lostcompass | arc iv: serthica

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...

QUESTIONS

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PLAYER: morgan
PREFERRED CONTACT:

undecipher
CHARACTER & CANON: Hijikata Toshizou | Hakuouki

THEIR SERTHICA LOCATION ASSIGNMENT: minaras, thank fuck. he has a serious sunlight allergy no one needs to see.

THEIR ROLE IN SERTHICA: droid socialiser. this man who has barely lived past the invention of muskets. no matter, he accepts his strange metal sons even if he doesn't understand them. and at least he's not in danger of eating them! unlike his roommate.

LIVING/PAIRING ARRANGEMENTS? speaking of, izumi, how do you feel about being a midnight snack? shinsengumi have to stick together so there's no opt out here.

WILL THEY HAVE A DRAGON/DROID? DESCRIBE THEM: he has THREE he is training to act like his dead friends, a healthy and well-adjusted hobby for a man to have. please meet heisuke, sano, and shinpachi. they're all different flavors of idiots, but they're doing their best. one is noticeably shorter than the other two.

ANY LOOSE PLANS:

- he's overdue to eat someone (again) please volunteer

- constant low grade migraine due to okita souji being in the other faction, he will conscript people in eidris to keep an eye on his shitty little brother. he will pay in... something. we can negotiate.

- would you like to fall in love with a handsome, furious, emotionally constipated samurai? form a fanclub? write him letters? if any of this is appealing or hilarious to you, please reach out.

CHARACTER & CANON: jiang cheng | the untamed

THEIR SERTHICA LOCATION ASSIGNMENT: eidris

THEIR ROLE IN SERTHICA: hired chaperone, god help us all

LIVING/PAIRING ARRANGEMENTS? none yet, who wants to room with a surly, cranky, extremely contrary man whose primary weapon is a whip?

WILL THEY HAVE A DRAGON/DROID? DESCRIBE THEM: what is a dragon but a big scaly dog? jiang cheng wants one, and he will baby it and give it a cute name and defend it with his life.

ANY LOOSE PLANS:

- complain several days about women being impossible and men being pigs

- be just the absolute worst at his job, bottom of the barrel, could not be more ill-suited

- maybe give him 1 friend, as a treat

Thank you for adopting robot son, Toshi, you will be remembered as a legend, a king and a scholar

Wangji will donate you some money

The second he has any.

...Jiang Cheng, pls don't destroy someone's true love, just keep an ear out among the rich people, be subtle —

We're screwed.

yeah yeah toshi is already known for all of those things, he historically went down as /checks notes

hot as hell

there's multiple statues of him all over japan he's a big deal

he's also used to being a broke ass bitch so don't worry about it

also

finally

FINALLY

AT LONG LAST

jiang cheng is free to ruin marriage prospects other than his own!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you for this gift, in return he may may may not ruin yours. no promises but