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Jul 21, 2016 21:31:43 GMT
Post by Justitia on Jul 21, 2016 21:31:43 GMT
So, because of the events of Julia meeting physis in their thread together, Julia is thinking of asking other people in the Initiative to actually do something about Arkham--- maybe organizing a group of heroes that patrol there on shifts or something, at least, for a start.
Now, I'm not sure how much this would be accepted by the Initiative higher-ups... so I guess I need the opinion of sheyda and I guess deads (since there are no other executives yet besides the former hahaha). And I guess I'm asking Deads too if this would cost Renown (I have plenty! /shot) I guess I'll tag michael too since she would probably ask him first? Well, maybe not necessarily...
If this is a viable possibility, then Julia will be asking heroes she knows if they would help her with it... basically the people she has managed to thread with! This includes Star Ryder, Perun, scarf, artemis, voodoo, YOSEI, KEEPER, Moon Rabbit, VALKYRIE, and RYOU, I believe, if I haven't missed anyone. Of course, other Initiative heroes might hear of it from these people or from someone else, and they might be interested too. This group will probably have a weird relationship with the Resolutionists, which could lead to all sorts of plotty conflict. It might even be because of the Resolutionists' emergence that this gets formed, which would be rather ironic.
Of course, if Julia is flat-out denied, she'll probably chafe with the restriction and get to considering the nature of the Initiative... and she may try again later XD ...which would mean that would mostly be character development on her end, although I guess she could still ask the heroes she knows to patrol there, if unofficially? If not she might slide down to vigilante eventually >.> XD
So yeah. I guess I need you tagged people's input, what you think about this, what your character would think about this.
Thanks in advance!
(And lol I tagged Toska three times here hahaha)
EDIT: MURDOC was saying something about how the Initiative can't do much about Arkham because of the Alliance, as well? So if this gets formed I guess they'll be dealing with them too... >.>
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Post by Perun on Jul 22, 2016 0:23:54 GMT
Zernebog would be game for helping Julia do something about Arkham! He'd be even more game if Keeper were also joining into the fray, but I'd wait for Accel to speak up on that part about that. It might tie into Freemason stuff I honestly still need to write. I'll do that eventually. At the very least, it'll give him recon and stuff about the villains and help him learn more about the darker side of that area. That is, of course, if it's agreed upon.
If it's refused, well... how about an offer to join the Freemasons down along the line in order to be able to be more free of sorts to do what she feels she wants/needs to do, but at the cost of not being able to do it openly and only in disguise when acting on the part of that organization.
But basically that's my thoughts so far. If you wish, I can flesh 'em out more. Iron Maiden
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Post by scarf on Jul 23, 2016 2:52:12 GMT
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Jul 23, 2016 18:32:46 GMT
Post by molotov on Jul 23, 2016 18:32:46 GMT
Justitia MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE A VILLAIN IN MIND but would y'all also be up for an internal saboteur of this arkham patrol on the hero side? ;) molly has her reasons. i can go into them if you'd like but we can have a wee bit of suspense too!
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Jul 23, 2016 18:40:32 GMT
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Post by physis on Jul 23, 2016 18:40:32 GMT
i'm really interested in the possibility that justitia risks starting a war with the alliance, especially since illegal activity is such a backbone of the economy there. how big is the scope of this on an IC level? because i imagine that if the initiative actually got on this like a fully funded effort then the mafia/alliance will explode over their territory, and possibly in regular civilian zones as well.
i'm offering monkey as a villain. he might start a fight if the initiative really gets on his nerves, but otherwise he's just a businessman who has no qualms with illegal practices and flushing out heroes who stray too far in.
+ you can have artemis but... be warned, she'd probably make sport out of the patrol and injure a lot of criminals needlessly. bc re: sport
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Jul 23, 2016 18:46:52 GMT
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Post by molotov on Jul 23, 2016 18:46:52 GMT
ya molly is concerned about it flooding into other zones of kingsport and the us. YOU DON'T POP A ZIT IN HER OPINION
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Jul 23, 2016 18:53:21 GMT
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Post by physis on Jul 23, 2016 18:53:21 GMT
ya molly is concerned about it flooding into other zones of kingsport and the us. YOU DON'T POP A ZIT IN HER OPINION this could be a great PR campaign? to get the organic market shoppers to care even LESS about arkham "keep scum where scum belongs"
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Jul 23, 2016 19:00:37 GMT
Post by southpaw on Jul 23, 2016 19:00:37 GMT
sheyda would do his best to convince them that it's not in their best interests, but when they don't listen (as heroes like to, he finds), he would only hint to turning a blind eye to it as a favour. He would, however, make it clear that it's off the books and anything that happens within the public eye is theirs and theirs alone to deal with, and they will not any any help, public or private, from him or the initiative
howeverrrr, southpaw is a vigilante v protective of arkham, and would loathe heroes in arkham because they're so self-righteous and they left the residents alone to deal with the daily shit for this long, so read any sudden involvement as a threat. might be interesting \o/
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Jul 23, 2016 19:34:34 GMT
Post by Comic on Jul 23, 2016 19:34:34 GMT
It is 100% likely that the mafia would hire people like Comic to deal with anyone messing around with the natural flow of Arkham because, even if it is a criminal landscape, it does have its own functioning society and economy that relies on the criminal elements being in control. For better or worse, the Alliance - as well as the gangs and the mafia bosses - actually care and invest into Arkham.
So, in short, expect Comic to be thrown at anyone as a human wrecking ball. Its likely she'll be assigned to work with other people, too.
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Jul 23, 2016 21:04:28 GMT
Post by VALKYRIE on Jul 23, 2016 21:04:28 GMT
Thalia's support depends a lot on when Julia times this? I think she would be very Pro this in terms of "it is right to try and help Arkham" and she would be a big support in terms of welfare/alternate ways of helping Arkham, but if it comes in the middle of Phoenix she's a little tied up. Otherwise I can see her getting behind this, yeah.
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Post by RYOU on Jul 24, 2016 3:29:10 GMT
Let's pool all our renown together and blast Arkham out of existence.
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Post by jack on Jul 24, 2016 8:02:37 GMT
idt jack will actually be happy about this, but he's just a civ so i doubt his opinion matters. i assume he'll actually start to dislike the initiative for messing around in arkham, where things have never settled down. he's a mafia-adopted kid so i think this is actually a Bad turn of events for him lmao. he might actually get along p well w/ southpaw in terms of pov i guess. also Comic, bc he might get asked to play messenger from mafia higher-ups? no one's actually playing the arkham mafia so ... iunno man.
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Jul 24, 2016 10:27:11 GMT
Post by Justitia on Jul 24, 2016 10:27:11 GMT
Wow, this response is staggering, and it didn't particularly trounce me, too! /kicks annoying recurring anxiety
So... from these posts...
Regarding allies(?):
- I guess Perun and scarf are in for the ride?
- Also, molotov is possibly joining... how will she internally sabotage stuff? Make the Initiative's name even worse in Arkham? XD
- Mrmmm, I expected as much from sheyda. That's nice of him to turn a blind eye... although I guess we'll be getting the backlash alone RIP Will the other executives have similar opinions? They're NPCs for the moment, though...
- Oooh, VALKYRIE's in. Yes, I think this will be happening after Phoenix, considering Julia's involved in that plot as well... she'll be a bit sad she couldn't do it sooner, but the Phoenix is quite the large threat, after all.
- Yeah, maybe I'll leave Artemis out of this haha /sweat
- RYOU What the heck.
Regarding opponents(?):
- physis... I believe it'll probably start out small, but just like with how Julia fights, well... once she gets pressured, she hits harder, so it might just come to that, although of course I don't know if the Initiative would support her in this. If it ever comes to that, well... Julia will probably be saddened by the indirect results of her actions, the response from the Alliance and the mafia, I mean, and become a bit jaded. What she'll do if it reaches a certain point of escalation... I'm still not quite sure.
- jack could be the prime example of adverse things happening in Arkham when heroes intervene? I dunno... (Then again she'll probably be like "Can't the Mafia earn things legally" or something >.>)
- And yay, we get to fight monkey and Comic. And possibly southpaw too... much like how this'll clash with the Resolutionists, anyway XD
Sooooo. It would be nice if we could get other Initiative employees and Arkham players for this, like kingpins and mafias. Don't know if that counts as a wanted ad, though... welp this is so large in scope Julia what were you thinking hahahaha
So, erm... deads and MURDOC... does this cost renown to start?
Anyway, thanks everyone for the reactions! Hopefully when I get to finish some threads we can put bits of this plot in motion! (Or I guess you can without me crey /shot)
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Jul 24, 2016 10:35:46 GMT
Post by jack on Jul 24, 2016 10:35:46 GMT
in general i've been playing the mafia as providers/suppliers of daily necessities at exorbitant prices 'cuz no one else would in arkham? but there could be like 30 diff mafia groups w/ diff rates and all so.
Jack can always go godzilla and level half of Arkham but it's not an option i want to pursue at the moment. maybe he'll just get fists that burn with the flames of life and creation or some shit, but i don't really know yet.
he's really your average civilian guy trying to live normally and somehow ending up caught in this mess, so if you ever need a supporting char or someone to npc civilians and/or random mafia mooks, i can do it. he does want to straighten his life out but idt it's ever going to happen now lmao ...
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Jul 24, 2016 15:09:34 GMT
Post by molotov on Jul 24, 2016 15:09:34 GMT
Justitia yess + a little more & only if you want lovely! my proposition is molly would play a slight antagonist role to the patrol as she thinks what they're doing is wrong bc of her own views + justicar. so she'd cut off what little funding they can scrabble together off the books & stir up rivalries with vigilantes in the area, etc. maybe join in the beginning but it will become clear very quickly that, um, she's up to no good.
just a little bit of an opponent here too!
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