Ruby City HGW - Plotting post for the showdown with Sephiroth where Davesprite dies!

[crowsicle]

OUTLINE SO FAR:

> Xion and Dave (Team Sabersprite), on the basis of Waver's previous post about Team Seph, engage them when they see Sephiroth patrolling the city by air. They decide to try to lure Seph into a more secluded area but only make it as far as the stables.
> The fight begins - Davesprite vs. Sephiroth, with Xion and Elena on the sidelines.
> WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING, Xion contacts Waver and Lamont (Team Eyebrows and Hair)
> Waver then contacts Roxy (Team Robots), and Saber (Team Big Guns). Roxy contacts Dirk.
> Team Eyebrows and Hair arrive on scene.
> Triple tagging between Davesprite, Seph, and Waver. Lamont uses a Command Seal on Waver to give him a boost.
> Xion and Lamont are well out of the way, and likely also discussing things.
> THE FATAL BLOW IS STRUCK
> Elena uses a Command Seal to keep Sephiroth from going after Xion.
> Team Robots and Team Big Guns arrive just in time to see that happen. (Is Waver out of commission at this point as well?) I guess this is where they step in to keep Sephiroth busy while...
> Davesprite dies (three-way thread with Xion and Dirk).
> Sephiroth uses Supernova, and Tieria likely also uses his Noble Phantasm. Seph and Elena get away while everyone else scatters.

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I THINK MOSTLY WE GOTTA DECIDE 1) how it happens 2) why it happens. aaand 3) what day!
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Well Waver is going to announce that Sephiroth is bad news after their fight
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Their first fight, I mean
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
I think it's up to you and I, Emily, whether or not Xion and Davesprite actually volunteer
νяιѕкα
god
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xion KNOWS sephiroth is bad news, too, Zack warned her.... but that might be all the more reason to volunteer and try to stop him
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Davesprite might sit there very quiet and serious for a while before pointing out that he can fly
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
If flying is a thing that might help
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xion is just like
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we should stop him but oh god what if he hurts you no maybe we shouldn't do this but no he still has to be stopped
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Pretty much Davesprite's thoughts on the matter
νяιѕкα
maybe what they do is go scouting for him without intending to fight and end up running right into him and feeling like they have to?
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Yeah maybe, that makes sense
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Maybe they even decide to hold the fort themselves until Waver/any other backup gets there?
νяιѕкα
oh god. and just, the backup doesn't arrive in time to save davesprite's life?
νяιѕкα
if there IS backup on the way, that might be for the best, since in the wake of his death xion may or may not attempt something really stupid and try and go after him herself..........
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XION NO THAT'S NOT OKAY
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT SEPHIROTH DOES TO NICE GIRLS
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Ugh maybe I should've made like an actual plotting journal entry
νяιѕкα
ask her if she cares, the boy she loves just got brutally slaughtered in front of her, yo. AND WE COULD DO BOTH?
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
We might actually need to with the number of people directly and indirectly involved
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that'd work for me. and backup would mean someone could drag xion away before she did something really dumb and take care of her while she was out of it for a couple hours!
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
I know Fiona would actually like Dirk to show up in time for last words
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dirk you made the plurk, want i should make the post?
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Oh! If you want
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
I was just about to
νяιѕкα
haha if you wanna don't let me stop you YOU'VE BEEN THE MAN WITH A PLAN MOST OF ALL THIS STUFF
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Well
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
My plan in this case was to c/p everything in this plurk to a journal entry and then be like "HELP SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD AT THINGS HELP ME"
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hahahahahaha
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i think that's a good idea
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and then we need to toss it at everyone who might want to be involved
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Yes
sᴀʙᴇʀsᴘʀɪᴛᴇ
Okay let me do that then

Comments

[neverbeamemory]

THANK YOU THANK YOU /shakes fist at GMT oh my god!!

Outline looks good, sounds like you guys pretty much got the details together. Except for perhaps how it ends? I -was- thinking showing off Noble Phantasm towards the end since there will be a lot of people in the surrounding area and a big meteor coming crashing from the sky would get all sorts of people to scatter and could also provide a cover for Sephiroth/Elena to get away?? Also are we still planning this for Day 6 - only because Elena still needs to learn about Command Seals, in the meantime, from a little fight thing we've plotted with Aerith/Fang...

DROPS STATS HERE AS WELL FOR EASY REF

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hummmm bum bum bum day 6 is gonna be which day. friday. friday, right? I, PERSONALLY, WOULD PREFER DAY 7. Xion and Davesprite are going to be getting into a battle I thiiink tomorrow so one day of downtime would be helpful. If you'd prefer day 6 we can make that work! I leave it up to you.

as for the meteor... there's going to be a LOT of people showing up. will it... actually kill everybody, or... is it more going to be for show to give Seph and Elena cover to escape? If it's the latter that's fine. If it's the former that... might not work. Since the current cast of characters that will be on the scene is:

Davesprite, Xion, Waver, Lamont, Roxy, Tieria, Dirk, Saber, Rip, Elena, and Sephiroth. (I think that's everyone!)

And as far as I know there's no plans for anybody to die but Davesprite. :U

ANYWAY, MEG IS RIGHT: we should definitely flesh out how the fight begins! do you have any particular feeling about how you'd like that to go? should we figure it out in the thread when we thread it?? (I think that would be fine, as long as we have the set-up pre-established, as in: where and when they're going to run into each other.) Xion and Davesprite will feel the need to stop Sephiroth or at least slow him down until backup arrives; is Seph gonna be willing to engage a couple of stubborn kids?

ALSO: I know Asher's personal wish is for Davesprite to receive his mortal blow while physically protecting Xion. Would that be ok with you, and would Sephiroth leave Xion alive ... to, you know, witness Davesprite die :U (I FEEL LIKE I ALREADY ASKED YOU THIS AND YOU ALREADY TOLD ME.)

Phone tagging pls excuse me (at work now)

[neverbeamemory]

I only suggested Day 6 as I think this was discussed with Meg before but Day 7 works just as well! downtime is good!

I thought more of the Supernova being used after the death scene (cos I imagine if they stuck around others would want to fight) and then 'everyone scatter' while Seph/Elena get away but you're right in that it probably would hurt everyone in its range so if that's not suitable for that reason I can drop it - it's intended as more of a cover OCly, ICly he'd wanna take out as many as possible all in one go if they're foolish enough to all come together like that. (orz he's a dick)

As for fleshing out the start, I read somewhere above that Davesprite is also a flyer? This really opens where we could initiate the fight. Sephiroth will be sky & rooftop-patrolling the city throughout the War so they could actually engage in the sky and then perhaps make for the outskirts/border of the City for more room - unless more building damage? As for Sephiroth engaging kids, if the Grail picked them then he needs to kill them, simple as. As long as he's kept entertained within the fight he'd be happy enough to play along with the kids' advances; he'd already be certain he's going to win in the end.

With regards Davesprite final-blow, if Xion got close enough his first reaction would be to kill her right after. However Elena could interfere and shout for him to back off - he's going to already have had a Command Seal used on him by this point and probably wouldn't want it again, so he'd settle in this case for only a Servant, not a Master death. He'd probably stick around to watch the death scene as well - he loves destroying people.

NO WORRIES YOU'RE FINE

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oh OH RIGHT! i forgot waver's having a run in with sephiroth. hum bum blummmm we can figure it out when meg comes back around. |D we could always just say that xion and davesprite go looking for seph on day six but don't find him until day 7!

I had a huge paragraph here about the Supernova but then you noted that Seph would love to stick around for the death scene. which is hilarious and so macabre. YOU'RE A SICK PUPPY, SEPHIROTH. if he waits to use Supernova until after Davesprite is toast, I think that would work actually! Everyone could bolt, Lamont could then have good reason to grab Xion and abscond, and it'd triply reinforce the danger Sephiroth presents. Of course, we'll need to clear this with modly mods and all the other players involved; it might be a good idea tomorrow to put a new top-level comment on this post goin EVERYONE OK WITH A FUCKIN METEOR COMING TO KILL US and point everyone's attention to it. |Db

Anyway: yes, he is! Davesprite is a birdy person and he has wings. SO SURE, WE COULD TOTALLY DO THAT. Xion and Davesprite stick to roofs a lot anyway. OH MAN A SUPER DRAMATIC ROOFTOP BATTLE TO THE DEATH, THAT'S AWESOME. and lmfao sephiroth. you're such a dick. THAT SOUNDS GREAT TO ME!

Xion will be right close nearby for the death blow; she'll race over and hold Davesprite while he fades away. So yeah, we'll probably need Elena to force him to hold back, or a few of the other fighters could step in and block him - there will be plenty of heroes on deck to do that.

SO BASICALLY, TWO THINGS: we gotta okay the meteor with everyone at large, and we gotta figure out how to keep sephiroth from brutally murdering xion. Top-level comment tomorrow with both those things should do it, I think! Or I could even just post it now and ping all the relevant parties on plurk or via PM. :B

lmfao god now I want to go back to our old thread with seph and xion in that shop to give this even worse context. /face in hands. SORRY I DROPPED THAT BY THE WAY I SUCK AT LIFE. if y'wouldn't mind I'd love to go back and pick that up.

[neverbeamemory]

YES YES YES ALL OF THIS!! Is all I have to say to all of the above! New threads most definitely a plan as then everyone (& Meg who doesn't have Plurk) can refer to it later.

Day 3 is Waver's first run in with Seph, so really I'm all for Day 7 if it works better with all!!

Also I'd love to finish that old Xion thread but I'm a little bogged down finishing event in one game and starting the chaos here as well currently!!

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OKAY SOUNDS GOOD! I'll make that new top-level thread right now and ping everybody tonight, and then re-ping everyone tomorrow so everybody is guaranteed to see it. c:

oh okay! sweet. that works for me; i think we just need to clear that wiiiiiiith ... ... well everybody actually i WILL INCLUDE THAT IN THE NEW TOP-LEVEL COMMENT I AM ABOUT TO MAKE.

alrighty. |D no worries! I'm trying super hard to stay on top of this event myself, so. I'm okay with letting it lie! It just occurred to me. maybe we could just handwave how it ended up going? :B

Re: Phone tagging pls excuse me (at work now)

[crowsicle]

Davesprite's thought on seeing Sephiroth patrolling the sky would definitely be to draw him outside the city limits. He has too many people he cares about within the walls to want a crazy strong murder-minded Servant anywhere near the actual population.

Also Day 7 works for me!

ALSO also: Sephiroth's speed is going to scare the crap out of poor Davesprite. Being quick is the only thing the kid has going for him and Sephiroth is just as fast, if not faster. He'll have to time-hop a lot even to last as long as he does.

[neverbeamemory]

Ok so now we've gotta figure rooftop or just outside the city limits? I'm happy with either if you and Xion-mun want to decide?

Day 7 is a go then!

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME

[crowsicle]

It was suggested <a href="http://crowsicle.dreamwidth.org/3697.html?thread=93297#cmt93297>here</a> to have the fight above the abandoned stables. I'm good with that or with drawing Sephiroth out further, though I think Elena would like the cover actual buildings supply. ME TOO MAN OH MAN

[hypertoxic]

... jinx!

[crowsicle]

/squints at comment

Dangit here's the thread I'm sorry

[hypertoxic]

UHHHHH AMBER JUST VOTED STABLES AS OUR LOCATION ACTUALLY? like I think maybe they will head for the city limits and not make it or something?

[neverbeamemory]

It's fine I hadn't read that far! Stables it is! LOL