Fataland

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Everyone

You decide it best to sign this contract. Even though your judgement may or may not be slightly clouded by whatever mind alteration is going on here.

"Excellent." The contract folds up and disappears in a blue flame. "Now that all the paperwork is done, I can properly employ you, my little reapers."

There is obvious confusion among the group. Reapers? Just what exactly did you sign?

"I suppose the dungeon is rather dangerous. So I've made a few preparations for you." The hooded figure motions toward the many dilapidated buildings surrounding you. As he does so, you notice a skeletal hand beneath the cloak expose itself. "These facilities have been set up especially for you. Your living quarters are very homey! Nice and destroyed looking. Just how I like them."

It seems your skeleton boss expects you to live in this destroyed village...

"But you won't need to do much sleeping on the job. The more important things are over there." He points to the dungeon entrance.

You notice the entryway to the dungeon is a bit... odd. The gateway is covered in various runes. Some of which glow brightly while others are completely dim. "That would be Death's Door. It's the only way inside the dungeon to its many floors. I made the design very easy to use. Just press your hand to one of the runes and the door will lead to the corresponding floor beyond. Hm? Why is it called Death's Door? Because I made it, of course. Do not ask such silly questions!"

You never said anything.

"Sure, some of the runes are a bit... not functional. But that should fix itself right up if you collect your bounties as you're supposed to! What's a bounty? My, you truly are filled with questions."

Again, you said nothing to this man. Creature. Bone guy.

"Bounties are why you're here. You see, I'm frequently busy with my own work, so I've employed you. Your job is to simply find the people on that board over there." He waggles a literally boney finger at a job board sitting at the center of the destroyed village. "Once you find them, just kill them. Then bring their Soul Gem over to me." He stares at you a moment. "What? You didn't think you'd be killing people? Please. You came to this creepy place and expected sunshine and rainbows? Only some of the floors are like that!" He cackles.

"Besides. One of you already has a Soul Gem. You clearly aren't a stranger to harvesting them. All ya gotta do is whack them. Then their souls should crystallize into a form we can more properly use. I'll personally take the bounties. Just drop them into the box next to the bounty board. I'll pick them up when I'm not busy. Oh, and suppose any extra Soul Gems you find, you can gift to the fountain."

He motions toward a glowing fountain next to the bounty board. The white waters flowing within seem inviting in a way. It's the only thing about this place that makes you feel somewhat comfortable.

"That fountain of healing should remove any lasting wounds you have. It can cure poison, fix broken limbs, and restore sanity to those who've lost it. Just remember that it won't be able to reattach severed limbs. I tried it once. A real mess that was. Oh, and something lives in that fountain. We don't exactly get along. Maybe you'll see her if you make enough sacrifices."

He nods to himself and pulls out a little notebook. "Yes, yes. It all looks right here. Well, that should cover it. If you have any more questions, feel free to send them to my full inbox. Pretty much anything you put in that bounty box will go directly to me. So don't put any garbage in there! Oh, and if I remember correctly, the thing you're looking for is on sub floor one hundred. Not that you'd remember. Nyahahaha..."

You watch as black wings envelop your new "employer", spinning around rapidly until both he and the wings disappear in a flurry of feathers.

It seems only you and your fellow crewmates remain. Death's Door silently awaits you, the runes glowing brightly.

Rover

You hear what sounds like faint whispering. Almost instinctively, you reach into your belongings and pull out an odd idol in your inventory. "Power awaits you..." The whispers subside, slowly fading. You inspect the idol closer, but to no avail. Nothing else happens. You place the tentacle effigy back into your inventory.

Arthur

Your gem emits a bright glow, getting brighter the closer you are to the fountain. It seems to be reacting with it.

Evelynn

Your gem is glowing as well. It seems to be following the same pattern as Arthur's, interacting with the fountain.

You also feel something moving slightly. There's a relatively large egg in your possession. Although, what exactly this thing is or why you have it are a complete mystery to you. You could keep it safe. Maybe it will hatch. Or maybe you should smash it now and save yourself some potential trouble later...

Dea

You check your belongings. Perhaps you'll gain some memory of yourself with these. Among them, you find a small pouch with a label on it. "Open in case of emergency."

Jacin

You hear what sounds like a ticking noise. Checking your belongings, you find what looks to be a cube-shaped metal object. The ticking is coming from here. There's a small button on it. The cube has an engraving on the bottom. "Lost in time"

Jacin ignores the rodent as he silently stares silently up at the sky.




Dea walks toward the desecrated village, picking through the wreckage, and hovering her hands over select spots on the ground.

Jacin

A waxing crescent moon hangs in the sky, surrounded by ominous clouds. Good thing it isn't a full moon. It would be awkward to suddenly transform here. Especially with no explanation. A slight breeze blows past you. The others are already milling about, inspecting the area and talking to one another. Seems they're already making plans. Best to figure out what your plan is too.

Dea

You sift through the wreckage, seeing what can be salvaged, and more importantly, checking for skeletons to use. Although this place looks like a destroyed village, there don't seem to be actual corpses around. Somehow that's more unsettling. As you move around various bits of debris, you do stumble across something that sparks your interest. A small tome titled "Bounty Hunter's Bestiary" lies in the wreckage. You pick it up and flip through the pages. It's filled with information on various monsters and potential enemies. Although there's so much here it's almost impossible to find what you're looking for on command. You flip to the first page, finding a set of instructions.

"When encountering an enemy you need details on, point the Bounty Hunter's Bestiary at the target and blow on the pages. It will automatically flip to the page you need."

Seems this book is a little magic.

Glass

As you mention exploring the surrounding area, you see one of your crewmates is already sifting through the debris, pulling out a mysterious tome. Seems you're right. There are a few things to be found here.

Una

You walk over to Death's Door as you call for allies to join you. Once you arrive, you take a look at the various runes. Floor one. That's what you want. You press a scythe to the rune, watching as it illuminates. You hear something shifting beyond the door and the ground rumbles slightly. It suddenly stops and the eyes of the skull on the door glow blue. That must signal that it's ready.

Death's Door opens almost automatically, revealing a swirling, blue portal on the other side.

---Una---

"Well, of courrrse, you can join mah! I will not explorrre such a land they claim as as much dangerrrous as they claim.

My name is Una, I am a Custol."

Una bows with one of her scythe to her chest.

---Glass---

"Oh! OH?!"

Glass will try to throw away some ruins debris to find something himself too.

--Aiden--
"I'm Aiden, I don't quite remember what I was doing before I got transported here? I think I was with a group of people helping them? But I feel as though we should familiarize ourselves with the area before doing anything else." He said turning to Zen.

--Zen--
Zen chuckles mischievously. "Don't look at me like that." Zen replies, Aiden rolled his eyes in response. "I'm Zen by the way, I agree with the two by the door, we should go in."

Dea, Una, Aiden, Zen, Rover

The five of you group up, deciding to head out to the first floor together. You're not sure what to expect, but you gather what courage you have and step through the portal.

(Loading... Did you know that time takes place differently in the tower? What might seem like a short or long time to you could be much shorter or longer for someone else!)

Glass

You dive into the rubble, throwing various bits of debris out of the way in search of treasure. You clear away a lot of old wood and stone. Perhaps you could use some of this for renovations? Or you could just leave it lying around. Regardless, the only other you find among the rubble is a small lockbox. There's a name engraved on it. "Terra". You don't think you know anyone by that name. At least none that would have a random box lying around on this island. There doesn't seem to be a key for it either. Bummer...

Jacin

You walk over to the glowing fountain at the center of the village. The white waters look inviting. It makes you a bit thirsty just looking at it. There's a light fog that seems to rise up from it. Death said that this was a fountain of healing. You don't know how much of that is true though. You feel a sense of peace here. Actually... You feel like someone's watching you. Not a malevolent force, but something more akin to a guardian.

Arthur

You glance around in search of food. There's not much here aside from rubble and debris. Most of which one of your crewmates seems to be rabidly digging through in search of something. He's actually doing a pretty good job of clearing it away for everyone. You doubt that's his intention, but it's a nice side effect. You try sniffing around, only to be met with further disappointment. Nothing delicious is in the air. Seems the only thing really edible here is the fountain water. And that's not really food. There's a giant bug and a plant man here. A big rat thing too. Maybe they'd taste good roasted. But you doubt they would just let you eat them. Either way, you won't be getting food anytime soon.

Oh, and it looks like about half of your crewmates just disappeared into a mysterious door portal. Nice.

Evelynn ventures into the collection of dilapidated buildings.