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Chronicles of Mesion: Considering Hiatus; Comments Needed.
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<blockquote data-quote="LordVyreth" data-source="post: 2828876" data-attributes="member: 9626"><p><strong>Mesion Excerpt #3: Travels of the Target</strong></p><p></p><p>And now for a bit of ominous foreshadowing. The details of this update are intentionally vague, both to avoid giving anything away and because I'm still tying the details of the game to the plot as it develops and the characters' motivations.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> The target arrived at its next stop, which by all appearances is just another nondescript village. That was just how the target liked it. Harrin’s Steading, Dawn Grove, Capeville, and countless other villages just like this one blended in the target’s mind. The target knew the rules. Stay out of cities. There, the target’s enemies could be anywhere and the target’s identity could become known. Stay out of the wilderness. Enemies can stage an ambush behind every rock or tree, and an accident or simple monster attack could ruin everything. No, it was best to stay in the relative anonymity of small towns. Above all else, though, the target knew that the first rule now is simply to flee. In earlier days, the target and its organization could afford to hide in plain sight. But the target, and more importantly what the target had, was too valuable right now.</p><p></p><p> The target’s name is not to be revealed. If possible, neither is the target’s title, profession, race, or even gender! Until the target’s organization is no longer in crisis and the target can return its possession to safer hands, it must avoid making contact with anybody. And yet, the target is becoming increasingly worried that this is no longer an option. The target was supposed to be contacted by more powerful and higher ranked members of the organization as soon as possible, but it has been months now without even the first hint of communication, and the target is worried that the worst has happened; the target is the last member of the organization alive! In addition, the target knows that it is a target. It was attacked several times already, and though it managed to through off pursuit so far, it knows it can’t last forever. It will have to either get help by the organization, or it will have to find some trustworthy allies soon; people that its enemies don’t know about.</p><p></p><p> The target knows all too well about the threat of its enemies. Ever since its organization existed, there have been forces that threatened to end the organization and its goals. But in the last few years, things have changed for the worst. A new secret society is threatening the target’s organization. This new threat has the resources of a small nation, perhaps suggesting that a city-state is directly funding the society. They also appear to be fully committed to finding and eliminating everyone in the target’s organization, making their goal obvious; they seek the very object the organization was created to protect; the same object the target is now forced to protect with its life alone. The target knows that the odds are against it. It has absolutely no hope that it will even survive the next few weeks, assuming it survives the day. But it tries not to think about the seemingly doomed chances of long-term success, or what it means for Mesion if it fails. It just has to deal with each day and each village at a time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordVyreth, post: 2828876, member: 9626"] [b]Mesion Excerpt #3: Travels of the Target[/b] And now for a bit of ominous foreshadowing. The details of this update are intentionally vague, both to avoid giving anything away and because I'm still tying the details of the game to the plot as it develops and the characters' motivations. The target arrived at its next stop, which by all appearances is just another nondescript village. That was just how the target liked it. Harrin’s Steading, Dawn Grove, Capeville, and countless other villages just like this one blended in the target’s mind. The target knew the rules. Stay out of cities. There, the target’s enemies could be anywhere and the target’s identity could become known. Stay out of the wilderness. Enemies can stage an ambush behind every rock or tree, and an accident or simple monster attack could ruin everything. No, it was best to stay in the relative anonymity of small towns. Above all else, though, the target knew that the first rule now is simply to flee. In earlier days, the target and its organization could afford to hide in plain sight. But the target, and more importantly what the target had, was too valuable right now. The target’s name is not to be revealed. If possible, neither is the target’s title, profession, race, or even gender! Until the target’s organization is no longer in crisis and the target can return its possession to safer hands, it must avoid making contact with anybody. And yet, the target is becoming increasingly worried that this is no longer an option. The target was supposed to be contacted by more powerful and higher ranked members of the organization as soon as possible, but it has been months now without even the first hint of communication, and the target is worried that the worst has happened; the target is the last member of the organization alive! In addition, the target knows that it is a target. It was attacked several times already, and though it managed to through off pursuit so far, it knows it can’t last forever. It will have to either get help by the organization, or it will have to find some trustworthy allies soon; people that its enemies don’t know about. The target knows all too well about the threat of its enemies. Ever since its organization existed, there have been forces that threatened to end the organization and its goals. But in the last few years, things have changed for the worst. A new secret society is threatening the target’s organization. This new threat has the resources of a small nation, perhaps suggesting that a city-state is directly funding the society. They also appear to be fully committed to finding and eliminating everyone in the target’s organization, making their goal obvious; they seek the very object the organization was created to protect; the same object the target is now forced to protect with its life alone. The target knows that the odds are against it. It has absolutely no hope that it will even survive the next few weeks, assuming it survives the day. But it tries not to think about the seemingly doomed chances of long-term success, or what it means for Mesion if it fails. It just has to deal with each day and each village at a time. [/QUOTE]
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