arc iv: serthica

[groundrules]

Hello, hello! Get your goggles on and take a gaze upon Arc IV: Serthica, which kicks off ICly through our 13 August arrival event.

■ The LOCATIONS page now includes the Arc setup and site descriptions for Serthica citadel halves Eidris and Minaras, along with Neutral Zones and the Mouse House underworld.

! Necromancers and the spiritually sensitive cannot sense any spirits or dead things in Serthica, even from fresh corpses.

■ Check out TEAM & LOCATION ASSIGNMENTS. To confirm: characters can still cross over into the ‘opposing’ citadel half or meet on neutral ground — just be discreet.

■ You’ll spot characters have also been assigned false identities and roles in Serthica. They inherit them alongside forged identification papers and are publicly expected to uphold them. No worry: they can be very terrible at their jobs. The roles give characters a personalised local advantage and easier access to certain locations or citizens for information gathering. If there is anything about your character's role you are OOCly uncomfortable playing out, get in touch and we can chat about re-assignment.

■ The Arc IV NPC inbox is now live. You can hit up an available NPC at any point over the Arc’s duration. A grateful Quicksilver Sam has been accepted into the fold, courtesy of our latest vote and/or bleeding hearts.

You’ll get full details of the upcoming three-week event in the 13 August log write-up, but a loose sketch of what to expect:

■ Joyful arrival in Serthica, just in time for yet another Eidris-Minaras commemorative peace summit in the Neutral Zone. The Mouse House team will meet their colleagues there.

Note: no weapons or magical artefacts are allowed in the Neutral Zone. Those who don’t surrender their weapons cannot attend the summit — this is sadly non-negotiable with the locals. If your character can't compromise, they can head to their citadel half.

■ An inevitable assassination attempt against the Minaras officials assembled at the summit. That includes any Minaras PC character representatives.

■ Characters settling into their assigned roles and citadel halves — some barracks and minimal accommodations will be available, but best if they group up fir their own living arrangements ( 2-4 characters per unit).

■ Eidris: a dragon clutch is born, to simultaneous local horror and celebration. No animal or dragon death!

■ Minaras: civic indoctrination sessions, droid acquaintances and close surveillance.

■ ...probably tech errors and/or typos, the log does goes up on the 13th.

If you want to plot & plan, fill out...

<b><small>PLAYER</small>:</b> <b><small>PREFERRED CONTACT</small>:</b> <b><small>CHARACTER & CANON</small>:</b> <b><small>THEIR SERTHICA LOCATION ASSIGNMENT</small>:</b> <b><small>THEIR ROLE IN SERTHICA</small>:</b> <b><small>LIVING/PAIRING ARRANGEMENTS</small>?</b> <b><small>WILL THEY HAVE A DRAGON/DROID? DESCRIBE THEM</small>:</b> <b><small>ANY LOOSE PLANS</small>:</b>


QUESTIONS

Comments

[cairhien]

gosh sir
with her wits

[cairhien]

always
he could even come visit her at her job maybe

[cairhien]

she is also someone that does not sleep much so he's in luck!!
and she's very patient

[cairhien]

its okay she wont have the same qualms about where the money comes from
fund the children!!!

[cairhien]

yeah she vague mentioned it to spock and he was very spock about it
time to work on secret projects!!!

[cairhien]

gal pals helping the kids!!!

[weifinder]

If they bond with their riders, sometimes you just wanna match, excellent--or be impressive in your own right. For some reason. Thank you!

[weifinder]

Seeing if any unattached to any body resentful energies respond, not to do anything either way. More like doing an automatic system health check when this is a very bizarre situation to walk into, especially with how this world has been to him over the last year and about a half. Wouldn't matter for bodied dead, should they be around, just unattached energies from people who died and weren't ready to move on etc.

[weifinder]

Oh good, finally a place to park him! Are there any in the Neutral zone, or would it be on Wifi's assigned city half?

[sansdoute]

So, the better centres are in Minaras, where Anduin's based, if you're still sharing custody!

[groundrules]

So, if you are just feeling for spirits — casting the net, doing a radar health check, so on — you wouldn't feel any, none would respond.

It's a different can of worms if he tries to force any to answer them or bend them under his will, but we'll tackle that if/when, since that will have to be scenario-specific.

[matermali]

Might be too jealous that his hair is longer than hers!

It should be easy to have them bump into each other with his job, though. She will definitely be needing rides! Just...explain to her why she should trust a sword to drive, haha.

[matermali]

She is a 'proper' lady at least in public, but definitely no royal. She'll be impressed with the decorum in which he proverbially flips people the bird.

I will absolutely be having her poke wherever there might be books, so that could be an easy run-in.

[matermali]

Vanessa's terrible about opening up when new people, so naturally being around him whenever they're both at the house at least, will help progress that. Especially if they have breakfast together sometimes! I absolutely want to thread a dessert breakfast.

...and then they get interrupted by all those dudes calling on her for three hours. Run Finn, save yourself...leave her to die of boredom.

[matermali]

It's true, he probably won't need any of hers. ...Opinions OR handkerchiefs. But she will still offer them.

I really want her to see his little borkbork droid, though.

[matermali]

You don't want her to start making jokes. That means it's the beginning of the end.

[matermali]

also I am SCREAMING at Yuki's last tag to Vanessa

no idea the can of worms he just tried to open. Anything but THAT, Yuki... oh god. adskjfh why'd you have to bring up possession lmao. (I love it)

[matermali]

What about a guy with a bunch of scrolls/books.

[matermali]

Absolutely! Not being able to tell the living and the dead apart will be a pretty big deal for many of our group, although I'm not certain Vanessa will immediately be able to pinpoint that as being the issue. I think she'll feel something is 'off' at first, but now know why. Them meeting can certainly open her eyes further to the issue!

[beitangmoran]

Clearly, he does, that's his government-assigned mission.

Also, he might just be missing yelling at people to shape up, let him live.

[scrapgege]

he will try to hold back a little bit, but he might still punch through a wall or two, get ready to run because he has no money to pay for damages

.. actually, he has a little money because the people from last stop gave him some for punching a guy who really deserved it.

[sunnydaymonic]

whoooops. In his defense his mother is a spirit-channeler and a séance in his world is basically when a channeler opens themselves up to be a temporary vessel so lost souls can speak their piece and move on or someone who is seeking emotional closure from a dead person can speak to them. His cousins used to prank their friends by having fake séances and making shit up so they thought they could just...do something similar.

It's going to be fun to see how it goes.

[scrapgege]

of course what could possibly go wrong.

[thedreamer]

OH GOOD because he's going to keep her up pretty much all hours telling her stories. new best friend!

[matermali]

She has a history of being possessed by the Devil, and as a result when younger, was locked in a mental asylum (Victorian one, so you know it was EXCELLENT TIMES). So. She's got some issues around that. All she hears is 'I want you to pretend to act mad'. so she's like D: Can't I just fake a cough???