Talking About the Weather (OOC)

There are 'traditional reasons' for 'nightfall', but Elliot might have his own reasons for arriving before nightfall in this case, and he may want you there before that (so he can do a grand entrance?), or after that so he can arrange things. What do you think sounds more fun?

So we can say that his car gets you there in time for you to see the place in the light. But it is up to you if you would rather miss seeing the place, or arrive late after things are in full swing (on purpose? traffic? accident? flat tire? ...?).

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Do you leave from home? Does David see the dress and then the 'empty' car? I would like a brief scene with him before you go, but that can easily be by text message.

All I want to do is have him mention that the weather is becoming a serious problem and danger, so Emma has some context for the reason for the party (when she hears about it).

Why don't you show us any preparation you do. For instance: do you have Bev help you get ready, or do you send her off outside the shop; possibly your in-laws arrive and see the fancy dress and have questions... or questions/comments tomorrow? Up to you.

Do we want me to describe the arrival at Arundel? Then you can fill in any personal specifics?

Sounds good!

Yeah, why not have a little something-something on the back. I had not 'planned' for this (as much as I ever 'plan') and don't know if it is anything other than a glitch, it is up to you if you pursue it and turn it into anything. :)

Hey, sorry, I've been a couple of days off. I'll catch up today

You guys are welcome to get the characters together whenever you want, or keep them separate for now. [ref] [ref]

Hahahaha xD

@gnomius: Is Crowley using someone else's invitation, and therefore also their image? [ref]

Does Jacob know the person Crowley is impersonating? I am not sure about Putting a Name to a Face for someone who it not here, but it could lead to interesting outcomes, so we can think about it. We need a name for this lady, anyway.

@Delirium: This party could be a source of 'XP' for Advancement, as, especially in the beginning of the game, Put a Face to a Name is one of the primary ways to Mark Circles. I worry that it might not make sense for Emma to know many of these people yet, and making her meet them here could adversely affect your ability to Put a Face to a Name later.

Part of that inherent newness and lack of familiarity is offset by The Aware's focus on Intimacy Moves and Marking Circles (and possibly Corruption) through that important part of their character sheet, but still, we don't want to cripple her. (see Advancement)

Possibly we can treat this whole night as a whirlwind experience where she does not get to take in all the details, but her writer's brain files away enough details to do research and then Put a Name to a Face the next time you meet these people? This will depend on how much we see you taking in during this party. It will balance out in the end.

You are also welcome to say you might know someone, tell us how and Roll to see if there is anything more. For instance: I am not sure how it would make sense for Emma to have heard of Shelyna Artmitage, a powerful wizard, (@oopsylon, and @gnomius probably do, through their friend Mark, so they can establish if there is more than a 'oh, yeah, I heard about her' relationship using Put a Face to a Name when they encounter her) but it is very possible Elliot let slip some detail about any of the other vampires you meet here.

Given how far we are from London, not everyone at this party will be someone that matters enough to the story to qualify, we really don't care about the 'hedge wizard from Dover', even if they are important to this gathering.

Yes. We will need to work out whose Place of Power it is before we can do that. But we can worry about that when the time comes.

Hmmm, that's an interesting twist. I had first thought that it was a random disguise, but now that you mention it, it would certainly bring some nice complications if he had decided to impersonate a lady vampire (or anyone else from the Night circle). The question is: what happened to the real lady then? :)

Or any other Circle, this is not a vampire party, everyone is here... well, everyone except for the demons.
Indeed. And how did Crowley get her invitation?

Presumably Crowley is similarly trying to get any information from you. You are rivals after all. :)
How competitive is your relationship? They are the only other imp you know, so you are sorta 'on the same side' when things align right (you are both unwelcome outsiders here, for instance).
That sounds like it might be something you can learn using Figure Someone Out, especially with your added Measure Your Mark Imp Move.
As always, before we can even think about rolling Moves, we need to see in the fiction what you are doing so we can know how to adjudicate any Moves. So we need to see enough to get an idea and to trigger the Move. We might have enough already, though.

There could be other Moves that work better, depending on what you want to achieve, so we can talk about Moves before the fiction, and then we can steer the fiction towards triggering those Moves. Let us know.
Have you ever met her before this party?

Is there anyone you would like Emma to meet?

This can be someone we have seen before, but can also be someone new, or even just the sort of person (function/Circle/Faction/personality) you are interested in and we can make them together.

Of course, there is always Jacob and 'Hali' who appear to fit that discretion. If @gnomius is open to having an interruption to their conversation Emma can wander over and join their group.

It could be amusing to have these two meet before Benji introduces them (for the ride home?:). Jacob has no reason to trust her, so he will probably want to maintain any ruse he is doing about his invitation (though I assume Jacob is using his real name, since he did not know before getting here that being identified as a demon is a problem, and making the invite look legit is easier if that is official), and will need to pretend this really is the real Lady Halifax —which activity Crowley will revel in.