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

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And the jury says:

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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

[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.