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

[abraxasmods]

Babis confesses he snuck the bottle to Luna and presented it to one of the werewolves as a joke. He also did this partially because he didn't want to be caught with the bottle and knew that once it was Luna, Ikorr would have no way of discovering it.

The werewolf told him a funny thing: the wine contained traces of vampire blood, a smell the Lunae are highly sensitive to. He didn't think anything of it then. However, now that he's spent more time in Ikorr, he's noticed there aren't any vintages advertised to contain vampire blood anywhere that he's seen. Maybe he's just missed them?

[funbreaker]

Thancred will admit he doesn't know much about the wine either, but that seems like an interesting detail. Perhaps the vampire blood is the reason that wine is such a sought-after vintage?

He'll have a few more questions for him in light of all he's told them so far.

1. Babis said that the person he stole from (who Thancred assumes is Marcellus) seemingly forgot to put the wards up, which was why he was able to get in. Where was this exactly? In the vaults?

2. He'll also ask him directly about the theft of the latchkeys, mainly for Babis' opinion on how it could have been done as a fellow thief/pickpocket who also clearly has skill with making lockpicks. What would the thief have needed to get in?

[abraxasmods]

Babis answers that it wasn't the vaults. He isn't crazy enough to break into that! He was only trying to have some fun, not get himself jailed forever. He said it one of the wine merchant's cellar at a fancy party he was invited to as a plus one.

He answers he hasn't been in Ikorr long enough to study the vaults below, but Ikorr looks like it heavily relies on magical wards. With that in mind, the biggest challenge would be the magic. Once that's broken, the physical locks would likely be child's play.

[funbreaker]

This all checks out and makes sense to Thancred as far as he knows, and while he can't be certain that Babis isn't lying, his gut tells him it's not him. So he'll thank him for being such a good sport and answering their questions, as well as letting him keep his lockpick, and then will offer him a few more drinks for good measure and wish him happy birthday once again.