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abraxaslogs2023-09-09 11:42 am
- !player event,
- abby littman; the lovers,
- altaïr ibn-la'ahad; the magician,
- bay kennish; the star,
- claire fraser; the empress,
- dante; the devil,
- geralt of rivia; the hanged man,
- istredd; the high priestess,
- james t. kirk; the tower,
- jaskier; the sun,
- jesper fahey; the wheel of fortune,
- jonathan crane; the magician,
- linhardt von hevring; the high priestess,
- lucifer; the devil,
- nanaue; the fool,
- prince wilhelm; the tower,
- rocket; the chariot,
- sam wilson; justice,
- thancred waters; strength,
- wanda maximoff; the hanged man,
- wrench; the hanged man
OPEN MINGLE: Time to Talk, Summoned!
What: Istredd and Wanda called people to the meeting to give an info dump, let people ask questions or share their own information, and then a hang out after with refreshments so people can chat after and make new CR or check in with old CR.
Where: Istredd's Horizon
When: Saturday, September 9th, at midnight so less attention given to them.
Warnings: Discussion of the game plots including all content warnings up to now like psychological thriller, horror, the cult kidnapping, gods being trouble. Abraxas is a wild place, friends.
HORIZON AND SET UP
The Lighthouse was described by Istredd in detail so people would know where to go. During this mingle, it will continue to shine and circle around like a normal lighthouse so people know where to go. His domain is unique for being essentially a tower of books. Shelves upon shelves of books and multiple floors. The only other detail before the talk starts is that there are five ravens who will be curiously watching everyone from a perch nearby. Your character may end up with a lapful of one of the two leosylphs who live here, one baby blue colored and the other one black with red eyes.
The main floor has been turned into a large meeting hall of a sort, although mostly in terms of having a large space full of chairs and a few tables if people wish to sit there. Your character can perch anywhere they want including up a floor. A key note about Istredd's domain is that people can easily morph chairs or create them in whatever form they'd want, so if you want them to have their childhood chair, go ahead. If they want a gaming chair, it'll show up automatically for them. His space is very intuitive. People can choose to speak either from the back of the room, as Istredd will do, or from where they sit/stand.
If your character wants to attend but not be noticed, they can intuitively use his Horizon to mask themselves/go invisible. Istredd will not call you out, Henry Creel.
After the initial formal talk and information gathering, Istredd will ease up the more formal atmosphere of the large hall and create a food and drink section against the walls. Wanda assists him in making this look nicer and homier. There will be extensive offerings but people can add any type of food or drink to this, it's up to them to modify it.
If your character would like to explore the library or get a beat to themselves/talk privately with someone, they can do that by wandering the floors. People will find that if they open a book it will appear to be empty at first, but if they think about their favorite book, the pages will fill in. It is entirely based on their recollection of the book so may not be entirely complete, but if their subconscious mind has memorized much of it, they will see what they need to in there.
They may also find that as they move through the floors, a 'reading nook' may appear in the corner that will instinctively know what they would feel comfortable sitting to read with. They can also 'lock' this room if they want to discuss something with another person and need privacy.
ISTREDD'S SPEECH
[Istredd will wait until it appears everyone has arrived or most people have and he will clear his throat to get their attention if they are already chatting with other people. He appears as he often does in Thorne, with very plain clothes in a dark shade of blue, serious and calm. He stands straight-backed, hands clasped behind his back. Istredd speaks in a very clear and calm way.]
Please sit or stand as you feel comfortable. If you want, you can create any chair you wish to sit in. After the initial conversation, food and drinks will be provided and you are free to add your own favorite dishes. This is intended as an information-gathering conversation. Last year, Sam Wilson hosted something similar to keep the Summoned informed, and a great many things have happened since. Wanda and I thought to do the same this year.
We posted on the network a breakdown of what happened with the kidnapping earlier this year. If you missed it, the general idea was that a cult from Solvunn took half of the Summoned and held us in a pit, where they were experimented on. The cult's intention was to try and take the connection the Summoned have to the Singularity, and what they believed to also be a connection to their gods.
It should be noted that Thorne tried something similar early on in the Summonings. Their experimentation also did not work, as far as we know. We thought it prudent to keep every Summoned informed of what happened in case something like this happens again. We have put forward from the Solvunn and Thorne conclave a request to our factions to allow us to have access to the island. We'll let people know what we hear.
I also put together a history timeline of the Summoned.
[He pulls out a blackboard with this list written down over it in clear readable words. He points to the February 20,078 section where the details about the kidnapping are written out in particular.]
If anyone would like to add notes or months I missed, please either write it yourself or let me know and I will add it. I am hoping to keep this an active timeline for us. This will always be available in my library here to anyone who wants it. We have also been given a pantheon of the gods from our friends in Solvunn that is also available in here.
I have been taking notes since I got here about general information that may be of interest to people when they arrive, including details about magic, the Singularity, and the factions. They're very broad but you can read it on this.
[He creates another blackboard to the side, also able for other people to make notes upon.]
I don't want to be talking this entire time, so instead I would like to invite people to share any findings or information they have that they think the whole group should be aware of, and also ask questions that could be answered or talked about. Please be polite with one another and understand there are some things we simply do not have the answers for as of now.
There are less than a hundred of us, and I believe it is important that we stay on the same team. Thank you. Feel free to eat and talk, or wander in the library.
OOC NOTES
Hey everyone, it's Dee! I am so sorry for the tl;dr. I have the headers below: Speeches (information sharing/tl;dr like mine), Questions (you can specify what exactly they have questions about), adding to the info dumps I have, and whatever else you think of.
If you want your character to speak/offer information but don't want follow-up questions, you can put 'OTA' or 'no follow-up' to indicate what your preference is here. If you put OTA people can reply with a sort of Q&A option, but the no follow-up idea is so that people can share information but not need to commit to that unless they feel like it.
And from there, mingle to your heart's content! Your characters can talk afterward, before, go explore the library, whatever you want, I support it. You can plan closed or open starters, follow your heart.
If nothing else, I want people to take from this mingle that their character can hear any of this information or see it in the library and have it from now on for your RP purposes, and take this opportunity to maybe make new CR/discuss all of this. Do as much or as little as you want! If you have any comments/concerns, please message me on plurk.
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From one esteemed colleague to another.
[ Not off-putting, no. Dante has certainly seen "some shit" and he'd call the other man definitely one of the most friendly-looking non-humans he's had the pleasure of running into. The fact he's not leading with a sword to the gut helps a bit with that.
After the shake, he drops his hand and shrugs. ]
I tend to like my books with more pictures.
[ Magazines. He likes magazines. ]
But I can't deny it's handy to have all the accumulated knowledge of the Summoned in one place...if one wants to spend all day and night going through it.
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Comedians, all of us.
[A huff of laughter out of him.] And I like mine with diagrams.
[They're both hilarious.]
Yeah, no kidding. I know a few people we'd lose for years in here... but how do you find anything?
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Dante likes this guy already. ]
I'd say we could ask our local friendly librarian...but I think he's busy playing host.
[ He has to shrug and shoves the book back onto the shelf, hopefully somewhere close to where he found it. He wasn't really paying attention. ]
Looking for anything in particular?
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[Maybe it would be easier to figure out how this place worked. Or how the books worked, at least.]
Nah, just kind of browsing. I haven't seen paper books in... well. Outside of a lot of museums, actually. [A beat.] Haven't seen any with pictures yet, though.
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[ He knows what it is, but he doesn't know how it works. It's numbers and it's confusing. (Dante didn't spend a lot of time in libraries prior to Thorne.) ]
No paper books?
[ Well, it begs the question... ]
I'm guessing you're not talking about the Free Cities or Solvunn.
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[The what system. Who is Dewey. Is that the librarian here? Besides, you know, the guy hosting the meeting.]
Not in my corner of the galaxy anymore. [That earns a lopsided, turian grin, his face flexing to show a bit more teeth than before. Echoes under his voice amused.] And no, definitely not. Ran into them here, sure, but - not in the Milky Way much anymore.
[We're not counting all the books Kasumi stole. Garrus wasn't about to mess with the quarters of a master thief who lived in a cloaking device.]
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Just something book nerds like to do when numbers aren't enough fun.
[ Close enough. ]
And just what corner are we talking about, here?
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[That gets a chuckle out of him for sure. No argument here. He almost wants to picture Liara having this conversation. Boy that'd be something.]
Palaven, and the Citadel. [He only waits a beat, this time, before elaborating:] Which I'm going to guess you've never heard of, right?
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[ Istredd DEFINITELY does not deserve this. But some bookish type coming up on Dante dead asleep and naked in the hot tub when trying to find a nice place to read has happened more than once. ]
Afraid not. Though "the Citadel" could cover any number of places.
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[That's baffling! Books are rare! Right? They shouldn't be left in watery places. That's like reading in the shower or something.]
Yeah, I figured. Was kind of a shock when I first got here, but now? No surprise. It's a space station, in the Widow system. Big seat of government and culture and all.
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[ He's got nothing against Istredd, but he does find it somewhat funny. Istredd had been fairly protective of said books as well, which was understandable because the splashing was definitely all of Dante's fault. But that's going unstated. ]
You do strike me as a space guy.
[ Said with all the understanding of someone who had watched bootleg Star Trek in dirty motel rooms back in the day. ]
Never seen much of it other than looking skyward. You haven't heard of "Earth", have you?
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You're kidding. [He does not actually think Dante is kidding.] Seriously. That guy?
[Which is probably a testament to his opinion of their host so far more than anything else.]
Glad it's space and not, monster. I've had that one before. [Thanks, weird new world.] But yeah, I have. Haven't been there yet, but I've been to its moon.
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[ Dante happens to think he's exceedingly amusing when he wants to be, which is most of the time. But yeah, he didn't make up Istredd. He's just That Kind of Guy as well.
He's not exactly surprised the other man has been called that. Can't really pretend that a distinctly non-human appearance would make it difficult to mingle with a bunch of humans. As as much as pro-human Dante is, he's not around to judge someone (when they're definitely not a demon). ]
Have you? Now I've got to ask...is it really made of cheese?
[ See? He's HILARIOUS. ]
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[But hot tubs in general sound pretty good. Maybe if he gets the hang of the Horizon he can start adding on to his. Add his own personal heat sink - hah. Hilarious.]
[A nod - yeah, he's been to the Earth's moon. All one of them. And - wait.]
Cheese? What - no. It's rock and dust. Why would it be food?
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[ Not just for potential dampness, but Dante doesn't make it a habit to go through anything but trashy magazines. Any important ones would get lost.
Also, look.
This is important Earth Lore. Consequently it means that this alien man would have no reason to lie about the supposed nature of Earth's moon, being oblivious to the reasoning behind the question. Dante can take this is (sad) fact. ]
There's an ancient myth of my people that the moon is actually just one big o' ball of cheese floating in the sky, set there for our viewing pleasure. And as a back-up plan to world hunger.
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[Not that he has the opportunity to sit down and access a bunch of real books. Sure, they exist here. But time? Nah. None of that.]
[Dante keeps talking, explaining, and Garrus just keeps staring at him. Like he's spouting off complete gibberish. And, well? He kind of is from Garrus' perspective.]
Why... would it be? It's - humans had to have known better. [Look, even the krogan didn't think Tuchanka's satellite bodies were edible.]
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Oh we're experts at coming up with answers for anything we don't understand. Giant yellow floating ball in the sky? Must be cheese!
[ Dante shrugs. As much as he likes humans, their imaginations getting the best of them has lead to some deep shit too. ]
As a cheese lover myself, I can't say I blame them. But that's neither here nor there...
[ They had their shake, but he realizes he's still missing his esteemed colleagues name. ]
The name's Dante, by the way.
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[Sorry, Dante, he is deeply hung up on this. It doesn't make sense. Doesn't Earth also have glowing rocks or something? Why of all things did they pick cheese?]
It's... fine, I mean. I just tried it when I got here. But...
[WHY CHEESE.]
Oh, right. Garrus Vakarian. [He holds out a hand in greeting.]
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[ Cheese is extremely important to a balanced diet. Or an unbalanced one. Or really all diets.
Dante does take his hand with a grin, though, and gives it a single firm shake. ]
Dante. Just Dante, my cheeseless friend.
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[Mild to deadly allergic reactions put a damper on trying human food. He's very lucky in that he tends to just get a rash.]
[A quick handshake between guys! Normal dudes talking about moon cheese.]
Then, just Garrus works for me.