Ronald
For spy gang shenanigans

Creating this here for now, I'm gunna be dropping some documents and stuff to look at later this week

Just wanted to make this now cuz I can
Shirley
Shouldn't we also invite Pali? She's got a spy coming through subs
Ronald
When it gets accepted

Already spoke in DMs

Accidentally pinged Basil when I meant to ping Pali 💀

Yeah we're gunna be pushin' some docs soon. Right now I'm gunna be making a Google Presentation™️ of some of the gadgets we got going on here

Feel free to share with the classroom your ideas and info™️

And running it by Zek ofc

Not ingesting them ofc
Kenneth
No no Of course not. For others.
Palmer
Why not in rp discussion
Kenneth
I am going to add to a few of my jewelry weapons probably to include some uhhh poison
Ronald
Because nobody uses these thread channels

And I asked Dolly and never got a response lmao

So I decided "Fuck it lets use these underused thread channels"
Kenneth
Spys, where you least expect them.
Ronald
Plus nobody'll look in here anyways

So York and I already came up with a potential gadget. It'd be parchment paper that can magically ink on anything the holder thinks

Allowing for sensitive info to be written without writing anything, or taking photographic-like imagery (made of magic ink) by just thinking of the image in your mind
Kenneth
What spell would we use as the base for that?
Ronald
Gimme a moment, I think it's a transmutation spell

Oh sorry it was either Divination or Enchantment

The paper would either be casting Detect Thoughts on the holder to write everything down

Or you cast Encoded Thoughts onto it to write what you want

Having it as Detect Thoughts would actually be pretty sneaky, if you give the parchment to someone else, they accidentally write something into the parchment, such as sensitive info they were thinking of, then taking the paper back
Kenneth
The issue is if they notice it

I wonder if we can have it also use illusion magic to appear blank

Unless a counter spell is cast
Nancy
In regards to gadgets...

You guys need a Quartermaster?

Contemplating making a member of the spy corp tbh

Because spy shit is so based

Either a Q type guy or another field agent like Astalios has
Kenneth
We have a happy go lucky mailman and a vain pathetic runaway noble
Nancy
I do love me some vanity Ngl

Very fun character trait to RP as
Kenneth
Where does the meme and and the truth begin?

I think y'all are going to like rping with her

She's also deep under cover
Nancy
What nations are we in? I know the mailman is Findaran
Kenneth
She's in findara too living with a lord and lady near the palace
Nancy
If I do make a spy it'll either be to complete the Findaran network or get us a character in Alynthi

As those two are prob the prime targets

Everyone else is either an ally or not very threatening + part of the slave trade
Kenneth
Exactly. York and I both have characters in Alynthi that info would need to be gathered from so it didn't quite work for there
Shirley
It's an illusion spell called illusory script, made specifically for this purpose

Also needs to be permanently covered in Nystul's Magic Aura so that Detect Magic doesn't return a hit

That's a casting for 30 days constantly
Ronald
Or even a guy who makes the gadgets
Nancy
Yeah that's basically what I meant

Quartermaster as in Q from James Bond, as opposed to a real Quartermaster
Jessie
Feel free to remove me from the thread 😂
Ronald
I don't got perms to

I wanted someone to do that but didn't wanna pressure anyone
Shirley
Okay - the gadget I've been confirmed to have right now is a dagger that heats up just enough to melt wax seals but not high enough to burn paper

The thought being that you slide it under the seal to detach it, then melt it back on
Kenneth
Nothing magical but I have the comb dagger and some other jewelry stubby/slicing things

I still think it would displace the wax too much, you're better off heating it from the bottom if possible so the heat is evenly distributed
Shirley
Bottom of the paper?
Kenneth
The magic tampering is probably our biggest hurdles
Shirley
That's what Niles's next spell he's tinkering with is - right now, you can for sure dispel alarm spells, but you can't recast them unless you know the trigger the first caster was working with to make it seem like
Ronald
I can confirm that earrings disguised as jewelry designed to counter enchantment magic exists

Because that's one of Johannes's devices he wears all the time basically

Counter-charm Earrings
Kenneth
Share pretty jewelry? 🥺

If I make you proud
Ronald
I think you'll have access to it already

As a spy in the noble courts
Kenneth
Because I'm a pretty princess?

Right of course that
Shirley
Could I get one that looks very simple? A leather strap and a shark tooth or a wolf tooth etc instead of an earring
Kenneth
Niles is sad I'm the favorite child

Like a silver medallion with a fox on it?
Shirley
Something a peasant would have
Kenneth
That makes you impervious to magic

I like that idea good one.
Ronald
It doesn't make you impervious lmao
Shirley
The wheel weaves as the wheel wills
Ronald
Sorry I'm lowkey working

Earrings aren't a hard counter to enchantment magic, they resist it but a strong enough Enchanter can bypass it

That's where the Countercharm training comes on
Shirley
Better than nothing for sure

That's MY black triangle

No one else gets one
Ronald
I already have one for Johannes
Nancy
My only possible qualm is what my actual RP would be, as I wouldn't be out doing spy shit

And you can only do so much giving people gadgets
Shirley
Well, everyone has a personal life - and there's no reason you can't be attending research conventions etc
Nancy
Very true actually, general Artificer-Alchemy shenanigans would work
Kenneth
Zora is doing something really similar in Alynthi right now we can crank out some goodies
Ronald
Yeah homie could be in the Alchemist Guild and such

You aren't restricted to just
Shirley
International Alchemical Association
Ronald
"You're the spy gadget guy lol"
Nancy
Ok yeah I think I will make medieval Q

One of you better use something I make to perform a terrorist bombing in order to spike tensions and incite a conflict CIA style
Shirley
It's based in Alynthi, given the king's sponsorship of the Association

But should be open to everyone
Ronald
I have eyes on Khisfire rn

That could always involve terror attacks
Nancy
This also provides another angle
Ronald
My main plan anyways is to make a solid Dasvaz-Khisfire-Gantrick relationship

And begin pushing for dominating of the other kingdoms

~~I know you're King of Thyseer but I just wanted to let you know Thyseer is my big target~~
Shirley
Exactly, get the skinny on the guild from inside

And you don't even have to steal info necessarily
Ronald
Point of getting Khisfire on Gantrick's side is to try and pincer Thyseer three-ways and take over the kingdom.

Though server plot and Alyus might have different ideas
Nancy
Also I assume it's a given all our characters have ridiculously thick Gantrickan accents and just mask them well

So if they're found out we get that juicy accent switch
Ronald
Probably trained to hide the accent
Shirley
Nah, Niles is from a border town, his accent is very diluted
Ronald
Illusion/Transmutation magic makes for good disguising
Shirley
Slydenn is right on the edge of Alynthi and Dazvaz
Ronald
I imagine Johannes transmutes his vocal cords
Shirley
Real talk that could go so wrong
Ronald
When he needs to do actual spymaster shit that requires his immediate presence
Shirley
Doing an accent is much less risky
Ronald
He doesn't usually even send himself physically out for the spymaster stuff

How I imagine it, he has proxies pretending to be him

Some Big Boss - Punished Snake shit
Shirley
This is making me think about an Alynthi spy org. I don't have a spymaster, sadly

But I imagine I've got a pretty good one
Nancy
I also like that Gantrick is Russian based

And we're the first major spy org
Ronald
KGB is a inspiration

Because I can imagine some sleeper agents exist out there

Well the "Sleepers" Are the slaves that Johannes willingly lets get rescued by other nations

Who are actually spies

I wanted to incorporate Gantrick's slave business into the spy corp and make it even more integral as to why Gantrick likes their slaves

Because Johannes uses it as his way of getting his assets out into the wider world

Which I'm sure Vasili hates
Nancy
Tbh KBG is more internally focused than say, the CIA would be

Are they proper sleepers or just agents?
Ronald
Nah they're actual agents
Nancy
Make a Sleeper Agent magic ritual
Ronald
I don't imagine we have that level of Enchanters in Gantrick

Lazaroth I say would make sense

To have sleeper agents

Gantrick doesn't seem like the type, anyways
Nancy
Sleeper agents are cool asf though

Possible the coolest spy thing
Ronald
Like I can imagine some sleepers exist

Because of our relationship w/Lazaroth
Nancy
That's enough for me fr

Also, do I go for "Woah the tech guy is actually buff asf and looks like you'd think a field agent would" Or full skinny ass nerd mf
Jean
Subvert expectations
Ronald
Like nobody expects the Spymaster to he a 6'4 200+lbs Fighter/Warlock
Nancy
Johannes is 6'4 and 200lb???

Senator Armstrong out here wtf
Ronald
Johannes is literally Senator Armstrong fr

Making the mother of all omelettes here, Alyus

Can't fret over every egg
Shirley
Man people are massive in this server

Shortest non-AFT royal is 6'3'

But also I agree on the CIA-KGB dynamic

KGB does internal suppression to prevent their citizens from wanting the freedoms afforded to people not under communist dictatorship
Ronald
Idk I was thinking on spy movies n' shit lol

I don't actually know the IRL of it all

To be frank, Johannes doesn't really care about suppression of his citizens because Vasili literally does that

Without Johannes lifting a finger

I wanted to subvert the expectation for the Spymaster

Because usually it's

Sneaky rogue

Small, meek, disgusting old man

Femme fatale

Because IRL, assassins and spies weren't your typical cloak and dagger

It's also why Johannes's animal shift is the goat. It's such an unassuming animal
Shirley
I guess I would have made a desk clerk lol
Ronald
Well that's kinda what Johannes is anyways

But does a lot of international politics and improves his standing as Duke

Y'know what they say

Keep your friends close but your enemies closer
Nancy
State capitalist more than communist but that's a whole other can of worms

I mean I'm down to discuss it in DMs if you want
Ronald
I'm feeling like causing some strife in Khisfire in a bid to gain control
Kenneth
I think that's definitely doable if she were near them

I'm not sure how to get them in the same place
Ronald
Under the guise of diplomacy
Kenneth
But Aviana isn't really notable in Findara
Ronald
Whoops, am I misremembering?
Kenneth
She's the ward of a minor noble man and woman
Ronald
Aw shoot so true, slipped my mind
Kenneth
Her story is she ran from an abusive family in gantrick blah blah now they're taking care of her
Ronald
Sorry thought she was placed at a higher position in Findara as all for some reason
Kenneth
No you're so good. That would probably be too notable we don't want that kind of attention

This way she's close enough to findaran nobility without raising suspicion
Ronald
Very true. Sucks Findara isn't my immediate interest right now since Khisfire is a more volatile area presently

It's fine though, I can probably work something else. Issue is I don't want you to spy on your own OC
Kenneth
She couldn't get close enough to the queen

HE DEFINITELY CNA NOT

She'll be able to spy on pretty much anyone else but there's no reason she'd be in the same circle

Oh yeah true I guess Aviana could also but won't

Fucking Lizard people
Ronald
Niles I actually had a different idea for

I was going to use him to basically send mail out from Findara to Khisfire to communicate with the Portan Duchess.

And as a failsafe, use Findara as an escape goat if we get caught
Kenneth
I Can moonlight as a correspondent

Write threatening messages etc
Ronald
Ooh fuck, joint effort? Start a disinformation campaign with our Faux-Findara Noble and Courier in Khisfire?
Kenneth
Yes she can also probably ruffle some feather on the findara side with fake letters from khisfire nobles

Those she could casually leave on their persons at parties
Ronald
Glad I brought up the idea and didn't give up right away
Kenneth
One way to send a message
Ronald
Our main goal is to cause a civil war and kick the Samir family out of the Sultanate

Because Johannes wants someone more favourable to his cause in the seat of power
Kenneth
Yeah that makes sense. I think sabotaging peace efforts would help
Ronald
My primary goal, and I know Beef is in this chat lmfao, is to take over Thyseer and divide the continent down the middle
Kenneth
Joke is on you I am already planning on taking Thyseer over

And giving it to Alynthi

Then giving Alynthi to gantrick

Always keep them guessing
Ronald
You had me in the first half lmfao
Kenneth
No my princess does have plans

But that's not relevant to this chat
Ronald
All good, we can keep them separate

The Thyseer takeover won't require your spy so you can act as opposition guilt free

Khisfire right now is my current goal
Kenneth
Pshhhh my Thyseer princess is in Alynthi right now she wouldn't know
Ronald
Thyseer comes way later anyways
Kenneth
Welll see about that 😏
Ronald
Because the Samir family needs to be given the boot first— or we stomp our own coup out to bolster Gantrick's standing with the Sultan and blame it on the Portan Duchess

Win-win either way lmfao

Ok, so.
IRP, maybe Thursday, I'll write Johannes sending out orders to the spies

And getting started on the disinformation campaign
Kenneth
Wait how will he travel that far

That isn't a friendly neighborhood mailman trip
Shirley
Sure! I don't see that Niles has a ton of choice in it anyway tbh - he might be very wary about it but it's orders

It's how he can deliver out of town at all
Kenneth
Yeah we'll need to figure out the security specifications on this

Also how to forge letters from people prominent enough to matter to the portan duchess
Ronald
Oh no, she's gunna know a Conspiracy is working w/her

She just won't know it's Gantrick

Alright here's my thought process.
Evidently she's gunna need to meet the real deal, I plan on arranging a actual meeting with Johannes and Sonika, however Johannes is gunna keep the lid on who he is and who he works for.

We're deliberately using a Findara courier to give the hint that our Conspiracy is out from Findara— hence seeding some suspicion without flat out saying who we are.

The actual disinformation part from your end would probably be sending stuff to the Samir family instead— or Sultanate family affiliates

Alternatively, we fake the family Avi works for as the Conspirators and solicit them into the equation along with implying other Findara nobility to generate more suspicion. That's another route we can take

If there's a few holes that need to be plugged/addressed, feel free to share lmao. I'm just trying my best to give us something to do

And also IRP, I imagine these are the sorts of discussions Johannes has with his senior spy members because he's also prone to making mistakes
Shirley
I think the best thing we can do is to keep it simple. Too much manipulation can tangle the web

Keeping *Who* From Findara it is as a secret works because obv no one would want to be found out

And that's simple enough
Ronald
That's true— I want to go with the Findara Courier angle to keep heat off Gantrick's ass if things go south if ya dig.
Shirley
We've got to imply and not tell
Ronald
Basically what I mentioned above. Ok, we're on the same page here

Johannes _will_ have to reveal himself/a proxy to Sonika, just to buy her trust, otherwise the courier route seems to be well understood right now
Shirley
I would defer to Pali here, she knows politics way better than I do

But that's my thought
Ronald
Yeah, I'll wait on what Pali would wanna share
Nancy
Would be a cool death to happen if it does though

As he's one of the most kindhearted and genuinely good people, almost naively so, making it more potentially realistic and more jarring
Kenneth
I would say it's in his interest to not and leave it vague. If he has intel on her he can blackmail without putting himself at risk

Ultimately that's what we want to do here, use what we have to make a lot of people really paranoid of each other
Shirley
Fam I have to be so real with you that shit's not going to happen

I think it's too obvious a power swing for people not to have a massive world war
Ronald
That, I feel, is an issue OOC.
Idc if we fail in the end, my goal is to make something happen and have our OCs do shit

Instead of sit around and do effectively nothing

Because we could just have Niles monitor Findara mail, or have Avi monitor the royal courts, but I wanna actually do _something_ with the characters. Even if it's unlikely to happen, for me it's for the sake of plot
Shirley
Well, thinking about it logically IC, there's no way we would even attempt that

Khisfire we can work with
Kenneth
If it's a personal goal that's fine
Ronald
Thyseer we'd have to convince Alyus, that's true
Kenneth
Like this dude is not totally sane is he?
Shirley
Yeah, for Thyseer to come under the control of Gantrick we'd have to essentially control the three largest/most diametrically opposed govs to Gantrick at once and make sure none interfered
Ronald
He's in it for domination, so I suppose there's a degree of insanity there lol
Kenneth
Yeah it's not reasonably going to happen but we can try and work towards it if that's our boss' goal
Ronald
Oh I know a war would straight up happen
Kenneth
Yeah depending on how power hungry he is for the gantrick boys it could blind him to the problem s of the plan
Ronald
Point of taking over Khisfire/making them allies is to be able to convince them to assist us in taking Thyseer, because no way we do that without a show of force
Shirley
You know, I'm pretty sure they're already basically allied
Ronald
With the new Sultan? Yeah

I read him up recently
Kenneth
Yeah but they still have free will fucj that
Shirley
And they won't be able to assist in taking Thyseer because they'd essentially have to invade Alynthi first - wayshrines can be closed and armies can't march through them

Alynthi would beat the tar out of them for no reason, and Findara alone can likely defend Thyseer, not to mention the Thyseer troops themselves
Ronald
Dasvaz was also originally part of the plan to assist, but, I gotta wait on Titan now

And I got a feeling the new War Chief will be more morally good
Kenneth
Wait were actually talking a about starting a world war?
Shirley
I think if we wanted a more reasonable goal we can work towards

We probably have to realign ourselves

I'm with you, I want to make things happen
Kenneth
I thought this was like let's make them collapse from afar thing sweep in to pick up the pieces later on
Ronald
Yeah, Khisfire still isn't unreasonable still. I know what's happening there
Shirley
But the way we do this is probably by removing anti-Gantrick nobles
Ronald
Thyseer isn't that simple
Shirley
And promoting those friendly to the cause
Kenneth
Yeah there's a lot of infrastructure that would help with that first
Shirley
Now in Thyseer, Alynthi, and Findara pro-Gantrick nobles are either sleeper agents or immediately executed for their crimes

So I wouldn't say that's going to happen
Ronald
It's why Johannes does what he does as a Duke

And International Relations
Shirley
I do want to say - we're a spy organization, not a military

Information gathering - and maybe an assassination here or there - is the business
Kenneth
That could be a legit goal
Shirley
We can take out people that will be problematic and try to replace them but I think doing that with the objective of actually taking over Thyseer is just not attainable or within the bounds of what a reasonable spymaster would attempt to do
Kenneth
I Guess it depends on what Alyus wants the limits of his spymaster to be

Like does Alyus know this is happening?
Shirley
For example, if there was a politician in Thyseer that was advocating for increased intervention in foreign affairs - sending money to a struggling Khisfire when you want them to collapse etc - we kill him
Ronald
Dude I gave Alyus a fat google doc of my plans and never gave feedback

So I'm just doing what I want
Shirley
I think what we should do is keep tabs on the developments of the world - then decide what stance is Gantrick's interest and try and influence events there. FOr example, Henryk

Kidnapping or acquiring him
Ronald
Idm. Right now Thyseer can have a fat pin on it because it's not our immediate interest. 

We want Khisfire as a pro-Gantrick nation with a possible puppet Sultan controlling the place.
Shirley
I think Thyseer needs to have the pin taken out.
Kenneth
For now a pin is fine

We can work towards other goals
Shirley
Even that's ambitious, to puppet a Sultan. I think we can probably gain more trust and access to his government if we give 'assistance'.

Let's say Nala is ruining his appearance? We set up her removal
Ronald
Now I will say, don't let the obvious OOC dissuade you
Shirley
Ask for nothing in return and he'll be more likely to give us stuff
Ronald
Because I'm 80% sure whatever we do probably will fall on its face
Shirley
No worries there, I'm thinking entirely IC
Kenneth
Listen if the character is unhinged, knows he's going behind the king's back, and not thinking practically short term then it works

At least as a goal he might try to achieve

I don't think it's within the realm of a spymaster, realistic, or something the king would approve
Shirley
You garner trust by performing 'selfless' acts, generally. It's how Niles worms his way into the Findaran community - he actually does go out and do favors for people, takes care of their kids for an hour, helps build a new barn etc
Ronald
Because I feel people often are dissuaded from OOC because they got "That's not gunna happen" Get hit in their face
Kenneth
But also my character is just an underling who would obviously raise her concerns when asked
Shirley
You use that trust to take what you need

Totally get it. But if it's something we know IC, I'm more inclined to say "Not gonna happen" Just from the character's perspective
Kenneth
Yeah but Aviana and niles Can give that feedback IRP

It's up to their boss to take it
Shirley
"Your Grace, are you insane?"
Nancy
If it's any consolation I am always open to giving you PTK to have Galinheiros assassinated frfr
Ronald
Johannes would listen to actual senior members
Kenneth
Oh then yeah they say all of this
Ronald
Assassinating him now makes no sense
Shirley
Me too with regards to Astalios.
Nancy
Clearly you must kill all the nobles

Assassinate everyone
Kenneth
Me too with Alithia
Shirley
I've never had PTK for any of my characters.
Kenneth
If the work is done and she should die she's dead
Nancy
More fun if they can actually die
Shirley
If they die they die
Nancy
Plus death scenes are cool
Ronald
Because random killings is dumb
Kenneth
Rtk means if there's a reason then you're dead
Nancy
Also most of my characters are hard to kill
Ronald
Yeah, so, Assassination would fall under RTK
Shirley
RIght, this is what I mean - it won't make sense any time soon because at best Delsandra is just insane and also super anti-Gantrick and Zora is sensible and will know some shit is up if two members of the royal family start dropping like flies

He'd run into this problem for practically everyone he'd want to replace - in the end there'll be no more nobles in Thyseer
Ronald
This is why I wanna run that Tournament

Improve Gantrick's international visage
Shirley
RIP the world ending tho lmao

I think we're pretty much running with what we got
Ronald
God, I wanna do so much spy shit in Prythian

It's just the server plot

Isn't moving presently
Shirley
Fuck if I was a spymaster I'd give an arm and a leg to get an operative in there
Ronald
Like I'd drop ALL this Khisfire/Thyseer stuff
Shirley
Sadly we don't know where it is
Ronald
We don't, and I think that isn't happening soon

So we either sit here and do nothing

Or we decide to do our own stuff
Nancy
Even though nobody technically knows it even exists, Johannes is a schizo Azmondious mf so he has prob sent a few failed voyages
Shirley
I think what we've got to do is (not nothing) wait for the opportunity.

Spies work best when they place themselves so that opportunities fall to them

But don't actively pursue

You try too hard there's not a chance

You keep your eyes open for one
Ronald
That's the issue.
How long we gunna wait?

Shit dude, I don't even see Vasili doing many evil acts and he's supposed to he the worst

Guess so. I know Khisfire is gunna get lit soon

Cuz Beef and I are in that chat lmao
Shirley
What have we got that we really want to know about

How other nations are responding to the crisis at Sorevelle

You could assign Niles to sneak into the palace and listen in on the queen

Assign Aviana to talk it up and weasel details about it

Johannes will be doing his job by feeding that info back to Alyus - giving him the edge in the negotiations and conferences to come

It's all about serving the king best

He'll know where everyone stands before they reveal it - he can plan and politick around those real positions instead of what they profess, basically beating them at their own game

And to tie in with Khisfire
Ronald
Right, so transform the "Lets takeover Khisfire" Plan into "Lets know how everyone will deal with the panic" Plan?

Sure, I can work with that. It _is_ the current most interesting thing presently
Shirley
We can take advantage of THEIR plans
Kenneth
Knowledge is the true power
Shirley
So an interesting thing to explore with Khisfire

Azir verbally insulted and disrespected the entire international community on his kingdom's behalf, which I don't think Salahuddin will very much like to hear

We keep eyes on the family interaction, we can essentially learn how to play them off against each other

Run interference, make sure they're miscommunicating in the ways that hurt them

And suddenly we have the tools to erode the royal family's trust in each other

Maybe we plant an operative or two (already embedded) as an advisor

And now we have the ear of the royal family

It could theoretically work well
Ronald
I like to imagine some purchased and or freed slaves have become workers in most castles
Shirley
But it all stems from information gathering

Which is the primary function of a spy network
Ronald
When Lann was around, he straight up said Del hired freed slaves to help service the king

You know, servant things

So anyways, I'm just saying spies faking as slaves who're now working as servants isn't farfetched. Especially since Johannes helps "Free" Them— freeing actual slaves in the mix as to not directly fault him if someone gets caught
Shirley
I think the thing to note about this sequence of events is that we only have to listen

Not far-fetched at all

But not every freed slave is a Malik Kafir, yk?
Ronald
I do want to actively egg Sonika (Portan Duchess) to do something
Shirley
We'd probably need to have a Khisfirian native bought

A free man probably noble

Who's working for us
Ronald
Again, Portan Duchess
Shirley
All we gotta do is watch her.
Ronald
She'd do anything to be in power
Shirley
She'll give us the tools

But tbh she's already a duchess - only thing we can do is attempt to set her up as queen

Well, first, what are we getting in the bargain?

And what stands in the way

I'd imagine we get her

But honestly the last queen isn't a huge problem for Gantrick - again cost/benefit of being found out is very high

It has to be a big gain to take the risk of alienating Khisfire

If Salahuddin finds out and discovers our operation relations with Khisfire for the next two centuries are essentially kaput - we tried to plant an operative as his wife
Ronald
OOC, I believe Cat wants to romance the Sultan and become Queen, and wedge the family apart
Kenneth
We. An say we're going to set her up as the new ruler
Ronald
IRP, we know she wants something more than Portan
Shirley
We'll figure it out, but I think this is what we need to pin for later.
Kenneth
Well tell her she gets what she puts in

If she puts in enough to help us actually make changes she can be part of those changes

But if there aren't changes we can't do anything for her

We're there helping her achieve her goals

Whether she wants to or not
Ronald
Alright, so enough about Khisfire right now then

Niles and Avi. We'll have them talk to a few people to get some info on Sorevelle?
Shirley
I imagine because of they way they're embedded
Ronald
Yeah, I just want to actually give you guys something to do IRP that either involves talking to another OC or me/someone else DMing a scene for you
Shirley
DMing a heist-type infiltration into Findara's palace is good enough for me on the spy front for now!
Kenneth
We have a scene rn with the two of us setting up a findaran noble dinner Aviana is probably going to
Shirley
She could ask around at that
Kenneth
She can bring Nile's in her pocket then set him loose eventually lmao

That's the biggest brain shit

Oh my gosh fly him long distances then drop him in

Like tanner with the rancor
Shirley
But they don't know about each other
Kenneth
He's human by the bottom

No I said eventually
Ronald
Alright sounds like you both got ideas lmfao
Shirley
But also that would kill the lizard and the man would be seen
Kenneth
I can't collaborate with York he is annoying
Ronald
Like frankly all this stuff I'm suggesting is to give ppl working with me something to do. It's why I don't particularly care about the OOC implication of failure because there's no way the characters would know IRP
Shirley
She flies low enough it's TOTALLy possible

Random bird carrying food? Ez
Ronald
Transmutation Magic the food into a feather

But it becomes a really heavy feather

Bird airdropping a lizard for a spy mission is a funny thought tho
Kenneth
Come on it's so funny
Shirley
It's why we made shifters though

The perfect camouflage

Who carea bout the fly on the wall?

Mourning geckos are absolutely tiny
Kenneth
A good enough snack

It's okay, everyone has size problems sometimes
Shirley
So that's Niles's animal form
Ronald
I imagine Johannes in his spy days he'd use to sit around as a goat for days
Shirley
Which means he's very easily missed

Sit around eat bugs listen to everything
Ronald
A truly unassuming animal
Nancy
Damn man out here flaming me

Once I'm done his current RP I promise I will do more evil shit
Ronald
It's nothing against you dw
Nancy
May even end said RP with a slave deal
Ronald
I just feel the incentive to have the antagonists be... Antagonists is lacking
Nancy
Oh no it's chill I'm fully /j

Yeah there's not much happening rn

I really should get more active though
Ronald
Especially since OOC we know they'll either fail to a degree, or get sidelined by server plot and Prythian
Nancy
Haven't even had a single RP with Drogon Jesus
Ronald
Johannes is meant to be my primary antagonist OC, which is why I'm doing most of this. He also has his own ambitions outside of making Gantrick #1

But that also comes with the issue or a particular Tsar not communicating what he wants
Nancy
If only he had an heir

Vasili isn't particularly jazzed on him, and when he find out about Feyre that opinion will worsen
Ronald
Actually I think this is fair to ping about.



We're talking about getting ears on how people are feeling about the Sorevelle situation, and working towards possibly getting someone aligned with us close to the new Sultan, but what is it that the Tsar wants specifically?

~~I will help you~~
Palmer
I think for general reasons, Alyus since becoming king has not at all been communicative with his council, outside of probably his Grand Marshal.

That changes when he returns home.

His entire mind is set on nothing but Feyre, what the hell her magic is, and how he can use it (also, maybe, possibly, he loves her). In terms of finally utilizing his spies, he'd need to speak with them. I think what he'd want them to do right now is a few things;

1. Keep an eye on Astalios, regardless of where he is. He is Alyus's biggest worry and the last person on earth he trusts in his own kingdom. 
2. When the time comes and Alyus leaves Feyre behind, he will want a trusted spy on her at all times to ensure she is safe.
3. Investigate the Sorevelle situation more thoroughly, as Alyus was absent from the event. What people say is not always what actually happened.
Shirley
Well, the first objective can be solved pretty easily - there are slaves and servants everywhere in Gantrick castle.

Just make sure that the servants waiting on him are our operatives

Likely they'll be dismissed from private discussions, but there are way to listen in on those - post a spy who's ideally a shifter with a VERY small animal form - maybe a mouse in the walls

And you get 24/7 monitoring

2.) Also rather easy - you might call Aviana or Niles and they can make excuses saying they're going on a trip or sabbatical or visiting family - whatever it might be. Then give the spy a mask and assign them to keep an eye on Feyre during Alyus's absence

3.) We got a plan for that above.

Looks like we can get our king's wishes done