Week 7: Fast Forward to 2020

[foundationmods]

It is done.

The last tape has played. All of the information that can be found from them has been discovered. They are free to re-watch the tapes, but nothing new can be found there.

The barrier will fail next Saturday. This is unavoidable. The barrier set by Tages will finally fall, and the curse will be free once more.

The only question is, what will those left alive in 2020 do to prepare?

Comments

[justonezero]

is there a way to stop the curse, get them all out, and restore them to their normal selves?

[foundationmods]

There is, yes.

[justonezero]

[This is now just interrogation time!]

what do we need to achieve that?

[foundationmods]

You tell me. :)

[justonezero]

aww, too many hints?

let's see...

we need a way to take out the curse

and we already have ways to purify the curse.

do we have access to something that could take out the curse?

[foundationmods]

How are 'take out' and 'purify' different?

And how is this curse different from others?

[justonezero]

is purifying magic enough to get rid of the curse?

it overwhelmed everyone when they went inside...

[foundationmods]

Can every type of purification get rid of every curse?

[justonezero]

oh! was it because nobody had the right kind?

then we can use spells like esuna to purify the curse itself?

[foundationmods]

If you find the correct spell, you can cure it.

[justonezero]

ok! so then the problem is...

what's a good way of getting into the barrier without letting the curse out? is that something we can do?

[foundationmods]

You will not be able to get into the barrier without letting the curse out. You will need a way to temporarily contain the curse while you work.

[justonezero]

would making a barrier of our own around the current barrier work?

[foundationmods]

If you could make one strong enough, yes.

[justonezero]

do we have anyone in our team who has a strong enough power to do that?

[foundationmods]

This is something that will likely require teamwork.

[justonezero]

teamworks liiiike... stacking magic? all of our hearts beating as one to create a magical barrier of hopes and dreams?!

[foundationmods]

I like your youthful creativity :)

[justonezero]

thanks! i'm going to take that as a no on those ideas though.

well, we can figure out the barrier stuff later. how about the actual purification? is it a good idea to try to purify the ghosts one by one once we're in?

[foundationmods]

'Hopes and dreams' may only work for those who have magic based off of them, unfortunately.

And purifying one-by-one would certainly weaken the curse as you go, yes. But you will need to protect yourselves during it too, and find a way to keep the souls from being reabsorbed.

[justonezero]

they can get reabsorbed?

aw man...

are we going to need to catch their souls before the curse can take it again?