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MISSION [ brass devil ] + plotting post
Braccia is a bustling, prosperous city full of clubs, socialites, gallery showings where the paintings come alive — and of course, one mustn’t forget the extravagant parties where everyone who's anyone is expected to attend.
However, it has its darker underside: the city is actually ruled by gangster families, and one major business is gambling: on all kinds of things, but not least the fighting ring where mages and mercenaries of different talents face off against one another or team up against creatures brought in from all over the planet.
The city is divided between three gangster families: the Lionetta, the Featherstone and the Ti’shaaz. Each family rules their part of the city, and for decades, there’s been relative peace between them — but recently, there have been altercations between the families as the Lionetta are expanding their influence, and an outright war between them seems to loom in the future.
The team’s objective is to get the orb. Viveca has been able to trace the signal to the Lionetta’s main headquarters, so in order to get the orb the team has to break into the headquarters and steal the orb they are using to expand their power over the city. To facilitate this task, Viveca has assigned the team members into different families and told them to make up their background stories as people new in the city seeking work, so that upon arriving in Braccia they will be able to blend in as members of the families.
THE LIONETTA
The oldest of the mafia families in the city, but also the one most shrouded in mystery. The family controls all the liquor trade, and the speakeasies in the city are under their wing — but the most important currency that the Lionetta deals in is information. Nothing happens in Braccia without them knowing, and whatever it is you need to know, the Lionetta will find it out... at the right price. In recent years, however, they have started to expand their influence to fields traditionally belonging to the other two Families, and there are whispers that politicians in cities around Braccia are in their pocket as well. The leader of the family is always referred to as “the Devil”, and their identity is kept under wraps and only revealed to those closest to the leader. To enforce this, the family has two headquarters: one for the lower-ranking members of the family, and one for the top agents.Greeting the new members of the family is Olexa Aster Lionetta. With a large fur shawl draped across her shoulders and a deep crimson floor-length gown to match, she seems more ready for a party than she is for any manner of business dealings. But don’t be fooled by the easy-going smile painted on her red, red lips. She takes her job as a high-ranking family member very seriously and has very little tolerance for shenanigans. Like all members of the Lionetta family, loyalty and honesty are the touchstones of their legacy, and Olexa has something of a gift for sniffing out the possible outliers.
MEMBERS: Cagalli Yula Athha, Clara Oswald, Clarke Griffin, The Doctor (11), The Doctor (12), Dusty Fields, Eddie Kaspbrak, Ellie, Erik Stevens, Goro Majima, Hermann Gottlieb, Jiang Yanli, Natasha Romanoff, Newton Geiszler, Peter Parker, Ratchet, Richie Tozier, Rosinante Donquixote, Shuri, Takeshi Kovacs, Wen Qing.
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THE FEATHERSTONES
The Featherstones moved to Braccia a few decades ago, and since then have taken firm control of the arms dealing market as well as the east side of the city. Nothing goes on without their knowledge, and the Featherstone men with their grey suits and barely-concealed weapons are a common sight on the streets. On the side of gambling, the Featherstones rely on hard-won strength and skill in weaponry. Their leader, Brom Featherstone, is rumored to be able to squeeze liquid out of solid rock, and those in his service are both fiercely loyal and afraid of their boss.The one to receive the new recruits is Bianca Mitchell. She is a woman who commands respect and has very little tolerance for insubordination. An ear to the ground and fingers in many pies, Bianca knows more and sees more than she may ever let on. She is curt and concise and appreciates those who are of the same mind. Though loyalty is highly valued in the Featherstone family, it is Bianca who monitors it within the ranks. Speak out of turn about the family and, well, sometimes people disappear with no real explanation. Her trust is hard-earned and she’ll be watching the new recruits with a sharp eye.
MEMBERS: Andromache, Athrun Zala, Harley Quinn, James "Bucky" Barnes, James T. Kirk, Kaidan Alenko, Keith, Lan Wangji, Lan Xichen, Peter Quill, Raleigh Becket, Renfri, River Song, Sam Wilson, Shen Qingqiu, Shinjiro Aragaki, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Wheatley, Yelena Belova, Zhao Tianyou.
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THE TI'SHAAZ COLLECTIVE
Named after its founder, the group consists entirely of members with magic. On the city’s west side, there is illegal trade of anything and everything magical, and nothing changes hands without the express knowledge and permission of the Ti’shaaz. Their trade is magic, pure and simple, and they are constantly looking for new people with skills that enhance their power… or who will make them good money in the fighting rings. The Ti’shaaz is led by An’alya, a former court mage in the planet’s capital, around whose exile from the capital there are as many stories as there are tellers.The one to examine every new member who joins is Finch. He’s a happy-go-lucky sort with his head always up and mind always open. Magic runs deeply in his veins, and though he’s never quite truthful with just how much he actually knows, it’s clear he’s very powerful just from the aura that surrounds him. Knowledge is indeed power and Finch is always excited to learn. New recruits will have their magical capabilities assessed by him personally, and will be given jobs that he foresees will suit them best.
MEMBERS: Aleksander Morozova, Alina Starkov, Daisy Johnson, Edward Elric, Eleven, Eliot Waugh, Finn, Katsuki Bakugo, Koichi Aizawa, Luo Binghe, Percy de Rolo, Quentin Coldwater, Rhysand, Sabriel, Sans, Soldier Blue, Syrlya, Wei Wuxian, Yzak Jule, Zelda Spellman, Zhongli.
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CHERI
Aside from having to have knowledge about the families, the team needs to know about one more key player: Cheri, the owner of several independent clubs and the most popular gambling den, Cherry On Top. Cheri is very vocal about her clubs staying outside the influence of the families, a free zone for everyone to mingle without conflict. She is also known for her yearly birthday gala — something that is taking place a couple of weeks after the team’s arrival.
Braccia is a city where the old meets the new; skyscrapers rise towards the clouds while speeders and spaceships zoom past the round glass windows of an old library, and hover-trains take people from one dusty club or gambling den to the next. In the city, there is little that can't be found: hyper-modern tech shops live side by side with shops that sell wooden artifacts or furniture at prices that make you dizzy, or shops that seem small but open into large, magically-made halls full of amulets that sync with all your devices and holographic scrolls stuffed full of spells.
The Lionetta’s lower headquarters is best characterised as opulent: waxed wooden floors, heavy mahogany furniture that speaks of a long heritage and wealth on a planet where anything made of organic materials is rarer than gold; armchairs and sofas made of leather, and intricately-patterned, plush rugs.
The Featherstone headquarters is a large mansion, where everything dwarfs you in grandiosity: glimmering crystal chandeliers the size of a bear, dark, polished hallways and rooms, with not one detail out of place.
The Ti’shaaz headquarters is what one might expect from a place for gangsters with magic: just as grandiose as the two others, but with a twist. There are large rooms a hundred feet tall where all furniture floats in the air, a library where you call the name of a book and it flies to you, hallways lit by fires that seem to burn nothing.
This mission spans two months: September and October. Characters will return to the station once the mission is complete, around mid-October.
The team’s main objective is to find and retrieve the orb from the Lionetta family. To do that, they have to blend in, find information about the main headquarters and organise a heist. The first log will contain prompts for arrival in different families, the team's time undercover around the city, and Cheri’s gala.
The focus of this mission is cooperation and espionage: in the first log, characters will have to act as though they really belong to the family they’ve been assigned to, as well as find information and useful items / ways to facilitate the heist. To do this, there will be four NPC thread slots, and every character has one search request to use on any of the prompts in the first log. Multiple characters can also combine their search request and form a mini-team to be able to search areas that one character would not be able to.
If you want to sign your character up for a thread with an NPC, please respond here by September 8, 6PM GMT. You can sign up to talk to your family’s NPC or Cheri, or both. The characters will be chosen by rng.
The characters chosen will be required to make a game-wide IC planning post for the heist towards the latter half of September. In it, you will have a chance to divide roles for the heist and plan what your characters will do. In late September, an OOC post will be made where you can submit your character’s role in the heist and your ideas will be worked into the heist log in October. In that log, there will also be a chance for two characters to actually be the ones to get to the orb.
The sign-ups for getting the orb will be done as part of the OOC post for log 2. Note that if you get chosen for an NPC thread in log 1, you cannot be chosen for the second one.
The personal goals and family groups have been assigned, and can be found here. If you have any questions about your goal, please ask us here. In the same comment, there are instructions for what to do if you are unhappy with the goal your character has received.
Please use this post to plot for the mission and make your own plotting comments. You can use the form below:
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