[OOC] The Dark Beyond

[Estylwen]

So, it may be a good time for a gala...? Work party, bumping elbows...? Unless you had another idea on the setting for the future scenes.

Okay! We're just finishing up a collab with Subject #3, then we will proceed forward with the time skip! :>

[Lexisheeps]

I think a trip to Venice to see The Council might just be in order only to be stopped by HiveMind... or maybe Vonny is in Paris throwing an auction comprised of Thierry's artifacts that he's just recently acquired. Oh I can already feel the singed eyebrows!

[Days]

I don’t see cosy and Aurélie travel to venice 2 weeks after everytging, still recovering and stuff. But a gala, or a Louvre party because of something random like a presentation of an amazing new artifact.

Maybe something Theo worked on restoring, so everyone has a reason to go?

I assume dragon/nova would still be scheming/thinking of getting Stella. I was thinking after the jumpnNovs throws herselfon hearts of hearts research to try and see what she can do for Stella?

And/or those two could possibly be imvited as Cosy’s saviours?

[Lexisheeps]

We still have to get Cosy's memories back!

[Days]

The Cosy collab is on it’s way.

[Lexisheeps]

To get her memory back or just her body though?

[Days]

[Lexisheeps]

So I went back and reread some of White's post for context. I thought it would be interesting to try and figure out where I misread or overthought, mostly out of curiosity. I now believe it's this:

she paused as her gaze flicked to Nick.

That caught my attention hard last time as well, but for whatever reason, I focused more on the speaking part. I think Nick would have stayed quiet, despite the part where she directly said things about him, if she hadn't given him a "You do stupid shit that harms this family too" sorta look. So he took it personally, despite her talking and aiming it to Thierry.

What a fascinating read, White!

I mean... I'm not a scheming sheepie or anything! Nope! Nuh-uh!
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[WhiteAngel25]

@Lexisheeps yeah that’s a my bad on my end. It was supposed to be directed at Thierry, not Nick. I forgot to add to have her look back at Thierry. My ADHD allows me to think I’ve typed my ideas but I don’t. I can edit it if necessary but Nick has already snapped so I thought I’d just leave it.

And thank you!

Nick’s POV is always interesting to read too. :)

[Lexisheeps]

@WhiteAngel25
Hey, it happens!

I honestly don't think any edits are necessary on your part and with the small edit I've already made in my post, thanks to @Days feedback of course, I think the reaction suits the situation very well and would like to keep both of our mishaps as part of our happy canon.

Nick was internally jealous of Sabrina before she started in on Thierry all the way through her rant at him. He wasn't fully paying attention to what Sabrina was saying. So it would make sense that he'd take it even more personally than normal. He comes across as an absent-minded asshole, which is very true to his character.

Thank you as well! And don't worry, Sabrina! Thierry will have a pov soon... *wink*

[Days]

I’m really excited to read and write it all!

As a proposal for the jump (unless Esty has made up her mind already)
It may be cool to go with the presentation of a artifact on display at the Louvre. Something Theo worked on restoring. It would mean like a fancy gala, and his family would be there to support him, giving everyone a reason to come. The gala wouldve been planned for a while in advance so everyone (aside from Auri) may have already agreed to come before all of the crap happened.

Maybe this artifact is something special, and galloes does something to crash the party? Everyone can interact?

This may also ensure that maybe Dragon and Nova are there, too, being invited by Sabrina and Cosy. Or they can be on their own Stella focussed path.

Just braindumping basically

[Estylwen]

A party crash may be exactly what we need... ;)

I'm down for pressing the emergency button at the Louvre, unless anyone had other ideas they wanted to pitch for chapter 3?

And I think Nova and Dragon can at least stay for the party, and then dive into their plans...? Up to you!

Von Galloes wants some father-daughter time alone. //nods matter-of-factly

[Lexisheeps]

I'm down for some emergency Louvre action, as always!

[Lexisheeps]

What if Vonny kidnaps Theo? I mean...

Nick still has the Mute augmentation annnnnd Vonny was after agents. Maybe Vonny doesn't just want Thierry's part of The Louvre anymore. Maybe he wants all of the Louvre? Every agent, every archeologist, every paper pusher. World domination sorta deal. It might have started off as a "You fucked with HiveMind!", but turns into, "I hold all the cards now."

Maybe he does it to try and coerce Louvre workers into feeling like they have no choice but to agree? Because if they don't, their families will be torn apart like Thierry's has been? Of course, I'm not saying it will necessarily work out in Vonny's favor...

But it could really push the energy crisis of the story forward, if Vonny still wants Dark Energy to be his supply source of income for the company. He might want to expand HiveMind and use Louvre agents to get the information about the energy. I'll admit this kinda feels very... Shinra Inc. in nature, but I'm not fully against this idea as long as we're only borrowing concepts.

Vonny could very well destroy HiveMind as there are many other societies and governments across the world. Do we even know what the Dark Energy does (besides the obvious) or where it comes from, or are we still working on that? I feel like I just opened a CAN OF WORMS. :U

[Estylwen]

HiveMind slowly devouring the Louvre? That does sound plausible, for sure. And Von Galloes does love a good kidnap.

And we are still working on what Dark Energy does and where it comes from. :>

(Good movie, btw.)

[Lexisheeps]

Yeah. It would take a long extended period as The Louvre has been around an extended period of time. Doesn't he though? xD I'm kind of curious to where it comes from, but I have no real ideas at the moment. It could be from an alien source that crashed into Earth eons ago or just be hyper coal dino poo for all I know.

(I love the original game and the movie, and the voices of the lifestream is amazing despite being fanmade, but beyond that, I feel like they're just milking a dead horse. I think the movie ended the story really well. I had hoped that if they were going to continue the story, they'd focus on Shinra, Rufus and the Turks in particular, rather than Cloud's party... ranty ranty rofl)

[Days]

Auri also still has her augmentation. Though I’m sure they’re trying to see how they can fix it for both of them, but haven’t yet?

Leave Theo alone 😭 Nah I’m fine with it if it’s good for the plot

For Dragon and Nova, I don’t know. Both care about Stella and I think their focus would be on her, so I don’t know what @WhiteAngel25 thinks? ❤️

[Lexisheeps]

#LeaveBritneyTheoalone

Dude, that's right! Damn. This poor family tho! D':

[Estylwen]

I'll give some information IC-wise about the augmentations and some ways to fix them. :>

If Dragon and Nova want to start up a rescue mission, I can also give some information IC-wise on that too!

[Days]

Nice!

My plan for Nova is related to throwing herself on hearts of hearts/Dark Energy research while awaiting for some type of way to save Stella, which maybe comes through Dragon?