OPEN MINGLE: Time to Talk, Summoned!

[magicalarchaeologist]

Who: Istredd, Wanda, and all the 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.

Comments

[hatejakku]

[ Finn kind of shrugs a little, thinking about. ]

He didn't really tell me. I kind of just found out. He was wearing a mask, but those never really worked on me.

[ For a long time, he thought it was just his time as a Stormtrooper. Learning people by body movements instead of faces or something. But no, that's not really the case.

Either way, he doesn't want her to think he's telling everyone, especially if this was something kept between them. But he nods because he understands the desire for secrecy and respects it. ]

Yeah. That was the first thing I thought it might be, honestly, but it's something else. Whatever it is, he's good at using it.

[carmesi]

[wanda isn't trying to put pressure on finn, nor to blame him for something that seems like he couldn't quite help anyway. wanda shakes her head a little.]

It's fine. If he isn't upset about it, I have no reason to be upset in his stead.

[because it was matt's secret to keep and to share, in the end.]

He is actually blind, but if everyone knew about what he did... You can imagine how they'd think he isn't blind, how he's playing a part. [as far as she knows, it's a reality he has faced before, with his friends back in new york.] It makes me feel a little better that he trusts you, though.

[even if matt is very good at using his enhanced senses, there's always been something very solitary about the way he is and the way he leads his life.]

[hatejakku]

[ Finn smiles and nods, happy that she's not annoyed with him, at least.

But that smile turns into a bit of a frown as she talks about his past experiences. And it makes sense, unfortunately. ]

I know he's not playing... And I'm glad he trusts me, too. Even if he didn't really get to choose to tell me in the first place.

[ He never really told Finn to keep his mouth shut, so that's something. ]

[carmesi]

Well, in your favor—

[she starts, voice quiet still, as she plays with the key that she had taken back from the ravens.]

—he might have called you a friend.

[and that much is a term that matt doesn't use lightly. there might have not been much thought to it, when he labeled finn that, but it just shows that matt's comfortable with him. it means that wanda is, too.

with that, she grabs at one of finn's hands, sets the fancy-looking key in the middle of his palm. he can do with it what he likes; keep it, toss it away—the horizon is for him to mold as he sees fit.]

Keep an eye out on him for me, won't you?

[and just like how the force connects everyone without discriminating, wanda's sense of forthcoming trust in the man comes from a gut feeling made stronger by another's judge of character.]

I figure you might have come to talk to me for questions that aren't related to Matt, though. [—or the ravens. maybe questions that can be saved for another time?] I don't mind answering them, though Istredd's a lot better at that.

[hatejakku]

[ Oh? Finn perks up immediately, hearing that he's been described as a friend. It shouldn't really be surprising, but it's still incredibly heartwarming to hear secondhand.

What's even more heartwarming is the sudden gift she gives him. Not just the key - which is fake more or less - but her trust. To look out for someone she cares about, she can't look out for. It reminds him of his first conversation with Matt when Finn decided to look into crumbling the factions barriers this very reason. The key only hardens his resolve a little more on that. ]

I will.

[ He wraps his hand around the key, and smiles with a shrug. ]

Honestly? I just wanted to meet you face to face.

[ He can't deny, he's very curious about all this business with these so-called gods that was mentioned in her network address, but that could be saved for later. Hopefully. Today, he really did just want to meet her, and now he's glad that he has. ]

[carmesi]

[that response, as earnest and easy as it is, brings a warm smile to wanda's features. wanda supposes that one of the aims for this meeting here today, in istredd's horizon, was to introduce herself to others that aren't in solvunn.

even if it's just one more person—

she puts a hand lightly over finn's arm, to curve over the bend of his elbow as she starts directing them the rest of the way down the staircase.]

How about we go check in with Matt? He's probably eating all the snacks. [he won't be] We can surprise him.

[and they won't be able to sneak up on him.

still, it's comfortable enough company, and it merits being shared around for however long they remain in the horizon for this time.]