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New Imprints & Game Updates
New Imprints & Game UpdatesHello everyone, and welcome to October! We have lots happening this month, so let’s get right into it:
October Event
There will be another event for the month of October. We will not reveal the full details just yet, but a post will be going up on October 7th to let everyone know what to prepare for. For now, we will only say that the concept of sleep and dreams will be introduced. Look forward to it!
New Imprints
4 new imprints have been added to the game’s setting, including 2 locations and 1 new species. This information will be copied to the Locations and Bestiary pages shortly.
There have also been updates to 1 location and 1 existing species based on character actions and new imprints.
If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread below.
New Species: ????
These multicolored creatures look uncannily like the severed heads of stuffed toy bears, but a closer glance at their empty, vacant expressions and the layers of sharp needles sticking out of their fur make them anything but cute and cuddly. In addition to these shorter needles, they also have control over a ring of larger, longer needles that attach to somewhere underneath their heads. Two simple legs stick out from below the heads as well, which they use to move in a deceptively fast waddling motion, and they can also extend and retract a set of arms at will from the same area.
These creatures seem to have a fondness for old, damaged buildings and can be commonly found in the Hammerlocke Ruins, as well as around Messiah and the Lemon Cello Church. They'll use their ring of large needles as tools and attempt to repair any buildings they come across, filling in holes and damaged areas with a surprisingly strong thread taken from inside their bodies. They’re quite productive when they buckle down and cooperate, but their tendency to take long, uncoordinated breaks means that very little work actually gets done, and it's much more common to find them lounging around a ruined area than actually working on it.
They are docile if approached gently, but very easily startled - their defense mechanism is to spray a barrage of needles expelled from all angles of their heads before running away. These needles are not deadly, but do sting on contact. They will also stubbornly catch onto any sort of hair or fabric they land on, and can take some time to pry out.
Uwasa of the Worker Bears: Touka Satomi (Magia Record)
Cactuars: Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII)
New Location: Galleria del Funghi
On one of the higher floors of Messiah is a large building with a tall domed roof shaped like a mushroom cap. The outside walls and entrance of the building are covered with extremely complex, ornate carvings of mushrooms, winged mushrooms, and humanoid figures holding mushrooms in a wide variety of poses and circumstances. A sign near the area indicates the building's name as "Galleria del Funghi".
The inside of the Galleria contains many long hallways and rooms decorated with expensive-looking artwork and marble statues painted with bright, garish colors. Vases and bouquets of roses have been placed all around the building, filling in the spaces between artworks. All of the statues are of giant mushrooms, clusters of mushrooms, or humanoid figures with mushrooms growing from their bodies. Upon closer inspection, some of these statues really are made of actual mushrooms that can be safely harvested and eaten, though there are signs in place around the museum advising guests not to do so. One of the larger and more prominently displayed statues is at the center of a room near the front of the museum, named Michelangelo's David by the plaque below it. The statue is completely normal aside from a long mushroom stalk with a pink cap growing up from between the figure's legs. The paintings have a little more variety, though there are often mushrooms featured in the image somewhere, and resemble famous artworks that some may recognize as Italian.
At the back of the museum is a large garden area filled with rose bushes and beautifully trimmed hedges, separated from the rest of the building with a natural-looking river and a small bridge. A pair of iron wrought grates on each side of the hallway allow the water to pass through from outside the building and back into the city's canals. The bridge is just large enough for one person to pass over it, though it is surprisingly sturdy for its size. Smaller mushrooms can also be found growing all around the garden in various places.
Florence, Italy: Izumi Sena (Ensemble Stars!)
New Location: Messiah Station Square
Located on the lowest floor of Messiah is a large plaza, easily distinguished from the rest of the city by its contrasting white and gray brick walkways. The square has been decorated with small circular areas of greenery sectioned off by wooden planks, though the ground is so flooded with water that it's basically just mud. Instead of trees or flowers, large lamp posts with arms that have been shaped like tree branches have been planted in the center of each green space. The ornate iron wrought benches typical of the area can be found next to each of these spaces, slightly curved to fit. A variety of vending machines, electronic screens and nonsensical advertisements for other establishments and places within the world can also be found all over the square and its surrounding buildings. About an inch of water is gathered on the ground here at all times.
There are two large cobblestone staircases tucked towards the inner part of the space, noticeable thanks to the large, green, wheel-less bus parked next to it. The staircases go in different directions; the one going up leads to a higher floor of the city, seemingly cut off from the rest of it. The walkway that the staircase empties out into has an abandoned feel to it, with the shops that look like they should be lining the area completely shuttered. Further down the path is a long access way, framed by a series of large, ornate windows that give a panning view of the square below. Walking further down the access way simply leads to a dead end.
The other staircase leads down into the underground portion of the square, as well as a subway station. Because of the constant rainfall and flooding, the stairs are more like a series of miniature waterfalls - the current isn't strong enough to knock anyone over, but it's extremely slippery. The flooding here is roughly knee-height and fills the entire floor of the underground square, including the subway platform and some of the tunnels closest to it. Much like the upper half of the square, it has a modern city design with a Gothic twist - the pillars securing the structural integrity of the area are made of solid iron, curling into intricate patterns as they branch into the floor and ceiling. Large stickers with arrows have been stuck all over the floor as a guide, though they're completely useless since they seem to follow a path that loops around the entire station several times before ending at the subway platform.
Most of the shops in the underground square are empty, but there is a small collection of refreshment stands at one end that sells prepackaged snacks and bottled juices of unknown origin. There is also a small collection of stands filled with flyers advertising job opportunities. The jobs are extremely varied and often nonsensical, listing various establishments and buildings within the world that, apparently, need to have someone working there after all. Payment is usually left blank or filled with garbled nonsense, but sometimes lists things such as food items, small trinkets or flowers. If the job is completed, the promised reward will appear suddenly and mysteriously the next time the employee turns around.
A line of mechanical gates lead to the platform if you choose to trust the arrows to lead you there. The train here is identical to the one at the Chicago L Station, down to the designs on the outside, with the only difference being that it's as flooded as everything else in the area. Currently, the train is unable to move.
Shibuya Station Square: Ren Amamiya (Persona 5 Royal)
Updated Species: Mushrooms
Mushrooms can commonly be found in any dark places within the world, appearing suddenly and without warning. While some may be as small as a person's height, it's not uncommon for them to reach much larger sizes if given enough space to grow.
The average mushroom is about the size of a large tree, with a colorful cap and a pure white trunk. The entire skin of both the cap and trunk is smooth and marble-like in texture, and though the outer skin is hard and crunchy, the inner flesh of these mushrooms are edible and safe to eat. Smaller mushrooms may be eaten with their outer skins intact, but the larger ones may need to be chiseled down first.
Updated Location: Mount Silver
The faster route is a system of caves that go straight through the base of the mountain - though the original terrain was exceedingly difficult and wrought with annoying climbing and swimming sections, these areas have since been built over with concrete and steel walkways that lead to all the notable locations within the mountain. Lights have been placed along the ground next to these walkways, and ramps are used for the more elevated parts of the tunnels. The deepest and highest sections only have room to fit narrow staircases, however. An abundance of small colorful fish can be found in the mountain's rivers, though they seem strangely absent from all other bodies of water within the world. At the center of the mountain at about ground-level is a wider cave area containing the Wall Market.
Through the deepest and highest tunnels are paths that lead up to the outside, weaving in and out of the mountain as one approaches the snowy summit. The walkways here are steep and sometimes go straight up and over waterfalls, so caution is advised. The temperature abruptly drops the moment one steps into the snow-covered areas of the summit - snowflakes fall steadily from above at all times, though it's uncertain where they’re coming from.
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