MISSION ghost girl: vote

[ximilian]

● ● ● GHOST GIRL MISSION: VOTE FOR THE SECOND LOG

Hello orbers!

The time has come to vote for what is going to happen in the second log. Note that this is an IC vote — so whatever you vote for has to be what your character would ICly want to do.

Before we get into the vote, here’s a quick recap of what has been found out so far:

• The monsters have been found to be infected citizens from the plague six months ago.

• The Ghost Girl is a former citizen of the outer district called So-Yeon who has stolen an object called The Golden Eye from the palace and is using its powers to help the infected.

• According to So-Yeon, the rulers used the Golden Eye out of greed and caused the plague as a result.

• The Lord has traveling clothes and false identity papers tucked away, while the Lady has hidden unsent letters of condolences to the families, offering them any compensation they want.

• The orbers have a resistance to the infection and will not mutate as quickly as the locals, and Finn’s Golden-Eye-boosted blood has been able to reverse the infection temporarily, and spells against magical corruption help as well. Neither is a long-term solution, but it shows that a cure is possible.

We have divided the vote into two categories: the vote itself, and character actions. There are two questions under both categories, and in each of these, everyone gets one vote to +1 one suggestion of their choice.

For the vote, this is what your character has to choose:

1   How to get the orb

2   What to do with the Lord and Lady

For the character actions, we are asking what your characters are going to do about:

3   Finding a cure for the infected

4   Helping to get the team’s infected members to Yuryeong

We have provided you with some ready-made options, but everyone can also make their own suggestions. This means that if your character wouldn’t choose anything that has already been suggested, you can simply write what your character would do.

When you make your suggestions, please make sure that no one else has already suggested roughly the same thing. If this happens, you can +1 that suggestion and then add your own details. You can see an example of that here.

The vote is open until July 25, 6PM GMT, after which the mods will count the votes and announce the results in a plotting post for the second log. You only have one vote per question, but if you end up wanting to vote for something else or edit your vote, you can do so until the voting closes.

Note that the vote doesn’t mean that only one option will be chosen — depending on how the votes are divided, the second log may feature elements of a couple of the highest-voted options. The mods may also ask follow-up questions for some courses of action after the voting closes.

And finally, remember that the events in the second log and the conclusion of this mission depend entirely on what you suggest and how you vote! So if you suggest something, be prepared to actually have your character do that in the second log. :) The second log (going live on August 1) will have chances for you to play out your suggestions / ideas, while the conclusion of the mission (posted on August 14) will reveal just how everything ends before the team returns to the station.

Happy voting!

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questions

[ximilian]

Do you have a question about how the voting works, or anything else? Leave them here!

1) HOW TO GET THE ORB

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a. Steal the orb from the Ghost Girl.

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b. Kill the Ghost Girl and take the orb.

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c. Make a bargain with the Ghost Girl in exchange for the orb.

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d. Suggest your own in this thread.

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2) HOW TO DEAL WITH THE RULERS

[ximilian]

a. Kill the rulers.

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b. Capture the rulers and submit them to a trial.

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c. Stay on the rulers' good side and do nothing about them.

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d. Suggest your own in this thread.

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3) FINDING A CURE

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If your character is attempting to find a cure, you can respond here with an idea of what your character is doing. Others can then +1 that and join your effort and help, or they can make their own suggestions for others to +1.

[bindsthedead]

Sabriel is working on using her magic to try to find a cure. So far, she's learned that spells against magical corruption work, so she's trying to recruit other mages/see if she can baptise and train new ones to see if they can get a greater effect by having multiple people combine their powers. (Particularly if they can get to the orb.)

[hikae]

Majima's not the man of science, but he sneaks out of infirmary to provide live tissue samples. All ready to get poked, stabbed and etc, for the bargain of maybe the cure happening.

[groupiedrifter]

Newton's been working his little tuckus off trying to find this cure; so far, he's gotten blood samples from Finn and is working alongside Sabriel (and any other magic users!!!) to try and make a combination that works as a fully functioning cure...! He is also desperately wanting to talk to the ghost chick, but is leaving that up to people who can reach her a little better. He'll be collecting samples of infected tissue from Majima as well to run some tests on.

4) HOW TO GET TO YURYEONG

[ximilian]

Here you should consider the following:
a. Is your character infected or not, and are they going to Yuryeong or staying in the palace?
b. How are you going to get the infected characters out of the infirmary and into safety?

You can answer below with what your character is doing, and again others doing the same can +1 that comment.

Syrlya | Not Infected/Going to Yuryeong

[chronosynthesis]

Probably going to Yuryeong.

Currently: Syrlya as of Finn + San's post is doing recon through the halls to find the infirmary door, and the closest escape tunnels the servants use. Because Syr has invisibility spells he's largely using that to stalk around, and ideally get a path mapped out for everyone to use to run for it. He has, thanks to a woodcutter, been into the woods to the shrine so he has an idea how to cut through the city as well.

This, of course, is something he'll want/need to coordinate with anyone else reconing and anyone infected.

As for the actual breakout: Syr can stealth multiple people but no more than a handful, so the amount of infected are beyond his abilities. He does have the ability to make portals people can go through, but requires him to make it from point A to point B first so it's not the most reliable when they're all trying to run like the dickens. If using the portal to bridge any of the escape route he'd need to coordinate in advance with anyone actually busting the crew out. He doesn't have explosives, exactly, so if there's other characters better equipped to take down the door itself he can be on escape lookout.

He also has some magic that allowed less harmful crowd control to slow down pursuing guards without permanently crippling or killing them, since that will probably be a thing.

Obviously this means he's going to Yuryeong because he's probably not at all welcome in the palace after helping break out the infected ahaHA.

INFECTED / going to Yuryeong

[hikae]

a Majima is infected and b. - going to Yuryeong. He sneaks out of the infirmary, with help of a certain guard, to provide live samples for the science team testing/working on the cure. He would head towards Yuryeong afterward, answering So-Yeon's call.

Not Infected / Will probably stay

[bossily]

Clara's not infected but she wants to go. Badly. She has zero powers to work with on helping bust out the infected, but she's got a lot of anger and spite toward the rulers that will inspire her to do whatever's necessary to get them free. For her, that means being part of the distraction to get the infected out. She'll have to do it in a roundabout and sneaky way, because

she also (reluctantly) wants to be part of sticking around the palace to continue trying to charm/manipulate/talk with them to get the deets to share with everyone that's in Yuryeong.

not infected, staying

[callada]

Seems like plenty already want to go to Yuryeong and have the abilities to do so effectively without needing his help. Rosinante will opt to stay in order to keep an eye on things while the others are away, in case the situation devolves in the meantime between the royalty and the uninfected townspeople who've been left to their own devices. After this recent attack and everything he's just aiming to help keep things stable until there's a cure or some sort of resolution.

Also if they end up needed to round up the royals for a trial, he'll be right there to hold onto them.

Kirigan / Infected

[cruelyethuman]

a He is infected and he's going to Yuryeong. To get the orb or because his dream compels him to. And also because he is a danger to people in his current state, and everyone else might be out to kill him because he looks like a monster now. To protect himself, he will leave and he will want the orb from Ghost Girl if he finds out that she has it.

b He still has the ability to summon shadows. He will get out like this. Slaying 8 soldiers at once with the Cut. He can get through one door.

Small Cut:

Infected / Going to Yuryeong

[winscenario]

a) Jim is infected, and he will be going to Yuryeong.

b) From inside the infirmary, Jim has been watching the guards for their rotations, how many of them there are and how armed they are. He's also studying various escape routes and how complex the locks might be, so that they might be able to unlock them from within. His objective is to find a way out causing as little violence as possible; if it comes down to a fight, he will definitely try to protect any of the locals who aren't armed or fighting, so basically anyone who might be there just to tend to them (servants, healers, nurses, etc.)

EDIT: As per Newton's idea, he'll suggest to the other infected that they team up and work together to knock out the guards and tie them up or w/e and then break out from within.

Not Infection | Erik Stevens

[scarcastically]

a) Erik is Not Infected and going to Yuryeong
b) He's going to be utilizing his golden jaguar suit which allows him a suitable amount of shielding from weapons and lets him use concussive blasts. Which makes him an excellent shield for locals/the team going through and will probably just help ferry people from Point A to Point B with minimal casualties. So if anyone needs a bodyguard, he'll play the part.

Not really his style, but it's the smart option.

Newton Geiszler | Not Infected/Going to Yuryeong

[groupiedrifter]

Newton is not infected, but will be going to Yuryeong with intention to continue his work into trying to find that cure, especially with Hermann and Clara shooing him along, and even more especially after after this thread, 'cus he'd rather not get bodyslammed to death by protective spooky brother by failing!!!! He'll be taking a bag that has his samples and microscope, trying to leave as little behind as possible for them to find in his room. Viva la monster revolution.

He feels relatively useless in helping get people out, so he'll leave that to the more battle-ready folks...!

Yzak Jule | Not Infected | Staying at Palace

[coordination]

Yzak will leave the trip to Yuryeong to those who are infected and working on a cure!

And since we've got people working on getting the infected out and focusing on that area, Yzak is going to continue to use his sneaky boi mode to keep tabs around the throne area because once the knowledge starts to spread about the infected getting out and things starts to escalate, he wants to see what the royals do, especially since the Lord seems ready to get out of dodge and he doesn't want THAT to happen before this gets settled.