COTERIE INTERACTIONS (IC) - CHAPTER I

[treasuremap]

COTERIE INTERACTIONS

NAVIGATION

✶

RULES/FAQ

✶

COTERIES

✶

LOCATIONS

The leader of each coterie, all colloquially known by the same name as their group—Jaguar, Eagle, Viper, and Salamander—will play a major role in the story, oftentimes appearing in events and even, during major plots, accompanying the player characters on their quests. While having constant access to them in threads would be difficult to keep track of and may lead to unfair advantages for some characters, and they will never directly comment to any network or log posts made in incensed or incenselogs, we do want to offer the opportunity for characters to interact with them. Therefore, with the exception of the aforementioned event posts where the NPCs might appear, all direct interactions with the coterie leaders can be done here. Simply comment below with the leader you'd like to interact with and whether it is in person or via medallion/journal in the subject line.

Note that it is fine to handwave minor interactions with the NPCs, such as in the case of exposition or receiving their quest orders, and you do not need to thread that out here nor ask permission from the mods. Relationships beyond passing familiarity as leader/subordinate cannot be handwaved however—in general, characters will not "build CR" with their leader to the degree they might with other characters in the game. They will still get to know them well over the course of the story, though.

Please also note that the NPCs are played by the mod team and are subject to the same tagging speed or question-answering expectations. We will respond as soon as we can!

Comments

[treasuremap]

We already are, aren't we?

[ Contentedly pouring himself another glass, but he doesn't start in on it right away. ]

Yes, of course! Show me.

[jinxs]

We are. I really like you, you know?

(which should be clear. actually calling him by his name, the physical affection, all the good stuff.

she jumps out of his back, reaching for her notebook to open it on their table.)

So, first of everything, energy. Electricity. We can generate it from the rivers, but there's the incense problem. I'm trying to work around that.

(to exemplify, she picks fishbones from her back, charging just enough so he sees the brightness and functioning of the gemstone within, dropping it back to her hip without firing.)

[treasuremap]

[ Eagle makes himself comfortable at the table, picking up his glass. Almost right away, he lets out a soft laugh. ]

I'm afraid you've lost me already. Lightning isn't my element of expertise. The incense typically gathers in higher density around the water in the lowlands, though, so it certainly is a pickle.

[jinxs]

Are you a magic person? Those are like, super complicated where I come from. I have a magic thing on me, but I can't share-- Hey, if I needed help, would you come? Check the rivers and stuff.

[treasuremap]

Heh, no, I'm not a mage. I'm not much for magic in the first place, but thank you for offering.

I would, but with the influx of refugees, I'm not sure when next I'll have the time for surveying. Oh, but I categorically won't tolerate being cooped up inside all day, so heading out to check the lakes and rivers sounds like as good an excuse as any for some fresh air.

[jinxs]

I'm more of a science person, myself? But here... I'm going to build from scratch. I've got two teachers, though, and they're both geniuses like me, so we might transform this place sooner or later. Be ready, I guess?

I'll let you know, it might take a while for that to get out of the paper anyway. We're working on a forge, so I can feed Pow-Pow here. Oh, which reminds me, weren't we going to explode some things?

[treasuremap]

I look forward to seeing what you're capable of! But in the meantime, yes, I do recall making plans to unleash a little fury together. Given the circumstances, I suppose it'd be best to do it away from the cities... although it would certainly give these tired people a wakeup call. I'm not so sure they'd appreciate it the way they should, after what just happened.

[ A somewhat sardonic smile as he drains his glass again. ]

To that end, what say we find a particularly nasty monster to lay waste to?

[jinxs]

(oh, the smile she gives him is nothing short of beaming, and promptly, she stands up, gun spinning around her finger as she takes the bottle with her with the other hand for a large gulp.)

Show the way.