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tushanshu_ooc2013-08-08 09:17 pm
aenseidhe) wrote in tushanshu_ooc2013-08-08 09:17 pm
Palace Raid (August 15th) Plot Post!
I HAVE SOME NEWS. So. I was a fucktard last month and didn't get AC for Iorveth 8| And I can't put him back in the game until September l o l, BUT HE IS DEF COMING BACK, JUST CONSIDER THIS A HIATUS. And along with that, the Palace Raid plot is still happening, the only difference being: It's now ICly being led by Vanessa and Una. I'm still doing the OOC organization, so if you have any questions about it, please ask me about them. You guys can reach me at Wuzzafuzzle on AIM and Plurk. THAT SAID, HERE WE GO - PLOTTANS:
As we talked about in the last Malicant Investigation team plotty thing and ICly in the A.S.S. (gdi roy) meeting log, Iorveth's wanting to take the team of people collecting info on Malicant/preparing for Malicant and do an raid on the palace to get into some forbidden areas to see what they can dig up - as he knows Eshai's hiding stuff. We've been given mod permission to go into some of the normally blocked off wings of the palace as well as the dungeons, and the mods will be letting us search out some info with this little mini plot thinger. Iorveth would have already decided the schematics of the raid, he was just waiting on a good time to pull it off, and with this landfall event, that's what he's going for. The actual raid will be happening on August 15th. Like I said before, he'd have talked it out with the rest of the investigation group at the meeting, so mostly it will just be handwaved that Una and Vanessa have gone around delivering the message of WE'RE GOING NOW, GET READY. SO. Here's how we're going to do this --
There are going to be THREE SNEAKING GROUPS and THREE DISTRACTION GROUPS. For people that'll be portaling others in and what not, they'll be tacked into the sneaking groups as well. There's a good number of us, so I'm going to have you guys fill out this form right HERE:
And we'll be taking that and put you guys into groups of equal size and hopefully not huge size for the sake of keeping threading this non-chaotic. After we have it decided who wants to do sneaking/distraction/portaling, I'm going to be setting these groups up closest to what Iorveth would have done to make a balanced, well-rounded kind of team. We might not have enough people involved to be able to really do that well, but for the most part, I'll look at group they want to be in first (sneaking/distraction), then I'll look at what skills they have, and if it doesn't matter otherwise, they'll be plugged in at random. Does that sound cool? I know some characters, icly, wouldn't want to do anything without someone they know, so I'm giving you guys the option to request one other character for yours to be in a group with. The rule on this, though, is, the character you request must also use their request to be with your character as well. So if Vanessa wants to be with Catty and Catty wants to be with Annabeth, I'll be tagging you guys back to ask you to only make one pair - not Team CattyNessaBeth. But beyond that, it'll be either randomized or what makes sense based on skills (like two people with healing powers on one team and another with no healer would be pretty dumb, you feel me bros?). So for example: Say, after randomizing, if there's a group with two healers and one person who shoots fire out of their ass, and there's this other group over here with 3 people who shoot fire out of their ass and no healer, then one of those healers will be traded out to go in the other group. That kind of thing. SAVVY?
In 4 days, on August 12th, I'll be closing the sign ups at NOON CST, and setting up the groups. Once that's done, I'll edit this post with the organized groups as well as the info from the mods on what each group will be finding in the area they investigate. Then I'll tag your form submission to let you guys know which group you're in, and a link to the plotting subthread I'll set up for each team. The actual IC plot mass log will be going up August 15th.
On the actual log, we'll have subheaders for preperation for the raid, aftermath of the raid, as well as subthreads for each of the individual groups. We'll be giving you guys the results of what you'll find (as far as the sneaking groups go) in the plot posts before the log goes up, when we give you guys your groups, but the distraction groups can do whatever the hell their little hearts desire - it's completely up to you guys how you want to be distracting.
On another note - how many of you would be up for maybe being arrested, with temporary containment? They'd be questioned more on suspicion than actual evidence, given how busy the palace agents were during the landfall. It would be something that happened after the raid was over, so not immediately important, but if you'd be up for it, we can see if that can happen mebbe.
AWESOME. So, there's a subthread below for QUESTIONS and a subthread for SIGN UPS. Please comment in the appropriate space /o/
As we talked about in the last Malicant Investigation team plotty thing and ICly in the A.S.S. (gdi roy) meeting log, Iorveth's wanting to take the team of people collecting info on Malicant/preparing for Malicant and do an raid on the palace to get into some forbidden areas to see what they can dig up - as he knows Eshai's hiding stuff. We've been given mod permission to go into some of the normally blocked off wings of the palace as well as the dungeons, and the mods will be letting us search out some info with this little mini plot thinger. Iorveth would have already decided the schematics of the raid, he was just waiting on a good time to pull it off, and with this landfall event, that's what he's going for. The actual raid will be happening on August 15th. Like I said before, he'd have talked it out with the rest of the investigation group at the meeting, so mostly it will just be handwaved that Una and Vanessa have gone around delivering the message of WE'RE GOING NOW, GET READY. SO. Here's how we're going to do this --
There are going to be THREE SNEAKING GROUPS and THREE DISTRACTION GROUPS. For people that'll be portaling others in and what not, they'll be tacked into the sneaking groups as well. There's a good number of us, so I'm going to have you guys fill out this form right HERE:
And we'll be taking that and put you guys into groups of equal size and hopefully not huge size for the sake of keeping threading this non-chaotic. After we have it decided who wants to do sneaking/distraction/portaling, I'm going to be setting these groups up closest to what Iorveth would have done to make a balanced, well-rounded kind of team. We might not have enough people involved to be able to really do that well, but for the most part, I'll look at group they want to be in first (sneaking/distraction), then I'll look at what skills they have, and if it doesn't matter otherwise, they'll be plugged in at random. Does that sound cool? I know some characters, icly, wouldn't want to do anything without someone they know, so I'm giving you guys the option to request one other character for yours to be in a group with. The rule on this, though, is, the character you request must also use their request to be with your character as well. So if Vanessa wants to be with Catty and Catty wants to be with Annabeth, I'll be tagging you guys back to ask you to only make one pair - not Team CattyNessaBeth. But beyond that, it'll be either randomized or what makes sense based on skills (like two people with healing powers on one team and another with no healer would be pretty dumb, you feel me bros?). So for example: Say, after randomizing, if there's a group with two healers and one person who shoots fire out of their ass, and there's this other group over here with 3 people who shoot fire out of their ass and no healer, then one of those healers will be traded out to go in the other group. That kind of thing. SAVVY?
In 4 days, on August 12th, I'll be closing the sign ups at NOON CST, and setting up the groups. Once that's done, I'll edit this post with the organized groups as well as the info from the mods on what each group will be finding in the area they investigate. Then I'll tag your form submission to let you guys know which group you're in, and a link to the plotting subthread I'll set up for each team. The actual IC plot mass log will be going up August 15th.
On the actual log, we'll have subheaders for preperation for the raid, aftermath of the raid, as well as subthreads for each of the individual groups. We'll be giving you guys the results of what you'll find (as far as the sneaking groups go) in the plot posts before the log goes up, when we give you guys your groups, but the distraction groups can do whatever the hell their little hearts desire - it's completely up to you guys how you want to be distracting.
On another note - how many of you would be up for maybe being arrested, with temporary containment? They'd be questioned more on suspicion than actual evidence, given how busy the palace agents were during the landfall. It would be something that happened after the raid was over, so not immediately important, but if you'd be up for it, we can see if that can happen mebbe.
AWESOME. So, there's a subthread below for QUESTIONS and a subthread for SIGN UPS. Please comment in the appropriate space /o/
Sneaking Group #1: Marius, Enjolras, Damian & Zel
There exists a narrow passageway at a the northwest tower of the palace with so narrow the sliver of an entrance that few notice it is even there. Slipping through it reveals a narrow corridor and a spiralling of stairs which lead into a very strange room. No taller than three feet, it stretches the width of the tower itself and those of a keen mind for architecture may realise that this "floor" is secreted beneath the second and fourth stories -- for there is no clearcut third in this tower. The floor and ceiling here emit an iridescent glow akin to the shell of the turtle for they have been treated with a fine varnish into which powdered pieces of shell have been incorporated. This provides sufficient light to see a series of think gold and silver chains criss-crossed about the room in intricate patterns, forming a 'cell' of sorts around a plain, red paper lantern that is suspended in the middle.
The chains connect to this lantern and to access it, one must break them down strand-by-strand -- for attempts to phase through them are met with malfunction, abilities cancelling out when the chain is phased but a quarter inch into the skin. Painful, perhaps, but an old defense mechanism that triggers ringing of three soft, rusted out bells. Worry not, team, for no guard comes running at such disturbances and there is time sufficient to reach the lantern.
Here, it can be noted that the "plain" of the lantern is a lie, for the red paper bears the marks of thousands of tiny characters written in a brown ink that once shone crimson and brighter when first bled from the palms of the writers. Blood writing covers every available scrap of the paper and does not smudge or fade at any attempts to brush at it. Contact with the lantern, though it glows with a faint light, results in a cold shiver heading down one's back and the whisper of Malicant's name running through the mind.
The lantern itself can be removed from this floor, but an unease will follow any that carry or store it henceforth. It feels as though something watches and waits for it, yet cannot reach out and take it. Attempts to burn or cut open the lantern would be met with failure, for something incredibly strong holds it together and may even be holding something in...
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QUESTION
Can the trap of chains be reproduced once they have taken the lantern out? Would, say, Green Lantern constructs with the same pattern have the same effect?
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That means they'll need to come up with a different way to isolate the lantern, yes?
Could it theoretically, say, get sucked into Kyle's lantern? (SORRY, I only now have brain to process details... I should have come up with these way sooner. If not isolation of any sort will be possible, just lmk. I mean, Damian'll be trying, but, yanno.)
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