Long Game 83: The Survivor

[StrikerEZ he/him]

Here's an announcement for everyone: an inactivity filter has been added to the rules. If any player goes 4 consecutive turns without posting, they will be either replaced by a pinch hitter or removed from the game. In addition, there has been a slight adjustment to the OoA. All redirects/roleblocks/delaying actions have been moved to the same spot in the OoA.

[dannnex male]

On 2/6/2022 at 2:35 PM, StrikerEZ said:

Hrovell Potion: You can slip this potion into another player’s drink, binding them to you. If you die, they die as well. (Night)

OH HO HO HO HO HO
this
this is something special.

sign me up as Krarval Aralis   (:

Edited February 8, 2022 by Dannnex

[Kasimir he/him]

@ me if someone needs an RP buddy. Not taking applications from any of you very many K and A names >>

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

What about Apocalypse? Is that far enough from your name?

[Kasimir he/him]

9 minutes ago, The Unknown Aon said:

What about Apocalypse? Is that far enough from your name?

I'm asking for people within this game, not TJ's

I already have a plot arc for Mordred that won't necessarily need an RP buddy. But Kavar's arc is the same as the one I did in the campaign and I don't mind bouncing off someone. But also, no A names, no K names, doctor's orders.

[|TJ| he/him]

18 minutes ago, Kasimir said:

I already have a plot arc for Mordred that won't necessarily need an RP buddy. But Kavar's arc is the same as the one I did in the campaign and I don't mind bouncing off someone. But also, no A names, no K names, doctor's orders.

Gonna just give ideas for other players to change their RP names to C names which are pronounced as K names, like this bad boy right here -

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[Kasimir he/him]

4 minutes ago, |TJ| said:

Gonna just give ideas for other players to change their RP names to C names which are pronounced as K names, like this bad boy right here -

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I mean you can just go Caesar then :eyes:

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Tbh given this game has successfully pushed out the local troll population, I'm half expecting someone to sign up as kTJ, Kararis Alerian, Kamanuensis, Aillwei or Asimir by this point.

Edited to add: It does give me powerful QF29 energy though. Before we signed up as plants, people were signing up as Wilson, Druoght...

Edited February 8, 2022 by Kasimir

[Mat he/him]

1 minute ago, Kasimir said:

Tbh given this game has successfully pushed out the local troll population, I'm half expecting someone to sign up as kTJ, Kararis Alerian, Kamanuensis, Aillwei or Asimir by this point.

It’s bound to happen, now that you’ve said it  

[Kasimir he/him]

Just now, Matrim's Dice said:

It’s bound to happen, now that you’ve said it  

Depends. Someone - Kynedath, I think? - tried signing up as Wilson in QF29. I don't want to talk too much about it, except that person decided to be my RP buddy, and I was playing a flirt in that game (IIRC I had to keep clarifying OOC to Devo that when I asked her to be my last love I was asking if she wanted to pair up, since that gave us a 50% chance of avoiding death, but a 25% chance of dying if one of us did. I was really into character in that game.)

Anyway the point was that I tend to be pretty 'yes and' for RP as long as people don't break my characterisation/arc/backstory, and it pushed into territory that Wilson was very uncomfortable with so Kynedath changed the name to something like - Sabine? Was it Sabine?

It's easy for trolling to get out of hand but I generally don't play with players' names for that reason. It was a one-off incident but it really wasn't worth it.

[Devotary of Spontaneity]

As Sivera stared off into the blackness of space, where far above a battle for Roshar's future was taking place, one of her spanreeds activated, slowly revealing the following message.

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Survivor Personnel Files part 1: Recruitment Analysis

Name	Notes	Assessment
Edeis	Gossip	Possibly immortal? Risky to approach.
Faleast	Shapeshifter?	If it is the same Faleast, may be helpful. Has worked to sabotage ships before.
Szeth	No records	Could be persuadable.
Dooku	Likes gold and pewter	Values own survival. Possibly bribable.
Arval	Not the squad commander	Long history of loyalty, but may switch sides in exchange for better treatment.
Illwei	No records	Unconcerned with abilities. Plausible target.
Leets	Steel compounder + radiant	Established connection to Roshar, possible sympathizer.
Genis	Associates with A.I.	Might join us if A.I. persuades him to.
Kali	Stowaway kid	Little stake in rebellion, could be recruited.
Ivory Tarvis	Nepotistic head carpenter	Benefits too much from status quo.
Kavar Aral	Veteran operative	Loyal killer. Approach with caution.
ExMach Inadeus	Chromium compounder	Powerful, no stated loyalties. Keep an eye on
Kranvar	Wanted stowaway	May help us in exchange for asylum.
Karval	Loves chaos	Might stoke rebellion for own ends.
Drake	Comms officer	Valuable for informational purposes.
Locke Tekiel	Noble scion	Deep ties to Scadrial, low odds of conversion.
Levin Venture	Ghostblood?	Scadrian, but potentially ties to Roshar.
Krarval Aralis	Potioneer	Wants to blend in, possible sympathizer.

Conclusion: Few loyal Confederation agents. Possibility of recruiting several members high.

Further updates to follow.

Rhythm of Resolve

-Larkin

 

Sivera attuned the Rhythm of Resolve as well, slowly shifting to the Rhythm of Satisfaction. Soon, Roshar's rebellion would be bolstered by defectors no longer willing to enforce the Confederation's punitive new policies. With their help, the Confederation central government would be made to see that a galactic civilization should not function by forcing everyone to conform to one culture, one set of laws.

[|TJ| he/him]

7 minutes ago, Devotary of Spontaneity said:

Illwei

No records

Unconcerned with abilities.

@Illwei Hahahahaha xD Look, a polite way of saying you forget your actions :P.

Edited February 8, 2022 by |TJ|

[Kasimir he/him]

Just now, |TJ| said:

@Illwei Hahahahaha xD Look, a polite way of saying you forget your actions :P.

Elantrian though?

8 minutes ago, Devotary of Spontaneity said:

With their help, the Confederation central government would be made to see that a galactic civilization should not function by forcing everyone to conform to one culture, one set of laws.

Oof. Galactic Republic vibes here. Really think that a Kyrus model works better. But my soul is Village which in this case apparently means being pro-Republic >>

[Illwei]

23 minutes ago, |TJ| said:

@Illwei Hahahahaha xD Look, a polite way of saying you forget your actions :P.

>>

Also a PSA that i will be playing very minimally this game unless something drastic happens this week like a purchase of many very strong energy drinks

Edited February 8, 2022 by Illwei

[StrikerEZ he/him]

@Devotary of Spontaneity Just gotta say, love that RP.

Also please try not to signup for RP characters whose names are the same/super similar to another player’s actual username. It will make my life easier.

[Kasimir he/him]

1 minute ago, StrikerEZ said:

@Devotary of Spontaneity Just gotta say, love that RP.

Also please try not to signup for RP characters whose names are the same/super similar to another player’s actual username. It will make my life easier.

Striker rn tbh

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[DrakeMarshall he/him]

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Roshar's rebellion

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[Devotary of Spontaneity]

2 hours ago, Kasimir said:

Oof. Galactic Republic vibes here. Really think that a Kyrus model works better. But my soul is Village which in this case apparently means being pro-Republic >>

I don't get to unilaterally decide what prompted the rebellion. Kavar or anyone else can have a different view of what specifically the Confederation has been doing recently. Sending in Mistborn saboteurs and assassins disguised as a diplomatic envoy to a celebration isn't a good look though.

[Karnatheon he/him]

Sign me up. Ruleset seems super fun.

[Kasimir he/him]

1 hour ago, Devotary of Spontaneity said:

I don't get to unilaterally decide what prompted the rebellion. Kavar or anyone else can have a different view of what specifically the Confederation has been doing recently. Sending in Mistborn saboteurs and assassins disguised as a diplomatic envoy to a celebration isn't a good look though.

I get that, was more commenting it's something that brings back up for me where I think the political worldbuilding in Star Wars failed. This is a very Republic model and unsurprisingly, it's not a good one. 

Nevertheless, as always, I will keep praying for Village Even though I don't think the system works. 

Edited to add:

Ha! My prequel meme powers are still strong!

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Edited February 9, 2022 by Kasimir

[Haelbarde he/him]

Haen Plaid doesn't really know why he's still running missions on the Survivor, but working out something different would require effort. So he's reporting for duty I suppose.

Questions

On 07/02/2022 at 8:05 AM, StrikerEZ said:

Copper: When you use a vial of copper, you can put up a coppercloud around yourself and one other player of your choice, protecting you from Rioting, Soothing, and Seeking. (Day/Night)

Is that just for the turn?

On 07/02/2022 at 8:05 AM, StrikerEZ said:

Chromium: When you use a vial of chromium, you can leech a player’s metals from them, destroying one of their vials in the process. This is not limited to vials they are not using that turn. (Day/Night) 

Will that prefer metals they use that turn, or will it be random?

[StrikerEZ he/him]

10 minutes ago, Haelbarde said:

Is that just for the turn?

Just for the turn. Listing Rioting, Soothing, and Seeking are just to say which things it can block, not that it blocks them all at once.

11 minutes ago, Haelbarde said:

Will that prefer metals they use that turn, or will it be random?

At random.

And welcome to the game!

[Kasimir he/him]

13 hours ago, Haelbarde said:

Haen Plaid doesn't really know why he's still running missions on the Survivor, but working out something different would require effort. So he's reporting for duty I suppose.

Mar'e! Su cuy'gar, Bev'ika!  [OOC: ="At last! Hello there, M'Hael!"] 

Note: If you need me to lay back on the Star Wars nerding out with the M'Hael, let me know as it might break the no languages (or I guess conlang) rules. As I don't intend to do anything more than banter in Mando'a, I will be translating anything I say in that context to ensure there is no particular secrecy.

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Kavar sat on his bunk, slowly disassembling the light ceramic armour that most of the Mistborn strike force was using. It gave him something to do, he supposed. And then there was the dictum, drilled into them from the beginning: take care of your equipment, and your equipment will take care of you.

Captain Kellian had asked for things to be kept quiet, so naturally, every soldier within hearing on the Survivor had immediately gossiped about it.

Sabotage.

Kavar didn’t like the sound of that at all.

‘Course, he should’ve figured the rebels would’ve put their own among them. But then, this was the sort of thing Internal Security was supposed to handle. Which meant they were slipping up—or they, too, were suborned. Wasn’t that a comforting thought.

Sergeant Vahn knew better than to tell Pyrehawk to shut up about it, and in turn, the squad knew better than to chatter about it where Vahn could hear, but all the same, the comm channel kept lighting up with commentary.

Because the only thing worse than gossiping Mistborn were bored gossiping Mistborn.

He polished away the scratches carefully.

‘Least Haen Plaid had showed up. That was something. Shab’, he didn’t even know if he could trust Plaid, for all they’d seen a couple ops together. If anyone could be a rebel spy, well. Kavar knew better than to just assume Plaid was as solid as beskar; ruusaanyc, he would’ve said, but then you never knew when someone cracked. Sometimes it was the pay that did it. Sometimes you thought you knew someone, but then he turned out to be a hut’tuun.

The fading corner of a crinkled and folded photograph poked out between the ballistic plates, colours faded where it had been smoothed over repeatedly.

Carefully, Kavar tugged it loose and placed it in the inner pocket of his jacket. Felt the old pain rise in him, even as he breathed it out.

They were old souls, Plaid and him. Maybe that was the problem. One last op. Always one last op.

You don’t know what to do with yourself, Aral, he thought, bitterly. They’d given him the chance to walk away and he’d stayed anyway. All the more fool him.

He’d have left, perhaps, if Mira’d asked. But of course she never did. The space between them only grew over the course of the years, with each terse, brief communication, and sometimes Kavar wondered where he’d taken that first wrong step.

[Stick. she/her]

I’ll play :)) 

Also I will only be communicating through memes/gifs. I will try my best to remain actively contributing while also sticking to this, I think it should be fun.  I suppose in PMs I might drop it, haven’t made my mind up about that yet.

[Devotary of Spontaneity]

Sivera had always heard that Nightform helped you predict the future, but in the years since first acquiring it she’d learned that it was more about understanding the present. When you could see all the forces in play, knowing how they would all interact became much easier. Nightform was still frustratingly vague and incomplete, consistently failing to capture every aspect of a situation. She could detect that new variables had entered play aboard the Survivor, but no specifics beyond that. This time with her mistspren Ephemeral-yet-Eternal by her side, she sent out a request for a status report.

Though the same hand wrote the response, Sivera knew from the first strokes that Moash was controlling it this time. The ancient mavset-im had mastered writing to Rhythm, and she saw that he had chosen the Rhythm of Excitement.

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Good to hear from you Sivera! You too Phem if you’re there. Larkin’s letting me write this one while she rehearses recruitment pitches. She wishes you and Phem were up here with us but not to worry since we can take care of ourselves. We’re impersonating a starfighter pilot so we have a means of escape if things go badly. Even in the worst case we can stall the invasion for a few days and still retreat to make another stand at home, but we’re going to get the best case! Larkin’s telling me to just give you the update you wanted so here goes. We hear there’s a purge coming and she wants to get as many converts as possible before then, since even if they all die it will at least buy the rebellion more time to prepare. I agree, we aren’t doing enough to slow the invaders down by ourselves, and one Fused doesn’t stand a chance in a fight against this many Mistborn. We’ll need as many supporters as we can get on such short notice. Luckily, there’s three more options.

Survivor Personnel Files part 2: Recruitment Analysis

Name	Notes	Assessment
Karnatheon	Has a record but there’s no content	Excited to be here. Not a good sign but there’s hope.
Haen Plaid	Veteran crewmember	I would steer clear of him, but maybe he just needs a boost of motivation.
Stick	A second memer	Could be played against Drake, or with if we get both.

That’s it for now! We’ll let you know if the situation changes. Larkin’s going to take control back in case she wants to say anything. Lanceryn out. 

I would rather have you and Ephemeral-yet-Eternal up here rather than trust any member of the Survivor's crew, but your talents are best served coordinating multiple missions from the ground. No further personal remarks, these messages get sent to Rebel Command.

Rhythm of Resolve

-Larkin -Lanceryn

Sivera hummed Appreciation. “We could be helpful up there Phem, but Larkin and Moash can handle themselves better than any other operative I’m responsible for. We can count on them to give us the time we need.”

“How are our other operatives doing? Kerian was supposed to get a new batch of trainees today and Hnawi is checking up on our aluminum production.”

Sivera concentrated on her Nightform powers. “I can’t sense anything wrong with the aluminum, although all that aluminum makes it hard to tell. At least one of those trainees is a Confederation plant. Can you-” but they were already gone. Sivera hummed Amusement. It was nice to have such an efficient spren. Then she began to cycle through the rest of her operatives to see whether any more of them would require assistance. A long campaign was ahead regardless of the outcome on the Survivor.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

When does this start?