How many doors does it take to get home? DE, Hard Adventure

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

Name: How many doors does it take to get home?

Participants:

Ambrose and Crystal


Location: 

Drangleic Castle, starting at the depths and ascending to the top. 


Difficulty Level: Hard


Setting: DE

Plotline: 

Simply put this adventure is a boss rush. While there is some exploration of the castle and some additions to the fight. Such as finding the boss for example or otherwise instigating the fight. The core of this adventure is to complete a boss rush. The minimum number of bosses to complete is 4 but it can extend up to 6 if the participants are willing.

Kitai has had yet another new and wacky machine to test. But instead of using one of his clones given their current creation of a Union, Kitai must look towards others said others being Crystal, an intern that he occasionally allows around his shop for one reason or another. And Ambrose, the new guy who walked into his shop and wanted something. With promises that Kitai is absolutely, 100%, definitely going to keep because it's what a stand-up person like him would do, the two are convinced or otherwise forced to pass into what is effectively an altered Interdimensional Doorknob portal and see if it took them where Kitai wants to go. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the doorknob had other plans. Such plans included taking itself along with Crystal and Ambrose onto a misadventure into another realm where not just their bodies but their very souls are in danger. (Or as close to a soul as Crystal has)

The King and Queen of the Drangleic Castle have agreed to allow the two to return where they came from so long as they endure and succeed at the castle's legendary gauntlet. They must traverse the castle, endure against traps, minions, monsters, and creatures of myth, legend, or otherwise renown in this world. Some of which are just incredibly strong individuals. Should the two fail to complete the gauntlet however, they will not only be stuck in this realm forever but also will find themselves corrupted by a mysterious influence called the "Abyssal Draw". A disease that affects not just the body and mind, but the soul, or closest thing to that, of an individual. Driving them insane, bestial, and reducing any capabilities they previously wielded to effectively nothing. 



Estimated Enemy Strength: 

Enemies will be Class 3 on average. Bosses typically class 2 with one or two at class 1.


Estimated Time Until Completion: 

3 pages or 6 months, whichever comes first. 


Starts: 

Upon my first opening post.


Special Conditions:

1. Each individual will have 3 total lives. Upon dying the individuals are respawned in a nearby safe zone. When respawning individuals regain full health, reiatsu, stamina, and any other limited resources. Effectively it's a complete reset. Only on the 3rd death is this permanent. Enemies, bosses, and zones also reset upon death of both Crystal and Ambrose.

2. Upon killing a boss all resources are reset and wounds healed. 

3. Bosses may or may not have environmental effects, this will typically be dealt with on boss 3 and whatever follows. Bosses also have HP bars that are reduced directly by how much OS an attack, effect, etc. has. Upon reaching 0 they die. 

4. 2x TP due to Christmas Event.

5. So long as a rest spot is reached Ambrose and Crystal can "update" themselves. I.E. If they got new items, release abilities, non-release techs, more skills, etc. They can have the current character reflective of that update. Additionally, so long as they are at a rest spot, they can purchase new items.

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

Shortly before Kitai himself took to the register . . .

The sound of hammers slamming into metal, continuous raging sounds of grinding metal on metal, and even the sound of a squeaky material being repeated smacked onto something. Then silence. Complete, eerie silence. It would stay this way in Kitai's basement until the man in question slammed open a door into yet another clone, effectively merging it with his wall. With his engineering googles on, welding gloves, and a welding apron Kitai raised what was the most glorious creation he'd made, and definitely not edited, in his entire existence. A DOORKNOB. But not just any doorknob, nay this was THE DOORKNOB. Definitely not an interdimensional doorknob that Kitai borrowed from the black market with no intention of returning. And then went so far as to invalidate the warranty on it by changing and unstablizing it until it was less than a doorknob and more a loot box of chance and chaos.

As Kitai held it in the air above his head he smiled and even cried a tear of joy. "MAUHAHAHAHAHAHA! YES! I've done it! I've almost certainly probably done it! My, possibly, prized creation that may or may not work! No one can stop me now! In theory! ...And now to beta test this with definitely willing test subjects! Oh, Clone thirty-seven~! A conveniently located phone next to Kitai rang. He raised an eyebrow and used a chain to pick it up. "Hello? This better be important, I'm monologuing down here. Hmm? TWO customers? Oh, one customer and Crystal BLEGH. Want to see ME? THE MAGNIFICENT? THE UNKNOWABLE? THE UNIMAGINABLY INTERESTING AND NUMBER 1 TWITTER'S SEXIEST MAN, KITAI YORU??? . . . NO Of cour- wait . . . THIS IS PERFECT! I'll be right up and DON'T let them leave yet. Thanks to your silly union I need these two to stick around a bit longer."

He immediately slammed the phone into the dialer and shattered the entire thing. Forgetting that it was his chain rather than his hand that was holding the phone. He shrugged pondering the idea of fixing it later. Or not. It wasn't all that important anyway. If they REALLY wanted to reach him, they'd just call Jack or Jill. One of them could handle his affairs while he was busy doing literally anything else on this godforsaken cheeseless world. Speaking of cheese though, he had two new test subjects that he absolutely was going to abuse for his personal gain. Why he wasn't called Kitai for NOT using interns and other not currently customers who walked into his doors. In fact, he may as well already have their express permission to use them as they walked into his shop. What generous souls. Truly he was touched. Maybe even so touched he'd . . . dare he wonder? PAY them. Perish the thought as Kitai placed the back of his hand to his forehead and almost fainted while his heart seized and his body shook. The thought alone was too much, and he needed to abuse them for a test before they left. He immediately let his chains break the ceiling and drag him to the main floor. Breaking through several floors along the way.


Back in the main room where all purchases at the Kitai Shop were made . . . 


The clone in question was listening to his original go on and on and on about something. Monologuing to himself with very much more literal display. Then he heads the phone smashing, and the line went dead. "Uh huh. . . Well, that happened. Yea so anyway Crystal and Hellion #2, whatever your name was, the boss'll see you shortly. Just wait around here. It won't be long." Said clone then picked up an abnormally large newspaper, put on a thick pair of glasses, shook the newspaper out, and began reading while promptly ignoring the two "customers" in the shop. What did it matter to him if the real Kitai was requested AND decided to show up? Surely it wasn't his job to entertain them anymore. Especially not when his daily dose of terrible news was on the line. And how could he keep up with all the fake news in the world if he didn't read it during working hours? It'd be impossible.

While Ambrose and Crystal were given the main floor of the store to do with as they pleased it'd only be about two minutes before they felt something shaking. Starting with the ground and then realizing that it was the building as a whole shaking. Merchandise fell from the shelves, the windows cracked, and even the lights flickered. All while the shaking grew more and more intense. Crystal likely already knew Kitai was a man of theatrics and wouldn't be too surprised on that front. For Ambrose however, assuming he was unfamiliar with Kitai beyond word of mouth, this could have meant anything including the collapse of what looked to be a very shoddy building if the outside was anything to go by. It was half dilapidated and at the same time overly gaudy with its bright neon signs, a painting of the original Kitai, and propaganda posters on every inch of the wall.

Eventually the shaking stopped and then from nowhere a chunk of the floor slammed into the ceiling as four chains of hell rose out of the hole in the ground. Two holding up the chunk of the floor, with the other two pulling up the main body. Kitai was in the middle of laughing maniacally while holding onto his new doorknob. Evidently having finished his monologue on the way up. Then he realized what floor he was on and turned around, pulled out his Nokia cellphone and made himself presentable. I.E. Slamming the chunk of flooring back into the floor haphazardly, then quickly combing his hair with his hand, checking for any blemish and dusting off his straitjacket. Once he was good, he slammed the Nokia shut and placed it into one of many pockets then spun around, returned all the chains to his body and held open his arms wide while speaking to them.

"WELL HELLO YOU TWO! Crystal, I'd say its nice to see you but that'd be a lie. Still, it's good your here. And with a new sub-customer as well! Good job, before long you'll actually have a shop of your own if you keep bringing me new customers. As for you, I don't know you and frankly I don't care BUT it's not about WHO you are but WHAT you want. And I, Kitai, have absolutely anything and everything your heart could possibly desire. Or I can get it or make it. Same thing really. SO! With that said lets not talk about what you want and instead focus on what I want, that you two will undoubtably do." From out of nowhere Kitai created a door from the floor as well as a chair for himself. Then flung out a pair of chains at both Ambrose and Crysal, bringing them closer to him so that Kitai could continue his spectacle without delay. Once they were within a few feet of Kitai, the chains let go and instead created a wall of chains around the small group.

Kitai stood up from his chair as melodramatically as possible. Throwing it against the wall of chains and destroying it in the process as he began yet another monologue. "I, have a dream. That one day, I, and I alone shall experience a world made of NOTHING BUT CHEESE!" He sighed to himself as he imagined it. Plains of cheddar. Trees made entirely of munster. A sun of molten nacho cheese. The clouds made of swiss. It was perfect. Beautiful. And certainly a collossal pain in the ass to return to. But he'd get there. And this doorknob was how it'd happen. He swiped away the tears at his eyes from the majesty and looked at Crystal and Ambrose again. "That is where you both come in! I have made many, many illegal modifications to this highly illegal item, to further destabilize the bonds of reality in order to reach my dream! And thanks to the clones silly "Union", you two are going to test it out! And if you don't, I'll send my clones in anyway! Sadly, this will infect those worlds with the chains of Hell, dragging those worlds into it, and potentially collapsing all the worlds into Hell. Very sad I know but such is the nature of SCIENCE! Also, yes this is an ultimatum. No I feel no shame in doing this. And, yes I will condsider paying you, depending on how good the results are. Meaning if there's none you'll both get NOTHING!~ Fairs only fair after all. Now chop chop, we ain't got all day."

Kitai slapped the doorknob onto the door created by his soul command. Flooded it with his hellish reiatsu and then flung it open and what was seen was incredible. Worlds of worlds, doors to the collective multiverse were present all before them. It was beautiful to see just how many different realms of what could be where present. This lasted all of about five seconds before the entrance glitched and then rapidly consumed the door and became a raging tear in space that was intent upon vacuuming the lot of them into wherever the fuck it intended to take them. Kitai, thankfully, was safe as his chains latched onto everything, they could around him, including his form. Crystal and Ambrose however would find themselves damn near grabbed by the suction force of the tear and dragged in. From there it was the two of them, along with the tear and doorknob that caused this being flung across the multiverse.

One minute they were going through Hell. The next they were in the emperor's throne room, which was blessedly empty, then they even went through the captain commanders closet before finding themselves fall into the Void and falling into its depths. After what felt like a couple minutes, they'd finally be flung into a jail cell each individual slamming into a wall on the opposite side of the room. The wall surprisingly withstood the blow through and once they removed their faces from said wall, they'd find that the cell was almost too out of date to be from their own realm. A sake of rotting hay was their bed, a single bucket, one barred window up 10 feet from the floor, and a set of magically reinforced bars on the opposite walls. The bars glowed a bright blue and upon inspection would reveal that the two couldn't walk through the spaces between them. Worse yet if either had any means of sensing energy, they'd be able to tell that this wasn't created from reiatsu at all and instead from some alternate energy source.

And where in all this chaos was the doorknob? On the other side of the jail cell. Currently rolling down the hallway on the right side of the cell's entrance. Movement could be heard from down the hall and the sound of hushed voices along with it. The sound seemed as though it was metal on stone. This sound stopped and the sounds of hushed voices rose a bit as they were seemingly puzzled by something. After a couple minutes of this constant buzzing fast clanking sounds ran further away while a pair of much closer clanking sounds started to increase in volume. It was clear, one set of footsteps were coming closer while another was running off somewhere. Ambrose and Crystal had about a minute to themselves before the steps arrived. With no portal remaining and no doorknob to create another their immediate means for escape was gone. But perhaps it wouldn't be for long?

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{Doorknob that Kitai used}