UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS: plotting post 2 + voting + sign-ups

[ximilian]

● ● ● APRIL PLOTTING POST: MISSION LOG 2

The time has come to reveal some of the upcoming plot developments regarding the second log. ICly, most of the events are influenced by the Search Requests. Before we get into planning, here is a quick recap of what has been discovered so far:

• Entr’i is originally from Taeum, and instigated a rebellion where she tried to assassinate the Highest One. The rebellion was crushed, and those who participated were executed, except Entr’i who escaped into Sedorum.

• Entr’i doesn’t want a war but He won't allow her to attempt an assassination.

• She is in possession of one orb, while the Highest One has one in Taeum.

• Angrial and Entr’i used to be close, and Angrial values honesty and justice.

• There is a person with the initial R in Taeum who works together with Entr’i. Some suspect they know the person’s identity.

• There are plenty of good people in Taeum, among those children.

• Entr’i has a dagger called the Soul-Cutter, and intends to use that against the Highest One.

• There is a creature called Long Cloak, who the locals believe will take souls to Purgatory, from where they will never reincarnate again.

• The war will take place in Giva.

· THE LOG

The events of the second log are heavily influenced and will follow the search requests.

In Sedorum, Entr’i calls the commanders (those in these search requests) in for a private rendezvous following their official meeting with V’rizz. During this time, she asks them to organize themselves into three groups:

The first group is the Taeum infiltration force. She tells the commanders willing to go to divide themselves into two: the first task force will go in to release those imprisoned (she seems to know about this without having been told of it), while the second task force will attempt to recover the other amulet from the Highest One. She’ll provide them with the necessary talismans in order to find the entrance to the Highest One’s throne room, along with a powerful talisman she’s created from Remi’s notes that will transport them into Giva should they need a quick escape.

The second group she tasks with bringing the people of Sedorum safely into Taeum. It’s a high-risk situation, however: she meant to hold off on bridging the two realms together until the Highest One was declared dead, but as she can utilize Remi’s notes to bring the army to Giva, she can also use the orb’s power (which she previously used to move from one plane to another) to merge the two realms. She tells this group to protect the citizens and find those in Taeum who will side with them. For this, she calls in Clara and The Doctor (11) and tells them to find others who would protect the locals to join with them.

Finally, the third group is the military force that she herself will lead into Giva. As she can’t arouse suspicion in V’rizz and Him she must be the one to go, and she takes only those most skilled in combat along with her. She gives them the following orders: to practice the shielding talismans so they will fight but not to kill; and to find and kill specific Taeum officers and high officials loyal to the Highest One, those that cannot be swayed (she provides a list of names). Entr'i's ultimate strategy (shared only with those of her inner circle who would not betray her to V'rizz) is to stall the battle for as long as they can in order for the first group to recover the amulet from the Highest One and/or assassinate him.

In Taeum, Angrial will lead their armed forces into Giva; she tells them to 'Leave Entr’i to the Highest One and I.' On the Taeum side, Orbers will be able to assist the Taeum infiltration team from Sedorum, either by joining in on the jailbreak, taking part in the second task force's mission to steal the amulet, or by helping the locals when the barrier between the realms has been broken and the Sedora are led to Taeum.

Meanwhile, H’yawal has enlisted Dr McCoy to protect the innocents in Taeum — something that will be necessary, as something unexpected and dangerous will happen once the realms merge ...

Finally, in Giva, the battle between the two realms begins, and Orbers are needed on both sides to mitigate the damage. In the living world, dead souls have wings, something that symbolizes their right to reincarnate. As such, those entering Giva will notice this new development.

· THE OOC SIGNUPS

As there is a lot to do, here is a quick run-down of things your character can or can’t do:

• A character can only participate in either the jailbreak or the amulet stealing team but not both.

• A character can either go to Giva to fight or stay to help the locals but not both.

• Those involved in the jailbreak or the amulet stealing can go on to Giva or stay in Taeum and help.

We ask everyone to inform us which group their character will be a part of. This will ICly affect the conclusion. The vote will be HERE, and it will open at the same time that the log goes live.

Furthermore, there will be specific sign-ups for this log:

• First, we ask those who want to participate in the second task force to sneak in to the Highest One’s throne room to sign up HERE. The sneak-in will be done as a search request-type thread, and will be limited to six (6) characters. In the case that we receive more sign-ups than this, we will RNG the participants.

• Second, we ask that those involved in the jailbreak reiterate and confirm your involvement via checking in HERE. We will RNG one (1) NPC-thread among these participants.

• Third, there will be two (2) NPC thread slots regarding the orbs: one with Entr’i, and one with Angrial. We would like to ask everyone to submit their suggestions for how they would convince the two to give up the amulets HERE. We will RNG from the threads of those who voted. The vote will go as usual: submit an idea or +1 to an already existing idea. Both of these options will place you in the RNG. If you’d like to vote but not be counted in the RNG, please clarify this within your voting comment.

· plotting form

Please use this post to plot for what you want to do in the second log.

You may use this form to post your plotting comments:

<b>Name:</b> your name <b>Contact:</b> do you use plurk or discord to plot/discuss rp? share those here! <b>Character:</b> your character <b>General plans:</b> what is your character planning on doing? <b>Info sharing:</b> something your character has found out that wasn't in the recap?

Comments

[bindsthedead]

After the search request concludes, Sabriel will remain in Taeum, healing the injured and helping people get to safety.

Once things start falling apart (literally), she'll be using her magic to try to stabilize as much of Taeum as she can, and try to make sure people get to safe ground.