Touch Base: Conclusion OOC plotting.

[agogemod]

Soooo I guess the Shapers live to see another day.

Suffice to say, Chiron's sent out another message:

The final vote has been tallied; you have collectively decided to spare the Shapers by a two thirds margin. Please begin rounding them up immediately.

The DACTYL droids have been reprogrammed to identify them, though the software is a little patchy. It should work in most cases, however, and help you know where to cut into the walls and find nests. Please deposit the Shapers in the DACTYL interiors, where they'll be escorted to the main launch bay and ejected. We highly recommend doing this with at least one partner, and preferably in groups, should the Shapers attempt to send you to sleep in defense. In preparation for this, we've furnished the DACTYLs with shock rods for your defense. It will not hurt the Shapers, only send them unconscious long enough to be collected.

Anyone found to be using the shock rods on their fellow recruits will be sent to the brig.

This one is, like the last, posted as a bulletin and thus impossible to reply to directly. However, you can always contact him directly.

Any character who did not vote will find the entirety of this popping up constantly on their BCE for the next three days, and occasionally filling itself in on text boxes or showing up where messages are supposed to. Be careful, or your next sext will involve ancient Greek philosophy.

The final log for this plot will be going up on the 23rd, this Saturday. It will detail how the Shapers are rounded up, what happens, and more fun stuff like that.

Characters who opt not to follow the general will and kill Shapers instead will not be reprimanded. However, we'd like to know if your character is doing so, and how many they're killing, so please let us know below in the comments. Since sometimes you can't really tell how many tiny frog aliens your characters are going to kill until you get there, there isn't a due date on this one, just keep us posted, okay? It's important for... reasons.

One more thing: there are several characters planning on keeping a Shaper for themselves, for whatever reason. We kind of need to keep track of that, so please comment below to let us know. If you don't comment as such by the 23rd, your character can't keep a Shaper. Sorry, but we need to make sure our ducks are properly lined up.

Feel free to use this post to plot or plan for anything you want to in the coming log.

Comments

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

[agogemod]

[dipolar]

okay since ashitaka is likely getting his ass kicked, will hei be sent to the brig for using a "shock rod" (haha)? because i find this amusing and want to know your thoughts

[agogemod]

Sure!

The brig is really just a spare capsule with all the amenities stripped out that he can't leave by accessing his BCE, it's a mess of faulty wiring that was hastily made in anticipation for this happening. THANKS FOR PROVING GROTHIA'S CYNICISM RIGHT.

Hei could probably easily break out.... if he wanted to... Chiron will probs come and give him a Stern Talk tho.

[ryuji]

can we keep the shock rods

[byhand]

You can try.....

But they won't be ported with you off BASE for your next mission :(

Re: Questions? Comments? Concerns?

[chariotry]

When will the shaper problem be fixed, do you think? Will there be an announcement?

[agogemod]

Presumably around nowish, since people will have been cleaning up the shaper mess like they voted to do. The general log that went up on the 23rd was meant to herald that, but of course since it's the holidays people have been preoccupied. Handwave as you see fit, basically.

Also that icon is Worrying.

[fernbeleafer]

if keyleth kept trying to talk to them to the point of exhaustion would there be any flavor/effects i would have been able to torture her with???

so sorry for the abject tardiness (the end of the year has EATEN ME)! i fully understand if it's way too late to capitalize on this / yall need to focus on more current and forward moving stuff. just tell me to skedaddle <333

[agogemod]

Hey, no worries; this month's plot was meant to give everyone breathing room for the holidays. Would you mind extrapolating on how Keyleth would be trying to communicate with them? While we know D&D's mechanics, we're unfamiliar with Critical Role itself, and communicating verbally as opposed to telepathically would have different results, for example.

You can also find some information about the shapers here, which details their physical properties!

Did you kill a Shaper?

[agogemod]

When, how many, and what mood were you in when you did it? If possible, link threads.

[dorzalta]

Dany didn't but she kind of did by extension because her little nightmare face eating monster daughter was a naughty thing and ate it. Probably daintily burped up a wishbone.

[dipolar]

um yes, i haven't gotten to thread it out yet but hei went on a killing spree... the walls are metal and he's electric...

so: many. like, 20 before ashitaka, noctis, and akira stopped him. he was feeling paranoid, angry, scared, and super desperate. those are moods right? how many of these things are there because he can kill more i'm js.

[byhand]

the colony has like at least 1.5k

murder to your hearts content hei

but please stop using the cutesy icon when you do it jfc

[chariotry]

Murder lots please, i need that mana

also im sad.... I WANT AN EPIC BATTLE.

[excelsus]

Dorain can like...Siphon the mana off of their little deaths because he is a necromancer and that's what he does.

You know...waste not want not.

[scinlae]

10/10 morgana appreciates adores your murder spree hei

Did you keep a Shaper?

[agogemod]

How many? Where will you be keeping it? How will you be feeding it, and how often?

[fessus]

help me

Aka per Max's comment below, Achilles dropped a crazy amount of shapers into capsule 14. Over twenty. I can't live like this. Noctis can't live like this. Sending the majority off with the droids or otherwise removing them via whatever plots people come up with and dropping the number to, say, a manageable two or three sounds sensible if allowed. Please advise.

(also Akira and Noctis adopted one that was meant to be kept in solitude as an experiment, per commanders' wishes, but guess where it is. yes. capsule 14. how much trouble are we in.)

[agogemod]

im calling peta

[circumspector]

AKIRA..........................

NOCTIS.............


ACHILLES.........

[masque]

akira adopted one with noctis for experiment purposes to keep in capsule 14.

but...... lmao...............

[frogfractions]

Prelati will be keeping one in her room for about the two days it lasts until she gets bored and cuts it open. She'll be testing its blood and internal organs for any alchemical uses, and probably come up short, unless there's anything exceptional about its makeup. Then she'll probably eat it.

[chariotry]

Pls send ancient greek philosophy to everyone regardless of whether or not they voted.

SUFFFER!

Anyway, I'm ready to plot. Achilles has rounded up 20+ shapers and brought them to capsule 14. I'm not sure if Noctis is planning on keeping them, but he and Angel are going to be sleeping for a loooooong time.

[agogemod]

hmmmmm.

[hakanai]

I just wanted to say that Yoshitsugu likes Chiron even more now. The obnoxious method of punishing those who didn't vote is just beautiful.