Guardian Angel Haruki

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

You could just have him come out and say it. Especially if he has the Insight to realize that Brutrumukk is weighing his options.

@rush99999

I could...

But...that could also spoil the reveal/surprise a little later on in this segment...

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

Hmmm...How to answer Brutrumukk's question, without being blatantly obvious...Hmmm...

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

OOC

Everything A Nail is a go with a Neutral result.

Emily listens as the man introduces himself as Ray Simonsen, an agent for some unknown organization that deals with sensitive cases, such as the unknown creature that fled to the kitchen. She looks to Ashley when she mentions the gas leak, giving a small smile to her. Thanks to her, she had an idea. Thanks to her mastery of writing stories, she had an idea on how to appeal to a person's sense of humanity, and care for their fellows.

Emily answers the man, "You may call me the Writer for now. Agent Simonsen, are you truly an agent, or are you a mindless zealot, bending to the will of a cult without question?"

She then explains with a chuckle, "As Ashley mentioned, there's a gas leak. Or at least, that's what the Head Waitress told everyone in order to get both customers and employees to evacuate this diner before both of your arrivals,"

She then gave the Agent a hard stare through the ceremonial mask, "Do you realize that if we had not interfered and warned the Head Waitress, you would have incinerated every living soul in this diner just to accomplish your mission? What kind of justice permits sacrificing innocent lives in order to see a mission done?"

Alas, her skill doesn't completely translate in this situation: There is still the element of unpredictability. One may think that upon hearing this revelation, they may think of their actions carefully and change their ways. But...there are people who double down on their beliefs upon realizing that they are in a cult, and refuse to listen to reason.

There is a chance that Agent Simonsen may be such a person and not listen to her...Emily could feel that worry chew away at her.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@Guardian Angel Haruki to clarify--when you Push Yourself, you have to take whatever the next card you draw is. Do you still wanna do that, or just take Death?

@ctrlsaltdel

Oh I see. ^^"
Let's just take Death then.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@Guardian Angel Haruki Whoops, sorry, I overlooked your reply at first. No, I think we're pretty much on the same page there =) Your ELE is 2, but you have -1 Forward, so your card is:

Death - Neutral - Something ends, and something else begins

Death is The Crow's resonant card; if you want to try drawing another card, you can push yourself at the cost of ticking the Phantom Clock.

@ctrlsaltdel

No worries, it happens. ^_^
I'll go ahead and try the Push Yourself action. ^^"
If the card drawn is Negative, I'll take the Death Card. (Sorry Fellsing. ^^")

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

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@Guardian Angel Haruki hm, out of those two I think Everything is a Nail definitely fits better--do you have any specific ideas as to how mastery of writing stories could help her out here? if not i have some thoughts, but if you already have something in mind i'd like to hear that first.

@ctrlsaltdel

I was thinking her mastery of writing stories would help her communicate effectively on how the Agent is the bad guy here, even though he is the hero in his own story, by pointing out the following:

1) The creature he was chasing is clearly scared out of its wits, and the agent plans to kill it.
2) If the diners were still here, he would have killed them just to get at said creature.
3) If this is what his agency requires him to do for justice's sake, then what kind of justice is he fighting for? Is it really worth it to him?

I'm definitely interested in hearing your thoughts. ^_^

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@ctrlsaltdel Could Emily do Reveal Your Master Plan to cow and guilt the Agent? Basically letting him know that if the group hadn't interfered and prepared for his and the creature's arrival, a lot of innocent people would have died. I'm hoping as a result, this agent would doubt his being part of this agency he's working for.

Would Virtuoso's Everything A Nail work if not Reveal Your Master Plan?

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@ctrlsaltdel I took out the threaten action out of the post. For now, I think she’s still going to be ready to douse anything flaming with the fire extinguisher.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@Guardian Angel Haruki that last move sounds to me like a Threaten, where the thing you want him to do is stop reaching for his gun and identify himself, and what you're threatening him with is a face full of firefighting foam. That said, your POW is 1 and you currently have -1 Forward from your last move, so you'll have to Push Yourself and tick the Phantom Clock to draw. Sounds good, or you want to do something else?

@ctrlsaltdel

Err...I'll think of something else and edit my post. ^^"

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

You guys are supposed to use the fire extinguisher on the creature

@Digmata

O_O I thought that was for the explosive persona of the guy who's talking to us now.