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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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Comments

Water tunnels

[chainedqueen]

[Somewhere along the way, she lost Mat, his hand slipping from hers. She had turned a corner and before she could grasp her surroundings, she was kicking through the water, struggling to surface and choking for air. The surface had seemed elusive, but with enough flailing and grasping, she had finally gripped the sides of the pool and heaved herself up.

The fever left her disoriented and the cold made her frantic. Her clothes were sticking to her, freezing against her raw skin. Twists and turns stretched on endlessly. Finally exhausted, hurting and hardly able to breathe from the cold, Alicent sunk to the ground and curled into herself.

Surely Mat realized she was lost. Someone had to be searching for her. Someone must be coming. Someone.]

[gynvael]

[ His concern is how they might survive the night. The sun can be deceptively warm even high on the mountains. Once it sets, temperatures will dip further. In truth, Geralt would have left to retrieve anyone lost out there, though he may not admit it. But between the boy's fretting and the fact that he knows Alicent isn't trained to survive the wilds, he leaves almost without hesitation.

He searches for blood in the air. Blood and saltwater. Most are injured; they'll likely leave a trail of blood.

He finds a handful of unrecognizable faces first. From the cavern, no doubt, but not the Summoned. It isn't until he realizes that the messages are functioning again that he finally sends her something: ]

We're coming.
What do you see around you?

[lightkeeping]

[So, it turns out that their little winter trek in the Horizon was just practice for this. Aloy is accustomed to the bitter cold, but she's physically spent in a way that makes this much harder than it usually is. Still, she and Geralt are in better shape than most, so she goes along with him when he brings up the fact that there might be stragglers. Their suspicions are proven correct fairly quickly, but she lets Geralt handle the communication while she brings up the rear, not convinced they're alone out here.

It's not hard to see that he's sending someone a message, so she offers him a nod, signaling that he should continue. She'll keep an eye on their surroundings, in the meantime.]

[chainedqueen]

[The message sends a wave of relief, warming Alicent where the hot springs couldn't. "We". Geralt isn't alone, it meant the search time might be lessened. Two or more heads, after all, are better than one.

Her eyes scan her surroundings, trying to force her mind to register details that might be useful to the trackers.]

I am near the hot springs. There are a few others nearby, but they are natives.

[That might not be enough detail, but her hands hadn't healed since her arrival to the pit. She has no way of knowing he can use the small trail left, but it's there for them to find.]

[gynvael]

[ He squints at the writing briefly. Where the fuck are the hot springs. Perhaps hidden somewhere? ]

We're coming.
Wait there.

[ He increases his pace to fall into step next to Aloy. Good to know they've found something warm. ]

You see any hot springs around?

[ He presses southward, still following the trail he can see, haphazard but there. ]

[lightkeeping]

[Hot springs are promising--it means that whoever has escaped via an alternate route is probably not freezing to death, though it does create a secondary problem. If they're somewhere warm and relatively safe, shouldn't they stay there? Something to determine once they actually find the group.]

No. Maybe underground. A cave?

[More caves, but hopefully a natural one this time. Aloy gestures to some nearby rock formations, jutting up out of the forest. Even if there aren't caves there, or some kind of spring, it's shelter, which means it's likely they're on the right track.]

[chainedqueen]

[As much as she'd like to stay around the hot springs, given how close it is to the escape route, it's possible that the acolytes will find her before the rescue group. The very thought of it makes her heart drop and her stomach tie in knots.

Geralt told her to stay put, but it's hard to be patient. Instead, she paces, wandering a bit further, searching for that first sign of rescue.]

Can anyone hear me?