Mission: So Familiar a Gleam Ongoing

[voidtreckermods]

The next part of the missions is here. Since characters are beginning to break out of their AUs and beginning to try and solve the problem they have found themselves in here is another plotting post! The other one was pretty crowded!

Please continue to ask any questions here and if there are any shenanigans you want to run past mods in terms of investigating let us know here

Happy plotting!

Details of the environment going forward:

For those who can read energy/see through illusions, they will find borders between the different sections of the city. They will be able to gauge it looks more like this.

They will see people 'trapped' in these border parts - specifically, those walking by foot to another section of the city, or those taking air taxis. They can be taken out, but would need to be done so by people who won't be pulled into the strength of the illusion/hypnotism.

While most areas are starting to fall apart, the political/educational sector (the centre of the city) is doing better. People may be taken around there in spare buildings.

Food: It will still be around, but some people will realise - who can see through illusions - that everything has a viscous quality. Shaped to be what it's mimicking, watery if it's a drink. This will become more obvious to everyone by Day 8. It's safe to consume.

Comments

[blitzcheer]

'eyyy confirming Tidus will be down for helping! His dispel magic can help with getting people's minds right, but otherwise he's not good for smart magic talk - he learnt magic on the road and only knows dispel thanks to a cute summoner('s sphere grid he sneaked into the end of). Thanks Yuna.

Tidus's mindframe will be that they need to help get people out of being brainwashed and then try and find a way to take on the entity and getting it to stop. How?? He doesn't know!! But increasing their numbers of 'non-mind foggled people' would be helpful. Especially if they could do it over a large spread. Especially close to where the D-Force operate.

[wewillwewill]

Elidibus would be pleased to discover if things like Esuna and Dispel can help some folk out of their mind-fog. He would absolutely help Tidus find targets to approach (You are absolutely welcome to handwave this if it helps as a hook for CR!) Specifically Elidibus would be able to help pinpoint people who were wearing their SCAs at the time of the mission start. He also has the roster memorized, though he hasn't met a lot of people face to face.

Elidibus would also give Tidus a rundown of places that are 'hotspots' or high risk for falling back under the illusion's sway. (and you can safely say that the info Elidibus learns Tidus can have had explained to him). He would, however, be hesitant to encourage people to charge at the entity, though he is willing to admit that he has not had the same experiences others have.

Our friendly resident Ascian would however, be more inclined to guide Tidus toward freeing people and keeping them safe while they find a way out of the illusion, back to the train and/or a safe place for all the captive people. Who aren't illusions. Especially as things start to crumble apart.

(Elidibus will absolutely appreciate Tidus' physical backup when nightmare monsters and crumbling city days come into effect.)

[blitzcheer]

Tidus will be good with faces, and he does know a good chunk of actual passengers, so he can help with that, and possibly even knowing what they can do talents-wise!

Tidus won't immediately go after the entity and at least there doesn't have any plans, but knows they need to find a way to stop them, whoever they are. But that's better to plan when they have more people on their side.

We can do a thread either with info sharing of the sort, and/or even with other people! I would say 'Dispel' would be better for helping with the mind illusions more than Esuna btw, just from an event mod standpoint. But the stronger one's magic ability is, the better it works. (So Elidibus would have an easier time than Tidus!)

Player-side though, he would wonder if there's a way they could start getting chunks of minds unaltered again with such spells. If you'd like an actual thread for discussing ideas! I'm being a bit slow but anything important like that I will prioritise. And am happy to have others in such a thread. :)

[wewillwewill]

I agree when it comes to Esuna vs Dispel. That Elidibus might be able to unravel the illusion's effects from someone (after some study of it etc) because of his standing as a mage++ is something I have not questioned after because he's already doing a lot of things. He would have a lot of reason to leave a lot of people IN the illusion's grip more than free them. (You know how it goes. Too much mass panic from a lot of people suddenly realizing they're in an illusion etc etc). So other than efforts of studying the illusion's construction and composition, he's not actually doing a lot toward direct effort at freeing people, relatively speaking. But he would explain this too if asked why he's not.

I think I like your idea and I will start a thread in case there's others who are looking to consolidate their ideas! Elidibus might not be keen to free everyone right now but EVENTUALLY they'll need to be restored. Is it normal to make it in the OOC comm?

[blitzcheer]

Hmm, you can! Are you in the discord? You can always make a plotting comment about it and it can be linked out. If you can manage an IC way of holding a discussion too, that's an option. Both can be made due to time restraints.

ICly - and even OOCly to a degree - the question of arranging a meeting of people, or a form of discussion, is the issue. Since I know that the phones aren't trusted by everyone.

[wewillwewill]

I am there! Also for the record, you're welcome to nab my discord name from the player contact list and reach out to me if you have quick questions or such to make. Generally speaking I have this journal and discord for contact but sometimes if I'm out and about it's easier for me to respond through discord.

Since we thread a lot I figured I'd mention that! :D

[blitzcheer]

Done so! I'm set to offline but if you ever need to drop a question too, I'll get back to it when I can.