Carnival of life
Death had summoned you all to the ocean site, her feathered children spreading the word to anyone willing to listen. It was time.
Fittingly, the weather had turned to slight drizzle, though those attuned to the etherical side of life could sense that it wasn't quite natural. Death was already standing there, Her mighty form rivalling the trees nearby. Staring at the restless ocean, back turned to you, but you could sense she knew exactly every soul present, dead or alive. She took a deep breath, and spoke with determination.
"I'm done running. I'm done pretending that inaction will change the outcome. I've... learned.
I've changed."
Slowly, she turned to look at the mass behind Her while the ocean grew even more restless.
"I cannot promise that this will be easy. Forgive me if a loss of life occurs,
for she does not care for the weak. But in my eyes, such weakness does not exist. I have both witnessed and experienced
your training. I see the determined of you, ready to face this challenge, and I think of you brave. I see the fearful
of you, unsure of your skill, and still here with us, I think of you brave."
She turned back to look at the ocean.
"I apologise it took so long... but we are here, sister."
The wind picked up a huge wave, splashing in front of Death as if a warning. And from the ever stormier ocean
you could hear... laughter. Sinister, sarcastic laughter, echoing in your head.
From behind Her, for a moment you could only see fog raising in the drizzling rain, until suddenly more aquatics emerged, almost eerily silently and in unison. While much smaller than Life, they were still formidable in their stature, each scarred tattered with a resolved gaze forwards. Life turned around to look at them, as if admiring her children. With almost a grin in her voice, she continued,
With a malicious laughter She fell back and quickly disappeared in the deep waters, the children She left behind taking a step forward. It was time to show what you were made of.
"Oh how my heart simply weeps! You? Come for ME? Allow me a giggle."
A series of small lights emerged from the depths, and coming near enough the beach formed a hemisphere on the water before
it was forced to break, revealing the dark figure slowly rising up. A sense of dread washed over you, like being in front
of a predator ready to hunt you down. Hungry for destruction, yet looking at you much like witnessing a mere bug bothering
her domain. Just from her muscular stature you could sense that She would not give you even a hint of mercy in the upcoming
fight, yet almost paradoxically something inside of you felt all the more determined due to it. In front of you stood Life,
staring down on you, before lazily turning to Her sister.
"And this is the best you could gather? These vermins who could not even protect themselves
and forced you as their sacrifice?"
"A sacrifice I was not for my interval was a decision of my own. And for it I should thank you,
for that chance I have learned a lot I would have otherwise dismissed. I now understand how you-"
"You understand NOTHING."
Life roared, making Death take a careful step back.
"I tire of your words,
they are meaningless. I do not care of thine history, nor the brave deeds of the past. You are here to slay me, save
your words when you can actually stand behind them."
From behind Her, for a moment you could only see fog raising in the drizzling rain, until suddenly more aquatics emerged, almost eerily silently and in unison. While much smaller than Life, they were still formidable in their stature, each scarred tattered with a resolved gaze forwards. Life turned around to look at them, as if admiring her children. With almost a grin in her voice, she continued,
"So be it. Prove yourselves then. Defeat my children, not used to the feeling of land, and I will consider
giving you the fight you yearn. If you cannot defeat them, what hope you have in defeating me. HOWEVER"
She turned around fast enough to create a wave of water hitting the shore, her wrath
booming in her voice,
"fail to do so, and I will eradicate you once and for all!
I've got no patience for this endless meandering, and less so for creatures not willing to improve on themselves! Throw
your worst! BARE YOUR TEETH IF YOU DARE."
Suddenly calming down, Her voice
turned to almost gentle in its softness,
"Lest you fail, the ocean will
swallow your corpses and feed those worthy of them."
With a malicious laughter She fell back and quickly disappeared in the deep waters, the children She left behind taking a step forward. It was time to show what you were made of.
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As the final aquatic Kukuri slumped back in the water, accepting the defeat in front of the overwhelming force, the sea fell calm for the moment. It was time for rest, Kukuris were wounded and tired as they stood on the sand. A week, that's how much Life gave you time to recover, for She would find a battle against battered army rather unsatisfying. The excitement in Her voice was unnerving, yet it felt like there was hint of hope in it. For what, it was hard to say.
The week felt both instant and agonizingly slow, and as the final day of rest passed the kukuris gathered once more. Death stood in front of you, silent and focused, her serene body full of nicked scars yet posture determined. The sea grew restless, and at this point everyone knew Life was nearing. Her luminescent glow slowly emerging from the depths, before Her form broke the water's surface and gently rose upwards. With ease floating above the ocean, as if invisible strings were keeping Her up. Death lifted her gaze. There was no more persuading, the usual warmth near gone from Her voice.
Life stared at Death in near bored manner, then her large form bent ever slightly as she let out a chuckle. Then laughter, which only increased in volume. She let her body fall back in the ocean, causing a huge wave in her dive, and as it hit the beach she emerged within it. The mass of her body causing a tremble as she landed on all fours, for the first time in eons appearing so close to anyone besides Her children. With a wide grin Her eyes near gleamed as she stood on two legs, neck hunched and claws spread. With both pride and fear you realized that She would fight you seriously, as her massive muscular body took a step closer to that she could hunch closer.
"SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT. SHOW ME WHO. YOU. ARE."
The onslaught was relentless. As the last fighter gasped in exhaustion, the tattered bastion of Life's form lied still, the dark blood drippling from Her wounds. A sigh of relief, some nervous chuckles, which were immediately interrupted by chuckling. The giant God drew a breath, stubborn as life is, and lifted Herself on Her arms.
The sharp sound screeched through the air as you watched Life's body fall in the ocean, almost as if in slow motion. Gracefully as ever, Death landed on the sand, and stared at Her sister's now lifeless body. And slowly, the soft glow embodied the dark form, dissipating in the air so peacefully it was almost hard to believe the battle which had just ensued. When almost all of Her was gone, Death spread her wings, then reached them forwards towards the small glowing twinkle of light. In a nervous manner the light hesitated, before slowly making its way towards Death, exhausted and tired. And as it reached Her, Death closed Her wings around it like in a hug.
It was an odd feeling, wanting to comfort a being so outside of your realm of existence, and yet in respectful silence kukuris gathered around the two sisters, laying next to them and leaning their bodies onto Death's large, soft body.
The winds had calmed and the ocean was silent.
Week 6 Countdown:
November 19th, 2023 - 11AM PST, 9pm UTC+3
General Rules
► You may only participate in one fight per week (collab or not, Attack or Defense).
►►► You may not join a collab if your one use of the week is used.
► You may use a starter if you do not own a Kukuri yet. However you may not use any of the new aquatic starters!
► Rewards will be redeemed at the end of the event.
► Aquatic Starter images have a stash file linked, that need to be in the description of entries, just like player owned kukuris.
► Familiars, other kukuri, handlers and import pets may be present but may NOT actively help their kukuris fight. The kukuri must fight under their own power.
► The entry must be posted in your gallery. No Sta.sh entries.
► With collabs, only one person has to post the image. It will count for both of you.
► Only 2 people may participate in the collab (You and the other)
► A Kukuri can use magic in the event.
► While we will post comments with links to entry rolls for you, it is good practice to save links for every entry so that you can easily redeem awards at the end!
Magic Rules
► Your kukuri is allowed to portray magical powers in entries! As long as it's clearly magical, it's allowed (for example elemental powers like fire, water, ice, earth, lightning, darkness, light, poison, wind etc). You can't fully cover your whole kukuri in an element, only partially (we still must be able to tell which kukuri it is). Limbs and horns can be covered in elemental power as long as the kukuri is otherwise recognisable
► Kukuri is not allowed to portray extra body parts like wings, tentacles, extra limbs, extra tails etc. Furthermore, your kukuri cannot erase limbs using elemental powers.
► Your kukuri can create illusion of itself, but not fully visible clone. We must be able to tell which kukuri in the entry is the real one, so make the other one magical! We also allow spiritual and ghost forms
► Kukuri is allowed to be able to fly, but it must have visible visual effects other than floating in air
► Your kukuri can't shrink or enlarge in size!
► Both Kukuris must be full bodies (75% showing)
► Colored, and shaded with a background
► The fight must happen on a beach or in the ocean
► Life should be 50% visible. The part of her you are attacking should be visible as well, the amount depends on which part (read Attack Team section)
► Entires should be a minimum of 1000 words - for every additional kukuri there should be +500 words added, making two kukuris attacking minimum of 1500 words.
► Both Kukuris should be presented fairly evenly
► The fight must happen on a beach or in the ocean
► Over 50% of the word amount should be concentrated on the fight. 25% of that should be focused on the part of Life you are attacking
Rules of the Fight
► SP is NOT optional this time, however not having any applied SP wont ruin your chances! ATK, SPD and DEF are all rolled with a random number, giving your kukuri a chance to land a hit even with no stats!
We will use applied SP only. Linking pending SP updates won’t count.
► If you are Defending the attack team, you may only directly attack one of the shroom mothers.
► Aquatics shown below are the only opened to be attacked during the current week. If a starter is not taken down... it will then protect Life later on, making the final battle much harder. Work together to take them all down!
► We advise against making entries in advance, as the event progresses there may be changing parts you dont expect!
Battle Mechanics
How to Battle
The battle has begun and its time to act!
The coming battles will be harder then anything faced in the past, Life's forces will not play nice or fair. Even with magic, it will be a test of wills and a test of teamwork!
To effectively battle Life, there must be two teams... Attack and Defense. Both play an important role in defeating the attacking enemies
It is HIGHLY encouraged to work with your fellow players and make a collabrative effort to both defend and attack!
Select the tabs above for specific details about Attack and defense
Attack Team
Those that Attack focus on Life that have gone on the offensive. Each attack makes progress towards taking the aquatic down so that they cant continue their raid! But be careful, and communicate with your team well, It will take your all to defeat Life.
But being on the attack comes with risks that the Defense team must work to counter! Death will try to aid you as best as she can, but dont rely on her to aid every attack. Life is a powerful and tough opponent... be on your guard.
► Attacks are based on both rng and stats. Better stats will yeild better results, but even a kukuri with no stats at all can hit heavy with a bit of luck.
► Death will attempt to boost your attack with magic, resulting in a larger hit to the Aquatic. But she cant always help. This is RNG
► An attack entry coming after a defense entry will have its damage tripled!
Defense Team
The Defense side of the battle focuses on defending the innocent as well as stopping Cerberus from interfering with the attack team. It is A key part to the battle, allowing the attackers to land more effective hits. Defensive kukuris can also deal damage on the Aquatic starters, but their focus is on helping those that come after, so their attacks will be less powerful. If the Defense team fails to act, Cerberus could as much as half the damage of an attacker's hit!
Only the Defense team can directly take on Cerberus! Cerberus is just as strong as the aquatics; however, while he is not your main target, he is going to do everything he can to stop you. Thus the defense team must interfere with his plans to aid the attack team!
► Defense entries will still deal damage to the Aquatics, but it is not as powerful as directly attacking them! Any damage delt is still based in stats/rng.
► Defending Innocents OR battlings Cerberus will Triple the damage of the attack that follows your entry! These can stack up, meaning if there are 3 defense entries in a row, the next 3 attack entries will be boosted!
► Innocents can be anything from injured kukuri, to pups, nests or animals. As long as your kukuri is helping those around them!
►If one starter is taken down, the damage that would have been dealt to it will then be transfered to the next starter, however it will only be half as effective! This means if you started an entry and got it in right as or after a starter was defeated, dont fret, you will still do damage to the other starter!
Attack
The attack team directly takes on Life. Life is massive and must be attacked at certain points rather than as a whole. You may attack her Legs, Arms, Body and Tail... She will not let you Attack her Head until she's been weakened!
Attack Mechanics
► Each kukuri will be given a roll in attacks. Meaning if you have collabed with someone, Both kukuri will get individual rolls!
►►►However any more then two kukuri will not be rolled, bystanders and kukus included for FP dont impact the roll nor deal damage!
►Attacks are rolled by stats and rng meaning kukuri with 0 or even negative stats can still do their part. Dont back down even if your kukuri doesnt seem prepared! They might surprise you!
►You may only attack ONE Part of Life. Each part of Life has different weaknesses... work together to bring her down!
Arms
Legs
Head
Total Health
Defense
Life has brought some of her shroom mothers with her... do not let them interfere! Attack them to give the attack team the best chance at besting the goddess!
The attack can only be successful with the aid of those willing to defend the offensive team. Afterall... Cerberus will not let you win so easily
Defense Mechanics
► Defense entries still cause damage to Life. This is based on RNG and Stats just like Attacking, however they will by default deal less damage.
►Defending your attack team gives a massive boost. This includes entirely preventing Cerberus from interfering, to tripling (x3) the attack of the following Attack Entry!
►A shroom mother must be present even if you are defending innocents.
Aquatic Shroom Mother
Aerial Shroom Mother
Posting your entry
Remember that you may post only one entry per week, either Attack OR Defense - whether it is a single entry or taking part in a collab! Make sure to fill all the parts of the form correctly! Failure to do so will delay your entry being rolled.
All entries rolled are eligible for +3 FP event bonus for all kukuris on active roles! Remember that each aquatic, as well as Life, Death and Cerberus will give other kukuri-bonus as well!
Collab partner: (use the @ username. If it's not a collab, you can erase this and second kukuri from the form)
Attack or Defense:
Target: (One of the week's starters, Cerberus, or innocents)
KUKURIS FIGHTING
Kukuri 1
Link to the import:
Skill points: 0-ATK 0-DEF 0-SPD
Kukuri 2
Link to the import:
Skill points: 0-ATK 0-DEF 0-SPD
Submit entries here
Week 1 | Week 2
Week 3 | Week 4
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Week 5 | Week 6
1-2 Entries
5,000 Cr
3 x small scar pack
1 x large scar pack
2 x medicine
1 x healing potion
3 x rainbow dye
2 x small accessory blueprint
1 x scroll of alteration
1 x small herb pouch
1 x scroll of modification
background set - coliseum of life (3 uses)
5,000 Cr
3 x small scar pack
1 x large scar pack
2 x medicine
1 x healing potion
3 x rainbow dye
2 x small accessory blueprint
1 x scroll of alteration
1 x small herb pouch
1 x scroll of modification
background set - coliseum of life (3 uses)
3-4 Entries
10,000 Cr
7 x small scar pack
2 x large scar pack
4 x medicine
2 x bandage
2 x healing potion
1 x antibiotics
6 x rainbow dye
3 x small accessory blueprint
2 x large accessory blueprint
2 x scroll of alteration
1 x small chest
3 x small herb pouch
2 x scroll of modification
background set - coliseum of life (6 uses)
1 x minor scroll of rebirth
1 x keen sense potion
10,000 Cr
7 x small scar pack
2 x large scar pack
4 x medicine
2 x bandage
2 x healing potion
1 x antibiotics
6 x rainbow dye
3 x small accessory blueprint
2 x large accessory blueprint
2 x scroll of alteration
1 x small chest
3 x small herb pouch
2 x scroll of modification
background set - coliseum of life (6 uses)
1 x minor scroll of rebirth
1 x keen sense potion
5-6 Entries
30,000 Cr
10 x small scar packs
5 x large scar packs
background set - coliseum of life (9 uses)
3 x Event familiars (Ra'chak, Ra'lua, or Ra'kae)
4 x scroll of modification
2 x healing potion
2 x safe nest potion
2 x large accessory blueprint
5 x small accessory blueprint
10 x rainbow dye
1 x slot to starter
1 x scroll of rebirth
2 x minor scroll of rebirth
6 x medicine
3 x bandages
2 x antibiotics
2 x stitches
4 x scroll of alteration
3 x reskill potion
3 x suture kit
1 x large chest
30,000 Cr
10 x small scar packs
5 x large scar packs
background set - coliseum of life (9 uses)
3 x Event familiars (Ra'chak, Ra'lua, or Ra'kae)
4 x scroll of modification
2 x healing potion
2 x safe nest potion
2 x large accessory blueprint
5 x small accessory blueprint
10 x rainbow dye
1 x slot to starter
1 x scroll of rebirth
2 x minor scroll of rebirth
6 x medicine
3 x bandages
2 x antibiotics
2 x stitches
4 x scroll of alteration
3 x reskill potion
3 x suture kit
1 x large chest