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ROAD TO ANKATA: VOTING POST
● ● ● ROAD TO ANKATA: IC VOTING POST
The time has come for the team to decide how they wish to proceed through the conclusion of the mission. Before we get into planning, here is a quick recap of what has been discovered and shared:
• The legendary Cubit dubbed Ankhaos by Professor Cress is likely located somewhere around Tarrytown, believed to be much larger than any other known Cubit and surrounded by spectral star-like energy.
• A note in Koga Birch's apartment appears to indicate a connection between a fallen shooting star in Doubleleaf Glen and Yasuo Fern and his Bulbkip, Bubbles.
• The "RMC" in the note is most likely referring to R.M. Chamise, who appears to be Team Torpedo's lead scientist, who is studying and experimenting on rare and unique Cubits.
• One of such Cubits is kept locked away in a Cubitile and guarded separately. Whatever is in there doesn't seem to be from Ankata, and misses their home, family, and friends.
• Team Torpedo appear to be after Bubbles specifically. At least a dozen members and their Cubits, Koga Birch himself, and a massive, never-before-seen Cubit (currently being controlled by R.M. Chamise) are all chasing Bubbles down. Yasuo is also running after him.
• A note in Koga Birch's apartment appears to indicate a connection between a fallen shooting star in Doubleleaf Glen and Yasuo Fern and his Bulbkip, Bubbles.
• The "RMC" in the note is most likely referring to R.M. Chamise, who appears to be Team Torpedo's lead scientist, who is studying and experimenting on rare and unique Cubits.
• One of such Cubits is kept locked away in a Cubitile and guarded separately. Whatever is in there doesn't seem to be from Ankata, and misses their home, family, and friends.
• Team Torpedo appear to be after Bubbles specifically. At least a dozen members and their Cubits, Koga Birch himself, and a massive, never-before-seen Cubit (currently being controlled by R.M. Chamise) are all chasing Bubbles down. Yasuo is also running after him.
The team needs to vote on the two things, and each character gets one vote to either suggest a solution or +1 one suggestion of their choice.
For the vote, your character has to decide on:
1 What to do about the orb
2 What to do about Team Torpedo
Please write your suggestions as comments under the right heading, or +1 other characters' suggestions by responding to their comment. Remember you can only make suggestions on what your character is doing; if your comment includes the actions of other characters, they must confirm their participation with a comment. The more detail you can offer, the better.
If your character would ICly add something to a suggestion (offer magic, stealth, protection over someone or something, etc.) please detail this in your comment as well as it will help colour the conclusion.
The vote is open until July 30, 6PM GMT, after which the mods will count the votes and write the conclusion based on your characters' actions. 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 it goes, the conclusion may feature elements from the highest-voted options. The mods may also ask follow-up questions for some courses of action.
And finally, the conclusion will go up on August 1, when characters will return to the station.
Happy voting!
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VOTING CATEGORIES
1: THE ORB
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This will probably require revealing at least some of the truth to Yasuo, though how much or how little of that gets conveyed is something Ryunosuke's open to suggestions on. Maybe something along the lines of (this is not verbatim, mind you): my friends and 'I are actually not from Ankata, we're here in the region trying to contain this dangerous wish granting artifact and we suspect Bubbles may have made a deal with it to help you and your team become champion. We need your help convincing him to give up his wish so that we can contain the artifact and keep it from getting into Team Torpedo's hands.' If they have to, he'd want to appeal to Yasuo's sense of sportsmanship and his love for his Cubits to convince him that using the wish to win is just a short cut, and he thinks it's possible for them to be champion material without it.
Since he and his gym partners are already joining the chase atop Kazuma's Gaslord, he'll suggest that the four of them try to catch up with Yasuo and offer him a ride to Doubleleaf if he needs it. They can explain the whole situation on the way.
+1
Violet the Slowysaur's Vine Whips will be steadying the group during the chase and/or pulling Yasuo up if they're in a rush, while Aster the Kabumie and Clover the Celebird will be following along in the air, running interference to deter any Torpedo members who are in their way.
Aster will be using Agility and Barrier as distractions/shields. Clover will be using Grass Whistle to put as many Team Torpedo Cubits and trainers to sleep as he can, but if that doesn't work, he'll shower any attackers with Magical Leaf to put some distance between them and the Gaslord crew.
+1 and some help to get yasuo and bubbles united sooner, maybe!
But also: coming in from the OPPOSITE side of Bubbles (aka the direct Bubbles is running to), is Newt in Doubleleaf Glen, who will do his best to slow Bubbles down. He will try to tell the little guy that they're here to help him and Yasuo, that they need to stop and wait for his trainer. But he will also try to prevent the Cubit from going any further so that Yasuo can reach him in time!
If it sounds good to his team, his CORTOUGA will be using its dig and/or rock slide to slow the Cubit down by blocking his path long enough to help Yasuo gain some ground. Newt will not make any kind of effort to harm the Cubit, though, even through battling. Also, Newt will probably be riding that Cortouga.
It's a very big Cortouga. BFFSKIES.
+1 for this and the first thing!
So to that, Yzak will communicate with Ryu and co via the earpieces to suggest a plan to get Yasuo somewhere a little more secluded in Doubleleaf Glen, under some rocky/cliffy formations just out of sight so they can buy a few minutes. You guys are skilled, you can TOTALLY find a place and be stealthy about it, right?
Yzak's Luxtini, Raiju, can try to take advantage of Newton's Cortouga's actions to try and slow Bubbles down and get close enough to the Bulbkip to use his Teleport ability to bring him to that secluded place so his trainer can speak to it about the "artifact."
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Invisibility: When worn, will turn the use invisible for 30 minutes. Does not hide heat signature, spiritual energy, or any other sixth sense
Lock picking: Can crack physical locks. One time use.
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And since Phoenix is in Beacon's Hill he'll quickly be joining the chase best he can. At least you lot aren't difficult to see, lmao.
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On the offensive front, if any of Team Torpedo is getting too close, Hector the Volreep will be using Thunder and Thunder Wave to both deal damage but also attempt to stun them and slow them down. The pair will also want to stay on alert while Yasuo and Bubbles reunite, to discreetly keep guard in the same way since the two need time to reconnect. Can't have the touching moment interrupted!
(Someone please scoop them up like a sack of potatoes to help the chase or they're going to have to be running the entire way.)
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2: TEAM TORPEDO
Leave your suggestion here for how the crew plans to deal with Team Torpedo.
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pokemonCUBIT BATTLES. Holding Team Torpedo back long enough to allow for other members of the team (who are better at it than her) to reason with/help Bulbkip and Yasuo is her only real idea of a plan. All three of her Cubits will be out and ready to fight! They're not a fan of bullies, either.Her other recommendation: If anyone can alert the gym leaders and help get them here quickly if they want to help with this current crisis, that might be good, too...! She has a jetpack, so she can zip around pretty fast, so she's good if we don't have the manpower or the gym leaders can't get there as quickly with the cubits they have on hand. But she's primarily gonna focus on defense, if others are...!
Of course, if people have way better plans than her in this department, she is down to totally scrap for a better solution, so view this vote tentatively.
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jockbattle-attuned Cubits to any orbers holding off Team Torpedo.Seaquaza and Charbra have some dramatic moves, dearly love to Throw The Hell Down, and will readily cooperate with any trainers who need some extra firepower. Who knows, maybe the extra practice will get them closer to the championship match next season.
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While he hasn't really done any battling and he's a little unsure about it, he's totally down for the buying the others time idea and would help out. He has a Celebird and a Primerai to bring to the battle.
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With the help of Yujin's Charbra (sadly unnamed, we're going to change that) and her own Charbra Homura, as well as subtly tapping into her wind abilities, she will be attempting to cut off any mooks' advances via a literal wall of fire. Her Lumask Chika will also be on standby to throw anyone who tries to advance
because of course she taught her cubit that.no subject
So...who's guarding the castle?
Anyway McCoy's thinking that some of those orbers still scattered across Ankata & not within easy distance of Doubleleaf Glen could instead regroup and do a bit of damage to TT's laboratory horror show.
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He also found several objects while digging on the beach and I'd be happy to brainstorm ways we could use them at the lab. They are:
Item 1: should any of Joric's Cubits have this on them during a battle, he'll find their speed and durability has increased significantly.
Item 2: whomever carries this (be they person or Cubit) will feel stress-free and relaxed for an hour. (Might come in handy with a panicking Cubit?)
Item 3: setting this item next to another object of similar or smaller size will turn said object invisible for one hour. (This one sounds really powerful and I hope we can find a use for it.)
Anyway, whether they find any Cubits left behind or not, Joric would be up for destroying equipment and what have you too!
+1 as well as hacking
If the code at the lab still needs to be unlocked, Daisy is an expert hacker and would likely be able to figure out the code in order to unlock it.
+1 Chimera Crew (plus a few additional thoughts)
There are loads of Cubits trapped in the lab, suffering inhumane conditions. As part of the wrecking, Jake will absolutely want to prioritize freeing them. Perhaps by sending them through the same portal Dr. Strange creates to get them there, if anyone wants to volunteer taking care of that process from both sides of the portal!
Once inside the lab, there are two doors:
Door 1: Likely entry to the rest of the facility, though Jake doesn't know for sure. There is a keypad that can unlock the door by inputting some combination of the numbers 3, 8, 7, 9. Any tech types who know how to crack a code quickly? Jake tried brute forcing it and it did Not work). Three incorrect attempts will lock the keypad for an hour, so they gotta think it through!
Door 2: This is the door that leads to the two guards protecting the Cubitle in stasis. As long as they're going full Greenpeace, Jake very much wants to free that one too. It's not beyond the realm of possibility that these guards will still be at their posts, and will probably need to be dealt with. The chaos of destroying the lab and freeing a bunch of Cubits might be enough to drive them out to check on the ruckus, so a few fighting types on the team would probably be good. Remember, these guys have guns!
Speaking of fighting types, if anyone wants to pretend to be a Cubit Chimera and go ham with their special powers as they wreck the lab, Jake is quite invested in delivering some promised payback okay
+1 to Door 1
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For those Cubits in need of more care, he may advocate for moving them through and calling in local medical center peeps.
Where did this sudden batch of injured Cubits come from? It's a mystery...no subject
He remembers Ciraiwei, okay!!
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+1 for Door 2
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He'll also stick around once the cubits are freed to offer full magic cubit chimera style support for additional aspects of the plan. It's looking like fighting is covered so unless he happens to run into Team Torpedo members accidentally he'll lean into the property damage side of things, with an especial focus on weaponry, other tools of the cubit-thieving trade and then joining in with the folks wrecking nasty lab stuff if aforementioned stuff isn't already plenty wrecked. Time to bust things with magic.
+1 (distraction & door puzzles)
She isn't a hacker, but she's fairly smart with studying patterns and puzzles that she could also work with Chishiya at working out probabilities with the door lock combinations to try figuring it out without getting locked out.
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she supports freeing the cubits and also lab vandalism. she can probably help carry some cubits out/to wherever they're getting rescued too if need be.
she just loves animals, ok. and the satisfaction of smashing glass with her axe.
+1 to helping evacuate cubits, possible fighting???
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he can help tinker with the door if needed but ultimately, he'd focus on trying to get the cubits out. if that means calming them down with the force? well, he needs some practice for that after!
maybe he'll pretend to be a cubit chimera for a bit too and, uh, wreck some shit by crushing it with the force along the way too. ye.
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he's got a fighting type cubit, a shellchan, that he can give an amulet he won from the tournament that protects the wearer from two rounds of damage. so he'll focus on having that guy on protection duty!
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invisibility: When worn, will turn the user invisible for 30 minutes. Does not hide heat signature, spiritual energy, or any other sixth sense. (for anyone who wants one)
lock picking: Can crack physical locks. One time use. (for anyone who wants one)
extinguish all light: Turns all lights off. (for anyone who wants one)
He will also be able to snag or tussle with a random team torpedo member and get a hair from them to use Disguise (When worn, this talisman changes the features of a user into those of a specific person. This requires the blood or hair of the intended target and lasts for 30 minutes) and use this to help get them in.
Lastly, he will be using the ability to speak with ghost types to both recruit ghost cubits willing to go in and help them break other cubits out, and to inform the (ghost type) cubits they're breaking out of what they're doing and solicit their help
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And then, instead of fighting the legendary cubit, talk to it. Sabriel can understand ghost types, so she'd be happy to let her cubits act as translators so the crew can talk down what is probably a frightened, lonely alien who just wants to go home, avoiding an unnecessary fight. (And maybe try to heal any damage Chamise inflicted with magic).
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so he's going to try and forcechoke chamise midair.