Job:
- Job Title: Investigating the Growth
Rank: D
Player Requirements: 500 Word count. Must have completed The Sickness first.
Job Requirements: Must bring samples and data of all the plants, as well as kill the different animals. It takes a post action to study and harvest one plant.
Job Location: Beanstalk Village (forest nearby)
Job Description: After the incident, you receive word from the scientist and go to meet him. He informs you that the plants are somehow connected to magic and that he requires samples, as well as some data from them in the field. However his magic is for research and not studying so you'll be doing the field work. He gives you several devices meant to scan for magic essence. Determine whether the magic is dark, light, or neutral. And another that detects if it is harmful or harmless. If you wish to add any devices you are free to do so.
You must then venture into the forest, killing infected animals that will attack you, and harvest data from the plants before bringing them back for further research. At the same time you feel like something is very wrong with the forest. Not like your being watched, or that some evil creeps here. It almost feels as if it were welcoming you, drawing you in. In addition to the change of the environment, this could unnerve most.
Details on Individual Plants:
Tainted Weed. Harvestable. No magic essence. A purple plant that grows up to knee height maximum. These plants seem to break down and loosen the material they grow through, spreading more of these weeds. You wonder if these are what started all of this. Due to the roots, you may have to cut the roots to pull them out successfully.
Tainted Growth: Not Harvestable. Magic essence: Corruption magic. Something that appears to be vines, but not. Wherever the growth is, the air and ground appear darker, the ground itself appearing gray. Stepping on it for too long begins to burn you, almost like acid will. By cutting some of it off from the rest of the growth, it turns gray and dies, breaking down into ash. No changes to the land it effected however.
Tainted Crust: Harvestable. No magic essence. It appears that wherever the growth is, the bark on the trees begin to puff up, turning into a sort of crust over the tree. It seems that the crust itself is not alive, or infused with magic, however the more there is, the more the tree suffocates.
Tainted Moss: Not Harvestable. No magic essence. One or two trees have already been covered in the crust and the growth appears to have entered the tree. These trees have some sort of moss replacing the leaves. The purple moss is slimy and stings the hand. If broken off from the others, it also turns to ash.
Tainted Algae: Harvestable. Some magic essence: mana. Any water nearby the growth appears to have a sort of very dark purple algae. You can tell the algae itself isn’t magical, but appears to soak in any type of mana. Direct contact with it drains mana, in a role play sense, not enough to effect combat or spell activation.
Upon bringing the information and harvestable samples back to the herbalist and scientist, they both thank you and pay you. The scientist mentions how it will take some time to gather the data and he will send for you once the data is completed.
Enemies: Players can choose one of these difficulties, or more to fight in the thread
Weak: Infected pigs that will attempt to knock you over and proceed to stomp or bite you. They can deal half your rank in damage each successful attack. It takes 4 rank D attacks to kill them. There are x4 pigs.
Normal: Infected wolves that are agile and quick to strike, able to detect weak points. They deal your rank in damage each attack. It takes five rank D attacks to kill them. There are x7 wolves.
Strong: Infected bear that is very durable and possesses strong attacks. They deal x2 your rank in damage. They take seven rank D attacks to kill them. There are x4 bears.
Reward 1,500 jewel
Another day, another chapter of the mystery surrounding Beanstalk Village. Today, Sarisha had been tasked with a job better suited to a scientist more than a mage if she was honest. She had to explore the forest, scan infected plants and bring back samples if possible. It all sounded rather monotonous but she had agreed none the less. She had come this far and felt that she was in too deep to abandon the herbalist and her partners now. Besides, they were offering a reward as always which had only sweetened the deal. Besides, if she was lucky, perhaps there would be a few more infected animals exploring the land that she could have a go at.
The forest was pretty much devoid of anything to be fair and she spent almost an hour simply wandering through the place, her scanners at the ready in case she encountered any of the plants. However, it did not seem like her luck was in and after a while, she began to feel just a little irritated by the lack of plants and began to ponder if perhaps she had been sent on a wild goose chase. Yet, there was a strange sense that seemed to push her onwards and she simply refused to return empty handed. She had not failed a job yet and she was not going to start now. Her pride was in the line.
Fortunately, a loud roar soon brought her out of her irritable thought train and she turned to find a group of infected bears staring a hole through her. Grinning, she swiftly surrounded her hands of water, activated her water body ability and dashed in to the fray, firing water and fists in all directions. The battle did not last all that long and it was startling as to just how much blood Sarisha was able to shed in that short amount of time. It was an absolute massacre, with cyclones, geysers and her powerful spinning blades quickly defeating her opponents. By the end of her opening barrage of spells, only one of them remained and a powerful blast of water from her mouth was enough to finish it off, leaving her victorious.
After the fight was concluded, Sarisha continued with her search until she her scanners soon started to haywire and it was then that she began to slow her pace and started to explore the area more thoroughly, eventually coming across five different sets of plants. Examining with a speed that baffled even her, she swiftly pulled out a notepad and began making notes on each plant, as well as scanning them for their magic alignment. It took quite a while to complete but by the time she was finished, she had identified each one and harvested three which could be tested.
Once she was done, she swiftly returned back to the herbalist and scientist, who swiftly paid her and thanked her once more for her help. Once again, she agreed to help again if necessary before taking her leave.
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