Sleeping Power

[JTL9000]

Zeo staggers back and greatfully accepts Aluette's healing. "We should avoid the golems on the ground if possible." he informs the others. "We might be able to defeat the ones in the air, but the ones on the ground are probably too strong for us. And whatever happens we need to avoid the blue and silver golems and that giant statue."

"The park seems fairly safe." Alrick goes to talk to the others. "But we probably wouldn't find anything good there either. That academy is probably worth visiting, but it's got one of this blue and silver golems guarding it. What about the humming building? It's not as heavily guarded, and we'd probably find better stuff there than in the park or the houses?"

Jessie shrugs. "Unless you see a weapon storehouse, I don't really care where we go first."

[Aeromage]

"It is highly likely the more well-guarded buildings will contain the most valuable materials and intelligence. Diversionary tactics or alternate modes of infiltration may prove effective. With our enhanced speed, there should be little difficulty in escaping notice."

"Bear... bear in mind this is a magically-advanced island that hasn't been touched in many hundred years. Even... even the most mundane areas may hold items we might find valuable. Be... before we decide to tangle with the golems, perhaps we should examine the relatively unguarded areas of the park, library and woodland. They... they may well hold something of interest." Alim pauses.
"If we... if we must explore other areas, I would suggest we stay well away from the official building, pillared building, statue, spatial building and much of the residential area. If... if we have to explore that black edifice, I suggest we examine it as closely as possible beforehand. It... it contains an extremely high level of mana, and could be anything from the island's power plant and flight control system to a security area."

[Wriggle Nightsparrow]

<I'm gonna pop in to say you folks have gotten about as much out of your senses are you are currently going to. There are varying degrees of mana everywhere; you frankly have little idea quite what is going on and what they indicate. This place is simply too high level to glean much else.>

[Aeromage]

((Gotcha. Anything on the looking-for-alternate entry points and suchlike?))

"I believe we should begin with the park. There are no patrolling golems there, and as long as we stay away from the statue, we should be relatively safe. Perhaps we shall gain better knowledge of what we face once at ground level. However, if you believe we can evade the patrols, visiting the library or the black building may yield better results."

Rosaline trains her telescopic sight on the plant to get a better view of the flowers.
"A stroll in the park would be simply delightful. If only I had the foresight to pack a picnic..."

[JTL9000]

"Looking around the park probably couldn't hurt." Alrick shrugs. "If we time it right, we could probably get in any building without being noticed by the patrols. The buildings that actually have dedicated guards though, could be tricky."

[Geddoe42]

Alright, the park is perhaps the best place to go for now. I agree.

[Aeromage]

A consensus having been reached, the tiny floating island soars over the larger area below, careful to avoid drawing the attention of the patrolling golems. Swiftly descending, it flies into a secluded pathway in the park, well out of the way of the large statue, coming to a gentle halt a foot off the ground.

Alim clears his throat. "We... we've arrived at our destination. All... all of you that wish to disembark, please let me know and I'll transport you from Volatilis to the surrounding area." A gentle chime, faintly audible on the party's side floats over from the arcane communication link.
"H... hello? Agua... Agua Verde University? Y...yes.... y...yes, I don't believe that will be a problem. One... one moment."
Experts from the botanically-focused city of Agua Verde immediately begin examining and reviewing the plantlife around them, requesting aid from Urhol if required.

While Alim converses with the heads of the Garden City of Volatilis, Irfan addresses the party.
"It would be tactically unwise to transport your skyship outside Volatilis' limits along with you. Doing so would draw attention from the patrolling golems and betray our location, due to its large size. If any of you will be leaving Volatilis, keep this in mind."

[JTL9000]

Assuming no golems or other monsters have taken notice of Volatilis, my entire team will get transported back outside so they can explore the park on foot.

[Wriggle Nightsparrow]

<Few of the larger buildings have windows or other obvious methods of entry. Some of those in the residential area have those.>

The group lands without incident, though rosaline could simply swear she saw a few of the smaller automatons watch her land. A reserved yet elegant spread of flowers greets the group. The island identifies many of the flora here, some of which are quite rare. In the immediate vicinity...


29 Desert Dew Flower- (Consumable, Medicine, Water, 1 Charge, 2,600 Gold) +20 HP, 35% Cures Fatigue: Dehydration
346 Flower Petals- (Item, Antiquity, Light & Earth & Water, 15 Gold)
17 Rare Flowers- (Item, Antiquity, Earth, 7,000 Gold)
5 Yellow Carctori Flower- (Item, Antiquity, Earth, 900 Gold)
Moonflower Blossom- (Item, Material, Magic, 60,000 Gold)
2 Neovorid Sporeling- (Pet, Plant, Earth, Lv.1, 100,000 Gold)
HP- 380
MP- 270
STR- 42
AGI- 21
CON- 29
MIN- 64
SPI- 63
XP- 0
XP Needed- 1,000
Defense- 35
Abilities-
Lash- 15 Damage, Earth, 0 MP
Cosmos Ray- 60 Damage, Air, 5 MP
Aquae Formus- 70 Healing, Water, 7 MP


12 Warbriar Bush- (Pet, Plant, Physical, Lv. 1, 195,000 Gold)
HP- 17,200
MP- 12,900
STR- 197
AGI- 134
CON- 192
MIN- 180
SPI- 164
XP- 0
XP Needed- 3,000
Defense- 200, +90 against Physical, 50% Fire Weakness, 3% Critical
Abilities-
War Lash- 7,000 Damage, Physical, 0 MP
War Needles- War Lash does 400 extra damage, stacks 4 times, Physical, 90 MP
Lacerating Slice- 2,900 Damage, 7% Inflicts Bleeding, Physical, 40 MP
Root Trample- 400 Damage, Earth, 20 MP

3 Briar Lord Tree-
Level 8
Plant, Earth
HP- 29,000
MP- 18,000
STR- 570
AGI- 240
CON- 520
MIN- 370
SPI- 400
XP- 0
Defense- 900, +1,200 against Physical
Critical chance- 12%
To Hit- 106%
Dodge- 2%
Resilience- 13%
Resistances and Immunities- Immune to Deafened, Blind
Prime Attribute- Strength
Constant Effects-
None
Abilities-
Briar Storm- 1,900 Damage, 1 hit against 5, Earth & Air, 0 MP
Tree Mastery- 65% Inflicts Charm on target Plant, Earth, 0 MP
Root- 8,000 Damage, Heals, Can only target user, Earth, 3,000 MP
XP- 400
Gold- 4,070 Gold
Treasure-
50% Briar Lord Whip- (Weapon, Whip, Earth, 70,000 Gold) +89 Melee Attack, +89 Ranged Attack, 2% inflicts pain on Humans or Humanoids
30% Endless Pouch of Thorn Darts- (Weapon, Throwing Weapon, Earth, 65,000 Gold) +68 Ranged Attack, 3% Inflicts Pain, 1% inflicts 2 hits against 1 so long as no other Throwing Weapon is equipped and no Spell is used
20% Briar Mail- (Armor, Light Armor, Earth, 65,000 Gold) +40 Defense, Does 500 Earth damage to all those who attack wearer unless wearer chooses not to damage them

4 Gate Watcher Shrubbarid-
Level 14
Plant, Magic
HP- 80,000
MP- 65,000
STR- 1,280
AGI- 1,100
CON- 1,540
MIN- 2,400
SPI- 1,280
XP- 0
Defense- 1,500
Defense against Stat Damage- 60
Critical chance- 10%
To Hit- 110%
Dodge- 3%
Resilience- 14%
Resistances and Immunities- Magic Immunity, Fire Immunity, Water Immunity, 150% Physical Weakness, 30% Psychic Weakness, Immune to Deafened, Blind, Confusion, Charm, Blindness, Silence, and Bleeding
Prime Attribute- Spirit
Constant Effects-
Watcher of the Gates- 138% to hit, +12% Resilience, 9% dodge, Constant Effect
Abilities-
Greater Mage Storm- 4,800 Damage, Magic, 0 MP
Channel the Gate Trees- Summons 0-4 Gate Watcher Shrubbarids, 1-19 Killer Bees, 1-21 1st Level Blue Song Trees, 1-21 Faeries of Growth, 1-21 Plant Children, and a Fruit Golem with a 24% chance of success, Can be used once per battle by posessor, Magic, 0 MP
Warp Storm- 2,000 Damage, 2 hits against 18, 55% Inflicts Confusion, Magic, 2,000 MP
XP- 1,050
Gold- 10,050
Treasure-
75% Gatewood- (Item, Material, Magic, 14,000 Gold)
15% Stave of the Gate Trees- (Weaponx2, Staff, Magic, 175,000 Gold) +195 Magical Attack, +40 Melee Attack, Wizard Magic Spells cost 30 less MP to cast, +140 MIN
5% Isubros Dagger- (Weapon, Knife, Air & Psychic, 132,000 Gold) +141 Melee Attack, +2,000 damage against Aerial and Aquatics
1% Gate Tree Plushie- (Item, Antiquity, Magic, 74,000 Gold)
1% Gate Tree Seed- (Item, Antiquity, Magic, 140,000 Gold)
1% Staff of Lesser Blinkwood- (Weapon, Staff, Magic, 130,000 Gold) +128 Magical Attack, +7% Dodge
1% Khasbric Cloak- (Accessory, Cloak, Magic, 124,000 Gold) +218 AGI, 5% Magic Resistance, +800 MP, +15 MIN
1% Commune With the Trees- (Spell, Shaman Magic, Earth, 0 MP, 140,000 Gold) +40 MIN, stacks 30 times, lasts 23 turns


2 Moonflower
Level 17
Plant, Magic
HP- 132,660
MP- 80,000
STR- 1,420
AGI- 1,120
CON- 1,650
MIN- 1,730
SPI- 1,660
XP- 0
Defense- 1,600
Defense against Stat Damage- 106
Critical Chance- 12%
Resilience- 16%
To Hit- 119%
Dodge- 116%
Resistances and Immunities- 70% Magic Resistance, 50% Light Resistance, 50% Darkness Resistance, 50% Water Weakness, Fatigue Immunity, Deafened Immunity, Blind Immunity
Prime Attribute- Spirit
Constant Effects-
Lunar Restoration- Possessor regenerates 35,000 HP and 18,000 MP while in a Zone of Magic or while the terrain or phantom terrain is moon, Constant Effect
Abilities-
Lunar Ray- 5,000 Damage, 1 hit against 5, Magic, 0 MP
Lunar Dazzling- 95% inflicts Confusion, 65% inflicts Charm: Infatuation, 50% inflicts Charm, 30% inflicts Impaired, 10% inflicts Stat Drain, 1 hit against 15, Magic, 18,000 MP
Devour Mana- 6,400 Damage, inflicts MP Drain, Magic, 600 MP
Violet Mana Riptide- 1,000 Damage, inflicts both HP Damage and MP Drain, 1 hit against 15, Magic, 6,000 MP
Moon Thunder- 4,100 Damage, 35% inflicts Paralysis, 1 hit against 3, Electrical, 2,000 MP
Spatial Pulse- 3,000 Damage, 50% inflicts Voidstruck, 50% causes target’s front row to always count as though it contains one less individual for row organization purposes, Darkness, 4,200 MP
Moon Vines- 9,000 Damage, 1 hit against 15, deals 1/4 damage, Earth, 4,000 MP
Drops-
24,000 Gold
1,700 XP
40% Moonflower Petals- (Item, Material, Magic, 15,000 Gold)
20% Moonflower Blossom- (Item, Material, Magic, 60,000 Gold)
20% Moonflower Staff- (Weapon, Staff, Magic, 168,000 Gold) +165 Magical Attack, +400 SPI, 1 hit against 2, All actions you perform deal 1/2 damage and have a 10% lower chance of inflicting status effects
10% Moon Whip-Sickle- (Weapon, Scythe, Magic & Physical, 195,000 Gold) +250 Melee Attack, +195 Magical Attack, 12% Critical, +440 additional Melee Attack against Plants, +200 STR if any foes are Plants
9% Lunar Diamond Chip- (Item, Material, Magic, 60,000 Gold)
1% Magnificent Goose Pate- (Consumable, Food, Water & Air, 1 Charge, 216,000 Gold) +4,000 MP, +216 SPI, 15% Water Resistance, 15% Aerial Resistance


The island also identifies that none of the plants are overtly hostile here, but that picking the wrong flowers is probably not the best idea, as those shrubberies are functioning as gardeners.


Alrick's crew leaves the island and steps into a wash of different, pleasent smells. The mix of all the flowers is dizzying, but in a good way. Zeo feels his headache fade away. Everyone else on his team is inflicted with the following:

Invigorated (Possessor has a 5% chance at the start of each round for each minor negative status effect on possessor of ignoring said effect)
Rejuvination (Possessor’s HP increases by an amount equal to 1% of possessor’s Max HP at the start of every round, with said HP increase being unable to bring possessor above possessor’s Max HP)
Mind Restore (Possessor’s MP increases by an amount equal to 1% of possessor’s Max MP at the start of every round, with said MP increase being unable to bring possessor above possessor’s Max MP)

[Draconics]

Seeing that the surroundings are safe, Kit and Celeria exit the island-ship.

Silent One is now Zeph's sombrero.