get in losers we're all going to die-- but this is a good idea!
Charlie would prefer not to die, but you know how it goes
until we get a potential group chat, i made a post on the
plotting post about any pre-solmara prepping!
omg gorgug is giving sevika a bag of holding(ish)
he is her new favorite inventor
he would/could hold it but he trusts her to put the bartering items to use
he wants to approach as few people as possible
Vander is also bringing items to barter but does not have a bag of holding
she's fine with other people shoving gear into the bag, but that means asking her for stuff when you want it
We should figure out exactly what we have to barter. Sevika is thinking alcohol, medical supplies, dehydrated or long shelf life foods.
Charlie could potentially do a mini-raid on the bunker
Vander and sevika weirdly on point of the best bartering items. wonder how that happened...
smuggler mode activated, this keeps vander and sevika from fighting
she learned from the best (before helping kill him)
ok i gotta duck out for an hour but will return o7
whoops also included that accelerator, riz, and gorgug made everyone radios separate from their earpieces in case they want to be careful about communication
Bless Gorgug’s preparation
he's counting on everyone else to have a good idea about what to do
Dimitri is new to Etraya, but he is not new to deployment. He will route his enemies if he has to
Do we know if a character has called dibs as the leader or point-man of this mission?
I haven't heard but I expect the group will form teams with different objectives for the mission so their will be a few smaller team leads too
Yeah, small groups will be effective
Charlie would never call dibs on leader, and yea I figure there will be smaller groups (which will make tagging and keeping up with things easier haha)
Dimitri currently isn’t volunteering to lead this time, but if his group doesn’t end up having any leaders he will rise to the role
i think gorgug, charlie, and accelerator are likely to be team nerds
scott's pretty new to all this still, he kind of volunteered to watch over his fellow mutant, but can sort of be leaderly when needed... he's just also 16 years old fjeklaje so if others step up he won't fight back about it
and just wants to do his best!! (and not die)
we potentially have 2 eye laser people on the crew.... (superman??)
yeah Accelerator will mainly be team nerd, and if stuff really goes south he can be available as an OP fighter
yeah, gorgug can fight too but he just wants to be a nerd. you guys want to kill alyrs?? ok whatever, go ham
Dimitri is a defender/protecter and that’s his aim this mission. Keep the team safe and see if they can save Borealis.
I don’t actually know what crimes Alyrs has committed
If anyone ever wants to ask Max about Alrys' badness, he'll happily tell them LMFAO
Would you prefer to thread Max lamenting or do you wanna just fill me in and hand wave?
yeah tbh if anyone would have wanted to (try and) get everyone together to talk game/etc that makes sense to me, or like i wrote, gorgug would have made a suggestion about doing so
in the most awkward "i'm 17 and don't want to ask this of 15 strangers, but"
I don't mind threading out things at all! I'll also prioritize them if needed. If you want the tl;dr:

Alrys starves and kills people over and over until they join her crew, and that's only if her subtle manipulation powers don't do the trick. She also pillages other places while on missions/in other cities. She's basically a dictator-type
and totally ruined their relationship with their AI to the point where they don't get supplies there anymore.
Dimitri is going to kill her
Probably something along the lines of “rip her head off and hang it on the gates” type of kill

Max would be content with her murder yes
partly to free solmara of her but also like, lol, she starved him into compliance
sprucemoose: Would Caitlyn do any reaching out before hand to bring the mission group together?
she's also smoking hot but what can ya do
Accelerator be like 'from one dictator to another, yeah she needs to die'

lets go team kill
caitlyn would absolutely reach out and try to get everyone organized and would also try to take charge (though oocly idk that she should actually be in charge, she's a 22yo with zero real world experience who's never done this kind of thing before)
yeah no Cait, maybe use this as an opportunity to learn....
she's also an atrociously bad liar so she probably shouldn't be allowed to talk to anybody
caitlyn's energy scares gorgug even over text
apomorphine: who needs learning, being 6ft tall and bursting with unearned confidence has worked for her thus far (also her mom being a super rich oligarch)
yeahhhhhhh she definitely does. please run with the team just this once because if he has to wade in and get her out of trouble and ends up dying for it, he will be mildly upset.
caitlyn attempts to take charge, sevika puts her in her place
I would also like to say that Dimitri will be willing to throw himself into danger and risk his life. Yuri is also from his canon so he assumes if he dies Yuri can still save their world.
blitzoff: sorry gorgug

he's really only seen her at her most intense huh
it's okay she is intense in a good way, probably. for people who are not gorgug
gorgug is definitely hiding behind sevika, figuratively.
angrybears: sevika needs to shove her into a mud puddle
gorgug can follow sevika around if u want lmao
i second sevika for leader

he will he has decided she's got a good head and that's all he needs
don't give vander more reasons to make fun of her
Vander will not follow sevika as leader
he's a team player but she was involved in getting him killed
(more importantly his children)
she can be in charge of a team, one that vander is not on
yeah sorry the friction between those two will be very noticable
even if they don't pick a fight
they are professional but do not want to work together
Would Gorgug want to stay at their designated “home base” and guard the bag of holding? Or would Sev keep it on her for bartering?
which means they definitely will need to be forced to work together at some point so they suffer
the important thing is they won't work AGAINST one another for this so yeah
gorgug can stay back or hold onto the bag whenever sevika doesn't want to hold it, yeah. he can be defence or should be able to help people with some sneaking, whenever they do that. he will be able to make 1 or 2 people invisible at a time, in case it comes up!
he will also be taking a metal buddy but i need to check what it does
After hearing Max’s woes on Aylrs he will want to be in the hunting team.
blitzoff def need a reason for Sevika to use shimmer around Gorgug so he can mistake her for another barbarian uwu
which... i guess is technically true

finally....someone else who understands the power of raging?
getting mad and breaking things is essentially the same thing as therapy
speaking of raging, idk if this will even come up but if gorgug goes into a rage, he can't be charmed 😭 so there's a likelihood that alyrs can't affect him. ...but he also has to be in a rage
maybe that's why sevika uses the shimmer, to stop gorgug's rage :|a but we'll see how the log plays out!
Yuri canonically can and has lead an entire community of people effectively and with personal care to every last one of them, but he's also the type who only steps forward when needs must because...attention...eugh.
He'd have no issues with letting Sevika take charge, but if they're forming squads (and it sounds like they should), he can collab with guys who do.
hello nate is the other mutant and the telepath/telekinetic. I need to double check with the mods but I think he’s capable of using his telepathy to stay in contact with others back on etraya
Also uh. He is an assassin so if we're doing a murder sure okay he is disturbingly competent there. This isn't something he'd casually put out there but I feel like the clues are there to observe when it's go time.
(nate can reach etraya via telepathy)
also if anyone gets lost provided nothing is obstructing his telepathy he can find you

and will maybe try to locate the people of solmara that way
maybe on first arrival, we need team scout and team homebase - one looks around and tries to make contact with non-Alyrs Solmarans, other sets up a safe place to call base near/at the portal.
or maybe two scout teams even - outskirts and city/Alyrs territory. get the lay of the land then reconvene to plan how to get into the hospital.
Yuri'd volunteer for scouting, that's his jam.
Might I suggest a total of 5 teams of three? Might make it easiest for tagging purposes
4 scouting 1 home base setting?
vander, sevika, and gorgug's terrible adventure-- no
gorgug doesn't deserve that
Since Yuri's background is what it is, he'll offer to go to the city since that sounds more dangerous.
He can work with whoever but let me just say someone far worse at deceit would be hilarious.
she wishes she was batman but isn't
oh sevika would take yuri aside to warn him about her
Criminal overlords bonding
(Idk is Sevika is an overlord, but she has big boss bitch energy)
"she actually got fired from her baby cop job but thinks she's a super detective"
she's the big boss due to silco dying cries
promoted simple due to nobody else being left
Pfft oh man... He'd be mildly reminded of his childhood friend-cum-royal knight
Ashe appointed himself Yuri's morality chain back home
Sevika, handed all the obligations
she has to be her own morality chain now
as much as she says she's just a criminal, she's a revolutionary, too, so like. she only cares about Her People, but she cares a lot.
so yeah Yuri and Sevika probably have a lot in common
happy to have Accelerator stick to the setting up camp team, there are probably enough people that he can be a little lazy and not need to use his ability for scouting purposes
he's only got 20 mins (up 5mins thanks Harold!!) of esper power before he conks out so he'd rather conserve that
Is that 20mins a day? Or for the whole mission?
though he can apparently do some extrasensory perception and communication through the rain so I guess that's an option
"caitlyn wishes she was batman but isn't" is pretty much the best possible way to describe her
angrybears: Oh yeah, it sure sounds like they do. Yuri's all in for his people as well, he'll go martyr over it if needs be (Faerghans are ridiculous like that)
his choker lasts 24 hours in Solmara so 20mins out of that before it dies and he's basically catatonic (mostly) so he'll also be grabbing Shaw and probably dragging her off once a day for about an hour so he can recharge in private
Ihdreniel
for maximum comedy, send her on the team to city where she has to talk to people
he won't.... tell anyone the details of that except Shaw, because it's a big weak point lol
Let's do it let's be comedy city.
her actual skillset is sniping, she's probably like her world's greatest sniper or something, and she's pretty decent at stealth
hell yeah let's do comedy city
yakkity sax playing as they run around the city
cryptophyta: so Shaw can keep him up and running for multiple days? Just wanna check and see if he can do batshit OP things more than just the ending of need be
he can, yes. The choker rechargers on its own, he'd just want Shaw around for some protection
so he could spend 5-10mins doing rain recon, switch back to normal mode for a bunch of hours, and then recharge later
cryptophyta: I don’t have the words to say how cool that is
... although, I don’t think it rains much in Solmara
oh he can control the atmosphere and make it rain

vector manipulation is total nonsense
invade during a raging thunderstorm
including targeted lightning! This is possible
damn that might be a good play then
or significant overcast where they will not cast any shadows as they infiltrate
Yuri's of the mind that with Accelerator you just let that guy do his thing.
he can do overcast! Haha fr his ability can get really creative and versatile so I am happy to facilitate any cool ideas
... how many of you people have been in deserts before, actually
how many does he need to forewarn about desert camping
I have not and neither has Dimitri
been in the wilderness... ever...
although i guess zaun is an urban wilderness if you go deep enough
.... and this cements max and furiosa as the people to help inform people how desert living works
Dimitri is used to camping because... war training... but not desert
Vander has not either. he lived like an troll underground
Accy's a city boy
simpledog: Emm was saying Caitlyn would hold a pre-mission planning session thingy
everyone just slowly rolling in like NEVER BEEN and max's face is

the WHOLE TIME
well good thing they have max and furiosa
max in front of a blackboard, talking about how deserts can go into the negative degree celcius....
draws doodles of rattlesnakes and scorpions like 'these will kill you if they bite or sting you fyi'
so they need to cuddle then. body heat and all
max:
DO NOT CUDDLE ME
cuddle max, cuddle max, cuddle max, cuddle max--
but yes everyone getting into a tent and cuddling while switching patrols at night is the best option
since fires will give away our positions which would be BAD
aurora's giving them thermal blankets do not even think about cuddling
caitlyn has spent her whole entire life in a fancy mansion in the fanciest part of town, she's never been anywhere let alone a desert
but yes! she'll organize a pre-mission get together to go over their objectives, dividing into teams, etc.
...cuddling and then you have TWO+ blankets
plus the blanket will be too small for Vander so he is fine to share and cuddle
Yuri will say no to cuddles just let him make sure Dimitri doesn't sneak off to do some self-destructive tomfoolery.
Max can also do a general breakdown on the CREATURES out in the outskirts, there's lots of fun dangers C:b
He will do all the self-destructive tomfoolery.
If it’s a post Max really can have a chalkboard and talk about survival.... and maybe draw the creatures?
also gorgug is not a coward, if somebody complains about being cold at night he will offer to sleep together
Because I am sure the pictures would be hilarious
oooo he will be pleased!!! someone his height
gorgug and Vander cuddle. they can rock-paper-scissors who is big spoon
honestly yes i will happily make him use a chalkboard, as long as someone shoves a chalkboard in front of him
i whipped that up real quick if it'd be helpful
we can use it as a reference for whatever we want
gorgug will do his best to win just for the effort than out of a preference
OH AND ALSO -- not sure if anyone wants to use it for anything, but it's possible alrys and co think max is still on their side and may be returning with data from etraya
so max is willing to do something with that, and aurora is giving him something containing 'data' from etraya's resources (aka its a fake and just has a message to her sibling AI)
blitzoff: damn Vander has never been little spoon with someone his own size before. his world is opening up to the possibilities
simpledog: We should definitely use that to get close to Alrys. For the murder.
also he has a real nice rifle so if caitlyn or furiosa wanna use it they can
beehaw is furiosa btw if you don't have her yet!
sprucemoose: If we're agreed on team comedy city, Yuri's full name is Yuri Leclerc (I see no way to add this myself from my phone)
furiosa and caitlyn long-distance shooting anything is my vibe don't @ me

enjoy the ammo with that rifle that doesn't care if ur hiding behind a corner or how far the aim is
Bless snipers. Yuri has unfailing precision with throwing weapons canonically but rifles can get so much done.

that ammo is so neato
riposte: ah sorry, I think I made it so anyone can edit but I don't use googledocs enough to actually know how they work
I was able to edit it, but I had to pull it open in googlesheets
simpledog: they def need to team up to get their sniper on at some point

I made this if anyone wants the reference
i want it just for how cute it looks
it gives 'kicking your feet behind you and writing in a trapper keeper' and im here for it
sprucemoose: Ahh gotcha. Looks like I needed to copy the link to a new tab to see options, it was acting like a preview when clicking directly.
In case anyone else encounters that, copying the url worked.

thank you
good handwriting detected
what is the mascot along the top
if you need nate for anything involving the mind he’s available. he can locate others, cloak people, send messages to etraya + his telekinetic stuff
I’m not 100% sure, I just thought the notebook was cute. It’s something from Disney though
Nate should definitely be on recon then and not at home base with that cloaking ability... although, if their comms go down he’d be perfect to connect folk from a home base 🤔
yes he... doesn’t always use the comms as is on etraya. he’s a telepath why would he???
if it DOES get bad he can link people together on like a psychic channel sort of he just would rather not because they all need to be linked to him but yanno
Oh that sounds like a nightmare
sevika like: nate link me up to vander it's important
Please knock before entering Yuri's mind so he can aggressively compartmentalize...
the important message: ur still a bitch
Mental link reserved for emergencies, otherwise we use our comms 🫡
riposte he’s trying to be better at “knocking”
yy Accy would prefer not having people in his head (and no one needs the constant math his brain is doing in their heads)
I got some deets on the different monster types in solmara so expect me to legitimately do a top level action spam thing where max teaches everyone in front of a blackboard (while grumbling about it)

gorgug would like to hear the maths

just gotta get HOME IN LIKE 4 HOURS...
Max will have Dimitri’s full undivided attention
it'll be smashed in with a desert 101
Charlie will try to save questions until the end
Im still at work but finger guns at everyone here
grips your hand in 'still stuck at work' land
^ SAME but I saw the ping and will dig in soon
furiosa and caitlyn sniper buddies y/n
we need to see girlies winning
Caitlyn wanna see furiosa's rifle stand 🥰🥰
looking at Max's map, Scount Team 1 for city, maybe Scout Team 2 for Mansion as possible base of operations (and cross the lake somehow to get into city for infiltration???), Scout Team 3 heading towards the Observatory with trade supplies/seeking intel from non-Alyrs factions), idk what Scount Team 4 would be
maybe split seeking non-Alyrs faction/intel and Observatory in two, or maybe a team to investigate the lake re: crossing it
uh there is also a 3 skull predator by the Murkwood Strip they're arrving in
Oh yeah I am compiling some of those dangers with a mod, so Max can give a heads up about the different creature locations and what might be there
does taking down a 3 skull creature sound like a plan to also show that they've got muscle to the people who might be willing to help them out
showin' up to da club with a 3 skull monster's head and slamming it on the table and asking who wants to change stuff around here
oh yeah saving locals on the outskirts and killing dangerous monsters seems like a real good way to get people on our side
LOOK WE'RE HERE TO HELP...
ALSO TO MURDER BUT NOT YOU GUYS
Dimitri will fight a three skull monster
gorgug is also here to fight monsters
Oh, I also imagine in Desert 101 Max covers what type of clothes would be good for desert & defense, right?
Also- each scout team should have at least 1 person who can slay monsters
also hilariously the monster is not three skulled, i am so sorry
max just writes how many skulls of danger they are LMFAO
oh no that's what i meant anyway, LOL
points. we want the three skull monster
a three-skulled monster shows up
and max just shrugs like well

this fella but huge
ohhh scott doesn't really know much about alrys but if he heard all that he's just like well sounds like a bad person aldisndj do they need her for information or anything?? bargaining chip etc
A question! Would we want the murder of Alrys and the rescuing of Borealis happening at the same time?
It could certainly serve as a distraction
Max thinks it might be good to lure her out of the city while everyone else infiltrates it, and kill her outside of the place if they can help it
Team murder vs team rescue, furiosa votes people who started on solmara get to do a little vengeance (not that anything can heal max but maybe it would heal him)
dflsjdlfk TEAM MURDER, TEAM RESCUE, TEAM SNEAK-IN TO AI
gorgug does not care what people do to alyrs, have fun, he wants to sneak in to AI. but!!
if nate can figure out a head count of the people inside the hospital or around the guarded area via his powers from a distance, that could be useful

oooh yes
esp since they're going off the idea borealis would be inside the hospital, and that's where a group want to sneak
Would
cryptophyta: Accy and
riposte: Yuri share what they know about Aurora’s body in the hospital with the group?
oh yeah scott's powers would probably be best for just like taking down big monster if needed!
SORRY been trying to catch up and plurk didn't load everything the first time flkjaei
since he doesn't have a visor yet and is basically all or nothing with his optic blasts
Accelerator would be reluctant to share stuff about Aurora's body since he doesn't want anyone taking advantage of her. I'm also not sure how useful that would be since Aurora based hers off Connor so I think that was a thing unrelated to Borealis

it's okay, it's also a lot when you're new and getting involved in a game plot! but that would be grand
he did share stuff w Gorgug though since Aurora obviously trustts him
gorgug is also staying tight lipped about aurora, other than indicating the obvious that borealis is probably connected to the hospital, since in moorecroft, their AI also had a lot of their stuff at the hospital
and that detail isn't really a secret
Oh! I meant more like her servers down in the depths of the hospital since that’s likely what we’ll be trying to rescue(reboot???) since Borealis didn’t have a Conner who made him a body.(I think)
Yuri already told Gorgug "ask Accelerator" because Accy's the, you know, guy who's got way more of a grasp on that than a medieval man.
He did tell Gorgug the depths were not a good time and why though.
Aurora trusted Yuri with a key-card (which Gorgug delivered to him), his little Faerghan heart is now obliged to honor that trust... As priorities go he sees Alrys dying as justice being served but he committed to the rescue so if these happen at the same time that's his priority.
ahh ok yeah I think he'd still keep that on the down low unless people needed to know, especially since a few others are already aware
cryptophyta SORRY FOR THE LATE-ASS REPLY, still playing catch-up on this plurk, but - yes, shaw will absolutely be willing to guard him while he recharges every day
also lmaoing at all the "X would be a good leader but would never ICly volunteer" / "Y would volunteer to lead but probably should not be allowed to do so" commentary
shaw sometimes gives off bossy vibes but defaults to support positions generally; she has a lot of the practical skills required for leadership, but doesn't have either the will or the charisma/diplomacy for it
ALL GOOD ty Shaw he appreciates it
Max detailing as much as he can about the bestiary! In the best way he can. :|b
sorry that took forever, i got home then had to do 100 things that weren't rp, but HERE IT IS FOR EVERYONE'S SATURDAY MORNING
Thank you Max. I love and appreciate you.
Please know that he looks grumpy the whole time
3 HEADED MONSTER!!!!!! GANG!!!!
telekinetics hi! would nate's powers allow him to get an estimate for how many people are in one location? so they can figure out how many people are in the protected area (and specifically the hospital)
blitzoff provided nothing is obstructing his telepathy he should be able to. it’s something i can ask the mods about

wonderful
their aim is to get to the hospital and would be something gorgug would ask nate if he shared about his powers in their pre-solmara meeting!
he mentioned on the “what can you do” thread about his being a telepath/telekinetic combo and it’s def probably the first thing he would do upon arriving there is see if he can locate any of the people

bless, thank u nate.
I’ve asked a few telepathy questions so I’ll report back when I have answers
btw to everyone, would an IC post like Max's made be good just to have a general overview of what people would know going in? (esp so the newbies don't feel lost!) - i don't mind doing it, unless caitlyn's player would like to since caitlyn's hosting the get together! but i'm thinking just what the general plan is, and maybe the info about alyrs can be
shared too. if we think we know enough then it's cool!! we don't have to spend much time on it either
that would be really helpful!
also i made
this to put all the links/information in one place, if
hauntedsnowfall you might want to add it to the top? tho if
sprucemoose wants to consolidate into their spreadsheet, that works too!
also asked the mods about the viper snakes since their mind nonsense sounded like it could cause some problems. gorgug can get up close and personal and attack them to be a distraction and others can then attack them from afar

unless anyone else would have better capabilities to deal with them!
but gorgug's rage will stop him from being screwed with by them because his head is already full: of violence
scott's also pretty worried about the viper snakes, he'd prob volunteer to help fight them with gorgug if needed! they have armored scales apparently but he'll still use his One Trick. at least he doesn't have to worry about 'wasting ammo'
the mods did say that they can withstand heat for a while (which i assume is what scott's power is as an optic blast) but he should be able to break through if he keeps going
i asked because my mind went "we have long rangers" + i wondered if the scales were just tough scales or possibly metal, which. scott is Right There
scott vs scizor-esque vipers with 4x heat weakness
scott's powers unfortunately aren't heat based fjklaej
lasers and yet not lasers smh comics they're a concussive force
darn, OWNED. i am canon blind in that it's been forever since i watched x-men cartoons as a kid
but lasers are still lasers so 👍
comic writers themselves forget that scott's powers aren't heat based NO WORRIES
blitzoff: I added it to the top!! Great idea

it might be superman i am confusing with him? but it's ok scott you're still pretty
im getting back info regarding some telepathy things tho
blitzoff: Also I would love an IC post we can slap down some initial interactions with.
awesome! i would be happy to do it but want to give emm/caitlyn's player a chance to chip in just in case. but i do have the day free
telekinetics: i'm looking forward to the information you get
I can put up a pre-mission getting organized toplevel!
I have a hunger games marathon today , but I will be checking things constantly 👀
coming back to say nate will have the names and general consensus of alrys' close confidants though he's unable to track them because one of them is a telepath-like person like him and shielding them from detection
but he also has an idea about how many people are in solmara, at the hospital, and how the planet feels
all things he can share with the others
thanks!! btw gorgug might be able to give nate the mind equivalent of some defence/boost similar to what he can offer with dodging - if something tries to screw with his mind or do something in that fashion, it'll give him an advantage of pushing it off. esp if they're aware of another telepath around & the vipers mucking with heads
gorgug will be able to make 3 things max a day while they're out there as long as he has materials, and it's another kind of pin so it should be ok

that's helpful esp since he's gonna be annoyed there's another telepath around on alrys' team
Hmm maybe some one could make a generic toplevel for Home Base™️ so Nate can share the intel he received there?

do you want nate to share what he's discovered with his telepathic snooping in a separate tl?
caitlyn do be monologuing
should I move sevika's comment under that?
up to you! i don't think it's a big deal to have them out of order
maybe not but I don't want to drag people all over the place when we can have it all in one
I just figured since that would be after pre-mission we may want a HOME BASE toplevel
she's kind of reiterating the same thing sevika said so I'll narrow it down to just sevika recruiting people for looking for help
cait's being pretty more general, sevika's being way more specific, so I think having her pitch all five groups is great
"pretty more general" 🤦♀️ i'm typing good today
ok reposted just sevika's bit
ah, I can add the other groups lmao but I feel she did cover it. hmm.
It’s ok, could be sass too
there, added the other groups back in a little more generally
i added a
toplevel about items but ok with handwaving, etc. i just wanted gorgug to have to suffer talking.

things to tag
I signed Dimitri up for team-city. I’ll have to tag in later today though 🫡
To clarify is the sign in the google sheet or on the ooc comm gakdhdhd sorry yesterday was a mess and I am phone only atm
cryptophyta i tossed shaw onto one of the scout teams because that's where her skillset lies; do you think that will work okay with his charging needs?
she would also suggest vander as a good person to trust to stand guard
yeah that's no problem! He only needs to charge every 24 hours so plenty of time
yeah i also imagine that some people will move around in different groups depending on if they have other things they need/want to do (iirc they have 2 weeks of this)
Yeah this is just outing-scouting number one ✨
I figured I’d amp up team comedy with Caitlyn and Yuri with Dimitri. Dimitri can’t lie worth shit, Caitlyn is lawful to a fault and Yuri is a crime lord 🤭
Sure!! We can poke the mods for what we find too.
Which should give us direction too
I want to check before I post anything, has there been an ic explanation as to why Solmara's environment is so deadly?
idk if it would help any but from what nate's able to feel about the planet, it's been neglected so i don't know if that might contribute to why there's so many monsters running around
I imagine a bit part if Borealis has become a sad shut-in
a bit part if... what... I imagine it's a little bit part of.... I think I lost my ability to write for a second there

nate would figure it's because of that, yeah.
that's my suspicion but I wasn't sure if it was already raised in a previous post about Solmara
yeah i imagine thats why a majority of buildings are abandoned/ruins
there's no AI to replenish anything or repair anything if solmarans go ham
I believe the AI (or Echo???) populate the city bubbles with critters, unless there's stuff outside the bubbles getting in
yeah the monsters are questonable
maybe Solmara was meant to be shitty from the start
etraya did have giant snakes at one point LMFAO
also a chocobo just wrecked the trolley system so like...
plus that station that crashed and unleashed alien monster goo iirc, it's been a while and I had left right before the main plot of that kicked off
(though it would be wild if Borealis just got bitter and let in all the worst monsters LMFAO)
the snakes are still around on their own island
also the goo monster (as far as i understand it) is part of the world itself, since it recognises people who don't belong on it
in solmara if giant snakes are unleashed they all just have to shrug and endure it LMFAO
considering eos made their city be suburban american lyfe, borealis just Likes It Like This
Borealis is just into some weird shit
what, you DON'T like the headache snakes?
Eos also didn’t seem to be in control of the Fear Monster that roamed the night either though
Maybe the AI and Echo aren’t as powerful as we think
for anyone who wasn't around for some of this, goo monster = fear monster = Im'mari
But also, if Borealis isn’t running right now it could cause the world to go to shit. Like, if Arlys powered him down...
aurora told gorgug that everyone in etraya is connected to her, so he thinks that borealis still has to be around in some capacity
it'd be wild if Arlys was somehow controlling Borealis and brought all that stuff in
Sometimes I wonder if we’re all ai
Still... that would be wild and a little terrifying if Arlys had her fingers in Borealis... the horror of being controlled by another
i was thinking that when nate shares that he's been looking through people to see what's up (a really good plan) that gorgug would ask everyone if they're worried about that, and solmara's increased numbers being noticeable.

but it is likely a problem they'll have to accept since they're splitting up regularly
gorgug can make a Thing in theory, but it would take him days to make enough and they would take a while to kick in
though if they would like something to avoid being detected via magic/mind powers when doing hospital things, that might be an idea (also could be fun if they had to find some extra materials while in solmara for it)
esp with one of alrys’ close pals being a telepath from the looks of it nate will have to warn them about that and being detected
yeah, gorgug can do something if he's given a while + maybe a trip to get some materials to scavenge, but if they want one for everyone from him, he would need... 4 days to make 15. which if they're keeping down low and not immediately looking to cause trouble and get some allies, he could theoretically do in the background, if there isn't another way
maybe if they befriend an artificer friend then they could cut the time down, lol
which gorgug isn't scouting so he can spend time on that
if Gorgug needs help and can provide some direction Accelerator will help him out in building stuff
artificer items is trickier because it involves his own magic + tools aligned to him
:|b makes sense!! He could do some scavenging for parts or something if that would help
he can technically cast magic but he's a newbie and if he isn't careful he'll bleed out oops so
yeah!! tbh i wonder if he could use the 'glass' material of the bird monsters for a fun effect to deflect mind-related tricks

i might ask the mods if it would be possible
i know accelerator's meant to be OP with powers so i don't doubt he'll have some good tricks with getting around
ohhhh that's a good idea, if you need someone to shoot down the bird monsters Accy can help with that, he can do ranged attacks pretty easily
yeah that would help, gorgug isn't good at ranged attacks unless he uses magic. i'll ask the mods and see what they say!
does Gorgug's artificing extend to biological organs or would it be limited to inorganic stuff? because now I'm looking at the other creatures and their abilities
gosh he DOES know biology canonically, but i imagine it's limited to needing...secretions. like spider web, venom from snakes, etc, as he focuses on metal projects more
got an answer back! i'm sitting here trying to think if gorgug could use an organ - some items do require body parts so i'm like, squuuinting mainly if he would have the time... he
could get accelerator's help in making a design for that. but.
my head is currently going: glasswings easier, vipers could be more effective but gorgug would need more time to make them. null are top tier but harder to get (though if they got a couple, they shouldn't take longer to make)
so depending on how many people would want 1 + would be okay attuning themselves the item (need a couple of hours of focusing on it and possibly Feeling Weird given the mind frequency going on)
It would be nice for Team Explore City with a Comedic Effect could have stuff to help them not be noticed 🤔
but gorgug would say there's a chance it might help with the alyrs charming problem, esp the viper ones and the glasswing ones, i feel
If those three could get some of the first since they’re going to be closest to danger-zone right away it would be appreciated, but Dimitri wouldn’t make any demands. Especially if they’ve already split off to do just that.
Gorgug is really cool fyi
it would depend on how quickly they move out, or stay away from home camp! i imagine if the teams in general are scouting first when they arrive to get a lay of the land and gathering info, gorgug could make the request a couple of days in, and then start seeing what he can do with the materials. but even if he has the items prepared after a week,
they could still be useful for city exploring after that fact since there's no way gorgug can make them the normal amulets without taking 3-4 days
so if anyone has noticed there's more people around, they're going to know regardless - but they won't know what they have until later
and thanks!! i like having him play support

i want him to help your characters succeed
he could always ask the teams going out to look for support/intel at other places to always bring him parts back!!
ohh nice. Accelerator can definitely help with the glasswings. He can't reflect the vipers and an esper having their head messed with can be really dangerous so I don't think he'd be much help with them...
but since the Nulls can be picked up via infrared sensors he could possibly grab some? Since he would be able to pick up on the radiation they give off
i doubt 15 of them though
I should also ask, since the nulls are the most effective with their reflection, how effective his own reflection would be...
would accelerator, being a nerd, be able to math at gorgug the emitted static from the vipers? since i was thinking he could help gorgug that way. like artificing DOES use body pieces, but i think it makes sense it would be harder for gorgug to make something with compared to the other parts
gorgug can fight a viper, but his brain is already full and so he won't be able to comprehend the attack well
their attacks are vectorless so I don't think Accy would be much help with them
I actually think since they're vectorless they could fuck him up pretty badly lol
let me ask about his own reflection tho because if that's effective he could provide that math
okay! then it might be safer to stick with glasswings and nulls, since inner organs are going to be trickier for gorgug to deal with on his own, esp in a short amount of time
where exterior body parts he can incoporate into metal
if they could get 5 nulls, that might be good for when they have a group try and break deeper into the hospital
ok, I'm asking
whoever nate is with he has the ability to cloak or make them invisible from others. unless that other is the telepath nate knows is around. there’s also some spots that his telepathy can’t work around
scott might be able to help with the vipers if you still want to go with that route! his blasts just needing to push through the armor scales and take them down
icly, gorgug thinks it's still a good idea to take down some of the monsters to show their capabilities. and even if gorgug can't use their parts, the fact they might be able to show they have the armour scales, a piece of a null (might need a way to make it visible, lol) would be useful
gorgug would like some of that scaling himself, even if i don't imagine he could make anything with it in this time

but gorgug can fight one of those with scott!! or if someone else would want to. gorgug can wrangle a big snake
vander is also good with creature hunting. he just needs to be up close and personal
would gorgug be able to create a visor or anything that can help scott control his powers? it is really short notice though 8|a so no worries if not!
i don't know how that would work but waves hands
he might be able to help him control his powers before they go (he does have a scanner and can scan scott to better understand his force beam), but let me check what makes sense!
if he makes anything better, he would need more time than before they leave
does he have anything on him currently (eye wear) that helps with his vision?
he currently has his sunglasses, which mostly stops him from killing everyone that he looks at
otherwise he'd be walking around with his eyes closed
because scott can't 'turn off' his powers basically
LOL 😭 okay let me think what would make sense for gorgug to have the time for, but having data + that eyewear to study should help. i just want it to make sense for there to be some limitations (if you have ideas yourself, you can let me know!)
like he could make goggles that turns the safety on and off with a button he has to press, which would be the simplest, but if there's something else you're thinking

gorgug isn't an expert but he can work with goggles at least, and conducting energies
the most important thing is having ruby quartz because that's the material that blocks his powers from shooting through his glasses.
Scott’s glasses and visor are made with a ruby quartz to keep the beams contained
no that actually helps because gorgug also works with gems

oh ho
even if it's a small thing where scott can push a button to make his powers go on and off with no full control, it's still better than pulling his entire sunglasses off each time
they can grab a max of 3 nulls!
and Accelerator's reflection can work somewhat, mods say: We'll say it works great against those utilizing science/physical mutations that allow them to sense others, but not as well against those utilizing magic (of which there would be a few, within Solmara).
so he can provide the math he uses for his reflection if Gorgug needs or wants it
AS A SIDENOTE one other thing he can do with his reflection is use it to amp up other people's attacks. If they fire at him he can exponentially increase the power of the attack and then redirect it at an enemy
ohh so he could amp up scott's blasts?
currykirby yeah, i think that will be manageable for now! and if scott wants anything better in the future, gorgug will have more time to do more. but he's likely going to make them as goggles because that's what gorgug knows how to make
Scott's optic blasts reminded me of a character in his canon that does something similar, the two of them do a combo attack in one novel
cryptophyta: that might be a way that accelerator and gorgug could work together, if they're making a design and implementing math into it.

combining their talents
blitzoff: sounds good! goggles with just a 'safety' button so to speak
yes! i imagine on the top of one side (scott's dominant hand)
or whichever side he prefers
(time to make him have to hold both sides like they're binoculars--)
blitzoff yeahhh that'd be cool, let's do it
currykirby if there's a chance for them to combo attack at some point we should definitely do it
taking out something like nbd
if everyone is okay, vander is going to start to talk to locals and smooze his way into gaining their trust and gathering intel. he'll start at the outskirts with intention of landing himself in the compound if possible. gift of the gab put to use.
Alright, today is the day I finally slam into this!

Vander schmoozin
apomorphine im asking the mods for what nate can get for vander jsyk
thanks <3 i'll probably need mod npcs for this too
team schmooze is a go apparently
Bless y'all for all your productivity. I'm working on catching up with my catastrophic rp inbox today, LMFAO! Max is generally gonna avoid the monsters because he really isn't an offensive fighter (legit homeboy just mostly runs from things) but he will be available for any tips or info on locations that he can provide! Just let me know if you need him for
that and I can always check-in with mods to see if he'd have anything of use info-wise. He'd put himself more into the 'kill alrys and/or sneak in to check on AI' team.

And will try to avoid letting natives know he's associated with Etrayans, so Alrys may think him still a Solmaran.
(Basically @ me any time if you need me while I combat my tags)
Max also is down to try and shoot Alrys from afar with snipers, and is begrudgingly up to being the potential 'Solmaran' bait for that situation if others are up to it too. 👍 But we got a few weeks to even get to that point, so we can hash out Alrys-related stuff later
i checked the timeline and the mission is 2 weeks, but the gang needs to be back to do 5 days of camping, so they have 9 days to get the mission done. just in case anyone else needed to remember how much time they have
or would potentially aim for
me double checking if gorgug has time to actually make his crap, LOL. phew
i'll get a tl up for nate with his info for others either tonight or tomorrow morning
Oh true! Mods are probs ok with us giving a description of what we're planning too, so I think that'll still be okay. Maybe next few days, working on interacting with the locals/scouting/dealing with monsters.
(basically me just not wanting anyone to feel stressed about time limitations, even if I'm sweating at the time limitations)
yeah i think anyone who is schmoozing can ask/should ask questions!! is the plan to get people on their side, get intel; max will go in eventually and give alyrs the data and hope for the best

that sounds like a deal to me
and maybe they will have a crew that can help distract the main players + potentially kill alyrs while a crew goes into the hospital?
That'd be a great idea honestly! Like, if they have a big scuffle with Alrys on one side of the city walls, the other side could be less focused on and perfect for slipping in.
what we did when Dimitri, Yuri, Accy and Connor went down into the hospital was hash out with hte mods what we wanted to do via ooc summaries, and then threaded stuff out at our leisure. It worked well!
^ yeah, that seems like a good method for our time slots! hash it out, then enjoy some leisure top levels among each other, if that works for everyone else
yeah, i think whoever goes into the hospital, 3 should at least have the null version of the detection pins? though should they have 1 or 2 more people with them?
if needed, scott can be a good distraction-- since he can fire his optic blasts into the air and that's something really visible. or destroying a wall etc
Accelerator can take a glasswing pin since he has his own reflection to help
but i think they want to not make the psychic alert to people going into the hospital, and the null amulets will be the strongest method
if we can get more details about how schmoozing efforts will go, that will help us know what help we might get from the NPCs for causing a distraction too!
(unless there's a spare null pin he can use, I'd rather characters without any defense to have first dibs)
beehaw furiosa gonna be on the alrys killing team with max iirc, she's out for blood. and maybe they can have a few solmaran npcs who want alrys dead, too.
OH! And if you all need it, I'm sure Max can point out particular citizens he's aware are more anti-Alrys, and who are most definitely not.
who wants to go after the AI?
cornyflake charlie? since she's tech-y
oh yea, Charlie can do that for sure!

then she can have one. gorgug wants to go down too
he'll be able to be their tank defence at the very least - he is not as soft as accelerator (tho accelerator can long range better) - will accelerator actually want to avoid using too much energy/his battery while going down? i'm not sure how his computer works
nate will probably want to deal with beckett, alrys' telepath/mental shielder because he's the telepath on the solmara squad and if he can disable him or take him out for the team he will
yes he'd want to use his power sparingly since he has a limited amount of time
so Gorgug being a tank for the hospital would be helpful

then gorgug will absolutely be the tank for them!
the null amulets (with accelerator and gorgug working on them) should also be able to stop cameras from locating them with the reflection upgrade

or so it seemed
Since the city group is the only group that's been formed, I may just assume Sevika is going solo and hit up the mods for a summary of her search for allies and info via trade.
yeah
tapsters what would Hernan be doing? and will furiosa be sticking with max or go with someone else and join up with max towards the end? idk how solo max is going to be at first?
simpledog
or would nate and scott want to go with sevika at all?
telekinetics currykirby since i imagine nate will have time to do other things while poking around for information
Hernan's cool with scouting
nate is capable of multi-tasking and will probably stick to scott because that's his tiny dad he's gotta keep an eye on
we could also scrap the scouting and go all in on just looking at the hospital and going for it :|a
angrybears: vander and sevika seem to be performing similar activities. did we want them to run across each other out in the wide world, compare notes and then go back to mostly ignoring each other?
scott just like 'i'm 100% looking after nate not the other way around'

but uhh other than helping with monster fighting, i figure scott will be fine with scouting! if that's still in the air.
I don't think it'd hurt to do some fun little top levels of misc. scouting and things characters are up to! I plan to do a max top level with him just vibing in the desert and doing (very) long-distance scouting @ monsters and any signs of npc activity.
Basically mingling our peeps together while having a little ooc summary of where we plan them to be by the end of the plot?
apomorphine: they are essentially doing the same thing but sevika has all the supplies

they should probably just join forces...
we could always go to the mods with an initial first stage so the peeps who would be talking to NPCs have an idea of what they can thread with (+ if they want to thread with NPCs)

and the mods also know what we're thinking
Hernan is also cool with going in guns blazing
He will be the bullet sponge as needed
or hand Vander the tradin' bag and stay to guard the base. :|a
this is kind of a rough overview of the ideas we've thrown around so far
that's a good overview, I vibe with that
obviously we may need to change up the second half of actually Going In some if there's details in the first part the mods can give us
but we can also let them know that's the current vibe we have, but any info for the first portion will help guide us, etc
angrybears: he brought a second bag of supplies for trade but yeah, hers is definitely bigger. them forced to work together and hating how good at it they are together :|
Feel free to include Max in on that section about luring out Alrys (and hopefully Bennett)! Max can be the person to initiate contact with them and draw them out if needed, since he knows that's his other best contribution outside of giving intel about the world.
bring superman as their 3rd so he can stand between them at all times tbh
(if that works for all y'all)
do we have a rough run down on the kinds of powers and skills from their opposition from the mods? just wondering how big of a fight it will be for the normies?
added a bit this should probably go into one of the documents as things change and we work out how things will go down
plurk removed my indent for the Max bullet point
people can use this! it should link to the actual page
plurk is showing the URL in the text box but it's not sending
I'll pin this links and info page
how many days did Gorgug need for building things again? We should write that down
it depends on how many people would take the amulets. but i'd say 4 days at most
First half of the mission being devoted to scouting/building a npc squad who is willing to fight? Second half, infiltration on one side, MURDER!!!! on the other side? (with infiltration taking advantage of the chaos)?
That way Gorgug has enough time to supe them up too
Yes furiosa just wants to support her man killing an overlord whatever team that is sign her up
Sorry this Plurk is overwhelming to me I can't keep up LMAO
that's fine and totally understandable! i think if we hit up the mods with the first half of what we want to do, we can make plans about threads better. or if people want to focus on the second half more, doing that then
apomorphine nate has the abilities and names of alrys’ closest pals which he’ll let the others know about when i do his tl tomorrow morning most likely
Yeah in general I prefer plotting on ooc posts for things like this so I have just been like. A little overwhelmed at jumping in, things seem to be moving quickly 😅
telekinetics: sounds fabulous. if vander can't schmooze them, he can at least punch their heads off
i hope i got everyone and didn't just double ping someone. but i put it on the ooc post so people can read it on their own time! of course not stopping people from asking their own questions to the mods, please do, u guys know what your character would do/ask
We're currently hashing out what team city's doing in discord since it's a bit easier to organize what Caitlyn, Dimitri, and Yuri are doing to put that forth with the mods and get details on what they could find.
I appreciate the write-up on dw too since it can be tough to keep up with what all's going on in plurk convos here.
sure! i can keep the note in about that but since you guys are going to the mods with that, it shouldn't cause any issue? glad you guys are getting to hash it out though
If it'd be useful to everyone else, we could link what we submit to the mods in a reply to that write-up. The weekend was a bit busy so we haven't yet made that inquiry but should be soonish.
Thank you for the ping, also!
that works! and no worries, i understand these can be overwhelming. i want everyone to feel like they're on the same page, and that write up is everything i know. that would be great to know re: what you find out. no rush or anything.
Can definitely do! Linked the others so we can be sure to follow up with that once we've nudged the mods about what they might learn
oh can someone invite me to the discord chat where this is getting hashed out?
i had a busy weekend so im behind on the plotting lksjdlf. oh or wait, the chat is only for the city group, got it nvm
i put up a comment ic about what dazai has to offer, tho im flexible about what group he gets put in and stuff
to put it here for easy access: he's a human nullifier so none of alrys' people can charm him or read his thoughts so if there's a need for effectively an impenetrable black box in any point of the plan. holds him up.
for instance if any of the ppl who came to etraya from solmara wanna use him as a pretend hostage to show alrys their loyalty or he can pretend to be a defector himself and pretend to get brainwashed so he can stab her in the back (literal) when she's unprepared
also also worth mentioning he's literally an ex-mafia exec who's done a. lot of really nasty shit so if they dont attract enough allies w schmoozing and bribery. he is said to have been like, Terrifyingly effective at uh. alternative means. of garnering cooperation.
(he wont necessarily volunteer this info unless shit starts going south but. oocly. so yall know.)
did we still want/need anyone to go looking at the observatory or mansion? or did we decide that it's not needed? 🤔
hewwo i am excited 2 plot
currykirby: I do think we still wanted that scouted out in the first week just in case there are supplies or allies there to be had!
Currently I am imagining Scott and Dazai scouting together and it’s funny considering how good/lawful Scott is and how very not law-abiding-citizen Dazai is 🤭
But! It looks like so far we don’t know what Charlie, Hernan, Shaw, Scott, Dazai, and Nate(outside of pinpointing people telepathically) are doing for the first week of scouting.
I’d ping, but since Ree just did an excellent mass ping I think I will hold off
I can send dazai on a scouting mission if u like, tho he would prefer to be more involved w the alrys takedown, since it’s where his nullifier ability is most useful
also since this is a large mass ping space, asking to check in w everyone for when we actually get to the threading: is anyone here not ok w dazai’s whole flippancy toward SI
he’s taking the mission seriously but he also simply Says Shit often and i wanna check in on if I should reel that in for this log specifically
Scouting would probably be good for the first week- they’re mostly gathering intel and resources to take down Alrys and saving Borealis.
telekinetics did you want nate and scott to go investigating the mansion? or observatory? and maybe someone can tag along with them.
yeah, i think who is scouting and who is gathering intel w/ people is mostly the split currently, tho there's no reason there can't be cross over
gorgug gonna be busy so other than taking down a creature or two, idk if i should be acting like he has a lot of time
makes sense! it seems like we prob have enough people that can scout the other areas? i imagine scott will prob be okay with scouting either the mansion or observatory and help take down a couple of monsters before they do the big mission later
currykirby whatever you wanna do. nate will tag along to keep an eye on smol dad
scott just like stop acting like my dad gOD
but yeah, i guess they can head to the mansion and anyone that wants to tag along with them should be cool! like if dazai wants to or someone else that's not already scouting
dazai is better suited to intel gathering than scouting, then!
unless intel teams are full in which case he can go scouting but he will be annoying about it lmfao
tbh i think people talkers/info gatherers are greatly needed regardless of who is doing it, plus they're splitting up so the amount don't matter
maybe at most dazai should have a potential bodyguard even with his nullifying LOL as long as he got someone to watch his back
The write up looks good to me
I forgot to say- the write up looks excellent
apomorphine sending
this your way. nate will relay this to him with what he finds but letting you see as well with npc mentions!
beautiful! thanks so much! I just put my pre-mission starters up so this will be super helpful!

added max's small amount of information for what nate found under his info dump ♥
Granted he knows very little about people in Solmara as the world's most frustrating recluse, but STILL
THERE'S A SMALL BIT OF DEETS
dazai announcing his nullifier ability if ppl want to talk to him abt it / absorb him into plans
also if ppl could do me a solid and check out dazai’s
permissions rq and make sure ur cool w his cws (or lmk what to reel back) that would be great
currykirby telekinetics can shift shaw over to nate and scott's team if you're still looking for a third! i threw her into an empty column in an attempt to spread things out, but no one has jumped into the same team yet so i wouldn't be renegging on any plans
sounds good to me! i just threw a question at the mods asking if they're going to find anything at the abandoned mansion. i also asked about the observatory, but it definitely doesn't have to be nate/scott/shaw if another group wants to go looking there! i just wanted to get some information about it ahead of time
yup, i saw; i'm so down to explore the mansion (keeping up with the ooc post and the log has been an easier task for me than keeping up with the plurk, lol)
i'll shift over over, thanks!
apomorphine also points to your eyes, points to my eyes, vander and shaw def need to co-battle at some point
great news gang, they can eat snake meat (from the vipers)

is it tastier cooked or raw (maxcore)
(im kidding please make him cook his food)
scott eating cooked snake meat for the first time...
listen, cooking takes too long
Ihdreniel: yeah definitely!!! I have been looking forward to it since it was brought up in our thread
I'm aiming to get a little tl up today!
I'll keep an eye out for it! I'll be expanding mine for the assault later this week
hm whenever I click potential groups it gives me an error message
i put some thoughts on the ooc plotting post but if they don’t work for the plan as it stands i could also have him go off and do his own thing and report to the main group
I'm cool with anyone tagging along. Once the mods reply to part 1 of the plan, I'll be able to put up a top-level (or we all will be able to and tag around, etc).
unless that's already happened? sorry, irl is being a beast rn. :|X
I haven’t heard about a mod response yet 🤔
oh sorry, i didn't submit it because not everyone commented on it and i didn't want to rush! but i can put it forward tomorrow?
I’d love some feedback on the thoughts I put up on the post if anyone thinks that’s workable with what we’ve got or I should rethink!
I know I jumped in late lol
JUST FYI, Furiosa isn't from Solmara

Max is the only one who has ever been in Solmara
(I noticed Furiosa mentioned in your notes so just wanted to clarify that)
simpledog: were you interested in the idea referencing max tho? no worries if not haha
I think the idea of him being able to nullify Alrys' powers would be super handy, since she uses hers to effect pretty much everyone in the bubble? Maybe her influence would immediately drop out? But also using it on Beckett is a great idea too
yeah Vander is scouting and schmoozing in the first few days then part of the fighting in the compound without explicitly going after alrys

I think having an Etrayan defector or a hostage could be potentially worked into the plan, depending on who is with Alrys and if she takes the bait to meet Max away from the central city hub? Once we get to that point
Esp if Max feels the person could be 'useful' to Alrys. Maybe. I'm spitballing
yeah that’s his main thought bc he literally only needs to touch them & also just Cannot Be Charmed himself
which makes him both an ideal mole and kind of the perfect person to short circuit her just long enough for her sphere of influence to be like ??? hey what the fuck. especially if her power requires active application and won’t just reapply as soon as he’s broken contact
Yeah for sure! It could help get people on their side + stop her immediate flunkies from ALL being influenced, even if there's a side that doesn't require her charm to be on her team.
Max would have to walk him up to her and probably lie about his actual powers LMFAO
"btw here is a guy who can and will turn off your charming"
also yeah wrt being ~useful~ to alrys dazai is the sort of guy who can slide into basically any ‘character’ necessary, too, like if alrys prefers spineless yes men he can pretend to be that or he can be an audacious mfer that she can enjoy “breaking”
ty folks for the write up and sign ups i appreciate it!! finally back to working off a laptop instead of my phone so crawling in
If Dazai is touching Max in any way does Max also have resistance against things like telepaths?
free to have max come up w any lies hahah dazai will go with it and sell it
i left a comment regarding
defection talk which i was semi-talking to ashlee about
simpledog: hmmm that’s an interesting thought. my leaning is generally no, the inherent resistance only applies to him but. generally powers can’t be used on things he’s touching (eg if you throw a fireball at him it will not scorch his shirt either) so. theoretically possible.

flip a coin when/if need for that one, haha
they can even say that dazai was one of the contacts thamien had or something, make it more convincing?
he may need to call himself gorgug
if he gets introduced to alrys’ circle as a defector he can also like expose the telepath protecting alrys to having their brain scoured for deets?
idk how the telepaths’ powers work but I imagine it’d be a little like having a blip appear on a radar
blitzoff: lmfao HE COULD that would be hysterical
gorgug put his contact on the earpiece and his network name is gorgug, so, lol
completely ordinary human looking dude: hello my name is gorgug thistlespring and im an orc ^_^
this is just a ~DISGUISE~
(idk if they ever talked lol)
no. gorgug, riz, and .. i forget her name left a backpack with supplies, a notebook with a message and an earpiece inside. the earpiece had their 3 contacts on it and the message asked them what they knew and their own situation. gorgug was never directly in contact, but his contact was on the earpiece that they potentially have now
telekinetics i was actually going to ask how OP nate's telepathy is and if gorgug could recall the earpiece in his brain, if that would give nate any kind of signature to try and find it with his powers
just to double check if alyrs's crew does have it
he has psychometry under the umbrella of ~telepathic things he can do~ if gorgug has the earpiece in question he could see what happened around it
ohh, he doesn't have the earpiece
but they have the campsite which was ransacked.

they may have set grunts to target the contact, but if nate would be interested in reading the area, maybe the mods will give something interesting?
he could read it for things, yeah
falls under the entering a room and getting a feel for what happened thing
nate's also "tracking down" beckett via telepathic tricks to try and find him since he knows that's alrys' mental shield
shoves nate into the camp room

is shoved??
But yes I'm likin the idea of Max and Dazai playing some roles to lure Alrys and some of her closer circles out into the open if everyone else is down
Sorry, Max and (potentially) 'Gorgug'
anime stageplay gorgug (it's a guy who wandered in and accidentally ended up in the show)
I think I've finally caught up on everything here. Didn't want to shove Hernan into anything without a better idea of what the plans were. But I think I'm ready to throw him in
so max and dazai-as-gorgug’s bit would be after part 1 of the plan if I am understanding correctly?
Yeah it'd be something more toward part 2 of everything, when the other team is infiltrating the hospital! at least that's what i recall, let me know everyone if that's the vibes we've got
Sevika will likely be going with whatever the AI retrieval group is in part 2, when we get there, so godspeed everyone else
I would like to apologize in advance to Sevika for Charlie's everything. lol
orc dazai will be team ai
she's going to have to put a baby leash on all of them huh
Yuri is doing that with Caitlyn and Dimitri.
The crime lords have it rough
tl;dr stop bothering with the npcs and just go in and do things, lol
sneaking into hospital crew + luring alrys out and killing her crew is gonna be our primary objectives moving forward i imagine

gorgug will still make you all help him kill glasswings, nulls, and some snakes for protection, if we still want that. ... the snakes are just for food tho
oh yes and monster stabbing
also very important for our big fighters
here for monster killing!! the monster hunter solmara looks great--
and later for helping to lure out alrys/fighting her crew, wherever is necessary! I imagine since max and friends are gonna be focused on her, I'm cool with scott focusing more on the minions??
Tell me if this sounds like a direction to go? I just wrote based on things concocted but it can definitely be padded to include what everyone's character is up for
i am at work so im all over the place
this looks good to me!! gorgug is a heavy hitter and going with the infiltration team but if somebody wants to come down with the nerd crew, that works 😌
If everyone has a specific role we can collage together, we can list every character out individually for what they wanna do too!
I imagine it'd make, like, 2 threads where mods and players can loosely play out the situations as they occur
this is probably a dumb question but: are the bots hackable? and if so, how long would that take/how difficult would it be? Charlie is not much of a fighter compared to everyone else, but she has a very particular set of skills haha
Accelerator is also technically a heavy hitter and team hospital infiltration, so at the bare minimum there will be him and Gorgug
cornyflake: i think that would be worth asking the mods!
you're probably right! lol I will do that in a minute!
Here's the two potential teams so far, if anyone wants to add into any of the two groups
Murder Alrys / Distract Solmara: Max, Dazai, Furiosa
Infiltrate Solmara and Hospital: Accelerator, Gorgug, Charlie
Hernan would be up for some murder if you want him
We love a man willing to do a murder
it's in his job description
Well, before we press on I’d ask to wait and see what Caitlyn, Dimitri, and Yuri bring back
We’re currently investigating hospital and seeing if we can find the file on Alrys-- much like Etraya had files on everyone last time Yuri went into the depths of Aurora’s hospital
Since their investigation is happening in the first week, much like everyone else’s monster fighting and NPC talking
Oooh, so the hospital thing is happening earlier than I thought. Gotcha
simpledog: Dimitri will be team murder, and I think
riposte: said Yuri would be team Borealis rescue
so different groups are going into the hospital separate times?
Yeah, since Vander covered NPCs in the city our trio felt a little redundant, so they’re trying to find a good route into the hospital before the team comes through
like scouting before they actually breach the hospital?
or the three actually getting into the hospital?
They’ve managed to breach hospital unnoticed. The current plan is to find a way to Borealis and/or info on Alrys before coming back. Not engaging with Borealis or Alrys at this time
One sec, lemme grab the mod-query-convo
So these three’s thing is happening during Part 1™️
blitzoff Sevika would tag along with nerd crew if that's fine o7
gorgug will have no issue with this
i think scott will tag along with team murder/distraction, probably heavier on the latter since he...... hasn't killed anyone before fdklajfeia
Yeah Yuri's priority is rescue though he supports the murder.
This reminded me to hustle over and plonk the mod convo link in that plotting thread, forgot last night since I was tired.
oh the murder is happening during the first intro to alrys…somehow I assumed it was happening later
in that case defector makes more sense for dazai than hostage I think
I def thought murder was happening later lol
i don't think we were entirely sure when it would take place, when/if max would hand over the data aurora gave him. but there's nothing to do with the npcs outside the city so it prob makes sense just to go in
Yeah, although I am sure it’ll still take some time to figure that out so the murder can still happen in the latter portion 🤔
it might make sense to happen 5-6 days in?
Yeah, that’d make more sense. Cait, Dimi, and Yuri will more than likely be back by then too
👍 Honestly just lemme know when murder stuff is a-go, I'll hop right in and be wherever I'm needed!
that's really max's primary objective other than offering solmara support, so I'll just focus on my top levels in the log until everyone else gets what they need re: mod info!
should we get started on asking about team murder/distraction and team hospital
since it's sounding like that's the direction we're going in
I’d wait to drop it down until our trio of lunatics get back and give the info to the team. That way there isn’t any repetition on the mods, and we know what deets can be given for their teams plan
Especially if their info ends up changing what everyone wants to do.
We should be wrapping it up soon for the planning efforts tho, so I am sure it won’t take long
ooooh. charlie should def do some hacking business
she would really like to try! haha
cornyflake: gorgug could help her since he brought equipment to try and hack the lift if it was locked by a code! and he has experience with how the bots function (etraya's anyway)

you can let the mods know so you can keep asking questions if you like
alrighty, sounds good! now I'm wondering what dots there are to connect haha
dooo we have any questions we want to ask, while I'm here?
do we know how long Alrys has been in power? I wonder if we could ask if Charlie could find bot video recordings or data or something from around the time Alrys took control
(see, this is why I'm asking you guys because I probably never would have thought of that haha)
orrr around the time when Alrys sent Romano, Connor, and Max to Etraya
hmm... maybe for now I can just ask if she'd be able to find any recordings/data/info and we go from there? not being super specific just yet, but keeping your question in the wings, depending on how the mods respond?
simpledog: my main question re: murder is, are we doing the drive hand-over + dazai introduction + murder all in the same interaction, or split it up? bc the way i was sort of picturing it was gaining her trust w the drive + new useful person, nulling her mental shielder temporarily so the telepaths can mine them for any solmara/borealis info they have, and
then luring her out for the final shank
if its gotta be done in one shot tho that's fine too!
I'm leaning most toward whatever takes less time/build-up for the sake of our time restraints, but honestly I'm just going with the flow of what other people wanna do with their roles!
My initial plan was to help lure away Alrys and her peeps enough for 1.) killing her and b.) letting the infiltration team have less eyes on them by making a distraction, but /waves hand
I'm cool with whatever everyone figures up
I wouldn’t be too sad if we ended up late back to Etraya. Might have interesting consequences. That being said I think we are currently making good time tho
consequences would be interesting to me but im also down for whatever!
I thought about handwaving since it doesn't seem like they'll find too much, but I'd be down with threading it out if you want to!
so does that mean potentially 12 of them are going to go through messed up or not at all
.... she is predicting only 3 will come back through the portal?
oh i also wanted to give a heads up that i will out of town/at a con starting friday and won't be back until like monday, so i prob won't get tagging done during those days but i'm gonna try to keep up with the plurk a bit!
currykirby I hope you know Nate is going to make sure scott gets thru the portal
he's going to hold onto his arm really tight, he's not going back without him!!
he will telekinetically punch you through it
maybe this is how he finds out nate is his kid
no!!!!

he was supposed to watch over you!!
Do.... do we know only three can go back...?
Dimitri is always at the ready to self-sacrifice, but he is gonna yeet Yuri through that portal if he knows. Someone has to save his world
I can ask to clarify so we know at least
Thank you
That aspect might throw off some group cohesion
i don't think
we know only 3 can go back, if that's what they mean

it def didn't come up before
so likely 3 will go through and then the portal closes
Poor Max. I hope he doesn’t get stuck here again
he likes the weather, feels like home
gorgug wouldn't have been in a rush to go into the portal either, lol
Unless we end up running for our lives
But surely our plan will be a smashing success
or if you tell him there's hot chocolate waiting on the other side 😔✊
yes. we're all very clever so why wouldn't it!!
Now I am imagining Dimitri having his first cup of hot chocolate 🥺
Because. They’re all a little bit of a disaster!!
would you like some, dimitri. gorgug will want hot chocolate. we should get hot chocolate
Aurora said there would be consequences for not coming back to do camp stuff so nate is like I gotta get smol dad back
i also saw the mods edited the post too to remove the '3', so it's not only x amount of people will go through, lol
but if you miss the portal who knows what will happen
Well, I’m glad it’s not just three then!
Typo gave us a panic attack

vander and gorgug can carry the smaller people while they run for the portal
blitzoff: they should definitely get hot chocolate
Dimitri has super strength; he will also carry
omg just a typo all along fldajiea
I'm reading this now and was like WAIT ??3????
currykirby also do you want to do a monster fighting thread? I'm also going to be a bit slow this weekend/next week but I could pop a starter up today and we can get to it when we aren't busy
oh yeah that sounds great!
currykirby i'm fine with handwaving if you guys would rather!
blitzoff: I have been wanting to do this since the mission was announced. please let the giants throw people through the portal
Ihdreniel: scott just like omg that's a dead body-- aldnaofnd
oh wow that was formatted weird
I completely missed the 3 lol
lmao it's my display name's fault
also please assume that shaw was completely unfazed by the dead body. just like "ok"
searches it for supplies and clues like it's no big thing
shaw like there's no time for this right now, we gotta find supplies!
tbh would anyone even bother to share they found a dead body. which would be hilarious bc max and gorgug (and potentially furiosa) are going to check out the guy's camp and find it ransacked
if you really think about it dead bodies are basically just loot crates
scott, shaw, and nate: /find a dead body
"why would this be related to anything"

thank u shaw
probs would be in the context of "we found a guy who was chained up and left to die in X part of the mansion, if any of our own people go missing we should make checking there a priority in case that's a regular prisoner-dump location"
Holy shit I missed the dead body thing. Damn. That’s good to know
yeah! scott would've mentioned it too
since the mods already said nah no one wants to fight alrys she's terrible, it's just them returning from their little tour

excellent
come fight a snek 'tis a free for all
prooobably not a super duper fast one since I am le tired
there and back again is a hobbit thing i didn't even
whatever, vander found people that didn't want to kill them. and he'll still throw her throw a portal at the end for the lolz
currykirby there's a starter for Scott in there, and if anyone wants to do anything let me know
i'd love to jump into the snake fight!! i won't go immediately bc i think gorgug wouldn't notice immediately and jump in but fingerguns
cryptophyta: ty!! would accelerator have told him his powers by now?
Nope
Only what he said on the network
slamming down some tag-ins
I threw Max in to help warn Sevika of the snake, but everyone else feel free to whip more ass than he can bc he's just got bullets and his own gumption
do we have an idea of a timeline with all this? only asking because they’re still expected to get back before their time is up and nate isn’t wanting to find out what the consequences are for missing their mission or the portal back to etraya
We probably need to post our short-hand summary before the 27th and backdate any necessary threads, as far as I know we’re just waiting to see if the city investigating group returns with any useful details
Are the mods giving city group a summary for that? because I think all threads are going to need to be backdated.
we're waiting on some bot questions too. but yeah, backdating isn't too much of a problem, it's just getting to the camp mission and the state of our characters
simpledog: we’re waiting on city mission to ask the mods how max and dazai’s meetup w alrys goes too right
I’ll poke around and see what’s what
it might make sense that they end up doing something around the 6th day there onwards? they have a total of 9 total to do the mission without consequences
5 or 6 works since that gives time for the first five days to be scouting and Gorgug building stuff
Then hospital and alrys probably in a day and they get back well before the 9 day limit
blitzoff: Let me see where we were at again with that. I think we got that data on the residents was purged but the madlads could craft their way down floors without the elevator. My understanding is Cait would want to call Gorgug regarding their findings and Yuri'd want to update Accelerator. Call Geek Squad.
They uh...got creative about descending but that won't be realistic for very far.
i see i see! i wasn't sure if your group had more to put
after this response - no rush if you do or don't, i was just checking replies earlier and know that it's good to ping people

it seems like we should be able to hash out a plan soon regardless!
nerd squad got a reply about the bots. i imagine they would share it, but charlie hacking one would make it go berserk and break itself bashing into the ground. and they would be able to examine the bot (or another, but gorgug can fix broken things) and realise it was trying to go down to borealis
the highlights:
- the elevator isn't working (there doesn't seem to be anything physically/mechanically wrong with it)
- there's a computer on the 4th floor, the records have been expunged but there's a communication module on it
- everything else on the lower floors is spotlessly clean
- the hospital is guarded by bots but they can be snuck past
once they do their exploring, they're gonna call tech support from the hospital basement
blitzoff cryptophyta
hello tech support

would planning for the next part be good to do on the OOC post? we seem to have a few ideas floating around, and i can try and put them in one place + include what we know into a post to see how our characters would try to proceed
i'm not sure there's anything they can do without now making moves toward the main objectives
Yeah I think the post is great so everyone can easily find/see.
planning on the ooc post sounds like a great idea
post! i think i covered the main points. lemme ping so everyone hopefully sees it:
pinged the people not currently above me ... nor the plurk owner. ok
hm as long as they can get to the elevator shaft they can just climb down and really hope the AI will turn the elevator back on once they find it...
but if the nerds can get it working that's better
oh there's an actual post lmao
Gonna take a look at this now that I'm home for the night!!!
Personally, I vote plan Dazai to try and kill her powers
Or have Dazai null the overworked telepath
Alright this looks good to me!
Added a bit to my response to detail the scouting trio did climb down as far as was safe enough to, they got pretty creative about making themselves equipment thanks to Dimitri being able to bend metal like play-dog. Yuri has been consistently about the rescue so count him in. He was the air supply last time.
Looks good, added options for getting down the elevator shaft
goodluckmodes: hey, do you want to add a comment about what you want to do with dazai? i know you're p sure on that plan, but i wanted link people to each other to discuss and give their input so everyone is on the same page there
oh sure lemme pop in. ive been afk most of the day
it's ok!! i haven't been awake long, lol. just going through all the comments now
also had a realization which i mentioned in there -- do we actually know murder would stick???
like aurora said she doesn't know if she could revive them over there but the solmarans are registered to borealis. and from my understanding alrys does a whole kill-wait for revival-kill again cycle w her enemies
oh whoops gmail didn’t refresh haha
goodluckmodes: it's good! i wasn't sure after the fact when you spoke in plurk but i thought i'd leave it anyway bc i know people don't often check their e-mails B) b
desperately funny to me that part of our serious plotting now includes a potential corpse heist
I just don’t want Alrys to be a problem in Etraya....
But the rule of funny... corpse heist...
throw her in Gorgug's bag
bang her around with the bot parts he's throwing in there
I know that alrys will stay dead because I asked back before the mission

idk if they know this ICly though
If they kill someone hard enough they don’t come back, and THAT they do know
So obviously this means we TORCH HER BODY
If you need anyone to explode or vaporize a body...
alternatively, torture her forever by planting a tree in her abdomen -furiosa probably
Actually she could suggest that IC and everyone is like girl what
And furiosa is like what! You've never suspended an enemy in eternal torture???
Totally normal way to do things 10/10
plant a tree in... girl what
oh wait they don’t come back? I assumed the comment about “too torn apart to be revived in original bodies” was similar to the hannibal party and sam
who got eaten but still came back
—oh I can read, mods already said she really will stay dead ok djanfjg
Yeah! That was something I asked before the Solmara mission, and mods basically were like yeah she will stay dead, not revive
probably because the AI has to choose to revive to some extent
borealis ain't helping her
That's kinda what I'm thinking too
Borealis is like nah fuck that one
does team kill Alrys have a plan of attack to submit to the mods? just wondering where we are there
i did make this comment
here about that, but i think it might help for the kill alyrs crew to chit chat and then submit something when they're ready!
Team Alyrs:
Hernan, Dimitri, Max, Vander, Scott, Furiosa, Dazai, Nate, Caitlyn
Team Hospital:
Yuri, Accelerator, Charlie, Sevika, Gorgug, Shaw,
I’ll just say for Nate he can stay by the portal to make sure everything’s fine if needed because he doesn’t need to physically be there to assist telepathically. I think there was talk of max being the one to do the kill shot? I’m fine with whoever killing her
by the way I forgot to reply on the post but I really liked the idea of him using his connection to etraya to ask aurora if alrys’ corpse counts as a person or luggage
Is team hospital good to move forward? We have options for them to get down the elevator, can we submit that

ok good we've only got two days left and I'm in and out today but I'll try to be available
So we're looking at the above team sneaking into the hospital while Alrys is confronted, making their way down the elevator shaft via Accelerator's ability to find Borealis
yeah, that would be the easiest since we said it might be worth stopping at the terminal. and then they can continue down depending on how that turns out
telekinetics: Would you have Nate ask his contacts(the mods) if they brought Alrys’ body through the portal if that would count as a person or as luggage?
Yes please I'm in a conference and it's starting!!!
hauntedsnowfall: hey, would it be possible to make a plurk for the hospital crew to use so we don't clog this one?

esp since you have everyone added!
blitzoff: lol I was just thinking of making one for Team Kill Alrys
great minds think alike, etc
omg i'm impressed with how well you did the arabic letters in (computer) handwriting
i'm down for hopping into a separate plurk!
i put this in the other plurk but bringing alrys back to etraya isn’t possible because she’s from solmara and can’t go through Aurora’s portal
Ihdreniel: if this is what you wish to go by then it is important I get it right
Neat how it switches the format of the reply to have it on the right side
yeah Arabic is read right to left so combining it with English confuses plurk so much :')
oh my gosh those contact sheets look amazing
These contact sheets are so cute!!!
Thank you!

They help my brain stay organized and I figured it might help some of ya’ll too.