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

[namestrees]

[Sorry Hunter some of us are cursed snake children with rage issues and a strike reflex. It's whip-quick as he just instinctively bites, crunching down on Hunter's hand and staying latched there. Anyway, please continue, Viper.]

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You— you fucking— what!? Did you let her out??!

[ Just about every word is punctuated by a belabored breath thicker and wheezier than the last, as if she's already choking on dense smoke that hasn't even really begun to form in the room yet. She's got no time, patience, or energy for these kids biting each other or throwing out weak apologies with this much of a crisis on her hands, but that doesn't mean she doesn't still take a swing at them anyway.

Luckily for them, she's too weak for that to matter, but she does throw her body weight into them to push past after that nothing of a swat, staggering to get past and into the burning room. ]

Get out of the fucking way, you're going to get everybody in here killed!

[goldenscarred]

[Hunter's hand is bitten and he cries out uncharacteristically, his hands particularly sensitive to pain even through the leather of his gloves. He's quick to pull back his hand from Lloyd's mouth and then brings it close to his chest to soothe it. Not even a second after that, Viper's shouting, and he flinches, easily shoved out of the way by Viper as she makes her way down the hall to stop the fire and fix the barrier.

Does he stay and accept punishment? Does he run? She- technically- is the authority around here. But she's furious, and he doesn't know what kind of punishment she'd order. Lloyd seemed convinced it wouldn't be too bad, but he's beginning to doubt that, now. Running seems easier. Would make him a fugitive, though...]

[namestrees]

[He's shoved, and Hunter rips his hand back, and that's kind of the call to reality he needs, helping unblind him from, you know-- what's actually going on, as opposed to his simmering fury at dealing with that relic spirit. He does look to Hunter, first, wide-eyed for a moment as he mouths a quick 'sorry'-- but Viper is slumping forward, and everything is on fire so the real apologies will have to wait.]

No, of course not! She just started trying to bust herself out at us. [mostly because Lloyd pissed her off. But unlike Hunter, he doesn't slink back, instead following her to try and help... uh. Do whatever they've got to do to get this fire situation under control.]

I wanted to hear the other side of all this. Especially if people are thinking collecting them is bad news. GG's here because I needed him to get here fast enough.

[It's cool, bro, he's got your back.]

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[ She's not exactly Not Listening as she staggers into her room, now starting to be properly on fire, but their reasoning is the least of her concern. The blaze is manageable, or it should be, since it isn't very big just yet. It's just unfortunate that so much of the building is made of wood (which, yeah, silly her for not considering the possibility that some bullshit might happen that would cause fire to happen in here), as well as most of the furniture. Viper may need to practically crawl to get there, but she makes it to her bed to retrieve a folded-up heavy blanket to start beating the flames down with.

The real issue is the barrier, partially "melted" by the spirit's influence. Through whatever gaps the dissolution has created, incense is beginning to flow out and into the room, somehow distinguishable from the smoke. Viper is having a difficult time resolving both issues at once, and the more that barrier suffers, the more she seems to. Her scarf comes up over her nose and mouth, and she struggles to continue smothering the flames from where she's been brought to her knees. ]

Get—everyone out of the building. Now!!