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

[babbylon]

Gil won't be trying to hide what he's doing, but the likelihood of him being a cackling maniac about it is also pretty low. Imagine a colder sort of precision and that's how he'll be handling this. There'll be a lot of blood, but no berserker mode.

That being said, I would expect Levi to see him killing something. Where it goes from there is up to you -- Levi may even be able to rope Gil into helping instead with a bit of lecture power. The "wow I'm never talking to you again" route can definitely be avoided, I think.

[powerdriven]

Oh, no, I mostly just figured it was inevitable for anyone really circling the area of the majority of the fights but that's cool! This works out.

Speaking of which, he wouldn't try to fight him over it unless he was attacked first, so if he doesn't manage to convince him to help instead then I imagine he's just going to yell at him a bit and go.

[babbylon]

Gil will definitely not be attacking Levi in any scenario. And I really like the idea of him reluctantly tagging along and helping the same people he was just uh, cutting up, so I'd love to go for that! gotta level up that s. link

Or you know just Levi making faces at him. That's cool too.

[powerdriven]

Excellent, I shall go for unlikely team up then! 8) Tbh now that I consider it more, depending on the circumstances - like whether he finds out or sees it as indiscriminate or not - he's actually not even inclined to think ... super poorly of it, because hey, the goblins started it right.

But you should still reserve your energy for something more productive and help him instead, because really.

[babbylon]

Reserve energy for productivity. Of course.