[ENDGAME] NPC Contact & Instructions

[melodiesmods]

Endgame is nearly upon us. During the first phase of endgame, the Heroes of Light will all be stuck in an event and won’t be able to interact with Crystallis anymore. This first phase and what shall result from its conclusion might take a fairly large amount of IC time, though OOCly it might go much faster. As such, it would be wise for the Heroes of Light to hand out instructions to the NPCs—Not just to important NPCs, but also to their friends, people with whom they work, etc. For example it might be members of their Guilds, Doppelgangers, co-workers or just a nice Tarutaru they befriended in Esdham. This will ensure the NPCs can keep the Heroes of Light’s work ongoing even while they are no longer able to do it themselves. The Heroes of Light won’t know for how long they’re gone upon entering the event, so it is best to think to the long-term when handing out instructions.

Please reply to this post with the form below to ensure the Moderators know about what instructions or recommendations you gave the NPCs. The results of the instructions given to NPCs will be reflected in the second phase of Endgame. We will of course keep in mind what influence your character realistically has, what are the odds for NPCs to listen to them and the nature of concerned NPCs. If it’s their best friend amongst unnamed NPCs or if it’s Biggs, it’s most likely the former will follow instructions while the later won’t. Therefore there might be differences between the end result and what they expected when contacting NPCs. If you do not reply to this post by March 05th at the latest, even if you gave instructions to some NPCs in a log we will not take it into account for the second phase of endgame.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>NPCs:</b> What NPCs they will contact. If they’re NPCs not handled by the mods (co-workers, guild members, doppelgangers, citizens, moogles, please tell us what they are / do). <b>Instructions:</b> What will they tell the NPCs? Recommendations, work they’d like to see continued, etc. <b>Anything else:</b> Anything not fitting in the previous category.

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other cuppa kupo staff can add to this if needed!

[boomchucka]

Player Name: Jay
Character Name: [OU] Selphie Tilmitt

NPCs: Staff at Cuppa Kupo
Instructions: Selphie plans on leaving instructions on:
- how to receive the daily orders for the shop
- where the backup float for the til is
- how to pay for the supplies and any repairs that may be needed to keep the shop together
- how to order everything
- to not let the special preserves in the back of fridge go bad OR ELSE
- where the recipe cards for each of the special dishes are kept
- how to make sure that the teas don't spoil
- to make sure that the place is well maintained in the event that they vanish again
- Claude (the cook that Selphie hired with Jade's help) is the acting manager in her's or Anise's absence
Anything else: Just a little note that Anise left for Selphie many moons again... make money and chaos.

(Other Library Workers can add!)

[ninjainviolet]

Player Name: Terri
Character Name: Sheena Fujibayashi

NPCs: Anyone who works under her Section at the Library.
Instructions: Fairly Simple:
1. Fulfill any request by any researcher--no matter how long it takes.
2. Learn a little about other sections to make directing patrons easier.
3. Report any lost or damaged books.
4. MOST IMPORTANTLY: Put the books back in their correct spots!
Anything else: An emphasis on number 4.

Haley's Anvil (original & 2nd)

[wickedone]

Player Name: Magellan
Character Name: Albel

NPCs: NPC staff/workers. The wards/managers of both locations who would run the business while Albel was in Esdham.
Instructions: Albel wants the smithy to continue, or at least the original that MarKus opened. If things must be simplified, if one must close, then the shop in the Village of Santa Claus can be sold or closed but the original shop in Aqures Ixen will stay open.
- Albel is leaving all materials and plans, including formulae for items from/similar to what could be built in Eternal Sphere
- Finances and numbers were handled by NPC wards, those wards will be in charge and will be the new permanent managers of the business should Albel not return at all

Anything else: He's not close to a whole lot of people in the Esdham military, but he'll leave a list of tips and advice and combat techniques for them, whether or not they use them.

Honey Delight host club (other staff can add to this if needed)

[shinra_dog]

Player Name: Magellan
Character Name: Reno

NPCs: semi-NPC, Reno is trusting his moogle with the care of his cat. If his moogle is trapped with him somewhere, then his cat is to remain with the host club and cared for as staff. There are such things as cat cafes. As for the host club, Reno is not a numbers guy as it is, so he is entrusting the business to his NPC accountant to keep it running until/unless NPC hosts/hostesses also decide to leave.

Instructions: To cut costs, night club hours will be suspended unless a profitable demand exists. Host club cafe hours will remain the same as long as the club is staffed. Emphasis is left about maintaining uniform, maintaining professionalism, and keeping things clean. It's a host club, not a brothel. Be charming, coy, and courteous.

Unless Johnny and/or Duster say otherwise, any instruments they have left at the club are to be taken to Reno's office and are off limits to anyone. The meeting space in the converted basement is to be locked, no access, until/unless someone else with a matching key arrives. If the cycle ends and the Calamity is defeated, if no Heroes with a matching key return within 1 year, everything in the basement is to be destroyed. The original key will be entrusted to Wedge (which is significant, considering he and Reno are not exactly on the best of terms). If Reno trusts Wedge with this, it must be important, and he's hoping that message comes across. All Heroes within the Assassins Guild will have the matching keys.

Anything else: Again, someone please take care of his cat. He loves his cat so much.

[21stcenturyguy]

Player Name:Lisa
Character Name:Aoi Kurashiki

NPCs: McDuck Bank staff
Instructions: Provided the world is not a giant chunk of crystal, he's asking that the bank keep operating and adhering to policy, but prioritizing approving loans/donating the charities that will help rebuild and/or take care of orphans.
Anything else: If he's able, he'll leave his canister of Soporil behind the desk for the staff to use in case of post-apocalyptic robbery.

[shinrasfinest]

Player Name: Amie
Character Name: Sephiroth

NPCs: The various 2nd-in-commands/lieutenants in his own army, other military contacts, any other peacekeeping/mercenary forces/police that he's worked with during his duties around the various frontiers.
Instructions: I'll try to make a list but it's by no means a limited one:
-Continue to assist local and deployed parties in dealing with the ongoing monster threat on the borders of the Calamity
-Continue to supervise Mograma as per the terms of his parole
-Continue to assist local law enforcement/peacekeeping parties in keeping order within the heavily overpopulated cities and to help accommodate the never-ending flow of refugees
-Encourage cohesion and cooperation between all military and mercenary groups.
-Offer recruitment and/or mercenary positions with necessary basic training for any citizen/refugee who may be willing and capable of contributing.
Anything else: This might be subject to change depending on the role the military is due to play, and whatever Sephiroth himself ends up doing, during end game itself.

[zodiac_brave]

Player Name:Lisa
Character Name:Ramza Beoulve

NPCs: Law Enforcement and all the main leader NPCs (Cid, Kurma, Prajapati, Biggs, Wedge)

Instructions:

To Law Enforcement- keep careful watch for those who would take advantage of a crisis to prey on others, and to protect the refugees from other countries espeically, as they may become targets. Do their best to keep order in the coming days.

To the mod NPCs- a letter imploring them to take action against hatred and division. If the Heroes do succeed, they will be leaving Crystallis in their hands. Do not let their prejudices shape the new world as they did the old. There is no Heran Empire, no Aqures Ixen anymore. There is only Crystallis, and all the peoples within it, who have all survived hardship, and who must unite if they wish to rebuild.

Anything else: That letter is totally signed this time, so Cid can roll his eyes and 'Prajapati' can be really sure she recognizes that handwriting.

WEAPON stuff

[umslay]

Player Name: Nara
Character Name: Ales Mansay

NPCs: Scientists, Biggs, and Wedge
Instructions: Keep an eye on the WEAPONs in Palitutu's secret lab and look into how they work. The soldiers should know how to pilot it in case an emergency occurs where the Crystallis natives have to defend themselves (or join the fight)
Anything else: Ales wishes Biggs the best and looks forward to seeing him again.

[scriptrix]

Player Name: Brantron
Character Name: Levy McGarden

NPCs: Any NPC members of Fairy Tail
Instructions: In her absence, the members are to do their best to act in defense of Aqures Ixen and its citizens, using their magic to aid the police and military and also to help anyone in need
Anything else: She'll name an interim guild leader and entrust them with the magic stamp so they can recruit more members in her absence

[pole_position]

Player Name: Brantron
Character Name: Pyrrha Nikos

NPCs: Cid
Instructions: Pyrrha will leave Cid with half of her supply of Dust, trusting that he'll be able to do something useful with it. It works similarly to crystal power, so she's confident he'll be able to use it to create weapons, airship fuel, or other helpful implements to aid the citizenry.
Anything else: Nope!

Chocobo Ranch

[neverfirstclass]

Player Name: Matt
Character Name: Cloud

NPCs: Cloud will be talking with the other workers at the Chocobo Ranch and the Old Man.
Instructions: Mostly he'll just thank them for everything and how he hopes to see them again soon. He will leave the instructions on how he's been caring for the birds under his charge, but that's not anything out of the ordinary for a weekly report.

But he will also ask them to take care of Zack when the Heroes finally make their move. He intends to leave his Chocobo behind.

Anything else: In classic JRPG fashion, Zack will try to follow the Heroes anyway if he's able to.

Assassin's Guild

[not_most_days]

Player Name: Matt
Character Name: Mary Read

NPCs: Mary will be contacting the npc members of the Assassins Bureau as well as her various information contacts. No particular named npcs.

Instructions: Mary will contact the npc Assassins that have been recruited over time and instruct them to keep up their work, helping to keep people safe both from the Calamity monsters and from any human threats that crop up in the Heroes' absence.

She will also use some money from Bureau coffers to pay her contacts to ensure they keep working with the guild.

Lastly, if the Airship she bought from O'aka doesn't seem necessary for the first phase of endgame then she will leave it in the charge of her Aerilon agents until she returns. She will ask them to outfit it and make sure it's ready for combat as best they can.

Anything else: N/A

Re: Assassin's Guild

[shinra_dog]

If Mary wants to make a contingency for a new future Guild leader, she can give them one of the keys to Reno's hidden basement.

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

Player Name: Agnes
Character Name: Captain Jack Harkness

NPCs: Research assistants at the Crystal Laboratory that have been helping with construction of the Interdimensional Rift Portal.
Instructions: K-9 is being left behind to remain in charge of the project while Jack is away. Workers are to follow his instructions and suggestions for finishing the Rift Manipulator, since he obviously can't do any of the heavy lifting on his own. Jack trusts K-9 to figure out why it isn't working yet.
Anything else: Nope.

Character Name: Ryoji Kaji

NPCs: Hospital workers and guards at the Hospital.
Instructions: Kaji is very concerned that any last-second desperate attempt to stop the Heroes would put the crystalized Heroes at risk (since that was exactly his own play in the Sage's Vision of the Future). Please continue to guard them, but if they begin to move without uncrystalizing again, like they did on the Night of the Thirteen Moogles, get out immediately.
Anything else: A very worried Pen-Pen will be remaining behind to watch over Ib.

[jadethenecromancer]

Player Name: Huudel
Character Name: Jade Curtiss

NPCs: The Heran leaders and scientists
Instructions: Jade will have drawn up detailed instructions for modifying the Soul Divider, using the Omega knowledge from Jack's world and the theoretical background for Auldrant's Planet Storm, the latter of which Jade has been working on adapting for Crystallis technology since Revelations. He also brought the original texts for the Planet Storm during the event so all the information is available if the NPCs need to make changes while the Heroes are gone.
Anything else: A brief IC discussion about this happened here if it helps!

NPCs: The President of Esdham, or rather the doctors in charge of her care
Instructions: Although he didn't have the time to figure out the cause of and treatment for her illness, Jade will nevertheless leave them with the results of whatever tests he was able to run and any information on Calamity cells he could gather, in the hopes that it'll be of some help.

[revitalise]

Player Name: Alse
Character Name: Tear Grants

NPCs: Other workers and the Old Man at the Chocobo Ranch
Instructions: Nothing particularly extraordinary, it's mostly instructions for taking care of Rem, Suzaku, and the 5 other chocobo babies she and Ace took under their wing and their individual needs and temperaments.
Anything else: They'll probably try to follow their mother anyway, sob.

NPCs: Semi-NPC, her moogle Sein
Instructions: A journal about the care of the various plants in her garden and how to properly store them to be planted should it prove to be too much to maintain it, and that if possible / necessary, that the selenia be planted throughout the graveyard and church of the Thirteenth District.
Anything Else: If Sein were to follow her or otherwise be unable to, the journal will be entrusted to his two younger sisters.

NPCs: Cid
Instructions: Entrusted to him will be a journal containing all the knowledge she has gathered of the Bard job and various Legendary Melodies, understanding that it was a job created by Kalki. In addition, there will also be detailed summaries of the two Premonitions she has had but with the added note that the future has not yet been determined, as well as her own knowledge of Auldrant's Planetary Storm that could be put to use into the Soul Divider.

[im_pancake]

Player Name: Knux
Character Name: Twilight Sparkle

NPCs: Workers within Palitutu's Laboratory
Instructions: Twilight will request that work continue on getting the Savior of Worlds Advanced Job up and running while she's gone
Anything else: Nada.

[neverfirstclass]

Player Name: Matt
Character Name: Cloud

NPCs: Cloud's Doppelganger, if he can be located. He was a doctor from Flence but he has popped up from time to time in other locations, like helping after last year's attack in Aqures Ixen. He's most likely in Santa's Village taking care of refugees.
Instructions: Cloud will not tell him anything, but rather after upgrading and preparing his gear for the battle to come, he will send an anonymous donation of a large portion of the remaining gil that he's saved up over time (I've not been tracking it but I'm trying to make reasonable estimates). At least 30K gil likely.
Anything else: Thanks for the fun ride.

[worstintheworld]

Player Name: Faetan
Character Name: Natalia L.K. Lanvaldear

NPCs: People of Trano Golsaucia
Instructions: Natalia sets them up as best they can with anti-monster defenses...watch towers, automatic harpoons, spiked fences that can be lit on fire to repel ochus, automatic crossbows...anything she had the proper technology to access. She'll leave detailed instructions on the importance of maintaining a proper watch and rotating shifts to keep an eye out for trouble, and a stern note at the bottom to send for help from Esdham immediately should it seem as if they are in danger of being overwhelmed. She uses the rest of her earnings to make sure they're well stocked with anti-toxins, medicine, blankets, food, and other necessary supplies.
Anything else: N/A

[sesenta]

Player Name: Faetan
Character Name: Akane Kurashiki

NPCs: A friend at the lab.
Instructions: She asks the Tarutaru to look after Jumpy (the pet rabbit) while they're gone. Super important stuff.
Anything else: Please don't eat the rabbit or kill it in a science experiment, fellow researcher friend.