EVENT #17: EPULUM - COORDINATION POST

[abraxasmods]

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

[magicalarchaeologist]

Player Name: Dee & Terra
Character Name: Istredd
Other characters involved: Cassian Andor

Witness/Scene/Evidence: Babis

Action: After talking to Soraya and getting suspicious about the Nether, they will talk to the guards about any Draconae they may have seen showing an interest, and based on Babis' description in the log, end up looking for him.

Istredd will introduce himself as one of the Summoned alchemists who helped save the dragons and create the cure. If Babis has heard anything about that, he probably could recognize Istredd's name. He'll say he spoke with Anneth and intends to further help research potions for the dragons. He asks how she and the dragons have been doing since they left.

He asks him if he usually attends the Ikorr party and how he's enjoying the evening so far.

Cassian will mention he was not there during the dragon cure, but he is very glad to hear the Summoned could help. They are just starting this convo out carefully to see his reaction to the Summoned-Nether connection.

Thread: thread still in progress
Notes: Not as of right now.

[abraxasmods]

Babis is a cheerful and unassuming soul. Covered head to toe in glitter, and drinking glass after glass of wine, he's having a great time which he declares enthusiastically upon meeting Istredd and Cassian. He's very bright-eyed and looks so excited to speak to them in person since he wasn't able to when they came to the Nether.

He says his cousins tell him the dragons are doing well, which he's grateful for. He insist on getting them a drink and will ask them how they've found Ikorr. This is his first time here, he's only arrived in the past few weeks and has been having a fabulous time.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Istredd takes the drink and says he's enjoying Ikorr a great deal, although he is a historian so he's far more interested in culture and art. He'll say he went to the art gallery here to admire it, and saw the Twin Latchkeys painting. He'll ask if Babis has seen it himself.

Cassian comments on how odd it is there are so many security guards around, it seems they've doubled in size recently. He asks if Babis has seen anything strange tonight.

[abraxasmods]

When the subject turns to the Twin Latchkeys, Babis becomes interested. He's seen it and admired it, too. He heard of the stories in the Nether. One of the reasons he came to Ikorr was because he heard that it was found around here and he wanted to see the painting for himself.

He agrees that the increase in guards is unusual, but he's never been to an event like this before and says that the Ikorrans are probably paranoid.

Babis says the parade breakdown was weird. From what he's heard, nothing ever goes wrong on Epulum. It's a tightly run event that's planned for nearly a year or more. Ikorr takes extreme care to make sure everything goes off without a hitch.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Cassian is curious what one of the stories Babis has heard about the Twin Latchkeys and what about it in particular interested Babis?

Istredd mentions that in his experience stories like that have a glimmer of truth, and he wonders if the Twin Latchkeys is real, and still exists. He mentions that when they were negotiating their visit to the Nether, it was said the Nether had an artifact of their own, and he wonders if Babis knows more about that artifact or if they could be related.

[abraxasmods]

Babis says there are many variations of the story, but his favorite one depicts a man who was foretold that his good fortune would soon collapse. Desperate to prevent this from happening, he went to a blacksmith to craft a pair of daggers that could "tear open reality" and change his future. Upon using the daggers, reality tore through him instead and neither the daggers nor the blacksmith were seen again.

Unfortunately, Babis doesn't know about what was negotiated. He's pretty young, so that's not information they would've trusted him with. He believes the Twin Latchkeys are real, and he's been fascinated with artifacts since he was a kid. He thinks the craftsmanship of something so powerful is inspiring and its design is so different than other things created in Abraxas. One day, he says, he'd like to be skilled enough to make something that would be considered an artifact.