Okay, I'm available now to start trying to poke holes into your plan's weakspots, Enjou, so that we can further strengthen the plan as a whole.
2. He can walk away now, and the Black Knights let him leave unmolested. (you'll have some Anuhles follow him off site, after which they'll capture or kill him)
I'm not sure about five Anuhles being enough against a
Solar, even if he is a newb and probably not combat-specced. I can see Diethard escaping free and with his life, though admitedly not with guaranteed success. He might possibly also have supernatural allies supporting him already. I would in fact like to call Akito and Leila to stand nearby if feasible in case of malicious trickery (even if that seems unlikely currently). Maybe not Leila if we will need them for elimination duties.
Speaking of which, I think that killing him in the unfortunate situation he doesn't even become a basic BK member is
not the optimal solution. Sure, he we can probably kill him if we spend enough effort and resources, but we can't destroy or capture the Solar Exaltation -shard itself. It will fly away, and will attach itself to someone else, who could be hostile to us or our cause. And capturing a Solar himself/herself might work, but only in a very short term with the resources and the powerbase we currently have. From what I understand, it just
isn't a long-term option. I guess we could send Diethard to Malfeas to be used
somehow, but he might escape or be rescued on the five day trip, or after it at some point if he isn't killed soon after Lelouch's bosses get whatever they can out of him. And in that case we will have
very likely made a sworn enemy out of an Solar.
Better option would be binding him with an oath not to oppose us for a set period of time, and enforce this with force if necessary. Anuhles, Akito and Lelouch should be enough to make him agree. Or just kill him immediately in the office when he has (presumably) less chances in running away. But luckily, I don't see us requiring any of this based on the meta info we know from canon and QM hints. Just wanted this out of the way first.
First, you will give him the interview you planned to give him in the first place. This will give you an opportunity to get a feel for his character and motivations. Drop a hint or two that you know he's not a normal human being in order to pique his interest further. Provided there are no worrisome issues during the interview, such as excessive levels of deception that make you think he might be a spy, tell him his application is accepted and that he's now a member of the Black Knights.
I can probably write something (this time short) for this part. Not today, but probably tomorrow. We might also want to reserve some motes for Charms at this part if we want to probe him and his motives with more than mortal skill. Nemesis Self Imagined Anew can see use here immediately. And just after Lelouch told Seyrun to monitor, as well as rein in his usage of it if necessary. But Solar is either quite the threat or a massive boon, so I'm for using it now.
Ah, also just realized: Lelouch already used IEI. Current peripheral mote pool: 18 motes.
Stunt: "You and I are not ordinary men, Diethard Ried. We have powers that allow us to carve our very will into the fabric of the world. Powers that allow for rebellion against Britannia, which is why they see us as an existential threat merely because we exist." You speak enigmatically, implying wisdom that the Solar across from you surely lacks. "Yes, I know the maddening truths of the world, and I suspect you do not. However..." as you speak, a rift in reality forming as Seyrun's alien hand comes from within your belly and deposits the apple on your desk. You are certain that the metaphor of forbidden fruit promising knowledge will not be lost on this man, and you can see the journalist's eyes gleam greedily as he realizes what you're implying. Steepling your fingers, you continue. ", perhaps we might come to an accommodation to alleviate that?"
Like Gnarker, I don't like your Stunt's thematic feel of using FSDD. Also unsure if Lelouch has tested it out yet, though he can probably grok it very easily as we now have the Charm fully trained and bought.
@Alexander89? Oh, and not
fully convinced yet that Diethard hasn't managed to come upon a source on knowledge about supernatural after his Exaltation. Or maybe even before it.
But regardless of that: In Earthscorpion's and Aleph's Kerisgame, FSDD's storage (and other) themes are quite tied to the powers (which are also often tied to their personalities) of the ones using them, which gives them some personalization and uniqueness. Sasi uses her own shadow, and favors Ebon Dragon Charmtech quite much, while Keris herself uses her hair as the portal, which ties to her hair-appendage mutations coming from her coadjutor, who is important to her.
So how about something Oramus-like for Lelouch? Calculating Dho-Hna Angles gives a good starting point, so how about we steal the effect the "shifting kaleidoscope mirror" -theme from Doctor Strange, with Lelouch reaching inside such distortion and taking the apple?
But now that I've given my take on how to use it in a hopefully cool way, how about we
don't use it instead? Because that is a
heretical power, both in OOC mechanical term
and IC according to Seyrun. While for a new Solar it is (probably) not that easy to guess how unusual it truly is from just seeing that demonstration, knowledge spreading about it is not something we can afford. Currently, the less everybody knows, the better. But regardless of how whatever we use or not use it here, I still suggest the kaleidoscope mirror as Lelouch theme for the pocket dimension storage -function.
See, the thing is that the more I think about it, the more I like the idea of handing this guy over so the Yozis can forge a new Infernal Exaltation.
I kind of hope he refuses now.
Not possible, if I'm remembering things correctly. The Solar Exaltations being held in the Jade Prison beforehand was the
only reason that the Neverborn and the Yozi could capture and hold
half of the 300 shards. The Solar Exaltation (as well as all the others) were made specifically with the design goal of maximum independent functioning, indestructibility, inviolability and as uncatchable as possible. In which they succeeded pretty well in the Primordial War by how thing turned out.
