The Powers That Be ([personal profile] powersthatbe) wrote2019-01-12 06:24 pm

Market of the Vanities: Plot Role Info.

If you are not a plot infiltrator or someone with IC reasons to share knowledge available to plot infiltrators, please do not read the comments of this post.

If you ARE a plot infiltrator, please comment under your toplevel to let us know you've read it; please also pop over here to announce your plotroleishness to the game at large. We prefer that you do any confidential plotting with other plot-important folks in the comments here, rather than on plurk, and please comment no later than January 23rd, January 31st, February 8th, February 16th, & February 24th with a brief (as brief as 1 sentence; as long as you like) summary of your activity during the week & plans for next week. These comments will help the mods shape mingles and plot events to keep the story dynamic and player actions important to the outcome. Likewise, comment at any time with any questions you may have, and a mod will get back to you within 36 hours at the outside.


-Links to folklore are included not to pigeonhole you into using those names or background details, but only to share our inspirations for the roles and allow you to draw from them as much or little as you like.


-All your characters may be safely assumed to have access to monetary resources and minor magic items to sell or trade; doing so will constitute skill proof for the character receiving the item. Such magic items should convey a minor advantage, a cantrip or trick - an endless torch, a self-mending piece of clothing, a sword that draws itself in times of danger - but not an item that conveys a major advantage or wholly new ability, such as a sword that fights on its own, a torch that can light endless fires, or clothing that can alter itself into other outfits. If you're not sure of an item or want to sell or trade something more powerful, contact the mods under your toplevel and ask - the Market is meant to be a place of wonders and you're the biggest suppliers in it.

-Obviously the skills listed below are exceptional even by Traveler standards. If you have concerns about a skill, yours or someone else's, potentially unbalancing the game, please let us know ASAP so we can address that concern & work out a fix if necessary. Your characters are under no obligation to sell, trade, or give away these skills, but are able to do so, and we've worked to give many or most of you some possible motivation to justify the skill trades. If you cannot imagine a circumstance where your character would make any trades, let us know so we can clarify and explain.
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[personal profile] scarsolderthanyou 2019-01-13 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
This is fucking perfect thank you XD I am excited about this...

[personal profile] powersthatare 2019-01-24 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Anything to report from week 1/plans for week 2?
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[personal profile] scarsolderthanyou 2019-01-24 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hell is it that time already?

Welp. Skamaris is setting up the groundwork for discussing his deal with the Hailstorm Marshal/Hajime, and was a (polite) ass at Scorpions. Haven't tackled his local demon lords yet, but I will next mingle. Next mingle I'm aiming for him having a private chat with Hailstorm, or at least sending his Sithen messenger/boyfriend to have a private chat with him if Hailstorm doesn't trust him enough yet.

[personal profile] powersthatare 2019-02-01 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Anything to report from week 2/plans for week 3?
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[personal profile] scarsolderthanyou 2019-02-02 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
He's in the middle of his first round of negotiations with Asieriel! And trying to prove his point with the fight in the market-- angels and demons together right now are bad business and they should take a break until things calm down :| not sure how well it'll go over, but he's trying.

[personal profile] powersthatare 2019-02-11 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
Anything to report from week 3/plans for week 4?
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[personal profile] scarsolderthanyou 2019-02-11 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Looks like the cease-fire might be going ahead, at least at the original agreement level, and with Bart Falling Skamaris is going to be trying to chat him up and maybe like. Recruit him. Maybe. He might be too volatile, but he might also just need someone to validate him... we'll see >.>

Also there's some fun drama with Sahaquiel stealing some of his notes and things and coming to a terribly wrong but hilarious conclusion :D