ONGOING EVENT

EXPLORATION

THE WILDS

LITTLEROOT[break]↻ MECHANICAL KINGDOM

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Partners ~ The Game is Afoot! - The Great Ace Attorney 2

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WHETHER IT WAS DISPLACED BENEATH LITTLEROOT DUE TO DIMENSIONAL ENTANGLEMENT, BROUGHT BACK TO FUNCTIONING ORDER DUE TO DIALGA, OR BOTH, can not be determined. However, this kingdom made entirely out of intricate mechanisms is void of human life. Clockwork gears, iron tunnels, and curious domes make up this kingdom that continues to function like an animatronic music box.[break][break]

Mechanical Pokemon like Magearna, Volcanion and others present in the kingdom seem to be robotic, set to a rhythm or programming like an animatronic figure.[break][break]

Several clock towers loom above the entire kingdom, though their machinery seems to be in disrepair.

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SPECIAL HUNTS

EVERY THREE EXPEDITIONS TO THE MECHANICAL KINGDOM[break]UNLOCKS THE SPECIAL HUNT PROMPT:

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🗺️ SPECIAL HUNT: your character(s) will be able to encounter a VOLCANION that can speak. You must win its trust in some way, for it is wary of humans due to an unknown reason, but perhaps related to the events that have transpired in this kingdom a long time ago.[break][break]

It guards several SOUL-HEARTS that it is attempting to repair. It will manage to repair one Soul-Hearts by chance as it transfers some of its INFINITY ENERGY to it, shortening the Volcanion's life. The Volcanion is doing this in an attempt to find the MAGEARNA it had sworn to protect a long time ago, believing itself to be the last surviving "knight" of the royal guard.[break][break]

Bringing one SOULLESS MAGEARNA to the Volcanion will allow your character(s) to open a hatch on the Magearna's chest to install the Soul-Heart in order to grant it "life", which then can be captured.[break][break]

Instead of a MAGEARNA, you may encounter and catch a STAKATAKA that has managed to displace itself here. Whether it is here from Hoenn or another location in ULTRA SPACE is unknown.[break][break]

🗺️ [b]SPECIAL HUNT:[/b] your character(s) will be able to encounter a [b]VOLCANION[/b] that can speak. You must win its trust in some way, for it is wary of humans due to an unknown reason, but perhaps related to the events that have transpired in this kingdom a long time ago.[break][break]

It guards several [url=https://i.ibb.co/3rMyMVq/soulheart.png]SOUL-HEARTS[/url] that it is attempting to repair. It will manage to repair one Soul-Hearts by chance as it transfers some of its [b]INFINITY ENERGY[/b] to it, shortening the Volcanion's life. The Volcanion is doing this in an attempt to find the [b]MAGEARNA[/b] it had sworn to protect a long time ago, believing itself to be the last surviving "knight" of the royal guard.[break][break]

Bringing one [b]SOULLESS MAGEARNA[/b] to the Volcanion will allow your character(s) to open a hatch on the Magearna's chest to install the Soul-Heart in order to grant it "life", which then can be captured.[break][break]

Instead of a [b]MAGEARNA[/b], you may encounter and catch a [b]STAKATAKA[/b] that has managed to displace itself here. Whether it is here from Hoenn or another location in [b]ULTRA SPACE[/b] is unknown.

LIST OF PROMPTS

BELOW IS A POOL OF PROMPTS you may use when creating an expedition. A successful expedition requires the completion of AT LEAST FOUR PROMPTS, including any extra conferred upon creation. More will be added as time goes on and expeditions are completed.[break][break]

Click on the SPOILER TAG to reveal the list.

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SPOILER: Click to show

01 engage or flee soulless volcanion guards.

02 use the klink line in some way.

03 spot a zygarde cell that flees, leading your character into a sticky situation.

04 experience your emotions being overridden by the song sung periodically throughout the kingdom; conversely, become cursed by the song and find yourself perpetually dancing before breaking the curse (e.g. dampening sound).

05 investigate a broken clock tower and discover that they are missing parts.

06 suffer the status condition, "burn".

07 pretend to be a part of the animatronic robot Pokemon to avoid detection.

08 involve "lockpicking" or "jamming machinery" in some way.

09 use the move, "shift gear", "gigaton hammer", or "autotomize".

10 engage in battle with a member from the opposing faction.

11 involve a race against time in some way.

12 investigate the massive mechanical castle found at the northern end of the kingdom. in there, find the ancient remains of humans and pokemon.

13 battle, flee or become captured by a massive mechanical corviknight that continually hunts you to cage in the castle.

14 construct a makeshift machine or device using the scraps of metal found in the area, or the scraps from dismantled steel-type pokemon, volcanion, or magearna.

15 "the turing test".

16 search for suitable locations to set up camp/base (e.g. underground tunnels, outskirts, abandoned homes).

17 ROCKET ONLY: using the primal crystal pilfered by Zev Harcourt, bryan delarosa, priam conrad and Levy Alinsky, teleport directly into the castle's dungeons to discover a coal engine room. the engine is dormant and may require particular pokemon to power it again...

PROMPTS EXCLUSIVE TO THE 2ND EXPEDITION & ONWARD

18 begin building a base camp/settlement of some kind.

19 involve an elevator ride that goes horrifically wrong.

20 experience the kingdom's song picking up tempo, causing all mechanizations, including soulless pokemon, to frantically speed up.

21 experience the kingdom's song lowering tempo, causing all mechanizations, including soulless pokemon, to slow dramatically.

22 involve the use of a grappling hook/tool and "sky-lines" (shamelessly stolen from bioshock: infinite) to travel or engage in combat.

23 encounter a broken down volcanion that has been crushed by metal or gears who gains a moment of lucidity/life, but "dies" or malfunctions before it can impart any information.

24 break apart a machine or mechanism (not a pokemon) and witness what appears to be a soul being released.

25 involve an automatic steam train in some way that runs throughout the kingdom.

26 examine worn down paintings of an "original color magearna" held by what appears to be a small, regal and unidentifiable girl in the mechanical kingdom's castle.

27 uncover thousands of human remains (bones) in the mechanical kingdom's castle.

28 ROCKET ONLY: use a rolycoly to begin powering up the coal engine within the castle's dungeons.

PROMPTS EXCLUSIVE TO THE 3RD EXPEDITION & ONWARD

29 encounter mechanical tsareena that hunt you aggressively, attempting to fence with their sharp, blade legs.

30 thanks to the efforts of previous expeditioners powering up a coal engine, a factory room has been activated. mechanical volcanion are being manufactured (though they are missing parts and some of the assembly is improper) here; you will not be able to take a volcanion, but you may encounter dilapidated volcanion that attempt to attack you.

31 encounter an automated scenario of an execution where a mechanical tyrantrum is being executed by a mechanical aegislash repeatedly; you may find yourselves caught on the track instead, taking the place of the tyrantrum.

32 either by exploring clockwork tunnels underneath the city or the castle, liberate carbink who have been working in other coal engines for eons.

PROMPTS EXCLUSIVE TO THE 4TH EXPEDITION & ONWARD

33 enter the throne room of the castle, which will summon song-like alarm. waves and waves of mechanical volcanion/chesnaught will be sent to deal with you before the alarm stops. curiously, the resulting mechanical scraps will be pulled back by a magnetic force.

34 in the castle, encounter several books of music. within the books, several songs can be learned: one that can repair machines, one that can cause rust, and another that can cause the automations of the world to pause briefly.

35 encounter machines that have begun to eerily create mechanical copies of you and your pokemon.

PROMPTS EXCLUSIVE TO THE 5TH EXPEDITION & ONWARD

36 encounter evidence (e.g. diaries, notes, art, eerily written messages) that suggest some of the automations or machinery possess human souls. in particular, uncover that the royal family of this realm may have attempted to transfer the soul of their princess daughter into a machine.

37 encounter the weakening volcanion that can speak once more. you will discover that this volcanion is indeed, the soul of a past knight, though it remembers very little apart from the knowledge of the royal family mentioned in prompt 36.

38 a sudden song of the kingdom will suddenly cause one, some or all of your characters to have their soul "transfer" to an unaccounted for volcanion/magearna body, or a mechanical copy of your character (mentioned in prompt 35) with a SOUL-HEART inside. however, instead of your consciences being moved into their machinery, they are instead, copied. these soul copies must be destroyed by you, by something else, or left to their fates in a hostile kingdom.

39 discover a great chamber for music filled with grand stained glass windows, pews, and more. these glass windows synchronize with your consciouses, projecting representations of your thoughts on their panes.

PROMPTS EXCLUSIVE TO THE 6TH EXPEDITION & ONWARD

40 involve dense steam that enemy or ally can use to conceal themselves in.

41 engage in battle with a SHARD MELOETTA in the kingdom or within the castle. the pokemon will shift between aria and pirouette formes, and its song will cause the kingdom to shift and change to use for its own advantage. the klink line, volcanion and magearna can come to her aid as well, commanded by her song. afterward, the shard meloetta will flee.

42 have the shard meloetta's song affect your character or characters' feelings. they may experience extreme joy or extreme sadness.

43 either by defeat of the shard meloetta or by repairing a clock tower, free parts of the kingdom from the shard meloetta's control. particular frequencies or notes seem to resonate off the bells, causing various machinations to be forced into their automated routines.

44 assist the weak volcanion that can speak by refilling its water supply/healing it. with its help and the help of other restored volcanion, help rebuild the kingdom.

END OF PROMPTS

EXPEDITION TREASURES

TREASURES

BELOW ARE TREASURES that can be found in the location you are venturing into. Feel free to use these items to spice up your adventures.

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LEAGUE TREASURES

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ROCKET TREASURES

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INSTRUCTIONS

RULES

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES. A more comprehensive list of rules will be published in each event thread. These rules are also subject to change.[break][break][break]

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• Your character can only be in ONE EXPEDITION THREAD at a time.
• You may participate with all of your characters; however, be aware of your ability to post.
• If a thread partner has not posted in awhile, please skip them in this event. Momentum is important for engagement.
• If a thread begins to stagnate and show signs of stalling, please let shiv know immediately.
• Since these threads may feature combat, please be reasonable with your battling. Discuss with your group if you'd like one move per post, how many Pokemon are allowed to be brought, etc.
• Please be trusting and open to communicating with all of your thread partners.
• Please INCLUDE WHICH PROMPTS you are using in your expedition thread.
• Please have at least FIVE POSTS PER CHARACTER in your expedition thread.
• Wilds threads must have at least TWO CHARACTERS.
• Please indicate in MODERATION REQUESTS how many times the participating characters have completed a Wilds thread and how many times they've been to a particular area.
• After signing up in a location's respective thread, please create your thread in the respective area.

SIGNING UP

SIGN-UP CODE

BEFORE CREATING AN EXPEDITION THREAD, fill out the template below, or use your own. Just ensure that you identify who is a part of your expedition team and how many times you've been on an expedition to this location.[break][break]

[blockquote][h1]EXPEDITION TEAM[/h1]
[h2]FAREWELL, MY FREE ADVENTURERS![/h2]

[b]CHARACTERS:[/b] @tag (at least two)
[b]EXPEDITION #:[/b] first time, second time, third time, etc.
[b]SELECTED PROMPT #s:[/b] 01, 04, 11, etc.
[b]NOTES:[/b] e.g. bringing sygna suit, mega evolution, etc.
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