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

[nightchild]

Character: Itsuki Kagami
Location: Westerley!! for now
Primary Faction Goals: it's time to get plastered during harvest week and blow all the joy he's made off drugs HAHA

in other words Itsuki's going to be bar-hopping and gambling and also indulging in a little more drug business than usual, so basically he's gonna be a criminal. BUT A FUN CRIMINAL!! he might even throw a party or something!!

I'M NOT SURE IF HE'LL GET SICK YET heeee might not.... OR HE MIGHT

Secondary Faction Goals: and also flex some of his infobroker muscles!! he's had connections with true leithians thugs in that he's spilled deets on them to certain individuals, but he's also probably been seen talking to them and interacting to them so if anyone wants to interrogate him while still on Westerley then they're free too!!

otherwise i'm down for infobroker threads (AND APOLOGIES FOR ALL THE ONES I'M STILL BACKTAGGING ON), if you'd like to handwave that your character contacted Itsuki and got some deets then you're also welcome to!! (january might be a busy month for me, so I'll let u know what works best for me). so basically he'll help relay information about Lady Derrish's request for RAC peeps and is down for getting interrogated by Company peeps

and will sell anything to Resistance or otherwise, COME AT ME
Desired CR:
- honestly i don't have a huge preference for one thing or the other i'd love to continue cr and get new cr!!
- more clients to get to know his infobroker ways
- people who want to get smashed and try out drugs with him (HE'S NOT GIVING U ALCOHOL IF UR A MINOR THO!!)
- shady criminal connections that he can hit up for help selling his drug supply
- ladies he can hit on sweats
- he'll be involved in the infection outbreak whether or not he's infected SO he'll might need help smashing manic NPCs over the head with sticks in order to get them to calm down... STELLAR FIRST-AID!!!!
- anything else i guess come at me
- oh yes company folks who want to investigate sketchy people, i'm down for interrogation
Offered CR: I've mostly outlined it above (IM JUST BAD WITH GOALS I GUESS) but
- here to dispense plot info for the Lady Derrish plot/true leithians
- here to get dragged into softhearted attempts to help sick Westies
- here to get beat up for having shady connections to true leithians god he regrets his life choices... also for being shady in general
- here to GET SMASHED AND TO PARTY
Anything else? party

[impulsors]

so.

assuming that itsuki survives our current thread, is he ready to assume the privileges of being the Only Infobroker Keith Actually Knows By Face.

[nightchild]

as long as keith acknowledges that it's the hottest(??????) face around okay okay

jk he WILL FOR SURE TELL KEITH INFO THINGS and then go ?? ARE U LISTENING KID when keith glowers for 4 minutes and 54 seconds... I GOTTA HIT UP THE MODS ABOUT WHAT ITSUKI WOULD KNOW but he can for sure tell keith all about shady shipdealer businesses!! and I FIGURE HE'D KNOW SOME STUFF ABOUT ZAN NIKORA but ill ask and get back to u i swear it

[impulsors]

sure. i mean, hookers have to be hot by profession, right. ):

LITERALLY ALL KEITH WOULD ASK WOULD BE (I) WHO TO BLAME FOR THE VIRUS AND (II) THE ZAN NIKORA BACKSTORY . . . he's deathly out of the loop when it comes to things like these, possibly because you have to walk up to him and ask him what he likes to get his attention. if it helps!

[sunderings]

if itsuki takes ill sion will surely princess carry him around....! #gallant

or maybe he'll just need to do that anyway because it sounds like itsuki is going to be plastered for a good portion of the month.

[nightchild]

LMFAO I MEAN HE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE PLASTERED im glad that sion's gonna be there looking out for him either way... ill get back to u on sick things though i'm tempted but also itsuki's useless enough when he's healthy

will sion get plastered... itsuki's gonna drag him to a bar so they can ParTay

[sunderings]

WELL

the thing is, sion doesn't really drink. so if, by chance, itsuki does manage to get him to have one (1) adult beverage, he'll be down and out in about ten seconds.

it might get sloppy.

[nightchild]

oh my god

itsuki ends up letting sion crash over his place bc he doesn't know where he lives so i guess that means it's time for accidental drunk cuddling

[sunderings]

how did these two end up with this sort of cr i can't even

also are you going to top level for itsuki partying hard...!! if not, i can probably put up a starter tonight/tomorrow.

one additional important question: who is the big spoon if they're cuddling

[nightchild]

IT WAS FATED THE MOMENT U APPED SION OKAY

I AM!!! im also gonna throw up a network post inviting people to party hard with him... shakes head

IF U THROW UP A TOPLEVEL FIRST I CAN ALWAYS HIT U THOUGH basically im flexible /CURLS AROUND

i........... that's a very good question, i want to say itsuki but like i feel sion would... i can't believe i'm thinking about this

SLAMS LONG COMMENT DOWN

[mayora13]

HELLO I have a company man here who I'd love to get CR with Itsuki!

I have an idea, let me know what you think! Maybe Itsuki could be party rocking TOO HARD and gets intercepted with the most petty of charges - yes he really is going to arrest someone for public intoxication you won bad luck bingo - which could probably result in an amusing back and forth, really, as no one should take Hijikata seriously ever

A thread like that ^, even if Itsuki manages to slip away, I think could be a lot of fun and a good way to start CR ;u;

But! You mentioned getting him in deeper waters, so maybe his attempted arrest could lead into the dots connecting and the realization that Itsuki has some shady connections, thus an interrogation? It doesn't have to be Hijikata who drills him, but it could be a good segue into having serious Company side-eye

i love long comments

[nightchild]

omfg IM LAUGHING that sounds like an excellent first meeting i love it... itsuki has a habit of being too fresh with Company folk when he's sober imagine how he'll be when drunk... which means i'm totally down for it!! he doesn't even have to slip away, maybe hijikata can put him in jail for the night so he can sleep it off and cry in the morning about his hangover

and maybe he can get released bc he bribes one of the guards or something and that could lead Hijikata into the 'the fck i thought he was a drunk but hE'S ACTUALLY SHADY' territory!! basically i'm totally down for it leading into an interrogation/Company side-eyeing

excellent

[mayora13]

AHAHAHAH I'm glad it sounds good to you ;u;b!!!! I can't wait for Hijikata to SUFFER as he tries to just do his job (thats what you get for being a cop buddy) and I'd love for Hijikata to jail him for the night - probably under pretense that they have to just check out his documentation before letting him go!

I think a bribe would work well, and then the Company comes down on that guard and gets an idea that Itsuki isn't just a simple asshole but in fact a suspect asshole LOL

Then you can have him get side-eyed or interrogated in whatever way is best for you :D! I COULD have Hijikata put together a little info-docket on him to put out to Company officials via the network - it certainly wouldn't reveal much - but that's up to your discretion since it'd be my character talking about yours on a scale beyond like one on one CR alke;jtae;ltja

[nightchild]

why does hijikata suffer when he's only trying to do his job!!

yes to jail + bribery!! ultimately itsuki's not any more a true leithian than he is loyal to the Company, but he's primarily motivated by joy and doesn't mind making shady connections, so i figure that he'd definitely be a suspect?? in that he's suspicious and totally earns an info-docket

all of his drug dealing is done under a pseudonym so i figure that the info-docket could just point out that Itsuki's talked to and cooperated with True Leithian thugs (though he immediately ratted them out to kara and jack though that part's not that well known)?? and that could lead into an interrogation. I know that Sui Feng's going to interrogate him, but Hijikata could always hit him up where he works and speak to him as well.

I FIGURE TOO that as more events go by and depending on what itsuki does, Hijikata's info-docket on him could grow more extensive too!! and depending on how things pan out he could easily get Itsuki to do things for him in return for not like... throwing him in jail forever lmfao

[mayora13]

he's just too easy to take the shit out of

someone with confirmed shady connections would absolutely be a suspect for the company! Thank you so much for being on board with all of this stuff, it sounds really fun ;u; I'll write up an info docket after our first thread gets underway and run it by you before I post it anywhere hehe

I WILL INCLUDE things about the True Leithans and lmao being a general public menace (that's what you get for not coming quietly when he arrests u), and leave the drug stuff off since that's connected to another name!

lmao I think SF is interrogating Hijikata too laughs - though they've been on assignments together in the past so their relationship isn't terrible - if anything, Hijikata would pity Itsuki that he had to deal with her...

:D!!! That's a great direction to move in, depending on what all goes down, so YES A+ I'm ready for all of this, and I'm laughing that Hijikata could somehow actually benefit at all from this mess hurhurhur

[mayora13]

HELLO are you planning on setting up an open post at all for this month, or would you like me to start? I wasn't going to put one up, but I can still start us off if you'd like ;u;b

[brickinthewall]

TIME TO GET DRUNK AND RAGE

[nightchild]

A++ FOR GETTING DRUNK BUT PLEASE DON'T KILL ANYONE HANNA.... OR TRY NOT TO AT LEAST

[brickinthewall]

ok but

she's just really good at fighting like

accidents are going to happen

[oneirism]

on a srs note, i want them to do infobroker stuff together and exchange what they know

not so srs note, lapis to gently drag him away from bars when he gets too plastered

[nightchild]

im down for serious and fun always... ILL PP YOU ABOUT INFOBROKER STUFF im pretty sure the mods are going to give us the lowdown either way but yes exchanging info time

and then immediately after itsuki gets plastered and lapis carries him home :)))

[oneirism]

YES GOOD i am excite

and itsuki plz, just dumps him in an alley.... but no lapis would drag him home and idk make him food or somethin for him to have when he wakes up.

[lotusmesenpai]

ACTUALLY... what do you think about SLIGHTLY backdating a thread to the night of day 2? So Kanda can come see him about a sleep aide. >.>

Speaking of - is he going to regain any abilities yet, or is that next month? I remember us talking about that being an eventual part of it, too.

Also, if someone needs to get his drunk idiotic self out of a bar, Kanda's the bouncer to do it. He volunteers to throw Itsuki waaaay out the door!

[nightchild]

that sounds good to me!!! do you want to do on a toplevel in the event log, i can comment to yours or i can set up a closed starter?? or we can do inbox?? and yeah he doesn't have any of his abilities yet!! i'm aiming for next month at least sweats

why is everyone volunteering to throw itsuki out?? WHY CAN'T THEY GET DRINKS LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE?? but yes always this

[lotusmesenpai]

OKAY SO... started a Blank log for this. Do you want to start the thread with whereever Itsuki is that night, or you want me to start it with Kanda just showing up at that same den in Eulogy?

I'm good either way, though I prolly can't start it until tomorrow evening...

HE JUST HAS THAT KIND OF FACE.