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DemonicDarkwraith -> Pupa, The (7/19/2025 19:45:53)
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The Pupa
Location: Falconreach Inn (Book 3) -> ODD JOBS -> Aiding Mortem -> The Pupa
Requirements: Completion of Stolen Souls
Release Date: July 19th, 2025
Objective: As you three have forced your way into the Plane of Elemental Spirits, something stirs!
Objective completed: All's well that ends (relatively) well!
Experience rewarded: Scaled
Gold rewarded: Scaled
Monsters
(2) Decadere Youngling
(4) Lostling
(4) Void Elemental
(4) Void Spawn
(3) Wisp
(1) [link=]The Pupa[/link], (2) Lostling - Boss
NPCs
Katia
Saga
Rewards
Soulsilk Cord (I-V)
Access to The Pupa Loot for DCs.
Dialogue
*Scene fades into a teal eye on the Plane of Elemental Spirits' sun overlooking a monochrome Paradigm; you, Katia, and Saga are teleported there in pursuit of finding Mortem's souls; you look around the Paradigm.*
<Character>: Hmm.
<Character>: I don't know what I expected, but this is kind of... bleak?
Saga: This... is this actually real?!
Katia: Saga?
Saga: Sorry, I'm just... I'm dumbfounded!
Saga: I think... I think we're in the Nic Paradigm! I thought it was just a theory.
Saga: A concept.
<Character>: Umm... Nic Paradigm?
Saga: The Plane of Elemental Spirits is divided into eight primal Paradigms, one for each prime element. That much we are certain of.
Saga: But... there were certain speculations.
Saga: About a contradictory Paradigm. Just a fleeting theory among the Weaving Council.
Saga: What if the Plane of Elemental Spirit had a Paradigm that was devoid of all elements.
Saga: Purely speculative drivel. Nothing to really dwell on.
Saga: And yet... here we are.
Saga: In an elemental Paradigm of a Plane of Elemental Spirits... that is without any elemental attunement.
Saga: We are in a paradox. A concept. How are we here? Is it because I've forced open an entry...?
<Character>: I suppose that's... not ideal?
Saga: No, not ideal. Quite literally impossible!
<Character>: Cool!
Saga: Maybe this is just what the Plane of Elemental Spirits looks like when someone physically forces their way into it...?
Saga: Or this IS the speculated ninth Paradigm...
Saga: I must look into this right away!
Katia: Saga! Mortem! Souls!
Saga: What?
*Saga pauses before facing you upon realization that he was off track on their mission.*
Saga: OH! I am so sorry, <Character>! I sometimes– Yes, let's go find the souls!
*You fight various monsters throughout the Nic Paradigm; eventually, you, Katia, and Saga find a white pupa feeding a human soul; this disturbs Katia.*
Katia: Eeew!
Katia: What is that?!
Saga: Some kind of a pupa.
Saga: Feeding on human souls...
<Character>: Why would something like this be here?
Saga: You fought those void entities on our way here, did you not?
Saga: This pupa could either be native to this plane or have come from the Void.
Katia: The walls of reality are far thinner between the Plane of Elemental Spirits and the Void, compared to the Material Plane and the Void!
Katia: Right?
Saga: Very good, Katia! A+!
<Character>: While I'm all for learning, maybe save the lesson for after we deal with this thing?
<Character>: I just saw it swallow another soul!
Saga: Right you are!
Battle! - begins battle with [link=]The Pupa[/link] and 2 Lostling.
Heal - fully replenishes HP, MP, and potions.
Run Away! - returns to Falconreach Inn (Book 3).
*All human souls from Mortem are released from The Pupa following its defeat.*
Katia: You did it!
Katia: Should we... help them, somehow? The souls, I mean? Do they know their way—
Saga: They do. A soul always knows the way to its home.
<Character>: We might as well follow them. This place gives me the creeps, for some reason.
*Saga looks at the opened Pupa before acknowledging that it is time to leave the Nic Paradigm.*
Saga: Yes, let's.
*You, Katia, and Saga are in the intersection between Mortem and Edelia on the Tkaanie Path following their departure from the Nic Paradigm.*
Saga: Thank you, <Character>, for your help. We wouldn't have been able to do this without you.
Katia: Quite literally! Thanks!
<Character>: It was a pleasure!
<Character>: Is everything back to normal now?
Saga: Ah, well...
Saga: Not everyone woke up. Those whose souls were taken first... their bodies remained vacant.
<Character>: ...Oh.
Saga: Since they're technically still alive, Mortem will face a difficult decision in the coming days.
Saga: And I strongly believe I should report this to the Weaving Council, along with what I did, which...
Saga: Ah, but that's not something you need to worry about. This is still a positive outcome, all things considered.
Saga: Thank you again, <Character>! I look forward to working with you in the future!
Katia: Safe travels! Maybe you can visit someday, when you're not busy saving the world?
<Character>: That's a promise!
*Scene fades to black.*
Complete Quest
Loot for DCs - opens The Pupa Loot for DCs shop.
Other information
A blue and pink wisp acts as a HP/MP healing source during the quest.
In the room with a blue and pink wisp, a Lostling cannot be reached.
Pop-up headlines during the quest:
quote:
You were allowed healing.
It screams, but you can't hear it, for it has no mouth.
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