PLOT WITH ME/INTRO MEME JANUARY 2024

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

The SOTG for January is here, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and here's a handy dandy directory below so everyone can check out the info pages:

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JANUARY HAPPENINGS

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JANUARY EVENT QUEST IN THE CAVES Concerned by the corruption and what it could mean in the spring if it’s left unchecked, Aldrip’s blacksmiths and miners offer their help more freely than they would if not for impending catastrophe. They offer to attach those glowing rocks to weapons, farming equipment, and other tools. They may even make cuffs, anklets, or other adornments that can keep the corruption at bay within a person’s body. So get to the caves and grab some! Once characters have these upgraded tools in hand, they’ll find that when working together, they seem to remove the corruption quickly enough that it doesn’t come back. The sky is the limit for what artisans and blacksmiths are willing to make, in this case, so please feel free to get creative when coming up with solutions. FROM THE SEA Stay around this corruption long enough and characters will notice that it seems like these wispy lines of corruption seem to lead somewhere. Those Chosen who follow the path will find themselves at the coast. This trip is not without its perils: the monsters that have been affected around town continue to be aggressive, attacking characters and, unfortunately, spreading more of this problem affliction with the slightest bite or scratch. Arriving at the coast, characters will find that the monster from November’s event is back and ready for its next meal. This close to land, it seems slightly less dangerous, but what’s more interesting is that the weapons infused with gems from the cave seem to do extra damage to it. Upon closer inspection, this creature, too, is affected by the corruption, its body streaked with it. As characters make contact using the gems, this corruption once again subsides DAMAGE CONTROL Aldrip has its own share of troubles during this time. Characters who prefer to stay close to home could find themselves charged with creating barriers to keep out octopus monsters that come closer and closer to town, seeking to take people to their giant hungry sea monster friend. With buildings and structures in danger from the rot, characters may also want to collect and use more of the gems from the cave in order to prevent further structural decay–or they might quickly need to help someone evacuate from a building too far gone and crumbling. There will also be plenty of people and crops that need healing from this corruption.aw

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Silco | Arcane

[conflictresolution]

Player: Vette
Contact: apomorphine, discord: apomorphine
Anything Else?: I work a lot, so tagging speed can be either very consistent or laggy. Sorry about that and thanks for everyone's patience.

Character: Silco
Canon: Arcane (League of Legends animated series)
Canon Point: End of Episode 9 - Post tea party. You know the one.

Crime: Racketeering. He was just recently sentenced for trying to buy off a public official, so that's also a thing.

Background: Silco is a crime lord from an oppressed city called the Undercity (he calls it Zaun), and he rose to power using drugs, gangs and violence. He will do just about anything for his goals of a free undercity. His biggest weak spot is his adoptive daughter, Jinx.

Abilities: He is a normal human with normal human abilities.

Plans: Currently, he is taking over and setting up businesses in Aldrip and even Rumpitur. He owns the flower shop and two restaurants in Aldrip, and he has been selling medical supplies to Rumpitur. He also has recently been taken for sentencing, and his beef with the Council in Aldrip has increased to the point where he's probably going to have a mission paid for to bomb the City Hall. He also would like to put a hit on Jerry and the Council, but he doesn't yet have the resources for that but please feel free to sign up.

???:

[quizpersona]

Bombing AND assassination attempts you say? I might know a guy who is so good at that.

[conflictresolution]

I might know a guy who would pay handsomely for those skills and all attempts.

[quizpersona]

If anything he'd do it because he's so philosophically against whoever is running this place after so long but also it might be funny so Gogol might even do that for free

Silco would have to do some clown wrangling though (he's so good at his job but so difficult to Control)

[skelters]

i am excited to hit silco up with vash, i think it would be fun to pit his idealistic worldview against silco's realistic no scruples actions.... also i just love silco and i cried like a baby at the end of that ep so im also just personally thirsty for this cr. please give vash a job, mr. many business owner!

[conflictresolution]

I feel like there are big opportunities for manipulation here, but yes, Silco would be disgusted by his continual optimism. Yes, that ending hit so many people right in the feels, and I am so excited for Season 2.

Oh, he will give you a job alright.

[skelters]

YESSSS im honestly so excited to see how much and how far vash would be willing to take silco for his word with all that before he is like .... wait a minute ...

Super stoked to bother the old guy with another (technically) old(er) guy!!

[heartstopping]

bombing and assassination......this sounds like a much easier way to make money than some of the other work available....

[conflictresolution]

Yes, but there needs to be a place left after all the bombing, so we need to invest in infrastructure first

[heartstopping]

ok that's already too high-level for rolo, just give him a task and pay him

[cursegod]

Would Silco be interested in getting involved with/taking advantage of Dara's starting a snek cult in Rumpland?

[conflictresolution]

Of course he would! There are very important social movements that happen with cults, and also they can hide illegal activities :D I've been meaning to tag Dara too!

[rebellions]

Need someone to blow shit up and kill the Council?? LOOK NO FURTHER Ragna's your man. And the best part is, he'll do it for free because he doesn't like them! (and/or to make Jinx happy)

[conflictresolution]

They really need to have a discussion about this violent will of his because Silco will 10,000% take him up on this. He just wants to be close enough to watch it all burn.

[rebellions]

He wouldn't be doing it for you anyway, old man /grumble grumble

[solitarysoul]

hello, yes, i would like to sign up for *check notes* fight the power and sticking it to the man

[conflictresolution]

Excellent, sign this contract with blood. It's not magic or anything; that's just the cost of working with Silco :D

[murderingjustice]

Akechi is extra SUS about Silco thanks to Vi's infodumb, while he doesn't really care about criminal activity in general he'd like to keep an eye on him. Also they do share similar interests when it comes to Council.

So. Keep your friends close and potential threats closer?

[conflictresolution]

There are two sides to every story, pal. They should definitely meet up; Silco doesn't want to declare open war on the Council publicly but he is always looking for people with similar opinions on the Council.

If that's the case, no wonder Akechi hangs around with Jinx. She's a big threat, ha ha!

[opheliac]

I slide on ur lap like a kitty cat.

I'm just commenting just to comment.

[conflictresolution]

Well hello there!

[strength_of_will]

lmao I love that meme picture for Silco

I'm going to have William contact Silco ICly soon with the results from his post last month but I've been told that Silco raided most of the glowing stones from the previous event. Since it seems the stones will be needed as part of a strategy to contain the rot, I wondered if Silco would be willing to negotiate giving some of them towards William's effort to kill/capture the big creature that attacked?

[conflictresolution]

Yes, that would be wonderful! He needs a pick-me-up for this month, so he would like to hear about the results of the poll XD And yes, Silco spent a lot of time in the caves and collected glowy rocks because he knows glowy things usually have uses. He's always willing to negotiate, especially after he realizes what the stones do :D

[earnedmystripes]

hello there!! i think silco and kotetsu could have some wild cr as fellow dads on extremely different sides of the law lkjsd

[conflictresolution]

Oh god, these two would be so interesting to have CR with. Both are SO stubborn with their personal convictions that it would like an unstoppable force meeting an immoveable object. Also comparing parenting styles.

This is something I never knew I needed until this very moment.