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lostcompass2023-01-23 06:59 pm
groundrules) wrote in lostcompass2023-01-23 06:59 pm
arc v: alem | cr & plotting meme
Sound the drums, head on to war — seized citadel Alem has already been there for the lion's share of a year.
Under the Scavengers' guidance, the four sand worms the party captured gently graze underground corridors allowing the group to reach halfway up Mount Attevar. From there, they quickly infiltrate Alem through a bustling trade route.
Young King Deimar strikes a simple bargain: serve Alem in its bitter last days until inevitable downfall, and the citadel will grant access to its Beacon before the final evacuation is completed.
Sounds simple enough. Now, survive it.
Characters arrive today, with our first proper taste of event chaos due on 27-28 January. Get your character settled in, check out the setting and their assignment, and strike some CR:
- ■ Arc setting & locations
■ Character assignments
■ New NPC inbox — more this round,because most won't make itso every level has a patron. As usual, reach out to NPCs at will and please share findings with the class!
■ Questions
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OK TDM STUFF:
- his number one priority would be not mentioning Kim 🙃 or giving any hint she exists (so if asked he'd straight-up lie and say nobody else from their world is here)
- basics: everyone here got zapped out of their worlds and is trying to get back by searching for these beacons--some people have successfully gone home but as far as Jimmy can tell it's random
- the leaders of the group are the Merchant and a witch called Karsa, everyone's basically running errands for them
- he'd talk about magic, but mainly focus on how POWERFUL some people in the group are/the crazy shit they can do, while implying some of these people are close friends of his (I'm sorry...he's like this...)
- he'd probably allude to ghosts (since a lot of chars have powersets involving them/necromancy and they've encountered ghosts everywhere) but he hates talking about them. and also thinking about them!
- lol if asked about the last place they were, he'd give a pretty truthful account but it would probably sound nonsensical--talking about robot spies and a tower and a city split in half full of DEAD PEOPLE and a plague...he'd be able to provide vivid detail if pressed but he was on the fringes of everything plot-related, probably the best plotty bit of info he'd be able to give is "we're following a man in white and he's bad news"
FEEL FREE TO HIT ME WITH MORE Qs/ASK FOR ELABORATION
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The Jimmy McGill Mentorship Program doesn't sound like a legit institution, here... maybe if you're mentorship program wasn't as legitimate as DeVry and twice as dangerous...
Also, eeeexcellent. - Re: Kim, that's so cute of Jimmy to protect her! Kim and Nacho have sort of met, I think, if we're keeping that aspect of the TDM (I'll need to ask!), but I don't think he would know she's from their world. So then he'd kind of know her but not know they're from the same world... so that's interesting! And I don't feel like he'd think Jimmy would lie about that specific thing (why would he?) so he wouldn't really question it unless/until he and Kim get to talking more. - He's dead, although I don't think he'd share that with Jimmy yet since they don't know each other well enough but he'd be super fixated on ghosts/necromancers/dead people and ask A LOT of questions about them. And specifically would ask if there are any dead people who "seem normal" (like him, but he'd leave out the "like me" part). Even though he won't say why he's so interested and won't seem outwardly emotional, the amount and type of questions he'd be asking about this specific topic would prob be unusual for someone who just wants info and has no personal investment in the answers. Jimmy's welcome to pick up on that or not, as you prefer! - LMAO @ the powerful friends. That's hilarious. I think the response to that might be "cool so can I meet one of them? :) If they're really your friend, they won't mind." Either that or just an eye roll and saying nothing at all bc he kinda takes most of what Jimmy says with a grain of salt. Sorry, Jimmy. He might be more intimidated by that kind of thing if it came from someone else, but you can't be trusted to tell the truth when you're scared. - at some point during the nonsensical explanation of where they were last, he gets frustrated and annoyed because he can't understand what Jimmy is getting at and he probably cuts him off and is just like OKAY THANKS BYE FOR NOW and leaves.
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- OOOH THIS DEATH STUFF IS GREAT, I think in the moment Jimmy would be too frazzled to connect any dots, but later he might get to thinking about it--he'd probs be like "oh he's worried about ghost Lalo" (aren't we all) or maaaaaybe "oh someone he cares about(???) died," but it wouldn't occur to him just yet that Nacho himself could be dead.
- Re: Nacho's questions about normal-seeming dead people, he'd be incredulous and probably go on a rant about ghosts being freaks with weird fixations (he had to serve them tea once and he is NOT over it!!) BUT if you want a CR/plot in, he might mention Wangji as someone who is WAY TOO COMFORTABLE WITH GHOSTS (lol he's an exorcist)
- LAUGHING ABOUT HIM GETTING ANNOYED AND LEAVING...Jimmy breathes a sigh of relief
- AND I'M STILL MULLING OVER THE KIM STUFF HAHAHA (lmk if you need me to decide so you can...play stuff...), I just need to decide if he'd want to encourage Nacho interacting with her 🤔
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-yay i'm glad you also enjoy... DEATH STUFF rofl. speaking of which! i like a lot of the stuff we've already talked about, so this miiiight be a bit too much? it depends on what direction you want to go with things. but!! there's always the possibility of nacho coming up to jimmy after this and being like, "HEY i can't/won't explain why but you said you have friends with superpowers, right? then i need you to help me find somebody you trust to TAKE ME OUT if i start acting weird". OR NOT. like i said, i like a lot of what we've already come up with and that might be too much. so. just lemme know. c:
-haha ohhh noooo, poor jimmy!!! i am v. v. sorry for his traumatic ghost experience. :C but YES to mentioning wangji!! he'll def seek wangji out then, eventually. probably after things calm down but yeah!
-lol IT AMUSES ME TOO HONESTLY. but also, once again, poor jimmy. i am sorry that nacho is scary to you, jimbo! :c
-i can go either way with the kim stuff! i mean i think it's funny as hell, but it's really whatever you guys want/like. C: he'll def want to approach somebody in thyvault's entourage about some stuff he knows about thyvault, just in case it's of any use to them? if he thinks she has superpowers he'll be extremely cautious and deferential about approaching her lol, if he thinks she's a normal person he'll be more normal about it. but either way is good for me! :D
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And I think if we do the clawing stuff we can just leave it at him not mentioning Kim to Nacho, since otherwise that'd be a lot to juggle!
(AND LMAO I LOVE HOW SCARED HE IS OF NACHO...ONE OF THE MOST SYMPATHETIC CHARS ON THE SHOW...)
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Do you want me to do a starter thingy or you??
And not mentioning Kim works for me!
(IKR!!! oh jimmy, it's okay, nacho isn't going to hurt you i promise...even if he did kinda threaten your life that one time!)
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NOW TIME TO TAG
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I AM EXCITE
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Okay, um. Wow. I'm sorry that comment got so messed up, formatting-wise! I did it from my email and, uh, yikes.