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The Lost Mods ([personal profile] thelostmods) wrote in [community profile] wethelostooc2019-07-20 03:47 pm
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Event: The Leopard's Spots (Update #6)

With the shapeshifter captured, we have reached the home stretch! Please check out the new Part 4 starter for speaking with a very angry (but currently cooperative) cat. Time to clear up what's been going on!

Additionally, once your character has had a chance to get answers to their burning questions, please use this post for discussion of how your character(s) would like to resolve this situation. The two main questions to keep in mind are:

1. What does your character think should be done with the totem?

2. What does your character think should be done with the captured shapeshifter?


Please take your time finding out all the information you need to know in order to make those decisions. I'll keep an eye on this post and answer any logistical questions that come up. Thank you!


General Status Updates, July 25:

After the people of the Meadous have talked with Okota and the other NPCs, the general attitude of the NPCs is as follows:

1. Okota is becoming grudgingly willing to at least consider foregoing their attempt to revert their people to total savagery in favor of influencing the world in smaller ways, but they're clearly not thrilled about it and there's a clear risk that they'll go back to their old ways if left to their own devices.

2. Tawnya and Mitch are willing to take guardianship of Okota, but only if they have some way to keep a god in check. Summer is on board with a rehabilitation effort and will also assist. They acknowledge that a few of the points Okota has made about the negative effects of conformity and a move away from instinctive behavior are true, but on the whole they find her views extreme and are strongly opposed to her original plan.

3. Wyatt just wants to hide the totem, and can be persuaded to leave it in the Meadous.

4. Several players have suggested devices to help Mitch and Tawnya keep Okota in check. Currently those suggestions include a cage that can contain Okota in any form and a tracking device Okota can't remove. Each device would cost 1,000 wishing points; there will be another update on Saturday to gather points from any characters who want to contribute to one or more wishes.


The deadline for voting on solutions is Sunday, July 28, at 11:59 PST.

Update, July 29: Voting is now closed. Thank you all for your input!
telecosmetic: (hmm...)

[personal profile] telecosmetic 2019-07-26 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
1. Eliza thinks keeping the totem in the Meadous is for the best, but she does want Wyatt to have some way to keep in contact, to reassure him more. She'd ask Zephyr how much energy they'd need to keep a channel of communication open between the worlds.

2. She agrees with the parole plan, and thinks a communication channel might also be helpful here.
harmony_city: (Default)

[personal profile] harmony_city 2019-07-27 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
1. In order for letters to be passed between worlds, the gods of both worlds would need to cooperate--so they'd have to get Okota to agree to send them. I apologize for having the kids ask for that and making it seem like a potential condition for leaving the totem; it's not going to be something characters need to arrange in order to be able to keep the totem. If they can get Okota to send/receive letters there's no cost to doing so, and I will say that at present (at least given the general direction of the votes re: what to do with Okota so far) I don't expect communications to be entirely closed off.

2. Noted, thank you!
telecosmetic: (let me explain you a thing)

[personal profile] telecosmetic 2019-07-27 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
1. Eliza might point out that Okota does have people sympathetic to her in the Meadous, and she can also keep in contact with them if she keeps the communication lines open.
harmony_city: (Default)

[personal profile] harmony_city 2019-07-27 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
1. Okota points out that having people sympathetic to her in the Meadous hasn't helped her so far, but grudgingly indicates that she thinks it may be useful to communicate with them in future.
telecosmetic: (everything's gonna be fine)

[personal profile] telecosmetic 2019-07-28 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Less related, but Eliza would also like to tell Wyatt at some point that he was actually the one they were supposed to come and help. Since she knows he's upset about his prayer supposedly not being heard...she might even hug him if he's okay with it.

Oh, and after learning the totem still has some influence even on humans, she'd suggest wishing for some way to protect people from its influence.
Edited 2019-07-28 14:58 (UTC)
harmony_city: (Coyote - Wyatt Grayson-Bones)

[personal profile] harmony_city 2019-07-28 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Wyatt will accept a hug! And for the record, oocly, his call was what Zephyr heard.

With Okota's power imbued in the totem, it can't really be shielded or nullified. The options for preventing it from affecting anyone are:
1.) Put it where no one can get to it to touch it
2.) Destroy it, destroying that portion of Okota's power with it
3.) Okota says she can reabsorb its power, leaving it as nothing but an inert stone carving
telecosmetic: (hmm...)

[personal profile] telecosmetic 2019-07-28 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
For that third option, would it give Okota the power to affect people mentally again?
harmony_city: (Leopard - Okota)

[personal profile] harmony_city 2019-07-28 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Okota won't say so, but Summer strongly suspects that it would.
telecosmetic: (lecture mode)

[personal profile] telecosmetic 2019-07-29 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Once the pact option is brought up, Eliza will be willing to support that over the cage/tracker plan. Though she's still a bit annoyed at the people who just want to let Okota go without any way to guarantee her proper behavior.
harmony_city: (Coyote - Summer Grayson-Bones)

[personal profile] harmony_city 2019-07-29 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Noted! And Summer is pretty uneasy with the idea of an Okota without anything holding them back, too.