[Nightmares of the Second Age] The Daily Scribe

MrSerious said:
Isn't there a Celestial sorcery spell that permits scrying on distant places?
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There are quite a few. Some require arcane links, but not all do. Don't forget members of the Terrestrial Bureaucracy in Rathess. If someone wanted to do enough digging (and probably give out a lot of bribes/favors, given the general dislike the TB has Yu-Shan), they probably could find out.
 
I have no doubt whatsoever that the Bronze Faction has a pretty good idea of who we are. They have huge influence with the spirit courts of the west, they can summon demons and elementals to snoop around, they have countless celestial circle spells and artifacts, they have access to the other nearby gates and travelling spells.


That said, they don't know everything, and who we decide to bring does imply giving them information. I do, however, think that the message we send is more significant than the intel we give them.
 
If who we bring is about sending a message, then I think that going to the meeting with the original Yu-Shan party is for the best. It says "we are willing to negotiate", "we are willing to extend a measure of trust" and "we are not afraid" if we come back without any additional backup in light of an assassination attempt.
 
I want non-solars there to say "these guys aren't dicks to us," I would also like Whisper there so that we may speak with Lytek about the nature of Black Exaltation and show that we have a source of information and a weapon against the Deathlords.


Showing that we're not afraid of assassinations is all well and good, but if that policy gets us killed, it's not worth a whole lot, plus I'd like to have Aurora along so we can go to Ghataru with a general for his armies if things go south.


I don't have particularly strong feelings on bringing Ryu, on one hand his presence shows that we're serious about rebuilding, on the other he's not exactly the most diplomatic member of the circle ;) I'll leave it to your OOC wishes, MrSerious.
 
Let's wait on sending Whisper. It's better to first talk with Lytek about it and return with him if we get a green light than bring him to the meeting, I think. We don't know yet if bringing Abyssals to Yu-Shan is kosher, what with the connection to the Neverborn and all.
 
I'd hesitate on bringing Aurora. Having a big scary Dawn at the table doesn't set a proper atmosphere for negotiation ;)


Having Rin or Skadi along would be good for showing that "these guys aren't dicks to us", and I have to admit I'd love to see the reaction to Whisper, although I think it might end in a violent misunderstanding. Or three.
 
Mmm, fair, holding off with Whisper till we've talked to Lytek makes sense.


Bringing a big scary dawn is no worse than bring a big scary Chosen of Battles, which they probably will. And you know what they say, "you can get more of what you want with a kind word and a big scary Dawn, than you can with just a kind word."
 
Aurora will be going to Heaven regardless though, she needs to meet up with her celestial allies, if you don't want her at the meeting that's fine, but she will still go to Yu-Shan.


As for Whisper, I think the surprise value of such an action is what will give us an edge, it's a move they won't see coming.
 
As much as I'd love to have Aurora at the table to scare the crap out of them, we are trying to show how we're not using brute force to get out way like the First Age Solars. Seems counter productive to have her there doing that.
 
Skadi will also go, if she can get her hands on a guest pass. :P


She will try to deal with the remaining fae...by whatever means...first, tho.
 
[QUOTE="MaHaSuchi's700]Maybe Aurora can take Whisper to seek an audience with Lytek?

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I think we agreed to hold off on bringing Whisper to Lytek, although she definitely could bring up the subject with him.
 
Arynne said:
Skadi will also go, if she can get her hands on a guest pass. :P
She will try to deal with the remaining fae...by whatever means...first, tho.
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I definitely want Skadi there, 'cause she has Luna's favor. So she can have my guest pass.
 
Having Aurora along shows that we can handle the military threats posed by Deathlords, faeries and Malfeas. The Bronze Faction probably worries more about Eclipses and Twilights because they use Essence to manipulate mass populations and Creation itself. Killing people is trivial compared to the Salinan Working.
 
Yeah, I agree its a poor idea in general, but I think the worst part of it would be having to bring him to the meeting. While it doesn't eliminate notice of a Deathknight in Yu-Shan (by far the worst part), it does make sure that Chejop won't know about it immediately and therefore be able to respond. Who knows if he'll even be able to get past the gate, though... Asking will fix those concerns, admittedly.
 
Like I said, Aurora will go, she has people to meet in Heaven, and maybe it will be better if she does not attend the meeting, while all eyes on Heaven are focused on this gathering, she can move more or less unimpeded.
 
I've no problem with that, although she might want to keep some kind of rapid transit ability on hand in case things go south either at the meeting or back at Rathess.
 
JayTee said:
Having Rin or Skadi along would be good for showing that "these guys aren't dicks to us", and I have to admit I'd love to see the reaction to Whisper, although I think it might end in a violent misunderstanding. Or three.
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I don't think it matters who we bring to vouch for us. We're experienced Solars and they will fully expect at least one of us to be experienced in mind bending social-fu, therefore any testimony will be viewed through the lens of intense suspicion. The only way we'll prove that we're worth backing is with our deeds. It may even be that the Sidereals will only talk to us through proxies if they're frightened enough of what we can do.


I dont mind going, but I won't really be saying much and I dont know what I could contribute to such a meeting.
 
MrSerious said:
I dont mind going, but I won't really be saying much and I dont know what I could contribute to such a meeting.
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"Not all of us are murder hobos and mind rapists"?
 
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