A proposal for taking down the big boss, Oroboros.
Oroboros Stratagem Proposal
A worn notebook, its contents faded and blotched by the ravages of time. The husk of Ahatopia has been sealed, yet I can still sense it... an irrepressible ▇▇ between the Paths. The Elation and the Voracity will one day ▇▇. THEIR rebirth in this place is inevitable. And so, I must ▇▇▇▇.
To-Do List A blurry, indecipherable passage of text.
Create an Aeonic game like no other All eight Actors are on board with the plan. This game is woven from the authority of the Elation. Even if I ▇▇, it will keep running on its own, until someone uses its boons to complete...
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Handle the remaining husk You try to focus your gaze on the words, but they slip away like grains of sand in an endless corridor, as if this humble notebook held a story spanning ten thousand years, as though the words themselves were time, leaving behind nothing but infinite blank.
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Akivili has vanished, but I never found a body.
Collect Wishpower Got tracked down by that deadline-obsessed Actor again. Good thing I'm always one step ahead.
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I swear on the Tree of Existence, no more reckless investments for me.
Wait around
Enroute... To think that the once most joyous Fool of the Elation had come to this. He had no idea, the very thing he sought to exploit was also...
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Bring the latest comics to the little fox The investment in Heldorin's giraffe conservation project went belly-up. Guess I'll buy a Big Lotto ticket to scrape together some funds.
I think I've been making too much of a scene... I've got a bad feeling I'm about to get shot seven times in the back and somehow have my death ruled a suicide. Better find a way to slip out while I still can.
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At last, Akivili has set off once more. I used the Wishpower I'd saved up to leave a little gift for those two girls... Sometimes, I truly wish I could be like Nous, capable of seeing every tragedy unfolding in every corner of the universe, and stopping them before they happen. But... I'm sorry. This is all I can do.
Collect Wishpower
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I saw her/him. I'm certain of it. The final act is about to begin.
Stockpile Wishpower for the upcoming performance Hmm, I've got the perfect name for the comic: Fluffy Across the Blue!
Ugh, don't feel like turning this in. Maybe I'll just flake on the deadline.
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Find eight suitable Supplicants Forgot what I wanted to say, whatever. I just don't wanna turn this in aaaaaaaagh.
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Asat Pramad's involvement was inevitable. But... if a magician's craft is honed to perfection, even a heckler who sees through the sleight of hand can become the very thing that makes the performance all the more captivating.
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The seeds of foreshadowing have been planted. Now all that remains is the moment they bloom.
Just as I anticipated. The disaster countermeasures Pearl had prepared for the Fulwish Crisis but never ended up using came in handy when Asat Pramad and the Voracity brought calamity upon us. As for everyone else, I'll leave them in Bragi's hands. He has a spare key to the tavern, after all.
Borrow the power of Preservation Finally gave Pearl the slip. Now I've got the perfect excuse to keep procrastinating on those overdue drafts.
To keep the arcadia safe amid the clash of Aeons, Qlipoth's protection is indispensable. And to see this performance through to the end, we'll need Astropolis to lend us more eyes.
Recruit backstage crew for the performance The cast members should be easy enough to handle. Sure, I've lost count of how many scripts I owe them, but the title of troupe master still carries enough weight to smooth things over. The real headache is the tavern crowd. Bragi and the others aren't so bad, but the rest of those Fools... However, I've got a plan. All I have to do is tell them I'm going to impersonate the Aeon of Elation and pull one over on the Mourning Actors, and they'll come scrambling over to join the fun, no questions asked.
Even if the tavern has fallen from grace like so many souls in this world, I still believe there will always be someone willing to walk a better path and make a better choice.
Deal with the final unstable factor I do love a good wildcard, but the variable still lurking in Astropolis could very well bring the whole performance crashing down. Even if we win, Planarcadia will be... Every debt has its debtor, every grudge has its culprit. Before everything begins anew, the karmic dues of the past must be settled.