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The Lost Files (C:TL/Dresden Files) (CK2-ish)

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On the other hand, the least traumatic path to power for her is to literally be a magical girl in WoD :p

It'd all end in Abyssal Incursions of course.
 
dpara said:
^^.. the fabled Dresden luck and the dang book is around *shudder*

mmh I don't know that much about WoD.. but introducing WoD-Vampirism to this world does strike me as a bad idea.
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And now I want Malkavians to show up at some point. That'd be great.
 
veekie said:
On the other hand, the least traumatic path to power for her is to literally be a magical girl in WoD :p

It'd all end in Abyssal Incursions of course.
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There was a quest about that wasn't there? Emma as a Princess: the Hopeful character in Worm. It died (the quest, not Emma).

Poor Layla. Though I wonder why she didn't ask for the training from Cora to include additional skill at her biokinesis, or is that something Cora can't/ won't actually give, or is it included in the "train and protect you" clause?
 
veekie said:
Pledges can grant merits but not supernatural template components. Even minor ones.
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Cora *does* actually promise training in there, you'll note, she just doesn't specify any promises as to how much advancement will be had, and certainly doesn't specify any sort of 'and then you'll upgrade your Biokinesis Merit'[1]

[1] All of the Prophet Circle have magic that is based on Merits and activated by spending Willpower.

So she's basically promising to help Layla grind XP to set aside to spend on Biokinesis. :V
 
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Turn 1--Gilding the Lily (Intro)
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    • Gilding the LIly: Intro

    Lillian Grace Abbot was twenty-eight and had been born on May 15th of 1972. Her favorite color was grey and her favorite food was blueberries, followed closely by yoghurt. She had a job in an office at one point, but currently did some part time work. She had no online presence at all, and her hobbies included a deep involvement in several local charities and churches, reading, and trying-and-failing-and-then-trying-again to lose weight in a variety of methods.

    She jogged past a spot every few days that Cora had determined upon examination would be a perfect place for a sniper, should a sniper ever be required. Of course, she thought it unlikely and in any matter, she had little doubt it would be.

    Lillian Abbot lived in a small apartment as far from the bad side of town as possible on a low budget, but she spent many nights out and about communicating with ghosts, and seemed to have performed a number of rituals in the last few days.

    She was a mezzo-soprano when she sung in church choirs, and those around her described her as pious, thoughtful, but a little strange. She didn't have a cell-phone, and her car could be traced back to the 1980s, information which Cora filed away with all of the other details of her personality, parents, friends, family, interests, measurements, and all of the other information that Cora had found with some casual digging, at least by her standards.

    It was remarkable, how much people could learn about each other, if they were willing to follow them around with ghosts and other means of surveillance all the time. For all of the assumptions of privacy built into the American cultural landscape, they were just that: assumptions and illusions. The only way she could have revealed more of herself is if she was posting in online forums or getting involved with that particular 'scene.'[1]

    Either way, Cora Graves was going to visit her, and they were going to meet...and what happened from there, well. It all depended.

    What does Cora call herself/tell Lillian if asked her name?

    [] Cora.
    [] Ms. Graves.
    [] Chancellor.
    [] Write-in.

    Recently, some research has shown that these 'Thresholds' have a partial effect on Changeling magic. Does she knock on the front door and ask to enter, or does she go in another way to start this conversation? (Will put a spin on some of the other options.)

    [] Front door.
    [] I'm in your house, at half(?) (unknown, further data needed) power.

    What is the general tone that Cora is aiming for?

    [] Mysterious.
    [] Scary.
    [] Friendly.
    [] Write-in.

    Cora's priorities? (Ranked)

    [] About magic-users.
    [] About ghosts.
    [] This gang-war.
    [] Write-in and give priority, feel free to make a huge list if you want.

    Also, feel free to write in other stuff, a good plan makes for a more focused event-turn.

    [1] OOC: One thing to note is that it is 2000. Facebook doesn't exist yet, or else that'd be yet another way/place people sign away all delusions of privacy.

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    A/N: Okay, wow, I know this is short, but it's the setup to something longer and that's what matters. So, vote.
     
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    • As a reminder, this Lillian SHOULD be either a Geist or an Ectomancer.

    Except she has no phone, and a dinky old car, so she's a Dresdenverse practitioner.


    What does Cora call herself/tell Lillian if asked her name?

    [] Cora.

    Names have power locally, though we don't know that so specifically. This is the approachable, friendly angle.

    [] Ms. Graves.

    Somewhat more professional, if impersonal.

    [] Chancellor.

    Approaching her with title as an official capacity. Guard would be up, but it also lends weight to anything we're using, though it also reveals we're in a major position.


    [] Front door.

    Reassures her of her safety regarding us and affirms that we're a DF spooky.
    I'm inclined to take this on the basis that we should pretend to the full threshold weakness for as long as we can manage.

    [] I'm in your house, at half(?) (unknown, further data needed) power.

    Scare the shit out of her.

    [X] Plan I Have Mainly Shady Interests
    -[X] Ms. Graves.
    -[X] Front door.
    -[X] Mysterious.
    -[1] About ghosts.
    -[2] About recent, major supernatural events
    -[3] About magic-users.
    -[4] This gang-war.

    Main approach of this is to present ourselves as primarily ghost-side interested stuff to the ectomancer.
     
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    veekie said:
    As a reminder, this Lillian SHOULD be either a Geist or an Ectomancer.

    Except she has no phone, and a dinky old car, so she's a Dresdenverse practitioner.


    What does Cora call herself/tell Lillian if asked her name?

    [] Cora.

    Names have power locally, though we don't know that so specifically. This is the approachable, friendly angle.

    [] Ms. Graves.

    Somewhat more professional, if impersonal.

    [] Chancellor.

    Approaching her with title as an official capacity. Guard would be up, but it also lends weight to anything we're using, though it also reveals we're in a major position.


    [] Front door.

    Reassures her of her safety regarding us and affirms that we're a DF spooky.
    I'm inclined to take this on the basis that we should pretend to the full threshold weakness for as long as we can manage.

    [] I'm in your house, at half(?) (unknown, further data needed) power.

    Scare the shit out of her.

    [X] Ms. Graves.
    [X] Front door.
    [X] Mysterious.
    [1] About ghosts.
    [2] About recent, major supernatural events
    [3] About magic-users.
    [4] This gang-war.

    Main approach of this is to present ourselves as primarily ghost-side interested stuff to the ectomancer.
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    Correction: She has a phone, but no internet.
     
    What does Cora call herself/tell Lillian if asked her name?

    [X] Ms. Graves.

    Recently, some research has shown that these 'Thresholds' have a partial effect on Changeling magic. Does she knock on the front door and ask to enter, or does she go in another way to start this conversation? (Will put a spin on some of the other options.)

    [X] Front door.

    What is the general tone that Cora is aiming for?

    [X] Mysterious.

    Cora's priorities? (Ranked)

    [1] About ghosts.
    [2] About recent, major supernatural events
    [3] About magic-users.
    [4] This gang-war.
     
    [X] Ms. Graves.
    [X] Front door.
    [X] Mysterious.
    [1] About ghosts.
    [2] About recent, major supernatural events
    [3] About magic-users.
    [4] This gang-war.

    Yeah this sounds like a good start with her.
     
    [X] Ms. Graves.
    [X] Front door.
    [X] Mysterious.
    [1] About ghosts.
    [2] About recent, major supernatural events
    [3] About magic-users.
    [4] This gang-war

    Let's keep the assumptions
     
    Redshirt Army said:
    So... How's the Dresdenverse Practitioner going to react to an "Elder Blampire" knocking on her door and asking if she can spare some time to talk about ghosts?
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    Do you say no to functionally immortal super beings who ask for your help?

    I mean, worst case is she politely declines and relies on the threshhold to keep us out, but I think elder vampires can ignore that at some penalty to their abilities, even if it's significant. This is a minor Practitioner, so even like, 10% of an Elder Vampires magic is still pretty scary, I'd assume? So she probably won't wanna try that, if she's smart.

    Edit: Apparently white court is the one who can go through and lose some abilities, and black court normallly can't at all.

    But we're Elder enough that she might have heard rumors that we're closer to Dracula, who totally could ignore all of this, so.... sort of a toss up if she thinks it'll stop us or not.
     
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    Redshirt Army said:
    So... How's the Dresdenverse Practitioner going to react to an "Elder Blampire" knocking on her door and asking if she can spare some time to talk about ghosts?
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    Very politely. Also very awkwardly. She's probably not going to have any sort of true faith in her threshold to protect her, but at the same time she won't want to give up what it does give, so she'll probably waffle at the door for a bit.

    She'll probably ease up, paradoxically, if we enter her house without permission, but I don't think that we're rude enough to do that, so that's out.

    Maybe a bit of dislike, because Blampires tend to be scary, evil, and mind-control-y?

    If we could clear up that we're actually still technically a human, a whole ton of this goes out the window in favor of how she'd treat a polite old woman who happens to be a creepy ectomancer, but we'd have to realize that that misconception existed. Not saying that that isn't very hard to realize, but it might take a few minutes.
     
    chocolote12 said:
    Very politely. Also very awkwardly. She's probably not going to have any sort of true faith in her threshold to protect her, but at the same time she won't want to give up what it does give, so she'll probably waffle at the door for a bit.

    She'll probably ease up, paradoxically, if we enter her house without permission, but I don't think that we're rude enough to do that, so that's out.

    Maybe a bit of dislike, because Blampires tend to be scary, evil, and mind-control-y?

    If we could clear up that we're actually still technically a human, a whole ton of this goes out the window in favor of how she'd treat a polite old woman who happens to be a creepy ectomancer, but we'd have to realize that that misconception existed. Not saying that that isn't very hard to realize, but it might take a few minutes.
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    I wonder why you assume that? Cora's own findings state that she's highly religious and spends huge amounts of her time helping out at church.

    Just saying it because it's IC knowledge. Now, of course, an atheist could fake being super-religious, going to church isn't a magic 'I'm religious' banner.
     
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