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takamagahara2019-02-01 10:02 pm
godsoffortune) wrote in takamagahara2019-02-01 10:02 pm
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A Call To Arms OOC Plotting
Here it is, the big day when Amaterasu is calling upon everyone to strike at a single location as hard as possible. All they know going in is that the compound might be significant to the cultists. Please feel free to use this post to plot accordingly!
- There will be 10 exp / 100 followers awarded for High Walls or Booby Trap threads with at least 10 comments, then another 25 exp / 250 followers for a conclusion in that thread which successfully demonstrates breaching the compound, avoiding or defeating whichever impediments are being tackled.
- There will be 20 exp / 200 followers awarded for First Fight threads with at least 15 comments.
- There will be 30 exp / 300 followers awarded for Second Fight threads with at least 15 comments.
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1) Is she a soulless or no?
2) Shun intends to reverse the decay effect weakening her. Will she remain compliant after being healed, or will she start to fight the PCs holding onto her?
3) If she is compliant, will she answer questions regarding the cult? How she came to be a part of it, what were the names of the old woman and the goddess wielding her, what were they trying to do with the crystal, etc etc
4) Does she have any other names, or was the white-haired girl her only god?
5) What does she want to do now that she's been released? Obviously Zelda doesn't want her to return to the cult, but she'll offer to help find her a new home if she wants one.
There might be more to come, but that's a good start for now, I think. Oh, also--
- Given the way the second fight was ultimately handled mechanically (which I liked, btw), do we still require a 15 comment-long thread to get the event bonus for participating as mentioned here? Or will links to what actions our characters took in the fight suffice?
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2) After being healed, she will return to a more neutral disposition. Not exactly trusting, but not fighting them to escape either. (See below for why.)
3) She will explain that she has very little information about the cult, due to having only recently been named by her goddess, but you can assume that what few details she provides will end up being true as they match up with answers to the answers Waver will get out of the hypnotized cultists. (I am gathering all of the answers yet, but you're privvy to them.)
The goddess was named Talos. The old woman is not a goddess, but the shinki knows that the old woman gave Talos orders and Talos obeyed them. She actually gets the most upset when she relays that it was the old woman who stopped Talos from fleeing with her. And instead of leaving the shinki to share her goddess's fate, Talos was kind enough to release her first.
4) She has no other names and she has never been to the Far Shore, nor other gods before Talos.
5) The shinki has no direct association with the cult. And right now she really hates the old woman. She will be listless and feeling pretty useless for a few days, "I failed my goddess."
Second Fight answer: Yes 15 comments stands, but post-battle stuff will count, as will any Prep comments under that major "Second Fight" header.
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If the shinki accepts the offer of shelter, after a few days Zelda will ask again if there's anything she'd like to do or anywhere she'd like to go. She'll offer to take her on a tour of the Far Shore and meet with some of the old gods that hang around (though she'll note that the old gods don't really associate much with the "new" ones so don't expect too much overt friendliness), with the intent of hopefully finding somewhere she would like to stay. If the shinki doesn't find anyone she feels comfortable with then and there, Zelda won't press the issue, but it's something she'll bring up regularly for however long the shinki stays with her.
If this cycle repeats a few times, that's when Zelda will finally say that they're trying to take down the organization the old woman was a part of. She can't offer her revenge against the old woman in particular, but if she wants to help ensure god-shinki pairs are put in Talos' position again, then Zelda will offer to name her.
oof i think that's everything, maybe, hopefully...
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Chances are good that if Zelda finished introducing her to a lot of gods and then asked if there's anyone she'd feel more comfortable with, the shinki would say no. On introduction round 2, if she gets the same question, the shinki would actually ask something to the effect like "I thought you were testing me before you named me, but if you're trying to get me to leave, I'll leave."
I'm torn because I can't see any reason for her to want to leave Zelda considering everything you guys did in the Second Fight thread, but I also know you were trying not to make another NPC for us. So I think it's ultimately up to you if you want Zelda to name her in the end and how we go from here.
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If the shinki is still cool with all of that, then she'll name her. I could handle NPC-ing her maybe? Kinda like how some missions offer an NPC cracked shinki as a reward. I would just want like... a document or plurk paste or something to refer to regarding things she knows, maybe some basic experiences she's had before the cult compound assault, etc
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