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[groundrules]

Hello, hello! Some admin notes and a few updates, based on recent rolls & developments, to keep everyone nicely busy!

EVENT & TEST DRIVE

Taravast's coup event will kick off on 2 December and will also serve as our test drive. Like last time, test drive participants can app without an invite over the next three weeks ( until 21 December ). As a heads up, applications won't be judged over 24 December - 2 January.

ARC II WRAP & ARC III

A series of votes on the fate of Taravast, the beacon and our ensuing Arc destination will take place over 5-12 December. As with Arc II, we'll have a four-six week 'travel' interlude to reach the setting of Arc III. The events of the journey will feed into the Arc III plotline.

THE BEAR

...will still visit before we leave Taravast.


For now...

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THE BUBBLING WAIT
■ Commoners repeatedly come to the Palace of the Doxe to beg Doxe Bonaccorso Spina's support to restore their districts from recent undead damage. They are turned away: Bonaccorso has once again taken ill, and the Taravast coffers are tight. Careful in the great outdoors — some furious petitioners throw rocks and minor fire spells at windows and into the gardens.

■ To contain the unrest, don Bonaccorso orders a tight curfew ( 06:00 to 20:00 ), bans the liberal use of sorcery or the display of weapons, and prohibits groups of more than five people.

■ Urged to action by Alina Starkov, Macaluso Spina seeks an audience with Bonaccorso on 27 November. By midday, word spreads that Macaluso has been placed under house arrest in his quarters and awaits trial for allegedly attempting to assassinate his grandfather.

■ Macaluso's household is broken up. Vannozza Spina offers the hospitality of her palace wing to her cousin's supporters for ten days while they make arrangements to depart Taravast.

■ In this period, characters assigned to Macaluso have their stipends reduced and receive unfriendly treatment at court. Guards often shove roughen them up in corridors. It's safest now to seek short-term accommodations in the rooms of Vannozza's supporters.

■ With their champion Macaluso detained, the Bessis sorceresses retreat from the Palace. Alone, the increasingly arrogant witches of Attaryl deliver the lady Vannozza for extended and highly guarded visits to don Bonaccorso's quarters. They also tally characters and question them about their backgrounds and magical abilities.

ADMIN QUESTIONS

PLOT QUESTIONS

Comments

Vannozza- Offering room

[bearshermark]

Eleven will be indisposed for a little while, so his room is free. Even if/when he does come back, he could share with Lily ;o

It's kept pretty neat for the most part, though the desk pushed against the window is a riot of loose papers on healing and a handful of reference books. Might still be a few glass shards around a display case of superfluous rich people things, but it was fixed!

More importantly, there's some potted plants on the balcony. Pls water them.

[elfuego]

Shoving Aang and Alayne if she wants in here too to keep them safe. Don't worry, someone's definitely going to remember those plants.

[bearshermark]

Yes good /popcorns

Have you told Aang about your gf zuko

[elfuego]

...

[bearshermark]

Right

[notsansa]

/over-waters from stress...

oops.

[elfuego]

fdkg it's okay maybe the avatar can fix it??

Macaluso

[notsansa]

ONE CAN HOPE. now how to inform not!big brother about this.

ALSO SINCE IDK WHERE ELSE TO STAMP IT, she's technically aligned with Macaluso but uh... at this point she'll just go where she's safe, so... Hopefully that doesn't interfere with this?

[bearshermark]

lmao oh no

[notsansa]

look she is not a gardener she was definitely not trained in that!

but yeah thank goodness for the avatar.