aterat | Pulse 003

Who; Everyone
What; Monthly Pulse!
Where; Throughout the City and Beyond!
When; Throughout September
Warnings; None as of yet, will warn if this changes.

As Summer Fades

The winds from the sea and from the north are chilly as the month changes and life in the city seems to fade back into a sense of normalcy from the celebration last month. The sun is setting earlier in the day and rising later, signs that the summer months are coming to an end and autumn is approaching. Milder temperatures aren't the only suggestions that things are changing in the city. Beginning with the new month and growing in intensity as the month progresses, those sensitive to magic, psychic imprints, or the dead will have a growing sense of foreboding. If observed, the barrier encircling the cemetery, once a nearly imperceptible sheen in the fading light of dusk, wavers like heat off hot stone, and if observed for long enough, it happens in a pattern, as though the wavers have a rhythm. Will the barrier keeping the undead at bay in the cemetery hold?

A Pulse of Business Opportunities

With proof the new arrivals from other worlds are here to stay, several places around town have opened their doors, and their employment opportunities, to all the newcomers. The Guard are hiring patrolmen to help keep the city streets safe. Patrols will be regular and will include keeping the peace in nearly ever quarter of the city. Craftsmen are needed at the Carpentry as rebuilding amps up. A huntsman's lodge has even appeared at the edge of the southern forest, with a working tavern and a room full of gossip.

Another notable addition is the Notice Board that has appeared outside the Market District Pub. It seems to be a place where anyone, natives and foreign arrivals alike, can use this as a place to solicit aid in whatever endeavor they may have at the time. There's a bounty there from the Guard, and also advertisements for local businesses as well as a few choice criticisms on various things in the city, posted by "concerned citizens" (you're free to use your imagination for this graffiti).

Aside from the above mentions, the City and its Environs offers a lot of fodder for exploration and play, and all players are welcome to devise their own encounters and locations as well. In fact, if you want to make them official, you can always submit them to the Content Submission!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"Yes but they aren't free." She shook her head. "Even if the shield were to fall, they are being controlled by a powerful creature called a Lich. If we are to free them, then the Lich needs to be destroyed." It wasn't the spirits who were trying to find a way out of their cage but the undead woman who controlled them.

"It's magical. I don't think there is a way to break it. One of the Aspects put it in place to contain the Lich but I think he was just buying time." The Lich was growing stronger.

"I don't know. We need to fight this thing but I don't know what that means for us."

This got worse the more Yuna went on. Regardless he wasn't about to let her think she had to go this alone. Unleashing undead spirits might bother the general populace but he withheld that thought as she then spoke of the lich.

The report of the Aspects had him concerned. "I do wonder if there's any chance they could be communicated with." Back home only LunaFreya and Noctis (after she'd made her covenant with them) could talk to or be listened to by their deities.

Ignis nodded to Yuna. "We should devise a plan to vanquish this lich then. And we would need to secure the people here." The advisor had purposefully said 'we' so that she would know she could count on him.

Yuna inclined her head in a gentle nod. "I can usually communicate with spirits but its rare that they know themselves well enough to respond. I don't know for these spirits." The shield made it difficult for her to feel their presence.

"I have been forming a plan." She looked up at Ignis and smiled. "We just need people to help keep the city safe. I won't let anyone else get hurt."

Yuna's ability was certainly intriguing and Ignis thought it was a useful thing, especially if somehow she could get the dead here to talk to her. But it would be dangerous, especially with so many of them and a ringleader controlling them to boot.

There was a small nod at the part about keeping the city safe but he was concerned about her safety. Taking on a lich singlehandedly wasn't the best idea if she didn't have back up. "The townspeople will be safe, I will ensure that." This part was easy enough because he'd had to do that before Leviathan would be summoned. The problem was, what happened to the Oracle after that. "Have you enough protection to tackle the lich?"

She wasn't going to her death because Ignis had seen that already back home.

She looked up at Ignis with a small warm smile. "Will you?" Her smile widened. "Thank you Ignis. I would feel better knowing that you were there to help the city remain safe. I was thinking of taking a small group to fight the center of this mess but if we fail... we'll need another defense."

She already knew that the shield protecting the city was failing.

"I should but I won't be going alone. I'm hoping three of us. If those I have in mind say yes. This isn't the first time I've fought this kind of create." She somewhat knew what she was doing.

All he could do was smile to try and reassure her. "I've..had some experience with evacuating a city when danger reared its head shall we say." Nothing like literally speaking from experience. "So if I've a small team to work with, I can clear the city, then come back to help you should you require further assistance."

He'd been through this sort of thing before so he was well versed in how to get this done. But he nodded even if he was silently worried. "It's good to hear you won't be travelling or facing this alone." Unlike a certain king who'd tried to face Leviathan by himself and ended up knocked out. "And should one of them bow out, my offer stands."

She inclined her head in a nod. "I'll let you know when I learn more then." Her expression widened. "Thank you Ignis." She was happy to know that there were people here that she could depend on. They were all new friends but that didn't make them any less precious to her.

"I should get back to learning more. If I don't contact you it'll be Caelan or Jagger. They will be helping me too." At least come up with some semblance of a plan.

"Alright." And it was delightful to see her face light up so, but here he was, simply trying to help at all if he could, wherever he could. Yuna was doing something pretty important and if he could do something he would.

Ignis nodded. "Just keep me posted, I'll wait to hear back from you then." With that, he turned and walked away.

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