empatheias_ooc | Task Board: March

In addition to the standard business jobs, there are also independent jobs, or "tasks," that can be done by anyone. These jobs are posted in a large central bulletin board located in a building called The Task Center in Merchant's Square. It's overseen by a group who collects the fees, posts the listings, monitors who takes what, and gives the appropriate payment. These are more "mercenary" like in the sense that anyone can post one and anyone can take it. They range from asking for a helping hand to run an errand to gathering a hard to get item to exterminating a dangerous monster roaming too close to farms. Some jobs may even be related to the plot or an event.

Jobs are an excellent way to not only get money, but also to create emotion drops because most jobs require more than one person. Even if the job itself could be done solo, it is still possible to bring in a friend to help. Unless the job specifies, there is nothing preventing the job taker from asking for aid. We do encourage that those taking the more "quest" like jobs to bring in a partner.

In addition, characters are free to create their own businesses (and subsequently their own tasks), and we double the task board as a way to keep track of them.

Feel free to play around with the jobs. Some can even become mini plot events with the right people, and players can create jobs in relation or as a reaction to a posted job. You don't have to feel like you need to restrict yourself to the small blurb in the description, either, so have fun with it!

For more information on the task board, see this post.

LEGEND:
White for Verens. Yellow for Shaarnath. Pink for Theasthai. Light blue for Briarlan. Red for Plot. Purple for Excursion.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Each task has a code that is linked to its own top-level in the comments section of the post. Sign ups are only applicable for player plot related tasks, or if the slots for the task are limited. Otherwise, please feel free to use the Plot with Me meme on

memepatheias for plotting purposes.

If you'd like to sign up for a particular task, click on the link for the respective task and put your character's name on the subject line. If the task is done by multiple characters, put all the character names in the subject.

When applicable, threads will be frozen once sign-ups for that particular task are closed.

Questions about the tasks can be directed here. Suggestions can be made here.

GENERAL TASKS
GT0301	Matriarch Giselle	I need to leave town for a few days, but I cannot take my eggs with me. Oh, pardon me, they were my beloved wyvern’s eggs. She passed away. Probably. Regardless, I require a few people to look after my eggs. Do not let them out of your sight. They respond well to jazz music, funny jokes, and love. If the eggs turn blue, that’s a sign that they are dreadfully unhappy. Unhappy eggs are unacceptable. Pink is the colour they ought to be, or orange. One egg per volunteer.	500 sylvs, 75 sylvs if the egg is returned unhappy	Open 3/01 - 3/07
GT0302	”Dave”	STEAL ME THE OLD DAME’S WYVERN EGGS. (OOC note: See above task! Feel free to plot with anyone accepting GT0301.)	450 sylvs per egg	Open 3/01 - 3/07
GT0303	Lynden Lucky	My house has turned into sunflowers! Please, use Dunamis to turn the house back to… house materials, sinks and walls and stuff. My wife, Lucy Lucky, cannot come home and see this.	4,000 sylvs	Open
GT0304	Innocent Rebecca	Deliver a bouquet of flowers to my ex-partner, Pirate Betty. She makes regular stops at the Widow’s Lover, one of Briarlan’s many taverns. (OOC Note: This is actually instigating a duel! Anyone who takes this task will have to fight their way out of the tavern, or flee.)	250 sylvs	Open
GT0305	R. Cheese, MD.	It is time for Sharnaath’s vaguely annual cheese rolling festival! We need volunteers to dress up in a giant wheel of cheese costume and be pushed down a hill.	Two free tickets to the festival and 250 drasks	Open
GT0306	Carlee J	I some strong people to provide security during my concert. My usual team has had a hangover for three days. Make sure no one gets backstage or sets me on fire like last time.	An autographed picture of Carlee J	Open to teams of two or more
GT0307	Michael Reekson	It seems several homes have been hearing strange noises in their roofs. No matter how much they look, they can't find a thing! If you're good at handy work, please assist in figuring out just where in these homes the sound is coming from! Also, could you re-tile the roof while you're at it? (Note: There is a bat infestation and they are all underneath the roof tiles. Most will simply fly away upon uncovering the many tiles, but should you freak out too badly, they will swarm you! Try to keep your cool, okay?) (OOC Note: Here is a reference.)	1,000 sylvs for clearing the bats, 5,000 sylvs if you do retile the roof	Open
GT0308	Nellie Family Farm	Our usual calming effects aren't working, so our glowsheep have scattered all over the hills! We need help getting them back the hard way, with a few careful but steady hands. (OOC Note: The glowsheep are very skittish, especially at night, and yes, their coats do glow in the dark. Strangely, there is about a 4-square-mile/10-square-km area in the hills where emotional effects don't seem to manifest and dunamis and emotion-based abilities don't work.)	30 sylvs OR one glowsheep's worth of wool, per each animal returned. Can mix rewards.	Open after the 10th until the end of the month

SPECIAL TASKS
ST0301	Sosyne's Number One Fan!!!	I want Sosyne to be calm and angry at the same time. Let's all go to her lake and have a tea party at the shore while some people swim!!	Sosyne's possible wrath (and 1,000 sylvs)	Open
ST0302	Trem	My mother disappeared some months ago and the Enforcers have recently given up what they call a body recovery search, wanting to focus on more pressing crimes. I received a letter from her recently, telling me she’s safe and happy. Please, track her down. She has the keys to the house. I’m so tired of sleeping on my friend’s couch. (OOC Note: Feel free to make up anything for this quest’s storyline!)	850 sylvs	Open
ST0303	Saine Lor	My ex threw my carved swan into a pit of quicksand. Please get it back.	500 drasks	Open
ST0304	Dinky Doodles	I have created various types of hair dye that wear off with water and shampoo, but there's is a problem… THE COLOURS CHANGE WHEN THE PERSON FEELS HAPPY OR SAD! Find a way to normalise this! (OOC Note: The way to fix this is to add mint to the hair dye! This can be discovered when the person with the hair dye brushes their teeth.)	All kinds of colours of dye and a ticket to Theasthai's Fashion Week Show 3	Open
ST0305	Briarlan Tech Labs Division 9E	We need help with our experiments on emotional effects. Come to our lab, and we'll match you with a partner. Your goal is to produce emotional effects and nullify each other's effects, e.g., if one of you makes a fire, the other one has to put it out without flooding the whole damn room. Try not to go overboard, the equipment we're using for recording emotional measurements isn't in the sturdiest shape.	20 sylvs/hour, unless you break something, then you get nothing.	Open until the 20th
ST0306	Beastmaster Hunting Guild	As the weather slowly grows warmer, the beasts that the guild normally pursue are encroaching on city life again. Some of them are to be slain on sight; others are to be brought back alive for the sake of further study. Gnoll: Gnolls are hand-sized rolling gnome-like creatures that eat wood, but with a significant preference for houses and are likely to be found chomping down on any abandoned home. They are dreadfully allergic to chalk and onion water. Incapacitate them and bring them back to guild HQ. Razorant: Razorants are twice the size of a person and their skin is composed entirely of sharp little blades, infinitesimally small to the point of invisible to the naked eye. Do not let a Razorant come into contact, as it is fashion among their kind to tip their blade ends in poisonous substances. They live primarily in the sewers. If you do not feel safe venturing down there, a Razorant can be lured to the surface through a special whistle the guild is willing to provide. Be careful, however, the whistle can also attract hornets. Bring back the head of the Razorant. Lamprey: Called Lampreys because they disguise themselves as common household lamps, these beasts have hidden themselves in houses all up and down the city. Their spit is quite the universal allergen! Take down as many as you can, but try not to wreck any personal property in the process.	800 sylvs per Gnoll 1,400 sylvs per Razorant 700 sylvs per Lamprey	Open to groups of 2 or more.
ST0307	Scrooge McDuck	I need people good at building things to help me with a specific project around my new home; the more unusual the experience, the better. Anyone applying will need to be sworn to secrecy as this is concerning private business. (OOC Note: This is to build a few security-oriented traps around Scrooge's new manor. Flingers, net drops, trapdoor chutes, etcetc.)	30 sylvs an hour	Open

( PAST TASK BOARD PROMPTS CAN BE FOUND HERE )

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

If there's anything you'd like clarified regarding the tasks, ask here!

For GT0302, is there any information on this "Dave" person and especially what he wants to do with the eggs?

Nope! That may not even be his real name. However, he is good for his word and will pay the full amount if the task is completed. That's all your character will learn through interacting with him.

I plan to post an entry and I was wondering about GT0301. Does the "Open 3/01 - 3/07" mean I need to have this entry up within those days, or should I have posted it since the 1st to be able to partake in the task at all?

You don't have to have an entry up within those dates, but those are the only dates the task will be open and available. It's also fine for the character to take on the task on the 3rd instead of the 1st; it just won't be available by the 8th.