Fractured Fantasy: A CK2 Style Final Fantasy quest

[MagewyrmMira]

Oh, okay, gotcha. So the play option would just be a chance to have Aerith up there herself, without being soft-required?

... If so, I'm honestly considering Visit Wall Market. We have all this gil we're sitting on, and it'll be a good way to get information, otherwise.

 

[Doctor Elsewhere]

[] Visit Wall Market: You know this little slice of criminality still existed even when you were a kid. As you learned during your time with Cloud, as long as you carry a weapon and stick to yourself, you'll be fine. Maybe you can get some shopping done and keep an eye on the rumor mill. (Reward: Information on the conditions in Wall Market and Midgar as a whole. The opportunity to buy illicit goods.)
[] Visit Mom's House: It's risky. There's every chance the Turks are still there, or already there. But you really want to check on Mom. (Reward: Visit your childhood home.)
[] Visit the Church: Your head always feels clearest at the church, it's the only spot in town where you can clearly hear the planet, and maybe you could ask some questions. Although if the Turks see you, they may have some questions of their own… (Reward: A chance to clear your head and commune with the planet)
[] Coach the Infiltration team: You've already given them the gist of what they'll be facing, but more coaching never hurt. (Reward: Add Aerith's Intrigue modifier to the Infiltration Team's initial rolls.)

[] Bodyguard Aerith: Not technically in your mission statement but, it's something to consider. The client can't pay if she's been kidnapped or worse. (Reward: Shadow will take steps to hide and protect Aerith from Shinra. Adding his Intrigue to attempts to hide, and his Martial to attempts to fight)

[] Dancing Lessons: LOVELESS isn't a play that really has any dancing or singing in it, but there are still scenes where footwork is important, and your voice has to carry during a play. Maybe some of your exercises will help? (Reward: Agnea applies her Diplomacy to the performance roll)

Thinking this combination of actions may be our best bet all around. A bonus to both the performance and infiltration rolls, extra protection for Aerith as she goes about Midgar, and taking full advantage of the fact that this is likely the last time for a long while that we'll be back in Midgar. This is the best chance we have for getting more Materia and gear with Materia slots, the best place we currently know of to commune with the Planet, and the only chance we have of getting Elmyra out of Midgar, or at least putting both her and Aerith's minds at ease.

Thankfully none of this necessarily involves Aerith taking a train/going up to the Plate(s), as those are the areas where Shinra has it's automatic ID scanners, rather than in the underplate sectors proper. We only need to be on the lookout for the Turks personally spotting and identifying us, which we have some leeway considering that they'd be on the look out for someone 3-4 years younger than we currently are.

 

[Metalbard]

Hey so, remember how Crystals traditionally pick teams of 4? Here's your fourth! I thought it would be extremely funny if you kept missing Angea for one reason or another but, the dice let her find you. I'll get her character sheet to you when I have a chance.

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Okay, wow. Was not expecting to gain a new hero just like that. I thought Freya and Alfyn were able to see the vision of Chaos because they already were Aerith's heroes in a way, while Wakka and Basch were kind of guests. So all four of them were choosen by the crystals them huh? Interesting. Anyway, I'm more than happy to have more help around. Thanks Zidane!

Entreat: It's honestly kind of amazing what you can do with a little charm. Get people to help you with things, ask for favors, 'borrow' something, and that sort of thing. [Add half of Agnea's diplomacy to Stewardship and Intrigue checks done 'face to face']

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... I said it as a joke before, but now i'm serious, thank you Zidane!. This trait is gonna be such a great help.

Now, as for the options, it's hard to pick. I want almost all of these options. For now, the ones i'm more interested in are:
[] Visit Mom's House: It's risky. There's every chance the Turks are still there, or already there. But you really want to check on Mom. (Reward: Visit your childhood home.)
[] Visit the Church: Your head always feels clearest at the church, it's the only spot in town where you can clearly hear the planet, and maybe you could ask some questions. Although if the Turks see you, they may have some questions of their own… (Reward: A chance to clear your head and commune with the planet)
[] Coach the Infiltration team: You've already given them the gist of what they'll be facing, but more coaching never hurt. (Reward: Add Aerith's Intrigue modifier to the Infiltration Team's initial rolls.)
[] Prepare for the Play: You've only really been on stage once before, so you have some experience but not a lot of experience. Baku point blank refused to let you participate unless you attended acting boot camp. [Note: Cannot be taken with "Really Prepare for the Play"] (Reward: Aerith is allowed to perform on stage)
[] Bodyguard Aerith: Not technically in your mission statement but, it's something to consider. The client can't pay if she's been kidnapped or worse. (Reward: Shadow will take steps to hide and protect Aerith from Shinra. Adding his Intrigue to attempts to hide, and his Martial to attempts to fight)
[] Dancing Lessons: LOVELESS isn't a play that really has any dancing or singing in it, but there are still scenes where footwork is important, and your voice has to carry during a play. Maybe some of your exercises will help? (Reward: Agnea applies her Diplomacy to the performance roll)

 

[Darkcore41]

I wonder if her mom's been revived too.

 

[hleghe]

I wonder if her mom's been revived too.

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if this Midgar is earlier in time, then they probably never died? though do note there's chance either something bad may have happened to them, they've been snatched by Shinra, or they've been sent somewhere random, so don't get your hopes up too much. (even if she's still alive there may be issues involved, it probably wouldn't be safe for her? which is a huge can of worms)

(went through comments a bit after after sending the first one, sorry if it comes out weird)

But... Wow. I... Wow, hey! We have a 4th hero now! And apparently all along, she just kept missing us? XD

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nice try but "all along" has only been a couple turns. that's less a scenario of freak absences and more some romantic comedy style stalking/refusal to say hi

Yeah, especially with Agnea there to help, I feel that putting two actions in prepping for the play is overkill. We're likely not going to head to Midgar all that often for a while, and the Church is one of the best places for Aerith to communicate with Planet

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hard to say, could be a scenario where it's a contested check or the higher the better for keeping the distraction going?

Thinking this combination of actions may be our best bet all around. A bonus to both the performance and infiltration rolls, extra protection for Aerith as she goes about Midgar, and taking full advantage of the fact that this is likely the last time for a long while that we'll be back in Midgar. This is the best chance we have for getting more Materia and gear with Materia slots, the best place we currently know of to commune with the Planet, and the only chance we have of getting Elmyra out of Midgar, or at least putting both her and Aerith's minds at ease.

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good reasoning, especially regarding shadow being good enough (it's a nice reassurance for me lol) though i'm thinking long-term it may be best to skip wall market? there's no need to go here specifically for shopping since we have other uses for funds and are trying to phase out our use of Materia so it's main appeal would be information. that's possibly helpful to the infiltration, but if wer'e going to other places for information too we may be safe to skip it? depends if you think direct info from Elmyra (hopefully)/the planet trumps underworld info i guess

if so, the freed option could be an opportunity to try and look into AVALANCHE (if an action for it is added, which griffinw mentioned being a possibility) or make sure it goes off safely with a disguise (could free up shadow for something more specific?) or practice just a little to perform (we're not needed, but it would give us an achievement, which i'm choosing to interpet as performing on stage being one of our life's dreams? and it would presumably have a reward which are nice too:)

Okay, wow. Was not expecting to gain a new hero just like that. I thought Freya and Alfyn were able to see the vision of Chaos because they already were Aerith's heroes in a way, while Wakka and Basch were kind of guests. So all four of them were choosen by the crystals them huh? Interesting. Anyway, I'm more than happy to have more help around. Thanks Zidane!

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maybe the power of friendship convinced the crystals to pick 3/4 members from the same group? it's definitely awfully kind of them, they seem pretty helpful.
you could also interpret it as them being jerks and going "ew boys" to wakka/basch or something, which might be a comedic take?