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

[rarebenedictine]

Player Name: Kara and Ran
Character Name: Brother Cadfael
Other characters involved: Kelson Haldane

Witness: Babis
Action: Cadfael and Kelson will attempt to follow Babis to see what he is up to, where he goes, who he talks to etc. They are both in their carnival costumes and neither of them stands out or is someone important or recognizable.

If caught, Cadfael will introduce himself as a Summoned medic and Kelson as his patron, ask Babis politely how he's enjoying the Carnival, does he live in Ikorr, if not how long is he visiting, and what he thinks about city. He will comment how sad it is that current disturbance has soured everyone's time. He'd admit they actually were looking for him.

Since Kelson is from world with magic and Cadfael from one without, they could not agree on the solution for a puzzle. Babis has been referred to them as expert lock-picker. Would he be so kind and help them determine which of them is right.

The puzzle is a locked room puzzle with added magic and goes like this: There's a precious golden vase in a locked room. There are no windows to the room and might magical wards on the door that's guarded around the clock with guards on shifts. Kelson says it's impossible to get in with wards there, and Cadfael says there's always a way even with magic. Would Babis help them resolve their dispute and explain how he would approach this puzzle?

All the while Cadfael is talking, Kelson is observing, looking for anything suspicious.

Thread: Thread, just started.
Notes: Cadfael has no magical skills, Kelson can tell if someone is lying.

[abraxasmods]

Babis appears to be having a fantastic night. They will find him indulging in all manner of fun as any youth would on his 20th birthday.

Like many of the partiers, Babis is seemingly oblivious that a crime has taken place and thinks they're referring to the parade the broke down, which he will sympathetically say is a shame but that it hasn't soured anything. He feels sorry for the performers, though, as they must've worked hard only to have their display ruined.

Babis looks sheepish when they call him an expert lock-picker. He says that he made bad decisions in the past, and that he isn't here to cause trouble. Since he is unfortunately not sober, they'll have to repeat the scenario a few times before he gets it, but he enthusiastically participates. He says that a complex puzzle like that would probably require some help. It's important to have friends! If Cadfael and Kelson would look at it as a collaborative challenge than something to argue about, they might come to an answer.

[rarebenedictine]

Cadfael would say he meant no offense or improper suggestion on his part. People have all kinds of unusual skills and he thinks it's admirable to want to learn new things. Kelson would add that he has some experience in magical locks himself, which is why he's holding the position he has in their puzzle debate.

Cadfael wouldn't mention that he meant something else other than the parade breaking down, and agree that it's a shame. He's never seen anything like it and was completely mesmerized by it. He will emphatically agree that having friends is very important.

Following that he will ask how long Babis is in Ikorr, does he have any friends here. If Babis confirms, Cadfael will ask if it's common for his people to leave their home to travel or even live in other places. He left his own country when he was young so he's curious does it also happen elsewhere. If there's any particular reason he chose to come to Ikorr and not say Cadens or any other city.

What can either of them Cadfael and Kelson sense from the guy? Other than that he's drunk and merry? Is there anything he seems to omit, has odd reactions to any of Cadfael's comments?

[abraxasmods]

Babis will seem a little surprised at the question and confirm that of course, the Draconae are occasionally around places like the Free Cities and Thorne, as well as Nocwich. His people can usually be spotted around in either place. They don't go to Solvunn which is less welcoming to people who aren't interested in becoming permanent members of the commune.

The Draconae commonly leave their homes to explore the world. He says he picked Ikorr since he heard of the festival. It seemed like an opportunity to see something new. However, he has plans to go to the Free Cities next. Or Thorne? He hasn't decided, but the Free Cities sounds appealing since he likes the heat.

Babis will seem a little uncertain as the conversation goes on since he feels like they're probing for answers he doesn't have. He'll ask what new things Cadfael wants to learn. Is he also interested in the vaults downstairs? Has he never seen magical locks before? He tells Kelson that magic locks are of particular interest to him. They're different than the kinds he grew up with. Magic is less powerful in the Nether.

[rarebenedictine]

Cadfael says there's no magic were he comes from, at least not anymore, so everything about it is new to him. He says he didn't think about the vaults specifically and asks is there anything special about them.
Kelson adds that he's most used to locks tailored to specific people and asks what kind of locks Babis knows since he mentioned that magical ones are different than what he's used too?

[abraxasmods]

Babis laughs and says, why, the kinds without magic, of course. He did manage to break into someone's private wine cellar once when their wards were unintentionally left down. Since Ikorr relies on magic wards, he explains, the physical locks are a thin barrier at best. He's quick to add he paid the fine to Ikorr and everything, and hasn't been stealing anything tonight.

The Vaults supposedly contain some secrets, which he isn't surprised to hear. The Citadel in the Nether also has many secrets, too.

[rarebenedictine]

Cadfael says he's glad it ended on a fine.

Meanwhile Kelson has been truth reading the entire time, that itself takes very little effort and should not alarm Babis. First thing he wants to know is if anything Babis has said has been an outright like, or skirting the truth.

[abraxasmods]

This would depend on how Kelson's truth reading functions. Babis as a Draconae cannot be mindread or otherwise breached psychically. If the truth reading creates an indication that is a magical aura around him, then while Babis himself is sincere, like many people he exaggerates and leaves important details out when conversing casually, especially since he isn't exactly sober, so it's possible he may register as "skirting the truth."