Possession is 9/10 of the law

[raavashing]

Characters: Anyone helping Wan attempt to counter-possess Asti; Malicant
Date: Sat. 10/25
Location: Various TBD
Situation: Wan is attempting to possess Asti; others are acting as distractions/helping power boost
Warnings/Rating: Will post them in subject lines when/if needed

The log is going to be broken up between the following Event 'points' just to manage them easier:

Pre-Possession Power-Up (Mingle for those powering up Wan before his group heads to the Turtle's Head)
Pre-Distraction Meet-Up (Mingle for the distraction teams to finalize tactics or throw caution to the wind)
Possession Attempt (The actual possession attempt)
Distraction Group One (Headed up by Dante, this group is going to be dealing with the cultists directly)
Distraction Group Two (Network distraction group and/or different group of cultists)
End of the Day (for people to deal with the fallout of the event if they want to do so in this log)

ANYONE can tag in and take part in any of the threads except the Possession Attempt itself - that's closed to Wan, Valdis, Zuko, and Katara so the group is small and less easily noticed.

Comments

[highprofilerichkid]

Tony keeps a totally straight face.

"Try 'stoichiometry' and 'bilunabirotunda' and 'zitterbewegung'. I've seen those make people run screaming from a room."

[royalguard_style]

"I really hope those are words you just made up." Though they aren't.

"Well, if that matters settled, we better decide who's going where."

[highprofilerichkid]

"Oh, I've got more. Those aren't even the worst ones." But they do still have business to get down to, so he lets the joke lie for now.

"I can go anywhere you want me. The cultists aren't going to be able to do much to me with knives, so I can run defense if anybody without armor needs backup."

[royalguard_style]

"From what I understand, that's just about everyone on this turtle." Dante explained.

[highprofilerichkid]

"Isn't there anybody who can make..." he waves his handa vaguely, "magic force fields or something? Mutants with impervious skin? Does anyone even have regular armor? There's got to be a couple people here with defensive abilities."

[royalguard_style]

"I have a few tricks up my sleeve in case things go wrong." Dante left that intentionally vague. "But otherwise, sounds like we're relying on healers to take care of that kind of thing."

[highprofilerichkid]

"So instead of not getting stabbed, we're counting on healers to fix people after they get stabbed. Well, there's no way that could go wrong. I think somebody should have told Eshai and Evandau that you're not supposed to load your party with glass cannons and skimp out on tanks."

Currently, the best tank on the field (aka the Mandarin, bearer of the Lisa Frank Costume Jewelry of Ultimate Cosmic Power) is on console duty, loading up the virus that Tony had given him. In retrospect, this may have been a tactical error.

[royalguard_style]

"I never said that. But most of the folks here rely on being evasive. Besides, considering how good Evanadu was at his job, it's a miracle most of us can fight."

If basically anyone but Dante (Aka the idiot who keeps getting away with being utterly reckless because of his smarter friends and daddy's demonic powers) had been in charge, such tactical errors could have been avoided. But as it stands, it's a miracle that other people have even shown up.

[highprofilerichkid]

Evasive, sure. "All right." Tony gives a 'well if people want to go and get themselves stabbed, that's their business' shrug. He'll do what he can and he'll help when he's asked to, but he's not anybody's babysitter.

"If everyone else is already doing their own thing and nobody's going to show up here, then I guess we're teaming up."

If they didn't come to the planning meeting, presumably they think they've already got everything under control. Hopefully they're right. Good luck on those evasive maneuvers, everybody.

[royalguard_style]

"Guess so. I'm sure someone else could use your help more, but then they should have shown up." Yep, those evasive maneuvers are going to work out great. There is no way that this could go horribly wrong.