Plotting for 'Erik, No!'

[prefers_magneto]

Magneto's move on the City is imminent. Here is what involved parties will be doing so far. If you want to be involved or you would like to position your character somewhere in all this but NOT with Erik or you want your character to do something other than what Erik has determined, please let me know below.

Erik's Plan

Physically Infiltrating the Tower
Erik
Devi
Eliot
Wanda
Zach
Ace
Kurt
Handy

Eliot and Wanda will be tasked with magically binding the Heart once they reach its chamber.
Zach will be cutting off the guards' access to their location with walls of ice.
Devi and Erik are the point attack in getting through resistance (guards etc) and getting them to the Heart's chamber. So is Ace if he wants to be in this part. He has also been involved in Support, below, getting info on weapons that work on natives like the guards and on Magistrates.
Kurt will be their backup escape plan and also help get them in.

Devi (and possibly Ace) may also break away to accomplish something else...?

Devi and Zach are getting an outfit from Wanda. Ace does NOT want one. Does Eliot want a team outfit?? Does Kurt?? Does Handy??? (See Erik's armour above; they come with swag capes.)

Support
Charles
Sylar
Rhys
Diana
Airy

Charles will be positioned in an abandoned shop not far from the Tower. He's on surveillance and will keep an eye on security and also on what's going on outside the Tower and communicate with Erik's team inside. Airy will be assigned to protect Charles while he's vulnerable, with his mind not really focused on where his body is at.

Sylar will be creating a violent distraction elsewhere in town right before the main attack happens in order to draw attention away from the team infiltrating the Tower.

Diana will be holding an outdoor concert on the other side of the City and use her vampire hypnotism to draw as large an audience as possible as a distraction.

Rhys gave Erik quite a bit of intel on the Heart and Tower security.

Miscellaneous
Sarah

Sarah will be making sure everyone is well fed and coffee'd before the mission. And that Charles and Airy have sandwiches to eat while hanging out in the dark shop.

Need More Info
Diana
Handy
Kurt

Do they want to be involved? What capacity do they want to be involved in?

Other
Steve
Kate
Airy

Steve is getting involved with Rhys' shelter and helping civilians. Airy has joined the cause. Kate is also going to help with the shelter and any casualties and hang out with people who enjoy shit talking Erik. It's the right thing to do.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Please let me know.

Comments

[waypastasking]

Steve and Rhys are going to coordinate on how to best help with the aftermath. Steve will give his shield to Wanda for protection if needed.

[prefers_magneto]

Erik feels that's pointless bc he's not starting a war, BUT I THINK IT'S PERFECT

[waypastasking]

Steve would argue from experience that even though Erik doesn't think he's starting a war, he probably is, and EXCELLENT

[diana_abel]

Diana's agreement with Eliot was that she would create a non-violent distraction. But I see you've already got Sylar on distraction duty, so I can opt out, if that makes life easier.

[prefers_magneto]

It absolutely does not make anything easier. Two distractions are better than one. What sort of distraction is she doing?

[diana_abel]

I was going to have her throw a concert in a public park, far away from the Tower. And use her vampire powers to attract an audience.

But seriously, it's okay if that doesn't work with the plans.

[prefers_magneto]

That works awesome.

[sleight_of_fate]

Rhys will be ready to offer medical attention and gave Eliot a healing potion.

Wolf will be lurking and may possibly provide an escape route if properly approached. His main goal however is to keep Charlotte safe so chances are pretty good that he will be her Heavy wherever she is during all this. Failing that, he'll secure a place to watch the whole thing from afar and be ready to clean up, escape, or whatever needs to be done.

Wolf is less reticent about the whole thing than Rhys is: While Rhys is actively avoiding involvement, Wolf is simply being cautious.

[prefers_magneto]

Charlotte has declined involvement. Hold her close, Wolf!

[sleight_of_fate]

He definitely won't hide his relief! He doesn't mind his fox getting into a little trouble but that's a little too much for his heart, if it was still beating. :>

[aces_and_eights]

Yea, Ace is in on the assault. Depending he could likely pulse what guards into unconsciousness with minimal damage. The alternate weapons are sorta still up in the air, with Rhys looking into the powder and Charlotte kinda not convinced (unless I missed a post).

If Devi does peel off for reasons, he's going to back her. One it will give Erik and those remaining more time, two they got some things to settle. A tough call cause both are friends but it would be something he could help with better outside crowd control in the Tower adventure.

AKA, I'm playing all by ear.

[prefers_magneto]

Perfect. I want some room for spontaneous decisions.

[aces_and_eights]

Well you came to the right mutant

[silversneakers]

Peter is absolutely not helping Erik with his plan, but he'll be helping out with preparing for when it hits the fan, and helping out after that.

[bethebetterpath]

I'm good with all of this. Charles can also try to use his powers if need be from where he is at a vantage point, to give push back and and move/block the opposing forces if required.

[divaricate]

[prefers_magneto]

I'm dying.

[divaricate]

[prefers_magneto]

[divaricate]

LMFAO accurate af oh my god

[handymetacrisis]

Handy needs to know what exactly Erik wants of him before he fully agrees. But he has no problem helping Diana if what Erik has planned isn’t something he okay with.

[prefers_magneto]

If Handy has convinced Erik he is ALL IN, Erik will want him in the Tower being the backup to Eliot and Wanda, to bind the Heart if they can't hold it.

[handymetacrisis]

Given that he just did the very thing to hold the barrier, he will agree to it because it's going to keep things from collapsing.

Also things explode around him...just sayin'

[prefers_magneto]

YASDOCTOR

[prefers_magneto]

Ok, since he's on the team, does he want an outfit?

[handymetacrisis]

I don’t think he’ll need one?

[prefers_magneto]

But does he want one?

[handymetacrisis]

Of course. It comes with a cape

[prefers_magneto]

THEN HE SHALL HAVE ONE.

OH YEAH I FORGOT I ALSO HAVE A SERIOUS QUESTION & NOT JUST SHITPOSTING

[divaricate]

How much of this is going to be handwaved vs played out?

[prefers_magneto]

I will be putting up a log for it, so I intend for it to be played out. How much anyone handwaves is up to them.

[divaricate]

[intuitive_aptitude]

Um, excuse me. Why does the support team not get cool swag???

[prefers_magneto]

You want cool swag, you got cool swag, partner.

Any proposals for potential permanent changes in game?

[intuitive_aptitude]

Hey everyone — I know we've had amazing game-changing results before from major plots. For this one, I'd love to see us come to some sort of not-game-breaking but semi-game-changing result. But in terms of what exactly that might be, I don't know! Do people have ideas???

Re: Any proposals for potential permanent changes in game?

[aces_and_eights]

I've been mulling this but I'm going back and forth OOC wise, though this is a decent take on Ace's druthers

[intuitive_aptitude]

Interesting! Are you thinking along the lines of some serious ley line disruption?

[aces_and_eights]

Perhaps, though that is/could be game breaky. At the time of the post I was thinking of some of the political/social changes.

And pardon my scatter brain

[intuitive_aptitude]

Ahhh please tell me more! I read the thread but wasn't sure of the difference between Ace's thoughts and what you were thinking.

[aces_and_eights]

I'd have to go back and re-read it cut I thought he mentioned an elevation of the Chosen a bit to have their own council or whatever and not be under the thumbs of the Magistrates. He gets the reality of the Heart being central to the protection of the City, but the power it gives has been negative (Justice and the Emperor...and I'm pretty certain I'm missing one), to uninvolved most of the rest, to the one good one he knows (Nina). That is what he's more interested in stopping, because the shift of people coming in and going out is part of the Heart's nature, and (agian from his POV) it, itself is a force of nature than a sentient. It will do these things instinctually.

He, Devi, and Erik had or at least touched on the subject at some point in one of their threads.

But that is also kinda game breaking in its own way since that does change some things.

[intuitive_aptitude]

Oooooo I really like that though! I think you should definitely pitch this as a potential idea.

Come one, come all, get your emotion-draining bottles - also, mod question

[thegreatestproject]

Eliot's going in — check.

Bringing in another element! Eliot has a spell that will temporarily remove all emotions from a person, and is planning to use it on himself to heighten his magical focus and avoid getting manipulated by the City during the break-in (whether/to what degree this works I'll leave to the mods, but he's going to try). And he's going to offer to cast the spell for anyone else involved who wants it.

The person's emotions get stored in a little bottle on a necklace, like this:


The emotions return to the person once they drink the contents of the bottle, or if the bottle breaks. It should be pointed out (and Eliot would let everyone know) that the longer you go before ending the spell, the more it's going to suck when you get your Feels back. Because everything comes back all at once. Think temporary emotional breakdown, possibly followed by a need to hibernate and do intensive self-care (or, in Eliot's case, drink a lot).

Who wants one?