event 03 plotting

[thestewards]

Another month comes and goes.

This month, Strangers arrive peacefully and are expected when they arrive. Alas, the Queen's Residence is still in chaos, and there's much afoot. The Strangers have arrived just in time for a six day festival that coincides with the spring equinox and the beginning of the planting season around Draega.

You can read the full event here. The post is currently locked for responses and will open at 8PM EST on the 21st. 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. For this event, Strangers have the chance to run into all major NPCs except for Queen Fayura. As such, please use the top-levels below to hash out plans with the NPCs. You don't need to do this, however! NPCs may crash your threads just because. As always, you may drive the cityfolk as you please.

Some additional information…

► The Guilds have a significantly stronger presence in the city than they have had in previous months. The landens are far more raucous and belligerent with the Blood. Should you wish for a little more conflict, you are welcome to work confrontations between landen and Blood into your threads. Bear in mind, the landens will be the instigators here.

► The Blood and the Ebon Council's presence has been weakened. The Blood are quieter and wary, avoiding confrontation as much as they can. Landens are far more obvious in their use of Muters and their carrying of Breakers.

► While Strangers won't be able to interact with Fayura during this event, she is out and about in the city. Strangers will find her helping decorate and actively participating in the celebrations during the first three days.

After this event…

► New 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]

[kesi]

just curious about something since i don't remember if it happened, but has raya seen directly/been mentioned in-game since the first event? I know people like Grejor have been on the radio things but I don't think I remember her?

ALLAIRAVAR

[agentlenpc]

Want to run into the Master of the Guard? Plot with him here.

[sinistral]

So. About morning training.

Is there also afternoon and evening training for the workaholics? Or is Bucky the only one?

VERIM

[agentlenpc]

Want to run into the Consort? Plot with him here.

[theladyofwinterfell]

This is more of a General Note/question but Verim's the kind of dude who makes Sansa very nervous so is he the sort of person to have noticed that and be sensitive to it or is he really just focused on his Queen and not particularly going out of his way to be anything other than indifferent to the strangers?

NIALL

[agentlenpc]

Want to run into the Grand Master of the Guilds? Plot with him here.

[sunborne]

Is there a chance for Daylight to run into Niall during the event? Day would be interacting with the Guilds more often in his attempts to complete his assignment he got from Master Doriah and he would like to meet the boss of his boss.

GREJOR

[agentlenpc]

Want to run into the First Chair of the Ebon Council? Plot with him here.

[kesi]

so. is it bad that i've wanted an opportunity for takame to meet grejor directly since his thread with fay?

RAYA

[agentlenpc]

Want to run into the Master Hunter? Plot with her here.

[midship]

Does she have Thoughts on this blood ritual tho

LOREN

[agentlenpc]

Want to run into the Steward? Plot with him here.

[ilves]

dear modlies, i need more loren and lalli in my life? that first impression was killer and lalli is feelin real petty about it

will he be doing anything in particular during this event? 👀 is there a place he will Be

Mary Crawley | Downton Abbey

[thequitecontrary]

So general stuff...

- She'll be excited about the festival, because finally something here that's not a trash fire.
-She'll be less excited about the planting but will be experimenting with using craft to make it much easier going for her.
- I want to have her move out this month, but she might need a roommate and to find a job. If anyone else wants to move out and wants a roommate let me know. Prooobably females for this.
- I want to try to have her interact with an NPC this month, but I'm not sure yet which one or what about.

Hit me with things!

Re: Mary Crawley | Downton Abbey

[theladyofwinterfell]

I would love to have Sansa and Mary thread at the festival! Sansa is also super excited about this non trash fire event.

[ilves]

a festival... lalli has probably never been to one in his LIFE, so! let's see what we have here...

-first of all, you WILL catch lalli at the bakers' booths, and you WILL see him spending all—yes, all—of his money on SWEETS. if anyone else out there has a sweet tooth like this boy... maybe they can both eat til they pop? convince him to trade something he has for something someone else has?? or fight over the last cookie, because he'll throw down...

-he's going to think all of the rides are possessed and will either refuse to get on them OR make himself look like an absolute buffoon. see: the time he encountered moving walkways for the first time. will someone out there help him get over this fear??

-he won't care about competing/winning anything, but he'll probably be pretty darn good at some of the carnival games? let's play some of those.

-lalli will, of course, help plant stuff... maybe someone more experienced with this stuff could help him out? he'll be pretty interested in how the queen's magic affected the earth itself, seeing as how the magic he's used to deals with nature-y things, so... he'll be pokin' around.

-other than the event: he's still running around the city, familiarizing himself with every nook and cranny, AND he's still going to morning lessons, so. want to start some new cr/build on some old cr? hit me up here or over at tuchanka!

[unwieldy]

they def have to plant stuff together... as much fun as carnival games competition sounds, haein's not too great at them so lalli would win and WE CAN'T HAVE THAT

finally the day has come when they must work together

and it will be terrible

katniss everdeen | the hunger games

[burn_with_us]

Katniss is brand new this month so yay, what an event to get her started with. She will:

- Not want to help with the party planning but will get roped into it grudgingly. If someone is cheery and more into decorating than she is, fantastic, because that will both a) grate her nerves and b) take the pressure off her to be creative.

- She's also going to be a little wary about the festival but she'll be about the carnival games. Katniss has a hell of an arm and good aim, so she can win some prizes for the little ones? She also loves baked goods, so she'll indulge and scowl less.

- She'll think the Queen's blood ritual is creepy but she's happy to do work in the fields. She's done that kind of hard work before and she'll do it again. She likes growing things.

If you think of anything or want to plot with me, hit me here, PM me or hit my discord @ sheikah#5408

[yesterweek]

I'd love a thread with Katniss at some point. Maybe during the ritual? Because Calvin's also going to be kind of weirded out by the blood ritual, even if he'll have the tact not to make a fuss, even if he doesn't have the tact not to visibly react to it

Sansa Stark | Game of Thrones

[theladyofwinterfell]

Sansa has settled into palace life over the last month and while Draega is certainly strange to her, she's gotten a little more used to the protocol and the flow of things. She's begun to use Craft for shielding and healing and can do minor things with it outside of those. Re the events:

- Sansa will definitely help with the party planning. She's quite excellent at this, actually, and can help organize (conscript) more reluctant parties into helping her with it in case your character needs a hook to get involved.

- Sansa is delighted about the idea of a festival! She's a bit wary since the Blood-landen tensions are up and so she'll be bringing Bucky Barnes along as an escort (thanks sometimesamuse!). She'll want to touch a bit of everything - the games, the food, the carousel - so you can certainly find her anywhere you like.

- Sansa will go to the Queen's ceremony and help in the fields, though likely not with the planting proper. She'll be bringing water to people, making sure no one is injured, fetching things.

If there's anything else, or you want CR with her and none of the event things are tickling your fancy, you can PM me or hit me at sheikah#5408 on discord.

[illequipped]

gimme that bonding and magic stuff 👀

takame kesi / ffxiv

[kesi]

wowser everything actually isn't on fire for once. it's just. kind of smoking... with tension. ahh my pun game is off today but anyway tentative plans:

-Takame will absolutely be roped into party planning cause all it takes is someone telling him to do something and he will. That includes more than one thing at a time, please overwork him. Or hang more decorations on his horns. He's a walking supply rack.

-HE KNOWS SPRING FESTIVALS but he doesn't know how to have fun, he won't have a clue what to do on his own. He'll be wall-flowering for the most part for the festival unless someone forces him to have fun. He's also going to be slightly on edge expecting things to go down hill, but he can be broken out of it.

-He isn't a farmer, but god will he try his best. He doesn't have delicate hands but he can do manual labor. He will try to farm with hope that it'll actually work out but it might gain mixed results. Give him a gold star.

If you wanna hash out something specific feel free to add me on plurk @ bonpuns! A bit of a side note though, I'll probably be pretty slow due to some circumstances. But I'd still love to plan.

[sunborne]

/slides in here, sticking leg out

Daylight has an interest/talent in gardening so please let these two do farming shenanigans together. :>

Also did you say someone needs to force Takame to have fun? Oh boy do I have a robot teenager for you. :> (Also: Zita and him can wallflower together if you want as well.)

Guts | Berserk

[garmr]

- Guts is going to instantly ditch party planning. He's going to march out that door in full view and not look back unless someone manages to physically stop him.

- He will do everything in his power to avoid being social and festive. If he's near the festival it'll be for some kind of business (or somehow dragged there). Otherwise, he will be feverishly doing sword drills and weapons training in the practice fields, or in some location where he won't be bothered. He's not totally recovered yet since arrival, but when's that stopped him before!

- Farm boy Guts returns to diligently plant trees. This part is pretty alright for him.

If you have any CR ideas feel free to DM or hit me up at hematite

Re: Guts | Berserk

[theladyofwinterfell]

WHY DO ALL OF SANSA'S FRIENDS NOT WANT FLOWER CROWNS.

She will help you plant trees, Guts.

Lucas Baker | Resident Evil

[1019]

As far as Lucas is concerned, he's been plucked straight out of living like a rat and dropped into the lap of luxury; he's going to be pretty thrilled with the circumstances of his arrival and keen on enjoying 'em! Which means...

• He is going to actively avoid helping set up for the festival. Come on, he's a guest here! Why a guest gotta help decorate? He could potentially get roped in by someone getting a little... "playful" with their duties (e.x. "putting their own spin on things" while the staff aren't looking; Lucas is always here for setting up pranks, surprises, and "you'll shit bricks"-style Easter eggs in a display), but failing that, he's going to likely stay divvied between being a bratty ass or simply blowing off housekeeping and wandering the city until things quiet down.

• As for the festival itself, on the other hand, whoa, he loves a bit of festivity and ceremony, and it's been a very long time since he's been to anything like this! He's going to be running around like a fusion dance between an elementary schooler and a rat playing games (probably showing off or trying to one-up anyone also playing, though spoilers, he's not very physically-coordinated - even apart from that, though, he'll be playing to win; he likes winning, and also novelty items!) and lookin' for food to grab 'n sample!

• He's going to attend the ceremony with definite interest re: whatever magic-that-apparently-exists-in-this-world is in play at it... but once again, try to skip out on doing any actual work. If anyone happens to be able to engage him in conversation he finds interesting enough that giving them even just the minimum of a hand would be worth keeping it going, well... it may have been some years now, but he's not a stranger to farm chores.

• He'll be stickin' around in the Court for as long as he can - namely, likely, until the "your actions reflect on the Court as a whole" comes around to bite him or even just try his patience, or when mandatory training for residence does the same, especially considering it looks like he is nnnnot going to get along with Allairavar!

If you'd like our two to run into each other or you have something else to pitch/would like to give anything specific a try, hit me up here or at schmendricks!

[unwieldy]

there are so many beautiful options here... hello i am massively indecisive

will you be throwing up a top level on the event post when the time comes? :9 i'll throw haein at whatever i finally decide upon then!!

Bucky Barnes | MCU

[sinistral]

Regarding event things...

• Bucky is not the decorating sort, but if booths need physical labor, he'd be more inclined to that than hanging flags or flowers
  
• Likewise for planting; he'll be in the fields where the strong arms and legs are needed and I'm willing to work out team ups for the labor
  
• He'll be escorting Sansa to some of the festivities and generally looking like a grumpy grump who grumps; please help give her a hand getting him to lighten up and wear the damn flower crown already
  
• The idea of keeping the peace will be appealing to him; if fights break out he's a pretty good choice for breaking them up so I'm down for both breaking up a scuffle or rescuing your character from one
  
• Morning training is an excellent idea and Bucky's all for it; he'll be willingly on those practice fields and is a good partner especially for anyone who can do a lot of damage because it takes a lot of damage to bring him down. Eventually I'd like to work up to him working with people who need some help with their training because again, pretty resilient.

I had some other ideas but it's late and I'm tired and what are words?!? I'm open to anything, seriously, and you can feel free to hit me up on sometimesamuse if that's easier than plotting via comments here!

Re: Bucky Barnes | MCU

[theladyofwinterfell]

You're welcome.

Mordred | Fate/Apocrypha

[arrogator]

Mordred is pretty excited about the festival because as much as she loves fighting things, it's kind of nice that there's a break from that. Also food.

So in non-NPC things, she'll be hitting up the food booths, but I also want to either have her roped into setup or helping with the farming. Also checking out the light show because she hasn't really seen anything like that. Not a ton of huge plans, but I'll see about getting a top level up since I didn't do one for last month's event.

I think that's about it for my plans, but feel free to say something here or at opticblast if you'd like to plan out something specific or do something else!

[mollymocked]

Eat ALL the expensive foods??

that weird vampire guy

[championbittersweet]

Jon is going to be Not Happy about this daylight stuff (and I kind of hope I can get him to have to wear a sunhat because lol) and also generally a bit touchy since he's recently come out about his need to taste ur bodily fluids, so ofc I want to make his life difficulty because suffering is fun. So friendly and possibly not friendly (I'm looking at you, Haein) teasing about it is always great with me, plus his offer is always open if people want to try being a vampire snack. Always needs more snacks.

Also if anyone drags him to go play carnival games I will be very delighted.

Otherwise he's probably going to be keeping to the back while Fayura does her thing with the water because getting hungry during a ceremony like that is rude.

[unwieldy]

way to call a guy out??

gonna knock ur dumb sunhat right off ur dumb head jon

Zita Harrington. | Original.

[thricefold]

Zita will help in PARTY PLANNING since it’s something she’s familiar with in the Midnight Carnival! If anyone needs help or needs an excuse for how they got roped/dragged into this bit, feel free to assume or say Zita gently pressured them into helping. I would also love to thread out the scenario where Zita helps rope others into this. :>

For the FESTIVITIES themselves - She'll be mostly sticking to the walls because while she's from a carnival, it doesn't mean she automatically likes all the noise and mayhem that's going down. She will find herself drifting towards certain booths - food and games and the like - since they're familiar to her. If you need your character to actually win one of these games, Zita is your girl to get tips from because she's seen them all.

As for FARMING… She will try.... Physical work is something she knows she's poor in and she knows, already, that she's more likely to mess something crucial as planting fields meant to help with the food supply of the city. She's very nervous as a result. She’ll try to offset this by offering healing services to those farming. She will be willingly trying to help select individuals, depending on her CR with them, but you're more likely to catch her nervously touching seeds and tools with uncertainty.

Re: Zita Harrington. | Original.

[theladyofwinterfell]

i absolutely ADORE zita and i want her to help sansa with healing so if she's doing that at the farm, sansa would gently shadow her to do a learn

Daylight vis Lornlit. | Original.

[sunborne]

Daylight will definitely help in the PARTY PLANNING! Mostly in the form of carrying stuff and putting things up as directed. Maybe make suggestions on the decorations and how to decorate the simple breads? A guy can dream. Definitely the type you go to if you need someone with strength and muscles and willingness to carry everything.

He’s also going to be all over the FESTIVAL! You're very likely going to catch him playing games and trying to win prizes for the kids and himself there. He ended up bonding with a class worth of kids and they are going to have fun together. He'll also be offering to do sketches for people in the name of fun, too, so if you're interested in that that'll be part of his toplevel! He also may or may not end up wrecking the carousel when he tries to ride on it....... Listen he wants to have fun......

Last but not least — Daylight is actually really good at gardening! It's a hobby of his and he's very good at it and takes lots of pride in this skill/hobby of his. As a result he'll be able to get into farming easily and confidently, knowing what to do like how to till the soil and how to plant and how to keep animals from getting to the seeds. So if you need someone to help you out in the FARMING angle, he’s your guy!

[illequipped]

please draw a picture of emil, which is what he will ask for?? is that anime, daylight....

MOLLYMAUK TEALEAF | CRITICAL ROLE

[mollymocked]

• FESTIVAL!! Molly will be delighted to help decorate if only because it's been awhile since he's really had to put on a good presentation for anything outside of the circus, and gods does he need a break to do something with a little more pizzazz. He might not like being forced to do something he probably would have done anyway, but he's sort of settled into the idea that living in the Queen's Residence is like living in the circus except in all the ways it is different.
• And of course, he will be ALL OVER the festivities, bouncing around from games and booths and playing patron to every single thing he can see. Also he's definitely gonna be really emotional about the unicorns because of Jester. :c Don't look at him.
• The farming part of this is not going to be his favorite, however, especially after how hard he partied at the festival. He is going to be pointedly miserable about that and try to find ways to get out of it and be entertaining to keep morale up so he doesn't have to do too much hard labor.
  
  Also he has a lot of SQUINT about that blood ritual, but he can't talk to Fay about it right now, so he's holding that in reserve for later.

Re: MOLLYMAUK TEALEAF | CRITICAL ROLE

[theladyofwinterfell]

IMPORTANT QUESTION.

Will Molly wear a flower crown with Sansa.

Caleb Widogast | Critical Role

[breadmuffs]

things!!

Party Planning: Caleb is exactly the type of person who would get begrudgingly roped into do this sort of thing but also kind of try and figure out if he can foist the work onto someone else. When push comes to shove, though, he'll look for someone's lead to follow and do the work.
Festival: He would definitely not go on his own (so many unfamiliar people) but I imagine once he meets up with Mollymauk he'll be dragged there. He'll be interested in all the technological stuff and generally poking his nose around and seeing what he can learn.
Farming: He's going to be intensely interested in the blood ritual/magic, especially since he's had his own...recent run in with a blood ritual. Otherwise, farming isn't actually all that foreign to him, having grown up in a small rural town. It won't feel great, since it reminds him of his childhood, but he'll put his head down and work diligently. He'll be experimenting with Craft here especially and seeing what it can do for him that his normal spells might not.

[mollymocked]

GOD THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD OPTIONS, but yes let's Harvest Close Redux. Maybe Molly will let him detect magic properly before he runs off and gets distracted and forgets he asked.

ALSO GOD THE "OH YEAH I'M DEAD BUT ALSO NOT" CONVERSATION IS GONNA BE PAINFUL.

[romancekiller]

i am the latest to this ahh but since things are not on fire for once all of this will be very new for clarke.

party planning → clarke have no clue what she is doing but she will definitely be roped into this somehow helpin with decorations! she is a bit of an artist so she might draw or create some or her own. also there might also be some failed attempts at baking just because.

festival → she will pretty much be all over this with trying to check out the games, food and various booths because she has never been to one in her life.

farming → she is going to find the ritual to be very strange and be a bit wary but she will try her hand at planting things like everyone else. it isn't something she is good at or has much experience with but she will try!!

i am open to any other plotting so feel free to hit me up here or @ throned

Ren Suzugamori | Cardfight!! Vanguard

[thedarkbond]

Ren will be glad to have some reprieve after last month, so here's what I'm thinking for him so far:

-Party Planning: Ren is not a fan of physical labour At All so he's going to go help some people make bread, because cooking is fun and he's actually pretty good at it despite his affinity for just pretending to throw a bunch of random stuff in a pot.

-Festival: Ren loves this sort of thing so he will be Here For This, and absolutely willing to poke any nervous people who aren't so familiar with rides and things into joining him on them. He loves carousels. He may also play some games if any catch his eye, because games are kind of his thing.

-Planting: Again, physical labour isn't really his thing...but organising people definitely is, so if you need someone to point you where to go next or have the right stuff prepared, he's your guy.

Feel free to hit me up here or at reviseleviathan for anything more specific!

Re: Ren Suzugamori | Cardfight!! Vanguard

[theladyofwinterfell]

ok awesome because sansa is going to want to ride this carousel and they don't have stuff like this where she comes from so help her pls.

Calvin Lee | Original Character

[yesterweek]

Two days late, but shh

- Calvin is not a party planner by nature. But he's pretty determined to help the Queen out right now in whatever small way he can, so he'll awkwardly wander around here and and do what people tell him.

- The festival will probably be the thing that Calvin enjoys most here. He'll play some games, eat some foods, try to relax and have fun despite the fact that he's unexpectedly found himself in another world. He also may or may not get drunk if given the option.

- The ritual is going to be pretty weird to him as a very non-religious guy. He'll hold off on saying anything, but anyone near him during it will be able to notice his discomfort with it.

- He's also not much of a farmer, so while he'll give planting an attempt, he's gonna have no idea what he's doing here either, and probably just make a small mess of things. Maybe eventually he'll just start playing fetch for anything the real farmers ask him to get them.

Tyrion Lannister | Game of Thrones

[whettedmind]

Party planning: Tyrion will be baffled at being roped into this immediately upon waking up, but he likes a good celebration, so why not. Especially if it gives him a chance to inspect the heraldry and whose symbols hang in which area, because that's always useful information.

Festival: Let's be real, he's mostly here for food and wine. And also the carousel and the light show, because those are fascinating and advanced beyond anything he has any experience with.

Planting: Physical labour isn't really Tyrion's strong suit, and he knows very little about the practical aspects of farming, but he excels at organization, and can help keep track of what's been done and what needs to be done and who's where.

Re: Tyrion Lannister | Game of Thrones

[theladyofwinterfell]

Sansa will be telling Bucky that Tyrion is friend, not foe, basically as soon as she spots him at breakfast. Fear not, Lord Tyrion. She's got you fam.