paracelsus_ooc | Weekchange #16: December 15

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December 15 - December 21, 1996

A reference for which OOC days are which IC days:

Sunday 22/Monday 23 = Sunday 15, tag: ~week #16: 12/15/1996 (sunday)
Tuesday 24/Wednesday 25 = Monday 16, tag: ~week #16: 12/16/1996 (monday)
Thursday 26/Friday 27 = Tuesday 17, tag: ~week #16: 12/17/1996 (tuesday)
Saturday 28/Sunday 29 = Wednesday 18, ~week #16: 12/18/1996 (wednesday)
Monday 30/Tuesday 31 = Thursday 19, ~week #16: 12/19/1996 (thursday)
Wednesday 1/Thursday 2 = Friday 20, ~week #16: 12/20/1996 (friday)
Friday 3/Saturday 4 = Saturday 21, ~week #16: 12/21/1996 (saturday)

OOC News

We have finished the climax of Phase 1! We’re still in the end of the fall semester, so we aren’t quite at Phase 2 yet. We’re in the eerie in between space, where reality is distorted and time is a lie, before Phase 2 comes. Or, uh, just wrapping up loose ends.

We’re also gonna take it relatively easy this IC week. While finals are on, we won’t be running anything special! We’ll set up event posts that people can run, but if you’d like to off-screen the finals, feel free.

Also, Tex will be gone March 27, 28, and 29.

Finally, Yoiko dropped Shurik. We also haven’t heard from Myf in months, so we’ll consider her characters dropped; like any dropped character, she is free to reapply!

Last Week…

The investigation team decided to claim the item hidden away behind the sealed door in the Tower. They discovered both a spiritual guardian, which they defeated, and an ancient ghost from the Three Kingdoms era. They found a scroll that can raise the dead there.

The next day, Otto von Schellenberg kidnapped Reina and Asmo. He stole Reina off, while Mircea made a completely inaccurate accusation: Sarah-Beth Weatherford. They verbally sparred; at the same time, Otto alerted Isabella that he kidnapped Reina. Isabella told Tristan, who spread word.

They took off to save Reina, where they discovered Otto had put Longpike to sleep. They fought with him, after negotiations quickly broke down, and things went south for him. The Masked Man revealed that he hated Otto as much as the rest of the world, for using him as a weapon; he summoned monsters to attack Paracelsus, and a behemoth that attacked Otto and them. Otto tried to force Rhys to revive Almagoras; ultimately, Riona had to kill him, after he caused immense amounts of damage, and tried to murder Val after she hurried the scroll away.

Paracelsus was badly damaged in the attack, with many buildings impacted and hit. Some students were killed, too. Michel Patisse was injured again; his luck was poor and his efforts to reinforce the PCs were stopped short by an angry winged mantis. This is not because Tex forgot to account for him before now. Not at all.

People started recovering and talking, but it’s a slow process. Also, Vanya and Cassidy discovered their room was badly damaged. Woe.

...This Week!

Life is attempting to return to normal. Feel free to mention serious damage to buildings and dorm rooms, or have acquaintances who were among the NPC casualties. Exams will start up, too. Monday and Tuesday are for the written exams in the classes that have them. Wednesday and Thursday have the more hands-on parts -- duels, item creation contests, and the like happen on those days.

On Friday, there will be Tower runs. This will get an event post! If you’d rather handwave -- we did just do a ton of action sequences! -- that’s fine. But, for the interested, it will work like the non-plot teams from last time: there is a puzzle, an obstacle course, and a fight challenge to overcome. Split that among the interested muns! The Masked Man won’t be making an appearance during this.

On Friday night, there is a celebration after the Tower runs finish. This will be another rooftop party, that the teachers are overlooking.

Characters will be going home on Sunday; Saturday is basically dedicated to packing and getting ready for two weeks spent home, abroad, or at the Trenton compound. There is also a memorial service on Saturday afternoon for the students who died in the attack, which is fairly well-attended.

The private funeral on Saturday night for Otto von Schellenberg only has his father and the priest, unless any PCs decide to come.

Weather

There’s finally a break in the weather. The blizzard is out; it’s windy and gusty, and it’s cold, but above freezing. The snow and ice have melted, and it’s actually a little bit pretty. Enjoy it, because it’s going to get seriously cold again later!

News and Events

There is a lot of local buzz about a meteor hitting Longpike. It’s gotten to the Buffalo news stations, the ones that people at Paracelsus get. The media is repeating the story, but you can find letters to the editor in the newspaper saying that is nonsense. Also, if anyone frequents conspiracy usenet groups on the internet, they will be claiming that aliens/the government/ghosts/et cetera did it.

Releases:

Movies: Beavis and Butt-head Do America, Scream, One Fine Day, My Fellow Americans, Ghosts of Mississippi (Friday)
Video Games: Terranigma for the SNES… in Europe (Thursday)

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Weekchange #16: December 15 - December 21, 1996

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