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Section Nine [Fate Core - Interest Check]

When Missions end, what would be cool features to cap things off?

  • Personal Interviews (Discussed in PM in Character them the Player posts them)

  • Mass Debriefing section (all of the players and relevant NPCs talking about what went down)

  • Off time (1-2 sessions of off time just spent relaxing with eachother and NPCs (Slice of LIfe))

  • GM written( A final recap and summery post, highlights or redacting certain acts)

  • These are all lame, lets just go from one mission to the other for maximum fun Rune!

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Rune_Fireheart said:
Hmmm, that is an aspect, not a stunt. So .... I mean, what would you be trying to do there?
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Well the theory would be getting information from a massively powerful eldritch being.

Practically though? I would be trying to not die as I'm doing it.

Alex has been touched by the Cold, it's interested in him.

When have I ever said that it particularly cares about him?

I mean, I could try to, fuck it, seduce an eldritch monster or something so that I'm not in danger from it.

I managed to do it with an elder dragon in one of the other RPs I'm in, and I was a baseline Human then as well, but I have a feeling that this won't go quite as well.
 
Lazy Coyote said:
Well the theory would be getting information from a massively powerful eldritch being.

Practically though? I would be trying to not die as I'm doing it.

Alex has been touched by the Cold, it's interested in him.

When have I ever said that it particularly cares about him?

I mean, I could try to, fuck it, seduce an eldritch monster or something so that I'm not in danger from it.

I managed to do it with an elder dragon in one of the other RPs I'm in, and I was a baseline Human then as well, but I have a feeling that this won't go quite as well.
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Ehhhhhhh, that seems to be a stretch. There are places to use that, and here is not one of them.

Sooooo, unless you can better explain what action you're taking, and why you would invoke that aspect, I'll have to veto.

Don't worry though, there is plenty of time to figure this stuff out....
Unless you're too late to save... well, try not to be too late.
Have fun!
 
Hey, sorry for the delay.

I've had a recent epiphany about my writing and the story 'lines' that Section Nine can take.

The next update will be either tomorrow or Tuesday or at the latest two weeks from now.

So, while I apologize for the delay, I think you all are going to vastly prefer the new stories over the old ones, since they are going to be vastly more fun for me to write about.


All love, Rune Fireheart.

PS Finals suck
 
Rune_Fireheart said:
Hey, sorry for the delay.

I've had a recent epiphany about my writing and the story 'lines' that Section Nine can take.

The next update will be either tomorrow or Tuesday or at the latest two weeks from now.

So, while I apologize for the delay, I think you all are going to vastly prefer the new stories over the old ones, since they are going to be vastly more fun for me to write about.


All love, Rune Fireheart.

PS Finals suck
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Okay, finally got out a post. And finals do suck.
 
Genon said:
Veronica seemed to freeze as she heard what Chung said. She looked down at her fatigues, covered in bits of zombie, and shrieked briefly, trying frantically to get the crap off of her. "Fuckfuckfuckfuck please don't be a plague please don't be a plague please don't be a plague..." she muttered as she did so. She even went as far as to take out an enchanted isopropyl-alcohol wipe she had been carrying in her bag and rub it all over her hands and outfit, nuking whatever magical-biological pathogens the creature might have had inside of it.

Hopefully it would do for now. The zombie could have been carrying a plague of some kind. She had heard of a few incidents in which undeath was transmitted like a disease. She did not want to become the start of an Extreme Measures case.

Still shaken, and breathing raggedly, she shook her head to clear her thoughts and turned to Crane, who seemed to be in some sort of episode.



"I unfortunately can't...but I can tell you that the runner's our only lead. I say we follow it, what about you guys?"

OOC: If the others are on board with following the Deadwood, Veronica uses her move action to Follow the Deadwood, making an Athletics check to Catch Up to It and a Rapport Check to Calm it Down assuming she can catch up to it. If it is violent, she makes a Fight or Physique check to Restrain it Non-Lethally.

@Hybrid @Rune_Fireheart @Hex123 @Tada Taro @ZeeBat @See my smile (I think that's everyone)
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Zombie Bash, rated E for everyone

IGN- Icky, but satisfying :p


ahhh, now I have to dive back into Digital Circhemisty oh fuck I am crossing the metal streams lol.

In all seriousness, I have got to get to work if I am going to find the time to get to work.
 
I am writing up the update today if y'all can forgive the lateness. I am having a hard time making the time for this but I worked real hard to earn myself this moment's reprieve.

I'll write assuming that y'all want to follow @Genon but if you want to wait or not follow then just let me know here. For those who do want to follow, no need for notice checks this time around.

Still, I owe an apology for the delay, as I am still working on being a better GM (Fate Master?) for the group. I will o longer allow school or work get in the way of at least one update a week.

Writing.....

(Whirring noise)
 
So, first all @Rune_Fireheart, yay for update. Second of all, I've been wondering about one of the core concepts behind this RP for a while. A lot of Men-In-Black type stories don't actually explain why there's a government cover-up of the aliens, or the vampires, or the wizards, or what-have-you. What's so dangerous about letting people know about the magical world? There'd be a panic initially, of course, and there might be tensions between the normies and the supernatural populations, but ultimately the more information that people have on all the nasties around them, the more likely that people won't die needlessly, and the more humanity can benefit.

Take the aliens for instance. Their technology would really help humanity. Or the werewolves. They'd make really good police officers or detectives assuming there was enough LYC-4 for all of them. What about wizards? The stuff that mages could do for humanity is nothing short of revolutionary. Vampires? They'd be good for just about anything, assuming that it was done at night, and with our blood donation network, they would easily be able to feed themselves, even getting around blood shortages since they don't need to care about blood type. And do you know how much less work Section Nine would need to do if they had the local police and military helping them? It would have made our interactions with the sheriff a lot less awkward, that's for sure.

In fact, had the MIB not existed in most of these stories, pretty much all of the negative side-effects of a Broken Masquerade would have been sidestepped, since supernatural entities would be an ordinary, everyday part of modern life rather than a shocking realization. But because there's a cover-up, the Masquerade can't be broken without causing problems, since it'll pretty much exclusively be a giant reveal. So I need to ask, is there a reason in-universe why Section Nine goes to such great lengths to keep the supernatural world a secret?

EDIT: And with that, I'm going to bed. I'll check back in the morning.
 
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Lazy Coyote said:
I have a feeling this is just gonna turn into a really awkward silence...
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Agreed. I'm currently waiting for one of the more diplomatic characters to try Rapport. Veronica can contribute teamwork Rapport rolls, but with a Rapport skill of Good I don't want to take a risk by rolling.
 
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Why: is the Vale between Aware and Unaware a thing?
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    • Genon said:
    So, first all @Rune_Fireheart, yay for update. Second of all, I've been wondering about one of the core concepts behind this RP for a while. A lot of Men-In-Black type stories don't actually explain why there's a government cover-up of the aliens, or the vampires, or the wizards, or what-have-you. What's so dangerous about letting people know about the magical world? There'd be a panic initially, of course, and there might be tensions between the normies and the supernatural populations, but ultimately the more information that people have on all the nasties around them, the more likely that people won't die needlessly, and the more humanity can benefit.

    Take the aliens for instance. Their technology would really help humanity. Or the werewolves. They'd make really good police officers or detectives assuming there was enough LYC-4 for all of them. What about wizards? The stuff that mages could do for humanity is nothing short of revolutionary. Vampires? They'd be good for just about anything, assuming that it was done at night, and with our blood donation network, they would easily be able to feed themselves, even getting around blood shortages since they don't need to care about blood type. And do you know how much less work Section Nine would need to do if they had the local police and military helping them? It would have made our interactions with the sheriff a lot less awkward, that's for sure.

    In fact, had the MIB not existed in most of these stories, pretty much all of the negative side-effects of a Broken Masquerade would have been sidestepped, since supernatural entities would be an ordinary, everyday part of modern life rather than a shocking realization. But because there's a cover-up, the Masquerade can't be broken without causing problems, since it'll pretty much exclusively be a giant reveal. So I need to ask, is there a reason in-universe why Section Nine goes to such great lengths to keep the supernatural world a secret?

    EDIT: And with that, I'm going to bed. I'll check back in the morning.
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    Complex answer, simple response:

    Politics.

    There are many theories amongst agents as to why their organization exists in the shadows and keeps humanity as a whole in the dark. Some say it is because humanity "can't handle the truth". Others insist it is so the U.N council that controls Section Nine can have enough time to figure out how best to break the news. Others still say that the Vale is kept up because some groups are trying to commit genocide in silence against the magical for Human Supremacy ( the Templars are often erroneously labeled as such, but in reality their not quite that insane). Some agents, typically the more paranoid in Information Control, say that the groups are trying to position themselves so that when they are ready to break the Masquerade they will stand to reap untold power. Others still, more the R&D department than anywhere else, say that it is kept up to prevent the terrifying influx of magical potential from the unaware as Nukes are bad, but so are Mass Transformation Spells and certain magical artifacts. The most pessimistic of the major theories simply says that Section Nine keeps up the Vale because it has been kept up and so will continue to be kept up.

    Honestly, there are many theories out there. Some of the more out there ones involve massive curses and prophecies but there hasn't been a successful one of those since 30 A.D.

    All that everyone agrees with is that the group that does break the Vale and reveals themselves in a big obvious way is going to catch a lot of shit from everyone. Which is why Section Nine "officially" exists.

    It is also a matter of history that all the Aware creatures and people went into hiding around the height of the Roman empire, due to them being like the Magic equivalent of Nazis, exterminating every creature that was beyond "The Natural". By the time it fell, the Aware where rightfully scared and figured that discretion it the better part of valor and hid in the shadows.

    As far as aliens go... well, we've never met a truly friendly one before. The universe is a scary place, and Earth is such an interesting one for those out there with less... exciting worlds.

    I can only give you that much since Veronica (who has been on a few mission on her own) has heard this stuff around the metaphorical water cooler.

    There are way more details on all of this, but this is the rough draft that anyone could pick up on with idle chats.
     
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    • I will get writing up my post then to open the conversation. ^^; And maybe give everything a read through again. (I swear finals fried my brain @.@)
     
    @Rune_Fireheart
    Okay, I kinda have a speech planned, Veronica's Rapport skill is a measly +1. I can try rolling, but the odds of it working out in my favor aren't ideal. It wouldn't be a scummy tactic to give someone else (say, @ZeeBat, who has a +2 in Rapport) the basic idea of what I want to write (namely, explaining what we're here for and asking for information on what's going on with the Shamblers and strange "animal bones," and perhaps explaining that the growth of their territory is making the local human normies suspicious as well), and simply contributing a teamwork bonus, would it?

    Also, wow. This game is honestly on the verge of dying. I hope it hasn't died already.
     
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    @Rune_Fireheart
    Okay, I kinda have a speech planned, Veronica's Rapport skill is a measly +1. I can try rolling, but the odds of it working out in my favor aren't ideal. It wouldn't be a scummy tactic to give someone else (say, @ZeeBat, who has a +2 in Rapport) the basic idea of what I want to write (namely, explaining what we're here for and asking for information on what's going on with the Shamblers and strange "animal bones," and perhaps explaining that the growth of their territory is making the local human normies suspicious as well), and simply contributing a teamwork bonus, would it?

    Also, wow. This game is honestly on the verge of dying. I hope it hasn't died already.
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    I suppose it could be fair to give him the gist. Also what do you mean the game's dying? Isn't it just the holiday season?. No one posts on the holiday season
     
    Right. So those were fun holidays and I hope everyone else had a great time too. ^^

    I will get my post out tomorrow when I finally get back back home.
     
    ZeeBat said:
    Right. So those were fun holidays and I hope everyone else had a great time too. ^^

    I will get my post out tomorrow when I finally get back back home.
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    First of all, yay. Second of all, are you onboard with taking the speech idea i came up with in the quote below and me contributing a +1 Rapport to help?

    Genon said:
    @Rune_Fireheart
    Okay, I kinda have a speech planned, Veronica's Rapport skill is a measly +1. I can try rolling, but the odds of it working out in my favor aren't ideal. It wouldn't be a scummy tactic to give someone else (say, @ZeeBat, who has a +2 in Rapport) the basic idea of what I want to write (namely, explaining what we're here for and asking for information on what's going on with the Shamblers and strange "animal bones," and perhaps explaining that the growth of their territory is making the local human normies suspicious as well), and simply contributing a teamwork bonus, would it?
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