Main Quest
Chapter 5
Finale
Requirements: Irradiated power level
Rewards: 2500 EXP, Unlocks Omnipotent power level.
START
(The flavor text takes place shortly after chapter 4, but if your entry takes place at a different time and place, that is perfectly fine!)
"Airmail calling VIP in the house, calling VIP, get your tail back here ASAP, buddy!"
You frown. You told Loyal just a few moments ago that you were returning with the coordinates, did the message not go through? You send the message through the comms again, continuing on back to Sxriix. Several minutes pass.
Loyal's voice comes up again.
"You know how to initiate a jump, right? Please? Um, I'm not gonna be on Sxriix for long, if that ship can jump to these coordinates, meet me here. We need help. A lot of it."
...What's happening out there? You start to reach for the advanced controls, but your paw doesn't even hit them before another voice comes up on the comms. Fang's voice.
"I'm really sorry about this, Newbie, but I know you're strong enough to handle this."
Alert.
Security breach. Hack detected. Please d
. All firewalls deactivated.
Shields activated. Radiation shielding activated. Ship-wide alert: 75% of all power diverted to radiation shielding. Ship has ceased motion in order to preserve remaining energy. No other anomalies detected.
Warning: Massive radiation field detected ahead. Potential Likely Confirmed Chasm rift. Level of Anarchic radiation can prove harmful to fatal depennding on depth. Shield effectiveness estimated 100% effective. Caution advised.
External autopilot engaged. Do not proceed in autopi-
Where are you?
You're pretty sure you started today on a ship, maybe. The ground is cold. Stone, maybe. Your ears are ringing.
You open your eyes. You immediately wish you hadn't.
First things first, things you can deal with. You're on an asteroid near Sxriix. There's an artificial atmosphere, you can breathe here. Kashe is here, lightly injured. Loyal is here, tending to a shield generator nearby.
You don't know why you expected Fang to be here.
What's worse is there's a crowd here. Harvesting goods from the asteroid, maybe?
Your ship is here - too damaged to fly - but luckily, Aulik is here with another ship, seemingly capable of flight.
Now for the part you don't know how to address - the monster coming out of the rift in the middle of the asteroid. Yeah. That's a thing. You don't really know how to describe it. There's something horrible, eldritch about it.
You need to get it away from your allies and this crowd.
Prompts
There are three different modes rather than three different prompts, the method of gameplay for each of them is detailed below.Illustrations should be fully colored with at least a somewhat detailed background. Literature should be 800+ words.
COMBAT
"Think you can take it?" Kashe grunts, holding a wound on their side. "Reinforcements are coming. We only need to hold it off until they get here. If we take it down ourselves, it'll be a helluva story down the line, but don't get cocky. We can't replace you."This mode uses the Combat battle mode Story Mode Boss Battles. You will have to fight the Eldritch Creature. You do not have to defeat it, or deal more damage than it, you only have to survive all 10 rounds and not be knocked out by it, though defeating it before round 10 will end the battle early. Kashe will be joining you, their moves will be input by an admin.
If you are defeated, you can try again without another art entry!
Eldritch Creature Stats: HP: 2000 || Attack: 200 || Defense: 100 || Special: 200 || Speed: 50
The Eldritch Creature has up to Master-level Chasm radiation and up to Master-level physical skills.
Submit your piece at this prompt with the following form (include the caps COMBAT) to embark on this story mode!
COMBAT
Combat Piece: [link to piece]
Combatants: [link to import here!] -@[your username] & Kashe - @magmatixi [Kashe -500HP] on TEAM TUNNELS [you can enter another team name]
Opponent: ELDRITCH CREATURE - @magmatixi on THE TEAM BELOW
Equipment: [see "Equipment Restrictions & Levelups" in the combat how-to. List which of your Rixixi/Mechanix's equipment they're taking into this battle! If Omnipotent level, mark down "Omnipotent", you don't have to list everything.]
Bonuses: [Any items you're adding, any bonuses the Ixi has!]
Battle Mode: Story Mode Boss Battles
Number of Rounds: 10Multiple Rixixi may partake in Story Mode in the same image, with the following restrictions:
- 4 Ixi at maximum per image (other ixi can appear for Training Mode EXP, but cannot be submitted for the story mode chapter in that piece.)
- All Ixi pictured must be partaking in the same chapter. Different prompts can be used for the different Ixi, however.
- Please submit separate prompts for each Ixi!
EVACUATION
"This isn't gonna hold forever!" Loyal shouts from the shield generator. "Get the civvies to safety with Aulik!"This mode plays like a more traditional Story Mode prompt - draw or write about your Ixi getting the civilians to safety somehow - fighting the monster off, distracting it, running with them, etc. You will receive a reply with a response to your choice of action, and you must draw or write about a followup to the response. (Fullbody, color, and background OR 600+ words) You will receive a second reply and a third prompt, to which you must draw or write a third and final piece. (Fullbody, color, and background OR 600+ words) With the completion of the third piece, the chapter will be complete!
If you can't come up with a response to the prompt you're provided, you may ask for a new one - also, do know that you don't have to base your entire response around it so long as you address the prompt somehow. We'll probably appreciate creative interpretations!
Submit your piece at this prompt with the following form (include the caps EVACUATION) to embark on this story mode!
EVACUATION
Link to participating Rixixi: [link to import here!]
Entry: [link to piece]Multiple Rixixi may partake in Story Mode in the same image, with the following restrictions:
- 4 Ixi at maximum per image (other ixi can appear for Training Mode EXP, but cannot be submitted for the story mode chapter in that piece.)
- All Ixi pictured must be partaking in the same chapter. Different prompts can be used for the different Ixi, however.
- Please submit separate prompts for each Ixi!
RIFT DIPLOMACY
That's right, you're pretty sure Fang got you here. You glance back and see that the monster's legs are stuck in the rift behind you. Maybe if this rift leads back to Fang, or whoever that was, they can drag this thing back to the void...?You crawl up to the side of the void and dip a paw in. You're not so sure it was Fang's voice anymore. You hear it again.
"Fang is here."
In Rift Diplomacy mode, you can ask the Rift and the creature beyond it five questions. The questions must be accompanied by an image or a piece of literature, however, only the first image needs to follow the usual image/word count requirements listed above. Entries 2 through 5 do not require a background and can be waist-up (if image), and can be a 200+ word blurb (if literature).
After the five questions, you must answer the rift with one thing you have learned. If you are correct, the Rift will honor you and contain the beast, saving the civilians.
The Rift is allowed to be vague and dodgy, but your final answer is as well, so long as it is clever. Your questions can be strange, but keep them roughly PG-13 or so. The Rift doesn't want to know about your love life.
Example:
Question 1: Is this Fang?
The rift hums. "Fang is here."
Final answer: Fang is not the sole voice of the rift, but is somewhere on the other side of the rift.
(It is not recommended to use the above as a question or answer, as this is considered canon. If you attempt to, it will not be counted against you and you will be prompted to try again.)
Submit your piece at this prompt with the following form (include the caps RIFT DIPLOMACY) to embark on this story mode!
RIFT DIPLOMACY
Link to participating Rixixi: [link to import here!]
Entry: [link to piece]
Question 1: [enter any question you have for the being in the rift here]Multiple Rixixi may partake in Story Mode in the same image, with the following restrictions:
- 4 Ixi at maximum per image (other ixi can appear for Training Mode EXP, but cannot be submitted for the story mode chapter in that piece.)
- All Ixi pictured must be partaking in the same chapter. Different prompts can be used for the different Ixi, however.
- Please submit separate prompts for each Ixi!