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TRAIN-CRASHING NEAR YOU

Heya, bonjour, think of Bastille! This post will serve as the main plotting and Q&A hub for our recent event and test drive meme (TDM).

Feel free to make a plotting comment, if you want — and to flag if you're playing a TDM participant or an existing character in the comment title, to help with precious, beautiful organisation.

For any general questions, you have the following main threads for:

TEST DRIVE QUESTIONS

EXISTING CHARACTERS

THE COMMON TIMELINE

Thanks so much and enjoy!

Comments

[bearshermark]

Everything Is Fine.

you know, relatively. ish. probably

[unswervingcompanion]

Except not really.

[consignation]

Hmmm what sounds like a reasonable amount for a paranoid better dressed chinese batman to collect... 3-4? If they are adequately of interest he'll crowdsource the remaining letter-gathering.

[consignation]

WE KNOW BUT YOU AND I ARE REASONABLY ADEQUATE AT OUR JOBS I THOUGHT????????

[bearshermark]

oh look, a distraction!

[groundrules]

Let's go with the following four:

i. Signed by Hatisse (leading Mazyar to recognise, moving forward, what is written in her calligraphy, and what comes from Arha): apologies once more that she presumes to write him, when only accident drove them to cross paths in his native Sukhl, and she is as nothing, where he is a ruling clan leader.


2. From Arha to Hatisse: reassurance that he thinks of no woman more than she, that he will do anything for her, give up his life and his people. He knows she was only assigned to serve a season in the court of Sukhl, but will the school of Attaryl not spare her a few months further? He will pay three times her previous stipend, no, four. And a fee, whatever the Attaryl witches ask.


3. From Arha to Hatisse: is his beloved well? Arha has heard, as has the entire world, that the conflict between the witches of Attaryl and those of Bessis has deepened. Will the conclave of Taravast do nothing to stop the bloodshed? Is Hatisse sheltered, will she not return to him?


4. From Hatisse to Arha: begging forgiveness, she does can write only sparingly. The Bessis have taken over many of their routes, promising fire and burning to all of the Attaryl. Her sisters of Attaryl have gone into hiding. The conclave has forsaken them. She has no where to go, no one to turn to, only Arha, who cares for her. Though, in this dark hour, she wonders if even his words are true? For what are words without deeds.

[groundrules]

Other folks will receive other letter pieces — so might be a good one to summarise/share/collect info for the full picture, o ho ho ho.


Or burn the letters...

[weifinder]

IS IT FAMILY BONDING TIME?!

[consignation]

100000% please let's get into the worst situation possible

[weifinder]

time to balm some pissed off spirits i bet we can do that by





not trying to take control of undead armies maybe let's start with that CAN WE PURIFY BONE FRAGS IN HARPIES
can we forcibly lay people to rest like, lets get arha's tomb open
i'm just saying
that seems the only way to go right

[scrapgege]

Well if you need someone strong and not afraid of ghosts to push a lid, I mean....

[weifinder]

come into my arms and bring wangji and wanyin

we're tomb raiding

[topoiran]

BUt THE BEAR!!!

... also would the temple magic make people see different ghosts, or can illusions be shared?

[groundrules]

Just to make sure I've got you re "shared": do you mean, if Su Xunxian sees Fluffy, can someone else also witness Fluffy without Su Xunxian being present (aka, Fluffy is now an independent ghost)? Or if Su Xunxian can pick the people who see Fluffy with him?

[topoiran]

If Xunxian says Fluffy! can someone standing next to him see Fluffy, mostly, rather than independently of him.

[groundrules]

Very interesting, folks — let me know once you've assembled your forces, we can... see what there is to unearth.

[groundrules]

So, the bottom line is: if Su Xunxian "brings out" Fluffy from his memories, Fluffy can parade independently. Someone Su Xunxian doesn't know personally could see Fluffy, independent of Su Xunxian. Su Xunxian could not actively choose or influence who sees Fluffy (obviously, you can OOCly by liaising with players!). But Fluffy would effectively be on par with Arha's ghosts — active irrespective of a chaperone. Does that make sense? :O

[topoiran]

It sure does! Thank you very much!

[lancifolium]

Want a hand from a fellow do-gooder?

[scrapgege]

Always, Lily is super cute

[lancifolium]

Smashing! We adore Xie Lian in this house. I'll put up a start for you when I top level, sound good?

That was the wrong journal LJ LOGIN!!!!

[scrapgege]

Perfect!

[lancifolium]

So how badly does a gentle heart to heart with Izahad the ghost bae about the truth go? Let's say she waits for an occasion when he remembers her, and probably after the ghosts get more solid and ornery because clearly we're making wise choices.

Lol I figured! No worries!

[lancifolium]

I am planning on getting Lily and my prospective new addition top leveled this evening, I'll toss a link your way when it's up.

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For once, Izahad's manner will go melancholy and listless, taking Lily alongside him to a shadowed, more isolated corner of the camp, promising his superiors he will keep firm watch of the witch — once they are together, he will urge her plainly to never speak such madness again, never within Arha's earshot, never without reason or shelter, or a death wish —

But first, he will say, "We have always known."