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riverviewlogs2018-06-15 09:35 pm
- !mod post: exploration mingle,
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exploration mingle: CAPTIVITY
what: exploration mingle: rescue mission!
when: June 15 - August 15
where: The River Structure
warnings: violence and/or torture; please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines
captivityOne of the major and most highly-valued cultural concepts in Riverview is that of exploration, expansion. Especially now that, with the recent influx of new arrivals, as the portal kicks into high gear for reasons not entirely known, the Inhabited City, already comfortably full, is rapidly becoming overpopulated. With all the refugees from other worlds pouring in from day to day, the city's safe space and resources are being taxed to their breaking point.
Right now, exploration and expansion is key, and each month, the government has decided to focus on a particular objective, in order to unite citizens in expanding, securing, and supplying the city for everyone's benefit.
the story so far
Exploration & Expansion Progress Report ● The Guardians of the Deep ● What Lies Beneath ● Plotting & Questions
After some serious flooding at the banks of the river, the cause was discovered to be the Guardians of the Deep, creatures protecting a circular labyrinthine structure underneath the river. Residents of the city explored and mapped the structure, and dealt with a good portion of the traps and other dangers, until they found a little piece of history in the Central Chamber of the structure, revealing that it was inhabited by the first people to live on the moon.
While this news has been exciting scholars and historians in the city, something a little more pressing has been bothering the average citizen - an ever-increasing number of missing persons. People have simply been disappearing all over the city, and only now are residents starting to realize why...
how it works
● Phases: Each prompt is a different phase of the operation. Characters may partake in whichever part of the operation they choose, whether it is a large and prominent part, or a more of a backseat or support role. Characters may participate in as many phases as they wish.
● Completion: When next month's exploration mingle goes up, the mission featured on this exploration mingle will be considered complete, and game canon, providing the entry has 200+ comments on it.
● Entry Reward: The reward for completion of this month's exploration objective will be...well, the safe return of everyone who was kidnapped. And some sweet hurt/comfort.
● IMPORTANT NOTE: Having observed how the pacing of exploration mingles has been going and how they are tagged, I have noticed that posting one exploration mingle each month has been a little hectic, both plotwise and for me as a mod (writing three mingles a month has been tough!). I have decided to space them out a bit further, and post an exploration mingle once every two months, starting with this one - the next exploration mingle will be posted in August!
People don't simply go missing, they don't disappear into thin air, they have to be somewhere. And while those who are missing people keep frantically searching, those who have been kidnapped are the only ones besides the kidnappers who do know where they are.
Abducted by a group who have taken up residence in the structure under the city after last month's exploration died down, the missing are trapped in the Central Chamber, in fear of the kidnappers. Their abductors are a group of people that is starting to slowly take on cultist tendencies, believing that the remaining spirits of the First People still live in the structure, that it is a temple, and that those First People need offerings of host bodies to inhabit so they can return and bring their wisdom and magic back to the moon. Things are getting a little hairy - there's no agreement among the kidnappers as to how 'intact' the host bodies have to be and whether or not the sacrifice is in the form of alive or dead captives. Even worse, some of the kidnappers are only with the group to enjoy having power over others and using it to hurt them.
Captives are held in the Central Chamber of the structure, with next to no amenities. Blankets, food, water, and other necessities are in short supply, and they are kept huddled together, constantly guarded and either restrained, wearing or in the presence of a power suppressor to keep them subdued. But the captives haven't lost hope - they are working on getting a message out, finding a way to contact the outside world so their loved ones can rescue them...
This prompt is to play out interactions among the captives before they are rescued, and may include violence or other character suffering. It is also to enact plotted plans for the abductees to find connections with the outside world to summon help.
Once would-be rescuers become aware of where the captives are being held, they start making plans to rescue them - whether someone they love has been taken, they're just a good person, or they just want to feel like a big damn hero, there are lots of people willing to take the plunge and jump into the rescue. But the cult group has been in control of the structure for a while now, they definitely have the home team advantage. They know the lay of the land and where the traps are, and have used some of them to their own advantage.
It's not going to be as easy as storming the castle.
There are two parts to this phase of the rescue: a distraction and an infiltration. Distractions are planned to draw as many of the kidnappers away from the hostages being held in the Central Chamber as possible, while those who are stealthily infiltrating will try to find another entrance into the chamber so they can surprise and surround the remaining kidnappers.
This prompt is to play out any plans for distraction and infiltration. If you have plotted something out on the plotting post, feel free to post up a header for specific groups for threading rather than an individual character top-level.
Distractions only last so long, unfortunately, and so eventually the whole thing is going to break down into a big fight. Rescuers versus kidnappers, on the kidnappers' home turf, and surrounded by traps left over from the First People, while pieces of stationary tech throw out auras and waves of power suppression. It's going to be a doozy of a fight, so prepare for an epic throwdown!
And once the dust settles, there's going to be a lot of injuries to tend to, a lot of people traumatized and hurt and frightened. A lot of hungry, suffering people will need to be transported out, given medical care, and brought supplies.
This prompt is to play out the final fight between the kidnapping cult and the rescuers, as well as anything in the aftermath of the fight.
Have an idea for a mission-adjacent plot, or want to make up an unexpected plot twist or problem and solve it with your character? Just write up a starter, and don't forget to give yourself props by submitting it for the Progress Report.
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[And the offensive hadn't exactly been coordinated, once the initial attempts at stealth were out of the way. Peter had gotten as far as he had mostly on what he'd half-remembered about going through these tunnels before, and he'd only occasionally run into other people.
He could hear them, though. Hard to miss the sound of that kind of a fight. Too many people in too small a place. At least it had managed to keep from turning into a full-out riot so far.]
Trust that it's being taken care of, yeah?
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Frowning when he told her to trust that people were taking care of it, she just looked at him for a moment, as if she was debating it, and she did look over her shoulder. Currently she was wishing that she'd helped someone else out instead of taking the time to kick that man.]
Can you do me a favor and not tell anyone I was kicking an unconscious man when he was down? Even if he did kidnap me and break some ribs.
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Your secret is safe with me. He deserved it, anyway.
[If he wasn't more concerned with getting her out and safe, she could have kept kicking for all he cared. In fact, he was a bit tempted to go back and do some of it himself, except that he didn't have his good steel-toed boots with him anymore. And important things had to be dealt with first.]
Once we get you safe, I'm going back in to find more people. Anyone you want me to look for?
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Thanks. I appreciate it.
[Alex wished that she had the ability to keep kicking him honestly, but she'd put all of the things her cop dad had taught her to very good use. But when he mentioned getting out, Alex had a flash of guilt and she just frowns before she starts to list off people in a rush, people who she was worried about for an assortment of different reasons. ]
Lucy. Laura. Goodsir, Jeff.. Misty. Teth. There's a lot of people in there who have abilities that they haven;t been able to use because of the collars.
[The medics were in hearing distance now, and Alex paused, leaning against the wall for a second before she just stated clearly and calmly, but with an underlying current d concern in her voice.]
I got this, Peter. They don't.
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So he nodded once and took a breath as he stepped back towards the way they had come. Back towards the thick of things.]
Fair. I'll come find you after.
[After it was all taken care of, after they were sure everyone was safe. He was just going to work on the theory that everything was going to be fine, because Peter honestly wasn't sure what he would do if it wasn't.]
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And he's right, Alex is going to deny needing it for as long as she possibly can because she's Alex.]
Okay. I'm almost out, I'll be fine. [And she's so not going to the hospital. Impulsively she gave him a quick side hug, one that didn't involve too much movement of her ribs.]
Stay safe okay?
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I will. You too, yeah?
[Or safer than she had been, at least, which wasn't hard. As tempted as he might have been to watch her go the rest of the way, that was just paranoia talking and he knew it. Alex was safe. And could clearly handle herself if it came down to it. It was Peter's job to go make sure that was true for everyone else as well.
So he made himself nod once and turn to head back.]