OPERATION: YOUTHFUL DISOBEDIENCE

[stresstokens]

WHO: Members of the grand curfew-breaking plan!
WHEN: During the Moorecroft event.
WHERE: Various Moorecroft locales.
WHAT: A bunch of youths have gotten together to break curfew in tandem to get to the bottom of the mystery at heart of this place -- but what they find leads to more questions than answers.
NOTES\WARNINGS: Probable violence, death, emotional trauma, cursing. All the fun stuff! I'll be putting the log headers for pre/during/post-curfew breaking logs in the comments, so just hang tight while I do that, though all members are of course more than welcome to post their own logs if that suits their tagging style better.

Comments

[maximumlegend]

[ Does Fabian feel a little bad when he sees how much Riz seems to be struggling with this? Sure. But that doesn't mean he regrets starting this conversation, or bringing Gorgug and Adaine into it. Especially when Fabian isn't so sure Riz would just back out of a dangerous situation if it felt like there was something he could still learn if he pushed himself more. Sure, Riz is a great sneaker, a great investigator, but Fabian has seen him do some utterly ridiculous and dangerous things for information.

And the stakes here aren't exactly low.

So Fabian huffs. ]

Come on, The Ball. You're acting like we're doing this because we don't believe in you. [ And Fabian knows that isn't the case. Gorgug and Adaine are total sweethearts in their own way, especially when it comes to Riz. If they agree with Fabian, then Fabian can't be on the wrong path here. ] What if I just want to come with you, huh?

[furiousfists]

It's not that we don't want to let you do this solo. [ Or that they think he couldn't. No matter what impression Riz is getting of this persuasion attempt. ] But we're a party. We work better when we're working as a team. You and Fabian in the field, Gorgug and I here, running surveillance.

[ She could probably have done what she could to monitor the distraction and infiltration teams on her own. But she's going to be better able to do it because she's pairing her own arcane abilities to the machines which Gorgug has built. She knows that they complement each other, not detract. ]

[tinflower]

[ Gorgug wonders if he should speak. The two have said enough, and he really doesn't want to feel like he's dumping more onto Riz. There's a balance, a hold to his words before he says anything, where he doesn't want to lay too much on the goblin at once.

...so he's just going to echo his friend's words this time, trying to offer reassuringly, if only in tone: ] We trust you. We trust the both of you.

[ Spring break, and all. ]

[stresstokens]

I mean, you did go full intervention on me, [ Riz points out, nudging Fabian. He doesn't like this stuff getting sprung on him! Come on, guys!

He still doesn't quite buy it. Not really. If it wasn't that they didn't want him doing this alone, then they wouldn't be having this conversation. It would be him stealthing ahead like he always does, staking out the place, sneaking back and reporting in so they can figure out what to do next. But this time...

It's not that the stakes are higher. They're plenty used to high stakes. But there's something about this place that's rendered them helpless, at the mercies of what's thrown with them, of powers greater than they can research or magic away or beat to death. This is less important, but it feels like it's more important in a way, their first act of actually seizing power from the guys in charge and giving them a final fuck you.

He turns to Fabian, blinking curiously. ]

...but okay, sure. [ He's not against Fabian having a more active hand in things, per se. But this month has been... well. Besides, Riz has never actually been with him on a stealth mission before. It's adding more variables to the mix. ] It's not like I'd say no if you really want to come. Just not if you feel, like... you have to.

[ He's been pushing for this. Hard. No matter the dangers. He knows that they do things as a party, but there is no life-or-death crisis happening here, no end-of-the-world disaster that will happen if they don't jump in and do the stupid thing, no grade contingent on it. The rest are on-board, of course, with Gorgug hopping right into the conspiracy with him on practically day one, and Adaine's constantly ticking mind, but Fabian? It's not like is something he'd want to do on his own. ]

[maximumlegend]

Alright, alright, no need to handle me with kiddy gloves.

[ He doesn't sound fully offended, because he definitely gets where Riz's hesitance about him in particular may come from. He did kind of cry all over him only just the other week, after all. But Fabian feels awkward about the idea of that influencing the way his friends think about him when it comes to this. He doesn't think he's weaker for it - doesn't like to think he is, anyway - and so he wants to do what he can, shove aside that impression of him in Riz's mind - and Gorgug's mind, likely, considering he kind of did the same around him..

Especially when this entire thing is clearly important to Riz. Isn't that why they're all there? Fabian is pretty sure Adaine and Gorgug feel the same way regarding this as he does. ]

But that means we are all in agreement then! With all four of us in on this plan, there is absolutely no way it is going to fail!

[furiousfists]

[ They seem to be in agreement, finally. Even if Riz is a bit reluctant, still. But, Adaine is glad that they've managed to get him to see reason.

Quietly, she puts her hand in the middle and starts a chant, slowly growing louder and louder. ]

Hoot growl. Hoot growl! Hoot growl!

[tinflower]

[ Another good discussion where Gorgug has nothing he needs to add, except-- oh shit, is this a chant? Are we doing a chant?!

Gorgug absolutely cannot let Adaine down, and so he excitedly puts his own hand in next to hers, while another is absolutely banging a fist on the table for a beat. ]

Hoot growl, hoot growl, hoot growl!!! Team Riz! Team Fabian!!

[ Maybe he should've said an 'and' instead of 'team' again there but he got caught up in the excitement!!! ]