Player Plot: Chaos in Cassandra

[spiritwalks]

Chaos in Cassandra [Mini Player Plot]


Hello, Deerlings ♥

This mini-event set for July 28-ish in Cassandra gives your character a chance to:

• Team up with Sleepers for ridiculous "Home Alone meets Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame" style of looney tunes shenanigans


• Go apeshit on some Trenchies (or maybe Sleepers) during a literal mob


• Show off intel-gathering skills


• Be a hero by helping this sweet lil family escape (I MEAN, LOOK AT THEM, HOW CAN YOU SAY NO)


• Piss off some locals and maybe get chased outta town for any length of time

If one (or more) of these things are of interest to you, then strap in! You're in the right place, buddy.

I. The Inciting Incident

July is the month of the Reckoning. In the wake of Mariana's soothing ritual, Trenchies are still furious over Mariana's defilement (courtesy of Boatgate)...and they're itching for a scapegoat. Vyng (who's been working as both an Arcane Scholar and a Disciple) is a convenient target. According to the rumors, this is because: 1) His role in the soothing ritual was wayyyy too close to directly communing with a Patron Pthumerians in their eyes, 2) He's had tensions with Disciples in the past due to his particular powerset mixed with a desire to understand Pthumerians, and 3) to add insult to injury, he's a Warmblood who lacks potential in blood magic.

Tensions come to a head when Vyng — whose body is still weak from the ritual — is strung up to be burned at the stake. (You know, like an old-fashioned witch burning.)

Tuck will swing in to save him, get to a nearby abandoned building, and BELLOW AS LOUD AS A BELL RINGING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD that it is a sanctuary now.


This is totally how it looks in Tuck's head, guys.

...He saw it in a play once. That's how things work in this world, right? (It is not.)

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II. The Siege & Escape

With a little help from a friend or two, Tuck and co. will claim an abandoned (?) house for themselves. Of course, hunkering down into a hidey-house will not quell the mob. They have their pitchforks and torches, and they are on a mission for a proper ROAST.

Potential ways characters can be involved:

• Alert other Sleepers of shit going down in Cassandra (via network or otherwise)


• Defend the house (either from inside or outside)


• TRAPS??


• Go vigilante or full-on beast on Trenchies in the mob


• Hell, go vigilante (!?) on anyone defending these chucklefucks**


• Be Evil and spread C H A O S (if that's your bag)


• Collect and share intel about possible escape routes to the nearest lamp location


• Crowd-thinning (peaceful or otherwise)


• Escape assistance

**Note: If your character falls on the Trenchies' side of The Roastening, they will have to contend with either a housecat-sized child (with a serious bodycount) or a 7-foot-tall, 5-foot-wide warrior (with a semi-sentient axe). Alternatively, you will likely make a friend for life if they see you helping even a little bit.

(Incidentally, it would be funny if this house actually belonged to someone, or they were intending to fix it up for something. If that's something you're interested in, let us know!)

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III. Aftermath

With their main target gone, some of the townspeople might turn their anger toward Sleepers who thwarted their BBQ. Anybody looking to escape the heat is welcome to crash at Trenchwood Farm with Vyng's fam for awhile. It's far enough from town that mobs shouldn't be a problem here. All misfists and outcasts are welcome!

Ways characters can be involved:

• Wellness checks (tending wounds, general check-ins with folks who were involved)


• Extra protection/patrols for anyone who might need it (the farm, other Sleepers, etc.)


• Revenge (that's always a good idea, right?)

For PLOTTING, feel free to comment below with the following form! ♥ Thanks, everyone.

<b>Character Name:</b> Who's going to be involved in the plot <b>Feelings about witch-burnings:</b> Are they going to be siding with Trenchies in the pursuit of punishment? Be more concerned with defending a fellow Sleeper? Maybe they just want to see everything burn in general? <b>Possible Involvement in Cassandra:</b> What are some ways your character might be involved here? (i.e How would they react to seeing Trenchies getting riled up, how might they defend the house, what roles could they play in crowd-control, combat, escape, etc.) <b>Possible Aftermath:</b> Will there be any repercussions for your character's involvement? What might they need? (i.e. To lay low for awhile, extra security until tempers cool, some TLC) <b>Content Preferences:</b> What do you want to explore (or avoid) during this event? <b>Anything else?</b> Sky's the limit, babyyy!

Comments

Tuck | Spout Lore

[bardbarous]

Character Name: Tachome Dhaume

Feelings about witch-burnings:

Tuck is Notre Dameing the hell out of this auto-da-fè!!! Whomever would like to help him thin out the crowd while he comes in Quasimodo style and saves Vyng, I'm here for it.

I think Qrow(?) will be one of the Sleepers helping to locate the abandoned building and help clear a path to it. Others interested in thinning out the numbers are welcome!

Possible Involvement in Cassandra:

So I am here for the Vyng saving and the Home Alone-esque antics that will be running around all over the now-proclaimed Sanctuary Sleepers find themselves stuck in. There will be brick throwing competitions to see who can get the highest body count, there will be traps, anything you can think of that you might find in an old abandoned building is fair game. Trip wires, broken glass, handmade slingshots, whatever it takes to keep the Trenchies out and Vyng safe.

Possible Aftermath:

Tuck is laying low with Vyng and Billie at the farm once all is said and done. Haven't thought of anything noteworthy to do with the aftermath, but if people want to check up on Tuck or the fam let me know!

Content Preferences:

Long-winded fights I'd like to avoid! Totally down to play them, I just like to plan them out OOCly, and then wrap them up in a few tags so they don't bog down the rest of the thread. I'm REALLY just looking for excuses to do dumb Home Alone shenanigans

Anything else? Get ready for the hurt

[facultative]

i'm imagining tuck trying to do all these home alone traps and anakin just accidentally ruins it because he's kind of a god this month

[bardbarous]

wtf are you deliberately stepping in his snare trap or something?? go be a god outside and take care of these Trenchies!! also do it where Tuck can see so he can get the doki dokis over Anakin's displays of strength lol