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This is our Open Log for players to have an easy opportunity to tag others and have fun with prompts that deal with current happenings that are not covered by our MANTA Board quests. Sometimes we provide extra quests at the bottom, but oftentimes we just let the MANTA Board cover it. Players are free to include MANTA Board quests in their toplevels!

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TOPLEVEL DIRECTORY (Updated November 25)

ELTRUT

With the Ghoul's Moon festivities over, it's time for everyone to clean up and prepare for the coming winter season. Of course, with the leviathans capable of moving and keeping to warmer waters, it's usually not much of an issue. But it never hurts to be prepared, and the crops and products are always great for export.

One of the biggest products that will be sent off this season will be everything pumpkin. The giant pumpkin shell Eltrut created for Ghoul's Moon will start to shed and the leviathan will need some help in gathering the large chunks before it falls completely into the ocean. Harvesting the pumpkin shell off of Eltrut is no easy feat, but not only is it edible, the rind is also tough and durable.

🔪 Harvest. Using carving knives and pickaxes, everyone must head out of town and into the forests to remove the pumpkin and clean off the shell beneath. Large tubs and wagons will be provided to help haul off the goods.
🐢 Pumpkin Spice Turtles. Drawn by all the pumpkins are small little pumpkin turtles. They are forbidden from being harmed or caught, however, they produce a special "pumpkin spice" and "pumpkin cinnamon" dust that can be carefully collected. While most will respect the law, others will be greedy and try to capture these turtles. Help protect and catch any who try—or perhaps get some extra cash by successfully catching and selling them off.
🔨 Build-A-Pumpkin. To help spur motivation and creativity, there are numerous competitions centered on building the most interesting and durable creation using only the pumpkin rinds. Some small things like nails and bits of wood can be used to help, but it must otherwise be made out of the rinds. From unique artwork to small buildings to carriages to boats and ships—the possibilities are endless. Just don't mind the mess.

Of more concern, both Eltrut and the Naughtilust were weakened from the attack from the Ghost Ship and are dozing a bit for the first week or so. Those in charge are requesting help in preparing special food that will help with their recovery. But to help keep spirits up and to hopefully provide some positive energy to the leviathans, a special hotpot gathering will be hosted for anyone to come and help cook, either for the leviathans or for others. A perfect chance to socialize and catch up with others. Just keep an eye out—someone may try to spoil the food.

To aid the two weakened leviathans, a list of key ingredients is provided for volunteers to head into the forests and out to sea to gather. Large tables and several grills, pots, and other cooking equipment will be provided for anyone to use.

🔥 Fire Sprites. Instead of normal flames, the food for the leviathans needs to be cooked over a special fire created by special fire sprite. They will only appear around campfires or bonfires where stories are told, so time to create a suitable fire pit and get to storytelling! Any kind will work.
🌰 Chest of Chestnuts. One of the most prized ingredients is a special type of chestnut that can only be found in special acorn chests buried underground by squirrel scavengers. These squirrels specifically gather these chestnuts because they are so rare, delicious, and known to have medicinal properties. Said squirrels will also gladly relinquish their store…if they can remember where those chests are. Time to go on a wild treasure hunt!
🐡 Fish Puffing. There is a special type of pufferfish that will be carefully collected and brought to the pier where volunteers must wear special gloves and carefully squeeze the fish to force it to secrete a special fluid that has potent healing properties. Soothe the fish and make them more willing to be handled by singing a cheerful tune. Whistling and other music can help. Feeding them special kelp and gently petting them will also keep them calm and less agitated.
🍲 Cookoff! Whether it's for the leviathans or just cooking a meal to be shared with others, the cooking stations are constantly in use. Who can prepare the most delicious meal?

ELAH

Things are a bit hectic within Baleen, the capital city of Elah. A wild flock of singing turkeys have been set loose and they are running amok, causing a disturbance to everyone. They are getting stuck in chimneys, popping into bathrooms, and swimming in the many fountain pools found all over town. What makes them more disruptive is their singing, which, unfortunately, sound more like nails dragging down chalkboard. While some may be ready to roast them to send to Eltrut for a feast, perhaps some may try to catch them.

And send them to Nogard. (They likely came from there, anyway—)

Researchers would especially appreciate it if these turkeys could be caught and removed as they are busy studying the tombstone relic brought back from the ghost ship. What secrets could it hold…?

At the Archives, researchers are hard at work studying the broken pieces of the black tombstone that was brought back from the ghost ship. They believe it's the reason the ship and its undead crew appeared, but how?

💤 Energy Drain. Although precautions are set, those who are exposed to the relics start feeling a bit drained, as if their energy is being sucked away. Quickly remove any affected and find a way to seal or contain the relics without being affected as well.
🪦 Undeadly Experiments. Although now in pieces, the tombstone relic still holds some power. Thus researchers decide to perform direct tests and experiments to see how it affects the undead. There are requests made to those who have previously died either in their world or this one, and some venture to graveyards where dead and ghosts are sometimes active. When in close contact with the relic, all who have experienced death in some way will become more hostile and aggressive, some even outright attacking any nearby. Help protect those performing the experiment and subdue the affected until they calm down.
🏃‍♂️ Thief! Those damn Corsair, they can never respect important research! A few bad eggs are breaking the agreement and are trying to steal the fragments, perhaps to sell them off to someone else or for some other purpose.

NOGARD

In Nogard, the island the leviathan has settled in is teeming with wild beasts, and perhaps due to being in a warmer climate, they are appearing more and more often, as if coming out of hibernation. It makes for a perfect opportunity for hunters to head out in hopes of collecting rare meat, materials, and hides that can be used and sold. To prevent overhunting, a competition is hosted with rules and regulations that all participants must abide by.

As such, there will be a group to help ensure security and they will even request assistance from Paladins, who are also allowed to participate in the hunt if they wish. Thus those who prefer to go after people will be quite useful to keep track and go after anyone who is poaching, hunting creatures under the "protected" list, or wasting the kills. To any who are caught…well, the Paladins may fare nicer compared to a Corsair.

While most predators and creatures of large populations are eligible for the competition, there are a few notable hunts that will reap great rewards for those who dare. Those who turn in their kills will receive a decent portion of the profits and first choice in what to keep for their own. The rest will be turned in to be sold, with the Elphantin tusks going straight to Eltrut to be used for the recovery efforts.

🦈 Goblin Shark. This deep-sea shark has a distinctive long, flattened snout and protrusible jaws, making it look quite unusual compared to other shark species. All parts of its body can be used so it makes for a profitable hunt—if one can brace the cold depths to take it down.
🐍 Coibara. Head of a cobra, body of a bear, and tail and coloring of a koi fish, this snake chimera can be found in dark coves and anywhere near deeper bodies of water. Capable of sprinting over the ground and swimming, beware of its poisonous fangs, which can also fetch a pretty penny along with its hide. The venom can also be collected for both poison and anti-venom purposes.
🦚 Pexeo. An equine beast with the body and markings of a zebra and plumage and head of a peacock that roams the greener valleys. Although not hostile, it can be dangerous if attacked, its beak revealing sharp rows of teeth that can tear up anything that gets caught in it and its hooves sharp as blades. Rather than killed, the feathers are the real prize and can be carefully plucked instead. But its meat can be considered a delicacy in some areas.
🐘 Elphantin. This giant elephant like creature is considered as the top hunt of the list. They can only be found deep within the forests and only appear at dawn when the foggy mist is thickest. While every part can be used, what makes this the top prize is the medicinal properties of its tusks. But it is very difficult to track and hunt and will take a group of skilled hunters to take down.

Afterwards, a large feast to celebrate is thrown, though of course it can get rowdy and with the alcohol fountain brought in, fights and brawls are bound to happen.

But there will also be a "special guest" rushing into town: wild boars. Perhaps agitated by the hunts or out for revenge against those who targeted them (which was allowed), the boars are crashing and charging into everything they see. While this may look like a good opportunity to prepare some BBQ Boar, the conservationists of the Corsairs would like to drive most of them back into the wilds.

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( for the most part zoro, too, just knocks them out — unless they're coming at him with intent, then that's another story. over the years zoro has learned control and mastery of using a blade, his skill even helped honed by the man he hopes to best one day, a man who could have killed him two years ago but didn't and instead left him with a reminder of his foolishness in a scar painted across his chest. he knows how to leave injuries that will not kill but will, in turn, pass the lesson on to someone else: a blade is to be respected and used as an extension of one's own self, a consequence for each and every action.

still, enma sings at his side at the first blood spilled and for the sake of everyone here, he keeps it sheathed, the corridors too narrow to bring out something that still likes to go rogue whether zoro likes it or not.

but, along the way, zoro must admit that fighting alongside someone — regardless of their newness to one another — that knows the pressures of a battle is something thrilling. he's seasoned, this man, as he doesn't stumble into zoro's way ( nor zoro into his ) and it does absolutely nothing at all to curb his interests.

looking up from his current victory, he casts a gaze around as if anything is going to look familiar to him ( it doesn't ) and he grunts in acknowledgement. it's still taking some getting used to that ""corsair"" is just pirate but threaded with the gilded thread of pompousness. and he's got no clue what nogard even is, but he doesn't know what this place is called either so, it's really no surprise zoro has little clue about his surroundings. )

And if there isn't?

( are they going to steal a ship? because that sounds like fun. )

[It was a good question and one with an easy enough answer.]

Well, we are corsairs.. we will steal one. Hopefully small enough to be piloted by us two alone.

[He wasn't the best at sailing still, but he would make it work.

For now they needed to get to the docks first, if they couldn't get there then what would it matter if they had to steal of boat or not. So for the moment, he just nods and heads out the open door into the open night air.

It must be late evening by the looks of the sky. Good, it would give them the cover of dusk and shadows.]

Seems luck is on our side. Come, let us make it to the docks without more incident. If worse comes to worse, I know some Paladins' that may house us for the night.

( well, if they're counting on zoro to get them anywhere, they'll wind up at some random location that is no longer even in this game setting. but, that's besides the point. stealing a boat sounds like a good way to end this day of fighting a bunch of unworthy guards. not that zoro makes it a habit of stealing or anything, but sometimes a pirate must do what a pirate must do.

he heads out the door into the cover of the evening dark. a bit boring if you ask him, since zoro's never been one for sneaking around. but, short of yelling or purposely going around to look for trouble, he'll have to content himself with just staying the course until they reach the docks.

which they happen upon with no further incident, much to his own chagrin. there are people milling about here and there as any dock would have, but zoro's got no idea if they're on the same side or not. he glances around before looking over at the other man. )

Well? What do you think?

I think we steal a boat, I see nothing flying our colors...

[His vision was keen in the dark and he was looking around and saw no boat with the corsair colors. Still Fenris didn't seem to mind other people much, walking out in the open as he eyes which boat can be most easily manned by two people.]

Rumor was that the person doing this was a rogue Paladin, these people should be unaffiliated.

[At least he hopes. But soon comes across a small sail boat that could easily be manned by one or two people without issue. Looking around, he moves for the boat.]

( well, don't count on zoro to know what the hell their colors are supposed to be. should he know? yeah, probably. does he care? not even a little bit. but, zoro just trusts what the other man says and reads between the lines: there's nothing here they can use safely. it is what it is. for all intents and purposes, zoro doesn't even cast much of a look around, just walks like he belongs there as to not bring attention to himself; just lopes along a few steps behind to keep a bigger picture of any threats that may happen along the way.

which is all for naught as they approach a boat they can manage together. it almost makes him feel slightly nostalgic, as it's been a while since he's been on a boat with just two ( how he and luffy managed to do that for a time — no matter how briefly — is a miracle ). he hops on as if it's the most natural thing in the world and will wait to make sure the other man gets on too, before going through the long practiced motion of removing the ropes from the dock so they can get out as quickly as possible before someone notices their boat being lifted by two very suspicious looking lads. he dumps a thick coil of rope against the dock and turns to his companion, )

Hope you know where we're going.

[Fenris helps with untying and recoiling the ropes, as fast as possible, kicking them off from the dock when they are free. It doesn't take long before they are slowly drifting out into open waters. He can hear yelling from the docks, but he just keeps his eyes on the prize of freedom.]

I have an idea where to go, I hope you know how to sail, because I admit to not being very capable in that aspect.

[He's lived on land his whole life before now. He really didn't have much idea of what he was doing though he's learned some since coming here.]

( zoro hears the yelling, too, but he's become rather adept at ignoring nearly everything in life so he doesn't pay it mind, either. if they want the boat back, they can come try and take it. part of him hopes they do, as he's a fool always ready for a fight, but another part of him just wants to get the hell out of here and get a nice tall jug of sake.

or whatever the equivalent is here.

now, zoro is... not the best with directions, nor sailing, really. but, he'd be a pretty shit pirate if he didn't know a little about how to sail a ship. and that's not only due to the fact nami has, quite literally, beaten it into him over the past few years. it's not his job to know how to sail a ship, but he's actually learned more than just a couple things — which comes as a surprise to him most of all.

just don't ask him to navigate. )

I live on a ship. ( a bit of personal information he casually offers as unfurls the sail before gesturing toward the tiller or helm i am not sure how large of a boat you're imagining lmao ) If you can handle the direction, I'll do the rest.

[How very fortuitous, because Fenris has picked up some things from his pillow talk with Isabela and his time here, but sailing was still something mostly lost on him.]

Then I will handle the direction.

[Moving to the back of the ship, he takes the handle of the rudder and starts to angle the ship to the east. He knows Nogard was there last, he keeps an idea of where the Leviathans are in comparison to each other for the sake of keeping track of Xenk and other Paladin acquaintances, so luckily it comes in handy now, else they would both be lost for a while at sea.]

A good friend of mine was a pirate, most of what I know is from her incessant talking of it over the years I knew her.

[Some personal information back for the information offered.]

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