there's plot afoot!

[houseofcardsmod]

So as you all might have noticed, there've been rumblings here and there about various factions of Deckians (I just made that word up) who don't particularly approve of so many Outsiders in positions of authority in the Deck. Not just the ones who are Faces, but in some cases any Outsiders who aren't 'in their place' performing menial jobs, for instance. Steadily, the tension is growing. Particularly since the last couple of years have been something of a roller-coaster with little chance for proper resolution (the murder of Andrew didn't entirely settle well with a lot of people, the Arcana came from Outside the Deck [so to speak] and jacked things up, the Deck starts doing the shimmy every night, more people disappear and are never heard from again, etc) and many people see these as a sign of the failure of those in charge to lead the Deck as it ought to be led. Because they aren't true Cards.

So basically, we figure there's a recipe in here of tension and a bunch of people with well-honed violent tendencies just waiting for the right impetus to set off a conflict. Probably in the next couple of days you will see a post go up regarding vandalism in Town that leads to businesses getting trashed and things getting stolen which sets off a chain reaction. Soon there will be Cards demanding answers, protests, graffiti, duels in the streets, et cetera et cetera. Lines drawn between those who think the Outsiders should be ousted, those who think the Old Blood are being ridiculously bigoted. Those who just wish things could go back to normal. You get the idea.

But a lot of it will be up to you. We want you guys to play with this too as this isn't going to go away overnight. So if you think you've got a character who might end up coming down on the "actually maybe we should put some proper Cards in charge to fix things" side or characters that want to preserve the current way of things, please feel free to volunteer. You can also volunteer up your characters' businesses, homes, or offices (or whatever) for vandalism/theft/whatever floats your boat. And of course the requisite payback.

And if you've got general suggests or other ideas, please toss those in too.

Comments

[the_zealot]

Only sometimes.

Would you like to do some stuff with her beforehand or when should we kill her or what is happening?

[lowtohigh]

Only when it's crucially calculated to bREAK MY HEART, APPARENTLY.

Meh. We can kill her off at your leisure. Do we want to talk about squishing the motives together in terms of the ultimate end for him?

[the_zealot]

But I thought you liked the pain.

What do you mean by that? I still would like to have an altercation with Cadogan if no anti-Outsiders have dibs on him yet.

[lowtohigh]

Yes and I want more sir please sir but that doesn't mean I'm not going to be a little bitch about it. :|

Oh, I just meant if we'd hook the end of the finance plot along with it as well still.
And you have dibs on Cadogan, for sure.

And if Christian needs any xenophobic friends to direct, I've got 1.5 NPCs in Clubs he can have at.

[the_zealot]

XD OK. We can do more. If I'm not falling off the face of the planet randomly.

Yes, we can, as Zoe at least has occasionally been working on the finance plot. So we can get closer to tying up the embezzlement plot as well.

Christian's in trouble now but the more friends the merrier!

[lowtohigh]

All A+. Let's all this when you're not falling off the face of the planet and I'm back from this week's schools. o/

[the_zealot]

OK. Reply or email or whatever when you're ready =)