Airship Components: R&D Contest (NA) - Discussion Thread

[Seyrr]

Ugh, what the heck...? Let's see if this works.

[Warr_of_Lint]

Character: Meer’a Mihksa
World: Balmung
Item: Bluebird Earrings
Component: Airship Reverse-Siren Sonar (ARSS)

The song of the siren has lured many unsuspecting sailors to their doom; however, if I were to reverse its polarity, the song should guide a ship to safety instead. When I heard about the dangers of airship travel, I knew it was time to introduce my ARSS to Eorzea.

An old friend allowed me to peruse her notes for a means of containing the siren’s voice. Her assistants were invaluable in helping me find the information I needed. My friends could barely suppress a giggle when they asked where I pulled the idea of my ARSS from; I knew they felt as giddy as I did about this project.

I wish I could show you my old friend, but she graciously asked to remain anonymous. Despite her indispensable aid, she adamantly refused to accept any credit, or as she put it, “liability.”

[Warr_of_Lint]

While traveling to Pharos Sirius to slay the siren—blamm!—a detective of unquestionable wit literally fell out of the sky. I immediately sensed something great about him, but I must confess, it was not his intelligence that caught my attention.

It was his senseless, yet selfless, determination that truly impressed me. I informed him of my plans and he agreed to help, but I found myself tangled in his misadventures: a string of seemingly unrelated thefts, gang warfare between moogle crimelords, a bad cactuar mount idea, abductions by little green lalafell from the moon, and a murderous plot involving foot odor. After an older man in sunglasses (the only thing he wore aside from underpants) suplexed a train, things started getting weird. I’ll spare you the details, but we ended up saving Eorzea!

[Warr_of_Lint]

Almost forgot where this was going—we also captured the siren’s voice along the way.

Many horrendous fatalities occurred in the design phase, but everyone preemptively refused to let me dedicate my ARSS to their honor. I often cried because of their selfless dedication—that, and the fact that they met indescribably horrible ends. Eventually we came up with a stable ARSS design THAT DIDN’T DRIVE INSANE ANYONE WHO HEARD THAT BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL VOICE!

I stood in awe of the final prototype. The beautiful appearance of my ARSS complimented the melodious tone it emitted. My old friend said she expects this to go about as well as her colleague’s attempt to summon a succubus. That sounds like an endorsement to me!

[Percimont]

I'm disappointed to learn that despite the 500 word limit for the contest, there is still a 1000 character limit on the posts. Posts can't be edited to get around this like they can be in other threads.

As such, my first post was horribly flubbed, and I hope that my second will be accepted, though it is a horribly mangled massacre of the almost-500-word tale I had originally hoped to tell.

[Percimont]

If anyone happens to be curious, I posted the full version of my entry to my Lodestone blog.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/2603856/

[Percimont]

This appears to have been a bug which has been corrected by the awesome FFXIV community team (Thank you!). Please disregard my 2 previous posts.

[Warr_of_Lint]

Character: Meer’a Mihksa
World: Balmung
Item: Bluebird Earrings
Component: Airship Reverse-Siren Sonar (ARSS)

The song of the siren has lured many unsuspecting sailors to their doom; however, if I were to reverse its polarity, the song should guide a ship to safety instead. When I heard about the dangers of airship travel, I knew it was time to introduce my ARSS to Eorzea.

An old friend allowed me to peruse her notes for a means of containing the siren’s voice. Her assistants were invaluable in helping me find the information I needed. My friends could barely suppress a giggle when they asked where I pulled the idea of my ARSS from; I knew they felt as giddy as I did about this project.



I wish I could show you my old friend, but she graciously asked to remain anonymous. Despite her indispensable aid, she adamantly refused to accept any credit, or as she put it, “liability.”

While traveling to Pharos Sirius to slay the siren—blam!—a detective of “unique” wit literally fell out of the sky. I immediately sensed something great about him, but I must confess, it was not his intelligence that caught my attention.



It was his senseless, yet selfless, determination that truly impressed me. I informed him of my plans and he agreed to help, but I found myself tangled in his misadventures: a string of seemingly unrelated thefts, gang warfare between moogle crimelords, abductions by little green lalafell from the moon, and a murderous plot involving foot odor. After an older man in sunglasses (the only thing he wore aside from underpants) suplexed a train, things started getting weird. I’ll spare you the details, but we ended up saving Eorzea!

Almost forgot where this was going—we also captured the siren’s voice along the way.

Many horrendous fatalities occurred in the design phase, but everyone preemptively refused to let me dedicate my ARSS to their honor. I often cried because of their selfless dedication—that, and the fact that they met indescribably horrible ends. Eventually we came up with a stable ARSS design THAT DIDN’T DRIVE INSANE ANYONE WHO HEARD THAT BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL VOICE!



I stood in awe of the final prototype. The beautiful appearance of my ARSS complimented the melodious tone it emitted. My old friend said she expects this to go about as well as her colleague’s attempt to summon a succubus. That sounds like an endorsement to me!

[Remasa]

It appears my post in the entry thread, which was originally posted as 2 separate posts like in the discussion thread due to character limitations, has been merged into one post. Thank you for that. However, the merging of the two posts has left my entry a horribly mangled, garbled gibberish transition of thoughts. Can you please adjust it so that it flows properly? It should read exactly like the posting on the discussion forums, and I have no idea how blending the two posts together could have caused the second post to appear halfway into the posting of the first.

[Azure_dragon-]

Testing before official post


Character name: Marceline Wolfkrone
World name: Balmung
In-game Item: Ahriman Choker
Component name: Behemoth Horn forecastle

1:

There has been some talk around Eorzea that uncharted islands in the sky will soon be open for adventurers to explore. But who other than the twelve knows what kind of dangers we will all face in such uncharted territory. What we all need is a behemoth horn forecastle, deadly, sturdy and intimidating for any unforeseen dangers. This will be no easy task of course, but I’d rather insure my free company’s safety above all else for this upcoming endeavor.

2:

As strong behemoths are, there is no better behemoth to gather from then the king behemoth himself. Massive in size and strength, I will surely need a sizeable group to bring him down. Currently the only known location of this beast is inside the labyrinth of the ancients. Gathering no more than twenty four adventures to defeat this mighty beast, it soon fell.

3:

King behemoth horns are no small item. It took many moons to transport them from mor ’dona to my free company home in the lavender beds. But it was well worth the effort. With this new attachment my crew and I should have nothing to fear.