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etrayalogs2024-12-21 05:15 pm
etrayamods) wrote in etrayalogs2024-12-21 05:15 pm
Entry tags:
- !mingle log,
- arcane: caitlyn kiramman,
- arcane: jayce talis,
- batman beyond: bruce wayne,
- batman wfa: jason todd,
- dimension 20: gorgug thistlespring,
- fe3h: yuri leclerc,
- have you seen my brother: chu wenshan,
- ice age: manny,
- jl gods and monsters: kirk langstrom,
- penny dreadful: vanessa ives,
- person of interest: sameen shaw,
- remnant 2: the custodian,
- the walking dead: brandon carver,
- ✘ blade of the immortal: asano rin
DECEMBER MINGLE
WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: December 21st - Early January
WHERE: Etraya
WHAT: Newcomers, a surprise gift from Tatianna, and a visitor!
NOTES\WARNINGS:
WHEN: December 21st - Early January
WHERE: Etraya
WHAT: Newcomers, a surprise gift from Tatianna, and a visitor!
NOTES\WARNINGS:
 ⏵ arrival ⏴ Welcome to Etraya! Arrival goes as expected - characters awaken on hospital beds and are offered an explanation of their situation: that they have arrived in the city of Etraya, and they are their world's only hope. They are welcome to wander the hospital if they would like to - the upper floors are mostly empty, full of pristine hallways and numerous rooms filled with supplies, cots, and things one would expect from a relatively average 21st-century hospital. The lobby is filled to the brim with tables of freshly baked goods. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" banners are taped to the walls, and several other typical birthday decorations can be found in this area. A few of the baked goods tables are lined with massive cakes covered in unlit candles, just waiting for someone to grab a lighter and sing off-key. Is it anyone's birthday? Who knows! The companion bots seem to believe it's every new arrival's birthday and will greet them as such - with friendly waves and cheers as they make their way to the lobby. A coat rack is situated by the doors leading out of the hospital, covered in warm clothing that fits the new arrivals just right - whether it's to their preferred style or not is something else entirely. Some of them appear normal enough. Others? Well. They can't all be perfect, now can they? Outside the windows, the grass is covered in a couple of inches of loosely packed snow. We hope you enjoy your stay.  ⏵ an unexpected gift ⏴ Out by the hospital stands a tall, decorated tree covered in candles and golden pinecones with a handsome, red velveteen tree skirt. In front of it are a few oversized wrapped gifts for show- and atop one of those sits a familiar woman. Or unfamiliar, if this is your first time. It's Tatianna in a slutty Santa outfit with a big ol’ burlap sack. “Hey, I got something for you,” she says, digging into the bag and rummaging for a moment. She produces a painted egg and holds it aloft. “It’s your Winter Solstice Egg! This is the egg holiday, right? Wait, shit. I’m mixing them up, aren’t I? ...Well. It’s a little late to change it. Here you go!” How one treats their egg is fully up to themselves. They can choose to ignore it entirely, or destroy it and leave the yolk and innards to rot on the ground. They can hand it over to someone else or care for it as if it were something precious. No one will prevent them from doing whatever they please with it!  ⏵ naughty or nice ⏴ Those who keep the egg and tend to it will get the benefit of being able to watch it hatch seven days after they are handed the egg. Eggs that are treated with attention and love may yield a loyal companion, or a weapon of choice that always returns to its owner, while neglected eggs may yield a curious, cursed trinket or an animal who treats its new owner very much the same way its owner had treated it before it was born. Please submit an egg request below for what items you would like your character's eggs to hatch into! Please note that these cannot be things that would be applicable in the game. Those whose eggs are destroyed or forgotten will simply get the gift of... nothing!  ⏵ free your spirit ⏴ With the winter chill gripping the air, a mysterious figure makes their presence known in Etraya - a towering, horned creature dragging a massive sack behind them. Regardless of a character's strengths or weaknesses, they will find that when Krampus raises his massive sack over their head, they are powerless to stop him from catching them. Those capable of great magical feats or other supernatural abilities will sense something... otherworldly about Krampus, but will not be able to place the source of that sensation. Once within Krampus' sack, they are welcome to fight, but escape is impossible. It will feel as if Krampus is dragging them over every rock possible, dragging the sack in through the rivers to the point it soaks through and drenches them - potentially almost drowning them. When the sack opens, they will find themselves in an impossibly dark space. Around them are others who have also been captured and dragged here by Krampus, trapped in small cages hanging from a massive, wiry tree. Krampus will return often, banging clawed hands and birch rods on the walls of the cages and knocking them into one another. The whisper resonates through the darkened area, regardless of Krampus' presence. Confess your secrets, and be freed. Otherwise? You'd better hope someone figures out where Krampus has set up base; those who refuse to confess may find themselves stuck here forever. Krampus' base is under Etraya! Deep within the catacombs, he has set up multiple cages to capture those who inhabit Etraya to punish them for their naughty habits. Fighting him is possible! Defeating him by means of combat is not, however, possible. Think of it like fighting a god: Krampus creates the rules in the space around him, including who can use what ability. For all questions relating to this log, please refer to the mod queries comment. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ. |
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Still, there are similarities. The uphill battle against people with power to upend the status quo, for one. That's something Accelerator has been struggling with, despite the amount of power he wields back home. He can't imagine how difficult his job would be if his status didn't afford him unilateral control over the city.]
.....
[That thought is making his brain circle back around to having more questions. Logistical ones.]
How do you keep the vultures off your back? They've gotta be coming at you from all angles, right? Trying to use all of that instability to improve their own standing.
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[ Silco has a plan, of course. Several plans. The chembarons would have played their role, putting them into places and having them take up the positions of Zaun's industries and public works — before he installed more and more competent people into them as it went.
It was all some orchestrated plan, one that would never see the light of day, apparently. ]
They were not unknown elements, in short.
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How can you be sure you can trust them? [That's the problem.] If you give someone power, there's a good chance they're going to become corrupt. Then what the fuck do you do, remove them from power and start over?
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[ He asked, his lazy drawl something a little more insulted now. ] I have people in the wings. Do you really think someone who's experienced betrayal in his life wouldn't be expecting it? We don't trust where I am from.
[ A roll of his eyes. ]
You don't put all of your pieces into one pair of hands. You delegate across the organization. Just like any group.
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Then what happens if one of those people decide to act in their own self-interest? I'm guessing you're not psychic, so you can't always predict what someone is going to do. If you're expecting it, do you just have a bunch of fucking contingency plans ready to go?
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Oh yes, actually. You see, I already know what it is to be betrayed. [ A tap against his scar. ]
You know your people. Who is most likely to betray you, what is important to the ones who will stay loyal. You keep hold of those things, because they are the only path forward.
And then you make plans. Plans for when things go south, plans for when one lodestone is crumbling, when the foundation cracks, when threats come from outside. [ A twitch of his lips. ] That is what I am best at, after all.
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Accelerator sighs heavily, dragging a hand down his face.]
So knowing who to trust, and having back up plans, and back up plans for your back up plans. [That's a lot of planning and strategy. He doesn't think it's beyond him if he puts his brain to work, but still. He sounds exasperated.] Running a nation is a fucking pain in the ass.
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Of course it is. Anyone who says that they want it is either a fool or lying. It isn't meant to be easy.
[ A shrug. ]
But it is necessary. To be without, I have found, leaves people without direction. Stagnant.
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There's a power vacuum. That's my biggest worry.
[It's the entire reason he took on the role of running the city in the first place. A power vacuum would've meant some corrupt official would've wormed their way to the top, and nothing would have changed.
There's a tiny sliver of light appearing ahead of them, and after another glance around Accelerator is going to extend his crutch from his arm cuff and switch his choker back to normal mode. From what he can tell they're close to an exit, and with no sign of the thing that kidnapped him he figures it's safe enough to stop using his ability.]
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[ The light is getting larger. Silco's good eye narrowed, and he followed him. His swaying gait looks more casual and comfortable the closer they get to safety.
there's no sound of the creature behind them. ]
Otherwise, you will find that something else will plug it, and it becomes difficult to dislodge.
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[That feels like an impossible task. Most of the Board of Directors is corrupt and he's in the process of throwing all of them into prison.
... He supposes Oyafune isn't that bad. She was campaigning to give the students a right to vote, so maybe it's less him installing someone and more him making sure all the corruption gets cleared out so that can happen, and so future candidates are all clean.
It's a lot to think about.
Accelerator sighs a little. The light gets brighter, and as they approach it's clear it's sunlight spilling around the cracks of an old door that functions as an entrance to the catacombs. He gives a glance behind them but doesn't see or hear anything, so he supposes they're in the clear.]
Well, thanks for the conversation. It was informative.
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[ His good eye blinks several times from the light, but they persist. It's good to get out of... whatever this place was.
And perhaps he paid the boy back, with a little information. It was something to chew on, at the very least, and Silco certainly learned a bit about Accelerator as well, just from the questions he asked. They weren't the questions of the idly curious, they were the directed questions of someone putting something together.
Perhaps he'd keep an eye out. ]
The same for... [ A gesture with his hands. ] Being a living lockpick, for lack of a better term.