nysalogs | ❪ march event log: taken! ❫

CW: This event log will contain descriptions and threads involving extreme violence, torture, and possible death. While we do not intend to push beyond any boundaries indicated in sign ups, players may opt out of any aspect of their group write-ups that they find uncomfortable.

Characters who have been assigned a role for this month's plot will find specific information about their groups and locations in headers below. We encourage that you thread among your groups within these headers, and as a reminder, only characters with plot roles may participate in rescue threads or hostage situations. All characters, however, are welcome to toplevel and tag in this log.

To receive special commendation and be recognized as heroes in a future post, hostages and rescuers must submit a short summary of their event participation HERE by March 24th.

OVERVIEW

While the riots and fanatic celebrating in Olympia and Wyver have subsided, neither city is naive enough to believe that life has yet returned to normal. There remains a tension among the citizens: not the slow simmer waiting to boil over that had preceded the aforementioned events, but an apprehension and fear that, despite the Royal Guard and Knightryder’s best efforts, the worst is yet to come.

In Olympia, as night falls on the 18th, their fears are proven true.

With their previous attempts at revolution through the riots having fallen short, the anti-Simwe radicals in Olympia carry out a more covert operation in their efforts to seize power. Having compiled a list of persons of interest, observed them, gathered intel and taken efforts to ensure that their movements will not be tracked, the radicals strike on the night of the 18th. The entire operation is discrete, and one by one people go missing from streets, homes, and businesses.

News that the kidnappings were a large scale operation doesn’t break in Olympia until the following day, but whispers have already travelled to a similar group of radicals in Wyver, who, fearing what a political coup in Olympia would mean for Wyver—or, more specifically how this could affect their chances to stage their own coup should Shanrian choose to step in—launch their own gambit for power with a similar scheme in the early hours of the 19th before dawn. Many are taken straight from their homes, or on their way to work.

For all their historical tension and division, Olympia and Wyver aren’t that different once the authorities become aware of what has happened. Both cities remain on the alert. In Olympia, Simwe orders immediate action from the Royal Guard, eager to win over the loyalty of her citizens by showing her commitment to freeing the hostages, while in Wyver, Shanrian is equally quick to take action with the Knightryders. The Altar of Volkkra is one of the most sacred institutions in Wyver, and the threat of the radicals drawing followers using its banner is too great to ignore.

ABDUCTIONS AND THE SEARCH

1. Radical groups in both cities have decided that certain citizens of their respective cities would prove to be valuable hostages. Perhaps you've been traveling between cities. Or maybe you've drawn their attention by being outspoken, excelling at your city job, or being an active citizen with a great reputation. What were you doing before you got snatched up? Did someone attempt to stop this terrible thing from happening, to no avail? Did you put up a valiant fight? Regardless of how it happened, you will be forcibly outfitted with an accessory that renders you completely powerless. The extremists are no strangers to magic, either.

2. Those that didn't sign up can still witness characters being abducted and attempt to stop it, though in the end they'll fail to stop the radicals. Characters who either witness these kidnappings or notice the absences can spread the word via missing persons posters, making calls to action, or embarking on searches. Characters that would ICly look for hostages but did not sign-up for the event can still go investigate, but will ultimately not find any kidnappers. All characters may also conduct investigations in locations not included in the clues.

3. With key figures around the cities abducted, several shops and organizations are left stressed and short-staffed. Characters may find themselves working long hours, and can volunteer to help the Guard/Nightryders as they're stretched thin, as well as other key locations such as the Institute, the Fields of the Exalted, etc. There are also children, elderly people, and pets who have been left without care, due to their guardians being kidnapped. Everyone is asked to lend a helping hand.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

1. As rescues take place, extremists will be fleeing the following locations: Simwe Institute, the Sanctuary, and the Royal Guard Academy for Olympia, and a cave high on Namarak Mountain, or an island tower off the coastline for Wyver. Characters that did not sign-up can still catch and round up fleeing radicals as hostages are rescued, with additional details on what the extremists in a particular region are capable of in the group details below.

2. Hostages, both NPC and PC, will be gradually found and recovered between March 18th to the 24th. With how harrowing the experience is, rescuers and abductees alike may require medical attention and a helping hand. Perhaps you hope to support them with a shoulder to lean on, or by being there on Natha Station when any dead awake. Either way, the extremists may be defeated, but morale across both cities has taken a hit.

3. Healing doesn't always mean taking care of just the physical harm. Affected people in the cities, both PCs and NPCs, may have significant emotional scars from their experience. These are much harder to heal, and may not be going away anytime soon, but the people are doing their best to provide happy distractions to those who were taken hostage. Acts of kindness are encouraged and appreciated. Perhaps you can cook a few meals to take a burden off their shoulders, organize a fundraiser to help with relief efforts, or read a book to someone in recovery. A little bit of your time may go a long way.

FINAL OOC NOTES

Once again, hostages and rescuers may find detailed info on their scenarios in subheaders below. These may also be used as top levels for each group! Additionally, all characters, including those that did not sign up, are welcome to toplevel in this log.

For characters that are dying, please be sure to review the FAQ on death! We've updated it to provide more details for everyone this event.

Don't forget to submit a summary of your event participation to guide our plot forward and earn influence with the NPCs!

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[ Citation needed.

Cue an eyebrow raise the moment he mentions something about her. It's less that she's perturbed by the fact that people are talking about her ( that comes with the job description, unfortunately. Or — used to ), and more that... he's talking about her. For whatever reason.

Well, the music box makes sense. Understanding dawns on her, but she takes care not to make that obvious. Yet. Instead— ] I'll keep that in mind, if you want to give it a shot again. [ In person, this time. A gift is nice, but— ]

[Cam blinks at the message a few times, apparently taking his sweet time to let it sink in that she means that now is a good time to apologize.]

Ah— Uh— [He sits up straight, scratching the base of his neck, then picks a piece of lint off of his lap.] Right!

[Uh. Did he already say he's bad at this? His mouth purses, deep in painful-looking thought until finally—] I didn't really think I did anything wrong. [Good start.] But! I was wrong! I don't really like to disguise myself as other people, you know, but I just wanted in town and I had no idea—

[Deep breath] I'm sorry I called him your brother, it was a long day and I got kind of jealous and sad. See, right before the storm happened a girl I really liked started seeing another guy, I mean seeing seeing, she could see him before, but now they are, like, together. Anyway I think you guys are really great together, I'm sure they're great together too—Lady Amie and Korak, that is—or they would be if they weren't in stasis. Anyway, I felt really bad about it, and then I felt really dumb when I found out that he's actually a sword, so it's a good thing the guards didn't catch on. But we talked one time and he's a great guy too, I offered to turn him into a rabbit but I don't think he was too interested....

[He ran out of air]

[ Holy shit.

Red's prepared for the first bit. Not the second — definitely not the second. The silence as Cam trails off kind of... proves that. She had an idea, maybe, an inkling, the whole purposely-call-Boxer-a-brother and then the desperate need to apologize ( it's not new for her, not really ). But —

She's not sympathetic. Not exactly. She's not kind enough for that, because while his words are genuine it's not that simple. But it's not hard to see that he's actually being truthful about this, in a strange, unprecedented way, and that's hard to ignore.

Her expression is unreadable — serene, maybe, though for a moment there's a flicker of a laugh that she manages to keep down. Just because of how ridiculous it is. She looks down at her phone, thumbs tapping at the screen, before she turns it back. ]

I don't think he's a fan of magic tricks. [ Not anymore, anyway. The unexplained kind of lost its charm for both of them. ] Thanks for apologizing.

I'm Red. [ Consider it accepted. ]

[This thread is giving me secondhand embarrassment for a fictional character.

He’s said too much (although how is that different from usual?) and it’s an anxious few moments while she types out a response (in this case, it would have been nice to be interrupted before he could fit his entire foot in his mouth, alas). So there’s a sigh of relief and an awkward laugh when she turns the phone around, his incredibly awkward apology accepted.]

It wouldn’t have worked out between us anyway, [Blithely, jokingly apologetic. The final nail in the coffin of Cam’s unfortunate attempts at flirtation.]

So, ah. Has Sandra woken up yet? [He’s not really sure how long he was laying on the couch for, or if Sandra was sleeping at all. He just knew the orb was unresponsive the last he saw.]

[ 10 days later: same.

That's a quiet chuckle, careful not to agree or disagree. Somehow, she's not unfamiliar with the whole self-effacing thing, as a joke or otherwise. Her expression finally relaxing now that the laughter she was holding in escapes past her lips, not that it lasts for long anyway.

( Though really, Cam's not wrong, not really. Sorry Cam. )

It makes the air around them lighter, at least. Her next message easier to type, despite the gravity of the situation. There isn't much either of them could do aside from hoping that Sandra is alright, anyway. ]

Not yet. She'll come around.

Thanks for bringing her back. [ She hasn't said that yet. ]

[She laughs, and he can’t help but grin a little bit, the tension easing out of the room. He was still beat to shit and exhausted, but that’s at least one chip off of his shoulder.]

Good.

[His posture relaxes. He doesn’t really understand much about how Sandra’s orb operates, (he should really bug her about it sometime) but she and Red seem close. Surely Red knows what she’s talking about.

At the compliment, he shifts in his seat a little,] Ah, well, she couldn’t stab me like some of the other hostages. [Rubs at a spot on his side where there’s a slice in his clothes and dried blood, but the wound itself is closed. Here is where the gaps in his memory begin. They followed the trail to the extremists, deep into the sanctuary, then… chaos. Hostages and rescuers fighting each other, eyes wild with confusion. Likely some kind of command spell, controlling the refugees, controlling him but none like he’s experienced in the past.]

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