CONCORDIA DAY :018 - :022

[onemind]

CURRENT EVENTS

     CONCORDIA, DAY :018 - :022

Despite the severity of the recent bombing, a week after the bombing it seems that most Concordian news outlets have backburned the story in favor of other current events - including the recent Zero Ball victory for Concordia. The story of the bombing, the aftermath, and the investigation tends to get little more than occasional mention, and most reputable sources of news have moved on from the bombing itself to speculate more deeply on H+H1 and the possible role of EXTRAAA. There's at least one sensationalist idea that's gaining some traction and popularity which is that hacker group EXTRAAA, supposedly at odds with the mysterious H+H1, is really just machinating the conflict themselves and posing as H+H1 to win more support for synthetic rights. The popular line seems to attribute the bombings - both those minor acts of vandalism that were occurring prior to the Hosts's arrival in Concordia and this newer, bigger attack on the VEN DIAGRAMS factory - to nothing more than hacker "scare tactics", designed to sway public opinion in their favor. Additionally, there's been at least one major news network who talked to a professional in the memory bank industry that pointed out that the Ven Diagrams technology - not the androids, but the mental augment chips that were also scrambled in the attack - is analogous to the tech used to store human memory and experience in places like Memory Bank.

Despite the abundant rumors and conjecture about the bombing, both in the physical and digital realm, no one seems to have any concrete facts-- or rather, the people who most likely do are keeping it to themselves. Remember how Ven Diagrams was offering a hefty reward for anyone with information regarding the bombing? In all the hubbub, no one seems to notice that the offer's been quietly tabled. The company's statements regarding the bombing are similar to what they were before, but there's significantly more buzzwords involved and a lot less impassioned determination to dig up information. The implication? They know something. However, it seems like they're not in a sharing mood given that they're publicly still playing at being unable to track down a perpetrator.

The good news: If H+H1 was responsible, and Ven Diagrams has something on them, that probably means they're traceable. The data's out there, you just have to get it. The bad news? It's all stored on Ven's local databanks, completely off the grid. which means they'll have to somehow infiltrate the company, access their local network and acquire the information from them personally if anyone wants to get a good look at it. Given the current political climate, not to mention Ven's clear interest in keeping the matter private and personal, that could be very - very - dangerous.

Meanwhile, it seems there is one notable point of fallout that's come as a result of the Ven Diagrams factory bombing. With no concrete H+H1 leads in the media and an increased visibility of anti-EXTRAAA and anti-synthetic rhetoric, the tenor surrounding the upcoming BOUT IT OUT championships has become significantly more heated. Since his vaguely pro-synthetic comments during a press conference last week, Kun Adetokunbo - the once fan favorite in the competition - has been singled out by reporters and news outlets as a visible pro-synthetic voice. In counterpoint, Adetokunbo's largest rival Florence Kelcey has made some heartfelt posts on her public extraspace board that have some not-so-subtle organic support leanings. Kelcey doesn't seem to be malicious (in fact looking at the history of her board, this is fairly in keeping with her usual digital content stream), but given the local climate it's a spark for a public following that's rapidly becoming hungry to burn something. Florence's popularity has surged in many sectors, particularly wealthy ones. Meanwhile though Adetkunbo's betting odds have plummeted and his face is a lot less visible on hologram billboards, he's become even more popular among certain individuals.

The heated competition seems to be something a lot of people are channeling their anxiety, fear and passion into. On DAY :020, a reporter presses Adetokunbo on whether he's the next Sheena Fry and he whips back with a clearly frustrated "Would there be something wrong with that if I was?" that causes an uproar in Extraspace and likely triggers a string of hooligan violence in Beta and Gamma Block. In the hours that follow, REPRESENTATIVE GORAM SAFFIT OF LARANN speaks out against the violence and reminds everyone that the real concern should be the safety of people in relation to synthetics. He pushes the idea that the only way to ensure human safety is to verify android security and poses the question: "If we live with androids, what's to stop us from being subject to their vulnerabilities as well? What stops them from being subject to ours?" He reminds the public to sign a petition requesting Concordian government officials to consider creating designated areas for humans only and areas for androids and official workforce only to 'ensure that humans and androids can both live and operate safely according to their own needs and programming.'

Two hours later an anonymous hacker leaks information tying Adetkunbo to a false identity 'Desta Vaska' who has a history of cutting big checks for Mind Life. Minutes later there's a flurry of people calling for Adetkunbo to have sponsorships revoked as well as a significant increase in threats of violence from anonymous users should he not be ejected from the championship. As a desperate means of extending an olive branch and in the spirit of fair play (as well as hoping to divert some of that competitive heat back in on itself), Adetkunbo's reps organize a hasty publicly accessible miniature competition. There are 40 slots available and any current members of a local bout it out ring can enter the bracket and duke it out to get the chance to fight Adetkunbo himself! This might be a great opportunity to get into contact with Adetkunbo and the upper echelons of Mind Life. --It might also be a great opportunity for someone (host or otherwise) to do something drastic to the man who, whether he wanted to or not, has now become the face of pro-synthetic discourse.



     IN OTHER NEWS...

A reminder that on day :016, Aoba Seragaki went into a medical coma. It's probably fine.... (no it's not).

There have been extra- and real-space protesters outside a number of Mind Life local chapters in every block. Most of the protests are relegated to people holding signs and being rude to androids who operate in the chapters, but there's been a handful of vandalism reports that include broken windows and extraspace profile scrambling.

Mind Life has assumed a largely hands off approach to what they've deemed 'ridiculous rhetoric' aimed at targeting those most affected by the rise in tension. Rather than battling the media outlets, they've opted to double down on their android assistance programs and have emphasized reaching out to local government officials and Concordia block councils to encourage reformation and new legislation. They've taken a very public anti-violence stance and encourage any pro-synthetic demonstrations to be peaceful. Then again, that's no different from what REPRESENTATIVE GORAM SAFFIT OF LARANN is encouraging either...

Security outside of major tech centers has increased.

Security sweeps in Subspace have increased.

Concordian Public Security has issued a statement encouraging civilians to consider leaving their BOUT IT OUT memorabilia at home and to remove their related extraspace profile tags as it seems to elevate a risk of being targeted by criminal activity.

Speaking of symbols, individuals sympathetic to REPRESENTATIVE GORAM SAFFIT OF LARANN's rhetoric have started to tag their extraspace profiles with a symbol of two hands forming a circle. The gesture has some real life applications as well, having been seen flashed at the occasional pro-organic meeting.

In a misguided effort to drum up good press, the city sets up a suggestion poll on Extraspace for re-naming one of Alpha Block's oldest man-made lakes/gardens prior to restoration work starting (toxic levels of bacteria, likely from bird feces, were a main cause for the lake being shut down multiple times over the past decade). Within the first day the poll was flooded, with the highest amount of votes going to Bird-a-potty, followed by Vec8734 Memorial Lake. Within an hour the second place spot was overtaken by SYNTHS CAN'T SWIM. Two hours later the poll was shut down.

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

DAY :018 (Jun 21-22) - VEN DIAGRAMS quietly removes their reward offer for information about the factor bombing. They continue to welcome the submission of information, but are no longer offering monetary compensation for it. Time to think up a way to access their local networks!

DAY :020 (Jun 25-26) - The BOUT IT OUT-related tensions reach a high point when Adetkunbo's android sympathies are revealed. Mind Life and REPRESENTATIVE GORAM SAFFIT OF LARANN quietly duke it out in the public politics sector while Adetkunbo's reps scramble to organize a friendly competition to ease tensions and make their man lovable again.

DAY :022 (Jun 29-30) - Covert work and punch 'em ups! The team splits up: half the hosts pursue getting into contact with Adetkunbo through the competition and the other half enacts the plan to infiltrate Ven Diagrams and obtain their H+H1 related data.

There WILL be a log posted for the events of Day :022. All other IC logs for previous days (including any IC plotting and planning) may be player organized/initiated.

OOC NOTES

POLITICS! INTRIGUE! PUNCHING! Over the next few days we'll work together to formulate a plan of approach for both investigating Ven Diagrams and using the Bout It Out minicompetition to get in with Kun Adetkunbo (affectionately, 'Kun Kun'). We'll provide key information for each operation in the appropriate thread below and encourage everyone to help formulate a plan for both regardless of which your character will be ICly involved with. We're looking for everyone to be involved with crafting the story, so if you have an idea that you think might work but your character wouldn't necessarily think of - throw it in the ring anyway! Someone else might be able to utilize their character to ICly introduce the idea.

Ideally, this planning stage should be a blend of OOC brainstorming and handwaving plotting (though, of course, you're welcome to and encouraged to discuss these plans in character as well). The most important part is that we must have reached a consensus for how to approach these plots by no later than JUNE 27th 11:59PM PST so the event log can be structured according to IC intent. Be aware, this doesn't mean that there won't potentially be wrenches thrown into the mix during the actual event - there's always the possibility for the unexpected as a result of IC action (like, oh, LIGHTSABERING PEOPLE) within the operations themselves, but that should at least give everyone a framework to operate within.

Lastly, two (relatively) non-plotting related notes: you may have noticed there's a gap between this calendar and the last of a few IC days (the prior calender having ended on :013 and this one beginning on :018). Similar gaps will likely be a regular occurance in an effort to give ourselves time to pull IC information and incorporate it into these roughly bi-monthly calendars. Feel free to assume business as usual in the interim betwen calendars; if anything big happens on the tail end of one calendar, we'll be sure to make you aware. That said, we always encourage player feedback! If you've found yourself at loose ends during these intervals or that the pacing is clunky, please let us know and we'll see if we can tighten the mechanics a little.

We're also working to implement a quick reference sheet for IC to OOC dates. Thanks to Jen for being the unsung hero of keeping track of numbers while we've been slacking!

If you have any general questions related to this calendar overall, please direct them to the appropriate thread below. If you have questions specfically about details regarding either the infiltration operation or the BOUT IT OUT competition, please ask them in the operation subthreads! Further, we're all a team here! If you have any world building elements you'd like to suggest, there's an appropriate subthread for that below too. As always, if you have questions that are braoder in scope, don't hesitate to drop them either on the FAQ or the MOD CONTACT posts!

-Abby and Donna

CONCORDIA MISSION: OVERVIEW • DAY :008 - :013
NAVIGATION • PREMISE • FAQ • RULES • GLOSSARY • SYMBIOTIC SKILLS • ABILITY POINTS

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Comments

QUESTIONS?

[onemind]

Please direct all general questions relating to this calendar here!

[adamance]

Hey, so I have a question related to this as a natural progression from the previous mission statements/calendars (more of a clarification to make sure I'm understanding things correctly):

Is this meant to be seen as a major escalation of the anti-synthetic movement, which had otherwise been seen as a grassroots movement that hadn't taken hold yet? It looks like the press is definitely making it seem as if anything that's pro-synthetic movement is cast in a negative light, so it also seems like Goram is getting his way in a lot of ways. Along those same lines, is it possible to look into Goram and what interactions he may have had in recent history? I'm looking along the lines of what Nirad told Lexa: that their enemy ensured that this would go in a certain direction because they wanted to ensure there was an anti-synthetic movement here.

Along those lines, is it possible to get an origin of when the Enemy arrived to see their possible end goal in all of this? Lexa would want to look at the bigger picture to see what would be accomplished apart from trying to stop the singularity of this world.

My other question is related to Bout-it-Out: Lexa is obviously a fighter! How well would you say that translates to the game? It's an area where she would be best inclined (aside from stealth) because of her lack of familiarity with technology. She's getting there, but, well, you know. Edit: I SEE THE COMMENT BELOW I was typing this before it appeared.

Finally, would Lexa be able to leak the technology for her chip to Ven Diagram (or someone similar) to make it so that the memory banks and AIs are able to evolve? She thinks that doing it boldly would be bad (per Carata's advice), but she does think it would help still, especially given the escalation of everything. Taking a cautious approach to things doesn't seem to be working, especially if there is an extreme escalation involved. (A lot banks on that, however!)

Re: QUESTIONS?

[erbier]

So, I've been having a stupid amount of fun on the initial log with Ilde's fake idol cover story, and just the concept of the relationship she could foster with interested peers. Since she's never had peers to hang out with.

I'd love to expand on this further, since it is definitely a lesson in WHY NOT TO STAB PEOPLE. (Can be taught!)

What can I do with The Mysterious Underground? Tell me more!

Would there be a chance to get a useful piece of information through her relationship to the subspace hooligans? Or even just some interesting rumor to follow up on, really. Since she is neither technologically savvy nor about to bout it out, just looking at her skills for what I can work with.

[circumspector]

Also as additional follow up and stupid life hecking me up and not doing this earlier. But Angel found out the people that were previously convicted of previous terrorist crimes, is there a way she might be able to go and follow up with them? / Visit them in jail / that type of thing... c:

and dragging Keylotto Ronaldo the I, because he is infinitely more intimidating than smol girl

[decommission]

FYI Steve, like any other idiot on the internet, has probably been discussion his (apparently!!!) radical opinion on pro-synth boards and whiteknighting all over the place in comment sections like a moron in general support of synths being treated with equal respect to people (usually when people are resorting to insults instead of actual arguments, which is probably often). This especially started after his conversation with Judtia, and probably got worse after the bombing.

He either uses his ID (if it's not clear that he can change it) or he goes by the username dodgers18

[bracchium]

Okay so, finally figured out this little butthead. Bucky's got that whole assault on his ID and he'll be sporting a janky-af/obvious synthetic attachment. If he happens to, say, end up at one of the protests, what are his chances of being arrested? :|9

Alternatively, if he goes the infiltration route, he's not likely to get past a single security clearance, I'm assuming.

Re: QUESTIONS?

[adamance]

JUST TO CLARIFY FOR LATER THREADS

Can I know whether Lexa will get contacts or a chance to meet with Mind Life in the future?

Thanks!

Re: QUESTIONS?

[frakkincylons]

AY BROS, TECHNICAL QUESTION this has come up in a few threads now so i should probably try to figure it out fjdklsga but re: the program that shuts androids/AIs down once they start to experience too much emotion. Is that a program that's manually installed to each platform/android, and is it in any way networked or possible to affect through a network? both lexa and sam the young have asked anders if he'd be able to do an android-wide uuuh hack??? to disable the program on all of them and let them run freeee?? and i've had sam thus far be like uh nah thats not how tech works, but idk, MAYBE IT DOES? IM A SEAMSTRESS, WHAT DO I KNOW??

secondly, tho still related, if he were to get his hands on one of the droids and tried to manually disable that program, to let the droid have all the feels it wants without shutting down, is that a thing that is actually possible?

Re: QUESTIONS?

[adamance]

more questions or rather just one question that I imagine has a big answer

Lexa took one of the mind core/file data thingies out of one of the androids at Bout-It-Out with Angel's help and is bringing it back for her techie friends. What will they find on there?

Thanks!

[decommission]

Relating to this old investigation, IF POSSIBLE Parper and Steve are going to want to do a follow up check in on the guy they investigated from the first explosion, most likely attempting to corner him and get him to talk for real this time. Would we be able to log this out?

WORLD BUILD SUGGESTIONS

[onemind]

Have a suggestion for something that should be going on as a result of these events? Make it here! If approved we'll either a) add them to the post above in the 'IN OTHER NEWS...' section, or b) incorporate them into future calendars.

[decommission]

- In a misguided effort to drum up good press, the city sets up a suggestion poll on Extraspace for re-naming one of Alpha Block's oldest man-made lakes/garden prior to restoration work starting (toxic levels of bacteria, likely from bird feces, were a main cause for the lake being shut down multiple times over the past decade). Within the first day the poll was flooded, with the highest amount of votes going to Bird-a-potty, followed by Vec8734 Memorial Lake. Within an hour the second place spot was overtaken by SYNTHS CAN'T SWIM. Two hours later the poll was shut down.

OPERATION INFILTRATION

[onemind]

Thanks to his and Angel's monitoring station, on DAY :018 Anders will notice the lack of reward information on the Ven Diagrams extraspace channel. Assuming that becomes relatively common information, Nirad and Carata will propose infiltrating the Ven Diagrams headquarters to obtain copies of the data on H+H1. Reconnaissance, investigation and planning will be a key part of this objective before anyone even enters the company's HQ - characters will need to know how to recognize the data, where it's located and how to get to it; once inside, characters must somehow outwit automated systems and security personnel in order to complete their mission.


These factoids are meant to provide a basic overview of the challenges and advantages your characters may deal with as they approach this operation; it isn't exhaustive and is meant to provide a jumping off platform for your plotting and planning. We'll chime in to answer questions and do our best to help you all build out your operation plans while maintaining a sense of Concordia's wordbuild!

Public security logs and registers and individuals credentials as they move to and from different blocks of the city- for example, when you get on the tram- so while your faces won't be recognizable thanks to the Nest!tech, your IDs will be on a long (LONG) list of people in the area if public security is alerted to any trouble.

Ven Diagrams HQ has a sophisticated private security force and multiple security checkpoints based on ID tagging, which means only individuals whose chips are tagged as having clearance on the local network's security system can pass certain checkpoints. These checkpoints are automated and have no on-site personnel, but are monitored by a network AI system. Once your chip has been tagged, whether through hacking or good old fashioned smooth talk you'll be cleared to pass through any checkpoint in that security level. Anomalies are reported to a central security hub which then files the anomaly as either low or high priority depending on the nature of the anomaly. Low priority flags such as blurry feed transmissions are filed for future reference; high priority flags such as obvious hacking attempts are forwarded to an organic administrator for review.

Public tours of the Ven Diagrams HQ are given on a certain days of the month - one in the morning and one in the evening. Surprise, this month the tours are on day :022. Visitors are given temporary clearance badges that the security system recognizes that allows them access to a small portion of the HQ's RnD floors. Today the public tour culminates in a meet and greet with Ahtaliah Ven himself. Each tour has a limit of ten slots and interested parties and encouraged to book their place early via extraspace!

[frakkincylons]

SAM WILL BE DOING SOMETHING WITH THIS idk what yet, my brain is made of mush, but things. stuff. i'll update tomorrow, probably, once I can brain again.

AIGHT, STUFF. So, Sam can help Angel/Rhys out with hacking through security checkpoints, though i'd just worry about him getting picked up by authorities, since i think him and angel are both flagged now :'D Or he can help Nirad to get a higher level of clearance on the cards, maybe?

If hacking for him is out of the question, he was a guerrilla freedom fighter for a while, and he can either make a distraction and pretend to be a crazy Mind Life hippy nut (basically, be himself), while others maybe snag a high security badge from someone? Idk idk, tell me your thoughts guys 8V


OKAY, QUESTIONS FOR MODCHANS!!
1: if sam helps them infiltrate the VEN high security levels with hacking, how likely is it that he'll be super arrested?
2: is it possible for him to help Nirad boost the cards to a higher clearance level?
3: If he acts like a nut to be a distraction, would it be possible for someone else from their group to sneak a clearance card away from someone high enough up to get up there? And if so ffff how screwed will he be authority-wise? 8|
4: re: "monitored by a network AI system" can sam override it? 8||| or make friends with it? 8|||||||||

[circumspector]

I am definitely here for this. I can throw both Angel's network hacking and also her ability to cast effectively small are illusions at this problem!!

As a starting point, anyone want to go on a tour to start scoping out information? :V

[dbag]

rhys will be all up ons this. he is a 1337 h4x0r so he will actually be somewhat useful for once! i will edit below once i figure things out but feel free to respond here to plan stuff.

[unfavoured]

Would it be possible to infiltrate the HQ the good old fashioned way or is it a no go?

[deployed]

marking bellamy down for participation over here. he's more useful in a supporting role, so i'll update/volunteer him for whatever or whoever needs him as muscle/a distraction in the infiltration attempt

also a question, since he'd suggest certain things based on experience:

is it possible to access blue prints of Ven Diagrams HQ? is it possible to navigate the building using vents/lift shafts and stay off camera while doing so, or are those routes subject to the same security checkpoints?

[adamance]

After getting some answers and deliberating for a bit, Lexa is not going here, even if I went back and forth before. That said, she is going to feel like her fingers belong in the planning pot anyway, especially since Ven Diagrams is doing some fishy stuff.

She'll want to find out the following:

1. What and why they are pursuing their own investigation, and what they gain from it? Doesn't pursuing their own investigation actually create trouble for them? This is a very simple understanding of companies on her part, for the record.

2. Whether they are politically involved or promoting certain rights and how those things came about, etc.

3. Exactly how they intend to ensure that AIs have the possibility of evolution beyond recordings, and how it won't just be a facsimile of life rather than the real thing. The memory banks, in her opinion, are not life.

[bracchium]

Bucky is on #teaminfiltrate, especially if someone needs some doors busted down snuck through.

eta: The lack of a reward for info will immediately ping Bucky if it's brought to his attention. He'll probably be on board with an assault of some kind where they go on a good old-fashioned heist. He'll eventually realize he needs to take out security personnel and will probably suggest something along the lines of taking a guard's gear to get further into the facility.

Someone definitely needs to be sneakier about taking out cameras because Bucky will probably just shoot them tbh.

Alternatively, he'd also be cool with going on a tour as a civvie and doing some recon that way before they bust in there.

[sizeofyourbaggage]

OKAY I still don't really have a lot of ideas on this, but Sam is definitely going to be team infiltrate! He's got some experience in infiltration and extraction from his days in the EXO-7 project but he'd definitely defer to those more tech/hacker savvy and offer his support however he can. He'd be in favor of working to obtain the blueprints of HQ and would probably be the first to offer himself to cause some kind of distraction if it'd get the others in where they needed to go and out safely.

OPERATION PUNCH EVERYTHING

[onemind]

As an active participant in BOUT IT OUT, Petre will be the first to learn of the upcoming competition. However, it rapidly becomes a popular subject of conversation in Extraspace and major media outlets so anyone can crack a plan to use the competition to get to Adetkunbo. The skills necessary to complete this operation will depend largely on how characters choose to approach it.



These factoids are meant to provide a basic overview of the challenges and advantages your characters may deal with as they approach this operation; it isn't exhaustive and is meant to provide a jumping off platform for your plotting and planning. We'll chime in to answer questions and do our best to help you all build out your operation plans while maintaining a sense of Concordia's wordbuild and limitations!

Petre is an active participant in BOUT IT OUT and Aoba's Concordian ID is tied to a massive win streak that persisted until he went comatose on :016; multiple hosts are trained in military self defense etc; multiple hosts have psychological abilities that Concordia has no way of detecting or tracking.

With an extremely limited number of competitor slots (40 slots, when there are literally thousands of BOUT IT OUT players in Concordia alone), it'll take a really quick trigger finger to get even a single slot when registration opens on :020.

Local matches are being conducted in BOUT IT OUT parlors, but it's unclear whether the match against Kun Kun will be held in a real space parlor or in extraspace.

It might be possible to circumvent participating in the competition entirely and simply use it to access Kun Kun some other way. Pose as independent press? Utilize your current Concordian cover as an Extraspace Simulator Think Tank to get a one on one? Or hell, just take the obvious route and fight your way to the top!

[erbier]

Should someone desire to fight their way to the top, Ilde has some of those spooky psychological abilities and could attempt to help, it would have to involve her being near enough to the other competitor to effect them though.

re: Goram and the Anti-Synthetic Movement

[adamance]

This is more of a notice than anything, but! Lexa will be doing a mind link announcement commander-y speech (because she's Lexa and she likes giving speeches, ok) as the news spreads about what Goram is doing and the escalation of everything. She'll be specifically making the connection between what Nirad told her about the Enemy being the one to want to stop the synthetic movement/singularity. While she wants to know the origins of this stuff, she also wants the other Hosts to band together to hopefully get some kind of trail with this built up so that they can start to find things and sabotage them, since this is escalating super quickly.

Other than that, she intends to speak about the Flame that's within her, and how it's similar to this world's technology (but in her opinion, advanced), and how she wants to get the knowledge of that technology to the Mind Life organization so that they can prevent a disastrous progression to singularity or what Rhys has told her. She's NOT keen on leaking this information to Ven Diagrams after a couple convos she's had with Rhys about capitalism and how the people behind it are stupid and selfish. (Namely: Rhys and Jack are, thanks buddies.)

MINI BOSS FITE

[narcissithstic]

This post is for asking any questions or any additional plotting that might need to be done for Kylo Ren's Bout it Out event toplevel, particularly if multiple parties wind up being involved!

Brief rundown: In the immediate wake of Anakin's death, Ren is going to snap. Mentally, emotionally, whatever there is to break is breaking. He won't last indefinitely, but he will absolutely be using the Force as well as some baseline violence to lash out once he hits mental critical mass. Probably not a good thing given the rescue crews and wounded, etc.

Other important stuff:

• I'd prefer there only be one major thread for the actual conflict, but if anyone wants to have reaction/spectatory sub-threads that's 100% copacetic.
  
• I'll make a plurk for anyone participating so we can keep up to date on any tagging order rotations or anything else that might need talking through.
  
• Ren isn't going to kill any of the other Hosts, but I'm down for any other injuries you might want in the process.
  
• If you'd like to help him rage or try to stopper it, just let me know and I'll drag you in!

blablablablabla let's fight, kids.

BRHRBRB it's me

[unsea]

this is my first time really wrangling together anything so forgive me im either winging it or hyperorganized there is no middle ground

i know Our Beloved Modlings of the Unholy DW Comm are getting info together for the next stage and all that but before that dropped i wanted to ask abt future?? plans regarding approaching Gorram Saffit, which the Darkling has been organizing of his own momentum thru the course of things.

ORGANIZED HERE oh god???
+ Lexa's announcement re: Saffit affirms research.
+ Conversation with Bellamy re: Saffit and pulling back curtains.
+ The need to approach Carata + goal to get information.

SO YEA. he'd probably need to contact Carata and get her opinion and input on arranging a meeting, on the grounds of "one public figure to another", mostly to discuss the violence, to pry answers or leads from Saffit, or you know - for me to generally wing it, cross my fingers and hope for the best.

could be grounds for calling for a few other volunteers from the nest who'd like to accompany as spokespeople or reps, the way Kun-Kun had them. maybe a non-combat oriented mission?? LMK MODLINGS, i wanted to get this out there before it was too late.

[onemind]

First, sorry for the delay on getting back to you on this! We've been busy putting some other things together and reviewing apps, but now that that's more or less finished - let's dive in!!

Firstly, this is an AWESOME idea and exactly the kind of thing we love to see you and other players working on. We definitely don't think it'd hurt to have the Darkling have a conversation with Carata, so feel free to jump in Carata's mental link inbox whenever you'd like to. Beyond that, we'd love to make a meeting of some kind happen but would like to see how the Darkling (et al) chooses to approach that to better figure out how to work it into the narrative of Concordia. If you can get us a rough IC gameplan for how the Darkling intends to get close to Saffit, we're happy to help develop and integrate those ideas. We agree that using the Darkling's status as a top competitor in the Bout It Out contest and a vaguely anti-synthetic figure might be a good starting point. If you haven't seen it already, you might also want to glance at THIS information on Saffit; that might help with further idea generation/implementation.

As always, if you have any questions or just flat out want us to throw suggestions for how to make this happen at you, we're happy to help - we just think it's more rewarding/fun to give you and other players the freedom to plot how/when this stuff happens. tl;dr Yes this is a great idea - pursue it however you feel is IC and we'll back you up.