eastbound } { volcano plotting

[rumorate]

A one stop shop for all your plotting/touch base needs! A couple of starting thoughts:

• The best format for this might be a closed long with no tag order to keep things moving, as long as that works for everyone? We can also break out certain portions of the adventure if some of us are more into one aspect than others.

• What kinds of thoughts or feelings do we want shared? Would it make more sense to set that portion up as a space for one-on-one threads to make the most of those CR building moments?

• How successful do we want them to be? Do we want to go for the reward?

I figure we can use this to compile our questions/plan and take this over to Ruxi when we're all ready. Threadjack/comment/track as needed!

Comments

[blackscales]

Yeah I was wondering if there was anything else they could ask about it, like it FAILED BEFORE when they tried to use it maybe they can be more prepared now? Get hints like 'its in the middle of a lethal swamp' before they get there? Or 'btw it's SUPER broken and we weren't going to warn you before?!'

HAHA also yeah, the first time around Wrath came on like SO ENTIRELY UPFRONT Wrathion felt like it was "hello, I just stalked you and I see you're anxious, I'd like you to explain why" so his hackles went up comically and he DIDN'T EVEN GET WRATH'S NAME so really they can only improve from here. Honestly, seeing Emilia trust him might be a good buy-in for Wrathion? I don't know if there's anything particularly that would help Wrath feel like he was worth paying more attention to. I guess maybe sensing Wrathion might have a decent amount of experience resisting mental influences might be good?

[inferus]

Yeah, I think at least in Taravast, no one in the city or even the people who had control of the beacon really understood how it worked or how to activate it, etc. It definitely may be different here, of course, but some of the information may come out later whenever they are given access to the beacon regardless of their using a favor. However, we can always float it by Ruxi, specifically asking if there's like just anything they could ask about the Beacon now that would help them or is it stuff that would come out later. It's a good avenue of thought for what they could ask for though since they all want to get back.

lmaooo Wrath has no idea how to people, but it definitely makes sense Wrathion's hackles went up. Also, Wrath's kind of menacing seeming regardless of whether or not he's attempting to be. But yes, Emilia does trust him (now) (and love him, and he loves her, shh). I think Wrath definitely already knows like that Wrathion has something going on with the Beastmaster so he's interested for that reason, but would also be interested in seeing/finding someone else that has resistance to mental influences so he'd definitely be interested in that too!!

[blackscales]

Wrathion thought he was bad at people so it's always fun when someone is worse than him, because he has no idea if it's him misunderstanding or doing something wrong.

If Wrathion sensed him caring about Emilia in some way that might help him trust Wrath too, tbh? Because if he cares for at least one person Wrathion trusts, then he's probably not completely deranged??

(Also Wrathion is entirely new to the experience of loving someone himself so, sympathies on loving someone while being bad at people Wrath. It's such a nightmare?? How do you say any of the right things, he has no idea).

If you want the long play manipulation and/or research angle, I could let Wrath pick up that Wrathion thinks about Anduin a lot, but that's one of those trigger points where it could blow up if they interact weirdly and Wrathion finds out then considers it threatening since he's very protective -- though yknow that could potentially be amusing if you like abrasive interactions HAHA.

ALSO I forgot, it might be funny once he learns Wrath's name because Hermione mentioned him and comedically he had a moment where he was like 'WHOEVER THIS PERSON WHO HAS HALF MY NAME IS, THEY'RE ON THE BAD LIST FOR BEING RUDE TO HERMIONE' until she clarified it wasn't so bad. Hermione called Wrathion her friend so that's it, he's now ride or die for her forever. Even when she doesn't want or need it.

[inferus]

It's what happens when you are immortal and have never lived any semblance of a mortal life, because you're too busy falling from Heaven and ruling Hell. Emilia is also probably immortal/a goddess or something (we don't know yet), but she has memories of living a mortal life so she's way more well-adjusted and better at people-ing.

It will definitely be clear through his actions that Wrath cares about Emilia so I think he can easily pick that up or even like catch glimpses of dat in his thoughts/feelings when some manage to sneak through. I did offer up Wrath to stop Emilia if she ended up paranoid/going after Wrathion so that might help.

I can't think of a reason why Wrath would manipulate/use that information at all. I can definitely have him pick up on that though, just for like knowledges sake if you wanted, but he wouldn't ever bring it up, I don't think.

/DIES that's hilarious omggg. LISTEN he wasn't rude at all actually, but very straight forward. He was trying to be helpful so she wouldn't get hurt in the future. However, Wrathion is free to be mad at him about that or bring it up even if Wrath wouldn't understand why he was mad about it.

[blackscales]

I was mostly thinking because Anduin is from Wrathion's world, if Wrath wanted to fish for information indirectly on Wrathion because Wrathion wouldn't give it up that would be an option -- I wasn't sure how schemey he leaned vs direct!

God typing both these names repeatedly is going to make my brain melt.

ANYWAY either works! Hilariously, Wrathion has been just as overly straight forward but listen when it's him it's DIFFERENT.

For... reasons? Just trust him.