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]

He has and would've if he could, but unfortunately the Vault Guardians and the Sentinels have barred anyone from entering, including loyal customers.

This has put a damper on his plans. He has something in there he meant to give to someone important at the end of the night, at his private after party.

[vixening]

Yennefer and Nadine will offer to go down and check the vaults for him - they're letting Summoned inside to investigate the crime scene to see how we can help, and both Yennefer and Nadine know of others who have been allowed down to check for themselves.

If he is comfortable with it, they would be happy to go down and get that important item for him and bring it back. But of course, only if he's willing.

Also, Nadine is going to offer him some calming tonics - since he's mentioned worrying about the stress this will cause.

[abraxasmods]

Marcellus is tempted by the offer, however he ultimately turns it down, explaining that he'd hate to get Soraya in trouble or make the wrong kind of news for himself by breaking the rules. He thanks them for their kind offer, and lets it slip that "the proposal" can wait one more night.

He will turn down the tonic, too. Marcellus confesses he's been called out for his refusal to partake in substances since such things are popular in Ikorr, but he prefers to keep his mind sharp.

He adds that he needs to return to the party soon, but if they want his help for anything else they can let him know.

[vixening]

After he turns down both the offer and the tonic, Yennefer will give him a small smile when she says she completely understands and that the two of them don't want to take up any more of his time. They know he's a busy man.

Nadine is going to try and step forward to shake his hand, but as she does so she will end up tripping forward and spilling both her fancy tower chalice that she was given and herself directly onto Marcellus - and there may or may not be a little more heft to it than necessary.

Yennefer reacts understandably, reaching forward to try and help steady Nadine. She'll also look to Marcellus and offer to help him clean up (with her magic). She is either going to help him clean up using her prestidigitation ability and sneak a strand of hair that way, or she will try and sneakily grab a strand of his hair somewhere in the chaos of Nadine's drunken moment.

[abraxasmods]

Marcellus will be startled but gracious about the accident.

They successfully grab a strand of his hair, but if Yennefer or Nadine are observant, they will notice that all of his hair shifts a little with the force when it's pulled and that Marcellus quickly rearranges his "hair" into position. He happens to be wearing a wig of very high quality, made from real hair.

While not uncommon at the party, Marcellus's wig is a natural color unlike the brighter costume wigs popular at Epulum. They can consult other Witnesses who know him to ask why he might've chosen to wear a wig tonight or they may consider this suspicious by itself.

If they miss this detail, they may submit his hair for testing here.