EVENT #17: EPULUM - COORDINATION POST

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Event #17 - Coordination

OOC Plotting Post ⦁ IC Event Log ⦁ Nocwich

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:

◎ Contact the mods
◎ Submit your suspected culprit
◎ Investigate the crime or track ongoing investigations
◎ Submit noticeable actions
◎ Write rapid IC exchanges

Available Forms

For details on each form, see the sections below.
Be sure to reply under the applicable category as required.

Mod Communications

If you have any questions about the limits or scope of what you can do before you formalize it in an investigation, you can go over the details with us here. You can also submit the suspect to Celeste under the appropriate heading. Submitting the name of the suspect is not required to complete the mystery, but doing so may contribute to whether the suspect is caught or escapes.

If you have questions about non-investigative aspects of the event, see the Questions thread on the OOC Plotting Post.

Contact Us

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Submission:</b> (Describe your question OR write the name of the Witness your character will accuse as the suspect)

Investigations

To leave opportunities for others, please limit the scope of your actions per submission. For example, if you'd like to test a key, you must specify a narrow set of locks in a particular section. Additionally, while there are no strict limits on how many investigations you can be involved in, we do ask that you try to stagger them a little to help us keep pace.

You can investigate something multiple times as long as it makes sense for your character to try again. This includes following up with witnesses if characters learn new information. To investigate, fill out the form, then comment under the item you're investigating.

Investigate a witness, scene, or evidence

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Other characters involved:</b> <b>Witness/Scene/Evidence:</b> (What is the witness, scene, or evidence your character is exploring?) <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> (If applicable. Linking a thread is NOT required, but can help us tailor our responses) <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 a piece of evidence, you might want to do an IC exchange. IC exchanges can take place in the real world or the Horizon.

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.)

Comments

MOD COMMUNICATIONS

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SUSPECT SUBMISSION

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INVESTIGATIONS

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Be sure to review the information under The Crime before starting an investigation. Characters won't find evidence unless they speak to a witness or examine a scene first. Characters are encouraged to follow up with witnesses or return to scenes as they uncover more details.

DEVELOPMENTS

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As investigations 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!

Witnesses

◎ Marcellus Ver: some may have witnessed or noticed a small commotion involving a few Summoned and the famous chef.

Scenes

◎ Feasting Quarter: the area behind the merchant stalls near the trash now has a pile of maggots on the ground. It'll be cleaned up within an hour or two, but if your character is unfortunate, they may stumble over it before the cleaners can get there. Update: the maggots have been burnt to ash and are now gone.

◎ Bath Tent: there is now a splatter of blood on the ground of the out-of-commission sauna, where what appears to be a giant slug or leech has violently burst. Update: most of the blood has been scraped off the ground, though traces remain.

◎ Vaults: after a few key reports, Sentinels will now allow the Summoned to investigate Marcellus Ver's private vault.

Evidence

◎ Blood Signature: Soraya Moren has volunteered her blood and is not a match for the blood signature.

◎ Blood Signature: Babis is not a match for the blood signature.

◎ Blood Signature: Retha is not a match for the blood signature.

WITNESSES

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BABIS

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RETHA ZELPHA (FIREWING)

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SORAYA MORAN

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MARCELLUS VER

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SCENES

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VAULT/GALLERY

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DRESSING ROOM

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MERCHANT STALLS

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EVIDENCE

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IC EXCHANGES

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— summoned conspiracy, er, evidence board

[diametrically]

[ Shortly after Dan Heng's network post, "Alyx" has set up a giant screen in the middle of Dan Heng's domain (aka: the giant space train). It functions like a regular ol' conspiracy cork board but instead of paper and push pins, everything is virtual in nature.

For the time being the board is only sparsely populated with a picture of the artifact at the top of the column labelled "ITEMS OF NOTE". Beside it is a list of facts collected so far. There's several sections labelled "PEOPLE OF INTEREST", "TIMELINE", and "MISC. INFORMATION".

Summoned are welcome to manipulate the board (it grows and shrinks!), add information, and draw transparent red lines to items on the board that could potentially be connected. Timestamps will be conveniently added to all entries automatically along with the name of the person who left the entry. Dan Heng will likely be in and around the space most of the time also assisting with taking down information as it comes in. Cassian ("Alyx") is mostly absent.

Is this just a giant Miro board? Yes. Yes it is. ]

( ooc note: consider all the info here available to anyone unless specified. feel free to leave clues, information, or anything you feel might be important/relevant! after the event, all of this information will be ported into a small laptop to be placed in istredd's library. )

[ closed ] bug or dude

[gynvael]

[ This is not how he anticipated meeting Yen tonight for the second time, but frankly it aligns with how things often go for them. Yen knows most about transformative spells and illusions. And, she's the only mage he knows who attended Ikorr's ball that night. Out of all of them, she's likely to be most familiar with Ikorran magic.

So with Dean in tow, they make their way to where Geralt's asked to meet—a quiet corner outside the row of massive tents.

When he reaches her, he wordlessly hold out the centipede, pinched between his thumb and forefinger. It squirms. ]

Forgive me. They ran out of roses.

[ He's also distinctly got flecks of green goo in his hair. ]

Not Soroya

[sonofacesius]

Hey all,
Zagreus and I were both able to independently confirm that it's not Soroya. She doesn't match the blood signature.

babis, etc.

[techmaturgy]

A sample from Babis tested negative--he's not a match, and nobody had to lick the floor.

NETWORK, OPEN TO ALL

[unwings]

We unable to obtain a DNA sample from Marcellus Ver, but the Summoned are now free to investigate his private vault.

He is wearing a wig, and seems to be closely guarding his utensils and glassware.

firewing, open to all

[cointosser]

I will admit I don't have a direct line of communication with birds, but I think I managed doing so through a bit of a loophole. Retha's lovely bird seems to have witnessed the breaking of the Drowning Maiden's tank, and attributed the crime to "the one with many faces." Now, to me, this sounds like one of two things: either the very strange title of a minor god, or... well, I suppose one could attribute the name to the Drowning Maiden herself, if one counts a skull as a face.

Or, perhaps, someone else wearing multiple masks. Has anyone seen someone who would match such a description?

To be honest, I'm not sure how important such a thing is, but I admit I am very intrigued by it.

talking to the seed; cas, dean, jaskier and geralt

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[ they've gathered here, crouched down by the first spot of dirt they could find at the edge of the festival. four grown men/ancient supernatural beings burying a little seed in the ground, possibly arguing over the appropriate depth and soil requirement (or maybe it was just cas having opinions).

they huddle around it, eyes on the dirt mound, waiting for a likely very short conversation with a plant that doesn't seem interested in sprouting. cas looks up to the bard with a nod. ]

Whenever you're ready, Jaskier.

NOTABLE ACTIONS

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[nomnoms]

Player Name: Jay
Character Name: Nanaue

When: Before the heist
Where: The Summoned tent
What: Nanaue is graffiti-ing one side of the tent with his recent favorite thing.

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Player Name: Dee
Character Name: Istredd

When: Post-Heist, middle of the investigations
Where: In a corner Himeka went to do a ritual
What: Himeka attempted to use the rune Istredd gave her in a ritual and it led to her being near suffocated by a jello-like substance. People could witness Istredd running at full speed through the entire celebration (the farther away the better), even leaping over something on the way, to get to her. GPOY.
Link: Thread