⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 3

[ringleaders]

Who: Anyone, anywhere in Portland.
When: October 15st - 22th, 2017
Where: Still in Portland
What: As all sides of the struggle gradually become informed, and the awareness of outsiders begins to spread, Portland faces a critical question - what should be done with them? And who gets to decide?
Warnings: Individually marked!

THE WOLVES AMONG US↴ ► WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS: It's fairly common knowledge that October is a special month - Halloween has always been an excitable time in the supernatural community, because its during this month that the magical energies of Earth seem to disproportionately swell in power. This peeks on the 31st, and has every year for as long as anyone can remember. The holiday of Halloween is a byproduct of this, because the magical phenomenon has gone on for ages past. It's also a pretty common time for wizards to attempt bullshit shenanigans, and also when the Severing first came into effect. ► TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL: Towards the end of the week, Prudence Jaeger will be asking her angelic contacts for a pretty huge favour - she wants them to help her and some of her associates break into the Circle stronghold that the visiting Council members are staying at. It seems that they have some kind of macguffin item that will be needed to crack the barrier cutting off the Earth from the cosmos - and, to that end, allow the angels and mysterious outsiders to return to wherever they call home. ► THE PATH TO HELL: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Team Heaven isn't the only group to clue into the fact that the Circle has what they need. On the same night that the angels go in, so will Anath's army, as the arch demon finally arrives in the city just in time to join the party. Whether the angels and demons fight each other all the way or cooperate to achieve a mutual goal is up to them. ► WITH GOOD INTENTIONS: The Circle and Torchlight aren't all bad, okay? It's entirely possible that they are just acting in the best interest of humanity - unfortunately, that has resulted in them being pretty massive pricks recently, and now the payback for that is arriving on their doorstep. If you're a member of the Circle, you may or may not realize that anything is coming in time for you to prepare. (That will depend on your threads up to the end of the week.) However, once the fight starts, you'll be charge with defending the Councillors whether you like it or not, and Torchlight is getting pulled in as an unexpected ally to ensure their safety as well. Are you going to heed their call? Or is it time to split from the pack? ► BLOOD OF ICE AND FIRE: It's been made no secret that the Rose Queen isn't the only fae trying to pull back her lost changelings - now the Winter Court appears to be doing it, as well. More than a handful of changelings have gone missing over the last couple weeks, lost to both the thorns and agents of the Count. Whatever they're doing, it's also in competition with each other - Winter and Summer will be biting at each other's heels far more than normal, to the degree that it becomes clear they must have some competing objective in mind. Unfortunately for everyone else, that objective happens to conflict with the desires of just about everyone else. Fae are, by nature, opportunists. - ✪ - These are the major conflicts that will be coming to a head towards the end of Week 3. In the meantime, your actions will decide how certain elements are set up, and what the likelihood of success is for each group. Dice rolling handily won the opinion poll where we asked for the preferred method of conflict resolution, so that will be coming into effect a bit later on to determine who actually wins and loses, with advantages based on the choices made.

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⇨ DECLARATION OF ALLIANCES

[ringleaders]

If your character is actively helping out one of the following groups in the upcoming conflict, please tell me what their intent is as soon as you figure it out. You can also act on your own accord, but you'll need some backing before it accomplishes much. The options are:

1. Pru's Angels
2. Anath's Demons
3. The Circle/Torchlight
4. Summer Court Fae
5. Winter Court Fae

Taako

[tacosgay]

Taako is going to align himself with the demons, temporarily. His plan is to betray them whenever he finds it convenient, however, or they start doing shit that's a little too morally grey even for him.

Yugo

[bananaspeedrider]

Yugo's loyalty still lies with Pru's Angels and he won't see the demons as very trustworthy at all.

... Not just because they're demons.

[kingsroads]

Strange is ditching the Circle to support the Summer Court.

Carly

[insidescoop]

Nothing says 'you fucked up' like signing on for Anath's Demons-

Gongenzaka

[otoko]

when vampires side with ANGELS you know shit's goin down-

PRU'S ANGELS

[osteothropy]

Sans is helping the angels because they asked him to and what else is he supposed to do?

Pru's Angels

[pipers_son]

Because, really, fuck demons from now until forever.

and it's not like Joker has any better idea of what to do

Doll

[steadydollypegs]

Doll's aligning herself with Anath's Demons, because her demon master says so, dammit.

[amusicaladventure]

Ash is apparently supporting Pru's Angels -- though in practicality, her actions will benefit anyone trying to swipe the mysterious Circle artifact, as she is working from the inside to undo their protections and enable its theft.

Blue

[diamondsare]

Blue is tenatively supporting Anath's horde. So long as they don't mutilate or kill her son. If it seems actions will not only not really harm Rin but also angle him towards proper demony things, Blue's support may become genuine.

Zangetsu

[moonfang]

Is one with the angels because why the hell not

Rin

[flashover]

Is also tentatively for Anath's Demons. Because he wants to figure out what's going on and also his mom wants him to

Lambert

[whattaprick]

Neutral for the ritual, he's aligning either with the Beast +/- Earth Spirit (depending on how Peridot/Foster/Miko's investigation shakes out).

That being said, he's supporting efforts are underway to weaken the Rose Queen (helped Yuya with the rose spell, being dragged in RQ shenanigans by Rita probably) and has killed at least one Winter Court changeling trying to go for Childermass. At some point last week he talked Zangetsu into beating up some Circle mooks and kicked the ass of some minor demons going after a ghost, so basically the only people Lambert hasn't aggro'd some way are the angels...

Angels

[espigeon]

As if he'd side with anyone else.

[hippocarnival]

Yuya's aligning himself with the Angel's cause as well!

He's also involved in efforts to weaken the Summer court with the rose spell and helping Rita's attempts against the RQ.

Childermass

[atouts]

Neutral for the ritual (unless something abruptly changes and the Winter Court gets their hands on him). He is on Team Beast aka Team Mess Up the Summer Court currently.

ANGELS ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[dorkypantsuit]

But he can't fight and doesn't really intend on being at the battle. Still he will help with whatever like weapon/item/information gathering that he can.

ANGELS

[manycharms]

Marinette and her Patron will be supporting team Angel.

Snake and Axel

[small_reservations]

Axel will be (unwillingly) siding with the summer court, at least until his mind control is ended and he's filled in.

Snake will be siding with the demons. If Knotley's killed by an angel, however, and his soul freed, he will side with the earth spirit.