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

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

[thricefold]

Ahhh- I adore Sansa in return; I love our thread with the two so I would be open to this. :>

I'm planning to have a toplevel up for the event for Zita. There'll be a prompt of her using her healing magic on someone who needs it + offering to teach it to others if they want to pitch in too. You're free to tag into that if you want!

[theladyofwinterfell]

Awesome, I will do that very thing!

[thricefold]

Aces!! I'll link it back here to this thread so you can find it ASAP. If you ever need me to change or edit anything re: the prompt so it better suits your character, let me know! I'm really excited for them to interact some more.

[theladyofwinterfell]

I am too! I was gushing to my husband last night about how great Zita is and he was like tl;dr and I was just nooo this character is really good.

All of our OCs in game are fabulous. I love everyone in this bar.

[thricefold]

!!!! Oh my gosh I'm so flattered to hear that. /w\ I'm so happy OCs here are welcomed and everyone I've threaded with so far likes Zita! It's such a relief because this is the first time I've played her outside of a few PSLs, haha.

And! My toplevel is finally up. If you want to get it, it's right over here.

[mollymocked]

Molly is going to rope her into some spontaneous performance art to keep morale up because NEITHER OF THEM ARE GOOD AT THIS. Healing and performance art. Two tastes that go great together.

[thricefold]

Oh my gosh yes. I love that idea so much.

A fun fact! Zita can actually do some conjuring magic that involves pretty lights and stuff. Not a lot but... She can do that for Molly's performance to help enhance it. Please don't make her do anything like sing or entertain the crowd directly. She would be a deer in headlights.

[championbittersweet]

I am definitely volunteering Jon to be roped into helping! Make him stop being all dark, brooding, and stand-offish, Zita.

[thricefold]

Aw yeah - I hope Jon is ready to have a very sweet and gentle and persistent lady insisting she need help with setting up the decorations and moving the booths and setting up the banners and so on. This is a great bonding experience for everyone, she swears.

[yesterweek]

Calvin is very much in the same boat re: farming, so he can join in the uncertainty and fear of fucking up

[sunborne]

Don't mind me being in Day's account. Just fiddling with stuff eyyy.

Zita and Calvin can nervously stare at the seeds and rakes together. She'll also be happy to interact with him some more! She'll like to know how he's been handling himself so far since the last time they had a chat.

[midship]

I SWEAR I AM TAGGING YOU THIS MONTH volunteering this goober as tribute for being roped into party planning or getting the Inside Scoop on carnival games (which honestly if she talks physics to him they'll be besties that's how he works).

[thricefold]

I hope you've been doing okay!! Take your time in tagging because real life first and I'll do what I can to help you with AC or whatever else you need.

And oh my gosh that'll be cute. Let Zita help you point out how the bottle throw isn't meant to be won that easily and why the darn dart game is harder than it looks.

[midship]

♥ ♥ ♥

I'll hit you up this weekend. C: