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[Dutch]

Hey guys, wanted to toss this up so we can all get on the same page/hammer out any little details.

I'll start with a couple notes:

Due to there being no Republic Military PC's that signed up, I'm tossing in a Republic Spec Ops Captain. Just so they have a face to the military involved. I'm willing to play him, but if one of ya'll wants to, I'll just give ya the rundown on Cpt. Thrast and his jank.

Also, if there's anything we need to know about your character/something you'd like to do/see with them, best place to let it known is here. I personally can roll with just about anything ya'll want.

This is gonna be fun

So... discuss!

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Meira | DreadPirateMike | Pembleton

[Meira]

heeeeeeeeey, soooo I sorta had this idea that I've discussed somewhat with Dutch. Since he speaks Meira, I think he understood what I was going for, so we'll see if I can transfer the essence of my idea into intelligible print for all to read.

So let's start with where and how this is gonna kick off:

Jessoin was identified by the Republic on Prazhi. A request was sent to the Blades and some members were dispatched to apprehend him. However, Jessoin defeated one and severely wounded the other, leaving him for dead. That second Jedi calls in for reinforcements and a number of soldiers are assembled to go after him, including Captain Thrast who requests more Jedi help. Since there are no other Blades Jedi in the area, and Jessoin has proven himself to be a handful, the three Jedi who ARE in the area are contacted for help.

Now, I don't know about your characters, but Meira happens to be quite against the idea of the Blades, and so doing this will affect how she is throughout the thread. I'm excited to explore this element.

Anywho, when the three show up with the soldiers, Jessoin surrenders and he's brought to the ship where the thread starts. Jessoin will be held in a cell that has next to nothing in it, perhaps a cot. Three walls are thick, impenetrable star wars super metal stuff.... or whatever, and one entire wall is a ray shield. Now, Jessoin is to be guarded at all times, both by a Jedi and some soldiers. This is where my idea comes into play.

I was thinking that the Jedi divide their time into shifts. With this set up, one Jedi would be in to room where Jessoin's cell is located and that writer would be interacting with Dutch however the two decide to have their characters interact. The other two would be in some other area of the ship, like a commons or dormitory, or whatever. Those two also interact however.

Now, I imagined this playing out in 3 acts, each act consisting of one rotation of each Jedi on guard duty. This is not to say one post per rotation, because I imagine these interactions having a few back and forths each.

Dutch has stated to me that Jessoin will essentially be toying with the Jedi as best as he can throughout the experience, so I imagined a breakdown something like this:

act one: fairly lighthearted, the Jedi are resilient and Jessoin is "having fun"
act two: everything becomes darker or intense, Jessoin's taunting becomes more aggressive or whatever
act three: resolution of some type, which will depend on what it is you might want to explore with your character during this thread.

Bonus: how can we bring the soldiers into this? How do they react? What about Captain Thrast?

So that's the gist of my idea. What do y'all think?

Now, I already have an idea of what I want to explore with Meira. Namely: she's going to be revising her beliefs about the war and if/how the Jedi should be involved. Meira is usually a very upbeat and optimistic kinda character, so I'm looking forward to exploring this darker aspect. I've looked over Tem and Tesok and I imagine she will find lots of common ground in Tem's compassionate nature. With Tesok, I imagine she will be looking up to him as a model of resilience and strength.

So there's my thoughts... hopefully they're coherent.

[Pembleton]

That all sounds good to me. As for Tesok's role in the thread...Quite frankly, I think he's going to be most concerned about the mission, and he's not really self-conscious enough (or even smart enough, really) to let most of what Jessoin says get under his skin. With that in mind,I do think it'd be in-character for him to volunteer for the first watch with Jess, and sit down and try to interrogate him through the hail of snark that'll be inbound. I also think this would make the most sense in keeping with Meira's 3-act structure - Tesok is solid and unshakeable, but he also has a lot of dignity to him that I'm sure Jessoin would have a lot of lighthearted fun playing off of. Then, as we move on in shifts to the Jedi who are perhaps not as deeply-rooted as Tesok, he can amp it up to be a little more menacing. Thoughts?

As for the soldiers, the thing that strikes me is that Jedi are above really doing anything too bad to a prisoner, but a pissed-off (or even just mean/bored) soldier might not be. I think there's opportunities for Jess to taunt the soldiers into trying to hurt him and causing a little bit of dissension between the Jedi and the Soldiers, or even using it as a means for an escape attempt. There also may be a bit of comedy potential in that if one of the Jedi (Tesok, in my mind, would be a possible candidate) is really getting annoyed by him, they would probably refrain from doing anything TO Jess about it, but they might look the other way if a soldier were to give him a little shock from his stun cuffs or something on their way out.

[Dutch]

Before I say anything I'd like to hear from Charlie Sharper first :3

[Squee]

I'mnotpartofthisBUTI'MSTILLREALLYEXCITED.

That is all.

[Dutch]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zyjLyBp64

Charlie Sharper ... waiting on yoooooou...

[Dutch]

Aaaand Charlie Sharper was informed, and unfortunately due to lack of responses, he has been removed from this mission.

A spot has opened that means!

[DreadPirateMike]

Hey, guys! I told Dutch in the response to his PM that I'd chime in on this "later", and a few minutes later is still technically later. I actually do need to run down to work briefly to discuss some scheduling stuff with management, so I'll have to be relatively brief right now, but I should be free to discuss more at length later on.

Basically, I've looked over this thread, been informed of the open spot, and considered the 3 Act plan, and while I don't know for certain how much darkness or angst I can promise (Depends on how the RPing pans out, I suppose.), Jaidan Shatani COULD theoretically be a candidate for Act 2. He doesn't have that many issues these days, though I'll totally brainstorm about any POTENTIAL chinks in his armor. But he may be more willing than most to engage Jessoin in conversation of a not purely military nature, even to the point of a philosophical debate. It's a bit of light sparring, and Echani are all about the sparring.

The one thing that doesn't quite mesh with Meira's idea is that Jaidan IS a Blade. I don't know if that's a problem. But if throwing a Blade whose skin Jessoin may or may not be able to get under is a possibility, I could totally be down for this.

-Mike

[Dutch]

Hey bud, I'll go ahead and sign Jaidan up for the last spot. And Meira meant was that each person would have a roll in each act. I can already see Jai and Jess having some pretty epic banter, and part of the fun is him figuring out what /exactly/ would get under Jai's skin. Even if it is just a philosophical debate >3

I personally don't have an issue with him being a Blade. When Jessoin was taken, it was using /any/ Jedi in the area to assist. And the Blade's would still answer that sort of call I'd think, especially in regards to a war criminal.

[DreadPirateMike]

Well, cool beans. But yeah, I meant Jaidan might make a bit of sense in the second SHIFT. Or the third works too, depending how we want to play it. I was thinking that while the two Jedi not in the cell block with Jess would be interacting between themselves - And I do look forward to having to offer some sort of an explanation for a Jedi who objects to the Blades as an institution - I was thinking it might also make IC sense and add another element to it if they have some sort of feed, be it audio or visual. Or telepathic, actually. I see that Jessoin doesn't actually do much as far as telepathy, but I was thinking it might be sort of cool and Jedi-like if you have one Jedi watching him physically while the other two are concentrating their power to prevent any sort of mind trick shenanigans with the guards, and make sure they at least know it if someone tries to contact him telepathically. Or, some combination.

So, if Meira finds herself confused, re-evaluating her stance on all this, maybe Jaidan would volunteer to take the second watch, just to ensure she has more exposure, more of an idea what to expect before she goes to confront him in person?

Oh, and the idea of Jess trying to drive a wedge between the Jedi and the soldiers is an interesting one. Might have some potential humor about it in Jaidan's case. Obviously no guarantee of it, the Republic military being of fair size, but he may even have fought alongside some of these guys. Something like "Thrast? Dude, I play sabaac with that guy. We're not going to throw down for your amusement any time soon."

-Mike

[Dutch]

I'll wait for Meira and Pembleton before chiming in :3

[Meira]

The idea was really more for each Jedi to take a turn during each "act". So all three of them would have taken three turns. And I don't mean for the idea to be taken too literally. It just occurs to me that threads tend to lose structure as they progress as players try to figure out how to bring it about to the agreed on conclusion. I meant for this 3 act idea to just give the thread some general framework so that we aren't all wondering what to do when we get a few posts in.

Also, as far as Jaidan being part of the blades, what I had written was devised when Charlie was signed up and our three Jedi were not blades. So I based it around that. However, it's not set in stone by any means. If you want, we can say Jaidan was part of the original task force and survived, being the one that called for backup. Or he can happen to have been nearby when that back up call was sent, like Meira and Tesok. That's entirely up to you and I think whatever you decide will work. Having a member of the Blades on this trip would actually facilitate Meira's uncertainty about her conviction and could make for some interesting dialogue if you're willing.

Hope that clears things up!

[DreadPirateMike]

Ah, it surely does. As for whether Jaidan has already faced Jessoin in battle, it's an interesting idea, and one I should consider, but my thought just now is to go the second route, that he was just part of the cavalry. As far as the banter goes, it feels like it just leaves captor and captive on an even footing, if that makes sense.

And as I said before, I am more than willing to explore the clash of philosophies between Meira and Jaidan. Should be fun!

[Dutch]

Pembleton, got anything else you wanna add before I get this thread rolling?

Also, ya'll should decide what order ya'll wanna go in. I'll be happy no matter what ya'll decide.

[Dutch]

So... i'm hoping Pembleton isn't pulling a Charlie on us...

[DreadPirateMike]

That'd be a shame. I was looking forward to working with him.

As for posting order, if getting the thread rolling means you're doing the first post, I'd totally be willing to do the first one after that. I'd just need to have a sense of where Jessoin is and the general circumstances under which they catch up to him. Intercept him as he's trying to board a ship offworld, bust up an active mission...kick in the stall door as he's on the john, whatever. It's all good!

[Dutch]

Hopefully he'll roll around.

Posting order doesn't matter to me, I'm down for anything. If you want first watch, sounds fun to me.

As for how he was captured?

Meira can tell again :3

Nov 15, 2013 17:07:16 GMT -5 Meira said:

Jessoin was identified by the Republic on Prazhi. A request was sent to the Blades and some members were dispatched to apprehend him. However, Jessoin defeated one and severely wounded the other, leaving him for dead. That second Jedi calls in for reinforcements and a number of soldiers are assembled to go after him, including Captain Thrast who requests more Jedi help. Since there are no other Blades Jedi in the area, and Jessoin has proven himself to be a handful, the three Jedi who ARE in the area are contacted for help.

Now, I don't know about your characters, but Meira happens to be quite against the idea of the Blades, and so doing this will affect how she is throughout the thread. I'm excited to explore this element.

Anywho, when the three show up with the soldiers, Jessoin surrenders and he's brought to the ship where the thread starts. Jessoin will be held in a cell that has next to nothing in it, perhaps a cot. Three walls are thick, impenetrable star wars super metal stuff.... or whatever, and one entire wall is a ray shield. Now, Jessoin is to be guarded at all times, both by a Jedi and some soldiers. This is where my idea comes into play.

I was thinking that the Jedi divide their time into shifts. With this set up, one Jedi would be in to room where Jessoin's cell is located and that writer would be interacting with Dutch however the two decide to have their characters interact. The other two would be in some other area of the ship, like a commons or dormitory, or whatever. Those two also interact however.

So yeah, hopefully that clears it up a bit more. This thread takes place /after/ he is captured.

Also gonna PM Pembleton as well, find out wassup.

[Pembleton]

Speak of the lizard, and he shall appear. Eventually.

Sorry for the no-response, haven't had a lot of time to log in over the holiday, just got back to civilized internet-having country recently.

If you'd like to take first watch for Act I, Mike, I wouldn't be opposed. But I would also not mind if you wanted to let me go in first like I semi-proposed. Whichever idea you like better is fine with me.

[DreadPirateMike]

No, no. If you're to be around, then first watch is yours as proposed. I'll take second, if there are no objections from Meira. As for where the thread starts, d'oh. I totally knew that. In my defense, I was tired when I read that. New training at work. I've been running myself a little ragged. I'll find the energy when posting time comes though, not to worry!

[Dutch]

Gentlemen, gentlemen... it is all alright. Don't worry your pretty little heads, we're good.

So then, I'm to take it the watch order will be:

Tesok
Jaidan
Meira

Yes?