MOD POST: PLAYER POLL: GASP SHOCK AWE

[thoughts]

Hey, all! Faith here on her player journal with the first of many player polls to determine this month's plots. This one is pertinent to Gasp Shock Awe, wherein one of the Travellers has not only been feeding information to Thiazi to work against the gods but actively attempting to sabotage the war efforts to bring Ragnarok into fruition. What a jerk!

But hey, that's Satan for you. Surprise!

Here's some background information of his charges:

• Back during the Burning Bridges plot in March, Satan got in contact with Thiazi via one of her underlings, seeing her as a viable option for effectively ending the universe.
• During Something Significant in May, he made up visions of smoke and flame to lead the Travellers and the gods to falsely suspect Surt's involvement in the loss of magic in Ginnungagap.
• Following the city's militarisation, he informed Thiazi of the Asgard's movement, leading her to attack during Christmas in July.
• After the failure of Down the Rabbit Hole to produce anything valuable from Satan's fake vision, the gods were onto his shenanigans.
• As a last ditch effort at meddling with the gods hot on his tail, Satan performed a ritual on Thiazi's black ice to "infect" himself with her corrupted magic. He then broke through the barrier around the castle in an attempt to assassinate the sleeping Queen of Asgard, but was caught before he could reach her bedroom.

Now that he's been apprehended and confirmed as their traitor, the gods are leaving his judgment in the hands of the Travellers! There will be an NPC post where one of the gods will explain all of the above information along with one more key thing: Satan is pleading insanity by "corruption". Though he was only influenced by her black magic for his assassination attempt, he will claim that all of his actions were performed under Thiazi's instruction and that he is, in effect, innocent of all crimes. The gods can confirm that he did all of these things, but they can't prove that he wasn't really under her influence the entire time ( which he wasn't, he's just a smart jerk ).

This is the information your character will have prior to voting. Their options are as follows:

Poll #15875 Satan v. the Whole of Creation ( 418 )

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 75

View Respondents

And the jury says:

View Answers

He's innocent; cleanse him of Thiazi's magic and set him free.
3 (4.0%)

He's guilty; put him in prison but don't kill him.
35 (46.7%)

He's guilty; execute him, resurrect him, and then set him free.
2 (2.7%)

He's guilty; execute him. No second chances.
26 (34.7%)

Other. ( Please explain in the comments! )
9 (12.0%)

Please remember to vote ICly and only vote once per character. The poll will be considered closed on Sept. 5 at 11:59PM CST. Let us know if you have any questions!

Comments

MOD QUESTIONS

[asgardmods]

[pushesgently]

Hey mods, regardless of what the actual results are for this poll, could we possibly do something with the Assassins wanting to, well...do what they do best?

Actually, I guess if execution wins they wouldn't need to step up all "LET US DO IT, WE'RE VERY GOOD AT IT" but I can't see them wanting to let him walk away, so any of the other options would probably trigger them plotting some death. (I am not saying they would have to succeed at this.)

eta some thoughts from Satan here

eta2: even if the poll does go to execution I could see them potentially planning their own thing just in case it doesn't but yeah okay I'll stop editing now

[asgardmods]

HAHA So many edits for "yes good lettuce kill the thing", what a wonderful thing to wake up to. C:

This depends largely on where the poll goes, but we'd very likely be down for letting you guys try to swing something here. The biggest problem would be that any imprisonment wouldn't go to the common jail being used for people breaking curfew or things like that, he'd probably be kept beneath the castle in a legitimate sort of cell.

The other problem is that the gods are giving this decision to the Travellers as part of the whole letting them weigh in on affairs around their presence here, rather than just saying "this is how we're doing things and you have to put up with it." Odin is 10000% pro-execution, but it's not his choice to make anymore, and if the Assassins take that decision away from the Travellers, there would be some beef. He's very big on keeping to his word and the audacity of them presuming their judgment is worth more than the rest of the city's would do some real damage to any sort of trust or leniency being given to them, and they might just wind up in that same prison themselves.

Basically: we'd have some nuances to discuss before we could give you the green to go on anything like this, but we're definitely willing to discuss the possibility!!

[pushesgently]

I'm talky, you know that by now :D

I think we'd all definitely be okay with some consequences as long as they're not so huge they totally derail our ability to play. If failure/the stage at which they fail would make a difference in the gods' response, we could also work that in.

Should we set up a group plotting plurk or dw post, or do y'all needs to discuss things on the modly end before discussing possibilities with us?

[asgardmods]

Let me discuss it with AJ a little bit just so we have some groundwork to build from, but a group PP would be perfect. I'll let you know when we're ready for you, since I don't think I have all of you assassins added. c:

[pushesgently]

Sounds good! Kyah or I could both also host the chat since we're the Dadsassins and should have everyone added.

[selfmadman]

Is there a way for the gods to strip Satan of/nullify his powers? If so, Don would be in favor of that (in addition to imprisonment).

[thoughts]

They can definitely do that, and will, if the Travellers vote to imprison him. He'll basically be stripped of everything but his life, no magic and contact to the outside world. Three square meals a day and maybe a little corner lamp for artificial sunlight if he behaves. :')

[abhero]

Just to be sure-- would there be time left to vote after the NPC post goes up? Hamel would generally vote for imprisonment but if someone explains to him what Satan actually means he'll be all like KILL HIM KILL HIM NOW WHY'RE WE EVEN DISCUSSING THIS (he just really hates demons ok).

[thoughts]

Yup! The NPC post will go up in the morning on the 5th and the poll will close at midnight, so there's time to discuss things. The judgment will be carried out on the 6th, which is the same IC day, but it gives time for people to come to a consensus.

[abhero]

Alright, thank you!

INTERROGATION

[snowstormed]

He's guilty, interrogate him first to get all the info he knows, then kill him.

[thoughts]

this made me laugh really hard and I don't know why but yes, they should interrogate him. the gods will have already asked their own questions but if the Travellers want to ask some too, we can find a way to swing that.

i laughed so hard effy idk

+1

[familyissues]

+1

[wasbrave]

yup.

Re: INTERROGATION

[allbloodyhail]

yah

[ka_sera_sera]

Man I even thought 'I should look at the comments before I vote' but I didn't. D: This is absolutely what Roland would go for. Whether they can trust any of the info they'll get is a different matter completely.

[pushesgently]

I made my vote already but yeah Altaïr would vote for this too.

[womanfromacre]

Oh so much this

[hadbadays]

Yeah this.

Also maybe imprison him too because otherwise what'll really stop him from doing it again?? Unless you don't even resurrect him, of course.

[thoughts]

That's what the second option for executing him without resurrection is! It's a vote for permadeath.

[hadbadays]

Yeah I figured because I am smart. CCC:

[robosnack]

whoops I also should have looked in the comments before voting but yes, this.

[fuckingwolverine]

I LOVE COMING UP WITH WAYS THAT CHILD-WRANGLING NPCS WOULD DESCRIBE THIS STUFF TO A FERAL SIX-YEAR-OLD...

She votes for "he did some really bad things so put him in a room by himself so he'll get really bored"

Changing vote!

[damselled]

If possible, I'd like to have Mari switch votes and go for Satan's execution.

[thoughts]

You can edit your vote in a poll by clicking on the [ Change Your Vote ] right beneath the poll name and description! :]

[damselled]

Oh, wow, I'm a dork. XD

Thanks!

[familyissues]

Yes good, join us in the permadeath corner.

[damselled]

Oh, you. XD

Seriously, though, there are points where Mari will go "KILL THE FUCKER" and potentially contributing to the destruction of her world is one of them.

... Except when they're not sure. Whoops~

[comeonthensexy]

If you gotta kill him why would you set him free after that don't be stupid.

/shakes head

Jerk Option

[sleight_of_hand]

Execute and resurrect him a few times, then interrogate him before throwing him into a cell and forgetting about him.

[Someone might still be a little bitter about getting his ass beat by a garbage pail kid.]

best of a couple worlds option?

[hollowchild]

Sophie would vote to execute him, and let Hel determine whether he was corrupted or not. She'd know, after all. If he did it on his own, killinate him until he stays dead. If he was corrupted into acting, then let him go.

[bonnypiperlad]

For Jamie, there's a few different ways that he'll wind up reacting, and right now I honestly can't narrow down his choices to one of the specific options. The way things play out ICly have a very strong chance of affecting his overall vote for a situation like this one.

He's likely going to be really upset about Satan's actions - especially the one that lead to Thiazi attacking the city, since it directly affected someone he cares for and he tends to get very protective in those cases. Given that and the fact he doesn't care much for traitors, he's not going to be entirely opposed to the idea of execution (and might voice something along those lines himself because lolhothead). While there's a good chance that he'll calm down enough to go with the 'put him in jail' camp, if there's enough fighting over this (which I suspect there might be), he might also just get frustrated enough to throw his hands in the air and tell everyone to do what they want with him.

Since that's really hard to determine until it actually happens, though, I'm going with a 'his vote will be determined by what plays out ICly' option with a lean towards the put him in prison option if it absolutely has to be that cut and dried.

[allpurposescarf]

Four is mostly inclined to choose the second option (guilty, with imprisonment) since he likely knows enough about Earth mythology to not actually trust anyone named Satan. However, as he hasn't actually spoken to Satan in game, he doesn't know much about him over all and would be willing to listen to what other people have to say first.

He is, however, not likely to be at all interested in setting him free again. He's already betrayed them the once, and he'd be less than willing to have the same old thing play out again.