Dulcinea de Montréal Goes To Clavia (and Marefore Too)!

[Aeromage]

The mirror, it seems, was rather-firmly cemented to the wall in some fashion. Removing it in one piece will likely require some careful and somewhat-specialised consideration.
Sighing, the dragon-chef unleashes his dream-granted clothing-breath to cough up some rather bizarrely-cut dresses and bathrobes to drape over the reflection of a happy, ordinary day gone by, hiding the merriment of the departed Deb and her patrons for now.

Some clattering from the kitchen area draws him out of his melancholy pondering as Glorbuk goes through the drawers to determine what the establishment has to work with. From what both the dragon-chef and goblin-butler can determine, Deb's Place was definitely on the 'cheap and cheerful' end of the eatery-spectrum, and likely firmly in the 'greasy spoon' category. From the menu boards prominently displayed around the place (with carefully-drawn pictures of the meals in chalk, perhaps for the benefit of the illiterate), Ryuu can tell Deb was very much a believer of cheap, hot, filling food for her patrons.
Given the establishment's location between the slums and the warehouse and dock districts, it's likely the place catered to those without a lot of money to spend in the first place.

A little more digging around has Glorbuk finding a duty roster, with a list of names and addresses pinned to the back.

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Keeping her eyes out as she has, Dulcinea is fortunate to look down the right road at the right time to see a woman manning a stall piled high with strange fruits and vegetables that doesn't seem to be doing much in the way of business. A glance at the stall's sign confirms her suspicions- it advertises 'Safe Seed Rain Produce', sure enough, with a tacked-on side-sign saying "Yes, really!".

The woman looks like she's selling a variety of different produce. Some of them are stated as being from 'Exga Village', which apparently got lucky in some way, shape or form and managed to avoid getting anything poisonous or dangerous growing in their fields after the Seed Rains passed. Some of what she sells are in crates marked 'assorted'. At least one of the wooden boxes is making a muffled, shrill whining noise.
The woman insists she's dropped her prices multiple times and that, yes, all of the produce on offer is safe, and no, she's not dropping her prices any more because she has to put food on the table somehow.
She seems to be subtly avoiding the issue that she literally has food in front of her that she doesn't seem to be willing to put on her aforementioned table.

On offer:
Epileptic Whining Cabbage- 5 Gold ("Nobody wants these, so I've dropped the price as much as it can go.")
Box of Epileptic Whining Cabbage- 500 Gold
Assorted Fruits from the Seed Rains- 230,000 Gold
Assorted Vegetables from the Seed Rains- 230,000 Gold
Kudashoot- 250,000 Gold
Rock Cane- 300,000 Gold
Hitodamonion- 300,000 Gold
Tengu's Beak Root- 500,000 Gold

[The Nottest of Daves]

After hanging up his tacky mirror cover, Ryuutarou will go over the employee roster and addresses with Glorbuk, trying to work out the fastest way to reach everyone on the list.

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Dulcinea cheerfully walks up to the woman, using her scanning powers, her Rootmind authority, and her Conduit to Vernat to get these fruits and veggies to give her their secrets.

"Hail, friend merchant! I would like to make a purchase!"

[Aeromage]

There's only a few names on the roster, it seems- Deb ran a fairly small, if tight ship, so to speak. Things are complicated by Ryuu not actually knowing the layout of the town well enough to place the addresses, not to mention the potential hazards of wandering into the slums by himself.
On the other hand, didn't Violet say something about checking against the census to see who was still among the ranks of the living? It's possible a trip to the Town Hall and a visit to the gardening clerk might be in order, if the Spiritual Defense Force have finished with her.
Alternatively, a slower method might be to post a notice in the window of the diner requesting previous employees get in contact. From the tributes laid outside, it's certain that at least a few people come by here regularly to pay respects, and word would quickly spread.
On the other hand, people are coming here to pay respects. Opening the place back up again might have to be handled with some degree of tact, and the mirror itself might either prove to be a memorial that the local residents would insist stays in place, or a source of fresh grief.


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The woman doesn't even bother to disguise how glad she is somebody's interested in her produce. Business has been extremely slow, it seems.
She's not even put off by Dulcinea practically gluing her eyeballs to the various products and shoving her nose in them in an effort to have them divulge their secrets to her.

Dulcinea determines the following:
Epileptic Whining Cabbage- (Consumable, Food, Earth & Air, 1 Charge, 700 Gold) +15 Defense against Physical, 30% Inflicts Confusion, 50% Inflicts Confusion: Disconcerted

Box of Epileptic Whining Cabbage- (Consumable, Food, Earth & Air, 10 Charges, 7,000 Gold) +15 Defense against Physical, 30% Inflicts Confusion, 50% Inflicts Confusion: Disconcerted

Assorted Fruits from the Seed Rains- (Consumable, Food, Acid & Air & Earth & Darkness & Light & Physical & Magic & Water & Wood, 12 Charges, 230,000 Gold) Heals 2,300 HP and MP and performs a chosen effect from: Heals 230 Stat Damage to all stats, Heals 1,000 Stat Damage to any one stat, +230 to all stats, +1,000 to any one stat, +1,000 to target's turn-order stat for turn-order-determining purposes only, +2,000 HP, +2,000 MP, 25% Resistance to any one base element, 25% Earth Resistance, 25% Wood Resistance, +5% Resistance to any one base element, +5% Earth Resistance, +5% Wood Resistance, +2% To Hit, +2% Resilience, +2% Critical, +2% Dodge, 50% Diseased Resistance, 50% Pain: Discomfort: Stomachache Resistance, 50% Pain: Nauseous Resistance, 50% Stat Drain Resistance, Provides a buff that prevents the effect of a single disbuff from a source below Level 30, Stacks once per each separate effect this item can produce, with each effect stacking with different effects but not further copies of itself.

Assorted Vegetables from the Seed Rains- (Consumable, Food, Acid & Air & Earth & Darkness & Light & Physical & Magic & Water & Wood, 12 Charges, 230,000 Gold) Heals 2,300 HP and MP and performs a chosen effect from: Heals 230 Stat Damage to all stats, Heals 1,000 Stat Damage to any one stat, +230 to all stats, +1,000 to any one stat, +1,000 to target's turn-order stat for turn-order-determining purposes only, +2,000 HP, +2,000 MP, 25% Resistance to any one base element, 25% Light Resistance, 25% Wood Resistance, +5% Resistance to any one base element, +5% Light Resistance, +5% Wood Resistance, +2% To Hit, +2% Resilience, +2% Critical, +2% Dodge, 50% Poison Resistance, 50% Pain: Discomfort: Stomachache Resistance, 50% Pain: Nauseous Resistance, 50% Fatigued Resistance, Provides a buff that prevents the effect of a single debuff from a source below Level 30, Stacks once per each separate effect this item can produce, with each effect stacking with different effects but not further copies of itself.

Kudashoot- (Consumable, Food, Fire & Air, 1 Charge, 250,000 Gold) Target gains +5% Dodge as a non-stacking buff and immediately scans the the stats of a target who was also present on at least one previous round of battle

Rock Cane- (Item, Antiquity, Earth, 310,000 Gold) (It looks like petrified sugarcane)

Hitodamonion- (Consumable, Food, Fire & Electrical, 1 Charge, 300,000 Gold) Target's next action gains 'deals 300 SPI damage, 30% Inflicts Burning, 30% Inflicts Burning: Vaporized Spirit, 30% Inflicts Electrocuted'

Tengu's Beak Root- (Consumable, Medicine, Earth & Air, 1 Charge, 500,000 Gold) +500 to any one stat or -500 to any one stat, stacks 5 times

[The Nottest of Daves]

Pondering deeply, and stroking his dragon-y whiskers, Ryuutarou decides to follow up on this with Violet whenever she happens to get done with her city inspection, and returns to cleaning and taking stock of the diner.

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Dulcinea decides that she wants to clear out her stock (so long what she's selling is less than 5 million gold or so).

"How much for all of it?"

[Aeromage]

The diner is already rather clean- the place was apparently closed when Marefore's compact atomic apocalypse hit, and it seems Deb was a great believer in making sure things were tidy and set up for the next day come closing time.

It's clean, but it's clear a lot of the appliances and utensils are on the old and worn side. Well cared for, but definitely not at their best anymore. The dry goods and cooking oils look to be in fairly good order, but there's more than a few eggs Ryuutarou would rather not go cracking.
The other perishable goods have likewise definitely lived up to their descriptor. It looks like Deb couldn't afford a refrigerator.

The diner itself isn't exactly huge, although from the looks of the table layout it could seat a fair few. There's a few stacks of newspapers, wax paper and the like set up near the kitchen area that suggests Deb may have had a fairly brisk trade in takeaway meals- possibly in the form of toasted sandwiches and the like.


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The woman boggles, but readily agrees to the buyout!

For the cost of 4,894,220 Gold, Dulcinea is provided:

44 Epileptic Whining Cabbage- (Consumable, Food, Earth & Air, 1 Charge, 700 Gold) +15 Defense against Physical, 30% Inflicts Confusion, 50% Inflicts Confusion: Disconcerted

28 Box of Epileptic Whining Cabbage- (Consumable, Food, Earth & Air, 10 Charges, 7,000 Gold) +15 Defense against Physical, 30% Inflicts Confusion, 50% Inflicts Confusion: Disconcerted

3 Assorted Fruits from the Seed Rains- (Consumable, Food, Acid & Air & Earth & Darkness & Light & Physical & Magic & Water & Wood, 12 Charges, 230,000 Gold) Heals 2,300 HP and MP and performs a chosen effect from: Heals 230 Stat Damage to all stats, Heals 1,000 Stat Damage to any one stat, +230 to all stats, +1,000 to any one stat, +1,000 to target's turn-order stat for turn-order-determining purposes only, +2,000 HP, +2,000 MP, 25% Resistance to any one base element, 25% Earth Resistance, 25% Wood Resistance, +5% Resistance to any one base element, +5% Earth Resistance, +5% Wood Resistance, +2% To Hit, +2% Resilience, +2% Critical, +2% Dodge, 50% Diseased Resistance, 50% Pain: Discomfort: Stomachache Resistance, 50% Pain: Nauseous Resistance, 50% Stat Drain Resistance, Provides a buff that prevents the effect of a single disbuff from a source below Level 30, Stacks once per each separate effect this item can produce, with each effect stacking with different effects but not further copies of itself.

3 Assorted Vegetables from the Seed Rains- (Consumable, Food, Acid & Air & Earth & Darkness & Light & Physical & Magic & Water & Wood, 12 Charges, 230,000 Gold) Heals 2,300 HP and MP and performs a chosen effect from: Heals 230 Stat Damage to all stats, Heals 1,000 Stat Damage to any one stat, +230 to all stats, +1,000 to any one stat, +1,000 to target's turn-order stat for turn-order-determining purposes only, +2,000 HP, +2,000 MP, 25% Resistance to any one base element, 25% Light Resistance, 25% Wood Resistance, +5% Resistance to any one base element, +5% Light Resistance, +5% Wood Resistance, +2% To Hit, +2% Resilience, +2% Critical, +2% Dodge, 50% Poison Resistance, 50% Pain: Discomfort: Stomachache Resistance, 50% Pain: Nauseous Resistance, 50% Fatigued Resistance, Provides a buff that prevents the effect of a single debuff from a source below Level 30, Stacks once per each separate effect this item can produce, with each effect stacking with different effects but not further copies of itself.

4 Kudashoot- (Consumable, Food, Fire & Air, 1 Charge, 250,000 Gold) Target gains +5% Dodge as a non-stacking buff and immediately scans the the stats of a target who was also present on at least one previous round of battle

2 Rock Cane- (Item, Antiquity, Earth, 310,000 Gold)

3 Hitodamonion- (Consumable, Food, Fire & Electrical, 1 Charge, 300,000 Gold) Target's next action gains 'deals 300 SPI damage, 30% Inflicts Burning, 30% Inflicts Burning: Vaporized Spirit, 30% Inflicts Electrocuted'

2 Tengu's Beak Root- (Consumable, Medicine, Earth & Air, 1 Charge, 500,000 Gold) +500 to any one stat or -500 to any one stat, stacks 5 times


The cabbages are making rather a racket, given their high-pitched whining.

[The Nottest of Daves]

Ryuutarou and Glorbuk start getting the perished foodstuffs properly packaged for disposal, and open up some ventilation to get the smells out.

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Dulcinea attempts to make use of her skills as a Bard and Veilwalker (merely apprentice-level though they may be) to suppress the volume of whining that the cabbages are engaging in. If this fails, she will find a dark alley out of view and use Atrocity Procedure to "heal" the cabbages and inflict Impaired: Mute on them.

[Aeromage]

The duo set about removing the spoiled foodstuffs, Glorbuk muttering under his breath. Not from disgust, apparently, as it would take truly staggering amounts of filth to phase a goblin. Probably just muttering for the principle of the thing.
Windows are opened, and the questionably-fresh breeze from the slum-bordering area is let in!

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Dulcinea attempts to use her Bardic know-how and Etheral Magic to suppress the whining of her cabbages!
She manages to fail spectacularly, instead causing them to start whining and vibrating in annoying harmonies.

Incensed by reality's refusal to acknowledge her clear superiority and unparalleled ability in these matters, the Nightmare Scientist pulls out the focus for her Atrocity Procedure and sets about doing unspeakable things to the produce.
(Un)fortunately, partway through the proceedure, SCIENTIFIC INSPIRATION hits! Why, used correctly, it might be possible to weaponise these obnoxious vegetables! She just needs a large enough sample, and to do this, and that, and why not see if she can't transfer some of the properties to some of those other vegetables she picked up, and--

--several minutes later, Dulcinea comes back to her senses and witnesses what she has wrought- a box of vibrating, screaming vegetables wailing in perfect harmonic intervals with unsettlingly-clear voices.

"♩eͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤeͤ♩"
                                                                                                                                   "♪aͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣaͣ ♪"
                                                             "♫nͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦoͦ♫"
                                                                                                                                                                  "♬whͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮyͮy♬"

Dulcinea slowly and carefully closes the box, muffling the noise of brassica-based blasphemy against the natural order of things.

Dulcinea gets:

*Benighted Box Containing Dulcinea's Tenebrous Choir of Nightmare-Atrocity-Visited Vegetables- (Weapon, Other: Box, Darkness & Acid & Air & Earth & Electrical & Fire & Physical & Magic & Water & Wood, 412,000 Gold) +412 Magical Attack, 20% Inflicts Confusion: Berserk: Annoyed, 20% Inflicts Confusion: Fear: Disconcerted, 20% Inflicts Impaired: Deafened, 20% Inflicts Pain: Discomfort, 5% Inflicts Mindblasted: Really, Really Bad Headache, wielder's actions count as involving an additional Bardic Music Spell and an additional Food Consumable, wielder may spend an action to replicate the effects of a Consumable from the Shop named 'Epileptic Whining Cabbage', 'Assorted Vegetables from the Seed Rains', 'Kudashoot', 'Hitodamonion' or 'Tengu's Beak Root'.

Dulcinea loses 22 of her Epileptic Whining Cabbage, 12 Box of Epileptic Whining Cabbage, and one each of the Assorted Vegetables from the Seed Rains, Kudashoot, Hitodamonion and Tengu's Beak Root.

[The Nottest of Daves]

"Hahaha! What a wonderful day for SCIENCE!" Dulcinea cheerfully whistles in harmony with her Tenebrous Choir, creating an Ominous Introit for her arrival at Deb's Place.

Noting that the door is no longer sealed with spirit magics, she tosses it open and shouts in greeting, "Good morning! Nice day for fishing, ain't it? Hu ha!"

Ryuutarou and Glorbuk both stare at her while her assortment of vegetables makes disgruntled noises.

Ryuutarou is the first to reset himself. "Ah! You're back! I'm glad to see that you're not stuck in Time Hell any more! But what's this about going fishing? And isn't it nighttime?"

"Never let the time of day get in the way of an otherwise-appropriate reference!" Dulcinea boisterously replies. "And since Violet and the Spiritual Defense Force are busy looking for Rot-flavored mushrooms, I decided it was time to catch up on my original task from Mr. Progression: finding out what was wrong with the local fish!"

"Oh, you're right! We were going to do that, weren't we. Things have just been so busy lately that it's been hard to keep track!" Ryuutarou hums to himself, "Glorbuk, do you think you're good to wrap things up here while Dulcinea and I go fishing?"

[Aeromage]

"Yeah, yeah. Leave it to me," the goblin butler mutters, opening another drawer with a grimace. "Sir and madam," he adds, just soon enough that it doesn't come off as unprofessional. Truly, his study of the attitude of a long-suffering snarky butler is coming along. Questionably well, but coming along nonetheless.

[The Nottest of Daves]

"Wonderful! Thank you!" Dulcinea exclaims. "But first, there is MORE SCIENCE to do!"

Dulcinea pulls out all of her fishing rods and begins the ABSORB TRAIN:

Cintho-Lite Fishing Rod: Mass Market Edition- (Weapon, Staff, Water, 200,000 Gold) +200 Ranged Attack, +200 Additional Ranged Attack in a Zone of Water, +5% To Hit in a Zone of Water

'Dancing Angler' Lightweight Rod- (Weapon, Staff, Air & Water, 300,000 Gold) +300 Ranged Attack, +300 AGI, 30% Dodge, Wielder may move from the Front Row to the Back Row after performing a 'Ranged Attack' action or vice versa, provided there is space in the row-order formation

'Lorelei's Locks' Fishing Wire- (Accessory, Magic Item, Water, 400,000 Gold) Wielder's weapons with 'Rod' in their name gain +400 AGI, +400 Ranged Attack, 10% Inflicts Charm and +20% Inflicts Charm against Aquatics

Rapid Reel- (Accessory, Gadget, Air & Water, 450,000 Gold) +450 AGI, If wielder has a weapon with 'Rod' in its name equipped, wielder gains +450 to wielder's turn-order-determining stat sum for turn-order-determining purposes, Wielder's 'Ranged Attack' actions may not be countered by individuals below Level 30

Strongline Sure-Reel Rod- (Weapon, Staff, Water & Physical, 500,000 Gold) +500 Ranged Attack, +500 AGI, +500 STR, Wielder's 'Ranged Attack' actions may move a single one of their targets that is below Level 40 that has a lower Strength than wielder from the back row to the front row

Excellent Angler's Lure- (Accessory, Trinket, Water, 600,000 Gold) Wielder may choose for Wielder's 'Ranged Attack' actions to additionally cause a randomly-determined Aquatic or Water-Element entity from the current Random Quest, Random Dungeon or Encounter Area's encounter tables to join the opposing side of battle, to a maximum of once per battle or encounter, wielder's actions that have a chance to summon Aquatics or Water-Element entities have a 10% greater chance of doing so

Silverline Series Advanced Angler's Rod- (Weapon, Staff, Water & Metal & Spatial, 7,000,000 Gold) +7,000 Ranged Attack, +7,000 AGI, 120% To Hit, Wielder may choose a single target wielder successfully hit with a 'Ranged Attack' offensive action and gain a buff that causes their next 'Ranged Attack' or 'Ranged Overdrive' action to automatically hit said target, said chosen target may not leave battle without wielder's permission if below Level 40

'Ocean's Bounty' Cintho-Moonstone-Set Fishing Rod- (Weapon, Staff, Water, 10,000,000 Gold) +10,000 Ranged Attack, +10,000 Magical Attack, +10,000 MIN, +10,000 SPI, 140% To Hit, +10% To Hit against Aquatics, +10% To Hit against Water-element targets, +10,000 Defense against Aquatics, Wielder's actions may become solely Water element

When the SCIENCE is done and she makes a neat gunfishing rod, then it will be time to depart for the shore!

[Aeromage]

The Rod of the Lord Fisherman absorbs all of the lesser rods in a glowing display of Arena-power, gaining new abilities (subject to rescinding or change later)!

It becomes:

*Rod of the Lord Fisherman- (Weapon Aspect- Citadel of the Fisherman, Staff, Water & Spatial & Fate & Wonder, X Gold) +62,200 Ranged Attack, +62,200 Magical Attack, +62,200 Additional Ranged Attack in a Zone of Water, +62,200 AGI, +62,200 STR, +6,200 to wielder's turn-order-determining stat sum for turn-order-determining purposes, 162% To Hit, +62% To Hit, 160% inflicts Paralyzed, 160% inflicts Charmed against Aquatics, 100% may inflict Drowning, Wielder's 'Ranged Attack' and 'Magical Attack' actions may unsummon targets that are below Level 30, Wielder may spend an action and choose an entity in any battlespace within the same battle that is below Level 40, and, upon choosing said entity, select an entity that it could summon that is on the Enemy List that is below Level 40, that is normally fightable for drops, and that is an Aquatic, Spirit, or Water-element Elemental and then acquire a buff that stacks 200 times that both allows its possessor to spend an action to summon said chosen summoned entity and that prevents said chosen non-summoned entity from summoning said summon while said buff is present on its possessor, provided its possessor is a different individual than said individual and that its possessor is both alive and within the same battle (but regardless of what battlespace both said individual and said possessor are in), Max 200 summoned across all summon types, Wielder may choose for Wielder's 'Ranged Attack' actions to additionally cause a randomly-determined Aquatic or Water-Element entity from the current Random Quest, Random Dungeon or Encounter Area's encounter tables to join the opposing side of battle, to a maximum of once per battle or encounter, Wielder may spend an action to create up to 4 Zones of Water, Wielder may move from the Front Row to the Back Row after performing a 'Ranged Attack' action or vice versa, Wielder's 'Ranged Attack' actions may move a single one of their targets that is below Level 40 that has a lower Strength than wielder from the back row to the front row, Wielder may choose a single target wielder successfully hit with a 'Ranged Attack' offensive action and gain a buff that causes their next 'Ranged Attack' or 'Ranged Overdrive' action to automatically hit said target, Wielder's actions may become solely Water element




That done, the Nightmare Scientist and Dragon Chef head off down to the shore. They've got a few options, there: There's the docks where most of the town's fishing vessels are moored (many of which haven't set sail, potentially due to their owners being unable, unwilling or outright deceased), the jetties where some of the vessels used more for pleasure than work are moored, the shipyards- which, admittedly, seem to be on something of a pause right now, work-wise, or the ramshackle collection of rickety piers and posts on the sprawling outskirts where the slums meet the shoreline.

[The Nottest of Daves]

Dulcinea has no need of mundane boats to sail the seas! She steps forth upon the waters and a ship arises to serve her, as is appropriate for the Fisher King!

A Major Power of the Citadel of the Fisherman is:
* The ability to summon boats from the top of the water to sail upon

She then navigates the nearby waters to go fishing for whatever Mr. Progression said would be lurking around there that the town definitely needs to know about!

[Aeromage]

Dulcinea steps confidently forth off the dockside and into thin air. She only just begins to fall afoul of gravity when the ocean rushes up to meet her, the seawater and salt spray flowing and spinning itself rapidly into a shining blue-green sloop trimmed in seafoam hues with pearl-white sails, flying the pennant of the Lord Fisherman.
Her foot lands on the deck of her summoned vessel, just as planned.

Thus furnished with seaworthy transport, Dulcinea and Ryuutarou set off! Along with Willoughby, who appears to have somehow ended up on Dulcinea's shoulder somewhere along the line without the Nightmare Scientist knowing. Perhaps during that incident with the vegetables.

Heeding well the advice of the probably-esteemed Mr. Progression, Dulcinea sticks closer to the town and casts her rod out, enjoying the breeze and the sea air ruffling her hair and robes.

Before long, a tug on her line heralds the first of her catches as Lord Fisherman of the Citadel! How exciting! Surely, this will be a catch that begins her legend in the annals of fisherkind! Reeling her rod in with artifact-granted ease, Dulcinea beholds her bounty!

It's...

...not a good one.

Her granted knowledge of sealife pings this as some sort of bass. However, most bass don't tend to have unpleasant tumorous lumps pushing out from between their scales at odd intervals. Clearly, Helen Fein's ranting about the quality of the fish the local fishermen were bringing in is not without merit. Something is off, here.

She squints harder at it, and determines it as:

Irradiated Bass- (Consumable, Food, Water & Atomic, 1 Charge, 1,000 Gold) Deals 100 Flat Water & Atomic damage, -10 CON, 10% Inflicts Poison: Irradiated, stacks 5 times

[The Nottest of Daves]

This is indeed no good at all!

She pulls out her Compass That Points Toward Atomic to see if there's a particular concentration of Atomic mana out here, or if it's more of a generalized "Field of Atomic Bleh". If there is a concentration, she will set sail to it; otherwise, she will remain here and see if she can catch a few more varieties of Irradiated Fish to make it easier to point out the differences in each kind to the local fishermen.

[Aeromage]

Dulcinea pulls out her compass!
Tick. Ticktick. Tick. Tick.
Its needle flits this way and that. It looks like there is generalised Atomic contamination out here, although there's a few directions the needle seems to point to more often than others. Perhaps there's some points of Atomic Mana concentration around the local waters? It's not very clear, however. It's a compass, after all, not a radar. It could be anything from areas of high Atomic Mana concentration, to radioactive items beneath the waves, to Atomic-element entities causing problems. While she's not the level of the possibly-apocryphal Geomancer von Channeler (or was it Channeler von Geomancer?), it wouldn't be a stretch to say one of those elements could quite easily end up bringing about the others. Either way, there's not much more she can determine up here other than potential directions of general Atomic-ness.

Deciding a vague direction is better than none, she sets sail for one of the directions the compass points to more often than not, and commences more fishing on the way.

She gets:

4 Irradiated Bass- (Consumable, Food, Water & Atomic, 1 Charge, 1,000 Gold) Deals 100 Flat Water & Atomic damage, -10 CON, 10% Inflicts Poison: Irradiated, stacks 5 times
2 Cancerous Cod- (Consumable, Food, Water & Darkness & Atomic, 1 Charge, 14,000 Gold) -140 STR, -140 CON, -140 AGI, 50% Inflicts Poison: Irradiated, stacks 5 times
Radioactive Cetan Largimare- (Consumable, Food, Water & Atomic, 1 Charge, 400,000 Gold) -40,000 Max HP, Inflicts Poison: Irradiated, 100% Inflicts Antimatter: Atomic Meltdown, stacks 4 times

It seems like the fish close(ish) to town really aren't a good idea.

[The Nottest of Daves]

Should Dulcinea eventually reach a point where she appears to be above the source she is tracking, she will attempt to fish for the source of Atomic Mana. If that doesn't work, she will decide to take a swim to investigate!

Yet Another Major Power of the Citadel of the Fisherman:
* The ability to breathe water

[Aeromage]

Dulcinea casts her line into the water, attempting to fish for the source of Atomic Mana she seeks! The way the compass is reacting, there's certainly something down there.

Her hook catches on something, and she reels it up! A glowing green light shines from below, getting brighter and brighter as it ascends.
A radiant, shifting bundle of sharp, erratically-formed glowing green crystal sits on the end of her line, vibrating ominously. It's a Celirium-α Elemental (Elemental, Level 30)!

As the fisherman in this situation, Dulcinea has the drop on it, however she wishes to react.

[The Nottest of Daves]

START OF ROUND 1
The Citadel summons 3 Hippocampus and a Triton
Dulcinea hit the Celirium-α Elemental with a Ranged Attack! She gains a buff that causes her next ranged attack to automatically hit it!
Willoughby deals 60,000 Flat Fire Damage to the Elemental with Aura of Flaming Butterflies + Volcano Dragon's Gem

Aura of Flaming Butterflies- (Armor, Aura, Fire, 1,000,000 Gold) +1,000 Defense, 30% Fire Resistance, Wielder may deal 10,000 Flat Fire element Damage to all opponents at the start of each round, Wielder may deal 10,000 Flat Fire element Damage to each individual who targets wielder with an action at the end of each such action

Volcano Dragon's Gem- (Accessory, Crystal, Fire, 9,000,000 Gold) +9,000 Magical Attack, +8,500 to all stats, +50,000 Damage to all of possessor's damage-dealing actions that are Fire element as a non-stacking effect

ROUND 1
Dulcinea uses the power of the Rod of the Lord Fisherman to make her actions solely Water element and hits the elemental with

Parallel Mageblast: Vortex of Sparklemissiles- (Spell, Technomancy, Light & Hope Water (for this action), 110,000 MP, 11,000,000 Gold) +11,000 Magical Attack, +11,000 Ranged Attack, 100% inflicts Impaired: Blind, Individuals hit by this attack obtain a non-stacking debuff that, at the start of the round after it is acquired, has a 100% chance of inflicting Impaired: Blind on its possessor and deals 1,100,000 Flat Light & Hope element Damage to its possessor, Caster must be Level 20 or greater

The follow-up flat damage will still be Light & Hope element, but probably more than the poor elemental's resistances can handle anyway.

Ryuutarou gives it the old Stabby with

Culinary Keenknives- (Weaponx2, Knife, Physical, 3,000,000 Gold) +3,000 Melee Attack, 40% Critical, Culinary Arts spells cost wielder 30,000 less MP to cast
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Triumphant- This item's wielder becomes Immune to individuals below Level 20 if at least level 20, This item's wielder gains +20,000 to all stats, this item provides +20,000 additional Melee Attack, +20,000 additional Ranged Attack, and +20,000 additional Magical Attack, Enchantment
Unbreakable- This item cannot be Broken or destroyed except by the most exceptional measures, This treatment does not prevent pets or summons it is applied to from being killed, This item cannot be stolen outside of Official Quests and Player Quests, This does not count as a Mystic Treatment for number of Mystic Treatments that can be applied to this item if this item is unique, Affects any type of possession, Mystic Treatment

and Willoughby casts War Mage's Flame Aura!

War Mage's Flame Aura- (Spell, Other: War Magic, Fire, 6,000 MP, 6,000,000 Gold) Caster gains a buff that stacks 3 times and deals 60,000 Flat Fire element Damage to any individual who conducts an offensive action that targets its possessor, with said Damage being doubled (to a max of 200,000 additional Damage) against Units

[Aeromage]

Watery allies are summoned, and Willoughby unleashes a flash of flame! The Gem doesn't boost it as much as it would have were it an actual action, but it still singes the unstable elemental for Light damage.

Dulcinea fires a vortex of sparkling missiles from her fishing rod! As one does. The watery barrage deals Heavy damage to the thing, and brings the promise of more shiny pain to come.

Ryuutarou, meanwhile, goes the more-straightforward route of stabbing the thing, sending chips and shards of radioactive crystal flying for Moderate damage!

Willoughby sets herself on fire! This is a sound and reasonable tactic. The aura of flame promises pain to anyone foolish enough to smack the kitten around.

The elemental responds by unleashing a miniature nuke's worth of explosive Atomic energy, blasting the boat and everyone on it with a roaring nuclear shockwave!
Dulcinea takes Moderate damage, and avoids Overload: Thermonuclear Meltdown thanks to her Armband of Purity.
Ryuutarou takes Moderate damage, and avoids both Poison: Irradiated and Overload: Thermonuclear Meltdown thanks to his Armband of Purity.
Willoughby takes Extreme damage, and is hit with both Poison: Irradiated and Overload: Thermonuclear Meltdown.

The retaliatory lash of flame blasting the elemental, followed by the afterbarrage of sparkling missiles and the result of its own self-explosion causes the thing to collapse to pieces as its unstable nature works against it.

The party gets XP for a Level 30 enemy.

They're also not in a great way, currently being afflicted as they are by at least one radioactive status effect, having taken a horrible amount of damage in Willoughby's case (her low level not helping her), and currently taking on water from the damage to the boat.

[The Nottest of Daves]

Dulcinea pulls

Greater Treat-Debuff- (Spell, Healer Magic, Light, 60,000 MP, 60,000,000 Gold) Caster cures all stacked instances of target debuff on target individual that comes from a source below Level 60, Caster must either be Level 40 or greater or must possess the ability 'Healer' or the ability 'Doctor'

Greater Vivify- (Spell, Healer Magic, Light, 400,000 MP, 40,000,000 Gold) Target obtains a non-stacking buff that causes its possessor to Regenerate 400,000 HP at the start of each round, Caster must be Level 20 or greater and must possess the ability 'Healer'

out of her Bag of Holding, and casts Greater Vivify on Willoughby, then Greater Treat-Debuff to remove Overload: Thermonuclear Meltdown.

[NOTE: Apparently Negative Status Effects don't count as debuffs? I'm having trouble finding conclusive evidence that separates them, but a lot of implications that they are in fact separate things. In the case that Greater Treat-Debuff doesn't work, Dulcinea will occasionally cast Atrocity Procedure to heal Willoughby if the damage outpaces Greater Vivify until she naturally recovers from the status effects.]

After seeing to Willoughby, Dulcinea will try casting Greater Vivify on the boat to repair it. If that doesn't work, she'll pull out Rapid Crafting, Crafter, Engineer, and Sailor to patch up the hull while Ryuutarou bails out the water.