Main Quest Chapter 5
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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!
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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!
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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.