Plotting Post

[sobriquette]

AKA What the hell do we do next, Atlasian (Atlans? Someone come up with a name)

So the trilobite queen is dead, her carcass is being eaten + stripped by the go team, and the metal hull from an old ship (probably) has been discovered, which means there's a decision to be made.

Does the group stay at the bones, or the relocate to the hull? And regardless of what decision is made, how is it happening ICly?

Should the go team just send a couple of messengers back? Should the whole go team return to regroup? What should either team bring with them if they're travelling?

And this is where y'all come in. There's been various discussions on both discord and plurk, but since not everyone is on those platforms I wanted to open it up to the entire game.

Would you character vote for staying or going? If they're in the go team, would they volunteer to get the message back? Is there something else I've forgotten that needs mentioning? Will someone please help Matt Murdock???

Feel free to use this post to discuss thoughts/plans with each other, and hopefully we can come to a general consensus soon! At which point we can probably do some IC logs, or hash out what needs to be handwaved. Have fun :)

Comments

[sobriquette]

I'LL GO FIRST

Jess is gonna vote that a few from the go team head back to the boneyard to help relocate the stay team, because the hull is the first sign of actual technology since the pods, and she would like to investigate.

Stripping the carcass will also need as many hands as possible, so that nothing goes to waste.

(ps if anyone wants to do discoveries with jess hmu)

[avocadoatlaw]

Matt would be in for investigating the carcass for sure, though he'd probably want to go get the others first.

[dateme]

Jess can relocate Inui any day

[sheshotfirst]

Considering everyone is in pain and have torn suits/low energy, Shep would vote healing a little where they are already established (even if it is a graveyard), then moving on to the ship as a big group. In her experience, abandoned ships are usually full of things that want to kill everyone.

That could give everyone time to try and learn about/decrypt the alien messages, as well?

[avocadoatlaw]

Once Matt gets his hearing back, he's going to want to head back and find the group that stayed. So he'd definitely volunteer to go find the others and bring them back to the ship if not everyone is good to go. Not to say he SHOULD do that. He should rest. But he'll totally go.

[exorion]

suggestion: cartographers (because we're mapping the atlas ha ha ha)

Cayde will suggest that they try to get in the ship before they make any choices about whether or not to relocate, because who knows if there's something even more deadly and awful inside. (He is 900% volunteering to check out the ship and will probably try to get into it even if no one else does.)

WRT sending messages he is in no state to be wandering around on account of that whole "puncture wound in his side" and "almost being swallowed by a giant bug" situation, so he's probably gonna stay put and recuperate a bit unless the whole group goes. But also [points at Lexa and Ahsoka] they are in no state to be moving yet.

[falsesmile]

You have a buddy for (attempted?) ship exploring.

[dendarii]

Miles is totally going to go ship exploring! Let's make questionable decisions together.

[sobriquette]

if there is a "stay with the hull" group it looks like it'll be cayde, lexa, ahsoka and jess. maybe clarke if she wants to stay with lexa

they can have a party alone in the desert while everyone else leaves to get the rest of the gang

[sheshotfirst]

A team of less falling apart people to scout the outside of the ship and try to ID a way in while everyone else glues themselves together might work? Followed by everyone storming the castle ship.

[anewhope]

NOT REALLY PLOTTING BUT

Clark's suit has the ability to translate part of the messages they have received so far! He's picked up on that and will want to find as many people as he can (and also someone who can help him with figuring out the translations) so they can make sense of their messages.

ALSO Clark will wait until some messenger comes so he can help lead people back to the other group.

Do we want a log where we can compile these prompts?

[sobriquette]

i think once we reach a consensus we can toss up a log or two so assorted things can be threaded out

[bladebabysitter]

Elma votes that a smaller team stay to investigate the ship.

And that they should look into communicating by smoke signals.

[falsesmile]

Ves want to head to the ship once she hears about it -- mostly to see if it works and can get them off this planet, and because the hole makes for decent shelter from the heat. And because she has a cultural affinity for wrecked ships kyah.

I think once we get all the characters in one place-ish we can do sub-threads for working out the code.

[bringguns]

I'm not sure how long the toxin that Lexa got zapped with lasts but Clarke's def gonna insist some of them stay and regroup a while until that's resolved. She'll be staying by any incapacitated characters unless they manage to set up a shelter that ensures no more bug queens can just pop up on them again.

She'll also be in favour of exploring the hull if it means a safe place for them to hole up.

[sobriquette]

hey clarke do u wanna pop jess's shoulder back in

[superblack]

bruce would want to move places. the bones are way too open and the hull at least could provide more security, as well as methods to devise traps and security measures

he'd also volunteer to go get the rest, seeing as that he offered in the first place and he'd be willing to explain everything as much as possible before moving. that being said... he'd want others to go, and that they'd go in smaller groups and staggered as to not attract attention. they're a big group and so many all at once would make for easy targets, regardless of whether or not people can and will fight back

bruce can also help matt get his shit together

[adamance]

Yeah, Lexa would suggest that Bruce goes back because he agreed!

[dateme]

Help Lance & Inui climb down from the giant as fuck rock they hid on top of Bruce

[adamance]

Lexa will want to wait until she doesn't feel terrible, but after that, she'll want to go into the hull ahead because the queen was very keen on protecting it for some reason. After they gather enough food and stuff on the way in, of course. She'll want stricter organization after the mess of a fight with the queen, because jumping into a fight without hesitation is just going to ask for trouble.

ALIEN MESSAGES

[dateme]

Some of us got them and we need to spread the word of our possibly hostile, possibly-friendly buddies hiding out somewhere on this rock. THOUGHTS? IDEAS?

Inui got the following messages:

...glumcnyuggot urolg vousem geh JOVO PRIME. Uquuygot eljo...
Glumckelg boaisor MZ-SC47I12 fuc voom usgybugoja.

[anewhope]

...glumcnyuggot urolg vousem geh JOVO PRIME. Uquuygot eljo...

becomes

...transmitting urolg vousem to JOVO PRIME. Uquuygot orde...

Glumckelg boaisor MZ-SC47I12 fuc voom usgybugoja.

is

Glumckelg boaisor MZ-SC47I12 has voom activated.

For Clark, his message translated this:

Lousgyubugot jlemo MZ-2400A2. Huyralo. Lousgyubugot jlemo MZ-2400A1.

to
Failure. Reactivating jlemo MZ-2400A5. Failure.

[lefthandfree]

These are Buck’s:

...ara vlouseoc ym Cosgelc γ, Θ. Helquulja chlacgol junuto ug: oyutfgi-cyz kolso...
...mur kequol cakkri ug: chloo kolsomg. Cerul kumorc ehhryumo. Krouco ozseumt...

Mr. Flying Guy, if you would please do your thing.

[dateme]

Inui got bit on the legs and can't move them for 12 hours back at the boneyard, so he could use some help getting to the hul if that's where we're moving ;v;

[anewhope]

Clark can princess carry you all the way there

[ceruleo]

Lance is also injured (way 2 go, noncombatants!!!), but he at least has one working leg and two working arms! So with the promise of rest and food and maybe a piece of bone to use as a walking stick until his paralyzed leg gets better, he should be able to hobble over to...wherever the group decides to go.

(Seriously, he has no opinion except 'let's stay in a safe place, that'd be nice')