Gathering those Plot Bunnies [very end of week two]

[ninjayeehaw]

Alright, so - never thought I'd be sayin' this, but - thanks t'Zed, I think I got a workin' idea 'f what's been happenin' behind the scenes here.

'cos without him, Yakumo wouldn't a' gotten turned back into an Investigator. First thing he done did was find me an' tell me how the Titans're throwin' a coup a' the gods. He ain't got too much info yet - turns out storm spirits ain't got the greatest sense a' focus - but at least one a' them's a Traveller, that English wizard guy.

[you know, the other one]

An' Galen, Tachibana's overlay, said that when he went t'go talk t'em earlier--

[And a memory of Galen's voice, sullenly furious, speaks.]

"Something has bewitched the gods and dulled them to blindness. For the barest fleeting moment there was intelligence in Apollo's eye, but it dulled like embers in ice, leaving only disinterested arrogance in its wake."

[And then back to Kinji's own.]

--so they're doin' somethin' directly t'mess with the gods an' make 'em complacent in their own demise.

So here's where it gets tricky. Yakumo thinks he can get me an in with the Titans - the storm spirits seem t'have all taken a likin' t'me, and they're already in on whatever the hell this plan is with the Titans, so unless there's any volunteers, I'll be goin' an sneakin' into that.

An' that means somebody else oughta try goin' back up the mountain t'try an' talk some sense into the gods. An' I reckon y'all might be able t'do that with some kinda skill that can clear their minds. I know there's a Song fer that, I can pass that on if'n someone needs it, but there's gotta be other ways that work better. If teleportin' or climbin's too far, I can make some kites an' Yakumo an' the other storm spirits can fly people up the mountain. It ain't too safe but it's a right sight faster than teleportin' or climbin' on foot.



...so. Thoughts?

Comments

[ninjayeehaw]

That'd be mighty useful. I ain't got too much in the way a' psychic skills, but there's gotta be somethin' besides Clearin' the Mind that oughta be able t'help 'em out.

[And not just because he's still uncomfortable enough with Song that he doesn't want to actually teach it.]

An' usin' Song means people can't actually talk, so it'd be harder logistics-wise.

[professorwolf]

Well, you'd have to do your singing in concert with another person, I imagine, to handle the talking for you. Though perhaps clearing their heads might be enough to make them realize, themselves, that something is off.

Do we have any leads on who exactly are the titans behind this? Besides Matthew, I mean. It's entirely possible others involved are also Travelers, someone we know, since in many cases like this important roles are taken up by people the Arcana can manipulate to some extent.

[seestheworld]

Shinjiro Aragaki's overlay seems to be providing 'protection' for people who seem likely to end up facing gods at some point, so I'm going to guess he's one of them. Which titan he might be, I'm not sure.

[professorwolf]

I don't suppose knowing which titans from mythology they are really matters. We just need to discover their motives and methods, and perhaps also their morals? If Naoki is correct and the goal here is in fact to overthrow the gods, I want to make sure we're replacing them with someone decent, or else not replacing them at all.