Operation Nightshade: OOC plotting!
Through his relentless quest to make himself feel useful, Katsura has successfully managed to discover a
conspiracy by the Nightshade gang!
They have gotten their hands on some sort of a Seasonal Powers Temporary Nullification Weapon and plan to kidnap one (or a few) of the Guild Leaders and exchange them for The Doctor, who is still in police custody. They’ve been making their preparations under the cover of the Arts Festival, and plan to strike once it comes to a close on the 26th/27th and people are resting at home!
Katsura has informed the Leaders themselves earlier, and they’ve decided that pretending they don’t know about the upcoming attack would be a good way to draw Nightshade’s new weapon out so it can be neutralized, as it seems too dangerous to leave unchecked.
Before the end of the festival, he’ll be organizing a briefing of sorts for Otherworlders. As he doesn’t trust the network (or the police), ICly he’ll first be informing his trusted CR (who then will inform their CR, who then can inform
their CR – meaning that as long as you play a somewhat trustworthy character, they can absolutely hear about this meeting through the grapevine! And if you think that’s unlikely, they could simply wander upon it – it’s hardly very secret and likely held in a random Arts Festival tent that hasn't been decomissioned yet or a cafe conference room nearby. Alternatively, they can simply join in once Nightshade starts wrecking havoc on the city, as anybody can notice that! TL;DR as long as you’re OOCly interested, you can take part, whether or not your character knows Katsura!)
There will be three main parts to the log:
- The briefing, which is basically the mingle prompt. Katsura will explain the situation, share an annoying amount of plans and backup plans, request a headcount of characters with special abilities from home and/or volunteers for bodyguard duty (there’s an OOC sign up for this below!) and then excuse himself to go do his performance for the festival; characters are free to discuss the news among each other, share it with others who weren’t there, or enjoy the tea and discount crackers.
(The sign-up is not binding, but depending on whether all of the Leaders have at least one Otherworlder with them, they might be better or worse off by the end!)
- The stopping of the attack, and making sure the leaders are safe. This is the big fight portion, which will include +- three different prompts for fighting against Nightshade and their Darkness corrupted creatures, protecting the Guild Leaders, and tracking down and destroying their weapon (this will ICly be considered to have been a group effort, but OOCly you don’t need to worry about others besides your thread partner(s)!)
The fighting will not be limited to the guilds; regular citizens will also be in danger of the roaming creatures, the power station workers might be apprehended by Nightshade while trying to see what happened to cause the partial blackouts, and so on. The teleport nodes between the guilds will also be working. So even if your character is going about their evening (or night), they can get pulled into this if you’d like! In fact, it is preferable that we have some characters not on Power Holder guard duty, as they will likely need to handle the bigger part of the city fights.
- The aftermath. This will include a thanks from the Leaders, securing the remains of the Nightshade weapon for study, and cleaning up. This section might be slightly affected by the OOC interest gauged before the log is posted!
It will also include a rescue effort for Katsura, who’s been outed as the leak during the chaos and sentenced to be thrown through the Darkness barrier by the remainder of the Nightshade gang. (If you’re interested in helping him out, there’s another
OOC sign up below! His castmates will be there either way so he will ultimately be freed, but he may be in a better or worse shape by the end, depending if anyone else is helping them hold off the cultists while the Gintamas work their magic.)
This post is mainly an interest check, but feel free to use this post to plot, and if you’d like to express your interest in Guild Leader bodyguard or wig rescue supporter duties, please sign up below!
You can also ask questions in regards to the Guild Leaders
here and more general questions
here.
TL;DR SUMMARY:
• ICly takes place on 27th April, starting at night! OOCly the log should also go up around the same time (I hope).
• Nightshade Gang will attempt to kidnap Guild Leaders with the help of a new weapon they have that temporarily nullifies Seasonal Powers
• Before the attack, Katsura will try to organize an extra security detail for the Guild Leaders comprised of Otherworlders (sign up here)! Characters do not NEED to have special abilities for this, though it would definitely be helpful.
• *This doesn’t “lock you in” for the whole duration of the plot, you don’t need to worry too much who is where when tagging around as the battle is dynamic and there are teleport nodes between the guilds. By mysterious convenience, no leader is ever left completely alone even if part of their security detail jumps over to help someone else!
• Annoyed by the resistance they’re running into, Nightshade will release Darkness touched/corrupted creatures into the city to cause more chaos and fighting on the streets. Characters not on Power Holder guard duty will likely need to take the larger part of these fights, so absolutely not everyone needs to sign up for those!
• Otherworlders will eventually discover and neutralize Nightshade’s weapon, solidifying their victory!
• The remaining Nightshade are mad about it and decide to take it out on their “traitor”. (That's Zura!) His friends will organize a rescue (sign up here).
• You can take part in the plot without signing up for either of those! It’s just there to help me gauge how well or how poorly certain parts might go for the final version of the log. ;)
• You don’t need previous CR with Katsura or Gintamas to take part!
• Ask questions about Guild Leaders and their involvement/reactions here, and other questions you may have here!
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