OOC Coordination for Group Two!

[evocalize]

Since a lot of information has been exchanged, conclusions have been made and plans have been drafted I thought I'd go ahead and make a plotting post so that everyone in Group 2 has an idea of what's going on and then we can plot further as not everyone has each other added on Plurk.

So! First of all, let's review the info from the information exchange post:



Update (2nd September, IC character log):

- Minako found information about generators powering the barriers around Haven and the hospital in Haven East. Additionally, there's also a separate generator that keeps Stefan from saying certain things.

- Pascal found blueprints relating to a generator- it's not known yet what it does but it's 15 feet high and it can produce a lot of energy.

- Gilbert found a photo album that shows three things of interest: The first is a picture of the Great Wall of China in ruins, the second is a photo of Yao with baby Beth Yao* (The girl group 3 is supposed to kill) and the last one shows Kite** and Stefan together with a caption that reads 'With Stefan, Best Friends for Life'.

*Note that Stefan has spoken against killing Beth! This may come up again later on.
** This may be known to others as Edward recognizes him, but that depends on who talks to who.

- Kon found a short article talking about how the American government outlawed genetic experiments in 2011, which is followed by the mention of being 'liberated' later on. Mysteriously, the senators that made the decision disappeared...hmm.

- Minato found a diary entry dated 2016 mentioning something about Kite being turned into sea foam by Poseidon on his first trip to Ancient Greece. The year and specific country mentioned seem important, at least as it implies time travel.

- Sharon found what appeared to be a book of children's stories but far from it being innocent, the book contains a handwritten blurb about not doing what 'they' say even if they kill the writer like the writer's father. Given that the Yao Corporation is the hero here...yeah.

- Hubert discovered information about the soldiers at Haven East who appear to have very precise schedules and positions. As they also guard the hospital, this would help out a lot in minimizing deaths since some characters are aware of how dangerous they are.

- Edward found another set of blueprints, except this is for a smaller machine. What is horrific about it though is that when what he knows is combined with information from Hayley White, it becomes clear that everyone that dies is revived using the power of souls.

- Beast Boy heard from Stefan that Caroline sacrificed her fellow group mates to secure her own freedom and that he used his 'war machine' to kill a lot of people in the Yao Corporation.

- Alphonse found something related to Wei Yao. He has kidney disease and that's why he employed scientists to help stave it off.

- Finally, Touko found the plans of the hospital in Haven East. The most notable things are that Kite's laboratory happens to be on the second floor and that the rear wall is reinforced.

Update (6th September, Villain log):

As of this post, the library and certain parts of the town have been set on fire and a number of civilians have also died. Another notable thing is that some of the people were seen fighting with each other and they could not be broken out of it, as if they had been hypnotized.

If you like, you can check in with how your character's doing and what they'd be up to in between this time period and September 12th, which is when I'm assuming Stefan will finally help them to get the wagon rolling. As a note, there's matches near parts of the crime scene and no matches elsewhere.

Update (10th September, IC character log):

Minato sent a message to everyone to 'meet up' and discuss the happenings of the past few days, so you can also discuss how things went after, such as whether your character got more suspicious of some other person and whatnot.

Update (12th September, NPC log):

To be updated.

Comments

[ubinunc]

Minako's been chatting with Hubert, and based on the fact that the group will need to scout out the area around the hospital, has decided to chat up the others and figure out what they're good at! Strengths, weaknesses, abilities, you name it, she wants to know about it.

most of this is so she can tell if someone really, really shouldn't go on a stealth based mission, but shhh.

Minato is also working on this project (as Minako's minion accomplice), so he's going to approach some people too.

so, does Minako corner your character, or does Minato get to them first? what do they find out? do you want to log/thread it out, or hash it out here/on plurk?

[fortunefavored]

Minako or Minato can get a hold of Newt; I'm not picky either way! He'll be wandering around the library, sticking his nose into other people's business. As for the log/thread/hash it out here/plurk thing, I'm not picky, honestly. Thread/hash it out/plurk would probs be easiest, but whatever ya'all have time for.

As for what they'd find out, Newt is incredibly smart and electronics and the building (and taking apart) of machinery is one of those things he's really good at. Unfortunately he's not the greatest for a stealth mission, as he tends to get distracted and ramble, ESPECIALLY if it's about something new and cool that he's interested in. He's also a little shit, so he'll probably come across as arrogant/ a huge pain in the ass.

[3d2y]

They've already met, but this guy would be your prime example of a person who 'shouldn't go on a stealth-based mission'. They could totally get to know each other in the thread we already have, or else ... he'll definitely be approaching her, since they've already met!

Minako will definitely learn that Luffy is a little slow on the uptake, and the furthest from 'stealthy' a person can get. She'll probably also find out that he's physically strong??

[expendablepride]

Because of reasons, Alvin's pretty good at this sneak aroundy business, but in that regard, he's definitely more used to solo missions, so he'd be a bit more wary if he was working with others. He's good in a fight though, so there's that if push comes to shove. I'm okay with either of them approaching him, and if you wanted to thread it, I'm more than happy! Whatever works for you guys!

Additionally, Alvin's only intention, digging for info aside, is to rescue those who were taken. He... doesn't really mind too much when it comes to everything else...

[evocalize]

It feels weird replying here too, but just for science we'll say that Minato will pretty much go anywhere Minako's going. :|b He has about the same experience with her in regards to stealth missions (Read: None) but might do decently if a more experienced leader takes charge of the whole plan, he'll roll with it.

[thebeastwithout]

If she listens to Beast Boy he has no weaknesses which is generally true depending on what he wants to accomplish given his incredible versatility. His obvious weakness is an inability to make plans though.

Stealth-wise, he can pretty much infiltrate anything without a problem as long as there's no magical barriers involved (turn into bug, enter facility, turn back to normal, open door.) If you guys want to thread something, I'm game although handwave is fine too.

[pasodoble]

forever late a la spanish time

Despite the fact that Spain could technically handle a stealth mission (and probably has before in the past), he definitely wouldn't come off as the type at first. They would honestly probably have to have a bit of CR to even consider even despite knowing how old he really is so HA HA HA. He doesn't show his serious side very often, oops.

As for strengths/weaknesses/abilities. Spain will come off as stubborn, determined, and the type that doesn't think things through. He doesn't have many spectacular strengths or weaknesses-- he's practically human for the most part except for +stamina, +endurance, and +healing factor. As long as the enemy doesn't bait him or have like, super powers he should be able to handle himself since he's been in a few skirmishes/etc before???

[3d2y]

>which characters might work better together

I'm looking for someone, or a few someones, to tag along with Luffy! He isn't too smart, and once he discerns that everyone has their eyes on the hospital, you can bet he'll go rampaging in. That's why I'll probably need someone sensible to point him in the right direction and ...pretty much be his voice of reason, as they go attempt this rescue.

Another thing! His main goal is actually to find Kite himself. That's been his main goal ever since he first heard of the guy. I was wondering if there was anyone who would want to do the same? I don't expect them to take Kite down (but Luffy is dumb enough to try), but I'm sure ... they could probably hold his attention for a while, at least.

tl;dr i'd love to find cr like these:
- a partner to be luffy's voice of reason
- people who want to take down kite

i've just hopped into the plot again after a week of being lost, so please tell me if i got anything wrong!

[crownless]

HEY LUFFY LETS BE SUPER RECKLESS TOGETHER AND TRY TO KILL A DUDE

[evocalize]

Commenting on my own post late is cool, you know?

Okay! As mentioned above Minato's also going to be sizing up everyone and making subtle decisions on who should go where. He may also be going for that generator since Elec Amp + Thunder Reign is more or less guaranteed to do some serious damage to the machine, aha...

Minato is most likely to be teaming up with Minako and Ryoji is probably going to follow them for reasons. His main priority is rescue but he can also assist with breaking in and would likely not go after Kite unless there were major extenuating circumstances.

In terms of skills, he's an all-rounder than can handle offence, defence and support equally well. More importantly though, Minato's a very calm and collected guy so if you need someone to calm down your character or something, talk to me! :3

[kalakiriya]

Is it okay if Ryoji does follow Minato around (and therefore Minako?). Ahhh sorry if he's going to be so attached to Minato. I'm still trying to get a better idea of what's going on overall, so your post was really helpful!

If you need breaking in type things, um... Ryoji might be able to help? And the fighting, he can do that. No healing though?

[particularity]

THIS IS SO USEFUL thanks for it, I've been terrible at keeping up...

But uhmmm for Hinata he's sorta offered to be bait/distraction if anyone needs it LMAO. He can't fight that well and he's never tried out sneaking so he wouldn't be terrible but EITHER WAY.

[ubinunc]

whoops, general info about Minako and her plans outside scouting, because I'm a fail boat who didn't think this through.

Minako's interested in going after the generator that causes brainwashing, as she feels it's a personal responsibility to see it destroyed. After that, she'll be focused on getting in and rescuing everyone from the hospital. She can fill any niche that needs filling- healing, support, offensive, you name it, she can do it.

Outside of battle, Minako's very upbeat, and determined to keep everyone focused. The goal is to rescue everyone from Kite, after all, and while other things may be nice (ie, punching Kite's face in), she views them as more as nice bonuses. So, need to have your character calmed down/prevented from splitting off and going on a murderous rampage? Maybe they need some encouragement and a dose of optimism? Minako's your girl!

[crownless]

prevented from splitting off and going on a murderous rampage

Minako help.

[unicornered]

Sharon's expertise is most definitely support. She's sadly delicate enough that you could punch her in the face and probably knock her out, but her Chain gives her the ability to communicate with someone else via shadows and she can use that for minor travel purposes. Also the Chain itself can fight, and packs much more of a punch, and she's got some experience with a sword, so she can at least go on the offensive if she absolutely has to.

She's also very sensible and gentle, so if you need someone to calm your characters down (or smack them with a fan if they need some tough love), Sharon will definitely assist with that. Her priority is rescue, and she really doesn't want anything to do with Kite, but she'll go where she's needed.

[ubinunc]

that's pretty awesome??? if Sharon shares her abilities, she could act as rapid transport and communications control for all the groups!

[crownless]

Travis is good for fighting, killing things with his katanas, cutting things with his katanas, jumping into situations without thinking too hard about the consequences, throwing bigger guys over his head, and stabbing things with his katanas.

You can probably see where I'm going with this.

HOWEVER apart from breaking things and fucking up all of the shit he could definitely be bullied into doing standard search and rescue!! All this big damn hero stuff is contagious, and while he will probably be clamoring to kill Kite or kill guards or SOMETHING INVOLVING DEADLY FORCE he won't actually leave anybody he finds along the way. He's trying to help. Seriously.

His personality is also basically "dumb jerkass nerd", for the record. He will be SUPER STOKED to be fighting alongside a bunch of beloved anime/video game characters :|a

[fortunefavored]

At some point in the chaos, he should totally save Newt's ass because this kid and fighting things don't mix. He puts a damn good front but...HOW DO YOU ACTUAL COMBAT NEWT DOESN'T KNOW it's all be straight up luck up until now.

[regimenting]

OKAY, SO.

Since Hubert is the Military Guy (and a high ranking one) at that, he's pretty proactive about everything. He's been reading up on stuff and basically doing the sort of "take charge" mentality as much as he can with working to get shit done. Obviously, he's a lot better at this than I am, because all my military tactics are learned from video games. Oops.

BUT YES!! He's pretty much trying to work out a plan to get past all the guards and soldiers with minimal injury, and it LOOKS like he's going to discuss with Pascal some way of setting up decoys/distractions to pull the soliders from their posts and whatnot.

That's his priority, but his goal is to free the others and confront Kite. HE WANTS IT ALL, but he's very pragmatic about stuff. He'd definitely be talking to people and trying to accommodate people's skills and abilities to make things happen, and he's skilled combat-wise... on top of trying to maintain the relief stuff, though he may hand off some of those duties to others in the interim so he can focus on the infiltration itself. He's very serious and means business, but he does ultimately mean the best... even if he seems like he's got a stick up his ass most of the time.

Buuut that said he'd probably be talking to most people (whether you want to thread it or not is fine) about what they can do, much like Minako ONLY to ... see where they fall on his personal standards/judgements and all while trying to figure out the best approach.

[evocalize]

If necessary, Minato might volunteer to have some stuff delegated to him. He at least has experience commanding people during his time and has the advantage of being able to fill in for whatever's missing!

...granted he's also never fought in front of Hubert, so.

[idealistics]

Oh thank you for this post!! It's extremely helpful.

Garrus has been spending a lot of time in the library and he can't say he's found anything much useful. He's found a little thing from his galaxy but he didn't think it was important enough to bring it up as it didn't shed any new light on their situation.

In terms of what he's capable of doing, in canon he is described as a tactical genius and master infiltrator. So, unless someone else does it before him, he doesn't really mind making up a plan for breaking in the hospital! But that's really only if no one else does it, since I put him in the support group and all. Also, he's a really good sniper and if you need someone pointing a gun to Kite's head while you interrogate him, he'd most likely be a good choice.

His intentions are a little simpler, he wants answers and wants to find a way home. If the rescuing of the people with Kite interferes with the safety of the non-kidnapped ones, he is going to argue a lot that it's better to leave them there and pursue the route that leads the rest of them to safety.

[albia]

Albia's day job entails a whole lot of sneaking and information gathering with obligatory chase scenes so stealth missions are right up her alley. Her main disadvantage here is the whole 'from the first century' thing (she's doing her own catch-up research in the library, but some things are understandably going to go over her head and there probably isn't that much written in latin/greek anyway), so she wouldn't be too great at working out the significance of electronics/machinery that might be encountered, but she could reasonably collaborate with someone else who understands what electricity even is.

Since she's been here all of five minutes her priorities are more to the finding info/getting home side of things. She'll be all right with sticking to orders/going where she's needed for the time being.

[thebeastwithout]

Just a clarification, Beast Boy heard from Stefan that Caroline sacrificed everyone else in her year to escape. What that entails isn't totally clear yet.

A few more things that Beast Boy has found out in the meantime that may be relevant, since there's no point in making more threads for it:

-A kid in the bunker told him that only people whose worlds have been destroyed are brought here.
-The hospital in Haven East is probably the same place that they rescued Jessica from 11 months ago or so, meaning that Ed, Al, Beast Boy, and a few others should know the layout of it already.


In terms of stuff to be done, Beast Boy's priority will be to head straight for rescuing the kidnapped folks and get them out. Fighting Kite and soldiers and guards and stuff won't be his main priority. Regarding stealth, he can easily infiltrate any area completely unseen (as long as the barrier is down of course).

[evocalize]

Amended! And wow, it'd be pretty disastrous if Beast Boy told that thing he learned about worlds being destroyed to a certain amount of people, most notably this guy...and yeah, if the hospital that time had Kite's lab it would be the same.

[kaihentai]

Bless you and your soul.

I have been bumbling about dazed and confused through the event.

Sakamoto is pretty capable of fighting but hates it (as you know my friend who is also well versed in the canon) but he's definitely down for moral support and carrying people out. I think he agrees with Beast Boy's perspective, that the most important thing is getting people out of danger. He's definitely down to help break down things that aren't living, though! Like doors. Even though, while doing so, he will probably end up breaking his own face but really. That and if something small needs to be shot down from a long range I am totally down for having him do something like that (as long as it's not living).

But, most importantly, I am totally down for having him sort of be lumped with the people who are super distracted and pulling stupid shit or staying stupid things in the midst of all the chaos. If anyone has characters that aren't taking the event as seriously as they should, or perhaps are trying to look on the bright side come talk to me and we can plot shenanigans.

[losemyfaith]

Hayley has been kind of just rolling with the group really, she arrived after Caroline's call and has only just now found out about it thanks to the info exchange get together thing, she's only here because she had no reason to trust Jonas but like hell she was sitting still so uh.

Yeah she's willing to do almost anything that's asked of her within her ability. She can fight okay-ish but she's far from trained, and her main suit is the whole gather info angle anyway which as of now is officially going up in smoke.

However!

She does happen to be in possession of a rapid healing factor and a voracious need for information, so with all the books going up in flames she maaaay be staying in the library a little longer than is strictly healthy to try and save some stuff. She still won't be able to get to everything obviously but she is going to grab as much as she can carry in one trip. If there is something you'd like her to happen to have in her armful of books (not even necessarily a plot relevant thing) then drop it here and as far as I know it should be feasible, barring a mod veto c:

also PS kind of a nitpick but Green is my handle, character's last name is White

editing to add a PPS since it's probably worth mentioning but how much I'm able to tag on any given day is up in the air due to some pretty unfortunate family stuff that decided to crop up right when the plot started. Even still I did sign up for the plot-heavy group and I am going to do my best to keep up with things as I'd initially planned. If I am going too slowly on something please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll see what I can do to get it resolved.

[evocalize]

Amended her surname, sorry for the confusion! Most of us are going a bit slowly too which is why I set up this post, so that minor details and common knowledge sharing can be handwaved in favour of threading out the more important details.

It'd be great if we say she had most of the information with her noted down, I know Hubert would have done the same but two sets of notes are better than one, yes?

[superissues]

Late to the party!

With the new plot post, I think our characters priorities will have changed somewhat, but!

Prior to plot post, Kon was really not sure why they were still in the bunker, and eager to get back to Haven so they could work on bringing the info back to the larger group and getting to work on the rescue.

Now he will be pretty upset about the murders, but Kon generally takes his cues from those around him. He has super-strength, tactile tele-kinesis, flight and almost invulnerability to bring to the party and makes no secret of his powers, so characters who are prone to giving orders, feel free to give him things to do! Whether that is working on a way out or what.

My new computer should in theory arrive today, but I will have setting up to do, so I am not sure how around I will be!

[pedokinesis]

wa ha ha ha I already knew all this since Hyobu has been lurking and reading all the threads and so have I... but it is very nice to have this all in one place.

Anyway!! Hyobu is kind of a loner and doesn't particularly care for the safety of the group as a whole, so long as they actually get things done. So he'll be the first to leave anyone who can't keep up behind when it comes to any actual rescuing or plans.

As for his powerset, it's kind of crazy. The ones he publicly advertises by use are his telekinesis, telepathy and teleportation. His teleporting isn't working right now, but he's far from shy about using it around Haven normally. Anything else he can do he keeps to himself. Yet one thing he can do is create illusions with hypno, which would mean he could flat out perfectly disguise himself as a solider or even one of the important Haven figures if need be. He can even disguise others using this method. Also has lots of military training

But yeah while he'd be super useful for a plan, he's extremely uncooperative when it comes to working with normals or anyone he doesn't like/agree with, so getting him to actually work with a plan would be incredibly difficult... or it might be easy if you win him over somehow.

[expendablepride]

After the fires are out, Alvin's probably going to be wary of those he doesn't actually know. Anybody can start a fire, so he doesn't think it's entirely based on anybody's particular power, but the strange trance-like state of the civilians pinged him as odd, so that's possibly something to look out for? Not that he has any idea of where to begin, but still.

That aside, he'll simply be recuperating (smoke inhalation isn't fun), and gdit his scarf got a little singed... Despite everything though, nothing has changed for Alvin. His #1 priority is still to rescue those who were kidnapped. He really doesn't care for anything else. The generators are interesting, but they're not a concern, and plenty of other people are going to be going after Kite anyway.

As far as the infiltration attempt goes, Alvin is pretty proficient with his weapons, and he does have experience with sneaking around. He's used to being alone for that sort of stuff though, but he'd be fine with others if they knew what they were doing, and it'd be funny if he was put with people who don't.

That's... it, I think?

[unerring]

sidles on in here

Edward's definitely on the 'punch Kite in the face' warpath and anyone who talks to him for a grand total of 5 seconds will probably determine he doesn't belong anywhere that requires stealth..... however, alchemy is a pretty nifty thing and if anyone needs weapons or supplies, Ed will be happy to make them as long as he doesn't feel like he's handing an axe to an axe murderer yeah yeah some of you are shady okay

Aside from this, his long-standing grudge against Kite aside, he is all about beelining for the experimental victims (and Winry in particular, obviously). Much as he wants to beat Kite's face in til he eats his own teeth a few dozen times, getting to them is his #1 priority and he'll grudgingly pass up going after the Doc to be responsible and go with Team Rescue.

tl;dr: Ed will help with supplies/preparations with alchemy if your characters need them! Also, Team Rescue can consider +2 Elrics (Ed and Al) gunning for helping out the prisoners. He's a shounen protag, so of course he'll be trying to help save lives during the fires as well (THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE, GUYS)

[consacrer]

hey ed u wanna make gilbo some bullets w/ ur fancy alchemy

tmw i do tags and forget to post here

[aozaki]

OKAY SO Touko's kept a low profile mostly because she doesn't know anyone, and her only canonmate was part of the missing when shit went down one week after her arrival, hence why she stuck along. she's pleasant to talk to and can make good observations, but she has no shounen blood in her and has tiny offensive power so she'll stick to support.

THAT SAID while she's never told anyone about her powers, she'll be making full use of her runic magic during the fire, and while canon is frustratingly vague about that (we know she can use runes so that's the whole alphabet, but the only power canonly shown is one where she claims to be able to set a human heart on fire from a good distance away), she is skilled at transforming and manipulating elements by virtue of being an A+ craftswoman. she'll be on smoke control, and after that... maybe tinker up some magical device for air filtering, idk. she's really best at making stuff, although! she is also an expert on mystic eyes and in her canon these are a definitely known thing to cause mind control. she can PROBABLY take a look at the infighting locals and possibly deduce something from it, once things calm down a little? she could likely tell hypnotism of some degree happened...

also she's no healer but she can... make body parts... but this probably won't be relevant since it's not like there's good material here even if she wanted to. during downtime expect to see her with a cig between her lips fiddling/making some trinket like a doll, she smokes like a chimney but is polite enough to NOT do that in an underground bunker and all... but she'll probably stop doing that altogether after this fire, fffs. jesus guys why can't we have nice things

[transferedfate]

THIS IS A REALLY LATE COMMENT, but just chiming in to note that Ringo is here :D aaaaand she's going to be trying hard to sign up for the stealth mission that's being planned. While she's a 100% normal teenage girl, she has some stealth experience (who would ever think that her stalking days would come in handy?)

Aaaaand she's kind of peeved and wary after the big attack on the underground happened, so she's likely to come off as very ~serious~ and ~determinator~ to anyone who talks to her.