Relic Sweeper 2 - by skyironsword

[skyironsword]

Spoiler for Lore:

"The runes aren't going to kill you if you step on them."

Link hurled himself over a particularly large rune. "Couldn't hurt."

"You're just wasting time." Sub gestured impatiently from across the room.

Finally relenting, Link placed his foot on a green square. The floor immediately fell out from underneath his foot, causing his forehead to come in contact with solid tile. Wincing, Link took in the unmarked tile walls of the three-foot pit he found himself in. Only a tiny square section of the room had sunk down. One quarter of Link's small compartment was taken up by the green pressure plate his left foot was holding down. The other part had no runes at all.

He couldn't help but notice that the light of the room above was slowly getting further away.

The moment Link's foot left the green square, the platform fell away. A hollow sound echoed from the abyss below as the square plunged into the depths. Sub caught him by four fingers, having made his way over to the hole.

"Now you owe me a favor," he said, smirking.

"I wouldn't have fallen in if I never stepped on the runes."

"It wasn't even a rune." protested Sub.

"But I thought it was. That's what counts."

As they exited the room, they did not see the remainder of the flooring descending into the abyss.

Somewhere in the murky depths, a single eye opened.

Instructions

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Day 7 is over.

[skyironsword]

Spoiler for Lore:

Act II

Dawn was minding his own business when a bullet flew two inches past his left arm. Backing away rapidly, he glanced in the general direction of the shot. The room ahead was dimly lit, but he could make out the silhouette of a figure in the back.

The use of a gun in the first place was rather distasteful to begin with. A gun would be rather ineffective against most monsters. That was why Dawn had decided on the purchase of a bow instead. However, a gun's effectiveness on human targets is nearly unparalleled.

Another bullet sliced through the air and ricocheted off the sphere orbiting him.

Murder was illegal in Etheria, of course. But with the variety of traps and monsters within the maze, it wouldn't be too hard to make his death look like an accident.

As he rounded a corner, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder.

This was not how Dawn wanted to die. Wincing from the pain, he ducked behind a pillar and aimed his bow carefully. Hopefully, the maze had cameras in the walls. Posthumously suing the assailant would have to suffice as revenge.

Both people fired.

The arrow struck. The bullet did not.

Instructions

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Day 8 is over.

[skyironsword]

Naesala and Arum have withdrawn from the game. They will both be killed, and their items and relics scattered as per the usual rules for death. They will be removed from the player list since withdrawn players cannot be revived.

Your personal grids have not yet been updated to reflect this, so plan accordingly.

(Unfortunately, this means that we are left with an excess of Mias and not enough of Lance or Lucina. The abilities of these two characters will most likely not be used to their full extent by their lone surviving user.)

[ddevans96]

Unfortunately, this means that we are left with an excess of Mias and not enough of Lance or Lucina. The abilities of these two characters will most likely not be used to their full extent by their lone surviving user.

No faith

[Linkcat]

^

[Submachine]

... not enough of ... Lucina. The abilities ... will most likely not be used to their full extent by their lone surviving user.

I beg to differ. The Lucina who just died never used any of her abilities. Her death changes nothing, because everything will go on as it was before. (cannot speak for the Lances)

[skyironsword]

Spoiler for Lore:

UTA shivered, despite the flowing lava in the cavern beneath him.

Something felt off.

Perhaps it was something about this room. It was barely a room in the first place. It was more like a bridge built over the planet's molten core. Or perhaps it was the maze in general. After all, safety was a thing of the past. Alternatively, it could be the floating spectre that was in the room ahead of him, though he had no way of knowing that.

UTA attributed the misgivings to discomfort and entered the room in front.
UTA shivered, probably due to the frozen lake beneath him.

Something felt off.

Perhaps it was something about this room. It was barely a room in the first place. It was more like a bridge built over the planet's frozen core. Or perhaps it was the maze in general. After all, safety was a thing of the past. Alternatively, it could be the floating spectre that was in the room ahead of him, though he had no way of knowing that.

UTA attributed the misgivings to the cold and headed back to set up camp where it was warmer.

Instructions

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Day 9 is over.

[skyironsword]

Spoiler for Lore:

Sub shot down another ghost effortlessly. Lasers worked on undead spectres, apparently.

Ever since the team had left the room with the unstable flooring, more and more ghosts had begun to appear. At this point, there was one every five or ten minutes. They hadn't really done anything to harm him yet, but touching them was probably not a good idea.

Link led with the authority of a subdued walnut, but he knew where their destination was.

As the pair continued their trek deeper into the maze, Sub couldn't help but wonder why it was getting colder.
After switches were toggled and pressure plates were pushed, a wall retracted into the floor, revealing a path into the center.

The center was simply an enormous room. While no taller than any of the others, neither Link nor Sub were able to see the opposite wall. In the middle of the room, an unorganized pile stood out from the emptiness.

The cold of the room pierced Sub's thin coat as he wandered towards the pile. This particular piercing chill felt oddly familiar.

Sub aimed the laser gun.

Instructions

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Day 10 is over.

[skyironsword]

Spoiler for Lore:

Dawn stared into the abyss of his backpack. Supplies were running low, and he had nothing to show except an infinitely circling black sphere.

Busy contemplating the selling price of a levitating ball, he failed to notice the dark spectre floating up behind him.

When he finally noticed the chill, the ghost was only inches away. A transparent, gray outline of a human being, with arm outstretched. The cold followed the restless spirit as he inched ever closer.

Jumping up and hooking his bag through one arm, Dawn tried his best to aim while running for his life. Ghosts didn't really have vital organs, but the chest was the easiest part to hit anyway. Ignoring the wound in his shoulder, he raised the bow to eye level and let go of the string.

Dawn watched as the arrow flew into the ghost, teleported back a few feet, changed direction, and embedded itself in the wall on his right.

Lowering his bow, he decided to run for it instead.

Instructions

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Day 11 is over.

Edit: Delayed by 1 day due to the withdrawal of ddevans96 and Physsion.

[Submachine]

Day 11 is over.

Edit: Delayed by 1 day due to the withdrawal of ddevans96 and Physsion.

Oh... :/

[skyironsword]

Spoiler for Lore:

Schadel pencilled in some lines on his map as he and UTA made their way to the center.

The map was a little bit off. He'd drawn one of the hallways at a slight angle and now it didn't connect at the other end. As he began to erase, he was interrupted by the sound of grinding. The temperature dropped several degrees as the wall in front of him retracted into the floor.

UTA, now recovered from stumbling over the pressure plate, was pointing at something in the room ahead.

A vast room lay in front of him, with a pile of unorganized objects stacked in the center. But the thing UTA was gesturing towards was a floating silhouette above the treasure hoard.

Schadel postponed his update of the map and watched as two figures approached the pile of treasure.

He watched as two figures rose up into the air.

He watched as they flew out of sight.

And he listened as two crunching noises came from the other side.

Instructions

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Day 12 is over.

[skyironsword]

Spoiler for Lore:

Link felt something snap in his left leg as he slammed into the wall. A sharp pain pierced through his body when he tried to move.

Next time, he'd be sure to let Sub go first.
Sub, shocked but unharmed by the impact, stood up tentatively.

The figure above the treasure pile had simply looked at him before he lost all control over his body. If only he had fired a second earlier.

Well, there was no point complaining now. The laser gun was lying on the floor, twenty feet away.

Link was also lying on the floor, but unlike the laser gun, he was right next to Sub.

Judging from the position of his leg, Link wouldn't be able to walk for a while.

Dragging Link's unconscious body behind him, Sub exited the room the same way they had entered.

Instructions

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Day 13 is over.