Paramo Riconquista: Plot Role Info

[powersthatbe]

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 July 27th, August 5th, August 15th, & August 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.

Comments

Crownbreaker Stricken - Casper

[powersthatbe]

Leader of the infiltrating mermaids, either a warrior or a siren, this mermaid has avoided too-close contact with humans as much as possible, as they struggle to control (and possibly even conceal, at player’s option) their Stricken condition, which is either newly developed or worsening after a long time in relative control. Now in a city full of humans and under constant stress, their honor and self-control are at war with their hunger, and staying focused on the mission is proving more difficult than they anticipated - especially with so many of their mermaids fascinated by this strange, freewheeling human civilization.

Thread Expectation: three threads / fifteen comments per mingle

Check-In Expectation: threads exploring the strangeness of human society; threads dealing with being Stricken and its challenges.

Privileged Information: In an emergency situation, you could send a siren to the Deep Blue and have them sing for help from other Thalassian rebels. While this could gain you as many as a dozen extra mermaids, it would take them several hours to arrive, and would probably also be heard by Thalassian loyalists who would come looking for you - or send sea monsters after you at the Empress’ behest. You are aware that the water-dragon the Bando rebels brought you is hidden on the Cornu, and should be sunk to help the Thalassian rebels if that is practical, but that the dragon is not entirely controlled or trustworthy.

Outlook: You are disciplined but out of your depth by the wealth and confusing distractions of human society, and your constant growing hunger will almost inevitably result in cannibalism (although you are somewhat in denial, believing your self-control can hold out for longer than is true).

Goals: Recover the cargo; load it onto the ships the human navy is sinking; aid your fellow merfolk. While you respect your human comrades, and this city intrigues you, your people come first.

Skill: Line and Lash. You are a superlative combatant with whip, rope, chain, or net - whether those intended as weapons or scavenged from your surroundings. You are especially skilled at entangling opponents and dragging then into or out of the water - whatever most damages their mobility - or attacks which cause garroting, clotheslining, or strangulation. You do not lose this ability when berserking due to Stricken status, and it applies both in and out of the water.

[helborn]

Oh boy, here we go.

[desperate_times_right]

Okay I really don’t think these two are going to get along well even before things go bad.

[helborn]

Yeah they're allies but he is not comfortable with all this human shit.

[desperate_times_right]

Also she’s never taken anything seriously in her life and she’s not about to start now.

[helborn]

This is crucial shit will you focus on the fucking mission?

[desperate_times_right]

Excuse you, this is a party, and if she doesn’t get to make out with a mermaid she’ll die.

[helborn]

Ew gross none of them would kiss a human.

[desperate_times_right]

Don’t underestimate Paramo alcohol.

[helborn]

It's sickening water, why would you do that to water

[desperate_times_right]

Says the guy who drinks salt water every day.

[helborn]

salt water is great shut up 8(

[desperate_times_right]

Oh yeah, having to tell this guy that they got the wrong supplies in their shipment is going to go great.

[helborn]

prepare for being yelled at and maybe Song

Kaimana - Crownbreaker Stricken - Casper

[helborn]

Just putting this here for reference.

A youngish (25 or so) Siren rebel who has found himself in charge of the group of mermaids that are working this operation. He is not the best at organization all the time, but his words are wise. Usually, at least. He is a decently powerful Singer but does not let his power get to his head - he listens to those with information and considers it rather than dismissing them due to their rank. However, when he gives an order, he expects it to be listened to and carried out. He does not understand or trust humans very much and prefers to keep them and their society at arm's length.

Recently, he's been a bit more snippish, but this is a difficult mission, after all...

Physically, he has an orca tail and faint vitiligo up his body. He is fairly slender, with long white hair that flows around him that has a single black stripe down the side. His torso has several scars along it.

Week 1

[helborn]

Most of this week was dealing with learning that the cargo got switched, but he did encounter some new mermaids (Sento and 'Misao' aka Kinji) that he got suspicious about. He did also run into Lian, and the two spoke briefly and awkwardly.

Also he met a baby which he got excited about.

Current plans are to try to regroup and figure out what happened with the cargo, keep an eye out for new mermaids, and keep a low profile. He's realized his skin being patchy color is an issue, so he's trying to find a way to disguise that.

[powersthatare]

Poking about next week!

Week 2

[helborn]

Whoops, sorry!

This week has been a little quieter in some ways - he's been trying to overhear info in bars and on the docks. The bar had him run into Catia again, where they had a discussion about him liking the city but finding it strange and also that he's more capable than he looks. The docks had him run into Lian, and they had a very... confused conversation.

Meanwhile under the water the crabs' blood sent him into a near-frenzy, so he took refuge on the bottom and stuffed himself with as much sea-based meat as he could that wasn't intelligent.

Next week, however, we (me, Elle, and Rika) have plans for Lian to send Kinji off into the ocean, hypnotized - and that'll set off Kaimana's tenuous control on his hunger. Expect cannibalism next week, provided schedules don't kill the muns involved.

Week 3

[helborn]

So for this week Kaimana cautiously extended protection to Lian after finding out he's a mermaid. They had a lovely swim and everything was nice. He continued to keep working on finding information - he needs to check in with Catia this next week.

(Which should be a little less busy OOCly - sorry!)

Late in the week, Lian and Kinji fought. Not recognizing Kinji as one of the mermaids he'd talked to earlier due to the blood in the water, he dragged the paralyzed Kinji to the bottom and ate him.

Current plans are for him to attempt to bury any piece of evidence of what he did and touch base with Catia. If things go sour he may try to load what he can on the boat that's going to sink and attempt to salvage whatever of this situation that he can.

Re: Week 3

[desperate_times_right]

Things are actually kind of going decently on the Crownbreaker end of things so if he can keep Catia from finding out that he ate a guy things might go okay.

Re: Week 3

[helborn]

... As I said to my friend: "... this is the single greatest plotting comment I've received in a while".