EVENT #3 OOC POST

[abraxasmods]

EVENT #3/JAILBREAK OOC PLOTTING

As of this thread, Relena has been returned to the dungeons to reunite with the other prisoners! However, she will have little time to do so, because immediately following her return, JAILBREAK WILL COMMENCE.

Things to note:

• There will be no NPC interaction with Ambrose, Oliver or Elizabeth. Ambrose is frozen and cannot speak. Oliver and Elizabeth are enemies of Thorne who only wished to open the portals. As of the end of the post, they have left and will not return for the time being.

• Everyone's powers have been restored, but powers cannot be used to force other characters to stay in Thorne or make a different decision. IC, this is due to the massive amounts of magic currently in use. Characters have to use their words to figure out where they're going to go and convince their friends to join them.

• When the hour is up, the portals will close and the natives will be unfrozen. If your character is still in Thorne at that time, then they are stuck in Thorne.

• The three cities do not like each other, and your characters will not be able to travel between cities yet. However, this does not mean that communications between characters who are separated will cease! All characters still have access to the Horizon and may visit each other there. If your character has not yet visited the Horizon, they will first need to join another character who has gone there (via physical contact), and they will then have access to their own Horizon.
  • But characters who begin spending too much time in the Horizon may become suspicious to natives, who will worry that secrets are being shared with their enemies!

• Any prisoners who choose to stay in Thorne will be rearrested. Thornean authorities will be treating all characters with great suspicion and distrust, but previously welcomed guests may be able to establish their loyalty via information sharing and acts of service.
  • If you would like for your character to remain in Thorne but not be rearrested, they can use this opportunity to flee Thorne proper for the neighboring town of Nott. This will allow them to remain close enough to keep tabs on Thorne while also not being at risk of imprisonment.

• Thornean authorities will not chase escapees. To do so would necessitate sending their armies against those of Solvunn and the Free Cities, and they do not yet see the need for all-out war.

• More information about Solvunn and the Free Cities can be found here, but this is not information that characters will have during their hour of decision-making. Oliver's advice to choose based on each locations' relationship to the Singularity is all they really have to go on.

• Individual posts for Solvunn and the Free Cities will be going up within the next few days. These posts will have more information about each location, as well as the opportunity for NPC interaction in each.

• Please use this post to plot with each other where your characters will go, how they will decide to group together, and how they will attempt to convince each other to stay or leave!

Comments

QUESTIONS

[abraxasmods]

Re: QUESTIONS

[gynvael]

If, say, one were to want to rifle through Ambrose's belongings/office while most of Thorne is frozen, would they have the opportunity to do so and would there be anything notable they can successfully find and/or take? Would they be able to go there in the first place within this hour?

Edit: Sorry, to tack onto this, but semi-related, is there also a weapon that can be grabbed off the frozen peeps. Like a sword or something.

Thank you!!

[abraxasmods]

They theoretically could do so, but it would necessitate returning to the castle from the execution yard. Characters realistically would not have time to go there, break through Ambrose's wards (what, you expect a master wizard to not have enchantments on his office door?), rifle, and still return before the portals close. Anyone who chooses to go back into the castle is, in effect, choosing to stay in Thorne.

The guards are frozen and their swords can be stolen, but characters should be aware that showing up in a new land with stolen Thornean weapons (guard swords have Thornean-style scrollwork on the hilt, making them easy to identify) will immediately put them at risk of being rearrested in Solvunn or the Free Cities, where such a weapon would peg the bearer as a spy.

Frozen natives cannot be harmed.

[gynvael]

gotcha! i didn't catch the yard was that far out, that makes sense then. thank you!

Ralston + OC + Thorne

[brittlest]

Ralston is going to be sticking around in Thorne. Hit me up if you desire "Better the devil you know" type conversations. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY—

Ralston is going to be making an effort to note who goes where and in what proportion so he has intel to hand the Thorne authorities in his back pocket.

If you want your character to specifically be mentioned if/when he makes his report, please opt in by commenting here. Optional: Let me know if it's cool if we do some handwaved observation of your character so Ralston can provide additional ability specs or opinions (particularly if your character showed up on the information swap mingle log). I'd also be down to backtag these interactions if you're interested—I just know 'guy creeps in the bg' threads aren't necessarily very hook-y.

Otherwise I'll be keeping Ralston's observstions to #s and general impressions that I can scope by skimming the log.

Alternatively, if someone wants to figure out that he's taking a tally and distract him, I'd be down for that too! I still want him to get some info collection done, but I'm fine with making that complicated if someone wants to metaphorically or literally tackle that.

Re: QUESTIONS

[unnecessaryflourishes]

Would the inability to travel between cities extend to more magical means of travel, such as teleportation or similar?

[sanc]

Just making sure: Does relena gotta metal gear back to her cell so she doesn't get caught if she wants to reunite with her crew before hopping in a portal?

[abraxasmods]

It applies mostly to magical means! Solvunn, Thorne and the Free Cities are all fairly far apart, and the vast majority of people in Abraxas would only travel between them via magical means (mainly portals). Anyone capable of teleportation along the lines of Apparition would technically be able to do so, but doing so more than once would quickly get the attention of native authorities, who would not take well to it. For now, we recommend that characters stick to the land they choose while the heat is on.

Ironically, good ol' walking would be less suspicious to natives, though anyone seeking to trek between lands is looking at a few weeks per trip.

[abraxasmods]

Correct! Just for additional scene setting, she would have maybe ten or fifteen minutes to reunite and explain, which... oops, doesn't seem like long, huh? Oliver is a man who works fast!

[unnecessaryflourishes]

o7 Got it.

Also, because Emet can be prone to preferring to taking shortcuts when possible, would teleporting within a given land be seen as suspicious or would people not bat too much of an eye at it?

[abraxasmods]

That would be fine!

[sanc]

So wobble her way there as sneakily as possible and quietly flail about getting the heck out of dodge so she doesn't get caught. Got it.

New bff Oliver is efficient.

[extremethirst]

Nero would like to go to the town few days before the execution and get some nice clothes for some prisoners to wear. It is a special occasion and should be treated as such, no? ... can he do that and give them the nice clothes for Jon's execution?

[abraxasmods]

While Nero is totally free to go and purchase clothes for them, the prisoners were not supposed to be at the execution, and thus he would not have had reason or opportunity to actually give them the clothes.

If, for whatever reason, he has them on his person when Oliver brings the prisoners to the courtyard, he can hand them off!

[sanc]

OH, one more thing, I'm sorry: Does she have to wait a certain amount of time before she can access the Horizon since she got data drained by that spell or will she be good without a particular delay?

[extremethirst]

I must copy what I had said elsewhere but...

I like the idea that Nero hears execution and gets nice clothes and then excited to be able to give them to the prisoners. But ushered with arms full of clothes away and he is sobbing like NOOOO I WANTED TO STOP AT THE DUNGEONS. ...!!

"Please I want them to be dressed nice in their cells as they know one of them is gonna die... noooo my plans." Sobs into clothes in his arms.

It is funny enough that I will dunk on him for it, lol, thank you.

Re: QUESTIONS

[gruesome]

Safe to assume a character who is absolutely not okay with being forced outside during daylight is going to be picked up and carried if necessary? He has like 12 cloaks he's begged/borrowed/stolen by now so he won't die, but sheer panic all the same.

[cointosser]

Two questions:

1. Are there any Thorne people/guards close enough that could be pickpocketed for coin/valuables in a reasonable amount of time? (yes he has no shame)
2. Is any coin made in Thorne (since Jaskier has been performing for money) usable in other locations?

Alucard / Castlevania / Free Cities

[cryptsleeper]

Okay so, Alucard will be going to the Free Cities for the time being. He has no particular trust that Thorne won't follow any of them yet, and so his theory is that hiding among enemies will be the safest place to figure out where to go next. In the course of the jail break:

He will be fairly disappointed that there is no grand jail break where he could go Full Dad, although it will be confided in very few, if any, people besides Hector.

He won't be trying to convince anyone in particular to go with him, nor is he inclined towards offering help right now. However if asked for his opinion, Alucard will be blunt in saying that given the jail break status, there could be concerns that could involve assassins or hunters for hire.

He is going to be checking his power returns by woofing out and possibly trying some dumb vampire tricks, so there is that on the table. (No belly rubs available right now, sorry.)

So if you want to just reconnect with CR, needs arguments either way, or want to land on the other side with a sad, depressed sack, let's plot

[abraxasmods]

Nope, she's good to go!

[sanc]

Thank you!

Relena Peacecraft (Wobbly Edition) | Gundam Wing | Get the Fuck Out of Dodge Quest

[sanc]

So... Relena's back! And she has some hot dish and wobble legs and some trauma, all good shit. She is ready to go onto greener pastures and get the hell out of Thorne. Relationship ended with Ambrose, Oliver is new best friend.

She will be heading right to cell 1 as sneakily as possible for a reunion and then flopping onto the floor for a bit until she gets chucked gently into a portal by her best buddies.

She's going to Solvunn with team Himeka after scampering back to her crew. She's got to recover some and I am sure there will be a roundtable of some sort at some point, but for the time being, she'll be happy to share her info with fellow escapees that end up in Solvunn or with folks in the Horizon if they want to come across her and get the tidbits directly?? Hot Tip: Don't become a battery, it's a bad time.

Otherwise, gosh yea she needs a pot of tea, a big bowl of soup and half a bottle of red wine, thanks in advanced.

[abraxasmods]

If you'd like, you can assume that! Precautions would be taken with him given that he is still an honored guest, and while it's mandatory, they wouldn't want to cause harm to Some, either.

Estinien Wyrmblood | Final Fantasy XIV | Solvunn

[coerthantorment]

Estinien's primary goal is to scoop up Relena, check on a few other people he's befriended, and then get the hell out of there as soon as possible. Some details:

1) He's heading to Solvunn because he thinks it might be the place Anastasia was talking about, and as such feels they may have information about the Singularity and Ambrose's Stupid Book. Also, destroying the Singularity sounds bad right now.

2) With power being suddenly returned, he's going to be sort of overwhelmed by his dragon magic happening all at once, and as a result it's going to activate his new draconic shapeshifting ability. He's going to grow a tail, horns, claws, and some dragon feet, and will find it very startling. This will take a while to wear off because it's partially based on his emotions.

3) He's not really worried about convincing anyone to go anywhere in particular besides Himeka and Relena who he plans to take with him. He'll be taking note of people who decide to say in Thorne though, if it's made at all obvious.

4) He might try to kill Ambrose while he's frozen but give up on that when it becomes clear it isn't possible.

[abraxasmods]

1. Yes, the guards who escorted Jon to the noose are easily accessible in the given time frame, though they don't have that much on them. A handful of coins on each totaling around the equivalent of thirty dollars between them, a pouch of tobacco and pipe on one and a moderately valuable wedding ring on the other.

2. Yes! Abraxas currently has a universal coin system. A full breakdown on that will be included with the detailed faction information but for quick reference there's three types of coins: gold, silver and copper. They are accepted everywhere on the continent.