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

̶M̶I̶S̶C̶.̶ ̶I̶N̶F̶O̶R̶M̶A̶T̶I̶O̶N̶;̶ ̶ ITEM OF NOTE.

[exuviage]

Damaged wall in abandoned sauna may contain a "surprise." (Anonymous contribution.)

[ The previous entry has disappeared, thought it can be found in the "edit history" of the replacement entry. ]

Vial of Vampire Blood. Found inside of the wall of a disued sauna. Most of it is assumed to be consumed by a leech. Partial amount remains, potentially enough for identification.

[ The entry links to Alucard's note about vampire blood. ]

[diametrically]

[ At some point Cassian makes a drive-by to examine the board and notices the multiple changes and edit histories to this particular entry. He stares at it a moment...before sighing and popping out of existence. ]

do i want to know?

[exuviage]

Yes, because when you find out what's going on here, I need you to let me know too.

[ "make a conspiracy board database" they said. "it'll be fun" they said. "you get to play detective and use red strings" they said.

life would be simpler if he didn't try to adhere to a level of archival standard. ]

[diametrically]

so if i find other suspicious holes in the wall, you want to know about them?

[cointosser]

[There is absolutely no way he could have missed a message phrased exactly like that in his cursory glances.]

Oh, please tell me you know what those holes are for. And, maybe, where you found them. For experimental reasons.

[diametrically]

[ This is why he doesn't use the network. ]

right. experimental reasons
go back into the edit history if you want to know
dan heng can show you how

[exuviage]

Maybe there will be extra leeches for both of you.

[cointosser]

Eugh. What? For eating?

[cointosser]

If I knew what that was, perhaps I would!

[cryptsleeper]

Tasted from a contaminated sample, not the vial itself but

1. The vampire was sober.
2. There's an herbal undertone I can't identify.

[divinityfrompain]

There is a botanist in the merchant stall area, he is very knowledgeable about plants and said there are many grown in Ikorr that aren't available elsewhere. Maybe he'd know, although how to explain a taste to him would be hard.

[ordinar]

[He draws a red line to this note, with a question mark.]

Herbs found in the same pouch