the coup | now, with questions

[groundrules]

THE COUP

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Grab a witch, a threadbare conspiracy, a harpoon — it's time to kick an old man off his throne. Our latest event has gone up here, also subbing as a test drive meme. Anyone trialing a character can app in until 21 December without an invite.

As a reminder, apps will not be judged over 24 December-2 January.

✘ Test drive meme questions

✘ ...and regular questions!

✘ Quest sign-ups: Moretti | Vannozza | Macaluso

✘ Vote on the fate of Doxe Bonaccorso Spina.


Feel free to make your own plotting comments here & tag around!

Comments

lan wangji

[downswing]

My first-half Dec is looking a tiny bit rabid, so I'll largely be keeping Lan Wangji as support, if other folks need him. He's very long range and used to war, so the crowds won't startle him — most of his focus while out of the Palace of the Doxe will be on redirecting civilians and forcing the Palace gates to open.

He'll participate in Vannozza's hunt to take down her grandfather, and I'm happy for him to strike at your character, thinking they're an enemy, if you need that in your life. Sadly, I think he'd be better at scaling walls and entering through balconies than at... outright stealthy costume-changing infiltration. So, if anyone else would like to awkwardly climb architectural fixtures?

Once Bonaccorso advertises arson as his approach to team building, Wangji will start gently herding as many civilians as one man can out of the literal fire range. He might... not necessarily know what to do with them after, so if you've got good crowd management skills, lend this man a hand.

This is a short and sweet list, but! Happy to jump in, if you need a tank anywhere. He's very good at taking a beating. And delivering one. True versatility.

[thebrideoffire]

Dany can give him the heads up of where to send the civilians!

[downswing]

Most wonderful — he can semaphore the crowd her way, she can... deal with literally everything else after.

[thebrideoffire]

That's her specialty! Kind of.

[paperbutterflies]

Dad why are you climbing walls when you can leap up them or even fly on sword...

That said, herding civilians, using talismans to shield them, and then keep them as calm as they can get, son can help with those.

[downswing]

Because flying a sword is an open target in an unruly crowd that's playing with explosives, son, and leaping isn't as good with high smooth surfaces. Sometimes, you have to do the marshmallow thing. Don't fight it. It's in your future.

[paperbutterflies]

... it's true, is there anyone more marshmallow than Sizhui...