MISSION HYRYPIA: NIGHT OF DAY :038

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A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

THE FEELING OF DREAD RETURNS JUST AFTER SUNSET ON DAY :038.

If things weren't complicated enough already, that certains makes everything moreso. By the time the dread feeling returns, the NPC Hosts (Lyr, Rhan, Siva’co, and Collector) will have decided they need to positively and definitively identify the enemy agent. However, exactly how to go about it was unclear until the feeling returns-- from nearby. Should anyone chase after the sensation (though be extremely careful - if Lexa, Mat, Elliot and Pidge are right, the circles may act as a portal through which the Enemy enters the universe), they'll discover a third identical charred circle just outside the ring of light cast by brilliantly lit courtyard of the Whalsome Home.

Fortunately, who or what came through it is no longer present (which: phew - it'd be awkward/deadly to get caught running in that direction). Now it's just a matter of figuring out where they went.

Luckily, it hasn't all been setting fires and kidnappings this afternoon. After examining the charred circle at the prior night's crime scene, Pidge has determined that a rapidly fading radiation is left in its wake and she's designed a device to track it. As Casiria suspects the Admiral is responsible for her niece's death and it follows that the murderer is the Enemy, the best shot at either confirming Casiria's suspicions or ruling them out entirely is to get the tracker into the Admiral's lodgings and see if they can confirm there are traces of similar radiation on his stuff and/or find other clues.

However due to a number of unfortunate events - the death of Keya, the fire set to one of the Descendant’s lodgings houses, the attack on the Second Elyiad -, security in and around Whalsome Home has increased. To make matters worse, the Hosts will be working within under a strict time limit. There are only two hours before the remaining traces of radiation dissipate entirely.

Because of this, a contingent of Hosts will need to provide an adequate distraction (or distractions) while still remaining entirely covert while a smaller strike team infiltrates the Admiral's quarters. After all, identifying the enemy is only the first step of their mission. The second is making sure you can stay stick around to sabotage their plan.

Which is where we come to plotting! We want you guys to let us know what kind of distraction(s) the Hosts would come up with, what kind of teams they’d want to form, and who wants to take part in which actions. Based on what you come up with, we’ll come up with the full calendar for the evening of Day 0:38 and put up the IC event log. Please take the time to make concrete, fully realized plans - we'll do our best to incorporate as much as we can, but it will be easiest if everyone works together to nail down a definitive timeline of events.

This OOC plotting post will be open until Sunday the 28th at 11:59PM and the log with the finalized timeline of events will go up Monday.

Questions? If they're specific to the events here, ask them in the thread below. If they're concerning wider reaching Mission: Hyrypia details, please ask them here.

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Comments

[deployed]

could this be used a back up plan/in conjunction with the fire plan in case the fire doesn't attract enough attention? gil could sweep people up with this if they start meandering away from the blaze as needed since it seems like this is more subject to disruption/interruption and anyone with a high enough wisdom could break up the group if they turn out to be immune.

[perroquet]

Maybe. My concern there is fire naturally takes precedence over a street performance, and the timing of playing music in the midst of a potential disaster could create a hostile crowd.

The timeline that makes the most sense (just imo) is performance, then fire. Gildor's proven he's capable of quick thinking, (re: SHE ELOPED) and can hop to creating Distraction 1 while Team Arson gets set up with Distraction 2.

I didn't include it since it was mostly more jargon, but it takes a group of immune and hostile people to actively try and break up the performance, (via a Charisma check battle against Gildor). I should've still linked the details of the spell - they're right here at the top. Since Gildor doesn't have any enemies to speak of, I don't think this is super likely but it is worth mentioning!

[deployed]

i'm unsure of how to stack the NPCs against DnD terms because those are two kind of different beasts, but mostly where my characters would come from is that there seems to be a bunch of ways to disrupt his performance. they wouldn't want to hinge a plan on whether or not gil has a very aggressive heckler/other factions react badly to a musical performance on the heels of keya's death

but i think what you and pax mentioned is probably the best way to combine them, just gildor getting started and if the performance falls apart the explosion team scrambles/is hopefully ready to set things off.

[perroquet]

That makes sense! It's risky to put all their eggs in this one basket, but I'm not asking anyone to, (and hope that came across - I understand DnD things can turn godmoddy and I promise I'm trying very hard to avoid that).

I should also mention Gildor would not sit around to explain all the nuances of this spell - just mentally generalize as he sets off to start it. He can also set an appropriately somber tone while a mourning ritual is going on to keep temperaments generally agreeable, since the type of music isn't specified. No need to be flashy! (Sorry no Thriller)

And yeah - even if he doesn't make the full hour it could at least buy others time to set up and set off their distractions! I can drop a general 'will this work' question to the mods too.

[detestable]

no worries i was rushing to get my comment out before my break was over.

NOICE i wasn't sure how clear he was going to be/how much info on the spell would be available ic vs ooc so this is helpful! that plus an appropriate mourning song alleviates my concerns.