Green Sun, Black Shadows (CG/Exalted)
- Thread starter Alexander89
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Hmm. Deliberate obliviousness, or a failed awareness check? Either way, hilarity!
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Kind of a foregone conclusion by now, but
[X] Enjou
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I find it hilarious that in spite of 1) being told he has a passive ability to make people fascinated, 2) being told by Milly that he's been made more handsome, and 3) having seen himself in the mirror this morning, he still hasn't put two and two together regarding people's reactions. He's gone from merely "quite good looking" to "likely the most attractive and desirous individual most people have ever met". I have to say, that among Lelouch's character flaws, physical vanity never seemed to be one of them. (maybe this has to do with being raised alongside the likes of the various royals who were similarly attractive)
Once he does figure it out though, he's going to have an 'oh fuck' moment that will be epic.
Hyacinthium
Writing about sad cannibals as we speak.
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- He/Him
Milly mentioned that the Cultists consist of both Japanese and poor Brits. We can use that pretty damn well.
Lulu was pretty oblivious to Shirley's feelings in canon.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
[X] Enjou
Ok, just some thoughts on the meeting with the Shinjuku group - the canon path won't exactly work, as Lelouch doesn't have Geass to make a train full of civilians give him an empty car, and unless something odd happens Suzaku shouldn't be publicly blamed for anything.
Lelouch should be able to arrange a meeting place that he'll feel secure about, what with him having the Anuhles to scout out trouble for him, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Convincing them to follow him without taking off his mask will be the point of trouble. Still, I think he'll have an easier time of it given the difference in events. Their group gained five Sutherlands out of the events, which is a massive increase in the relative power they have, and Zero risked his own neck to save Kallen from the Lancelot, which further allowed them to help people. So overall I suspect they'll be a bit more trusting.
It may also help to reveal that the entire Pureblood conspiracy was something we convinced Clovis of - it would be a rather 'holy shit, this guy is amazing' moment for them. We may even go so far as to reveal our ability to turn our own shadow into a perfect disguise to show how we did it - "I'm Eric Granfield of Internal Affairs, Your Highness, and this is all the Purebloods' fault. Would you like another glass of whiskey?" - revealing the masquerade to them and that magic is real, that Britannia has magic of their own, and that they need our magic if they hope to stand a chance in hell of winning.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Lelouch should be able to arrange a meeting place that he'll feel secure about, what with him having the Anuhles to scout out trouble for him, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Convincing them to follow him without taking off his mask will be the point of trouble. Still, I think he'll have an easier time of it given the difference in events. Their group gained five Sutherlands out of the events, which is a massive increase in the relative power they have, and Zero risked his own neck to save Kallen from the Lancelot, which further allowed them to help people. So overall I suspect they'll be a bit more trusting.
It may also help to reveal that the entire Pureblood conspiracy was something we convinced Clovis of - it would be a rather 'holy shit, this guy is amazing' moment for them. We may even go so far as to reveal our ability to turn our own shadow into a perfect disguise to show how we did it - "I'm Eric Granfield of Internal Affairs, Your Highness, and this is all the Purebloods' fault. Would you like another glass of whiskey?" - revealing the masquerade to them and that magic is real, that Britannia has magic of their own, and that they need our magic if they hope to stand a chance in hell of winning.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Would they properly remember the reveal of magic though? Seyrun said that Arcane Fate affects anyone who's incapable of using Essense and makes them forget the existence of the supernatural.
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
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- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
I'm not sure we could convince them of the Pureblood thing being our responsibility without showing them magic; it'd be very hard to explain how we did it, after all.
GilliamYaeger
M'crazy.
Hrm...if we stalked the resistance members a little, and charmed Kallen a little bit, we could probably bluff the resistance members by turning into people they know. Something like "You want to see my face? My face is meaningless." Then we go into a brief montage of faces they each individually know - including our own, in Kallen's case.
Maybe that would allay Kallen's suspicions a little if she ever starts working out that we're Zero later on.
Also, should we include Milly somehow?
Maybe that would allay Kallen's suspicions a little if she ever starts working out that we're Zero later on.
Also, should we include Milly somehow?
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Since it's our thing to keep secrets, we can just turn into a Japanese guy (or girl for the lulz) and let them think that's who we are. Canon!Lelouch hid from them because he couldn't change his face at will (and for symbolic purposes), but we aren't as constrained.
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
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- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
Problems with that idea: 1st is that Loom-Snarling Deception doesn't let you turn into other people, it lets you create an entire fictional person and turn into them. And whilst we could just make that person 'X's twin', we don't know what Lelouch knows IC about the Charm and its limits/loopholes yet.
2nd, there's a pretty low limit to how many faces we can switch into in a short time without flaring our anima. I think 2 at most, at present? And that would lessen the impact somewhat, unless of course we're actually willing to throw up a lightshow that's visible for miles just to show off.
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GilliamYaeger
M'crazy.
Ah damn, I forgot that Infernal disguise is not Solar disguise.
I don't think it's so absolute, otherwise the Yozi cult would never have been able to form. From the description, people just overlook it and come up with plausible mundane explanations. I think of someone explains it to them then they might actually remember. @Alexander89 could clarify on this, and Lelouch could get more info in the background.
This is a good point. We could also give the face a lot of scars or something, if we wanted, as an explanation of why we wear a mask.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
Or make us look like an elf, for the lolz.
Actually without upgrades the solar disguise charm has the same flaw. In both cases it is up to your larceny abilities to make a good imitation just like you would without magic except the disguise is good enough people examining you will think that is really what you look like but not the person you are impersonating.
We can use LSD twice before our anima becomes too noticeable but it is still a little visible on our foreheads after the second use. That will change once we reach E3 as the cost is 10-essence motes. Doing that however cuts off any essence usage without flaring anima till we release the charm because those motes are committed. Generally it is optimal to use peripheral motes to make the disguise in advance and wait to stop glowing before doing anything.
GilliamYaeger
M'crazy.
Assuming a personal mote pool of 14, and you're two dot stunting every transformation, you could get about five uses of Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise before anima troubles really become a thing. Which isn't bad at all, really.
Actually it sort of does. It lets you spend your future XP by going into XP debt, which is powerful in it's own right. The perfect sort of thing to promote a useful minion skills by skipping both training times, and unless they already are under a training charm, XP costs.
Sure the total XP is the same, but you start getting value from raised attributes immediately. Things like giving your entire cult basic firearms proficiency(Archery 1, which is potent for freshly militarized civilians since they normally get a penalty for untrained), and give several of the others the Resources and social connections to acquire the guns.
Bang. instant rebellion trained to militia level.
overmind
Ruler of the Swarm
[X] Enjou
I have a question. What's stopping them from assuming that this is a Brittanian plot? I mean, they might believe the explanation that this is a pureblood conspiracy and we are just using them in order to consolidate all resistance groups and then crushing them.
Very unlikely, considering Lulu's got 8 dice in Manipulation and Presence, and if combined with an Excellency, he's got even more. Add in the fact most of them aren't Appearance 5 (Kallen being the only possible exception I believe) and they'll be rather easily made to believe what he wants.
Of course, even that might not work if they're determined enough (using WP to disbelieve him.)
While I'm thinking about it, what kind of Presence specialty would work best for Lelouch? Inspiring loyalty, making people like him, or something else?
Of course, even that might not work if they're determined enough (using WP to disbelieve him.)
While I'm thinking about it, what kind of Presence specialty would work best for Lelouch? Inspiring loyalty, making people like him, or something else?
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- Spain
The Ebon dragon excellency. We can convince them that we are Santa Claus if we need it.
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Because that's stupid? We shot Britannian soldiers in front of them, armed their group with Knightmares and killed a shitload of Britannian soldiers (including nobility), damaged an undoubtedly expensive prototype Knightmare, caused civil unrest among the Britannian nobility, and will be so successful at defeating Britannia that the other groups will fall under our banner, all so that Britannia can crush all the resistance at once even though they already possess a massive advantage? Admittedly Lelouch is the level of chessmaster to pull that kind of shit off if he wanted, but nobody in their right mind would even attempt it when they've already got the advantage.
Anyways, the point in question is kind of moot since we can just disguise ourself as a generic Japanese person or something along those lines as Unelemental pointed out.