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EVENT #5: SOVEREIGN CITIZENS

Sovereign Citizens
All across Horos, even in lands that have long since forsaken the Legacies, Soviseri is a month of political action. Most years, this simply means annual elections; for the faithful, organizations and governments big and small take this opportunity to bask in the wisdom of the Sovereign while reassessing their leadership and strategies, while the more secular simply see it as a convenient waymark on the yearly calendar. Soviseri allows them to face the remainder of the cycle with fresh eyes.

Most years, these customs will pass uneventfully, barring the moderate confusion that can result when too many leaderships change at once. This year, however, is not like others: for the one that considers themself the most sovereign of sovereigns has witnessed the seeds of revolt take root in the most fertile soil. Though they have not yet begun to sprout, let alone flourish, the Regent knows full well where such small things can lead. It's because of this that they intend to salt the earth and remind the cities of Horos the value of the 'peace' they've experienced while allowing them their reign.

This event will last from the 13th to the 25th of Soviseri.

INCLUDED EVENT PROMPTS
◆ THE REGENT'S ADDRESS: On the eve of the 13th, near the height of the Sovereign's Moon, all Aions will have their spirits summoned into a metaphysical court of the Regent's making. They'll only have enough time to seat themselves somewhere before the vision overtakes them, bringing them into the Regent's presence for what will be the first time for many. It is in this meeting of souls that the Regent will express their intent to punish the Pleroma's supporters in Godsblood and Venera, and to declare that it will be at the hands of their Kenoma followers. The Pleroma will be able to leave the communion unharmed, but the message is clear: without intervention, Godsblood and Venera will suffer.

◆ AN EXECUTION (GODSBLOOD): The 15th would normally be a day of public debates and speeches, a time for those in power to prove their worth in full sight of the Sovereign, but all of that will be thrown into discord at the public announcement that Vaeka Lovenskol is to face public execution for her crimes against the Regent. What crimes? Well, apparently she has been working as part of a resistant unit intent on aiding the Pleroma menace... a fact that any Pleroma in Greentruth will know to be true. Vaeka has been one of the brave souls working to keep the entry to Greentruth concealed, guiding what new Pleroma they become aware of to its gates.

How she was exposed is not exactly clear, but she is scheduled for a public execution in Godsblood's main square on the 20th. That means there are five days to snatch her from the Kenoma sent to guard her, lest she be made an example to her people.

◆ TRIMMING THE VINE (VENERA): While the execution in Godsblood is a public affair, what happens Venera is far more insidious. Despite the meek and escapist nature of its citizens, a spark has been lit beneath the surface, spurred by the Aion's actions within the city during the Innocence's contagion, as well as the Achamite's and Hylician's inaction. Some Venerans that were either spotted supporting the Pleroma or that seek to resist the Regent's will have been rooted out, and will be made to pay for their transgressions by the Kenoma first and foremost.

From the 15th to the 25th, the Kenoma will be ordered to work their way through a hit list of sorts, finding and imprisoning Veneran troublemakers, with the intent of essentially 'disappearing' them. Prisoners will be held for a day or so after capture for a meaningless trial by the Achamites present, and then be executed.

◆ MARCHING ORDERS (KENOMA): As the Regent has observed there is a finite limit to what the Kenoma will do without orders, they are now being explicit; all Kenoma are required to participate in the subjugation of either Godsblood or Venera during these activities. Whether or not Kenoma players are available to play out things on an OOC level, all must be at least handwaved to ICly participate in this mission by signing up for duty in either Venera or Godsblood down below. Failure to perform IC will be met with IC punishment.

In addition to their mission duties, the Regent is also ordering all their Kenoma to attempt to lure out and capture as many Pleroma as possible. How they go about this is up to each individual, but the Regent expects that most Pleroma will not be able to resist making an appearance at either location.

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[personal profile] aquaveiled 2022-07-09 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello mods!! Super stoked about this event! I did have a question regarding the NPC Vaeka Lovenskol--is this someone that Pleroma either in Godsblood or Greentruth would have known of or met in passing? Or was their identity a secret from most Aions?
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Ernesto Salas | Pleroma | Lover

[personal profile] goldendeceiver 2022-07-09 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
ALRIGHT SO... looks like Ernesto has a killing to try and stop in Godsblood. He's doing his best to avoid suspicion, so anything he does he'd prefer to do behind the scenes and/or in disguise. He'll do whatever he can to help fellow Pleroma stop Vaeka's execution.

Looking to be working largely in the shadows on this one, but happy to get him into the thick of things if the situation ends up calling for that while the plot goes on.

He's also a T2 Pleroma, so he has the ability to set a portal where it's needed the most, but will consult with fellow Pleroma before going through with that.

OH!! And also up for any Kenoma to try and snag him/get confrontational with him if they want.
Edited 2022-07-09 21:36 (UTC)
affal: (182)

Venera

[personal profile] affal 2022-07-09 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Makoto would love to help make some people disappear! 😇 He would use all of the tricks at his disposal to search them out and do so surreptitiously. That having been said, he will also confront any Pleroma Aions who show up and attempt to interfere with that.
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[personal profile] subsist 2022-07-09 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
hello, mods! SUPER EXCITED about this event, and i can't wait for the chaos. just a quick question— kaeya has been at venera for the better part of last month so i'm wondering if it would cool to assume he's heard about where some of the hit list targets could be potentially hiding? 🤔 not all, but just a few to get a head start...
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[personal profile] dragonmount 2022-07-09 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
hey mods!! this event looks really cool, thank you for it!

since kenoma are being ordered to lure out/capture as many pleroma as they can, is there going to be some kind of rescue mechanic available for any pleroma who might be nabbed, or is this a thing where we need to go ahead and plan interventions in attempts/fights because anyone captured would be taken straight to achamoth and gooped? what can captured pleroma expect to happen, how far might (or can!) things go?
goldendeceiver: (tell me you never)

[personal profile] goldendeceiver 2022-07-09 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
So the Runa name have been tied by rumors to the forest people (sorry Runas...), is that something that will get back to the Regent and cause any issues for them, or are the Regent's people really focusing on targeting Vaeka only in Godsblood?
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SYRLYA (champion) + YUYA (lover) | PLEROMA

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2022-07-09 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh boy oh boy

SYRLYA is going to be my main focus on this event as the most battle ready and most ready to get in PvP with Kenoma. He has illusion and stealth abilities which would be super beneficial for getting people out of danger by diversion or invisibility. So, currently I'm leaning towards Godsblood to save their buddy resistance member(s?). Currently offering:

- PVP WITH KENOMA. He is so prepared to fight. I'm not immediately planning to have him get killed or focus on killing--his priority will be getting their people out of there. HOWEVER Syrlya is not above trying and capturing (or... crushing) a shard, so let me know if that's something you'd interested in specifically interested in, either with successful or unsuccessful shard claiming. He's here to just be a pest.
- RESCUE MISSION. As noted above he has skills that would be useful for saving Vaeka so he'll offer himself first and foremost for assisting in intercepting her from the Kenoma, and also getting her to safety without the Kenoma just tailing her and finding more resistance/the portal. Because that would be bad.
- PLEROMA SUPPORT. He'll also readily fight alongside/defend any Pleroma needing assistance. He is on one side here.


YUYA is... a lot less certain what I'm doing because he can't fight for beans. Most likely he'll instead be stationed wherever the Pleroma decide to evacuate any supporters to help provide them with comfort. If he goes anywhere it'll probably be Venera where he can maybe help evacuate people before any Kenoma catch up.

Any sort of conflict with Yuya will require some plotting because he's pretty defenseless so I'll need to work out an escape/rescue. He does have an ability to spread the Innocence contagion effects, but that'll be a last result because he hasn't been wanting to let people know he can do that in case they take it the wrong way.
Edited 2022-07-09 19:46 (UTC)
sterngaze: (neutral: dubious)

Venera

[personal profile] sterngaze 2022-07-09 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Liem is going to be a naughty boy and head to Venera to try to help some targeted locals escape. He is going to be as sneaky as he can about it, but I consider it an inevitability that things are going to go sideways for him at some point during the event.
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[personal profile] dragonmount 2022-07-09 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
makes sense! thank you ♥
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johnny joestar / pleroma / firebrand

[personal profile] comelately 2022-07-09 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
WELL I GUESS SHIT IS GETTING REAL

johnny cannot get to venera easily, so he will probably be more concerned with godsblood. even if he's not super gung-ho about the war effort or anything, he does think it's fucked up that vaeka could be publicly executed and knows that if this kind of activity is allowed to go on unchecked, they'll all be in trouble. SO. Offering a Pleroma who is not afraid to do some murders if we need a quick way to dispatch Vaeka's guards. Johnny's Stand power is essentially 10 homing bullets that cannot be stopped easily (even if the physical bullet itself is stopped, the hole created by its impact will continue tracking his target for up to 8 seconds.) Murder wouldn't be his first instinct - he'd probably try to disable first - but since the Kenoma are clearly fine with killing people, he's not going to be particularly touchy about sparing them... basically, I'd love to be in on this if someone's willing to help Johnny get around.

If a portal to Venera is posted up by the Pleromies, he could also go there for similar sniping purposes. He would not be very useful actually ferrying people in and out of the locations because of his injury, but he's very lethal in a fight, so here's your backup!!

I'd also be happy to have him get in some fights with Kenoma, especially ones he knows! Let's fuck up our CR a little... if he runs into any Kenoma he knows, he'll probably get on their asses about what they're doing, too. I'm also like. vaguely interested in getting him captured bc he'd be an easy target JKDFJ but he would probably be able to escape most cells with his Stand power since he can travel through those holes as well... BUT IT WOULD BE A FUN MINI PLOT
Edited 2022-07-09 19:57 (UTC)
goldendeceiver: (i'll take back the city for me)

[personal profile] goldendeceiver 2022-07-09 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Whew! The lovely wolves that threatened and robbed Ernesto, but he deserved it are safe for now. 😌

But okay, that makes a lot of sense. Thank you!
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[personal profile] subsist 2022-07-09 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
yes, that's right! re: kaeya's focus on the rebuilding efforts, i mean. i was more curious if he could have caught wind of rumours earlier on but i can work with vague ideas rather than anything specific. 👀🙏 thank you, mods...!!
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Ryunosuke Naruhodo | Pleroma | Champion

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2022-07-09 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ryunosuke is going to be going absolutely bananas about all this, this shit is beyond the pale to him and he's MAD about it.

He's probably going to be focusing efforts mainly in Venera because he has more personal stakes there, even though he's also very worried about Vaeka. Seeing as there's a bit of wiggle room in the timeline I MAY see if I can finagle him being around there for a little bit, if there's something he could actually be useful for.

In Venera, though, there's a very nice pro-Aion family he stayed with back during May's event who he's gonna be EXTREMELY worried about, so if anyone theoretically wants to target them that's a possible angle for conflict. He'll be helping out as many people as he possibly can, so there'll be plenty of opportunity for PVP if you want to fight him. He still has pretty limited powers and for offense will mostly have to rely on the normal self defense and archery stuff that he's been practicing over the last two months in Greentruth; his main defensive power is forcefields, so he can keep himself from getting wrecked to a degree but he can't really dish anything back out beyond what a normal human could do.

I'm open to him getting his shit wrecked a bit, deaths avoided tho because it sounds like he's going to have a reckoning w/ Kaeya towards the end of the event and get his ass captured.

If there are any Kenoma who are feeling a bit, uhhh, on the fence about their allegiances because of all this... Well, he's definitely pro-conversion, so maybe if you wanna run into him and have a little chat about morality or w/e, that's also a thing he's available for :]
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makoto & yuuta

[personal profile] affal 2022-07-09 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
MAKOTO ("M") | KENOMA | FIREBRAND
Barring any reassignment, my plan is for Makoto to go to Venera to carry out the Regent's will by making dissidents disappear. (: It's more in his nature to do so quietly, so he will be using various tricks like glamours, etc. to try to navigate the city, root out the suspects, and secure their capture without being discovered. That having been said, any T2 Aions would be able to suss that out immediately, so... He's also going to be ready to fight. 🗡️

For fellow Kenoma, I'm interested in potential team-ups to get shit done, or... if there are any Kenoma still not crazy about this whole thing and perhaps dragging their feet. 🤔 He can try to give you a tough love pep talk... or make things worse. Up to you! For any Pleroma in the area, I'm down for any confrontations! T2 Aions will have an easier time finding him, but certainly not impossible for T1.

I'm not above Makoto getting either dissipated or kidnapped (or both), but I would prefer chat about it and discuss how things might pan out. He has... multiple... contingencies set up for something like that. Regardless, it is my ultimate plan for him to get extremely fucked over (with his curse hopefully helping seal the deal), thus motivating him to try to actually get rid of it. But this could happen in this event or later, and I'm also open for any Pleromies that wanna get kidnapped... I'm open for anything. :3 Just let me know!

YUUTA OKKOTSU | PLEROMA | LOVER
Yuuta will be in Godsblood trying to save Vaeka! Though any T2 Aions will be able to spot him immediately, one of Yuuta's strengths (??) is he's a fairly underwhelming-looking guy who is secretly a powerhouse. He is uncannily good at using his surroundings to his advantage, and he's super agile and strong... The last time he was in a situation like this, he was actually the one carrying out the execution (he got better, don't worry about it), so his efficiency and efficacy in this arena are fairly well-known.

When it comes to actually trying to extract Vaeka, he will be looking to do so in a team effort... So any other Pleroma who want to team up and work out some ideas, hit me up! He's more of a follower than a leader, but if necessary, he can step up and try to make some decisions. He's pretty strong, and I'm always thirsty for big, stupid shounen fight threads, so if any Kenoma wanna FIGHT, I would welcome you with open arms! His primary interests in this situation are 1) saving Vaeka, 2) minimizing risk to the people of Godsblood that will likely be in attendance, and 3) subduing any Kenoma (with his priorities also being roughly in that order).
comelately: (deafened by the naive)

[personal profile] comelately 2022-07-09 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
voting for yuuta to carry johnny around godsblood like a back-mounted turret gun
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Liem Talbott | Kenoma | Champion

[personal profile] sterngaze 2022-07-09 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: November/Sporelett
Contact: My plurk is [plurk.com profile] Sporelett. Feel free to add me if you want CR with my lad! I'm also in the group discord, if you prefer that to plurk.
Time Zone: I'm in eastern time and I usually return tags within a day or two. Sometimes I slowmerang if I'm feeling frisky. I work during the evenings, so during the week I'm usually available during the day or at night.

Character: Liem Talbott | [personal profile] sterngaze
Canon: Tabletop OC (Pathfinder RPG)
Age: 120+ (appears mid 20s)

Plotting: Uh oh! Liem is about to wild out on his very first mission for the Regent. By which I mean he is absolutely against the plans to snatch random Venera citizens off the street and host sham trials to execute them, and he will be doing everything in his power to mess things up for his fellow Kenomies there. Interested in the following:
🔑 Pleromies whom he could give tips to so they can intercept Kenomies who are in the midst of snatching people, or hustle targets out of town before they're caught.

🏹 On that same note, for Kenoma-players who want trouble from Pleromies, Liem can totally narc on you to make that happen.

🔑 Kenomies who end up being suspicious of Liem for whatever reason and decide to stick to him? This is the non-conflict option; specifically, I'm interested in a Kenoma deciding to be Liem's buddy while he repeatedly looks for an excuse to ditch them lmao.

🏹 The conflict option! Any Kenoma want to catch Liem letting a target go, talking with a Pleromie, etc, and confront him about it? This could potentially be a multi-person thread involving a Pleromie as well.

🔑 Anything else that comes to your mind? The world is our oyster.
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[personal profile] aquaveiled 2022-07-09 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!!! This is beautiful.

One other question--how will it be determined if/when/who is successful in rescuing her? Just from discord chatting there are several parties who want to make a vie for it and it may be easiest on all players if we have multiple attempts over the span of time or something like that. Would this be a mod roll or player communication?

(Are we allowed to succeed?? lol)

Thank you again!
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Godsblood

[personal profile] baltimores 2022-07-09 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Amos loves Godsblood and has greater familiarity there, so that's where he'll be heading. He'll be splitting his time between guarding Vaeka Lovenskol and hunting down any Pleroma — especially as he's already met a handful living there mere weeks ago.

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