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 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:00 am
“Oh! If only I were a real turtle!” Cries a large creature nearby before it buries its calf-like head into its massive flippers and proceeds to bawl its eyes out.
“Oh not this again,” groused its companion as they raised a croquet mallet and swung it, sending the ball flying. Its companion was a rather unimpressed gryphon, wielding a flamingo like a croquet club (which turned and squawked most ungraciously at its holder, only to be shaken straight again moments later). “Look, your bawling has lost my ball!”
The crying creature looked up. “Well it isn’t certainly my fault you lost it. I’ll hedge a guess that you were hogging them all anyway!”
“Oh really?” The gryphon shot back, hands on – what you now noticed to be her – hips. “Is that all you have to say for yourself? Why, you aren’t even a real class you NPC!”
“I do quite miss the sea,” the creature replied, “But that doesn’t give you any justification to mock me for once being a turtle.”
The gryphoness drops the flamingo she was holding, ignoring it as it squawked and ran off. “Oooh that’s it! I don’t have quite enough cheese to go with your whining! You!”
The gryphon snaps, and both creatures are now looking directly at you. “Yes you. It’s clear that neither I nor she will agree.”
“Quite so,” the mock turtle chimed in, “Considering she is the one who started it. Do you fancy a game of croquet? My friend and I would duel, but seeing as I am an NPC --”
“Aha! So you admit it!” The gryphon crowed.
“And seeing that as my friend is currently camping in a no-PVP zone,” the mock turtle continued to the gryphon’s embarrassment, “Let’s have you do a quest, shall we?”
- Play a game of croquet with the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon.
You may attempt this quest ONCE per day! If you win claim the prize, you can only claim it ONCE .
Difficulty level: Luck-based Challenging
Upon starting the quest you realize the field you are in contains a flock of wandering flamingos, a prickle of hedgehogs, and two suites of card squires aimlessly wandering about ("They haven't yet been shuffled into knighthood, you see," explains the Mock Turtle upon seeing your gaze).
The gryphon goes onto explain that you will need a mallet in order to play, gesturing impatiently towards the flamingos.
The mock turtle adds that you need a ball to hit, a flipper pointing towards the sharp hedgehogs.
Finally the two agree that you'll need to hit one of each type of card knight squires and that hitting the same one twice wouldn't count.
OOC Continue to post below. Make sure to RP out your response to this first post, and then RP out your response to the second etc, etc before you move on. You can do this in THIS thread. - You CANNOT claim your quest reward unless you properly complete the quest. That means filling out the RP component!
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:00 am
Acquiring a Flamingo:
The flurry of flamingos nearby give you odd looks with their brown beady eyes. The closer you approach, the more likely the flurry will turn into a regiment and the last thing you need to appear on your chatlog is “you’ve been pecked to death by flamingos.”
You’ll need to catch one, and hope it lasts long enough for the duration of this side-quest.OOC
Make sure to RP out your responses! You need to catch a flamingo by rolling 1d6. Match it up to the type of flamingo you managed to catch from the flamboyance:
Of all of the birds, you happened to grab the chunkiest. It makes you think that this is what a pink turkey on stilts would look like if such a thing existed. This bird is also making odd gurgling noises too. Chunky Bird HP: 40/40
This bird’s eyes are like two prinpricks of the abyss as it glares at you with utter malice. This bird hates you. Every time you miss, it will reach up and manage to snap at your fingers for 5 dmg. Snappy Bird HP: 20/20
This particular bird seems to be an unusual shade of pink to the point where you can’t help but to call it PANK. PANK Bird HP: 15/15
This bird can’t stop waving its wings around. You’re quite tempted to throw it and see whether or not it can clear the odd topiary arrangement over yonder, though considering its vacant gaze it’ll likely die if it even touched the ground. Then again, given the state of the bird you might be doing it a favor. Stupid Bird HP: 5/5
You can’t believe you just picked this bird. This bird can’t either, what with it continuously raising its neck from croquet-mallet position to look at you in curiosity. Bewildered Bird HP: 20/20
There’s always one of these in the bunch. You feel like you’ve grabbed the normal and sane bird of the bunch: there’s nothing out of the ordinary about it, and it isn’t attempting to bite your fingers off. You still feel a little disappointed about it, though. Boring Normal Flamingo HP: 30/30
With your bird of possible choice in hand, you stroll on over to the hedgehogs and pick one up carefully. Aside from the fact that the hedgehog’s spikes are sharp enough to remind you of a spike-filled pit, it doesn’t give you any trouble.Picking a Target Smacking a Squire Knocking Down Cards Scoring a Goal:
The card squires, on the other hand, do their best to pretend that you didn’t pick one up and aren’t carrying a bird of some sort.OOC Please roll for your flamingo, post your RP reactions, and continue onto the next post.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:00 am
Scoring Points:
“Ah, good! You have everything you need,” the Mock Turtle began approvingly.
The gryphon throws an arm over your shoulder, mindful of your bird and the hedgehog. “Let me give you the walk-up of the situation,” she began, “The Queen was often very fond of this sport, you see? Her knights and soldiers would bend over backwards for her so that she and the rest of the court could enjoy.”
The mock turtle hiccupped a sob. “But no more, not after the entire court was reshuffled. They’re no longer as flexible as they used to be, you know. Now they’re quite rigid.”
“Yes, yes,” the gryphon waved a talon impatiently. “But that brings it straight to the heart or club or diamond or spade of the matter doesn’t it? While we can’t use knights, we can certainly use their squires.” A large grin slinks its way across her face as she gestures towards the squires rushing about their duties. “It’s rather simple. Pick four, one of each suite, and try to hedge them.”
“Since you are new to this,” the mock turtle adds as they trundle up beside you, “You can use as many hedgehogs and flamingos as you can, however the real professionals can do it with one flamingo.”
“Go on then!” Shouts the gryphon as she pushes you from behind. “Get on with it!”OOC: PLAYING CROQUET WONDERLAND STYLE
In order to complete this sidequest, you need to hit four squires from each suite of cards.TO SCORE:
When you’re ready to play, roll 2d20.
xxxxxThe first dice represents your swing.
xxxxxThe first dice represents your target.
In order to hit your target and score a point, you must be within three numbers of your target. Let’s say I roll 3, 14. 14-3 is a difference of 11, so I missed. In RP terms, because the first number is so low I didn’t put enough power behind my swing.WHEN YOU MISS:
Your flamingo is very unimpressed. If you miss three times your Flamingo will become quite disappointed in you. Unless you have the snappy one, then it’ll bite you again for -5 HP out of irritation.WHAT'S THIS ABOUT THE SNAPPY BIRD?!:
Miss #1: -5 dmg
Miss #2: -5 dmg
Miss #3: -10 dmg
Repeat.M-may I please get a different bird?:
You must miss three times with your current bird. Then when it is disappointed with you, it will leave you out of shame. At which point you can then reroll for a new bird, yay! No need to reset your targets either.WHEN YOU HIT:
The hedgehogs are quite sharp. So sharp, in fact, that upon impact they knock out a squire and you feel like you gain a bit of exp. Not to mention that currently your flamingo of choice is also taking quite the hit. For each hit you make, your flamingo also takes 5 dmg.
Oddly enough, the Sick Bird is immune to this. It’s too stupid to suffer any additional head injury after all, which is why it has its own rules:USING THE STUPID BIRD?
Congratulations! When you hit with it, it doesn’t take any damage. However, if you miss three times you end up throwing it in frustration. It manages to land beak-down in the ground, however the giant “GAME OVER” text above it prevents you from picking it up again. You’ll need to get a new bird.I AM STILL HORRIBLY LOST:
STEP ONE: Roll 2d20.
STEP TWO: Find the difference between the two numbers. Is it greater than or less than three?
xxxxxGREATER THAN THREE: You missed! Please see “when you miss” above.
xxxxx LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO THREE: You hit! Please see “when you hit” above.
STEP THREE: Repeat rolling 2d20 and doing math and replacing flamingos as needed until you’ve hit four targets. Then you’re done!
As the last hedgehog hits the last night, you hear applause from behind you. "Good show!"
"Well done!"
Of course, this sense of comradery lasts until they begin to argue over who was the more enthusiastic of the two over your performance. You then notice that it looks like the card squire was carrying something... Surely no one would mind if you just went ahead and took it, right? Right. Of course.
+1 level
+ 1 loot card you can redeem HERE
- YOUR CHOICE OF this card, this card, OR this card
- 1 flamingo on account of it running off while you were looting
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:50 am
After a little bit of exploration... He managed to reach another room. The problem with this room is--- A long, drown-out series of sighs that could only come from a miserable creature seem to creep and skulk around the corners of the hedge maze, growing louder and more insistent the further you go in. At last you leave the clutches of the maze to find a rather unusual field, in that the field was far larger than what should have been contained in the maze.
“Oh! If only I were a real turtle!” Cries a large creature nearby before it buries its calf-like head into its massive flippers and proceeds to bawl its eyes out.
“Oh not this again,” groused its companion as they raised a croquet mallet and swung it, sending the ball flying. Its companion was a rather unimpressed gryphon, wielding a flamingo like a croquet club (which turned and squawked most ungraciously at its holder, only to be shaken straight again moments later). “Look, your bawling has lost my ball!” There's a spat between two peoples. From the looks of it they're not players...probably. The crying creature looked up. “Well it isn’t certainly my fault you lost it. I’ll hedge a guess that you were hogging them all anyway!”
“Oh really?” The gryphon shot back, hands on – what you now noticed to be her – hips. “Is that all you have to say for yourself? Why, you aren’t even a real class you NPC!”
“I do quite miss the sea,” the creature replied, “But that doesn’t give you any justification to mock me for once being a turtle.”
The gryphoness drops the flamingo she was holding, ignoring it as it squawked and ran off. “Oooh that’s it! I don’t have quite enough cheese to go with your whining! You!”
The gryphon snaps, and both creatures are now looking directly at you. “Yes you. It’s clear that neither I nor she will agree.”
“Quite so,” the mock turtle chimed in, “Considering she is the one who started it. Do you fancy a game of croquet? My friend and I would duel, but seeing as I am an NPC --”
“Aha! So you admit it!” The gryphon crowed.
“And seeing that as my friend is currently camping in a no-PVP zone,” the mock turtle continued to the gryphon’s embarrassment, “Let’s have you do a quest, shall we?” And so he is dragged for a game. Waat. "Oh, but this won't do! You will need a ball and a stick for a game. Catch one from those loitering about." the Mock Turtle pointed to a bunch of... Flamingos and Hedgehogs. "I already know this from reading the book, but experiencing this myself is something else." OOC GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 1 6-sided dice:
4
Total: 4 (1-6)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:52 am
Without thinking, he picked up the most-foolish-looking bird he can obtain and a hedgehog. "So. How do we play this game again?" OOC GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 2 20-sided dice:
4, 19
Total: 23 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:58 am
“Ah, good! You have everything you need,” the Mock Turtle began approvingly.
The gryphon throws an arm over your shoulder, mindful of your bird and the hedgehog. “Let me give you the walk-up of the situation,” she began, “The Queen was often very fond of this sport, you see? Her knights and soldiers would bend over backwards for her so that she and the rest of the court could enjoy.”
The mock turtle hiccupped a sob. “But no more, not after the entire court was reshuffled. They’re no longer as flexible as they used to be, you know. Now they’re quite rigid.”
“Yes, yes,” the gryphon waved a talon impatiently. “But that brings it straight to the heart or club or diamond or spade of the matter doesn’t it? While we can’t use knights, we can certainly use their squires.” A large grin slinks its way across her face as she gestures towards the squires rushing about their duties. “It’s rather simple. Pick four, one of each suite, and try to hedge them.”
“Since you are new to this,” the mock turtle adds as they trundle up beside you, “You can use as many hedgehogs and flamingos as you can, however the real professionals can do it with one flamingo.”
“Go on then!” Shouts the gryphon as she pushes you from behind. “Get on with it!” "So all I have to do is strike 4 of those card soldiers?" He looked at the card soldiers. Closer examination reveals patches of paper glued on their bodies. He can't bring to hit them so- THWACK. And the Flamingo fainted after the hit, while the Hedgehog dropped rather close. "Are you even trying? I'm not letting you go until you hit four of them." said the Gryphon. Dangit, he inwardly muttered. OOC GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 1 6-sided dice:
3
Total: 3 (1-6)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:02 am
*Ignore roll, Stupid as Stupid Bird.*
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Rathurue rolled 2 20-sided dice:
12, 2
Total: 14 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:05 am
*Stupid bird rule roll so ignore*
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Rathurue rolled 2 20-sided dice:
1, 18
Total: 19 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:09 am
THWACK. He still can't exert enough power, so the Hedgehog just rolled from the start position. The Flamingo appears to be...fainted. But still usable, since it fainted in a rigid position. OOC p://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img834/5317/i1z5.png[/imgleft] GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 2 20-sided dice:
14, 12
Total: 26 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:13 am
THWACK. This time he got the power and direction right, striking the Diamond soldier IN THE FACE. Hits: 1/4. The Stupid Bird fainted, by the way... -in a rigid position PERFECT for being a hitting tool. OOC p://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img834/5317/i1z5.png[/imgleft] GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 2 20-sided dice:
3, 18
Total: 21 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:18 am
Th-putt. Another miss. And the Bird this time fainted for real. In fact, he can't even pick that bird up. "Time to get another bird! Come on, I'm not letting you until you get three more strikes!" "Aww." OOC GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 1 6-sided dice:
1
Total: 1 (1-6)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:21 am
Time to seach for another putt. Which one? Let's pick the toughest-looking one... He picked the Chubby Bird. Bird HP: 40/40. Hits: 1/4. Miss: 0/3. OOC GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 2 20-sided dice:
6, 7
Total: 13 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:24 am
THWACK! He feels sorry for the Club soldier this time, as the Hedgehog landed on its crotch. Bird HP: 35/40. Hits: 2/4. Miss: 0/3. OOC GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 2 20-sided dice:
14, 9
Total: 23 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:25 am
THWACK! Too much power and too little control, the Hedgehog turned into a star. Bird HP: 35/40. Hits: 2/4. Miss: 1/3. OOC GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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Rathurue rolled 2 20-sided dice:
12, 7
Total: 19 (2-40)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:27 am
Another swing too hard and uncoordinated. The Hedgehog carved a hole into the castle's walls. Bird HP: 35/40. Hits: 2/4. Miss: 2/3. OOC GuildBattle CalculatorMy character's username: Undying=Borg My character's level: 42+50EXP! Character's HP: 40 Current party:Current Guild:Location: Mad Tea Parteh Small IC description of character: <= Character journal: Battle Entry Log
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