Chapter 8: The Father of Monsters
Posted: 25 Apr 2019, 13:14
INTRO
Hey everyone, and welcome to chapter 8. We are going to be doing things a little bit differently from now on so that we can keep the plot for Path going, but do so in a way that breaks it up into bite sized chunks. It's going to more resemble a choose your own adventure book. The specifics are as follows. The only way to participate in the chapters from now on will be through writing. There will still be a chapter slider (or sliders) which give an indication of which way the pendulum is swinging. HOWEVER, the story itself is going to be broken up into pieces, with different outcomes depending on what is chosen. For example, in part 1, if you make one choice, it may result in the chapter ending automatically, with a particular outcome, whereas if you make a different choice, it could potentially keep the story going, making things more complex as time goes on. Chapter updates will occur at set time intervals. The time to impact the chapter for Part 1 is 3 months after which David or I will let you guys know what the next step (if there is one) in the story is!
THE CHOICE
The first choice is to either aid the Admin by gathering information or sabotage him and those helping him, based on the Admin's request here. Obviously, characters may choose to 'help' for their own motivations. For example, they may just take what the Admin has told them and use it to get some intel, then try to keep it for themselves. They may or may not be successful at this! Humans wanting to participate in the chapter will probably need connections through vampires because the Admin is sort of keeping this whole thing as much under wraps as possible.
The chapter tags are: [aid_admin][/aid_admin] and [sabotage_admin][/sabotage_admin]
As RP is going to be the only way to impact the chapter, be sure to use the above tags as often as possible when posting for the chapter. You can feel free to post threads on the Official Event Roleplay forum. Below are some ideas for thread plot, though don't feel confined to them as they are just starting points. Please feel free to ask questions (publicly vastly preferred over privately) if you have a plot idea in mind you want to try but aren't sure about.
TO SABOTAGE
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[Sabotage_Admin][/Sabotage_Admin]
A few ideas for plots:
- Track down the shipments of weapons (possibly by hacking the police database to track license plate movements) and then destroy them or rob them/execute the ones doing the shipment so that no information can be gathered from them.
- Work to cover the tracks of the charity's monetary movements - which could easily be broken down into a number of its own sub-plots, like wiping surveillance footage, attacking members of Helheim who are trying to track down where the money is going, or even wiping the net and news sources of information pertaining to the charity.
- You could try to get into contact with people running the charity to warn them - though it should be noted that this will NOT work if your character is a vampire. Inquire with me if you have a human character you'd like to do this with as I may provide you with some more details depending on the plot you have in mind.
- Generally fighting/attacking Helheim to keep them busy so they can't do any recon is also an option.
- Work to keep the ones running the charity and their donors in the shadows, which could also be a number of its own sub-plots. The charity itself is fairly secretive and somewhat resistant to working with new people, especially of the vampiric variety. However, the Admin likely has members of Helheim tailing people, hacked security cams trying to monitor movement, and maybe even some business associates attempting to get in, so doing anything to keep the charity's secret would set him back.
- You can also engage playable characters (characters run by other writers) who are trying to gather information, and try to stop them in some way. These plots could turn out to be especially fun if everyone involved wants to make a solid, strong story.
- And honestly there are many more!
TO AID
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[Aid_Admin][/Aid_Admin]
Some plot ideas:
- Track down the vehicles with the weapons, and capture the drivers. Or follow them to find out where they drop their cargo. Either way, this will prove to be difficult because the drives are heavily armed humans who will attack vampires on sight (they've been trained to spot them using mirrors). They are basically driving massive fortified trucks, so even getting them to stop will be difficult. And finding them at all will prove troublesome, and may require some legwork hacking the police database. They will be difficult to capture without them doing damage or killing themselves, but if you manage it, they might give some small pieces of information
- Wealthy humans or business owners may try to infiltrate one of these charity dinners to find out information. Be careful though, the charity organizers are secretive and very suspicious of outsiders. If they suspect you're working with vampires, it might result in a fight.
- Hackers might try to scrub the web for information about the charity as well, though they're unlikely to find much.
- A character could try to trail certain members of the charity in an effort to learn more about what their money is going to - they pay for everything in cash, so there won't be a paper trail to follow. Their operations are very covert, so it would require a ton of sneaking around, and possibly a little assassination or fighting to take down any objectives that get in your path. If you go this route, check in with me and I'll give you an idea of what the money is going towards - though only if the Aid side wins. Be aware though that the members of the charity are pretty wealthy, pretty well connected, and the people who work for them (the ones running the money) are very well paid hired hands who have extensive combat knowledge as well as extensive knowledge in how to avoid being tracked. They will work hard to cover their tracks and will attack if your character is caught following them.
- You could try to set up static surveillance or drop a mic or cam on charity employees, though you would run into the same issues as above - so be careful!
- You could try to look into the charity through the local government, see if anyone has heard of them, or if there are any licenses or documentation pertaining to the foundation. However, it should be noted that a number of charity members also work in the government. Which means that it's almost impossible to tell if someone can be trusted. Or if you'll be able to get any information at all. You may run into roadblocks at every step of your investigation. And if they suspect you're looking into it for the wrong reasons, you can expect to get a visit from some of their less than savory employees. In fact, you will likely find that the harder you search, the less information you find going this route. However, I'll give some details if you do choose this plot and the Aid side wins.
- You could escort Helheim soldiers on their missions to do any of the above or generally work to protect Helheim from anyone or anything that could get in their way.
- Etc!
Please please please, don't think of these as exhaustive suggestions. We wanted to leave it ambiguous enough to let people have freedom to be as creative as they want, so if you have questions about how something might or should work, feel free to ask! Think of this thread as a jumping off point.
END THOUGHTS!
Be sure to leave the end of your threads ambiguous! Depending on how the slider looks when it comes time for the chapter update, will determine if any information was gathered at all. Which means that there needs to be some chance for failure. I. E. Don't go in expecting for any plan to be foolproof.
You can also feel free to make any necessary NPCs. If you need some direction, feel free to ask! I'll be starting a Q&A thread here in a moment and the majority of questions should go there.
It's important to remember that more information will be revealed about what's going on with the chapter, but only if a certain choice is made. And every major choice for this chapter is going to intensify the stakes just a little bit more. So we are really hoping you guys enjoy it.
The end of Part 1 will be July 25, 2019 at which point the sliders will lock and you'll get more story. The sliders can be found here