More daddy issues!

[ancillary]

Dash here! After a rocky introduction with Amon (amonfire), I made the sensible and logic leap and applied for my second character.

This is Miranda Lawson. tl;dr she's a space telekinetic from Mass Effect (specifically on the tail end of ME2), she's Shepard's morally muddled second in command, and the rarely seen attractive basement dweller. Her powers of manipulation and killing things with her brain are only matched by her self-induced social failures. She'll be staying in the Fire District. Because that's where the cool people go.

Second verse, same as the first: my plurk is rantler and my AIM is electricbeararms and feel free to contact me.

Sup sup

[histruename]

Hey, guys. My name's Ash and I'll be bringing you everyone's favorite harbinger of the Apocalypse: Hellboy! He's seven feet tall, bright red, and kinda looks like Satan in a trench coat. But despite his outward appearance, he's actually a pretty nice guy. Just don't mind him if he's a little sullen at first.

I'm so excited to meet you all! Go ahead and friend me on Plurk at Rubycupcakes or hit me up on AIM at willowslament1 if you wanna plot or chat.

/slides in

[wherethestoryis]

Hi guys. I'm Lee, brand new to the game! I am dragging along with me a stupidly reckless intrepid investigative reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, from before DC decided to erase history. Again. What can I say, she's Lois Lane, pretty much says it all right there. (And she's just in time for the gang war, too.)

Anyway, I'm pretty easy to get hold of for plotting or general squeeing--PMing here, or fractaldawn with AIM/gmail. Nice to meet you all!

EVENT | Gang War | Kick Off!

[ironwood]

The gang war kicks off now, with an IC post going up from Evandau (alderwood) in the next few minutes to get IC things going. How's this going to work? Easy!

Over the course of the next week, three separate party-style logs will be posted by the mods for the main events mentioned in this post with details about the specific event, the challenges that will be faced, and the likelihood of success that the participants will have. The participants to these logs will be limited to the crisis response teams that Evandau is going to list in his post (and is listed later in this one). These teams were formed based on the sign-up requests of the members, with each character limited to one team and, therefore, one log. The first log will go up later tonight!

In addition to the team events/logs, there the solo events officially kick off today! The bottom of this post addresses that and includes a link to the Gdocs spreadsheet that details how many solo missions each character has, along with the number of times they succeed at it.

IC Impact:
Aside from the impact of the major events, characters are likely to notice a further increase of crime, to the point that it's not recommended that one go out alone. Violence is spreading and those familiar with the signs will be able to tell that the power vacuum in the wake of the festival is coming to a head. There are targetting killings, largescale thefts, and plenty of people being made example of as gangs seek to establish their superiority. It's gotten to the point that event the normally peaceful, crime-free sectors are experiencing unprecedented levels of criminal activity.

Team Events - Teams:
As mentioned, each of the major events will be addressed by teams of player characters based on sign-up requests. These teams are as follow:

>Crowd Control:
>Summary: Two gangs go head-to-head in Metal.
>Team Composition:
Aaron Cross | twelvepoints
Asami Sato | stickshift
Chase Young | repelled
Damian Wayne | demon_brat
Kon-El | tactile_telekinesis
Korra | allbend
Megamind | notpredictable
Namorita Prentiss | littlecousin
Princess Yue | lunargoodness
Shifu | shifu_sifu
Sokka | whoneedsbending
Stephanie Brown | controlledvariable
Triela Hilshire | daughterofelysium

>Sacrificial Altar:
>Summary: Sacrificial offerings are made on the turtle's head.
>Team Composition:
Aisling | mistyoldworld
Annabeth Chase | sophos
BA Baracus | b_ad_a_ttitude
Brandon Sharpe | conductivity
Bucky Barnes | trainwrecked
Cassandra Cain | shobogan
Karrin Murphy | whatfriendsdo
Liz Sherman | memoriesinsmoke
Ororo Munroe | storm_warning
Rin Okumura | dadissues
Tim Drake | inhisherosimage
Wally West | sciencewhizard

>Break-in at the Palace of Landed Sky:
>Summary: Prison break at the palace!
>Team Composition:
Billy Kaplan | myothertights
Clark Kent | andaway
Clint Barton | arches
Garret Hawke | imlikeabird
Jason Todd | redjay
Kara Thrace | knowsmadness
Peggy Carter | shootingshields
Rikki Barnes | withoutaworld
Steve Rogers | usavatar
Teddy Altman | nohulkingout
Tommy Shepherd | crotcharrow
Tony Stark | iron_ego
Yelena | tasteforpoison

Solitary Missions:
These missions are free to handwave or log however you like on your own. It's basically an opportunity to get your characters out there and involved without the deeper involvement that will come with the team events. Based on the sign-ups, we've done up a Gdocs spreadsheet that lists how many official missions each character will undertake, along with the number of successes.

Solo Missions | Breakdown

Rather than us set it in stone, we've left it open to you to decide the nature of each mission your character(s) will undertake, be the outcome success or fail. As a reminder, the general idea of tasks up for offer will vary, but run along the lines of:

>arresting known gang members
>seizing contraband
>escort valuable goods/persons
>finding/freeing hostages

That about covers it! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or by contacting one of the mods and we'll answer them as soon as possible!