Paramo Riconquista: Plot Role Info

[powersthatbe]

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Comments

[cloudpotter]

i love that this is Yakumo's second disguised role with an undying loyalty to a queen

With the goal of preventing any fleet from gaining supremacy, is that because of deeper reasons like stronger fleets = potential trouble for the Empress?

pretend this is the mod account

[fridgeninja]

A fleet strong enough to control both sides of the ocean can exert control over the (surface) of the deep sea, which is Thalassia's "ceiling", and that's what she wants to avoid. No one nation should rule the waves, and they should be looking to each other for trouble, not to her.

[cloudpotter]

Sweet.

I've got a few more questions too! Just wanna make sure I get this all down right.

1 - So, he's a mermaid in disguise as a human? With the mermaid information given in Shoals, the mermaids are only able to have legs for a few minutes at a time - so how is he going about that? Is he constantly a space cadet because he's always trying to project an illusion of being Very Human Thank You, or is he just able to keep up a human form for longer than other mermaids? Does he need to return to the water at any point?

2 - How well-known is his training with the Akuryu, and how much about his magical capabilities are the Captain and other crew aware of? Is it a situation of they know full well what the details of his illusion magic are (eg the full extent of the Shifting Echoes skill) and so the crew is already wary of him, or is it more "the Captain got saddled with him for his disguises and ability to silence loud noises, and his crew just have to deal with that" (eg they only expect the limits of the Illusionary Magic skill)?

3 - Since he was already placed in En Zhenming a decade ago, how much about the rebels' activity from four years ago will he know? Will he know details and descriptions about any of them, or more of a "any groups of mermaids and pirates is probably a rebel group" general thing?

4 - If/when he does find Rebel mermaids, how does exposure work? does he just stick his head in the water and yell for a while (Mostly just to get an idea of how he's working. I assume any actual cases of exposure OOC-wise are a "ping a mod" situation?)

[fridgeninja]

1- So with practice they can get up to a couple hours at a time and only need a break of a couple minutes to 'catch their breath' between transformations. It's tiring to constantly go in and out, but doable. He does need to be in very high humidity locations and preferably immersed in water to do things like sleep; that's where illusions mostly come in.

2- His training with the Akuryu is known, and it's known that he is in ways better than the Akuryu, but not necessarily all the details. They only know for sure about the disguises and silencing. How much he chooses to share past that is your call.

3- So, he'lkl know about the BANDO Rebels from four years ago, but not about the Crownbreaker school. Any mixed group of mermaids & humans is either a group of the Dread Empress's special agents, who should know the same passwords and countersigns he does, or they're rebels.

4- he would have to swim out to the Deep Blue to sing a warning down to Thalassia, but if he can't sneak away for a day to do that, he should try to get them in trouble locally. definitely ping a mod with any further questions!

[cloudpotter]

Awesome, thank you!

[cloudpotter]

With the water/humidity for sleeping - is any water fine, or does it have to be salt-based? (Or to put it in other words, did this guy definitely demand a few barrels of water be allocated to him for his personal and private use during this mission?)

Also, is there one naming convention over another that I should be going with for him?

[fridgeninja]

Depends on his fish type! Some eels, salmon, and sturgeon can get along in freshwater just fine; most need saltwater.

His human alias is probably either Chinese or Japanese (or Okinawan or Korean).

[cloudpotter]

Thank you! One more question - is this guy responsible for the cargo swap that happened? Or was that done by a Rebel group? Or another group altogether?

there are a lot of groups and cargo shenanigans ahaha

[fridgeninja]

That was you, yep.

[cloudpotter]

EXCELLENT

[cloudpotter]

Another cargo swap-related question: does Lian know who the intended group for the weapons cargo was/where the Xunhuo cargo is? I'm assuming yes but I want to check to make sure.

[powersthatbe]

No, actually! He just saw two cargos, both of which contained explosives, and knew the best way to follow his directive of making this successful but LESS successful.

[cloudpotter]

brilliannnnnnt

With the saltblessed weapons, is it general knowledge that the saltblessing on them is
to prevent rust? Is it normal for weapons held by navies/groups located near the sea, to carry weapons with that saltblessing?

Basically, trying to feel out how unusual it is to find a crate of saltblessed weapons in a port.

[powersthatare]

It's easy to determine upon testing but not necessarily automatically known.

It's not rare but it is expensive, so it isn't common either.

A crate would usually be ordered by a navy, and you'd expect to see sabers, cutlasses, hatchets, and pistols. This selection of weapons is quite peculiar.

[cloudpotter]

I just keep rocking up with questions

Would Lian recognize Cassandra/'Alexandra' in any way? Or, since he was deployed 10 years ago, will he know nothing about her?

[powersthatare]

He would know nothing! If she presents old passwords, he would recognize them as valid, but she herself, no recognition.

[cloudpotter]

On the topic of old passwords! How often do they get updated, and is Lian himself using older ones by virtue of having been on land for 10 years? Or do other spies deliver him new passwords somehow every so often?

[powersthatare]

So! You get new passwords when you check in; and when you exchange passwords with a fellow spy, they also tell you when they last checked in. If they don't have the password for their latest checkin, you kill them. If you have a newer checkin, you do not give the newest password away; you give the password that matches the other's latest checkin.

[cloudpotter]

that is really cool

okay so

If Lian and Cassandra are to thread at some point, I should start a PP with mods and Zoe so that everyone's on the same page with regard to the potential outcomes? I don't wanna spring unhappy surprises on anyone, especially since Cassandra's keeping her eyes peeled for spies.

[helborn]

So this will go well and not be awkward afterwards.

[cloudpotter]

so well. I can't wait!

[rebellioninbloom]

So what's he trying to enable Chun into this time? XD

[cloudpotter]

please go find out if kinji is also assigned to this mission and if not then potentially just stab him and get him out of lian's freakin way

[cloudpotter]

in other words:

Kinji's been popping up and trying to get friendly with Lian, and pulled a ninja smoke bomb move in front of him. Lian can't figure out if this means Kinji has been sent in some relation to their mission, or if he's just a nuisance who keeps following Lian around. (If he is a nuisance following Lian around, then surely he's definitely a threat to exposing their intentions prematurely because Lian can't go casting illusions on people's crew and stock when there's a ninja stalking him, right Chun? Please go remove his problem for him.)

[rebellioninbloom]

Haha, she can take a stab at seeing what's up...