It will rain again tomorrow (OOC)

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Jul 8, 2024 3:20 pm
Stalker05 says:
(in RP) ... Mark read Jacob's message and replied, "Unfortunately, I haven't mastered the tracking spell ..."
You can always use your Sanctum to do such spells. The downside, in this sort of case, being that you can not move with it, so you can only get a general location.

gnomius will be away for two weeks, so we can pick this thread up when they are back.
Jul 9, 2024 8:52 pm
Stalker05 says:
(in RP) ... Mark sends the location of the place to Jena where he wanted to photograph the area for Mr. Stephano.
@Stalker05 (or anyone else) Do you have any ideas where this unmapped location is? Do you have any ideas about how somewhere in London could possibly be unmapped?

If not, I did a bit of wandering around on google maps and found somewhere that could be interesting to explore.
I also found this video that was worth watching (possibly at high speed) to get a feel the for the city: RAINY LONDON WALK ☔️ Westminster Bridge to Victoria Station · 4K HDR
Jul 10, 2024 5:05 am
I mean Stephano showed us a model and the areas near yet; Mark been a resident would probably be able to guess where it is? I think Mark will sent a location close to the designated place and meet Jena there.
Jul 10, 2024 5:11 am
Yes, Stefano showed Mark and the others where his problem area was.

The question is to the players: Where is it?

OOC we know there is nowhere in London that is not covered by cameras, but, for the game, we will pretend somewhere is, and that something is prevent it being mapped and also probably preventing people from noticing or talking about it. This is the first you have heard about this. Only a true nerd would see through the veil. :)
Jul 13, 2024 8:28 am
@oopsylon: You have a lot of freedom to shape the scene. How many people would you like to have searching Lizabeth's flat [ref]?

We can have a chase, or a hunt. You can set up the start of that. It could go either way, of course, but if you want to be the hunter we can make that happen.
Jul 14, 2024 3:51 am
@Ysolde: Originally you implied that Bev was a doctor [ref] and I have played her as such. You did later allude to her getting her practitioner licence [ref] which I did think implied 'nurse practitioner' but I overlooked that inconsistency. Now you are heavily implying that she is a nurse, or at least studied nursing rather than medicine [ref].

We should nail this down. Is she a nurse or a doctor? It may affect what she can help you with.
Jul 14, 2024 3:51 am
Ysolde says:
(in RP)...
She checks to make sure Bev is happy, a bit of cajoling and an hug, before Rhiannon finally falls into bed to try and get a few hours sleep before she has to get back up.
Do you want to do anything else with this scene? You sorta rushed through it and are now trying to sleep. What is Bev doing?
Jul 14, 2024 4:04 am
@vagueGM Hello, are you waiting for some prompt from Mark? I am curious if I missed something.
Jul 14, 2024 4:08 am
Stalker05 says:
@vagueGM Hello, are you waiting for some prompt from Mark? I am curious if I missed something.
Yes, still waiting for where you are meeting Jena at the unmapped area, [ref] and [ref].

If you don't have any thoughts about an interesting area to set this I can define the location.
Jul 14, 2024 4:11 am
Is it a large place or small location? I mean is it large like a children's park or is it an alleyway?
Jul 14, 2024 4:15 am
Stalker05 says:
Is it a large place or small location? I mean is it large like a children's park or is it an alleyway?
We are not playing 20 questions. :)

It can be anything you like if you think you have an interesting idea. It is significant enough that having that gap in the model bugs Stefano enough that risking his job was an even trade, but that could also just be because it is a significant location, or just be his OCD?

I have no plans, you can play with this as much as you like.
Jul 14, 2024 5:02 am
Stalker05 says:
(in RP)... He looked around this strange out of site place. It was just a park with open greens, few trees and almost a non-descript nature trail through it. ...
Do you have plans for where this is?

This place does not quite fit but shows up as a 'green place with trees' on google maps.
Google Street View shows fuzz and camera problems, though, and there are a lot of such gaps around here (if you squint).

What you describe could also be Green Park, or St James's Park, or Hyde Park [map], but they have less Underground infrastructure.

We don't need to know exactly where it is, but we can draw fiction from the surroundings and names of what we do have.
Jul 14, 2024 11:54 am
vagueGM says:
We can have a chase, or a hunt. You can set up the start of that. It could go either way, of course, but if you want to be the hunter we can make that happen.
I think Benji’s mostly just curious at the moment so he’s just going to try to sneak up on one of them to see what they’re doing
Jul 15, 2024 1:33 am
vagueGM says:
Ysolde says:
(in RP)...
She checks to make sure Bev is happy, a bit of cajoling and an hug, before Rhiannon finally falls into bed to try and get a few hours sleep before she has to get back up.
Do you want to do anything else with this scene? You sorta rushed through it and are now trying to sleep. What is Bev doing?
My bad it was late. As I tell myself whenever I’m writing bad fan-fix "expand"
Jul 17, 2024 4:41 am
oopsylon, as indicated [ref] [ref] they are about to run unless you do something to stop them. You are not in the middle of a conversation. :)

The obvious mechanic to get them to stick around and talk would be to Persuade an NPC, but that Move requires that you have something to offer them, some leverage. If you can't think what you might offer them, then maybe a roll of Figure Someone Out could provide a hint.

The way you go about Figuring Them Out and Persuading them (if you get the chance) will dictate what happens, including how hot they leave on a Miss. This might turn into a tense conversation on a Hit, or, on a Miss, it could become a chase (with them fleeing in haste) or a hunt (with them leaving quietly and your, possibly, following clandestinely to see where they go). We can try shape it how you, the player, prefer to have it go, but what you do in the fiction will be the determining factor; so far you are keeping it 'low-action' [ref].
Jul 17, 2024 6:20 am
Benji doesn’t see any need to escalate the situation right now— he’s trying to talk to them but if they just run away that’s okay too (as you said, he can try to follow them). Now that you mention it though, could this work as a trigger for Persuade an NPC? The leverage being that he knows they are looking for something and that they haven’t found it yet (otherwise they would have left already)… He is offering to help them find what they were looking for.
Jul 17, 2024 7:06 am
OK, yeah. That can work. Your actions have been intriguing enough that Amira, at least, is keen to know more about you.

Narrate and make the roll and we will see how it goes.
If you want, this situation may open itself up to Put a Face to a Name, though it may be the other way round and you may be wanting to Put a Name to a Face to see if you can recall anything from their appearance. Maybe this Move will come later as you study them, we shall see.
Jul 17, 2024 6:04 pm
Okay, so it's not big as a park but it's not short enough to not be included in the model. I am a bit confused about what sort of space it can be. It would be really helpful if you can suggest me something and I will make the necessary changes.
Jul 18, 2024 1:01 am
Sorry for the absence. I have to deal with some flooding in my basement and I’ve been very busy fixing the sump, wet dry vac, throwing stuff out, etc.
Jul 18, 2024 4:15 am
Stalker05 says:
Okay, so it's not big as a park but it's not short enough to not be included in the model. I am a bit confused about what sort of space it can be. It would be really helpful if you can suggest me something and I will make the necessary changes.
Then let's set this as the green area between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge. [map].

It is not a large area, but includes parts of the Circle Line and the District Line, and Temple Station, so it is of interest to train enthusiasts.
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