event 01 plotting

[thestewards]

Welcome to the first plotting post of A Gentle Night.

The first event of the game will see characters arriving in Draega in the wee hours of the night—and immediately suffering an attack from the Hunter Guild. The Hunter Guild loathes the Blood, and they have decided that Queen Fayura's actions must be answered with immediate and severe violence. Meanwhile, the Queen is no where to be found and the Old Town Bazaar burns.

You can read the full event here. The post is currently locked for responses and will open at 8PM EST on the 24th. Take this time to talk to each other about what you're interested in doing and accomplishing in this event.

Questions should be asked here. As both Allairavar and Loren are out and about in this event, you may request that they engage with your character using our NPC request form. Comment to the appropriate character's top-level. For events like this, simply let us know which of your prompts you'd like the NPC to respond to. Remember that members of Fayura's First Circle appear in the event and as minor NPCs can be driven by players at-will.

This is also a good time to talk to your fellow players about the jobs and activities around Draega that will allow you to gain influence this month.

After this event…

► Players can assume that characters know all the information given in the info pages. Whether you handwave a conversation with random NPCs or assume that Loren answered your characters' questions, as of the end of the event all PCs have been informed of the landen Guilds, the Ebon Council, and the state of the world.

► Characters may move out of the Queen's Residence and establish their homes elsewhere. Many buildings in the city are empty and in need of repairs, but no one will stop Strangers from moving in.

► Any one who remains at the Queen's Residence will receive a modest stipend, enough to cover food and drink. Loren will make clear that Strangers who do not live at the residence will not be afforded this money but also that Strangers who do stay are considered part of the Queen's court in as much as actions they take will reflect back on the court.

► Allairavar reminds everyone who chooses to stay at the residence that if you live with the court, you practice with the court. He expects all the Strangers who stay to be on the practice fields with everyone else at dawn. To those who are reticent, he explains that no one needs to learn how to fight only how to defend long enough for help (he seems to imply himself) to arrive.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[thestewards]

[cmbr]

What does the condition of the earth around Draega feel like?

[stickypete]

Two questions.

1) In the opening bit where they wake up and there's screaming, is that them vs. possible npcing or can they find fellow PC buddies there?

2) With the farcasters, is the network they communicate to fellow Strangers something that can be accessed by other parties, like the Court or the guilds? And if so, are there ways for the tech-savvy to somehow make communicating to fellow Strangers more secure.

Thanks, mods! Event looks awesome!

[phykios]

so

how would it go over if percy possibly broke some old town fountains to control the water for putting out the fire purposes?

also: can he wreck havoc on some fountains/plumbing to put out the fires?

i assume the river's too far away for him to feasibly try waterbending without, uh, maKING A MESS

[mollymocked]

Okay since Molly is a dual-wielder but he only came with one of his swords is it possible that any of the assassins would have any light dueling blades that he could steal off a corpse so he's not off-balance?

Also because this is a D&D character and I have to freaking ask... Do the assassins have anything interesting on them if their bodies are looted. I promise I will not ask this every time this happens.

[thricefold]

✨ For the event log, Zita will be primarily focusing on helping individuals by healing them with her magic at the Queen’s Residence and escorting individuals out of the fires when at the Old Town Bazaar. I would love for Zita to partner with someone for the events of Old Town Bazaar, since she’s very susceptible to fire damage due to being a witch.

✨ Zita will make the decision to stay in the Queen's Residence for a little while longer to get her bearings and to familiarise herself with the new world, but she'll be interested in striking out on her own soon. She'll be checking out some of the buildings that grab her interest soon enough, more or less shopping around for her future residence. Company when she explores the city will be really welcomed.

✨ Due to her decision to stay in the Queen's Residence, however, she'll have to be part of the practice drills and she'll be... really and obviously bad at it. Anyone willing to help her out in training or, at the very least, learning how to hold a sword proper?

✨ I'm also hoping for a chance for Zita to do the jobs Going Postal and Hope's an Ember with someone! Mostly because these sort of jobs are in-character of her to participate in after the events of the night, and a little bit because these sound fun to play out with her.

✨ You can hit me up here if you have other ideas you want to try out with Zita or over at my plurk (prognostic) if you want! I'm pretty much game for anything since this is the first event and Zita will just be trying to get through the night, so anything is a go.

[cmbr]

HAI YES FIREBENDER TO BEND THE FIRE OUT OF YOUR WAY??/

[cmbr]

Sen is a firebender and she's going to arrive in her element, oh boy!

She would participate in the rescue and use her canon abilities to direct the flames to a harmless place. I was thinking of having her gather some fires and let them 'burn out' high in the atmosphere, creating flares that might be visible across the city. She's not good at moving things, but she is immune to fire, so she would try her best at running into burning houses and welcome assistance in carrying people out (or people to yell at her afterward).

Other than this, I would like to do the tinker's guild influence mission. Sen is good with her hands and her skill in heat manipulation would help fashion things - she's from a scientific world despite the 'magical' nature of her abilities, and I'm looking for like-minded people for her to work with and maybe teach some science to the guild members.

Sen is naturally suspicious of political stuff and will move out of the Queen's residence in an attempt to keep neutral. When things have settled down, she would be interested in surveying the state of the environment in Draega and the outskirts as well as work on restoring some green, if possible.

I'm open to anything really, just hit me up and we'll make it work. :>

[mekhanikos]

as much as i would love firebending together, what about getting some tinker's guild influencing and we say they saw each other during the fire hanging out and notably not burning? in any case, leo is about as technologically-minded as can be, with his technokinesis, so hanging out and doing some fixing would be cool!

Peter Parker Picked a Peck of Pickled Pyrotechnics

[stickypete]

A. SWEET DREAMS AREN'T MADE OF THIS

I'm game with both option i. and ii.! So if you'd like to help Peter out or have him flip in to help your character, let me know!

B. FLAME AND FURY

i. Saving people from fires is one of Spidey's specialties. I'd love to have him team up with others for some rescues. His webbing is slightly flame retardant and can help hold buildings together so they collapse just a little slower. I plan to also have him augment them with some Craft to snuff out fires better.

ii. I also have an idea for him to team up with someone else and have to fight a few Hunters while in a burning building. While trying to rescue a baby. And then the floor collapses and they land in a shop underneath that sells ladders and others furniture that they can jump all over. Because it'd be fun to go full Jackie Chan. So someone to pass a baby back and forth with while fighting would be amazing.

C. INFLUENCE TASKS

I'm also game for the "Unquiet Riot" or "Hope's an Ember" influence task thingies on the influence page.

I'm especially game for "Unquiet Riot." I'd like to have Peter get in trouble with different factions for being very openly defiant of all the really brutal stuff. He'd really be grateful toward anyone willing to do it with him because of the enemies they might be making.

D. OTHER STUFF

Peter will think the Queen's court is a little shady and try to get his own place. For after the plot, anyone want a cranky, messy roommate for their character to get a place with?

E. WILD CARD

If you have some other idea that'll fit inside plot, like Spidey visiting your character while wounded, or wanting to chit-chat about Allairavar and Loren's convo, let me know!

Feel free to hit me up for anything!

[quitsmiling]

I am game for A-i or B-ii with Peter and Rocket if you wanna :3 It entirely depends on how those potential threads go, but am also game for potential cranky roommate.

[phykios]

SO AFTER HAVING A GREAT TIME WAKING UP UNDER ATTACK -- percy's of course going to head out to rescue people at old town. he's somewhat fire-resistant, so he'll have no qualms about running into burning buildings to save people. and he'll be using his power over water to try dowsing the flames where he can! this means he will definitely be destroying local fountains, sorry....guys....as for hunters, he'll be looking to fight them off either hand to hand or with his sword/water powers, mostly trying to knock them out or scare them off

also his sword passes harmlessly through non-magical people, so that's a thing anyone's free to notice. he'll be hoping to intimidate violent locals since he's still ostensibly carrying around a pointy weapon, and they don't know he can't/wouldn't hurt them.

whether or not he stays in the palace is gonna depend on his castmates, so stay tuned! he'll probably want to stick together with them.

i'd love to get percy involved in the hope's an ember or unquiet riot missions! hmu if you'd like to do something.

[unwieldy]

slams hands on desk i volunteer to do hope's an ember with percy!!

[arrogator]

Mordred's getting woken up by one of the assassins and they're pretty much going to have a bad time. After she's done with that, if anybody wants her around to help out with any of the other ones, I'm good with that!

After that terrible wake up call, she'll be focusing on the Fire and Fury side of things. She'll definitely try and contribute to the rescue efforts, but she's mostly looking for a chance to take the fight back to the Hunters. She's probably better for rescuing than anything else since she's definitely willing to drag people out of those buildings whether they're reluctant to go or not (and probably while acting put upon and angry about it the whole time). And that'll probably make her a target for Hunters, which is fine with her.

I'd also definitely like to try and do the Unquiet Riot stuff from the influence page with her if anybody else is up for it! I think she's more likely to get involved in that and try and keep the peace (if not keeping the peace in a peaceful manner) at this point.

Currently leaning towards her staying in the residence at the moment. She doesn't mind doing the practice drills (and more importantly isn't really used to living on her own for real). Dealing with the court stuff will probably be a hassle, but she'll make do. Probably. Or end up moving out sooner rather than later.

[stickypete]

Would you be interested in a team up over either the assassin wake up or something in Fire and Fury? I'd like to have Peter fight some of the Hunters during the rescue stuff. He'd try to do both at the same time, so it'd be helpful to have someone focus more on the Hunters while he focuses more on the rescuing part.

I'd also be game for Unquiet Riot!

[kesi]

The characters sure are getting a warm welcome, aren't they? Anyway here's what I'm planning for Takame!

*For the rude awakening they're all facing, with option i. curiosity will get the better of him hearing a scream like that. I can work with it being from an NPC and running into someone else who heard it too or it being your character who's in option ii and him breaking in to lend a hand. A sword hand. Through a gunman. At least then the assassin won't get to open fire.

*His skill set is more tailored to physical actions than stopping fires so he'd probably also be helping out mostly with the rescues. Or if anyone else is doing rescues or helping otherwise and not watching their backs for assassins he can be that guy who watched your back. But he's also that reckless guy who tunnels and forgets his own back. The whole situation is really igniting his fighting spirit.

*He won't think to branch out for his own place immediately and will probably think he's forced to/supposed to stay in the Queen's Residence until someone else is like "Hey get out" right to his face cause he's slow on the uptake... That said he will try and help out with the aftermath of the fires and smoking out of any riots that spring up.

*If any of these here sparked your interest, let me know! And if you wanted to plot further, I'm on plurk @ bonpuns!

I'm not sorry for anything in this post.

[stickypete]

Interested in some rescue stuff? I'd like to play with the idea that Peter's spider sense is wonky from his sapphire gem so that people can make him reflexively dodge without being able to control, which can lead to him dodging right into another blow or a trap.

Which is a primo circumstance for Takame to watch his back. Maybe an attempted rescue gets ambushed?

[mollymocked]

Oh cool, you know it's really awesome to get a second chance at life even if it's in a strange new place and HOLY SHIT IS THAT A GUN IN HIS FACE.

Literally going from dying in the snow to waking up to fire and someone trying to blow his brains out does not make for a happy tiefling, so he's gonna be dealing with some rage and taking it out on the hunters, 'cause like people coming after him and being generally awful piss him off particularly right now. Who knew?

People will have the opportunity to see his powers in action if we talked about that being cool for CR building! Yay!

He will also try to put out the fires when there's no more people to stab but his primary focus is gonna be murder death kill.

I'd like to do the Hope's an EmberUnquiet Riot for Influence if anyone is interested in those! Also possibly Going Postal, because I want to see how long before mail fraud gets committed.

[championbittersweet]

I am down for some murder death kill or some side quests influence stuff! Going Postal would be amusing although Jon's kind of limited by his hours of operation, but if Molly is down for nocturnal deliveries it could be fun.

[unwieldy]

Haein's not much of a fighter, and putting out fires sounds like a bad time. He'll leave that up to the professionals.

He'll mostly be around for the REST FOR THE WEARY part, as he is a healer. But will he be doing any healing? Signs point to probably not. Haein would really rather not use his powers if he can help it, and he'll try to get away with simply aiding by reluctantly fetching things for the other healers. Someone feel free to notice him half-assing things and call him out. I also want him to eavesdrop on the conversation that Allairavar and Loren have near the dining hall so his suspicions can go way up.

As for quarters, he'll be staying at the Queen's Residence. He wants to remain close to what brought him here. That means training for him! And boy will he be terrible at all of it.

Gaining influence is actually a thing Haein won't be completely unwilling to do. He knows he's a shitty person, might as well collect influence so it doesn't come back to bite him in the ass too hard later. I'm interested in Hope's an Ember, Snow Patrol, and Going Postal!

[championbittersweet]

If you're interested, Jonathan's a doctor and would happily snap orders at him if he spots him not doing much to help out?

[verstoned]

Rhus sadly not a mage so he cant help heal because he doesn't have his cane. But...!

• Rhus is a tanky tank who tanks, and carries Sapphire, so he'll be able to protect someone with a lighter gem, or doesn't have any self-defense abilities! This is honestly his main goal for the event, protecting people from the assassins. ... And possibly killing assassins too. So if your character would need help, he's your dark knight.
  
• Rhus will also be running into the town and help evacuate people out of burning buildings. Like, seriously, he's going to go whole hog with this hero shit. He can shield himself enough from damage so he probably bother using his Jewel though.
  
• May also assist the medics anyway, even if it's just carting people around and shit.
  
• He's going to stay at the Queen's Residence in the end. He wont turn down "free" housing!

Feel free to hit me up on my plurk payoncave for more plotting!

[mint_and_bronze]

Heeeyyy, friend. How would you feel about Rhus slamming in to murder the shit out of the assassin in Maeve's room? She's gonna be real grumpy about being taken by surprise.

[playing_hearts]

I haven't decided yet whether Alice is getting a rude awakening or not.

After that though, she'll try to help out with any injuries where she can. She only knows basic first aid though. You can be she'll be reeeaaallly interested in healing craft once she discovers thats a thing.

She will also be very quick to rush out to help with the fires, primarily focusing on rescuing people. And no one has to tell her to drag people to safety if they refuse.

Once things die down she'll be trying to find out as much information as she can. About the city, the jewels, the guilds, everything.

She's also going to be quick to try to move out of the palace, find a job, etc. Alice prefers being self sufficient.

[unwieldy]

haein will also be around to help the injured... i use "help" very lightly here. they should run into each other and...! probably not get along because no one gets along with haein.

[championbittersweet]

Jonathan is definitely going to appreciate the fact that they've been bought into the city at night and he doesn't immediately suffer terrible burns, so that's a plus?? Otherwise he'll be all over helping out in the medical side of things and all the fun that entails, especially since as it'll be getting towards dawn he's going to be also trying to work without actually getting in the sun at all.

As for everything before then, he'll probably be more cautious around the fires (of course the city is full of what can kill him straight up) and want to help more from a distance so teaming up with people would be a+. Also if the other person is more reckless and hijinks happen that would be amazing too!

[stickypete]

Let's do a thing! IDK what. Either teaming up to rescue someone - esp since Peter will be wading RIGHT in there. Or maybe Peter gets hurt and Jonathan gives him medical attention - bonus points if it's in the field and Jonathan has to like...keep Peter from just running off again?

[consecrates]

rude awakening.
Davina will be so unhappy about this development that she won’t even hesitate to throw them out of her room. If you’d like to witness someone being violently tossed back into the corridor or out the window or maybe you’re her roommate, she’s your girl. She would also (un)happily (because of the attacks and all) help other people out if they’re under attack.

rest for the weary.
She’s not exactly a healer but she does know how to make potions or poultices for injuries and stuff? May need a gofer someone to gather her the stuff that she needs or just accompany her in gathering the stuff that she needs.

And it’s a great excuse to be near the dining hall to overhear Loren and Allairavar’s conversation.

I’d also love for her to be involved in Snow Patrol, Hope’s an Ember and Unquiet Riot. She’s not good with snow since she’s from New Orleans so.

Feel free to hit me up at jibrille or lucifel#1050 for plotting!

[thricefold]

I would be interested in doing Hope's an Ember with you! Zita will also be helping out with healing those injured, so maybe they can work together to help each other out?

And if you're cool with it, I added you to my plurk! I'm prognostic, just to let you know.

[handvore]

Event!

Velvet will be awake anyway because she is hardly ever asleep (thanks, trust issues) so she will be awake and ready to help anyone she hears screaming. She is likely to get them some attitude, but Velvet will be there. Afterwards, Velvet will make her way to the turn and try help out with the fire.

She's content enough to not get on people's bad side so she'll be doing her part. But, she won't really go in and help people with getting out of the fires unless someone else is around because she doesn't feel like being looked up to by people.

Aftermath!

The Queen's Residences will become her home, it will be easier for her in the long-run because if she's going to be stuck here on her watch, she might as well stick around for easy access. Velvet will be willing to help train people if they need it, or bully them into training.

Jobs!

Hope's an Ember and Unquiet Riot will suit Velvet the most, anywhere that she can get her hands a little dirty or doing some physical sort of work.

[dextral]

Event
Steve is likely to help fight off the invaders as much as possible. He'll also quite willingly shield anyone who seems under attack, so definitely feel free to hide behind this big lunk. He's a take-charge kind of guy; if organization or coordination needs to happen, he's your man.

For the fires, he'll be right there in the thick of the rescue attempts because Cap's gotta Cap. He's again not afraid to step into a leadership role if needed and is very willing to coordinate with others' efforts.

After Event
Steve will be staying in the Queen's residence at least for now, and he will be on that practice field bright and early as summoned. Hey, it's not a morning run but it'll do! Please train with him or laugh at him for his shield-with-no-sword fighting style, I'm game for it all.

In terms of influence, the opportunities most likely to catch his attention are SNOW PATROL, HOPE'S AN EMBER, and UNQUIET RIOT, but I'm willing to brainstorm for other ideas. Let's get out there and do things!

Other Stuff
I have a really weird school/work schedule and it makes me overall very slow to respond, with bursts of activity when I can. I know this is off-putting for some people and I won't be offended if you ask to handwave something. Trust me, I get it. You can poke me at sometimesamuse to plot or discuss anything!

[stickypete]

Want to have them buddy up for a rescue? Peter's good at soloing it but he'd be relieved to have a competent guy coordinating and prioritizing things so for once he doesn't have to have his brain five steps ahead and can focus on what's right in front of him.

Also, that makes it even easier for him to be chatty.

[mekhanikos]

ohhh boy what a lovely first introduction to the place!

▷ leo is fireproof which means that he's totally going to just run into the burning buildings and whatnot to help people and absorb the flames around him to lessen the fire. however, he's not great at combat, so if there's any fighting to be done, he may need some help with that because sassing the hunters is probably not the best option...

▷ not sure if he's staying in the queen's residence or in the city, but he'll stick with his canon pals.

▷ a for-sure influence job thing i'd love to go for is main lining if anyone wants to team up for that! would also love to do snow patrol (since leo can just. melt snow, come with him for easy snow clearing?) and hope's an ember (rebuilding!!), hmu if you're game for any of the aforementioned jobs.

▷ feel free to hit me up on plurk @ celen !

[mollymocked]

....Helps this child with fighting. Goddammit Leo.

At least Molly's sass causes damage.

[quitsmiling]

OKAY SO PLOTTING. Rocket is gonna have a gun pulled right in his attacker's face in A, so that's fun. He's also game to shoot other people's attackers if wished. He's cranky. Shooting people happens when he's cranky.

I don't know how much use he'll be for the fire and fury, as he has no magic and will be avoiding using his (kind of pathetic) jewel, but he does have an aero-rig (for flying) and a couple grappling/grabbing attachments for his rifle, and can probably rig up something interesting tech-wise to direct water using it, given time and a few materials.

I am uncertain as of yet whether he'd move out of the queen's court, if just because "free money" isn't a thing he'd turn down, really, even if he might not actually spend all his time there. I am willing to have him talked into being somebody's cranky roommate if he can mooch.

Come hit me up for stuff?? :D

[consecrates]

oh lmao, i'd love for them to meet during the attack. Davina's throwing people around with her telekinesis so if he wants to use them for target practice ...

Mary Crawley

[thequitecontrary]

- She is... not a fighter, so she's going to be just thrilled to be immediately under attack, but she'll do what she can. Considering that she doesn't know how to fight and will still be figuring out how to use her jewel, she will probably go help with the fires.

- I'd like her to have somewhat of a magical malfunction, either something goes awry or she doesn't realize the strength of her jewel (red). That doesn't have to be during the event per say, but if anyone wants to play with that, or help her use her jewel, I'd love to have some of that.

- She'll be staying at the Queen's Residence for now, until she can figure out something else more suitable and gets tired of training... but tbh she needs the training. She'll be useless at it for a bit. This may be a good thing to tie in with the above prompt if someone is interested.

- Of the influence prompts, I'd be most interested in Hope's An Ember and Going Postal.

Maeve Echokenner | Original Character | Plot with me!

[mint_and_bronze]

Maeve!

1. Sweet Dreams: I'm up for either i or ii. Maeve is going to be blazingly angry about the very idea of assassins and ready to ruffle some feathers for a bit of small sparky conflict as she rescues/is rescued. She's also up for hide-and-seek through the halls as she escorts and/or drags someone with her to the dining hall after the initial attacks.
   
2. Fire and Fury: Maeve's going to roll down right into the thick of the fire and find out her boundaries real quick-like as she starts pushing herself to the limits of her new magic. i. Looking for people to swear at her and be sweared at when she charges in and tries to bodily carry people out of the fire or ii. help keep her from getting stabbed and/or trapped in a burning ruin, because she's not going to stop just because she drained her Jewels and has got the 'I'm still upright and there's still a job to do' look in her eye.
   
3. Rest for the Weary: Maeve's going to overhear the exchange between Loren and Allairavar, so if anyone wants to come with her to check in on the Queen, I was thinkin' of summoning an NPC to chat with.
   
4. Overall, though, Maeve's essentially going to be trying to take stock of the landscape and then probably going to throw her lot in with the Queen. If anyone else is stayin' at the Queen's residence, I'd be super up for a "morning after an assassination" awkwardness scene with a handwaved saved-each-other-briefly-from-murder-the-night-before, or perhaps a chat about impressions of the Court, etc.
   
5. For Influence, I have a few ideas for Hope's an Ember and Unquiet Riot, but I've love to do any of them if y'all want a buddy.

[mollymocked]

Those are two of the influence thingies I was interested in! What a coinky-dink.

Aithne | OC | Role With Me

[hardlyanangel]

1. Sweet Dreams end with defenestration I think there was a song about that. Screams of panic she'd be all on, this is what she is made for really.

2. Fire and Fury Really? This would be her first jewel fail but still pretty effective in containing the fires. Bonus you get to see her wings. Plus it is always interesting to see someone walk through a conflagration without a blink.

3.Rest for the Weary 'Hi, do you need a nurse?' At this point she would likely be taxed to no end, though she will continue past what she can do at this point and place.

That is the rough ideas an more the merrier to join. I am pretty much open to all the things.

[romancekiller]

ahh this intro sure isn't going to be a fun time for clarke. here are my plans so far though for plotting:

☆ SWEET DREAMS AREN'T MADE OF THIS → clarke isn't too experienced in terms of fighting but she can definitely hold her own against whoever is attacking her and she will try to help others where she can.

☆ REST FOR THE WEARY → she most likely won't be too much use with helping out with the fire though she might attempt to do a rescue but for the most part she will be hanging back and trying to help heal people of their injuries with her medical skills. she will also overhear the conversation between loren and allairavar and of course be super suspicious of that.

☆ INFLUENCE JOBS → i'd love to have clarke do a couple of these ones. probably snow patrol, hope's an ember and going postal but honestly any of them of the others would be fun to do if anyone wants to team up with her for these.

☆ MISC → she will temporarily be staying at the queen's residence until she figures something else out but anyone want her as a roommate, i am totally up for it! and of course for the training, clarke might not really be too interested in it at first but lbr she definitely needs it and will probably reluctantly go along with it. so anyone wanting to help with and/or train with her would be awesome.

ANYWAYS hit me up if any if you'd like something and feel free to add me over on plurk @ throned for more plotting!

[mekhanikos]

HELLO MY SWEET let's do an influence job, how about hope's an ember? i'd love to do that one too, it sounds like a lot of fun c: