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Post by Janus on Jun 26, 2021 10:59:39 GMT -5
OK. lilithsboy & Gris, to save me a bit of writing up stuff you may or may not know I'll start off with the basics and you tell me what else you have figured out and what you'd like to do about it. So, there is a plant monster in the basement of GCPD's 13th precinct. The monster was placed there long ago by the Fey of the Gotham area in revenge for the treaty the humans, in the form of the Native American Miagani tribe, brokered with them being broken. The monster is intangible and broadly immune to magic, it feeds on people causing insanity. It does however like Fey blood very much and will become tangible to get it. The Fey have said they won't be happy if it is killed, and have threatened to go to war over it unless the plant is replaced by 4 (I think I said 4) new ones planted elsewhere when it is killed. |
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Post by Gris on Jun 27, 2021 4:49:29 GMT -5
I'm going to offer a recollection/thoughts of my character without going back and reading anything but the helpful summary you provided here, that will jog the nice game up in my memory and will do me more of a favor just by the bit of effort of remembering/theorizing stuff than just plain going back and reading it:
From the interactions at the bar, if I'm not mistaken, Mildred gleaned that there is something calling vampires to Gotham, an unprecedented event. From Mildred's own recollections of decades past she knows that Fae blood is particularly tasty for a vampire, besides having some additional effects she did found disorienting yet pleasing. From the business with the Swamp Thing she gathers that nature is not particularly sympathetic to her condition. From the investigation done, if I remember correctly some stuff that Cerberus knew as well, Fae can be particular in their vindictiveness, so even if someone wronged them the circumstances could matter and alter the punishment (hence the offer to switch the current plant thing for several ones).
Mixing all of that in her brain, I'd guess that Mildred suspects a powerful vampire or at least such one's soul, if they yet have one, is the being trapped there. Someone that either by gluttony, malice or lost of control fed and fed upon fae, growing a taste for them but also becoming increasingly unstable due to their blood. Once caught that vampire was shifted and trapped by the fae, turned into a mockery of nature to achieve some kind of punishment that somehow syncs with fae whimsy. The past incidents in the area are either the vampire's own madness, exacerbated by the imprisonment, leaking out or botched attempts to release/destroy it by fire by either sympathetic vampires or perhaps misguided hunters.
Of course, Mildred's information is only partial, and she could as well be wildly off the mark, conflating together personal grievances, past experiences and general vampire self-preserving paranoia with the case at hand.
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Post by Janus on Jun 28, 2021 17:42:24 GMT -5
You know this is what I love. I come up with an idea and the players come up with something that can make the situation so much worse than I originally imagined. Why wouldn't I use it?
I mean I may not, but its a great idea.
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Post by lilithsboy on Jun 30, 2021 22:51:57 GMT -5
Okay, what my character suspects:
The fae cannot act without an agent at this point.
If the humans do not do anything then the fae cannot in fact retaliate.
If the fae see the acts of their agents as their own they will see the acts of any agents of the humans as an act by the humans. But actions by fae are obviously the fault of the fae, this does not apply to our resident half-fae because the part that acts against fae interest is obviously human.
There are probably disgruntled fae we have not looked at the seelie unseelie aspects, he suspects that there are fae who would like to see the sort of fae that put this thing there brought down.
What Christopher plans to do about it:
Find a creature that for its own reason would rather see this thing destroyed, offer it nothing in return besides the glory and credit of spitting in the fae's face. Neither hinder it nor aid it and claim neutrality, rightfully.
P.S. Christopher also plans to start working on Gotham's pollution problem because Swamp Thing asked him to so probably buying things like that junk yard and the water treatment plants etc. Helping Gotham turn green and getting so much government money to do it he wont even blink.
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Post by Janus on Jul 1, 2021 7:01:06 GMT -5
Okay, what my character suspects: The fae cannot act without an agent at this point. If the humans do not do anything then the fae cannot in fact retaliate. Correct. Correct. In fairness you have had practically no contact from the Fey. You were told that the Miagani had been trying to contact them/find them for years without success. They Fey seem to be leaving the mortal world alone for whatever reason. The only contact you have had has been through Cerberus who is half Fey. Research will show that Fey do seem to have enemies. The Formorians seem to be the most notable though they do seem to have some fairly negative press associated with them. You'd guess that there are factions within the Fey that don't like each other, you don't appear to have any information about what faction you are dealing with at the moment. If you wanted to go down the Formorian route you certainly can... they are Probably quite contactable. You'd have books that mention rituals to summon them. These books may or may not give warnings about them. Warnings would generally advise that they are not nice or trustworthy individuals (warnings seem to vary depending on who has written the book) and will always have their own agenda. Captain Dyre (if asked) will advise that the Formorians whilst not evil per se are not to be trusted as they do not view human life as having any innate value. They will act for their own best interests, and they can most definitely lie in a way most Fey cannot. Easily done. The main barrier you are facing is the fact that the Fey are being so secretive. Doing a global search on human Fey relations would turn up a few places around the world where Fey and humans co-exist. Ireland being a significant one with the Tuatha Dodannan. There appears to be a couple of places in North Africa (Tunisia/remote places in Egypt etc) that hold rumors of a group of Fey known as the Peri that still speak to the Bedouin nomads. It is theorised that the Australian Aboriginal people may speak to Fey in their Dreamtime, though the nature of the Fey there is unknown. There are rumours of something dark and mysterious in the jungles and mountains of South America, though whether this is Fey or something much more unpleasant is unknown. |
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Post by lilithsboy on Jul 1, 2021 20:44:50 GMT -5
Christopher would actually consider the Formorian angle, he doesn't want something trustworthy because he is not even going to ask something to do it. That is kind of the whole point he wants something that would kill this thing because it wants to not because it was asked to. He would confer with Dyre about if she had any tricks up her ancient sleeves to protect the humans from such a creature and if so to implement them. Actually taking measures against such a creature would give credibility to the fact that this thing was not a human agent.
If not then Christopher is going to have to get on a jet and start trying to figure out fey politics.
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Post by leska on Jul 2, 2021 2:18:49 GMT -5
Herro :3
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Post by Janus on Jul 6, 2021 6:02:47 GMT -5
Hey leska welcome back. Gris so we will definitely be carrying on with the vampire story. As to the rest. How would that effect what you would do/how you would resolve the problem? lilithsboy Dyre would point out that the Formorians aren't Fey so would be in the same position as you. The Formorians invading Fey territory might equally be a bad thing but she doesn't know as she's not had a lot of contact with either group in a long time. |
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Post by lilithsboy on Jul 6, 2021 20:19:48 GMT -5
Janus what do you mean they would be in the same position? Do you mean that they would then have to plant more of these things?
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Post by Janus on Jul 9, 2021 7:07:01 GMT -5
Janus what do you mean they would be in the same position? Do you mean that they would then have to plant more of these things? They aren't Fey, so don't have Fey blood, so can't make the damn thing go tangible and as its broadly immune to magic can't use magic (assuming they have access to magic). |
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Post by lilithsboy on Jul 13, 2021 23:58:42 GMT -5
Oh, that would not be as big an obstacle as it initially would seem. All that would have to happen is for them to bring a minor fey to kill in order to lure out the big one. Fomorians have one big advantage there, they honestly do not care about angering the fey, in fact killing a fey in order to do something that will piss the fey off even more than normal might be a major selling point.
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Post by Janus on Jul 15, 2021 5:35:29 GMT -5
OK, what do you all think the long term consequences of this decision might be?
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Post by lilithsboy on Jul 16, 2021 14:13:03 GMT -5
1. Puts them on the Femorian's radar.
2. Just because the Fey cannot technically blame the humans does not mean that they wont be pissed about being thwarted.
3. The squad gets a reputation for bringing dangerous and uncontrolled creatures into gotham.
4. Not only do we piss off the sect of fey that we have been dealing with but also the sect of what fae creature is killed to make the thing tangible.
5. Mystic wonky woo of the creature that was there leaving residual energy/myscial shock wave upon it's distruction
6. Possible psychological effects from people who are accustomed to prolonged exposure from that thing now being cut off.
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Post by Janus on Aug 11, 2021 6:32:14 GMT -5
Appologies for the delay folks. I just started a new job so my brain space is limited. We'll go with what we've got and I'll kick off threads for everyone.
Question for everyone.
Would you like to partner up with other players or should we go down the solo thread route?
I'm happy either way.
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Post by lilithsboy on Aug 11, 2021 10:41:07 GMT -5
I kind of liked the partner thing but understand if you want to do that right now.
Also congrats on the new job.
So are we going with the Formorian thing or the fly around the world thing?
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