The DIY Grasp Plot Thickens!

[shadowmods]

The second half of the Do-It-Yourself Grasp story is on the horizon, so this mod post is here to tell you exactly what's going to happen and allow you to make plans for how your characters interact with the terrible, terrible things to come.

Early in the morning of Day 100 (January 23), Casey is going to assemble the pieces of the DIY Grasp that the PCs have been working on. She'll be putting things together in the backyard, outside of the candidate house. For the love of SCIENCE, she will then, of course, activate the Grasp to see what it can do. What it will do is cause terrible things to happen. See, while the original Grasp, designed by Skokan, draws in people who would be compatible mates for Tristan, the PC version has a few missing pieces. So instead of pulling in potential mates, it will be pulling in completely incompatible monsters that Tristan could never actually marry.

The critters drawn in by the DIY Grasp will then proceed to run wild through the city of Thurisaz, pretty much ripping apart anyone and anything they encounter. The mods will be allowing players to control the monsters as they desire. So it's going to be up to you, yes, specifically you, to stop them!

The Critters
Moblins: These bulldog-headed trolls loom about seven feet tall, carrying spears and nasty tempers. Of all the critters to come through, they'll be the most organized, forming ranks very quickly and defending the ground that they claim. Which, in this case, will be the Serpent's Head. Fortunately, Moblins are carbon-based monsters and can pretty much be destroyed any way you like, be it magic or blunt force or dropping a piano on them. And you will want to destroy them, because they definitely want to destroy you. These guys just live for destruction. They don't have anything resembling sentience, other than a strange military organization. Think of them like ants. Giant. Angry. Murderous ants.
Ebene: These guys are nasty. In their natural state, they may look like liquid mercury, but these guys are shape shifters. Although voiceless, they can, for ten minutes at a time, look like any living thing. Even your room mate. Even your girlfriend. In fact, the only way to tell they're shape shifters is to cut them and watch them bleed silver liquid. They may not want to eat you, but they can, literally, grab hold of you and drown you in their liquid forms. Like all liquids, they can be contained by a sealed container, but even the smallest micro-fracture will allow them to escape. The best way to kill them is to freeze them, using science or magic. Otherwise, you'd better bag them, guys.
Daleks: That's right. Daleks. They're out to destroy anything they view as a threat. Which means you. They're also probably going to try to take over the city. Watch out for the hardware. They'll exterminate you dead, shooting electrical beams of an exceedingly high voltage. Best way to get rid of them? Make them go boom, of course. And spare parts can be salvaged. And if you don't have your Acme dynamite kit handy, aim for their eye.
Wendigos: A face that only a mother could love. A Wendigo is a former human whose cannibalism has transformed him into a creature with superhuman strength and speed that feasts on human flesh. The bad news? It's going to try to eat you. Either it will start to munch on you on the spot, or else it will club you on the head and drag you off to some secluded area, hang you from the ceiling like a cured ham, and save you for a midnight snack. Unless, of course, you have friends willing to rescue you. The good news? Pretty much any kind of natural or supernatural fire will take a Wendigo out, quickly.

The siege of the critters will last for two in-game days, ending the morning of Day 102 (January 29). By this point, a lot of Thurisaz will be damaged and Casey will be missing (gasp!). There will be an optional side-plot dealing with Casey. More information to come later on.

This post is now for you to use as a plotting post. There will be an opening narrative/log kicking off the plot, but players are more than welcome to make their own logs. Your characters can kill monsters, get horribly injured, huddle in foxholes together...anything you want within the confines of the city. Feel free to ping the mods with any questions. And as always, we encourage you to form new CR and plot with new people. With a game as small as ours, it's important to interact with everyone!

Comments

Wendigos sob

[notmeantforthis]

Alright, I'm going to 100% use this as an opportunity to try and get Samantha well and truly into this game, since I've sucked quite a bit at that so far.

Naturally she's going to be right in the thick of things, she's a hunter born and bred, and thus will be available for absolutely anything, be it completely being out of her depth with Daleks, helping with the monsters of the deep or just generally being a self sacrificing twerp and getting hurt all over everywhere.

Have at her, people? Suggest me things *_*

Re: Wendigos sob

[diana_abel]

HEY SAMANTHA!! WANNA FIND OUT YOUR NEW BESTIE IS A VAMPIRE?

Diana's probably going to be fighting the Moblins, using her powers to scare them away from attacking civilians.

[xochipilli_cursed]

How will she react to another monster pouncing monsters?

Re: Wendigos sob

[wheresthepie]

Her and Dean definitely teaming up. Or all three of them teaming up.
Two Dean's and Sam? Pretty sure that supernatural piece of crap doesn't stand a chance.!

[hasperkynipples]

Somebody get Dean a flamethrower.


OKAY Dean is available for all the rescuing, monster killing, and general heroics. Since the Wendigos are what he's most familiar with, he'll probably be most useful in that end of the spectrum, but he'll take on anything given the opportunity.

If you need him to be a big damn hero or want team up with him, let me know here!

[notmeantforthis]

Can we do a thing? An ass-kicking thing? I would like some winchestersib asskickings.

Diana (and Insa?)

[diana_abel]

Diana is without her sword, so she's mostly gonna be running around, using Dread Gaze to scare Moblins away from civilians. I would love for her to get outed as a vampire by some people, preferably ones she's saving so they don't proceed to try staking her.

Insa will be available if requested. She's got her bow and arrows and she's got a stockpile of spears in the house, that anyone can take if they so desire.

Casey is disappeared. A side quest will be announced after the plot ends.

[xochipilli_cursed]

I would love for Aaron to catch Diana being a vampire.

Preferably while saving people!

[punchedaklingon]

Glinda will probably be one of the ones using her magic to help people. But given that she's tiny she's up for rescue as well.

Tasha will be fighting.

Gaila will most likely be trying to hide out and find someone to protect her.

Pasha is most likely to get herself into trouble and in need of help.

[xochipilli_cursed]

I have a werecoyote willing to save or fight along side any of the above, if you have a preference!

[xochipilli_cursed]

Aaron's born, bred, and somewhat trained to be a thorn in the side of the big bad and nasty. When things go to hell, he's going to change to werecoyote and throw himself into the fight.

He's not a great front liner, but he's going to be jumping Moblins wherever they are. He's also going to try taking on Wendigo at times. He's going to fail hard against Daleks and Ebene.

He'll also try helping people he sees that need it. So if anyone wants to catch a werecoyote stricking with tooth and claw, as well as taunting monsters, let me know!

[advancedbosoms]

Cordelia is going to be out there with a sword and/or crossbow (sorry, Bert). Possibly a flamethrower if she can get her hands on one, those things have come in handy for her in the past. Like others have said, she'll have no idea what to do with a Ebene or Dalek, but she's not new at this and knows that hitting the books is how you solve these things. She will start hitting up any book shops and try to figure out how to destroy these things.

Pepper has many skills, but hand-to-hand combat is not one of them. She is fully available for being captured, as that's fairly canonical.

Adriana can tell you about Ebene and Moblins, so if anyone wants to ask her, she'll tell you how to take them down.

[diana_abel]

Would certainly like to meet one of yours at some point.

Spike and Tony

[idolstolemylook]

Spike is a skilled scrapper and will be out hitting things really hard. That's probably his forte. He's available for rescuing people and for making plans and failing to be patient enough to let them come to fruition.

Tony is a superhero and all that shit and he'll be totally involved--but he's without his suit, so that's a problem. MODLY THINGS: Is it possible to get a heads up on what he might have been able to learn/produce in his time here, if he's been studying the tech?

That said, if anyone thinks it'd be funny to rescue the great Tony Stark, I'm open for that, too.

Re: Spike and Tony

[xochipilli_cursed]

Oh, just what Aaron would need in his life. More vampires doing things that make them questionably not the bad guy. In the very least, doing things that make them not his biggest issue.

Mind if Aaron finds him fighting?

[mini_dean]

So, while Ben is a good hunter, there are three perfectly good Winchesters in the city that can do that.

That said, Ben has been a leader for his entire adult life protecting people. So him knowing that there are already hunters out there, if no one wants to take charge of it, he will probably work on getting those non-fighters to safety, get the first floor of the house barricaded, etc.

Anyone want to be rescued by the white eyed boy on an adrenaline high?

[diana_abel]

You are so getting busted, Benjamin.

[unflagging]

Looks like it's time to hang out on rooftops for a while. Caw caw.

[xochipilli_cursed]

Umm... bark?

WE HAPPY FEW

[hasperkynipples]

So the Winchesters Three think the commandeering of the Serpant's Head by the mobilns is a all around bad idea. They are prepared to launch an assault to take it back and save all the booze within. It will be a noble and epic quest that will earn them much honor and glory and when they're done they can get stupidly drunk.

WHO IS WITH THEM?

[notmeantforthis]

The Serpents Head must be protected at all costs B

[ka_mai]

Well, Ming and Bert both would/will be fighting against the monsters and whatnot because that's what they do, and the defending of the helpless and whatnot.

From an OOC perspective, though, writing battle/fighting/action-heavy violence tags is something that is akin to having teeth pulled for me, and I've been doing almost nothing but that in my other games for the past couple of weeks. :/ So...um...yeah, my tags will likely be very slow in coming if anyone does want to thread with me in that capacity at all.

[xochipilli_cursed]

Sure! Even if it's "battle happened, now what goes on inbetween", sort of deal.

[peacekeeperavox]

If someone would hand Darius a weapon and say "Hey, help me/us protect these people," that would be awesome. Boy needs a good, thorough reminder that he was once a soldier.

It just needs to be in or near the form of an order so it gets past the reaction of "Ohshitfuck monsters" and "Ohshitfuck I'm not allowed to fight."

[mini_dean]

Ben will be doing the leader protector role. He can totally find Darius and do that!

[truth_is_cold]

Rhade won't turn down a chance to shoott a Dalek, but man. The Wendigo would definitely set off some panic "MUST KILL IT!" issues coming from the Magog. So if anyone wants some help killing Wendigo or Daleks I have some very new back-up.

[xochipilli_cursed]

Aaron's really going to need someone to tell him what the hell to do about Daleks. He is sooo ill equiped for that sort of fight.

Maria

[abetterhappyending]

Maria is completely and utterly far too normal for all this shit. Basically a lot of running and being terrified and hitting monsters with her purse and running some more. Just a lady from the 1950s way in over her head, so if you want your character to be awesome in front of her, she's your gal.

[xochipilli_cursed]

How about a scary monster biting other scary monsters?

I really need to comission werecoyote icons some day.

[cordelisse]

Zoey will definitely be fighting the monsters, as she is wont to do. Question; would it have been possible for her to pilfer a sword from the fighting ring? Or perhaps some throwing knives? Or both?

On the whole fighting front... I love fight scenes but they are a pain in the ass to write, so I may not be the most prompt of taggers at times.

[diana_abel]

Pilfered swords are acceptable. And as for fighting scenes, since we're giving control of the critters to the players, you can narrate a lot of it out in a single tag.

Lokiii

[sorcerous]

There are a couple routes I can go with Loki. One, him still valiantly pretending he's a good guy and helping people clean things up. Or two, conveniently vanishing when the destruction gets heavy, and either finding a way to urge it on, or to take advantage of it somehow. Maybe using the confusion to target some people he doesn't like? Which would include most of the Marvel cast. Though he would try to do it in a way that didn't offer any consequences for him.

Keyword: try.

Any thoughts?

[diana_abel]

Something to chew on: The Ebene have to be frozen. Might be something for you to play with.

Castiel

[happytobleed]

Cas is going to fight whatever comes his way and if he sees any recruits in trouble, he's going to help them out. Not being able to teleport and having no angel blade sucks, but with some of these creatures, he can just... explode them, so that will be fun!

Shape-shift confusion might be fun, too. We could always use more Deans, right?

[abetterhappyending]

here, have this lady who thinks her being brought to thurisaz might be god's punishment. :/ cas can totally help her out.

[waspromisedcake]

Chell will be fighting things, if she's given a weapon. She doesn't have one of her own. Long range and gun-like would be better, but she could probably adapt to anything. She'll be available to rescue people too.

Christine will be at the clinic, treating all your injuries. I'm willing to have her need rescued at some point, maybe from a wendigo who's strung her up for later?

Red will fight, using knife, spear, and bow and arrows if she can get her hands on the last two. She'll protect people, but probably get injured at some point.

As for the weapons, beyond Insa's spears lying around, and, say, a kitchen knife, where can the candidates find these weapons?

[diana_abel]

Candidates can steal weapons from the fighting areas, make their own, or take table knives from the taverns.

Does Christine know Diana's a vampire, btw? If not, SHE SHOULD FIND OUT.

Cho Takahashi | OC

[tenuefarfalla]

She's actually a fair hand in a fight. She's been through more battles in Rowan than she'd like to think about. She's good with a bow, she's good with a sword, she's utterly hopeless with a gun because she's never had to learn. So she'll either be up on the roof picking things off from a distance, or right down in the thick of things.

She also has some pretty badass offensive magic, and since this is a life or death situation, she's not going to hold back with it even if it means it gives the Nysgods a clear idea of what she can do. Ace up the sleeve is only worth having if no one gets hurt by you keeping it.

Also, for anyone who's not comfortable writing out fighting, I'm totally willing to control the monsters and other scenery in a fight scene and let you just respond to what's happening to your character so your tags can be less about the fight and more about mental reactions. Cause I know some people have a hard time with that.

Re: Cho Takahashi | OC

[cordelisse]

Zoey and Cho haven't met yet, so maybe they could cross paths?

KATNISS AND EDDIE

[inciting]

Both will be doing their best to protect people, and I am down for any injures, ass handing, teaming up, etc.

I'm sorry I am not replying to others, if I can and this is still relevant I will

Re: KATNISS AND EDDIE

[xochipilli_cursed]

I would love for more people to see the werecoyote. Aaron is going to ineffectively hide the fact that that is him later on.

ELIOT CASTS FIREBALL

[oregoniandionysus]

No, really.

Eliot will be able to hold his own against anything except Daleks, SO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO RESCUE HIM FROM ONE?

I'm in the middle of my morning coffee if you couldn't tell.

Re: ELIOT CASTS FIREBALL

[peacekeeperavox]

Oh, oh! This guy.

Sif

[brosif]

Will be out there beating up everything that she can. The last time she was in one of these other worlds, she wasn't at full power, so she'll be enjoying the reverse of that.

Definitely open to team ups, being targeted, or helping a bro out.

Re: Sif

[xochipilli_cursed]

Up to you how she'll react to a werecoyote running around attacking monsters. If you want to help, or if you mistake him for another of the baddies, that's fine. I am open for both.