Aia del Mana

Do find it herewith.

I do find that the progress indicator upon the left side of the interface were broken. I have taken the liberty of fixing it, and also including of some suggestions as to how they may appear when activated; the first image were as it doth appear currently.

The Oak Tower hath completed of its renovation, and welcomes thee within.

Mur has granted me the Wiiya Bubble Weaver on thy behalf, Chewett.

The scene is not deleted - all areas which did require of a wishpoint shall be fixed in due course; I am merely waiting upon confirmation of the key required to allow of its access.

Snowman, 8 gold coins.

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Other than the changes to the economy, one wonders if other functions of gold shall be altered. In example, one may find that murder-weapons shall have a cheaper activation cost if gold were more readily accessible. I do realise that that of value presently should find its gold-value doth increase as set by market-forces, but for items which doth have a fixed gold-value as the above, I wonder of folly in alteration in its supply. In example, if there were now a fivefold supply increase, one thinkst that mayhap there should be a fivefold increase in the activation cost.

299966. If this is the closest number, I will return the Imprinted Dark to Aeoshattr.

I would like to select the Wiiya Bubble Weaver, if it should please thee. Many thanks to thee for this contest, Chewett, and to others for providing such interesting ideas, of which I believe some of mine own were built upon. Chewett - I wonder if the remaining term of the contest remains - namely, that "to spend the time working with me on the new Wiiya related plans." If this were so, I shall gladly aid in any method that I may.

Were this the same item as were offered as a quest reward by Chewett? I did await the winner of this contest.

@Azull and @Ungod - I have sent thee both the files along with some instructions as to the proceedings as a group, so that we do not duplicate of each other's work. Let our undertaking commence.

This should certainly not be an issue, save for the alteration in performance when the erolin-device doth revert to its dynamic form.

Here were the same interface upon the Firefox mobile portal.

The performance improvement were quite evident, until one doth turn her mobile portal on its side - this reverts of the interface to that of a larger portal.

I do possess of the Pimped Grasans, if thou shouldst wish to purchase them - do let me know of thine offer.

I confirm that I will be part of this effort, in the time that I am granted. I believe that there will remain some scenes which may require functionality outside of the A25 tools - such as the Broken Pattern Gazebo, or the Gazebo of Equilibrium, or Champion's Challenge.

On a "desktop" portal, I must think that the functionality were close to sufficient for deployment. I believe thou knowst already of mine woes upon using a mobile portal; as long as the old interface were an option (for the present) - this should allow for users upon a mobile portal to interact within the realm. It were certainly not sufficient to deploy of this option in isolation, and to exclusion of the current interface. One merely notes that upon the mobile portal, any action doth take some figurative aeons to take; with or without regard to the interface, this were its fatal flaw, and thou didst speak previously of a mobile version without animations, for which many do await. I am poised to commence of work on the realm; a mere nineteen scenes remain to extract of the artwork. I believe that the scene conversion, rather than the interface, were the barrier to the return to the realm for many - merely to be able to move, as one were able to upon the Island of the Gateway (which were flash-devoid) - should allow for most function to return. I avidly await of further testing with thee upon the Warventure realm.

Here I do present that which I did render, aided by an artist who were not human. I entitle it "Rime's Repent" - one may recognise of the scene elsewise; the sunrise doth bring of frostbreak upon the well-trodden path.

(For the purposes of this quest, feel free to taint a creature not on that list - Fang is MP7 after all, and should be able to make illusions for all possible creatures.)

A benevolent sponsor hath offered of a Swordsman, and a further creature of the Fourteenth Anniversary. If I do receive of five entries of sufficient quality, the victor may choose freely betwixt aught of these creatures (the Swordsman or of either Anniversary Creature), and the second contender shall also be awarded a creature of choice from that which doth remain. If I do receive of six or further entries, the third contender shall also receive of the remaining creature. I do note this shall not invalidate of the sponsor's entries - I shall remain the arbitratress of this contest. In addition, all participants will receive a code which shall be redeemable for three credits.

An excerpt from Memories in the Wind, Ch. 3, as told to Aia: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The winds whistled through the canyon as the slivered moon peeked through streaky clouds. The soft outline of an unmoving hooded figure could be seen standing by the bridge. Slow, disciplined breaths were hidden behind the loose-fitting cloak. Fang looked up. By the shifting phase of the moon, it must have been seven days - the waning crescent almost gone from sight. Luna's hidden gaze would provide ample cover from the faceless figures guarding the bridge's entrance. Taking another disciplined breath, Fang stepped forward, watching the faceless guards for any acknowledgment of his presence. A second step, and then a third turned into a hasty tiptoe onto the first woodboard of the rope bridge, eliciting a soft creak, and then a louder one as Fang grasped the rope handholds. The bridge swayed under the new, unfamiliar weight, worsened by the canyon's violent crosswinds. Still, he was safely past the guards. Fang took a moment to stretch the seven-day cramps out of his limbs before trudging onward to the distant side. Fang continued between the ridges of the valley path toward a faint amber glow. The gentle whistle of the wind turned to silence as he approached the glowing stone, suspended above the valley. Despite the silence, Fang could feel the eerie presence of dark, shapeless forms. He reached forward toward the stone, the echoes of Ledah's warnings resounding in his head. Ledah had lost all the sensation in his tongue and much of the rest of his face after his previous tasteless encounter. Thoughts of roast chicken drumsticks and seasoned cajun chicken wings passed Fang's mind; shuddering in fear, he retracted his arm. Fang unloaded his pack and set it down against the valley ridge. A muffled yap sounded from within; smirking, Fang unpacked his tent and released a toothy canine from the tightly packed sheets. Barking happily, the now released Morlecid walked toward the stone, only to feel Fang's firm grasp on his neck, lifting him up off the ground and setting him down firmly away from the stone. Several days of silence and boredom passed, with no sign of the Shade Sentinel. Fang decided to pass the time with some friendly sparring with the silent Shades. "TTL, you're first!" declared Fang as he set about preparing his creatures for combat. Fang glanced at his illusionary creatures to find them quite altered. "Oh, this'll be interesting," he said as he set his first ritual. --end excerpt-- ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thy quest were twofold: 1. Draw (or otherwise illustrate, using any method available to thee) any one of Fang's non-Necrovian creatures that hath been tainted by the Stone. For the purposes of this quest, do assume that Fang doth only possess of creatures upgraded to their maximum level (i.e. taint a fully upgraded creature). Do not include any of the abilities or statistics of the creature - the drawing or illustration alone will suffice, as the second part should be the method that thou shouldst illustrate the creature's ability. (I am quite aware that the Tainted Angien already exists; please do not submit of a Tainted Angien as thy illustration.) 2. Continue the story above. Include an explanation of how Fang's tainted illusion-creature fares in combat against TTL, and also what Fang does after this battle. As with good story-writing - show; don't tell, especially in regard to the new tainted creature. Submissions shall be scored on creativity, quality, and flavour in both story-writing and artistry. The winner shall be awarded one creature of the 14th anniversary; exceptional submissions will be awarded a wish-point. One has until the end of the month of January - submissions should be given via forum-message to myself. There shall be no limits on the number of entries one may submit; each entry shall be judged on its own merits (although each submission should only contain of one creature and one corresponding story-continuation). Blessings, and mayst thou all have a merry Murmas.

I did have some further time, and did act upon the remaining scenery. If this were satisfactory, I would that thou didst send myself of further scenery. 1_1x-1_1.zip 1_1x2_1.zip 2_0x0_1.zip

Mur - I have attached of a file with the scene elements (transparent artwork, pale elements and coloured elements) for 4_1x2_3. Do let me know if this were satisfactory for thee, and I shall continue. 4_1x2_3.zip

(Some feedback about the user interface for mobile devices: having dynamic elements which change with screen size isn't ideal for pinching and zooming, which tends to scale them so they block lots of other things and/or the element you are trying to click on won't expand... or sometimes it just crashes and reloads the page. On a mobile webpage platform this could maybe be alleviated by either removing the dynamic scaling so one could pinch and zoom the elements to be large enough to select with our fingertip, or to use larger elements, although screen real estate on mobile probably makes this difficult. Thanks again!)