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>


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[matermali]

Vanessa may check in on him on the network. Too interesting to just let vanish~ Also gotta keep tabs on the doctor on the other side!

[sunnydaymonic]

The network is going to be fascinating for him considering he doesn't have social media back home, but is at least aware enough that it exists and people are obsessed with it. He'll get the hang of it eventually.

And he'll be curious to know how things are going with Vanessa, too. Very elegant and pragmatic woman.

[matermali]

She's from Victorian London so this is all baffling to her as well, but it helps to think of it as psychic ptojections. Also...reluctant to admit this isn't a hallucination. Bc anything possible in a hallucination, so it can't be weird!

[sunnydaymonic]

A situation where Yuki knows more about social media than someone else, he will not know what to think haha.

[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)

[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.

[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???

[sunnydaymonic]

Oh geez those are completely different experiences so it will be fascinating to see how that miscommunication goes.