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DemonicDarkwraith -> All in Your Mind (2/14/2025 22:08:32)
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All in Your Mind
Location: Book of Lore -> All in Your Mind
Requirements: None
Release Date: February 14th, 2025
Objective: Odium, the ancient evil is beginning to stir... Big Daddy needs your help!
Objective completed: Whenever Odium emerges again, you'll be ready, right?
Experience rewarded: Scaled
Gold rewarded: Scaled
Monsters
(3) Odium Cultist (1)
(5) Odium Cultist (2)
(3) Odium Cultist (3)
(5) Odium Cultist Monstrosity
(1) Odium High Cultist, (2) Odium Cultist Monstrosity - Boss
NPCs
Big Daddy
Rewards
Love's Touch (I-VIII)
Access to AIYM Loot for DCs.
Dialogue
*You arrive at the Forest of Infinite Terror, where you visit Big Daddy as it is Hero's Heart Day; it appears that you received an emergency message from Big Daddy.*
Big Daddy: Oh yeah, the hero of the hour has arrived!
<Character>: I got your message, Big Daddy. It said you had some kind of emergency. Again.
<Character>: What happened this time?
Big Daddy: There's no need to be so judgmental, <Character>! This is a place of love!
Big Daddy: But I digress! This time, it is truly an emergency!
<Character>: ...Go on.
Big Daddy: Odium is stirring.
<Character>: Didn't we beat up his heart or something a while ago? It's already coming back?
Big Daddy: Back then, I told you I destroyed him, right?
Big Daddy: Well, that was only technically true.
Big Daddy: With Love's help, we managed to cut him up into pieces, chaining them underneath the forest.
Big Daddy: The heart, of course, thanks to your lovely actions, was denied a chance to return.
Big Daddy: But something's gone wrong, baby!
Big Daddy: I don't know if it's all the hate and anger recently or what, but things in the forest are moving.
Big Daddy: Shifting.
Big Daddy: Odium stirs, <Character>, and we have to be prepared for when he next emerges!
<Character>: ...We can't just... go and beat up his arms and legs while they're still chained?
Big Daddy: Of course not! That wouldn't be nearly as cool, baby! And decisive!
Big Daddy: If the power of Love doesn't win out in spectacular fashion, it won't be enough to crush Odium's hatred...
Big Daddy: ... and he'll return again sooner than we'd like!
<Character>: Again? He's returned before?
Big Daddy: This happens every thousand of years or so, you know how it is. This time seems a bit earlier than scheduled though, by a few hundred years.
*Big Daddy pauses after warning you of Odium's eventual return; after pausing, Big Daddy switches topics.*
Big Daddy: But that's not something for you to be concerned about!
Big Daddy: Anyway, Love tells me they have full faith in my ability to find a champion to train in time.
Big Daddy: So I thought to myself, "Big Daddy, who could be the next Champion of Love? Oh yeah! <Character>!".
Big Daddy: You've been so helpful after all, like you're a hero or something!
<Character>: I am a hero. A very busy one, too.
Big Daddy: No way, baby! I feel like you might have mentioned that at some point.
<Character>: You literally called me a hero earlier when I arrived!
Big Daddy: Yes, good, well then, we can skip "Anatomy of a Sword 101" and "How to Light a Candle For Novices: Your First Fire Spell".
*Seeing that you're a capable hero, Missy throws a bundle of books she is holding to the right.*
Big Daddy: Yes, oh yes, I think we can move straight to reliving the past in vivid and completely accurate detail!
<Character>: ...How exactly are we going to do that?
Big Daddy: A wonderful question! I've actually prepared something extra special just for this occasion!
Big Daddy: As you know, I've been known to dabble in the creation of a magical potion or few.
Big Daddy: Missy, if you'd be so kind, baby?
*Missy holds a pair of pink potions from her hands.*
Big Daddy: Now this is a special pair of potions!
Big Daddy: Whoever drinks the left one will be able to enter the mind of whoever drinks the right one! Temporarily, and not physically, of course.
Big Daddy: ...Or was it the other way around? Probably should have labeled them.
Big Daddy: Regardless, you chug one, I sip the other, and you'll have a ticket to my glorious palace of the mind...
Big Daddy: ... where I'll walk you through my memories of the war against Odium!
<Character>: And if we get the potions wrong? What about side effects?
Big Daddy: If we get them mixed up, then you'll be walking me through whatever's rattling around in your pretty little head, baby!
Big Daddy: Educational experience, oh yeah!
Big Daddy: As for side effects, I suppose there's a tiny risk of you never being able to return to your own consciousness...
Big Daddy: ... and I end up with a new roommate bouncing around in my braincase, but...
Big Daddy: Even if that happens, I'm sure we'd be able to figure something out! Love always comes through, baby!
<Character>: Odium coming back is really, really, bad, right?
Big Daddy: Oh yeah!
<Character>: I guess... this is for the best then. Okay. Let's do this.
Big Daddy: Down the hatch, baby! Cheers, <Character>!
*Big Daddy drinks his pink potion while you also drink it off screen; you are now teleported to Big Daddy's Mind Palace, where you join with Big Daddy to fight various Odium Cultists.*
Valentidus joins you as Guest A; removed after defeating the boss.
*After defeating all Odium Cultists, you are now teleported back to the Forest of Infinite Terror, where Big Daddy congratulates you for completing his Mind Palace Training Course.*
Big Daddy: Well done, <Character>! Now that you've completed Big Daddy's Mind Palace Training Course, you're all ready to fight Odium!
<Character>: Um. Yeah. I think I was ready before that, actually.
Big Daddy: Wow, such confidence, baby!
<Character>: So, that's it, then?
Big Daddy: That's it! Don't you feel the power of Love welling up inside you, beating fast, just waiting to burst forth?
<Character>: I... feel a little lightheaded?
Big Daddy: Hmm. It'll come eventually, I just know it will! Missy, if you could provide our friend with <his/her/their> homework?
*Missy can be seen carrying your homework, signified by a crate full of books and potions.*
Big Daddy: Love says we have some more time before Odium emerges, so it's up to you to study hard in the meantime!
<Character>: ...Yeah. Sure thing. I'll see you next time, Big Daddy.
Big Daddy: Just remember: Everything depends on you!
Big Daddy: Believe in the power of Love, baby!
*Scene fades to black.*
Complete Quest
Loot for DCs - opens AIYM Loot for DCs shop.
Other information
Some of the pink lights can be toggled on or off during the quest.
The heart pool in the VIP lounge acts as a healing source during the quest.
Pop-up headlines during the quest:
quote:
Valentidus: "Welcome to my Mind Palace, baby!"
<Character>: "...What."
<Character>: "Do I want to know why you look like that?!"
Valentidus: "What are you talking about? This is how I always look, baby!"
<Character>: "...No, I'm pretty sure that's not how you look."
Valentidus: "I know it's hard, but focus on the training, not me, baby."
Valentidus: "These cultist types are always hanging around whenever Odium's revival draws near..."
Valentidus: "You'd think they'd have something better to do than follow the path of hatred!"
<Character>: "What kind of hatred could cause someone to dedicate themselves to Odium like this?"
Valentidus: "Oh, you know, baby, all kinds of hatred and fear. Love and I, we really pity them, we do, but they leave us no choice."
Valentidus: "Oh yeah! The VIP lounge, baby! Why not rest your feet a while? You've earned it, baby!"
Valentidus: 'Love heals all wounds, baby!'
<Character>: "Okay, fine, that might have been a little bit refreshing."
Valentidus: "Final stretch here, baby! Don't stop now!"
Valentidus: "The last part of your training is just behind this door, baby!"
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