Elsewhere U Plot Role Info

[powersthatbe]

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Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[shiromadoushi]

The mingle only came to life yesterday so... not really. There's a thread where he's going to give Anna back a bit of her glass, and Ryo is asking him how to find Hajime, but everything's in its infancy, so...

[whocanname]

Anything to report from week 2?

Next week: Provided the plants are dealt with on time, the second obstacle of the journey will be Anna Monday's territory. Anna Monday itself will appear and give the rescue party some choices. Consolidate discussion of these choices and take an IC vote from remaining members of the official rescue party. If there is enough of a consensus in week 3, bring the final decision to Anna Monday. If not, finish threading that in week 4.

At any time, the RA may send a message from the Elsewhere to ask for more official volunteers to replace the two she lost in week 2. She may also deputize anyone she encounters in the Elsewhere and deems fit. She carries the relevant paperwork.

[whocanname]

Anything to report from week 2?

Next week: Provided the plants are dealt with on time, next week's obstacle is Anna Monday's territory. It has a lake. Handwave that the Sorority leader knows where the rescue party is, either by having helped them before, or just curiosity. She can get people instantly there, but has deemed the surface of the lake unsafe. She may stock up on scuba gear to keep her passengers in the depths and therefore safe. They surface at their own risk.

Re: Staffperson - Ambrose

[whocanname]

Anything to report from week 2?

Next week: Provided the plants are dealt with on time, the rescue party will encounter Anna Monday's territory and its obstacles. Plot or handwave to have Fennel find out what is attacking the rescuers. Put forth the theory to any Involved that it and its environment sounds more like a restless or vengeful ghost, because automobiles usually don’t appear in Fae decorating, and Others tend to eat and sleep and do other survival things related to being alive. Bust out EMP sensors and other ghost hunting stuff if you want to examine its usual haunt outside the auto and metalworking shop. Theorize that Anna Monday's unusual power may be due to ingrained Elsewhere influence.

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[whocanname]

(That confirms my worry that everyone would wait until Oct to do anything. Including me, but more because I was low on ideas.)

Keep me updated on the giving Anna back some glass, and how much, that's important and may influence the content of next mingle.

I'm waiting on a mod answer for more specific instructions for you for next week. I suspect they've already answered, but as Plurk's down, I can't get to it yet.

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[triggerhappytraitor]

That was kinda a given, yeah. (AC really screws up a lot of things, annoyingly enough...)

Re: Anna: He has two pieces he's going to give back, one at a time (he wants to see what happens. And then to see if it happens the same again) I think the plan is one good memory, one bad one for a variation on reactions, but nothing's threaded yet, so that's up in the air. (I figured he's made friends with the crows and regularly gives them bribes of shinies and snacks so he was able to come up with an agreeable trade for the two. Depending how things go, he may see about bribing them further to get more of them back because this is kinda fascinating for him.)

Re: The Teacher - Malik

[whocanname]

Anything to report for week 2?

Next week: On campus, the Wild Hunt will appear in a mist every once in a while. I swear I wrote this before you connected the Teacher to it lmfao. The school makes an announcement about a "hazardous lack of visibility." Many Involved know humans may be carried off by the Wild Hunt to get lost in the Elsewhere, and these are a rather rough bunch of Fae.

If the attack plants of last week are dealt with on time, there will be some prime negotiating in Anna Monday's special territory in the Elsewhere. The Teacher may hear Fennel's expert theories on the true nature of Anna Monday. He may want to take Nila's shortcut and scuba gear to Anna Monday's lake and be legal counsel while a big Deal is voted on by the official rescue party.

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[whocanname]

As the crows have put Anna Monday on their to-kill list, they are reluctant to willingly give up shards. Unlike Fae, their polar opposites, the crows do not take bribes or trades. They only do things because they love someone, i.e. Dream-Eater. If he breaks their trust, they will murder him. That's... how they roll... ANYWAY, he's less likely to get more shards unless he steals them without getting caught.

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[triggerhappytraitor]

He's not a trust-breaking type (overlay or not, YGO is a Friendship series, so that is kinda a core thing for him) so looks like no more shards for him. If he asks either them or... whatever it is he gets his info why the crows have it out for Anna, will he gets a response? (and will they be mad at him for giving them back?)

Re: The Teacher - Malik

[loyalrebel]

As far as week two goes: as far as I know, he helped out with dealing with the Werewolf Incident and held class (no idea how many people showed up, so that's kinda in the wind.)

....does this mean that his horse/steed (it might be an elk) will hang around him because that would be hilarious. He may join their shenanigans at some point because well... bros bros bros bros. (Even if they're kinda embarrassing sometimes.)

They'd also all probably call him Hunter Silvertongue, if anyone's NPCing them! They also all do the "antlered shadows under moon/sunlight" thing as far as my headcanon things go.

He will deffos be all up in that, this is his thing guys.

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[whocanname]

They'll just refuse to give him more shards and give him the cold shoulder if he presses them about it.

The crows don't talk, so he has better luck doing it on his own. After he does the Cornerwitch magical question ritual, the graffiti reveals that the crows think Anna Monday is too dangerous to leave be. Clearly they know something everyone else doesn't. (Its violence and instability will be more properly showcased as the next rescue party obstacle.)

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[triggerhappytraitor]

Crows will get an apology pizza afterwards then.

Follow up question of "Why" / what do the crows just giving the info on the violence/being a hot mess thing or anything else in addition?

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[whocanname]

They would super not want Anna Monday to start bringing parts of its territory into the mundane world, something they foresee happening if Anna Monday continues to be allowed to hang around. A storm of flying shards of glass would really mess up their airspace.

Re: The Teacher - Malik

[whocanname]

bros bros bros bros is about right

Re: The Teacher - Malik

[loyalrebel]

Bros, he has a job to do here. We can go drinking on elkback later

I just see them as this cross between frat guys and a biker gang.

Re: Staffperson - Ambrose

[wholeheaded]

Nnnno, I haven't topleveled but I suspect he's been. Doing supporty stuff and training and researching and things. Will try and get out with something tonight.

Re: The Teacher - Malik

[whocanname]

I totally did too when I wrote it, so I'm glad to find someone else thinks the same.

Re: Staffperson - Ambrose

[whocanname]

Next week is looking to be more important for his involvement, so you can scrap this week if you don't want to spread yourself too thin. Disseminate the above info among Involved next week.

Also, Dream-Eater the Cornerwitch may have completed some interactions with Anna Monday and might have info relevant to your interests (still being threaded out atm) next week. Optional: If Fennel wants to see Anna Monday's Elsewhere territory for himself, Nila the Sorority Leader can help him shortcut there.

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[shiromadoushi]

New question!

Is there anyway that Dream-Eater could arrange for Ryo (Hajime's sidekick) to have safe passage to go see him? (I seriously have no idea what he can even do here TBH... )

[letmegrieve]

Nothing so far - as yet no one's asked her for a lift. Although I do have plans for her to whisk Rose Quartz away to Elsewhere / the Human Zoo as a Pledge. (We're planning for that to happen week 2, but so far nothing's in motion yet)

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[whocanname]

Does Ryo have a way to track down Hajime, like a Bond?

[runs]

Red/Chloe Frazer managed to get herself dragged over to the Elsewhere during week 1. That's why Anna wasn't at EU during the first days of week 2 - it needed to come back first.

During week 2 Anna got rather upset because Bakura's overlay was being a butt.

More might happen but I haven't been able to thread much yet.

[whocanname]

Next Week: Have prompts for both EU campus and Elsewhere. Whether it was unaware of the path to the Royal being through its domain, or was aware, it will want payment for the perceived crime of invading its area. Put this fact and offer any number of the following solutions and their related info in your Elsewhere toplevel. Let me know if you have questions or want to create better sign language.

Solution 1: Use your shards to show any one intruder surrendering their life. They will take on a form similar to Anna Monday, effectively dying and allowing Elsewhere magic to infuse their shattered, restless soul.

Solution 2: Use your shards to show the outline of your missing arms, a crow, and a forest. Someone must steal the crows' cache of seaglass bits stolen from Anna Monday, in a tree hollow in the Forest, and avoid being murdered by crows. Beware, crows tell their friends about targets, and crows are everywhere. All these seaglass bits will help Anna Monday recover its arms and a few memories of when it was human.

Solution 3: Use your shards to show an image of Alayne's face and the words "come with". Finding her might shed light on its true identity and help it find peace.

Solution 4: Something else you think might work, or combination of the last two!

Re: The Teacher - Malik

[whocanname]

Tentatively, here's Anna Monday's proposals.

Re: Cornerwitch - Bakura

[triggerhappytraitor]

Ryo is Hajime's spirit animal from Questing Country, so yes.