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Brave New World Mods ([personal profile] bravenewmods) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2014-06-18 11:10 pm
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Seekers

"This is Union...?"

They stop outside the gates and exchange a glance. Moments later, the Warp Band network across Union switches on to broadcast a message, displaying two strangers, similar enough to be siblings apart from their stereotypical color schemes. The man in blue speaks first.

"You guys mind opening up? It's been a long trek; we can't all just align with Ponyta and gallop across a desert."

"Though I'll bet Ponyta are less grumpy to travel with than this guy. How about we introduce ourselves? I'm Maeve."

"Ceilto. We're here representing a group called the Seekers, from the branch up in Caldera. You guys hear anything about us yet?"

A short expectant pause before Maeve smiles. "No problem. I'll explain! What we do is seek out information about the old gods. You know, the ones that a lot of people worship or hate depending on who you are and where you're from. The ones who're in the legends, buuut other than that, we don't really know much about them. So! Our Boss wanted us to come here to do some digging."

"Yeah. You'll meet him sooner or later, but the Boss-man wants to start up a new chapter here if he can - heard you guys built your whole city on top of some old ruins."

Both of them look more enthused as the topic shifts to the Old City. "We don't know how deep you guys have gotten or how much you know, but we thought that maybe, just maybe, there might be some information down there. We want to help check it out!"

Ceilto holds up a finger. "We heard those Team Evolution nuts've been around already. If you're worried we're like them at all, don't be. We're interested in learning more about the old gods, not in catching them and rubbing on a Pokéball for three wishes. But you can kick us out anyway if you feel like it - long as you let us borrow your artifacts now and then."

He receives a sock in the shoulder for his troubles. "Arg, don't tell them to just kick us out when we haven't even gotten in! ...But yeah, those Team Evolution guys? Far from what we're here to do."

"We've got a few expeditions you might be interested in, too, since you guys've got some more tricks up your sleeves than the Calderans. Small groups, though - we don't need a hundred of you coming along with us and getting killed when you blunder around and collapse it on your heads."

"Oh good grief. Don't listen to him. We do have some favors to ask, but what we're asking for isn't that dangerous. No one is going to get killed. ...Probably."

The man grins mischievously. "Probably. ...Yep. ...Well, that's about all. We'll be by the gates if you've got any questions. ...As soon as someone lets us in, c'mon already."

"Maybe if you stopped acting like that, they will."

The conversation devolves into meaningless bickering before the Warp Band unceremoniously switches off.

((Respond as you please!  Thread jacking will likely occur.  Don't feel the need to wait for both characters to respond before you do; it will be in and out!))
bnw_wighty_npcs: (Default)

[personal profile] bnw_wighty_npcs 2014-06-19 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
Now I have to learn to juggle...

Nice to meet you, Peter. We'll be explaining all of that a little later, but you should know now it'll be dangerous.
wildflight: (Concerned)

[personal profile] wildflight 2014-06-19 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Huh! That makes sense... d'you guys know they're real for sure, then?
bnw_tara_npcs: (Maeve)

[personal profile] bnw_tara_npcs 2014-06-19 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! There has to be come kind of truth behind this legends, y'know!
bnw_tara_npcs: (Maeve)

[personal profile] bnw_tara_npcs 2014-06-19 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Well I have to learn how to do a back-flip

Nice to meet ya! Don't worry: no matter how dangerous it is we're going to try our best to make sure that no one dies.
niepokonany: (+That's why her hair is so big)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2014-06-19 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but like, it's so far up there, what's the point if she can't reach?

[He grins, even as a Gardevoir scolds him gently in the background.]

Anyway, the temple's like, for all the gods.

[personal profile] yinyangbomb 2014-06-19 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
Not dangerous, is it?

[Naoto's heard of these people before-- how could she have not? So she's pretty suspicious of these people suddenly up and coming into Union. And from Caldera's branch in fact.]
freelyfalling: (B8)

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[personal profile] freelyfalling 2014-06-19 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, Braig's cracking up at "rubbing on a Pokéball for three wishes" before he responds.]

Gates, you say? I'll meet you down there. Now, when you say "borrow" those artifacts...
somnambulatory: (Default)

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[personal profile] somnambulatory 2014-06-19 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
Seekers...?

[That sounds familiar. Give her a second.]

Oh! The nurse in Caldera did mention something about that...
bleeding_heart: (Inquisitive)

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[personal profile] bleeding_heart 2014-06-19 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Investigating old ruins and searching for lost history? Color Merrill interested.]

How many ancient ruins have you been to?
wildflight: (Content)

[personal profile] wildflight 2014-06-19 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that makes sense! I'm not sure if I can get you guys into the city, but I'm kinda curious. I'm new here so I'm pretty sure the guards would look at me like I'm crazy if I asked.
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[personal profile] stahlflugel 2014-06-19 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Delvers are the city's treasure hunters. Historians, archaeologists... those types, you know. They'd rather explore the old than discover new.

Well, I can come let you in. I have gate access. But if you don't behave yourselves, I'll track you down myself.
myfedorarocks: (smug)

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[personal profile] myfedorarocks 2014-06-20 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
My parents subscribed very heavily to the idea that the old gods are still something to be feared and respected.

Looking at the legends without as much... candor might be appropriate. Not that the gods aren't impressive, but there's no sense in fearing the unknown.
bnw_wighty_npcs: (Ceilto Default)

[personal profile] bnw_wighty_npcs 2014-06-20 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
It's less dangerous than messing with Gigas and more dangerous than living in a forest filled with Level 2 bug Pokemon. But we think you can all handle it.
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[personal profile] bnw_wighty_npcs 2014-06-20 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
...Farah?

Or Cara? Tara? ...I can never keep them straight. Yeah, we tried to help Caldera out, but war isn't really our specialty. You guys did a lot better in two weeks than anything we ever did in two years.
bnw_tara_npcs: (Maeve)

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[personal profile] bnw_tara_npcs 2014-06-20 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ her brother can be funny! ....... sometimes ..... once in a blue moon. ]

Whoo! Glad to hear you're gonna let us in! When we say borrow we mean borrow. We're not gonna steal them or anything. Don't take us for Purrloin!
bnw_tara_npcs: (Maeve)

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[personal profile] bnw_tara_npcs 2014-06-20 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Some here and there, maybe over yonder. Sadly we haven't been able to dig up as much as we want on those good Old Gods of ours.
bnw_tara_npcs: (Maeve)

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[personal profile] bnw_tara_npcs 2014-06-20 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, I don't see why you need to fear them. I mean, I guess depending on what the legend says about them but honestly I think it's better to be intrigued by the unknown! Dive in head first right into the sea of questions and try to find the answers to them.
bnw_wighty_npcs: (Ceilto Default)

[personal profile] bnw_wighty_npcs 2014-06-20 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
If we were here to rob you guys, we probably wouldn't have announced it in advance. We have Warp Bands and everything to go incognito, even.
bnw_wighty_npcs: (Ceilto Point)

[personal profile] bnw_wighty_npcs 2014-06-20 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
You can follow us around if you'd like. I've been told we're so charismatic that it's hard to leave us once we've met in person, which is why most people avoid that in the first place.
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[personal profile] bnw_wighty_npcs 2014-06-20 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
All the gods you know of, right? We can do some comparisons and see if your stories are the same. Any Red Giants ring a bell?
somnambulatory: (looking aside)

[personal profile] somnambulatory 2014-06-20 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
...Sarah.

[Yup, Jinxie remembers.]

I think we just got lucky.
bleeding_heart: (Unsure)

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[personal profile] bleeding_heart 2014-06-20 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Have you ever heard of a place called Arlathan?
niepokonany: (How did it end up like this?)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2014-06-20 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He pauses to think for a couple of seconds.]

It sounds kinda familiar, yeah. Like, what about it?
bnw_wighty_npcs: (Ceilto Default)

[personal profile] bnw_wighty_npcs 2014-06-20 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
It's Caldera's origin myth.

[...]

Or the opposite of an origin myth. A Red Giant rose from the volcano way back when and destroyed everything nearby. The survivors waited for it to go away before building Caldera.
bnw_wighty_npcs: (Ceilto Point)

[personal profile] bnw_wighty_npcs 2014-06-20 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Probably.

[Ceilto agrees without much more thought.]

Or they just want to size you guys up and decide how to properly deal with you. Expect spies or something soon.

...

Fun fact: people named Ceilto and Maeve are statistically proven to have a 1000% lower probability of being spies than people with any other names.

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