[open] some Kenoma come up to Godsblood the other day...

[baltimores]

WHO: Amos, Gen, Eustace, Childe, any Pleroma
WHAT: Amos wants a gun, Eustace wants to make a portal, and in order to make it happen they go to...
WHERE: Godsblood.
WHEN: Towards the end of Visoseri/start of Soviseri
WARNINGS: None, unless you count bullying of various Pleroma; will add as necessary


The content of this entry is intended to be an OOC explanation of what's going on to keep everyone up to speed; any characters who may be in Godsblood during this time period are free to top level or tag out. This is not an event and simply a unique instance that some characters are kinda sorta technically in enemy territory, which opens itself up to thread opportunities that would not otherwise be possible.

Basically: four Kenoma are journeying up to Godsblood, albeit not all together and through different means.

Amos and Gen will be arriving via a boat directly from Achamoth, and accordingly, will be outed as Kenoma Aions right from the get-go — the populace should know who they are, and word of their arrival would likely get around. Amos is there because he wants to build a higher quality gun than what they have in Achamoth and Godsblood is the place to do it; Gen is there to serve as backup/moral support/because they're friends, okay. Story plotting link here for more details.

Eustace and Childe will be sneaking in via carriage from the Artisan shrine/a portal and will therefore not be known as Kenoma Aions upon entry to Godsblood — unless there are characters there who already know who they are, that is. Eustace is setting up a portal to facilitate travel between Achamoth and Godsblood. This is not public knowledge and non-Kenoma Aions/NPCs are unlikely to know about this. Story plotting link here for more details.

The mods have also provided some guidelines for how interactions could go between characters so that any Pleroma wouldn't necessarily have to out themselves as Aions when it comes to interacting with Amos or Gen, who are publicly declared as such. Highlighting what was said further down in Amos' plotting comment:

It wouldn't be unreasonable for a visiting Aion to be chatting up people within Godsblood so sharing a meal ... wouldn't be a dead give away, but it might tie them to the Aions on the rumor network if they do it in public. Whether they are just strangers Gen and Amos are dining with or whether they are connected to Achamoth won't be clear, but it would definitely have implications ... It's definitely a risk, at any rate.

As for meeting in a busy street or a public park the connection is still possible but a lot less likely, since the odds of them chatting up some rando in the park is a lot more likely than sitting down for dinner with them. It'd also be a lot more obvious if someone was spying on them, unlike a closed environment like a pub or eatery, so that'd probably be the safest option without going somewhere deserted or private.

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[baltimores]

[ Amos inclines his chin when Rand says he gets it, but it's so short-lived. As he continues, he lowers it again, looking at Rand head on, a rueful almost-smile that doesn't reach his eyes.

There's a lot of ways he could respond to that, to this little show of defiance in service of something else entirely. Then no, you don't actually get it. Because if Rand did, then he would come back with him. Or, You won't actually know until you try it. Amos isn't even entirely certain if he would have without that crucial step of having the Kenoma forcibly administered to him, or if he would've just latched onto people like Abel or Moiraine. People who had showed him kindness before; one who still is, even though he knows they're in the wrong.

But he knows Rand's just gonna give him some bullshit in response — same as this, just with different words. Some insistence that he does get it for reasons that are going to be beyond Amos' comprehension, if his reasoning even rings true. Or some bullshit about why would he try it.

(Rand's never taken in any of the Kenoma. The first Pleroma he'd met had fended it off, but Rand doesn't actually know what it's like; doesn't know if he's capable of fending it off. Only one way to find out, except that way isn't feasible right now.)

So instead, he just has a question. ]

If the wheel spun you out, then did it spin me out, too?

[ If his whole thing has been pre-determined to stop people like Amos, then it would've had to have made people like Amos to begin with, wouldn't it? Otherwise they'd just have a fucked up kid without a cause. ]

[dragonmount]

[ or maybe he'd been spun out in response to people like amos?? and — honestly, that probably is what moiraine would say. that and, yes, every person is a thread in the pattern. but rand just shakes his head. he doesn't exactly deflate, but the lack of immediate anger to that blatant defiance makes the tension unwind out of his shoulders just that much. ]

Light, I don't know. Maybe it's different for you, from another world.

[ it is necessarily different for amos, as far as rand's understanding of the world and the pattern works. there's only one dragon spun out in an age, a signal of the coming of the end, the Last Battle. but if rand isn't inclined to tell amos about the channeling, he absolutely isn't going to talk about being the dragon reborn. not today, anyway. ]

[baltimores]

[ Rand can playact defiance all he wants. As far as Amos is concerned he has the upper hand here; if Rand tries to make a move, he'll quash it, and justifiably at that.

Kind of a shame he clearly isn't going to do anything today though, judging by how his body slackens just enough to be an indicator. Amos blinks, his expression reverting to something neutral, his voice casual and just pointing out the obvious. ]

Sure put a lot of faith into something you don't know a whole lot about, don't you.

[ Like... get some standards, Martyr. ]

[dragonmount]

I know enough,

[ is said wearily. no, he's not picking a fight today. not anymore than he has already, at least. if amos didn't rise to that earlier provocation, then rand isn't going to push his luck any further. and besides, he really did get something out of this conversation, so

there's that. ]

Do you need anything else?

[ pitched louder than the conversation they've had so far. not loud, exactly, just more audible to anyone bustling around nearby who might be paying attention. slipping back into the act of being (1) random godsblood local who had the bad luck to pull the interest of one of these aions from achamoth. ]

[baltimores]

[ A raising of his eyebrows, a tilt of his head, an open and questioning expression. Sure you do. Know enough. Except from where Amos is standing, Rand just seems like a lost kid clinging to the one thing that'll keep him straight.

Which is actually incredibly relatable. It really is a shame he wasn't able to nab him the first time around. He really could've helped.

The crack of a smile as Rand raises his voice just enough, widening as he finishes his question. ]

Nope. All good here. [ Amos keeps his tone the same, reaching up to give Rand a couple of little friendly pats on the shoulder, some light jostling in companionship. ] Still gonna be here another few days, I reckon. Maybe I'll run into you again. Maybe it'll be some place you'll be able to show me that sword after all.

[ Just keeping up pretences. He gives Rand one last look, nods, and makes his way elsewhere down port, to where his own ship from Achamoth is docked. ]