EVENT #12: INVOCATION - COORDINATION POST (PART 1)

[abraxasmods]

Event #12 - COORDINATION (1)

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This post is for coordination to prevent the IC Event Log from being overrun by OOC mod and player communications. Forms and instructions are available in this post.

Use this post to:

◎ Coordinate event plots with the mods
◎ Request a mod dice roll
◎ Submit noticeable actions
◎ Write rapid IC exchanges
◎ Investigate a plot point or track ongoing investigations

If you have any questions, see the Questions thread on the OOC Plotting Post.

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Mod Communications

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Notable Actions

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IC Exchanges

Use this option for interactions you'd like to play out, but setting up a standard IC thread would be impracticable. For instance, if your character wants to speak to several people about an event they witnessed together, you might want to do an IC exchange.

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Investigations

Several investigation paths are available for characters to interact with. Each assignment group will have their own set of investigation paths. You can investigate something as many times as you want, as long as there's a reasonable explanation for your character making their second attempt. Interacting with investigations might carry IC consequences. We'll try to telegraph when characters are at high risk of triggering something major. To investigate, fill out the form, then comment under the item you're investigating.

Interact with an Investigation

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Other characters involved:</b> <b>Action:</b> (Describe what your character is attempting to do and how. If multiple characters are taking action, include their actions.) <b>Thread:</b> <a href="urlhere">Thread</a> (Link to a top level or any other relevant threads. This is so we can review what the characters involved have been doing to best flavor the investigation outcome for you!) <b>Notes:</b> (Anything else)

Comments

[widows_kiss]

Player Name: Rynn
Character Name: Natasha
Other characters involved: Lenore

Action: Jayce sent Natasha a tip after investigating the wood shipments that had rotted in the Free Cities, letting her know the shipments from Solvunn might be suspect. He suggested finding someone with enhanced senses to investigate the grain shipments Thorne had received. She nabbed Lenore, since one of his suggestions had been a vampire, and they're going to see if they can track it down and see if its in the same state. So they'd be trying to A. track down where the grain shipments went and B. see if they get permission to inspect it for a similar sort of rot.

As a player, I'm not sure where to send them to find out about the shipments, but that's probably something Natasha would have kept an ear out for, considering Nott not getting the help it needed and the people going missing has been on her radar since she overheard things about it at the negotiations. She would use the report from Free Cities only to someone in charge or higher level because she doesn't want this to cause a panic if it turns out to be a dead end (or cast suspicion on her for having ties to FC), but if she can find one of the ones she overheard expressing frustration with Nott not getting the resources it needed from the castle or a guard she might be friendly with, she might start with that, or go to Ambrose or one of his mages as a later resort, should no one else be able to help her (but she knows she isn't well known here yet and kinda likes it that way right now, so she'd push that off unless there are no other places to prod or bribe for information on this)

Thread: Thread Starting out here. The only other relevant link is Jayce's message linked above.
Notes: Both Natasha and Lenore have considerable experience with manipulation and coercion and are likely to use whatever tools they have at their disposal, adapting their efforts depending on who they're trying to get information from.

[abraxasmods]

The easiest place to examine the grain shipments is right at home. Thorne's kitchen is extensive since they take great pride in their cuisine, and Castle Thorne takes priority when it comes to rations. A lot of the much needed grain would have went to the castle.

They can bribe a cook on duty during off hours to leave her station and take a look. Natasha and Lenore can examine the grain. Notably, they won't find any sign of the same type of rot or other suspicious occurrences. While they can't directly check the storage in Borrel's military base for security reasons, soldiers would also have few complaints about the food they were served and didn't notice anything strange.

Nott would be the last to receive any of the grain, so it's possible they may have the lowest quality supplies. Some of the residents would admit that the grain they received was poor, but not inedible. Strangely, the supply around Thorne appears to be fine.

However, one sheepherder claims he received a shipment for his flock that was stolen - or so he thought. The next day, it'd been replaced with a different supply. Since he had the grain he needed, he didn't question it but he admits it seems someone took the original sack of grain away. He doesn't know what the reason could be.