NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
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Pfft, your petty logic is worthless here.
Green Sun, Black Shadows (CG/Exalted)
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Alexander89
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It's more about the advantages of a female persona over a male one (according to Britannian nobility, which is similar to English nobility of old) and the fact he would not, technically, wear a dress: merely an illusion of one.
Hyacinthium
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Milly would absolutely try her darnedest though!
It's a neat play on words. Japan loves those. It's also quite niche on the scale of things.
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Just depends on if it is one word or three.
So, I can think of two personas to go for with for a crossdressing Lelouch, with him using Loom-Snarling Deception. Both would be Appearance 5, and if possible the fascination effect would be allowed to bleed through in the disguise.
The Malfeas Approach - Lelouch channels his arrogance into a willful, callous, somewhat tomboyish beauty who is pissed off to be here. Essence is disguised as a Fire Aspect Dragonblooded. She is open and blunt, sadistically treats the servants like trash, and in conversation might let on to the right people that she would be quite happy to watch the world and it's people burn. As an advantage, Malfeas Excellency can be used to enhance dancing actions. Imaginary may be better able to take action when she's stealing the show.
The Ebon Dragon Approach - Lelouch takes the persona of a seductive viper. She's subtle and charming, but something about her personality is... off. More observant persons might notice that she keeps a knife on her person. Even more perceptive ones might notice that she failed to wash all the blood of it... would a serial killer not be someone that a death cult would like to recruit? I'm thinking use Wood Aspect as part of the disguise, due to the poisonous nature of those Dragonblooded, but Air and Water could also work.
Thoughts?
The Malfeas Approach - Lelouch channels his arrogance into a willful, callous, somewhat tomboyish beauty who is pissed off to be here. Essence is disguised as a Fire Aspect Dragonblooded. She is open and blunt, sadistically treats the servants like trash, and in conversation might let on to the right people that she would be quite happy to watch the world and it's people burn. As an advantage, Malfeas Excellency can be used to enhance dancing actions. Imaginary may be better able to take action when she's stealing the show.
The Ebon Dragon Approach - Lelouch takes the persona of a seductive viper. She's subtle and charming, but something about her personality is... off. More observant persons might notice that she keeps a knife on her person. Even more perceptive ones might notice that she failed to wash all the blood of it... would a serial killer not be someone that a death cult would like to recruit? I'm thinking use Wood Aspect as part of the disguise, due to the poisonous nature of those Dragonblooded, but Air and Water could also work.
Thoughts?
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NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
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I'd suggest against the first one, if only because it's too likely to push people away and make it harder to gather info. Though that said, I think the second is a bit too blatantly homicidal to work.
Hyacinthium
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Same. The knife isn't too bad to have on, but remaining blood is too much.
*Tilts head* Maybe take a page out of our daughter's book? I agree that the second is a bit too homicidal to really work as is though. We don't want to be overtly dangerous. And that kind of comes off as "Bad Assassin" more than anything honestly. Or "Noble who can't even clean up" maybe.
It's a bad disguise. Just go Dark Seductress. Our second daughter can even help us pull it off even better than normal probably because that's like... I don't know how much of her entire thing. If only from her mother anyway. Can even leave the knives, but we really don't need to do the "Homicidal" or "Disturbing" part, and I'm not sure why you want to either.
Oh... yeah, not sure in that case.
We might just need to go investigative and track them down then.
... What would death cultists be looking for?
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Hyacinthium
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Probably evil, unfortunately.
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Well, something to remember is that death cults aren't just about killing; they're about converting others too.
... Maybe we can have a couple of subtle pieces of cloth showing that we're mourning someone recently dead? Probably one of the major draws of a death cult is being able to talk to the recently departed.
As I said, I'm trying to figure out how we can attract the attention of the death cultists. Normal conversation isn't going to get us far. Though yeah, might be trying to hard to get attention here.
That's helpful, actually, though a Dark Seductress doesn't strictly work there either - too confident to make a good recruit at this time. We'd need to show some kind of vulnerability.
Well you already liked my post on the mourning idea, but maybe extend that into us being somewhat withdrawn if we ourselves need to look vulnerable. We're beautiful and normally have anyone we want eating out of the palm of our hands, but the recent death of a good friend or family member has left us reeling and off-center enough to appear vulnerable.
Someone who's not at the top of their game. Keeps losing track of conversations a little, to an understandable degree, and general looks down a little. Maybe with a hint of staying off towards the edges relative to our personas usual level of socializing.
How does something like that sound?
RogueInquisitor
Unexpected!
I would go for the second one, partly because it makes the most sense (these death cults seem fairly low-key, so they may reject the Malfean option simply because the cult doesn't want the attention she would bring) partly because we're more suited by experience and inclination towards the Ebon Dragon approach, partly because it allows us to avoid too much blatant, pointless cruelty and violence to sell the impression we want, and because it works better with my "girl in the little black dress" suggested appearance.
As for recruitment, depending on the background we shape with LSD, we may have that we were already inducted back in the homeland, but this is our first event in Area 11. Perhaps our mother was the first, around the time of the unfortunate death of her husband.
As for recruitment, depending on the background we shape with LSD, we may have that we were already inducted back in the homeland, but this is our first event in Area 11. Perhaps our mother was the first, around the time of the unfortunate death of her husband.
Hyacinthium
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A good target for a cult has something to offer them, wealth or resources. They need to have a turbulence in their life such a stress or depression due to loss. Loss of relationships, death of friend or family, or loss of what they want. Not knowing where to go in life. A Dark Seductress can still have those things. Although they could also fit the firey Tomboy as well. She's acting so especially frustrated because she is. She's lost something important and does know what to do anymore, in a more prevalent manner than the mysterious woman in black.
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Who doesn't need Celestial Exalt allies?
God, I need to find the motivation to finish that Abyssal writeup I've had moldering in my writing cupboard for the last 8 months.
Nope! That probably shouldn't be a huge reassurance though. Not if you intend to extend your control of Japan to the Japanese Underworld.
Except for Greater Dead (which are on par with 2CDs) and Deathlords (which are the equivalent of Unquestionables, and are rather more numerous than in canon 2E). Likewise, demons can't be buffed up into terrifying ubermonsters via generations of ancestor worship, unlike ghosts.
I think there's a certain island nation somewhere west of Hawaii that has a tradition of ancestor worship, now that I think about it...
Also, you definitely shouldn't discount the sheer teeming masses of Dead waiting in the depths. Japan's not as bad as some places, but it's got more than its share of undead potentates, ghostly armies, and other horrors. Definitely stay the hell away from old battlegrounds if you can get away with it, and Aokigahara is right out - too much old blood, too many shadows blocking the sun. It isn't safe.
Okay, point.
If you're in Japan and you want death cultists to notice you, be part of the old guard, the guys who bang on about tradition & family honor & the noble blood of Nippon.
Sacrificing people? Gaijin, maybe, and definitely with intent to bind their souls so they can suffer in servitude for their sins against the Japanese. The recent unrest in Shinjuku could result in all sorts of crazy, desperate stupidity from people trying to propitiate the angry dead there, as well.
Stable Neverborn cults are generally located in the deep Underworld, if not the Labyrinth itself: that's where the deathlords and hekatonkheires and tomb-bodies hang out, and those are the main things that those cults form around. in Creation proper, the lack of big imposing symbols of the Neverborn's power makes their worship pretty rare; you might find a few occultists who venerate one of them (or an aspect of one of them) based on something they read in a tome of forbidden lore, or the occasional case of a near-surface ghost somehow picking up enough Whispers to start proselytizing, but beyond that... not much.
That's not a very good cover for someone having been invited to a Brittanian noble's party.
Anyways, I'll see about working on a cover and a stunt now.
Ok, have a writeup. Any feedback or suggestions for improvements would be welcome.
[X] Plan Dark Seductress
Persona Information
Name: Valyria Dyeport
Appearance:
Background and personality: Valyria is the youngest daughter of the Dyeports, a minor noble family from an Area in the mainland*, whose head (her father) and the heir (her eldest brother) both died in military action recently in the intensified fighting in the Middle East. She is obviously intelligent and talented, and displays equally obvious false humility regarding it, but the death of her father and brother have left her somewhat listless and adrift. She wears black to show she is in mourning. There's a subtle but unspoken implication that she's been sent to Area 11 by her family to look for a husband to secure a useful alliance to improve the family fortunes.
Other Info:
- Appearance 5
*Lelouch will use his in character knowledge to pick which Area is appropriate for this cover, as well as fill in other family details.
Stunt: As you enter the grand ballroom several eyes fall upon you in rapt fascination, your form sculpted by the unholy perfection of the powers of the two great dragons of Hell. You gracefully step forward, knowing your every motion is seducing the men in this room, many not even bothering to hide their lust. You manage not to shudder in disgust. Your disguise is perfect, your semblance if identity carefully crafted from lies, your mannerisms copied from the various noblewomen you have met throughout your life. And yet one fact leaves you feeling hollow, dread welling deep in your gut. No matter how much she helped you prepare for this or what advantages there are to this disguise, you know deep down that Milly will never let you live this down.
Charm Use:
- Loom Snarling Deception to change appearance. Allow the effects of Beautiful In My Way to bleed through if possible.
- Use of Eldritch Secrets Mastery to fake being a Wood Aspect Dragonblooded.
- Spend three motes on First Ebon Dragon Excellency to sell the disguise.
- Spend one stunt dice from the Stunt Pool if needed to make the stunt a three dice stunt.
- Use one Willpower for an extra success. By the Yozis, you need it.
[X] Plan Dark Seductress
Persona Information
Name: Valyria Dyeport
Appearance:
Other Info:
- Appearance 5
*Lelouch will use his in character knowledge to pick which Area is appropriate for this cover, as well as fill in other family details.
Stunt: As you enter the grand ballroom several eyes fall upon you in rapt fascination, your form sculpted by the unholy perfection of the powers of the two great dragons of Hell. You gracefully step forward, knowing your every motion is seducing the men in this room, many not even bothering to hide their lust. You manage not to shudder in disgust. Your disguise is perfect, your semblance if identity carefully crafted from lies, your mannerisms copied from the various noblewomen you have met throughout your life. And yet one fact leaves you feeling hollow, dread welling deep in your gut. No matter how much she helped you prepare for this or what advantages there are to this disguise, you know deep down that Milly will never let you live this down.
Charm Use:
- Loom Snarling Deception to change appearance. Allow the effects of Beautiful In My Way to bleed through if possible.
- Use of Eldritch Secrets Mastery to fake being a Wood Aspect Dragonblooded.
- Spend three motes on First Ebon Dragon Excellency to sell the disguise.
- Spend one stunt dice from the Stunt Pool if needed to make the stunt a three dice stunt.
- Use one Willpower for an extra success. By the Yozis, you need it.
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Hyacinthium
Writing about sad cannibals as we speak.
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[X] Plan Dark Seductress
Never say sorry Enjou. Never.
Never say sorry Enjou. Never.
[X] Plan Dark Seductress
I remember something about needing a justification to go female? Well, that's actually fairly easy. People respond more favorably to vulnerable woman than they do vulnerable men as a generalization. Less true as Exalts, because Exaltations don't give a damn whether you're Female or Male, but the underlying societal expectation is probably still there.
I remember something about needing a justification to go female? Well, that's actually fairly easy. People respond more favorably to vulnerable woman than they do vulnerable men as a generalization. Less true as Exalts, because Exaltations don't give a damn whether you're Female or Male, but the underlying societal expectation is probably still there.
We weren't asked for that level of planning, so I would assume that Lelouch has it covered. He's probably got some of the Fangs hanging around like he usually does.
Alexander89
Pet the pretty kitty? Y/N
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As always you, Enjou, are this quest's savior
I guess I don't need the possible pics I gathered anymore (not that yours isn't amazing: quite the contrary)Yes, Imaginary is the most immediate back-up: the Fangs are laying close, enough that they can answer quickly to emergencies but not enough to be detected.
