It will rain again tomorrow (OOC)

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Aug 20, 2024 9:12 am
vagueGM says:
Say the word and we can have a lackey of Elliot's waiting for you near your apartment.
Sure! Let’s do that :)
Aug 20, 2024 9:18 am
Yourself and Jacob can decide who is going, and deal with any discussion that happens before you head there.

When you are ready, post yourself approaching your place, including means of transport and any relevant details like direction, location, and description of what we see.

If you are concerned about about Elliot's lackey knowing you have Lizabeth with you, then we might need a Keep Your Cool from you to spot them in time to take action to avoid them seeing you before you are ready.
Aug 21, 2024 4:13 pm
Stalker05 says:
(in RP) ... You know how I lost Josephine once. ...
I don't know how you lost Josephine, maybe give the rest of us some description to work with, and me something about what happened so Jena can react appropriately. You can flash back in Mark's memory of the events, just enough for the situation, was Jena involved in how you got Josephine back? If not does she wish she was?
Stalker05 says:
(in RP) ... But, I came for you, right? I will always save you if something happens. I want your help here, Jena. Please. ...
I'll allow it this time. But note that this is not usually enough to meet the trigger for Persuade and NPC, As the notes on the Move says:
rulebook page 77 says:
Persuade an NPC triggers when you try to get an NPC to do something they don't want to do by seducing them, promising them something, or threatening their interests. Simply reasoning with them isn't enough here; you have to have some leverage for the move to trigger. In other words, they have to want something you're offering or be afraid of the consequences you can bring to bear.
There is almost enough in the promise that you will always save her, but it is stretching the terms of the Move, and maybe implying things you did not want to ... or even mean to... imply? Like that that promise of ongoing protection is contingent on her helping (a threat (even if unintentional))?

There is going to be some price to pay, but remember that Jena is part of your sheet, and you created the tension of her not wanting to enter the Sanctuary, so you have a lot of control over what happens here, I just don't want to throw that whole plot-line aside based on one roll, especially if it is not strongly justified in the fiction. Let me know how you want to play it.
Aug 22, 2024 12:40 pm
Can I do a Put a Face to a Name to see how well Benji knows the statue of Lord Byron/if they owe one another any debts? I know we’re going to get interrupted at Benji’s apartment by one of Elliot’s lackeys anyway, but I figure it might be useful later
Aug 22, 2024 2:06 pm
oopsylon says:
... Can I do a Put a Face to a Name to see how well Benji knows the statue of Lord Byron ...
Yeah, we can consider this 'the first time you meet or hear about them'.
oopsylon says:
... going to get interrupted at Benji’s apartment by one of Elliot’s lackeys anyway, but I figure it might be useful later ...
Well, 'later' would be more useful. You may get to roll Night when dealing with Elliot (even though he summoned you, you can still treat it as Hit the Street since you want to know what the knows about the Lizabeth goings on).

It is stretching the definition of 'the first time' but we can save the Byron roll for when you go to meet the statue, that way we get the benefit of finding out close to the time if things will go well rather than getting to plan ahead... and we get the benefit of getting to Mark that Circle once you have cleared them all. This is presuming we are doing this next, we can't 'save it till later', I just hate to punish you for mentioning it right before you head out rather than when you are going to do it, and we already established that Elliot was going to disrupt your plans.

Unfortunately I think we have established that Jacob does not know the statues. After time has passed and we can start having him roll since he may have heard of whoever we deal with next, off-screen, now that he knows they are a thing. Agreed?
Aug 22, 2024 11:44 pm
Okay, I’ll wait until we meet Byron then :)

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