axiology | EVENT WRITE-UP: WHY IS IT CALLED 'PUZZLES'? THAT'S THE PUZZLE.

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What is this about puzzles in the Oska log? Well, it looks like someone has laid a very deliberate trail, although it’s not clear what’s at the end of it. Each puzzle is well hidden, but the answer to a previous puzzle will help point the way to it. There’s still some searching and guesswork involved even with a previous answer to help, though.

We will be determining who finds and solves each puzzle with use of an RNG. If you want to sign up but your character isn’t actually much good at puzzles, never fear! You are welcome to bring any other characters along in the finding that would be able to lend your character a hand.

As mentioned, each puzzle points the way to the next clue, so it will be your responsibility to have your character somehow pass along their findings to the next character picked via RNG to solve one. Please don’t enter into the RNG unless you think you will have time for a thread of that nature. You can also work this out OOCly between players if timing is an issue, but playing it out is encouraged!

We will be drawing the first of six characters on the 11th, and one per day after that until the last day, the 17th. Sign ups to be entered into the RNG will be open until the 13th, and if your character is drawn to win they will be removed from the drawing and unable to be picked for a second day.

The puzzle and its result will be PM’d to each winner, who can thread out solving it or just dispense the information to others, according to preference. The results of all of the puzzles put together will provide the ultimate answer, which we are leaving up to players to solve! Solving it on the 17th will end the log, but taking longer will draw the events out further (and perhaps pile on a few more).

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good evening mods! At first, I was joking on the intensity of when the rain stops pelting and turns to fireballs with a video reference because it's the first thing i think of but then I realized this is a legitimate question I maybe should ask to make sure.

How intense are we talking here in regards to fire raining down the sky at its worst? It's not this type of fireballs when it's not liquid fire raining everywhere right? I'm assuming something a lot more tame from the description but realize it could... be either or anywhere in between and it's sort of a very different level of concern for the characters to deal with.

Also, are character powers hindered in any way in regards to the elements? (will magic shields work to protect/shelter from the rain, for example). thanks! sorry for the weird initial question...

You're right, it's not quite that intense! It is as if it's raining flaming oil, with the occasional fireball that is much less destructive than in that video. You're welcome to play with whatever intensity you would like to within threads, but you can generally assume not TOO much property damage is being done aside from everything being, you know, on fire.

And powers are not limited, everything will work against the elements as they should.

Got you, thanks so much!

Hi there!

Is it still winter/snowing in Oska? (Before everything goes to hell and gets set on fire, ofc.)

Nope! It is about 50f/10c.

graham is a huntsman by nature, so I was wondering if there was any sort of food to be scaveneged in the forest? be it animals to hunt or edible plants to find! he would be pretty good at finding that sort of stuff.

There are no animals, but edible plants can be found. There are also signs of recent animal habitation, like nuts hoarded by squirrels and empty beehives.

Question about the current event log, I hope this is the right place to ask.

There are earthquakes on day two. Would someone strongly attuned to earth (i.e. Seraphs are basically like elemental spirits, so as an Earth one Edna would be pretty savvy about it - normally) be able to gauge the quakes? As in whether or not they're natural, or anything that may pinpoint towards the cause.

This is definitely the right place to ask!

These quakes would be unusual in how little there is to read about them. It's not that they're shielded or foreign to her, as much as there is no information to be gauged about them, in an unnatural way. More mundane information like when to expect the next quake would be able to be sensed though, and she could have a warning of about 2 minutes - 20 seconds, depending on severity. (Stronger quakes give more warning.)