EVENT #12: INVOCATION - COORDINATION POST (PART 2)

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Event #12 - COORDINATION ( 2 )

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This post is for coordination while the event is ongoing, to prevent the IC Event Log from being overrun by OOC mod and player communications. The comments section will contain applicable comments and forms for you to reply to as needed.

Use this post to:

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

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

Available Forms

For details on each form, see the sections below.
Be sure to reply under your assigned category if applicable.

Mod Communications / Randomization

If you have something you want to do related to the event plot, you can communicate and coordinate with us here. This includes NPC meetings, requesting large resources, destroying the environment, or anything else that may require mod permission to proceed. If we can't accommodate a request for any reason, we'll do our best to offer an alternative!

You can also use this section to request a randomized mod roll.

Contact Us

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Request:</b> (Describe what you'd like to do. Provide links if applicable.)

Interactions

Several interactions are available. For Part 2, there are fewer mysteries to uncover, but plenty to interact with to see what happens. You can interact with something as many times as you want, as long as there's a reasonable explanation for your character making their second attempt. Note that interactions might carry IC consequences, though we'll try to telegraph when characters are at high risk of triggering something. To interact, fill out the form, then comment under the corresponding item.

Interact

<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)

IC Exchanges

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

Treat this like an informal IC network thread done in person, where character reactions, snippets of dialogue, and other details can be quickly played out and concluded in-game without committing to a full log thread. Exchanges are game canon, and can count towards Activity Check under the category of a Network thread.

Start an IC exchange

Using the provided form is optional. Begin a thread freeform if you prefer.

<b>Where & when:</b> (Where and when is this exchange taking place?) <b>Purpose:</b> (What's the reason for this exchange?) <b>THREAD START</b> (Write the scenario, your character's actions, and any dialogue as usual)

Notable Actions

Submit any notable actions that are likely to gain attention from other players such as fights or disturbances.

Submit a notable action

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>When:</b> (Approximately when is this incident taking place?) <b>Where:</b> (Where is this incident taking place?) <b>What:</b> (Describe the incident) <b>Link:</b> <a href="urlhere">Thread</a> (If applicable. Actions can be submitted without a thread if they're minor, for example if your character snores loudly every night.)

Comments

MOD COMMUNICATIONS / RANDOMIZATION

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NOTABLE ACTIONS

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IC EXCHANGES

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INTERACTIONS

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Unlike investigations in Part 1, interactions in Part 2 depend on your character's location and the timing rather than their assigned group. Both the Spared and the Lost can interact with the same elements as long as they'll feasibly be there to do so.

DEVELOPMENTS

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As plot interactions develop, we'll record any changes triggered by players and characters below. Developments only apply to things that all characters can see or learn for themselves, such as a locked door that's now broken. We will not be tracking information revealed to individual characters. Characters will have to communicate with each other on their own to learn those details.

Please check the comment for updates, as these developments might factor into your approach or decisions!

NPC Meetings / Relevant Threads

◎ Relevant Threads

◎ Holding the Webbing | LINK

◎ Saving the Mysterious Acolyte | LINK

◎ Escape Announcement to the Spared | LINK

◎ Retrieval Team Formation | LINK

◎ Mountain Location Map to the Spared | LINK

◎ NPC Meetings

◎ Nocwich: Alucard, Sten | LINK

◎ Nocwich: Julie Lawry, Sten | LINK

The Island

◎ Josselyn Creed

No developments.

◎ The Altar

◎ In Week 3, a disfigured body has been removed from the altar's mouth. It is currently still "breathing."

◎ A Promise / Dissenting Acolytes

◎ In Week 4, a few of the dissenting Acolytes agreed to help some of the Lost to the surface. Nero, Steve, and one of the Abraxan natives have reached the surface through a secret tunnel and made contact with the Retrieval Team.

◎ A winged figure may be seen taking to the skies to observe their surroundings. He did not remain in the sky for long.

◎ Dispelling Protections

◎ The ward covering the tunnel has been dissolved with the use of a patron god and a reanimated corpse.

The Mountains

◎ Pursuing Acolytes / The Acolytes (Escape)

No developments.

◎ Hydnellia & Esmond

◎ Hydnellia & Esmond are currently remaining close with to the other Lost, having escaped through the webbing.

◎ Revenant

No developments.

Nocwich

◎ Ritual Details (Sten)

No developments.

◎ Ritual Cure

No developments.

THE ISLAND

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JOSSELYN CREED

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THE ALTAR

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A PROMISE / DISSENTING ACOLYTES

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DISPELLING PROTECTIONS

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THE MOUNTAINS

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PURSUING ACOLYTES / THE ACOLYTES (ESCAPE)

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HYDNELLIA & ESMOND

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REVENANT

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NOCWICH

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RITUAL DETAILS (STEN)

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RITUAL CURE

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Player Name: Dia
Character Name: Alucard
Other characters involved: N/A

Action: In response to Sten's correspondence, Alucard fully intends to take up his offer to speak in person. He brings the contained sample of wood with him (just to get a different perspective from Solvunn's elders), as well as the blood vial he discovered in Josselyn's home. In an attempt to show he's willing to listen to the particulars about transformative rituals, he approaches Sten in his own white wolf form before transforming back into a people. He'll also make it clear that he is very, very grateful for Sten's help.
Thread: Based on their past correspondence and being a bit stuck about blood.
Notes: Using this format as I wasn't sure if a NPC thread would be more appropriate and with full knowledge of all the work y'all are doing with this.

the pit; open to all

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Where & When: week 3, shortly after the first domino
Purpose: saving the acolyte and her brother, and giving folks a chance to debate with one another about it or stand up for them if they so desire!

THREAD START

( Jack has spent the last couple of days having quiet, side-discussions with the few people he knows here — specifically, the ones he thinks might be sympathetic or at least willing to help back him up. He's been bracing for the opportunity, and when shit starts to hit the fan, he seizes it.

It's not really an official public announcement, it's not a speech, he's no Captain America, but anybody that happens to be within a stone's throw from the cracked wall will hear him speak up — with perhaps surprising confidence considering his reputation of being unobtrusive at best and an idiot at worst. )

Okay, this is it. We're going... and we're taking them with us.

( A native, one wild-eyed young man covered in lesions, bites out an immediate, "The fuck?"

Jack presses on firmly. )

They're coming. If you don't like it, you can- well, let's be real, you could probably kick my ass and there's not much I could do about it, but we don't really have time for that, so I'd really appreciate it if you didn't.

( "They're bloody cultists! They're the reason we're in here! They're the reason my brother died, he was torn apart because of them!" )

I don't think they are, and I don't give a shit. I mean- sorry about your brother, I do sort of give a shit about that. I don't know you, or him, so it's in a very... generalized human empathy for a stranger kind of way- but- it doesn't matter. I made a promise. They're coming. You can take it up with them when we're on the other side.

( "But-" )

No more NPC backstory exposition! Who cares! Let's fucking go! Jesus Christ, this was supposed to be a quick exchange.

a promise;

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Player Name: Em
Character Name: Jack Townsend
Other characters involved: Inej, Claude, Sylvain, Gideon, Istredd, and Nero.

Action: When the dominoes begin to fall, Jack will jump at the chance to fulfill his promise and insist on helping the brother/sister duo get out. When the acolyte requests someone stay for them, Nero will be the one sacrificing himself for that endeavor while Cas, Istredd, and the other folks who were volunteering to hold the webbing keep the door open for them.
Thread: Thread
Notes: I wasn't sure if you guys wanted one of these for this part, but I figured better safe than sorry!

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Player Name: Em
Character Name: Jack Townsend
Other characters involved: Nobody in particular, though other characters are free to eavesdrop on this.

Action: In the evenings following their escape, probably while their group is huddled around a fire for the night, Jack will go sit with the pair and make quiet conversation with them.
Thread: There will be a general top level here but not specifically about this.
Notes: He'll be very mild, unobtrusive, and he won't sound judgmental at all, just earnestly curious as he asks some pretty straightforward questions to the effect of:
-hey, so what's your guys's deal, anyway?
-do you want some of this campfire squirrel that huge white-haired hunter guy caught, or like some magic gas station coffee or something?
-why are you cultists?

the pit; Castiel, Steve Rogers, Gideon Nav

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Where & when: week three; after the first domino
Purpose: holding the webbing open for escape/Team Self-Sacrifice

THREAD START
[Gideon would be the first to admit that she does all her best thinking with her biceps, so she takes herself just a little by surprise when the sparks between webbing and gross, bulbus growth catch at her attention. She stares at the pulsating mass for a moment, lips twisted in a grimace.]

Ugh. Yuck. Totally gross and bad--

[But she's plunging her hand in anyway, yanking hard at what she finds. Her eyes go wide as the webbing sags, space opening up around it, and instinctively she finds herself letting go. Immediately the webbing ripples closed again. But this is something, right? This is definitely something.]

Hey! Hey, come and look at this!

[Words meant for whoever's closest to her at the time.]

[assembles]

[ It's complete mayhem in the aftermath of that massive creature escaping. Death and destruction may have followed in its wake, but it hadn't outright attacked them, and now they have a window of opportunity. With the boulder shoved out of the way and the wall cracked open, there must be a way out.

Except there's still the webbing getting in the way. Steve's already looking for some way to tear it apart or maybe even burn it, but then he hears a voice call out and sees Gideon near that pulsing bulb. The one that Henry had sensed before.

He doesn't hesitate, rushing over to her side. She's elbow deep in vines and webbing from the looks of it. The entire cavern shakes again from a distant, massive footstep (that giant thing is still on the move) and Steve braces himself against the wall. ]

What is it?

[unwings]

[ Still reeling from the abrupt retreat of the shrine's maddening whispers, dropped into the stark reality of what he's unleashed like cannon balling into an ice bath, Cas is still disoriented, staggering, and choking on confused guilt for it all. If there's something, anything, he can do to make the most out of this disaster, he'll do it.

After dragging what injured natives he could away from the monster's path, he hears Gideon call out, and finds her and Steve next to a glowing, pulsing, organic mass. The ground rattles underfoot, and Cas stumbles his way over, pulling a monkey see monkey do by shoving an arm into the bulb to mimic Gideon.

Rooting around in there, he grabs a vine and tugs at it. The webbing pulls taut, inches back the more he pulls at the vine, until he gives it a hard yank, pulling back as far as it goes, and the webbing splits open once more. Bright eyes find Gideon with incredulous surprise - you're a genius, comrade. ]

Where does it lead?

[ but at this point, does it matter? if it goes anywhere that isn't here, it's an improvement. ]

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It's--

[She starts as Mister Big Damn Hero rushes over (never mind that she's quietly relieved to see him, a guy who knows how to take charge), but her explanation swiftly falls away as some other dude stumbles over to them. Again there's the sickening squelch as Other Dude's arm sinks into the pulsating globule, and he's quick on the mark, yanking away at the veiny-viney growths until the webbing sags a second time. Gideon follows suit, bracing herself as the ground quakes beneath them and yanks at a fleshy stem until the webbing gapes wider still-- almost enough space for another person to squeeze through.]

Yeah, that.

[She adds, her voice raspy and hard with adrenaline.]

And I dunno, but hopefully somewhere that isn't here.

[From somewhere deeper into the pit, the sound of panicked screams echo back to them, and Gideon's eyes flick fast between the two men a little wildly.]

It's a worth a shot, right?