“TAKING” DORCH — THE PLOT

[usurpers]

hello you guys!! i heard you wanted to go full rebel



a quick summary that prompted this: there have been discussions about the possibility of freeing the city without necessarily starting a war— sometime afterwards, through torturing a poor soul in a bathroom, we've learned that monsters are being bred under the guise of human orphanages (more info here under answer four!).

this has great potential and can be an awesome city-wide chance for characters to get involved in a movement that can give the resistance a huge start to an upper hand over our lovely morgana, so this serves as a plotting post to free the monsters being bred for sale, destroy dorch’s slavery supply and stock and help the resistance take dorch for good*!

*they might not actually be able to take dorch, but we've definitely been given the ok to make a positive difference!

there are plenty of parallel investigations going on such as wall enchantments (that i could think off the top of my head, i know there are more!), and even those can play a part in our final attack, so to speak! what i have so far:

— eren will disclose the locations to the resistance first, then the mirrorbound shortly after in a network message (it'll show up in the log itself as an intro, so no replies or convos to it will happen icly anyway— characters will get further information from the resistance itself).

— people can choose a group that best suits their character that we could have to act together with the resistance (but not limited to, so please feel free to add, these are just a base):

💥 team war horse: these will be responsible for either literally starting fires or just general mayhem/distractions in dorch's most vulnerable points or in and around the orphanages themselves, to get the attention of the black city's army/workers away from their real objective. decoys, if you will!

💥 team dark horse: responsible for getting into the orphanages and ushering the hidden monsters out safely, leading them to resistance tunnels, etc etc. the human children will need some help too!!

💥 team gift horse: our dignitaries might be of use here to show that you do care. civilians and humans alike need calming, guiding and saving as well from the possible chaos that could be caused— baby sitting the orphan kids, perhaps? whatever your imagination can fix up! protect them and keep their minds sound, all while keeping aefenglom’s name clean and monsters in a better view!

💥 team trojan horse: our (mostly) fighters infiltrated in all groups to help with their task and offer protection against counter attacks and douse threats. they could also be tasked with restraining the army from acting against them.

icly, i was thinking that this could be planned to happen close to before the mirrorbound leave, at night (with some magitech sabotage to get rid of any extra light— you won’t need that with fires around). monsters saved that would like to return to aefenglom with them via transport machine can disappear in a blink, maybe? :') the rest are welcomed to stay to join the resistance ranks and take what’s left to lighten the black city. in real time, i can put up a post as soon as this week, when we have something comfortable to ride with!

this is just a gist of things, and i’d love to see different groups showing up to take advantage of the event and crack down on more breeches that we’ve seen investigated!! different takes on the groups mentioned, ideas, raid somewhere else, go crazy. the only thing that most people, and i also assume the resistance, would like to keep in mind is a careful hand on the violence— minimal number of civilian casualties possible, as the objective here is to act before there’s an actual chance of war, and not so much a real reason for one. it’s not like aefenglom is the cause of this!!! right???

but no one said you couldn’t, and the resistance is very willing to do everything they can 👀👀👀👀

make top levels for your plans, if you have new ideas you can put them in the headers for easy reading & finding, and feel free to ask questions about our limits under the correct comment (that i believe mods will be keeping an eye on!). most of all, have fun!!

Comments

[moustre]

Here would be best, yes! It'll be easily visible for all involved.

[futhark]

Alright! So while the original plan was that the second team would go into the room next, the information that Sokie and Everett brought changes that plan considerably. The majority of people involved decide that before doing anything, they have to bring this stuff to Nessie (the mystery of 10 Witches left Aefenglom, only 1 settled in Dorchacht etc). While this was a majority vote, it doesn't mean someone out of the team might not want to do something on their own (if they do, this will be obviously brought to the mods!).

The priority is to finding Nessie, of course, but Sokie had snapped the photos of the room, possibly crypt (to at least catch impression of glowing tattoos) and patient documents. She is going later to send these photos to trusted people. Caster sends his copy to Zelda (just in case she can be the whistleblower since no one knows about her involvement etc etc). There was also a question if Nessie has the watch and can these documents be sent to her (if yes, they would, if no, they will show it to her once they find her)

Either way, they will do their best to get a hold of her, probably spread. Once she's found, they will present the story of what they have learned (combined information from Caser, Zelda, Ursula, Fang, Everett, Sokie and Eren), provide the proof (aka Sokie photos and whatever she ended stealing)— it's not like they're saying they are using Cwyld-infected patients, and some mysterious comatose Witches to power the Enchantments— but that kinda looks like they're doing exactly that. Especially since these rooms are what powers the Walls and thus all the spells causing compulsions and memory problems on the populace.

Caster would mention that since he's been working with the runic tattoos, he knows that there must be someone within the Coven who is regularly fixing the tattoos on comatose Witches - otherwise the ink would burn-out (and Enchantment along with it) and disappear within a certain timespan (as a proof he'd just take off his glove, his arms are covered in these Enchantments).

This all seems very important and Nessie as someone who needs to know all about it. They are seeking her advice and instructions.

Everett urges to exercise caution with the "crypt", but he is also willing to be a distraction should a rescue mission is launched. There is a Witcher on the watch for ensuring everyone are alive and unspoiled. Archer is willing to get Cwyldfected so they could let him behind the door, along with his Bonded (ie Caster) for inspection. Both Caster and Nel are passionate and dedicated students of art of ENCHANTMENT RUNES and tattoos, and also professionals with murder. Sokie might have just been behind the door, but she is a talented mage and talented thief, they won't see her coming. Ursula and Fang can also sneak in under the guise of HELP I CONTRACTED CWYLD AGAIN and they are very determined to make the difference. There is also a hidden asset that can't be named because it will be hidden no more... buT said hidden asset (aka Zelda) is holding all the info just in case everyone in the group gets a lethal dose of Bad Luck.

If Nessie tells them to sit down and wait with it until they get back to Aefenglom, they will [most likely] sit down. Not wanting to risk war, no. But if she wants them to check the crypt again, or subdue/take out the Witches inside to launch a rescue mission and get at least one patient out? They will do that. Any other suggestions are naturally welcome.

[moustre]

As hesitant as Nessie is to hear revolutionary words/plans (because, as she will explain before anything, Morgie could peek into her mind and see what they plan), it's late enough in the month and their being on the way out shortly does open her up more; listening to this, as she does have a watch but would specify that meeting face-to-face would ensure complete confidentiality, Nessie would suggest that they bring the information to the Resistance, as she's certain they would appreciate it, versus risking themselves any more.

She's aware this isn't as direct action as someone might like, but it does ensure the safety of her charges and her city's lack of true involvement; the timing of information being spread will be seen as coincidental and suspicious, but certainly the Resistance have ways of negating that as well.

[boneofsword]

(posting for shuu since she's unable to)

Once they bring info to the resistance. What will be their reaction to these news?

What can Nessie tell them about glowing tattoos, and the Enchantments on the Wall? Does she recognize anyone from the comatose patients?

edit: Archer is interested if there's a possible way to keep in touch with resistance. They are returning to Aef soon and could see If they can get some quiet support and supplies.

Ultimately he thinks that taking down that crypt is what is required to a massive strike to take control over the city to succeed. He does agree with Nessie that none of them should be seen there. No involvement from Aef unless it's to help the citizens at large and offering it peacefully.