EVENT WRITE-UP: OCTOBER 17TH.

[futurologists]

EVENT POST What's up, worldhoppers? Before we begin, I've got a few things to cover! NPC INTERACTION I'm just one person, and there's quite a few more members of the game than I expected! It's great, but means I will have to tweak things a bit. For now, some NPC interaction will be handwaved instead of threaded out — however, you will still be able to ask your questions and get answers. There'll be a thread on this post (and all event posts hereafter) where you'll be able to say, for example, "What would my character find out if they eavesdropped in the goblin house of worship?" If your character would have specific questions to ask of someone, you can ask those, too. Hopefully, this should streamline the information gathering process and make it a bit faster for everyone involved. The game is an entirely one mod endeavor so far, but in the future, I'll most likely be looking for some help, so keep that in mind if the idea of modding interests you at all. And now that I'm done yakking at you all, let's get to the event. DIVIDED On October 17th, characters will find themselves... very alone. That is, unless they're in the city square; it's likely several people will pass them by, heading there to watch as the fight unfolds or participate in it. No one's quite sure how it started, or who started it — every story is conflicting. They do know one thing, though: it's out of control. What started as a fight between two has grown into an all out brawl, and it's starting to get bloody. Anyone who comes near will undoubtedly be pulled in. At that point, you have only a few options: fight for the goblins, fight for the humans, or run like hell. You might be able to help patch up injured people if you're far away enough from the action. When they arrive on the scene, all humans that did not already ally themselves with the goblins by October 7th will be treated as enemies. That means they'll be attacked if they appear to be in the fight. Should they defend themselves, they will be seen as allying themselves with the humans. The opposite rings true as well: those who fight for the goblins will be cementing their alliance. This is good and bad. Whichever side you fight for will become more forthcoming and friendly, while the other side will become much more antagonistic. Those who fight for the goblins will no longer be welcome at the Voclain or Abel Inn; if they're staying there, they will return to find their things out on the street. Many human vendors will refuse to sell to them, and word will spread fast that they can't be trusted. Those who fight for the goblins won't be welcome at the Krozm Boarding House or the outskirts — should they come near, they will be regarded as a threat and treated as such. One last thing. As the fight reaches its peak, law enforcement will be stepping in. They will attempt to jail anyone involved in the fight. They're arresting suspiciously less on the humans' side rather than the goblins', but they're still arresting humans to keep up appearances. They will be jailed for 24 hours if caught, but can attempt to escape or beg for bail. It seems like an unfortunate situation, but it's actually a great opportunity to gather information. Just hope that you chose the right side, because there's no going back now. Please feel free to use this as a plotting post.

Comments

NPC INTERACTION

[futurologists]

Re: NPC INTERACTION

[becauses]

Thanks for having this as an option! Can I use this as a follow-up to the NPC thread in the last IC post? I'm interested to know if Glee could have pumped some information about Ydite out of the old goblin in the church.

QUESTIONS

[futurologists]

Re: QUESTIONS

[hellshaped]

all humans that did not already ally themselves with the goblins by October 7th will be treated as enemies.

Obligatory "what about non-humans" question! Will their default be goblins?

Alice Liddell | American McGee's Alice

[digophelia]

I can't really see Alice joining a side for this, so she'll be helping people get outta dodge, especially kids! Though I'm totally looking for her to get in trouble in some fashion, because she has a pretty bad temper and she's actually been suffering worse psychosis thanks to fire and a CERTAIN PERSON (thanks, Ban). If you're willing to help Alice out, either by helping her drag people out or dragging her out, yes, let's do this.

Or if you're interested in prodding her until she snaps, I'm cool with this. Alice will come into this like "wtf is this even", but that doesn't mean she won't take a side or something, sooner or later.

Gilgamesh | Fate/

[babbylon]

They're insufferable things, but also kind of what Gilgamesh was tasked with protecting in his own backwards sort of way, so Gilgamesh will be siding with the humans. He will be murdering goblins wholesale if he can get away with it and evading the authorities afterward! And if he finds you fighting for the goblins, well... he probably won't be too happy about it.

Obviously this is going to lead to some negative CR with any goblin sympathizers, which I'm very much down for! And if anyone wants to be fellow assholes with Gilgamesh and brutalize some greenskins, that's cool, too. Just keep in mind he'll retaliate if attacked first.

[strictdiscipline]

GIL PLS.............

is that much slaughter really necessary

Pearl | Steven Universe

[beyourrock]

Pearl will be siding with the humans, due to the fact she's sworn to protect humans in her own canon, and is also much more familiar with them. I could see, however, Pearl getting locked up, and she wouldn't necessarily fight back her own side that she's on.

I'm more than open to people yelling at Pearl for taking the human side. If anything, she'll be helping out those who might be injured or can't fend for themselves. OTHER THAN THAT have at her if you want.

[babbylon]

hey pearl wanna come watch gil behead goblins right in front of you

much romance, very knight, wow

Ranmaru Rindou | Good Luck Girl!

[unoradinary]

WELL UH...Ranmaru despite her love of fighting doesn't actually want to hurt anyone in this kind of context. It wouldn't feel right to her.

That's why I'm gonna have her attacked by Goblins and forced to defend herself, at which point she'll be dragged into fighting on the side of Humans just by virtue of that. She won't be happy about it though. She's also available for useless attempts at trying to talk other people down if they're really going at it to hurt anyone (humans or goblins.)

[wright_idea]

Okay so, like, I have two aggressively non-combative characters, so.

Phoenix will, in a pinch, attempt to help other noncombatants get out of the main fight area, goblin and human alike. Of course, the fact that he's helping goblins at all means he's probably getting drawn into the goblin side whether he likes it or not. Not like he's not used to half the world being against him ANYWAY...

Accord is going to be AGGRESSIVELY staying out of the skirmish by sticking to the roofs of buildings and observing. She'll be particularly keeping an eye out for anything odd -- and also for any potential signs of red eye disease, because goddamnit. If in a pinch, she will fight for the humans to keep up appearances.

[inroad]

Phoenix he'll bail you where needed for sure but he's totally letting you get arrested since it's safest place for you plus where you will shine using your information abilities if it comes to that.

Not that he's going to tell you that. (Aka if you end up wanting Phoenix to get arrested I'm willing to have Masamune actively play a part in making sure lawyer friend gets in jail for an unusual twist of cr possibility.)

Ushahin Dreamspinner | The Sundering

[ushahin]

Ushahin isn't all that fond of human beings at the best of times, so he's gonna be siding with the goblins out of sheer contrariness. Since he's not that much of a combatant, he'll be fighting dirty with his powers, which involve pushing people into a state of madness, confusion, and despair that will just serve to rile up everyone even further. If anyone wants to physically protect him, that would be much appreciated, because otherwise he's gonna eventually get the crap kicked out of him!

[digophelia]

Alice here isn't going to pick a side, but if he needs help, she can do that.

[powerdriven]

If they're not given a direct order to choose either side, Levi will be trying harder to minimize damage than become involved in combat.

Granted, this will involve him in some combat by extension, as he'll try to bring those under fire to safety, regardless of whether they're a goblin, a human, or another recruit who's fallen into trouble. A bit messy, since not everybody wants to be saved, and it could very well mean disabling anyone involved in the fighting that becomes too aggressive to subdue or escape from. But if he and whoever he tries to help out get into too sticky of a situation, there's always escaping by vertical maneuvering gear, right?

I'm interested in the info gathering angle of being imprisoned, plus I imagine he will be pretty actively present throughout, so I think I'll have him arrested when the police show.

And I'm open to whatever thread opportunities might come from this! Teaming up, helping others escape unscathed, conflicting with anyone strictly putting their loyalties in one side, etc.

[of_her_own_accord]

expect a chipper wave from the jerk up in the eaves if you gotta go high, bro

[adlantisag]

As unhappy as she'll be about seeing tensions snap like this, Kida is hot-blooded and will absolutely let herself get drawn into the fight. If anyone wants to get kicked/get elbowed in the face/get punched/roll around on the ground snarling like cats she is your girl! She has a knife, but other than that is a pretty regular human, only slightly stronger/faster than average. In canon, it takes two guys to contain her.

She has a nasty-looking hook spear, but given that it's primarily a medium-range weapon, she won't be using it much during the fight. If you need your character dragged out by their belt loop though, hey. Got your back.

Kida will be fighting on the human side because she hasn't made any goblin friends yet, so by default, that's her option.

Anyone want to share a jail cell??? If your character has any bruises or scrapes from the fighting, Kida can heal those.

[adoube]

Yes, please, sounds like gr8 jail b8 m8 - they should totally share a cell, probably put together because albinos of a feather gotta stick together, or something.

[griped]

I doubt Kurogane'll be picking a side besides at basically random/whatever the situation calls for, so I'll probably play that by ear (maybe humans?? idk). But he is absolutely the type to fight when shit gets bad, so I'd love to thread out some brawls vs NPCs or just anyone who happens to be on the 'wrong' side at the time. He's strong and more of a physical tank than anything else, so if anyone wants a helping hand/back-to-back fighting partner/to get bodily carried out of a fight and dropped off somewhere safe, he's your guy 8)b As for the offensive, he'll try and stop anyone who's doing a shitton of damage/murder and I'm 100% up for some showdowns.

I'm leaning towards landing him in jail maybe, but it'd be cool to land in there with someone else...!! And other jailtime buddies, because 24 hours is a long time to twiddle thumbs.

[capital_asset]

I am not really sure what side Raidou would take if he even chose a side; he might try to think tactically and go with "whatever side has less of us," but in practice that might be more likely to work out to "whichever side freaks out about the demons less." In other words, the goblins.

Raidou's impulse is going to be to minimize casualties wherever possible, but he will defend himself and his demons if need be. His demons will defend him as well, but they're much less worried about casualties than he is. They'll try to keep the carnage down for his sake, but otherwise, they're not going to hold back the way Raidou might.

Unfortunately, I'm still flailing about for something he can do post-fight if he doesn't end up in jail. Which he may not, because he makes the human population very nervous.

Ban | The Seven Deadly Sins

[perma_banned]

Ban will be getting off his lazy ass for this! Basically, I'll be having him rescuing innocent folks and kids without dealing excessive damage to goblins or humans. He's not really against non-humans, so if he fights them, he'll be knocking them out with pressure point strikes or his Snatch ability in order to knock them out through exhaustion. The same goes for humans!

He generally won't be friendly to anyone trying to kill either side, so if you want CR with Ban in that sense--I'm game!

Though, most of what he'll be doing is trying to end things without any fatalities, since he won't see a reason to kill anybody~. Drunken brawls ought to be settled one on ooooone~.

Re: Ban | The Seven Deadly Sins

[inroad]

>> Drunken brawls ought to be settled one on ooooone~.

Masa would be glad to know someone shares his view on this. This place needs to chill out with the alcohol allowances to its native customers, apparently.

[onblackwings]

Khisanth would actually want nothing to do with either side because honestly who cares, but rather than give her the easy way out I'll say she gets cornered and has to stick around. And since she just plain doesn't give a shit, she'll turn into a big-ass monster and lash out at anyone nearby. As you do. (Not a dragon, mind you, just some monster or other she's run into in her travels.)

Anyone want to run into a bigger threat than humans/goblins? Or... try to befriend said bigger threat? It could go either way, but she definitely won't be picky about who she's trying to murder. As long as there's no hard feelings about that!

[ushahin]

Ushahin, due to experiences with creatures in his world, is more likely to go "Ooooo, giant monster!" instead of "AHHHH! GIANT MONSTER!" So that might be fun to play around with.

sebastian castellanos || evil within

[drunkdetective]

unfortunately Sebastian doesn't have enough information to pick a side ICly, so I'm going to pick one for him: he's going to choose the humans, but it won't be so much a conscious decision as him just stepping in to pull whoever's fighting apart & getting branded. =w= I was going to stick w NPCs but if you'd like your character pulled out of the fray by a 6'2" motherfucker who can straight up just pluck them out, lmk!! he would totally try and pull out as many as he could =w=

he's coming to the impression that maybe the goblins are just getting picked on bc they're nonhuman, though, so if someone wants to try and & team up with him to use both sides for Maximum Information Collection or to get his help in assisting the goblins, it probably wouldn't be hard: just bring him some evidence (bc he's a detective) or a super sob story (bc he's a bleeding freakin heart).

Re: sebastian castellanos || evil within

[strictdiscipline]

Yes hello, please save Riza from getting trampled. Not that she'll be intentionally trying to join the fight but she'll probably get pulled in nonetheless.


Also so many apologies for being slow as heck! I've got a guest over this week and haven't had much time to tag.

Sakura Kinomoto l Cardcaptor Sakura

[keystaff]

Not sure if Sakura herself would outright intentionally 'side' with either, but probably will end up mistaken for assisting the humans if anything.

Kind of want her to help with the Clow Cards somehow in restraining people in attempting to stop the fight maybe? If push comes to shove, she probably would want to help stop this somehow. So. That will be a Thing if someone/s wants to catch her at it, because Magical Girls. Most likely contenders are using Shield and Jump/Fly to dodge or get herself and others out of the way. And Windy is admittedly also a favourite, along with Wood in restraining things as other possibilities. Also the Sword if she really needs to defend others perhaps. (I know that's one Kuropapa would especially approve of, and Pearl is training her.)

Not yet decided on if she might be thrown into jail or not exactly. But if anyone wants to try drag the tiny magical girl out of the thick of things or reluctantly let her stick around while keeping an eye on her. Or have other ideas, let me know I guess?

[adoube]

Since someone's gotta keep the fine & noble tradition of sheer cowardice wisdom alive, Dio'll stay well and away from actual combat until the final dramatic OST-filled five minutes, when it occurs to him that jail time will lend itself to snooping. And free accommodations.

If anyone would like to end up the token victim of the world's weakest punch/shove/???? that can feed a guard the excuse to cuff'im, let me know, wouldn't want to NPC away the honour without asking :'(

And if you'd like to get your character innocently jailed for it too, all the better.

[lumberpuncture]

WELL I MEAN

Dean Winchester | Supernatural

[whereismypie]

Dean had about zero plans to ally himself with either side before he'd managed to get the story for each side (though he is always biased towards humans, always); however! he will definitely interfere in the fight, most unwittingly allying himself with the humans. he's a very aggressive fighter, especially as things get ugly and dirty, and he will end up in jail because of it. and because he knows that jails are extremely useful places to get info. he's used to being behind bars anyway, nbd.

that said, i am super open to non-hostile interaction with goblin sympathizers, in the interest of perhaps trying to work in the shadows to figure out/eventually mend relations kind of thing.

[viscontree]

why is he so used to being in jail? DEAN....

Though, Julius is more than likely to end up there himself as well. They could cooperate and mend relationships together if you're ok with that!

Joshua | Kingdom Hearts

[composingdreams]

Joshua is gonna be an asshole and sit on a rooftop overlooking the Square to observe the brawl that takes place. He's interested in keeping a neutral stance, but he's well aware that he won't be getting anything out of the gobbies since he looks human. /kanyeshrug

Oh, and he'll be recording the fight on the awesome magic jewelry ALASTAIR provided.

Anything thrown at Joshua, either intentionally or on accident, will mysteriously fall pretty short of its mark. :3 The clothes are new, man, he doesn't want them damaged or dirtied so soon!

[of_her_own_accord]

*shares her popcorn*

[sweetea]

honey lemon will be staying away from all the fighting, and due to lack of information, she won't be siding with anybody. she will, probably be seen trying to stop the fighting with her chem-balls (ie. shielding a goblin from a human, and the other way around). and eventually, she'll be mistakenly seen siding with the humans as she is one too.

i think it'd be cool (hah...) for honey to get arrested considering her kind nature. anybody wanna share cells, etc?

[viscontree]

hi nikki!! they should team up and try to stop people from fighting for a while
what do you think!

[viscontree]

Julius Visconti and Anna Kushina will attempt to protect children around the area aka siding with humans woops.

He's going to be emotional during the entire thing because he can't stand seeing other people get hurt.

With that being said, he's likely to go searching for people who can cure the injured and stuff like that. idk. Also hi tale! I hope you're happy with this!!

[rosing]

SQUINTS AT THAT LAST SENTENCE I SAID I WAS OKAY but Julius is apparently not okay :(

Riku • Kingdom Hearts

[unsuppress]

Riku isn't planning to take any sides off the bat, mostly because for all his investigating, he doesn't want to be that deeply involved when they're still short on information. He's kind of got a policy about not meddling in other world's affairs unless/until it's a necessity, so he's been staying as neutral as possible while looking into things.

That said! He's mostly likely going to accidentally wind up siding with the humans. A lot of that will be because he's going to be looking out for the player characters and trying to make sure no harm comes to them. So whether that's jumping into the fray to protect someone or just getting in-between others/NPCs that are fighting just to minimize the collateral damage. He's been interested in the goblins' side of things, but when push comes to shove in a situation like this, his priorities come with protecting and looking out for his comrades, not really either side of the world's matters.

So if anyone winds up in a pickle and wants a giant key-wielding smartass to come to their rescue/fight alongside/etc, count me in and I'll make it happen! He can also heal people with cure spells if they have injuries up to a certain extent.

[composingdreams]

gosh, Riku, why do you have to be a Good Guy. why can't you be more ambiguous.

[lumberpuncture]

Johanna's siding with the humans (but that won't stop her from stirring shit with them) and totally getting jailed. She'll be rowdy and fighting, so if anyone wants an excuse to be put in jail or an excuse to get her in jail, hit me.

Alternately she can outright antagonize people, too. Because she's terrible.

[sediments]

jo don't be a bully X( bolin's gonna put an end to your reign!

[strictdiscipline]

slides in here

Riza is probably getting lumped in on the side of the humans by default, but she'll be doing her best to protect anyone that looks like they're in grave danger. She's really not equipped for brawls atm so she'll likely be working with others to grab/rescue others that are in need of it, but I imagine she'll get drawn back into the fray eventually. I'm happy to thread out your character getting assistance from her, or your character saving her ass from a bunch of dudes five times her size. She'll also probably be heading to jail because why not so I'm happy to indulge in jailmate bonding time.

On a broader level, since she has the names of a couple people with medical knowledge/healing powers/etc, Riza might ICly try and contact them and see if they want to form some sort of impromptu first aid station a good distance away either during the fight or shortly afterwards. OOCly this obviously doesn't need to be a thing but if any of the more medically-inclined people (who aren't getting arrested) want to run with the idea, feel free. :(b

OH YEAH general apologies for being slow, I've got a friend staying with me this week so tags are mostly on hold.

[grunehexe]

Sign Sieglinde up for first aid!

Sieglinde Sullivan (also, HEALING?)

[grunehexe]

Sieglinde has been doing her best to try and reserve judgement, and hasn't yet decided morally what side she's on-

But once the fighting starts her priority is going to be healing! She will want to stay just far enough from the fray that the injured can get to them but not too close... Though if someone more able bodied can help haul wounded people to her and/or protect from any fighting spilling over that would be peachy! Also other people with medical knowledge and/or powers, let's work on triage? Sieglinde can do wonders but only in the sense of the physically possible so for critical wounds if anyone has powers step right on up!

Re: Sieglinde Sullivan (also, HEALING?)

[tachiboner]

lmao I just commented to you about this one thread up and THEN saw this, but Muneshige would be happy to make sure no spillover makes it to her. o7