axiology | EVENT WRITE-UP: OCTOBER 17TH.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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.

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

he guesses he is too busy not to just roll with this, so what up you good okay later

have fun

I'm happy to throw Riza in if Levi needs any help with rescue operations. She's currently limited in ammunition and not exactly physically built for fighting so she won't be of much use in the middle of the fray.

I'm also leaning towards imprisonment, so that's another angle we could go.

Yeah, I'd definitely be down for that! Let's see, I'm not married to any particular set-up, but my first thought is she could wrangle whoever off to safety while he's occupied with the fighting. Then he could catch up with her afterwards.

Though if there's something good that would work for getting them carted off to jail, that'd be good, too. Ah, I'm so indecisive.

indecision hi-5

but I like the first suggestion! we can go with that for now tentatively and if either of us come up with something for a jail scenario, we can swap to that. I didn't sleep properly last night so I'm a bit woozy, but I'll take a more in-depth look at the write-up tomorrow and brainstorm more.

Yeeeeeah, I've had a very long lasting headache, so I relate. Sounds good though! I'll get back to you if more needs to be worked out or I think of something else.

I imagine Mikasa will be choosing Side: Eren, which is a category she made up herself, so she can join Levi in his efforts to minimise casualties! -- although, if he gets arrested, she may abandon him, depending on how things go. Would you be interested in threading that out at all?

Absolutely! I think Ambi might have wanted Eren to get arrested, too, but they don't all three have to stick close together the whole time so we can split it up however works best to aid or avoid that. Anyway, something with them helping each other out would be great.

Sounds good! Is Levi getting a top-level at all? If so, I'll throw Mikasa at it. (And I'm going to tag our intro thread, too! I just keep forgetting to hit up Spoon about where they're living.)

I was thinking I'd probably write one, yes! And haha, oh, is that it well no worries we can always handwave if need be.

No handwaving necessary, no thread left behind! I'm just a bit slow, gomen.

Awesome - I will tag him very soon. c:

Ban would approve of Levi's methods~

If Levi needs any help, I could have Ban sneak in!

Absolutely, he's prepared to accept all the help he can get. :)

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