[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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[goldendeceiver]

[ Can Gen show up next, and use his earth magic to create a hole in the ground for Ernesto to crawl into?

He's been in dire, life threatening situations where his smile and laugh looked more genuine and less weakly forced than they do right now. ]

I was thinking something a little more out of the normal for him, rather than in line with his usual personality.

[ Abel. Please. Please let that die forever. He's not begging, but his uncomfortable refusal to acknowledge it should be good enough. Please. ]

[inutilis]

[ ask Gen nicely enough and he might actually oblige that request to bury Ernesto (and Dokja, maybe? together?) forever... be careful what you wish for?

but Abel gives his friend a sideward smile, and he will indeed let it go. for now.

the future is perfectly fair game, for the record. ]

Mm... you saw it too, didn't you?

[ despite the easy smile at his lips, there is a tension belied in Abel's eyes; yes, Ernesto... he certainly saw the disquieting aura this particular Kenoma now possesses. ]

[goldendeceiver]

[ If they get Dokja involved in this mess, then Ernesto is dying for real forever. He's not sure he's ready to commit to full nonexistence with Dokja yet.

Ernesto's own smile smooths out into something easy now that Abel isn't teasing him, but his gaze is sharp as he stares at the space Eustace vacated some moments ago. ]

Mm... I guess we shouldn't be surprised that it'd happen for them too.

[ He looks at Abel now, figuring his meaning is clear. Just like they can see the stronger connection that Eustace is apparently feeling, the stronger connection the two of them achieved in reverse is just as apparent.

He wonders what Eustace will do with this information himself, considering he just saw two higher attuned Pleroma for the (discounted) price of one. ]

[inutilis]

[ Abel definitely catches his meaning and he lightly prods the glasses at his face, giving a quietly pensive hum in response. yes; it's troublesome... for as much as the priest might not fully grasp the Pleroma or Kenoma, one would be hard-pressed to see the Pleroma as anywhere near as volatile or dangerous a force as its counterpart.

the situation is becoming graver and graver by the day. ]

And that suggests it isn't just him who's growing... closer, to it.

[ to the Kenoma, and further from their reach. ]

[goldendeceiver]

[ There's a solid several seconds where Ernesto is silent, turning over the possible consequences in his mind, before he turns his attention to his spices. It's easier to deal with horrendous bullshit when you've got something to focus on, and replenishing his display at least offers him something to do as they dive into this disturbing line of conversation. ]

He's not even the most overtly supportive of the cause either.

[ Which makes him worry about what some of the others are looking like right now. ]