Chapter 2 OOC Information + Plotting

[thenine]

Chapter 2 Launch

Chapter 2 Event Log is up for your review. Please feel free to post there or your own logs for the event - whichever works best for you.

Chapter 2 Calendar / Timeline is available here for the expected timeline of the month.

Note that for the public broadcasts (noted in the above timeline), we'll be putting up the new posts as they get closer to real-time. As such, the first broadcast is available here.

To help you get started, here are some potential quick notes for things you could do with these prompts--but feel free to expand or come up with something entirely on your own!

Prompt Notes

The Nine

Delle Seyah Kendry has requested the RAC conduct an 'impartial' investigation to determine who is behind the attack on Land Derrish - after, of course, planting a difficult to find and subtle trail leading those investigators directly to her enemy's doorstep. Which team, or teams, is going to have the dubious honor of giving the Lady what she wants?

Other members of the Nine have also decided that they need their own verification, so this is an opportunity for characters that are members of the Nine to step in and either help or hinder Land Kendry's ambitions.

The Company

Mid-to-Upper level Company officials will be tasked with the duty to either clean house (someone had to have given information to the True Leithians for them to strike and acquire all those papers so quickly), assess loyalties within, or attempt to maintain order during Harvest week. The question through it all is, for you Company gals and guys, will you be the one interrogated - or the interrogator?

Maybe even both?

After the pandemic starts on Leith, however, priorities will shift a bit. Some will be needed to provide security around the quarantine zones while others will be needed to guard the medical teams as they struggle with a rapidly declining population across not just one moon, but two.

Westies

Party like it's 1999, and wake up with that New Year's psychotic break!

True Leithians

Thought they were exterminators this round, imprisoning and framing Westie scientist Zan Nikora for the pandemic.

Leithians

Will be falling to the pandemic in droves, once the initial incubation period has passed. Once the hospitals on Leith make the call, the moon will go into quarantine for all cities that have either been affected or have had commerce to. The only location on the moon that might be free of the stop-movement will be the Monastery.

Resistance

A lot to do for those already set to plot the Company's downfall! Coordinate with info brokers to find a new cell or contacts within the movement, Find new safe and storage houses, coordinate with Scarbacks to funnel in supplies and weaponry, seek out those Company employees that seem sympathetic to the Resistance's cause...

The RAC

Our first warrant posting is available here, with listings for both general warrants and plot specific ones, so glance them over, plot it out here, and then sign up there!

Major Plot Points

P43X - Bio Attack

The infection will spread in the following stages. Note that time frames provided are for a normal, plain-jane metabolism -- characters who are enhanced or augmented can expect to experience the stages at a different rate. The rate is up to you, whether it's faster or slower, as it will vary between individuals. Not all symptoms will be experienced by an individual and as they progress through the stages, some of their previous symptoms are likely to become exacerbated while others may disappear entirely.

Note that participation is optional; you can sidestep the infection itself as long as your character isn't in the direct line of exposure (Leithian bazaar, W2D6) and have them participate in the form of relief work, trying to escape the paranoid and manic NPCs (or PCs), and etc! This is a great opportunity to start messing with their memory regains in the form of fevered-delirium, although whether or not those regains are fully accurate is up to you -- they're ill, after all!

Additionally, since death is permanent here, we recommend leaving the brain death to NPCs.

Stage	Time (Days)	Symptoms
0 (Incubation)	2-3	Exposure without symptoms.
1 (Prodromal)	1-2	Nonspecific symptoms begin to appear: fatigue, muscle pain, auditory hallucinations, mild fever, dizziness, fainting, difficulty breathing, loss of appetite.
2 (Acute)	3-4	High fevers, multimodal hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, intense fatigue, mania, difficulty concentrating, neuropathic pain, coma, brain death.
3 (Convalescence)	2-3	Symptoms begin to dissipate as the individual recovers, though the pathogen may remain present and put others at risk of infection.

A cure will be developed and disseminated through Company, RAC, and volunteer hands between W4D3-W4D5, halting the progression of whatever stage your character happens to be in during that time and putting them into Stage 3.

Emergency Meeting of the Nine

On the last day of the chapter, an emergency meeting will be called with the Nine to discuss recent events and their response. Note that the failure of the Seventh Generation Accords is a fixed plot point, so this month we'll be taking an OOC vote on the result and using IC actions to support either end in the narrative, while returning to the cooperative style plotting seen in Chapter 1 hereafter.

Please vote, OOC, on which scenario you would prefer to see with a +1 in either the abolish or delay threads here.

Scenario: Delay

The Council will vote to delay Claimant Day until the True Leithian and Resistance threat can be eradicated, auspiciously under the guise of system stability. As such, the system will retain relative stability while focusing its efforts on quashing both the Resistance and True Leithian terrorists during Chapter 3. Land Kendry will continue to manipulate the political arena within the Nine in order to amass support and ultimately strike down the Seventh Generation Accord at the beginning of Chapter 4.

Scenario: Abolish

The Council will vote to abolish the Accords immediately, citing the actions of Zan Nikora and the True Leithians as evidence of civil rebellion. Martial law will be imposed on Westerley and any disobedience will be met with immediate punishment at the hands of Company agents. The Resistance, still a fledgling organization, will rally support amongst the Westie population and launch its first true counterattack at Company forces, starting our faction war in Chapter 3.

CR Meme Template

<b>Character</b>: <b>Location</b>: <b>Primary Faction Goals</b>: <b>Secondary Faction Goals</b>: <b>Desired CR</b>: <b>Offered CR</b>: <b>Anything else?</b>

Comments

[slotted]

Character: Leo Elster

Location: Leith (probably Westerley?! He'll go there if someone tells him to.)

Primary Faction Goals: Iiii kind of want him to get sick! But just up to stage 1. I also want him to regain a memory some time during this chapter. ANYWAY—his main goal (despite being ill) would be to help as many people as possible. He's a bleeding heart that way!

Secondary Faction Goals: Have more stupid interactions (why this)

Desired CR: Positive CR for now. He's... a bit difficult when it comes to that, but he's a very nice person despite his tough hobo exterior. And maybe someone who can help him out while he's sick, too. BUT I'M OPEN TO ANYTHING!

Offered CR: He works at one of the cafes at the bazaar, so his workplace is busy. If your character is the type who visits cafes frequently, then HE'S ALL YOURS. He's also an info broker but there's not much to get from him at the moment. But if you want to start building a relationship with him now...!

Aside from that, he's part robot so he is here for all your digital needs!

Anything else? Hi!

[nightchild]

"He'll go there if someone tells him to." will leo come over to get smashed at a party if itsuki invites him

where's spoon THEY ALL GOTTA PARTY

[slotted]

oh god he better hide the fact that it's a party that he's inviting leo to

BUT YEAH SPOON WHERE ARE YOU

[deceptions]

I PROMISED TO DO THINGS WITH YOU LET'S DO SOMETHING

i plan to get him sick too so we can have them meet on leith somewhere!! pre-cr optional eheh

[slotted]

I WOULD LOVE TO DO A THING

leo would definitely be helping out those who got sick (even though he's sick himself WHO CARES) so they can definitely bump into each other then!! idk what to offer re: pre-game cr though! he's just usually laying low and is an emo child (he's REALLY EMBARRASSING........)

[deceptions]

i just put up my cr comment but!!! koon tends to approach info brokers to establish network contacts, just because he likes info more than being... a killjoy... smh. but!! for now yes please take care of this poor guy

alternatively we could have a coffeeshop au thing because why not

[slotted]

koon....... what a gossip but ye maybe they can start off with leo finding him and then koon could recognise him as someone who knows a lot of dirt about certain people/etc?

and fdaksd i am also fine with that....... sweats

[deceptions]

we could... have both.... have koon show up in leo's coffee shop, then the rest of it happens

best of both worlds tbh

[slotted]

SIGNS SELF UP

10X

[deceptions]

excellent!!! i RETURN SO LATE BECAUSE this weekend was a disaster, wow, but i can write us a starter if you'd like!! c:

[slotted]

yes, that works! thank you ♥

[brickinthewall]

leo stop being such a jerk to the psycho

[slotted]

SHE'S THE JERK?!

[brickinthewall]

no i just wanted to for them to keep being catty that's it that's my cr request

[slotted]

it's sad that leo has to act like a kid when talking to her :')

i love it

[brickinthewall]

his life is enriched by the musically inclined chronically drunk girl who thinks he's adorable and cute but needs work on his people skills despite that she's lost all of her people skills

[cauterised]

oh my god leo don't die

anyway i would like to apologize profusely for being garbage with our first thread, december kicked my ass six ways to hell. please let me make it up to you with a better second thread. riza's gramps lives on leith so she's gonna try and get over there before the quarantine hits so she'd prob check up on leo at this time too and make sure he's not dying

otherwise she'd probably try and hit him up via inbox to see if he can get word of her gramps and make sure he's not dead

[slotted]

don't worry about it!! december was a tough month for everyone c: i would love a second thread, though!! ♥ but ahh actually leo won't say anything but he'd appreciate that a lot...

and leo can probably check on her grandpa too? what do you think of that?

[cauterised]

holidays, truly the worst time for rp....

but ahh, you're so sweet, thanks for giving me the second chance!! i did a little bit of plan mapping and it looks like she'll actually be on leith for part of the infection doing relief work so i might just have her hit up leo in person.

it looks like you have a top level up already so i'll hit up one of your prompts! c:

[uncrownings]

Noctis does part of his business in the bazaar and is def likely to be visiting his cafe, though he isn't all that interested in info brokering about The Man and is instead more interested in people coming/going/looking for things- idk if that's something Leo might trade in!

He's also going to be getting ill on Leith so if you're short on people to lend a hand, Noctis is also a soft-hearted dude with a tough exterior (Noctis is more try than succeed tbh) so there's that as well???

[slotted]

i was actually just about to hit you up on your comment...! at the moment i don't really know any characters looking for certain things, but if you'd like, we can play it out as leo knowing some npcs who do! i also saw your comment and leo is pretty techy himself, though he doesn't broadcast it. if noctis ever brought some weird tech, leo would ask about it.

and ah...! be his friend, noctis......... they can be softies together

[uncrownings]

ugh punch me in the heart with your little emoji OTL they would be such adorable friends

also I will def keep Leo in mind for weird tech finds! even if he doesn't broadcast, I imagine noct might notice the errant raised eyebrow and stars bringing him things to mess with uwu