When six adventurers coincidentally all find the same strange coin, they learn that these six coins serve as a random lottery to find adventurers worthy of retrieving The Heart of the Sea: an ancient artifact rumored to hold the cure for the princess of Maya's curse… However, when the princess herself finds one of these coins, she is accidentally chosen to become a part of her own rescue mission... The group must face the undead legions of an ancient demigod known as The Lich King, uncover the mysteries shrouding a forgotten organization, and follow the ashen memories of their own traumatic pasts…
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“I will not force her to believe in a faith that has clearly brought her more trauma than peace…”
“But if she never accepts her family’s deaths, what will you do then?” Akuji asks him. “How do you expect to raise a child that blames you for their own grievances?”
“…With kindness.” Aeroki says softly. “That is all any parent can really do for their child… I cannot force her to accept me, or the circumstances.
She may never see me as her father, but I hope that one day she will look at me and at least see a man who has tried his best to raise her…”
Your ocs have suddenly been transported into a game of your choice. How are they faring?
Oooooh. I’m about to subvert your expectations. They’re put in… Wait for it. WAITTTT FOR IT…
Spore. Tribal stage. There are usually 4 roles you can assign to each member, social, combat, health, or gathering. Coral is a musician, of course. Fringille is a hunter/gatherer. Aeroki is the Chieftain. Akuji is the healer/shaman.
I don’t know if you’ve ever played Spore, I’m going to assume not, but Tribal stage was always my favorite. You have to not only gather enough food and keep your own tribe happy, you also need to form relationships with other tribes, both good and bad. So you can choose to be peaceful to the tribes and ally with them, or violent to the other tribes by starting wars and conquering their tribe as your own, taking their camp and expanding your conquest. This is directly linked to the Civilization stage later, as once you evolve the tribes you ally with form their OWN civilizations that you can trade with. And the hostile nations will wage war on you in revenge if you attacked them or their allies. It’s BRILLIANT.
I’d figure Aeroki’s tribe would be more peaceful and try to ally with the other tribes. But they wouldn’t be completely unprepared if another tribe DID choose to attack them. :)
“My original intentions might have failed, but I also succeeded. My family was revived, through adopting Coral and Fringille, and made even more complete by meeting all of you…”
The sunshine character keeps having mysterious dreams about their forgotten past, unable to recognize the voices or faces of those that they’ve lost...
Instead, their likeness is replaced by those that they love in the present, confusing the sunshine character into believing their dreams of the past are omens of the future…
Just an ordinary day in Silterra, teaching Clover how to use his magic, their mum watching from the distance, their momma making dinner in the house. Just perfect and happy and ordinary, before everything went to hell.
Kas:
It may have literally just happened, but his first night spent with both Jericho and Zep. It may have been just cuddles, but he felt truly safe and happy for the first time in... he doesn't even know how long. Too bad it got ripped away so quickly.
Cy:
He can't remember his childhood, but he does remember life after Equinox found him. He'd never admit it out loud, but a few days after he was rescued, Equinox made him chicken noodle soup to try and get him to eat. Cy devoured it, and while very plain to most people, was the perfect meal for him right then. He knew after that that he was safe with Equinox, and had found a home that wouldn't chase him out.
Glory:
The day they returned Bear to the Cryodon Council. Glory raised Bear for about sixty years after his previous guide had died in an accident, so it was their crowning achievement for them to return Bear to his homeland, fully grown. That achievement earned them the opportunity to raise Bluebell, as well, and they hope to make many new memories with her, too.
If your OCs had a job in the real world, what would they do and why?
This required a lot of thought lmfao sorry for slow response
Eries: A doctor of some kind, probably. Doing her best to help people and save lives. Don't know exactly what kind of doctor tho.
Kas: Engineer. Specifically robotics. Probably built his own PC at some point and that bitch runs better than anything I'll ever own.
Cy: I'm not sure. He's still a kid trying to figure himself out, so I don't think I have a solid answer without digging into his story a bit more.
Glory: They'd make a banger history professor tbh, one of those professors that you just know LOVES the material they teach and so badly wants to share that love with their students.
Saturn: She's already a bartender so that kinda speaks for itself lmfao
Lilac: Some kind of niche doctor, like an ultrasound technician or something like that, something no normal person knows is a specialized kind of doctor.
Darcy: She absolutely owns a flower shop, and has an incredibly vested interest in the gossip around town. Whenever someone comes in asking for a bouquet for someone else, she always tries to make sure it's absolutely perfect for the intent, symbolically. Also has a big garden, which they sell the excess from at a local farmer's market.
Kas, what are you going to do? Nemia and her sisters are here. Please tell me you have a plan. Now would be a great time to use that wild magic buddy… Please?
Kas:
"I-I, plan?? I don't- fuck, I don't know, I can't- This wasn't supposed to happen, not now, I-I-I-" [panicked breathing] "We need to get out, now. We should have left last night. I don't know what to do. I- fucking hell, I can't lose everything again, I can't."
