[OOC] [Sidereal] EXORCISM STUFF

[curriculum_fictae]

SO I GUESS we're gonna have ourselves a good ol' exorcism of Martin Blackwood. There's already been an IC meeting as well as a plurk on the subject, but it's time to actually map this thing out.

Normally I would take this time to give everyone multiple weekends to pick from, but given there's only two full weekends left in January annnnd one of them is imminent, we're going to need to center on January 24th - January 26th! That being said, I do have some leeway on exactly which day to start the post off, so that's where the poll comes in.

Regardless of when the event starts, everything will be ICly forward dated to whenever we're done. (Probably about one IC day.) Also, I will be running anchor on all NPC needs, so if none of the dates below work for you, I will be happy to run threads for you whenever available. I'm also planning on continuing threads until forever, so if you're a slow tagger all is well.

Poll #23277 MARTIN BLACKWOOD'S MAGICAL EXORCISM ADVENTURE

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

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When would you prefer to have this event start?

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Thursday, January 23rd
6 (42.9%)

Friday, January 24th
5 (35.7%)

Saturday, January 25th
6 (42.9%)

Sunday, January 26th
4 (28.6%)

Tuesday, January 27th
2 (14.3%)

No Preference
4 (28.6%)

During which dates will you be available to participate?

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Thursday, January 23rd
9 (75.0%)

Friday, January 24th
7 (58.3%)

Saturday, January 25th
11 (91.7%)

Sunday, January 26th
10 (83.3%)

Tuesday, January 27th
9 (75.0%)

During which dates will you NOT be available to participate?

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Thursday, January 23rd
3 (30.0%)

Friday, January 24th
4 (40.0%)

Saturday, January 25th
0 (0.0%)

Sunday, January 26th
3 (30.0%)

Tuesday, January 27th
4 (40.0%)

(Threads will definitely continue past January 27th, but if I know which days you're available I'll try to prioritize you on those days.)

So what all's going to go down during this post? Well, there will be three primary groups available, with one being locked (main exorcism group) and the other two (guard Martin, fight off Lonely fragments) will be flexible. I am also 100% open to doing something outside of those options, but that's generally where I'm counting on people to slot in. You are welcome to change your mind, do both things, etc.; this is just me trying to generally gauge how to focus my planning energies.

Generally speaking, the flow of events will go like this:
+ Everyone gathers in the exorcism location to mingle/prep/discuss
+ Subaru and Magnus pull the Lonely out of Martin
+ The area temporarily becomes the world's worst beachfront property
+ At some point, Things Go Wrong and the Lonely splits into multiple fragments
+ The biggest chunk goes into Pyxis, as planned
+ The rest splits into monsters for people to fight/kill/get hurt by
+ Eventually all of the pieces are gathered up/destroyed (but consequences/scarring remains)
+ Magnus will either keep or destroy his box of Lonely
+ Martin wakes up ... fine? Probably??? (The ritual will be successful, but he will need recovery time)

How did my character find out about it/what kind of prep is involved? If you didn't get a chance to thread out asking ICly, then you can assume your character got lured into Martin's flat with cake and somehow signed up that way. Everyone who attended that meeting (or signed up) was asked to come to the exorcism with some kind of token made by (or given to them by) a loved one, preferably someone currently in Sidereal. I'll probably start the exorcism post off with a general "make friendship bracelets and mingle" thread, as you do. Or you can thread things out ahead of time - Martin definitely got out the word at least an IC day in advance.

What kind of sweet, sweet consequences will I be able to inflict on my characters? Glad you asked! See this comment for a list of stuff and feel free to ask questions. Note that the deets posted are GUIDELINES that match up with TMA canon. You are welcome to have Something Else More Fun Happening.

Comments

CHARACTER GROUPS

[curriculum_fictae]

Tell me which general group your character intends on being a part of during the exorcism! Or tell me what other things you'd like to do. You're welcome to do any combination of things; I just want to know how much to prep for each thing (and give folks some ideas on what to do.)

TEAM EXORCISM

[curriculum_fictae]

Already locked to Subaru, Magnus, and Jon+Martin. (Martin will be incoherent so that I can focus on running Lonely shenanigans.)

[scrabblechampion]

MAGNUS IS HERE TO HELP!!11

Re: TEAM EXORCISM

[unhappymedium]

The power of love compels you.

TEAM PROTECT MARTIN

[curriculum_fictae]

(aren't we all on this team)

Sign up here if your character will be sticking close to Martin during the exorcism to make sure the Lonely doesn't immediately try to yeet itself back into him. This is generally intended for characters that won't be fighting directly but still want to provide moral support, set up extra guards, generally take a less violent route, etc.

Re: TEAM PROTECT MARTIN

[sweetreleafs]

Aerta, probably! She’s sort of interested in Eating The Lonely. What the hell is her plan and is it possible I don’t know. But she will be there for Martin since this is What He Wants.

[sleepingmewty]

o/ G'raha will be in this team. He can fight, but he doubts that his skills would help with the lonely. Also, he locked himself in a tower by himself for an indefinite amount of time to protect the world, knowing everyone he knew would be dead when he woke up. So lol.

Re: TEAM PROTECT MARTIN

[eudaimoniac]

Des!

Re: TEAM PROTECT MARTIN

[andscene]

Ughhhh, lizard is here.

Re: TEAM PROTECT MARTIN

[abardacttofollow]

I'm gonna have Stef doing projective empathy on a song specifically about people throwing off shadows that make them feel alone and isolated (which is literally a song that already exists. it's about Vanyel lmao). He can't fight and won't be doing anything else but he's gonna provide bardic support.

TEAM STAB THE LONELY

[curriculum_fictae]

Sign up here if your character is here to WRECK THIS ENTITY'S SHIT, YEAHHHH. Generally this is for the more violently inclined characters who are going to be actively hunting down Lonely fragments to prevent them from escaping into Sidereal.

Re: TEAM STAB THE LONELY

[bidenhander]

it is a beautiful day in sidereal and i am a horrible keeper of the peace

Re: TEAM STAB THE LONELY

[selfdissecting]

Maeve's got her knives and a single level in GOO Warlock. She's ready to go. ALSO I ACCIDENTALLY ANSWERED THE POLL UNDER MEKHANICALLOUS instead of Maeve's journal but it's all good babey.

Maeve's various trauma buttons can be pressed by:

—Treating her as though she isn't real and preying on her issues with identity/self-permanence (People Will Forget I Exist As Soon As They're Done Talking To Me)

—Exacerbating her existing feelings that she doesn't know herself/has no identity besides Making Others' Lives Better For Them

—Insinuating everyone she does get along with will leave her for some reason or another or are only keeping her around to Use Her

—Making any reference to Bugsy, who got Eldritch Sibling Blood Pact Bonded to Maeve for life. unfortunately, for D&D Campaign Reasons, Bugsy has completely fallen out of contact with Maeve and she doesn't know whether they just got tired or her or if something happened or what, but it feels like a part of her is missing

—Implying she's incompetent at her job and that Vesper & Phosphor and the Partners (her bosses) dislike her. the same goes for her coworkers like Pascal, Yves, or Ceciliano

Re: TEAM STAB THE LONELY

[longmayireign]

stabby stabby.

Re: TEAM STAB THE LONELY

[forjoyandwoe]

EEYYY

Re: TEAM STAB THE LONELY

[redskyrising]

Masego will be most active here, probably. He'll also be maintaining the wards that keep pieces of the Lonely from just booking it out into Sidereal, along with any other contributers. He will probably keep a piece in stasis afterwards for further vivisection study.

Re: TEAM STAB THE LONELY

[stayedhuman]

hey what's up grandma's here

Re: TEAM STAB THE LONELY

[adhorsive]

Technically Star's a support character (he does bardic buffs/debuffs) but he's gonna be doing this with team stab the lonely, I think.

a) He wants to stomp some pieces to death with his hooves
b) he can buff/debuff any team stabs who want one
c) he can be a mount if any of team stabs want to do mounted combat, hmu.

TEAM POPCORN

[curriculum_fictae]

If you're really just here to watch. Mostly just sign up here if you want your character to be present but don't really want to engage with the Lonely / don't want them to do anything in particular.

Re: TEAM POPCORN

[sweetreleafs]

Nico goes here! Metaphysically fuck her up if fucking her up is convenient. She will bounce back quickly because she’s a DMC and they

Re: TEAM POPCORN

[floridagothic]

Fen here to keep an eye on Martin but also Des! He wants to see how this goes without much interference, but also... make sure his husband doesn't Die.

Re: TEAM POPCORN

[lettucefuck]

Fjord is still a demon and thus unwilling to put himself in any risk for someone else unless voluntold to by someone more powerful. But despite himself, he feels kind of guilty about that and wants to at least provide like. Moral support? Being present? He is a little embarrassed he is letting himself THIS close. He's not likely to interfere but he's in the place where he's like, maybe I should be here? In case? I did want to interfere? But I don't?

That mood.

TEAM SOMETHING ELSE

[curriculum_fictae]

Because I'm sure I'm not covering everything that folks want to do.

Re: TEAM SOMETHING ELSE

[forjoyandwoe]

V offered to act as standby for Magnus during the exorcism like an extra side battery. Not really an active role, but sort of non-violent back up on Magnus's side of the exorcism

Re: TEAM SOMETHING ELSE

[redskyrising]

Masego is building Hella Wards. He's seen an entity fragment itself in self-defense before and he's spent a fair bit of time with Martin, so he's got a good idea of what to expect and how to tailor and deploy them in harmony with Subaru's maboroshi. This should help force the fragments to actually engage Team Stab.