an actual srsbsns post for once !

[pratentious]

Hey, guys! Faith here, that pesky mun behind Arthur Pendragon (pratentious) and River Tam (thoughts), and just recently appointed Odin (asgardswisdom)! There are a lot of awesome things coming up with the end of Arc 1 looming on the horizon, and I'm really excited to be working with you guys (as always, those of you that are familiar with me by now know I can gush for days about how much I love this game whoops).

That said, with the Darkness plot from last month and the Biological Warfare plot that's going down next week, things are picking up heat as we move closer to the foretold war. A lot of people have (ICly and OOCly) been discussing the prospect of facing this huge fight unprepared and unorganised, which is where this post comes in! I wanted to talk to you guys about the idea of finally formalising something like an army within the city's ranks.

Now, Arthur here has been seen running around, trying to gather people together during times of need in the hopes of defending whatever and wherever they can manage. He's been asked a handful of times ICly about whether or not he'll be heading up a militia of sorts, and now that the damage from the Darkness has mostly tided over, I want to hear from you guys first before he can start considering any in-game movements.

How would you feel about Arthur rounding up some of the more battle-oriented minds of Asgard to start recruiting for an official squad of Ass Guardians? This is not something I ever dreamt of organising coming into this game (seriously, you guys overwhelm me with how incredible you are, daily), so anything and everything will be done by your say-so. Arthur might be the Once and Future King, but he's not conquering squat here without permission from his buddies first. :'D

This is 100% open to discussion. The way I see it now, Arthur's plans would be to join rank with the trained military sorts that he's worked with previously or that answer his call to form a body of generals or captains, people that can lead smaller groups of Travellers as they volunteer - and this would be entirely volunteer based. I promise we're not bullying anyone into fighting a war they never asked for, homie don't play that. It would not be a body of government by any means, and they would have no power to dictate the movement or actions of the Travellers. Their one and only function would be to mobilise as a unit whenever the need arises to fight back what foul beasts set upon us by those rude Giants that hate happiness and sunshine and rainbows.

If you guys are okay with this, I'd ideally like to make it happen sometime during or after the BioWarfare plot, because Arthur has been put in charge of distributing that handy dandy immunization and will be once again asking for his able bodied allies to join him in saving the city. If not, I am forever open to alternatives and suggestions, and Arthur will still be doing his own small-scale thing with his friends where it's needed! October will be a busy month for us in preparing for The End of Days (judgment may or may not be nigh), so I'd love to hear what y'all think!

So! Open forum! Any and all feedback, opinions, and cake is welcome and encouraged!

Comments

[dragonspeak]

Merlin is here for whatever his king needs o7

[pratentious]

Of course he is. You don't have a choice in the matter.

[sicarius]

ARTHUR

HEY ARTHUR

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO FINALLY MEET AN ASSASSIN OF THE ORDER

[pratentious]

I WOULD LOVE TO FINALLY MEET AN ASS

ASS

IN

THE ORDER.

I mean of the Order, that's what I said, right? yes? okay. good.

[dragonspeak]

Okay, I should probably add something a little more substantial.


Merlin here is pretty used to rushing into battle alongside Arthur, and while he's pretty awful at the actual fighting bit without his magic, I was wondering if anyone would want to form a group to kind of go along with the army. Basically the medical unit, that can be called on to head into the warzone and help the people who are injured there. Healing on the field and healing in the hospital are fairly different--one being much more dangerous than the other, usually--so this would be completely voluntary, of course. If anyone's interested.

[pratentious]

I'm really glad you brought this up! This is one of the things I would lovesnerk) themselves in the midst of combat.

If Merlin headed this, that would kind of be perfect, since we have both sides of the coin here and it would make it a lot easier to coordinate between the army and the medics. This, of course, is entirely up to you medical sorts. I'm too busy being a manly man and flexing my muscles and stuff. :'D

[companioning]

I guess all three of my girls can help in their own ways.

Aeryn's got strength and is looking for things to punch.

Annie has healing. She can help with wounded, just as long as she doesn't have to fight ;-;

Umm Inara has charm so not really sure wtf she can do. BUT actually! She's pretty good with a bow and can fence. So, yeah. I was gonna say she could stand around looking pretty but then I remembered she's actually badass.

[pratentious]

Awesome, awesome. Having people that know how to fight is extremely important, but it's also a war and not a skirmish like the little battles we've fought thus far, so they'd have to be able to work in conjunction with the rest of the team, or at least be willing to learn how. There is a very veeery fine line between warrior and soldier, so if they'd be willing to learn to operate as a functioning unit, then that'd be spectacular.

As for Annie! Is she in any way involved with the hospital or the clinic? We will absolutely end up needing healers eventually, but I don't want her to have to throw herself into the middle of a war if she doesn't want to be there. orz

[veneficus]

YOU HAVE MY SWORD.

Two swords, even, since Prince Charming shall be the first to hop onto this train.

[dragonspeak]

AND MY BOW.

Merlin can actually say this without it being ironic now.

[whatagoodgirl]

Would the healers be involved in the army, or would they be left to organize themselves into their own unit? Because Nakama will always stand behind Arthur, but she's not fighting anymore :(

[pratentious]

lfmaskdjf Nakama ;A; Arthur will be glad to hear this, okay.

but yes! If you take a peek right up here, Kami mentioned something along those lines! As I said in my post, October is going to be a very busy month and we will be heading into the war mindset, trying to get things organised before Ragnarok smacks us in the face, so things like this will likely be formed one way or another in the coming days. If I get the players' consent to form this army, then we can get the ball rolling and start picking up things like a medical team, a supply team, things like that along the way, which will be the perfect set up for Oct. when this all starts coming to a head.

[dreamsonwings]

Sora is a Level Two Healer and will be around Merlin during the Biological Warfare thing but will definitely want to help out more afterwards.

Kira, despite being in the music house, is a power ranger so she does have experience in combat. She can use swords, daggers, and guns if needed since that was what she used back home.

[thoughts]

Merlin's a good go-to-guy for anything medical, because while Arthur has been advocating the powers, he hasn't been using them and knows next to nothing about them. Useless.

But yes, good. As long as she is okay with taking orders and working with others (which I assume she is because Power Ranger), then that'll work out just fine!

[samantha_grey]

Samantha is interested tentatively in something like this, given what she's said to Keine. She is, however, concerned about... I don't know... flying off the handle and turning into a crazed monster. Not good for troop morale.

But you get the idea.

[thoughts]

Haha Well, s'long as she hasn't got any plans of killing my men, I think we can find a place for her. The biggest factor is likely just going to be whether or not she's willing to follow orders/go wherever she's needed to go.

[writeswrongs]

Castle's... grumbly and tentative, but he might join up with this seeing as how Beckett probably will and he's at least realistic enough to know that his "somehow get out of this" plan isn't going to work. Alexis is here and he's willing to fight for her (and Beckett :3).

Beckett's probably going to train him in some hand to hand combat which will be hilarious and he knows how to use a gun. His power is telepathy. Not entirely sure how useful that will be other than maybe to read the enemy's mind and run left when they go right.

ETA: Forgot about my darling Spencer. He would be more useful behind the scenes working on strategy, perhaps helping the wounded. He's an FBI agent but he's not really a typical G-man type. That said, he also knows how to shoot a gun, but is probably not great at hand to hand combat.

This may be more of a, "what they'll do during disasters" post lol.

[thoughts]

lmfao poor Castle. Life's hard. As far as individual combat techniques go, I haven't thought that far yet. Lmfao. I want to get this established first, and then we can spend the month of October/early November getting everyone grouped and trained and at least moderately competent at guarding their asses.

Spencer should probably look into working with the hospital, in that case. I don't have any illusions that they'll be 100% safe and free from the battle, so they'll likely end up needing some people to defend it, at the worst. That'll all be coming up in October too, the mods have some Big Plans for organising everyone. C:

ahaha Yeeeah, I kinda noticed the same thing. XD but hey, I'll take that as you guys sayin' you're down to party, which works for me. I just want to be sure that people are comfortable with the idea before I actually do anything with it.

[hollowchild]

Sophie is absolutely a fighter, but she's also now a wee human-strength girl, and a lot of her combat abilities would be more suited to something like stealth roguing a strike force than organized battle formation. (She might also have a few issues with taking orders she doesn't understand from someone she doesn't trust, but that's a personal problem.)

Is there anything like that in the works?

[pratentious]

Not that I'm currently aware of, no! October is set as the designated war-preparation month, so a good chunk of it is going to be spent organising people and trying to get people ready for Ragnarok, so this could be something established then, if you wanted! Mostly, this specific instance is solely about formalising an army; it is by no means going to be the only standing organisation in the city.

So if that's something you're interested in and you want to keep it separated from this, you could probably work with the mods/playerbase in figuring out how that would work! Alternatively, we could try to incorporate that element into this somehow if you wanted. Is there anything in specific that you had in mind?

[bloodypocket]

While Eyes isn't usually among those who go barreling straight into battle, he can fight using firearms rather well, and can defend even better. It comes when your surrogate mother is a star member of the Special Forces and your half-brother is a trained killer... That said, he's used to fighting alongside others in a sort of underground war for survival, and has wanted a more mobilized plan to defend the city for a while anyway without any semblance of a governing body presiding over it.

What he does excel in is strategy, which entails having as few casualties as possible on his side and even more importantly, retreating alive if things become too dangerous. He's very dedicated to that goal and to keeping those who don't need to be involved out of the way. Power-wise he's in the music house as a Lvl. 2 Bardic Influence, though he doesn't actively or openly practice it.

[pratentious]

Ooh, excellent. We will need strategists for such a thing as this. As leader of Camelot's defenses and whatnot, Arthur is well versed in the matter, but you could hardly call it a wise battle with one man calling the shots. Depending on how many people express interest in this, I would ideally like to have one regiment assigned to one or two districts, with one strategist at the head of each to coordinate each division's actions in conjunction with the other leaders.

I don't know how many people are going to want in on this, so I can't say anything for certain, but it would be awesome to have Eyes' experience on hand. If this is something you might be interested in. C:

[falenandawn]

Frey here is sort-of, kind-of military- He's a prince, not formally trained, but he lead an army back home and led a unit of his own in battle for over a year's worth of time. He's got years more of fighting experience and a good deal of natural leadership skills, but is just as good about following someone as leading if they'll get the job done.

He's actually suggested patrols and groups like this before at times. Frey has been of the opinion Asgard needs more organized defense forces, so he'll be all for this.

[pratentious]

Yeah, Arthur's been hoping for something like this for some time. He's always had his Knights and his friends as their own special little squad, but he wanted something formal and coordinated, and after people asking him if he'd do it, well. More work for Faith, fuck yeah!

But this is very good to know. As I told Eyes-mun, depending on the amount of interest I get, we may need several leader-sorts to operate at the head and guide those that can fight but have no military experience. Right now everything is purely hypothetical, but I hope for this to be fairly structured and functional if it's to be of any use. It will be awesome to have trained and supportive folk jumping in on this.

[practicality]

If the other Pevensies minus Lucy :( are up for this, then consider Susan reluctantly signed in!

I've a question, though - will this mean that Arthur will be the leader of this military set-up?

[thoughts]

Essentially? Yes. He won't claim to be their high general or anything like that, but he will end up being the person gathering everyone together and establishing the guard. I don't think he'd want to give himself any more power or influence than any of the other captainesque positions, but he'd be the person at the head that started it all.

[royaltemplar]

Hey. Hey Arthur.

Hi.

Do you want a Templar for your army? He's pretty good with swords and stuff and is a total follower~ He'll be great!

[pratentious]

Hey.

Hi.

Hello.

Why don'tcha come right over here and show me whatcha can do with dem swords and I'll tell you how much I want you?

[doomfire]

HEY SO everybody else is saying the cool stuff so I have nothing good to add other than that O'Brien is totally up for this, and also Julie probably. But especially O'Brien, he's ridiculously experienced in everything military related and would probably be a huge help!!

[pratentious]

lmfkdfj This is still cool stuff, we would be glad to have him ! The more military-experienced people we have, the better. There are plenty of people that are versed in combat, but there is a vast difference between fighting and war. :'D

[defending]

1.) pretend that i'm on the right account

2.) count buffy in. she'd find out what he was doing and dive in headfirst anyway because well. he's. arthur and she's buffy. BUT. yep count her in.

3.) count ellen in too.

[thoughts]

yes good excellent all these things are diamonds

except for the account hdu

[minifridge]

Mary would actually like to be part of this, since with all the sparring/training she's done with Arthur she feels a lot more confident in her ability to defend herself and other people. She's grown really attached to Asgard, and would want to defend it. She's good at taking orders, as much as Arthur probably wouldn't believe it, and would follow him anywhere. :

[pratentious]

staaaap

[swedge]

Kate would be all for this. Just tell her where to stand and when to go, Arthur. You definitely already earned her trust, and in this case, her loyalty. c:

Jo would be a little harder to convince - not so much when it comes to Arthur or anything, but more so that she'd probably check to see what her mother and the rest of the TFW fam is doing. If she thinks she's needed, she'll definitely help out, but she wouldn't jump at the opportunity unless her mom or Sam or Dean were already all for it.

[pratentious]

lmfasjdlkfasdf omg Kate

Awbs has already said Ellen will be signing on, PR said to toss Sam and Daphne wherever as well, and I think Arthur might be asking Cas directly for help in establishing it, since he once gauged the city's interest in forming something like this. Totally up to you what you want to do with her, though, like I said - not pressuring anyone into this. Lol.

LATE AS FUCKKK

[accesses]

HEY ARTHUR

HEY ARTHUR

CAN ROBB JOIN THIS CLUB

HE'LL PLAY NICE

P R O M I S E

A KING IS NEVER LATE. HE ARRIVES PRECISELY WHEN HE MEANS TO or w/e that quote is idk

[pratentious]

YES PLEASE KINGBRO THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

[holmes_fanatic]

It is late and I am tired, but Conan's seen enough of Arthur in action to give him all the support he can including but not limited to:

- putting out the word. As Merlin can attest, Conan is a tireless info-bot/name-dropper.
- putting the resources of the F.U at Arthur and his teams disposal
-gathering, relaying and dissimating information in times of emergency
- being adorable
- producing dead bodies out of nowhere
- expositioning the hell out of any given situation
- in particular batteries.

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[pratentious]

I'LL TAKE THREE PLEASE AND THANK YOU

this comment made me cry from laughing so hard JSYK but anyway! This is all awesome and would be super appreciated, except for maybe the murder magnet bit cos gdi Conan, this is war, not a case!!!

[shutupmaggot]

I know I'm both late and new, but Albel was a head of a military branch back on his home world before Plot took over, and he'd be in for it, particularly since he's going to be smack dab in the middle of one of those gas clouds and is not going to be happy about it.

That is, y'know, if you don't have enough people already... /hides...

[pratentious]

lmfksdjf no, not at all! this is also only a sort of ... preemptive post, if you will, so I'll be taking in even more people later on as well. you've nothing to worry about. C:

but yes, that'd be brilliant to have. Arthur ICly only knows of two or three people that might be good for a leadership role, so he'd need time to just sort of sit down and talk to people and see what they're about before putting them in charge of the masses.

[deputychief]

shit I'm late, but Itsuki would be willing to see what tactical ideas he can remember / come up with I MEAN help out for the good of city and people...

[pratentious]

not late at all! I'm planning on keeping the post open indefinitely, and will be making future ones for even more people later on. C:

lmfao Itsuki, such a humanitarian. :'D

[lassos]

idk how I missed this, but!! Yes, Diana would definitely be on board for this. She's capable of everything from fighting to leadership, since she comes from a very war-minded people, haha.

[pratentious]

dude, fuck yeah. can we have a fangasm moment here to gush over Wonder Woman fighting alongside King Arthur? this is magic.

anywho. there's a lot of character interest for those with leadership experience, so we'll have to put some more consideration into how exactly we choose people to lead the divisions. I didn't expect this much support, I'm kind of like at the moment. in the very best of ways.

but yes. ICly, this will not go down until probably two or three IC days after the event ends, at which point Arthur will be openly recruiting on the network. I'll post another OOC thang around then for official sign-ups, and maybe do an application process or something for the leadership positions. I have no clue. lmfkasdjf sob

[kabukihime]

Oh sweet! Alto's been asking about this and of the mind there should be some sort of defense force for the emergency situations that happen, if only so he can protect the people who need to be protected. He's a military officer for the SMS (Strategic Military Services) back home and he's trained with guns. He won't have any planes here, but he'll help out where he can!

[pratentious]

awesome. I'm glad to see this many characters have already been thinking about it ICly - bodes well for an easy transition. I'm also noticing that we have a rather balanced number between those who use modern weapons (guns and the likes) and those who use swords and thangs, so I thiiiink I might make this one of those questions in the official sign up post I'll be making next week. :|a