COTERIE INTERACTIONS (IC) - CHAPTER I

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COTERIE INTERACTIONS

NAVIGATION

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RULES/FAQ

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COTERIES

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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

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[ Silently, Viper nods while Lloyd talks, acknowledging and also seemingly agreeing with him in a that sounds familiar sort of way. By the end of it, there's a furrow between her eyebrows that tips past the point of concern into something... slightly more emotionally invested. In a frustratedly sympathetic sort of way, maybe. ]

Damn. Yeah. Sounds about right. Hard to say just how bad you got it until I see it in action—an' I will soon enough. But in the meantime, we're gonna operate like you're as much a ticking time bomb as I ever was and act accordingly. Plan for the worst, hope for the best, or... whatever.

[ Something something optimism. ]

I will say, I dunno how much is the curse and how much is the incense. Regular folk turn into monsters, too, yanno. And you were right to be ticked off, the hell you think breathing is gonna do around here? You need to know how to control it. Learn when it's taking hold of you and steer it someplace useful. Weaponize it, I guess is what I'm tryin' to say. Without lettin' it consume you.