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Chapter 06: Act I
FRANKENHYDE: ACT I—
§ instructions.
Frankenhyde Act I is underway! This is the designated log for all Main Scenes. Others are free to create their own toplevels for the Sub Quests, which are detailed below. Each Main Scene has their own unique toplevel and those cast into the roles are to thread their scene under each. All scene instructions are provided in the toplevels.
A few reminders. The city's setting is steampunk themed, so while for the most part it follows ye old Victorian England style, you have a lot of Industrial accents and odd machines about, including small airships. There is a river, so ports and docks are available but although this place may seem large, it's actually a finite space. Sailing down the river will be an endless loop back to the start with fog being the only visible "boundary." Passing through this fog will them back to where they were. There are also numerous research labs and other buildings, but many of them are locked or sealed behind an invisible barrier so no one can enter. The "locals" are all blots, so they are more like living puppets that will have minimum response to anyone who tries to interact with them. Most are neutral, but will attack if provoked. There are also some that are immediately hostile, and are differentiated by the sparks of electricity they generate around their bodies. The "safe zone" for this campaign will be a designated apartment building. Everyone can either bunk together or choose their own room.
Finally, just to be clear, characters who are assigned roles will know beforehand and can either communicate with their partner beforehand or just wait until they're in the scene. To get to their scene, characters must enter a specially marked door in the apartment building to be transported into their scene. They will automatically return upon completion (or if something goes horribly horribly wrong). Threading all of that isn't necessary, but it's to help give a better idea that characters can take a break between scenes or wait a bit to help with other things like the Sub Quests.
Feel free to refer to the Game Notes for more detailed info as well as ask questions or clarifications.
§ sub quests.
Everyone is free to participate in the Sub Quests. There are no specific top levels, so you're free to incorporate them however you wish in your own top level.
¶ I. Help the Scientists. A lot of work needs to be done to help the research experiments be a success, some of it a bit more unsavory than the rest.
¶ II. Help the Locals. Like most damaged stories, the local townspeople are not real but Blots taking the form of the original residents. Most are friendly and continue about their lives without paying much attention to the Aspect and providing basic assistance or keeping out of their way. They do not speak but seem to understand if communicated to.
¶ III. Trick-or-Treat! It seems everyone came in time for Halloween. Although not quite as festive as current day, the children still participate in some lighthearted trick-or-treating. The Aspects are free to participate either in wearing costumes, doling out candy, or playing tricks, but they will want to keep an eye out. Some of these costumes appear too good, and some unfortunate accidents and incidents will reveal odd mutant experiments have escaped and mingled with the crowds. Most are not hostile and just cause accidents and disturbances, so they can be gathered and returned to the various research labs. Others may prove a bit more "bite-y" so more force may be necessary to subdue them.
¶ IV. Wildcard. Make up your own prompt!
§ instructions.
Frankenhyde Act I is underway! This is the designated log for all Main Scenes. Others are free to create their own toplevels for the Sub Quests, which are detailed below. Each Main Scene has their own unique toplevel and those cast into the roles are to thread their scene under each. All scene instructions are provided in the toplevels.
A few reminders. The city's setting is steampunk themed, so while for the most part it follows ye old Victorian England style, you have a lot of Industrial accents and odd machines about, including small airships. There is a river, so ports and docks are available but although this place may seem large, it's actually a finite space. Sailing down the river will be an endless loop back to the start with fog being the only visible "boundary." Passing through this fog will them back to where they were. There are also numerous research labs and other buildings, but many of them are locked or sealed behind an invisible barrier so no one can enter. The "locals" are all blots, so they are more like living puppets that will have minimum response to anyone who tries to interact with them. Most are neutral, but will attack if provoked. There are also some that are immediately hostile, and are differentiated by the sparks of electricity they generate around their bodies. The "safe zone" for this campaign will be a designated apartment building. Everyone can either bunk together or choose their own room.
Finally, just to be clear, characters who are assigned roles will know beforehand and can either communicate with their partner beforehand or just wait until they're in the scene. To get to their scene, characters must enter a specially marked door in the apartment building to be transported into their scene. They will automatically return upon completion (or if something goes horribly horribly wrong). Threading all of that isn't necessary, but it's to help give a better idea that characters can take a break between scenes or wait a bit to help with other things like the Sub Quests.
Feel free to refer to the Game Notes for more detailed info as well as ask questions or clarifications.
§ sub quests.
Everyone is free to participate in the Sub Quests. There are no specific top levels, so you're free to incorporate them however you wish in your own top level.
¶ I. Help the Scientists. A lot of work needs to be done to help the research experiments be a success, some of it a bit more unsavory than the rest.- Gather Ingredients.There are a lot of things that go into creating life, so cue the fetch quest. Items range from organs from wildlife to various plants and herbs to tools such as thread, needles, and large bolts. These items can be found throughout the town and outside of the forest and can be left at either of the buildings that is set for Frankenstein's and Jekyll's laboratories. Do note that no one except those who are cast for the scenes can go inside (there is an impenetrable barrier that will shock anyone who tries to enter).
- Bzzzzt. The scientists also need to generate a lot of electricity. Outside each laboratory are various generators used to harness and conduct electricity: lightning rods that can be attached anywhere, strange boxes that need to be powered, and even an odd looking metal ball that can be opened to physically capture lightning. Just be careful to not get shocked!
¶ II. Help the Locals. Like most damaged stories, the local townspeople are not real but Blots taking the form of the original residents. Most are friendly and continue about their lives without paying much attention to the Aspect and providing basic assistance or keeping out of their way. They do not speak but seem to understand if communicated to.- Science Fair. There is a local science fair being held that anyone can participate in! Rewards...aren't that great, but it's the experience that matters. But as expected, things don't go smoothly as various experiments and projects go awry. With the technology as it is, this can be even more dangerous as more than one is dealing with explosive fuel or have way out-of-the-box inventions such as flying motorized bikes or small automaton of some kind.
- Dangerous Blots. There are some blots who are badly damaged by Erasers and are more prone to attack. Those that have small electric sparks around them will have jerky movements and must be subdued or destroyed. There are also real Erasers lurking about, taking the form of unidentifiable homunculus and small chimera.
¶ III. Trick-or-Treat! It seems everyone came in time for Halloween. Although not quite as festive as current day, the children still participate in some lighthearted trick-or-treating. The Aspects are free to participate either in wearing costumes, doling out candy, or playing tricks, but they will want to keep an eye out. Some of these costumes appear too good, and some unfortunate accidents and incidents will reveal odd mutant experiments have escaped and mingled with the crowds. Most are not hostile and just cause accidents and disturbances, so they can be gathered and returned to the various research labs. Others may prove a bit more "bite-y" so more force may be necessary to subdue them. ¶ IV. Wildcard. Make up your own prompt!
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Ren heard the growl too and at first assumed that was one of their stomachs but then he hears the zaps too. But before he could do anything, he gets shoved aside and he sees the blot attack Minato.
"Minato!"
Unfortunately because Ren is still too new, he can't summon swords yet. So he summons back his bow and quiver and shoots an arrow at the blob.
"Hey ugly! How about you pick on someone your own size?"
Sorry Minato. He didn't mean to jab at his shortness, but it was just to get the blob away from Minato.
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Minato shuddered from the shocks from the electricity, muscles jerky as he gasped. But soon, the blot was distracted by Ren’s taunt (rude) and jumped off Minato to get at the thief. His muscles still didn’t want to cooperate well but he tried anyway, raising his hand to lift the shadows around the blot and try to restrain it for better target practice for Ren.
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The shadows grabbing the blot does help and Ren fires more arrows at it. Hopefully weakening it enough to take it down. If only he had any knives with him, he could just slice it up.
But for now, he'll just have to weaken it with arrows and hope it goes down.
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Minato finally managed to get some semblance of control back in his limbs, pulling the sword from the sheath and standing up. His feet felt like pins and needles, ugh. After a few moments of simply breathing, Minato steadied his arm and slashed at the thing’s back. It roared in pain but Minato did it again and again until it finally exploded in parchment and ink.
Minato panted heavily. That sucked. A lot. “I need to sit down.”
And then his butt hit the ground. Ow.
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As soon as the monster was dead, Ren makes the bow and quiver disappear and rushes over to Minato. He can't hide his concern as he moves to sit down with him.
"Easy. I'll help you up as soon as you're ready to stand back up."
He watches him carefully. He can't help but be in leader mode right now.
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Still hurts. Also that fall was going to leave a mark. He sighed. “I miss Orpheus.”
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"Yeah Zio does suck at times. Bufu and Bless attacks especially sucked as Arsene was weak to those."
He should explain how dark and light have different names as well as Nuke and Psi being a thing too.
"Seems we're in the same boat in that regard. I'm sure Narukami-san misses his personas too."
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He couldn’t remember. He knew it threw off Yu at one point, since no one ever started out with two, not even the wildcards. He brows furrowed and he finally looked up at Ren. “Wait, Bless?”
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"Bless and Curse. Bless is light element and Curse is darkness element. Arsene's element was Curse."
Thus the weakness to Bless. Though Ren hasn't been able to figure out why Arsene is weak to Ice. Maybe it had something to do with the stories with Arsene in it?
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But Messiah could resist most elements and could wield dark and light skills. Weird. It also meant Ren was weak to Messiah. Hm.
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"Huh, that's weird. When Arsene became Satanael, he didn't have any weaknesses. In fact, Satanael resisted most things, absorbed Curse and blocked Bless."
Yeah Satanael was super OP. But for good reason.
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Which in a way made sense as he only got World after defeating Yaldabaoth.
Ren's stomach was starting to get angry too. He hadn't eaten much since he got here. He was too upset after gaining control back of his body to eat earlier.
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Did Yu’s change as well or remain the same?
He dusted himself off and decided to simply head back to where they were staying. They had food there.
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Looks like Minato didn't need the help. He gets up as well and continues to follow him. It's been a while since he got to eat at Minato's place, even if it was just himself cooking.
If he has the ingredients, he could make him that curry and coffee he promised. Assuming he had something to make the coffee itself that is.
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“I think after this I’ll take you up on that curry and coffee,” He muttered. “I’m over London food already.”
Give him ramen, damn it.
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There's that silver lining. If Minato wants Ren to cook again, he'll do what he can with the limitations they have.