Characters at and around the airfield in tile IX may have noticed some signs that they've been attracting visitors. Some of them are subtle: A few hoofprints in the dirt near the jungle, a few missing provisions from the communal storage, some discarded fruit pits scattered beneath some trees. The run-ins with large boars have been significantly less so. Most of these encounters have been brief and marked with a distinct wariness of the airfield residents, but approaching Day 042, the atmosphere of tension has shifted. Something big is stalking the jungle in tile IX. Something angry.
As night falls on Day 042, that something - and its followers - makes its presence known. Anyone unlucky enough to be in or near the border of the jungle in tile IX is likely to be driven away by roving groups of huge, strange-looking boars, often traveling in pairs or triplets and each almost as tall as a human. They have the expected bristle-brown fur and build of wild boars, but with longer manes of fur and fat around their necks and partially covering their eyes, and their lower jaws split into two mandible-like sections around two sets of tusks. They charge at anyone either trying to leave or approach the airfield towards it or away, respectively, eventually leading to a barrier of screaming pigs in the forest.
A couple of hours in, a public message is sent over the transceivers.
EI033N
TRAITORS INTERLOPERS SLAUGHTERERS OF EKIS KIN WE TAKE BACK WHAT WAS STOLEN BLOOD PAID IN BLOOD AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES
EVENT FAQ
How long is this event running?
The event begins on Night 042 (OOC 11/11), and will last for at least one IC day, but the end date will depend on character actions. It could end quickly on Night 043 or it could continue through the end of November - that all depends on you.
Can we opt out?
Certainly - anyone not in tiles IX or X at the start of Night 042 can choose to stay out of this event entirely. Additionally, anyone traveling through ocean or mountain terrain in those areas can pass through safely.
What exactly is happening?
Following the public announcement, the boars in tile IX will circle the airfield, bungalows, and similar constructions and form a wall of angry pigs until they are made to leave. Groups of them will periodically storm in to scatter resources or attempt to destroy stationary defenses during this time. They will also, obviously, attack anyone that tries to get in or leave. Any of these actions could cause critical injuries, although it doesn't seem like the boars are interested in outright killing anyone (yet).
What is the exact range of the pig picket line?
Tile IX (the blue border):
Note that this outline is not set in stone; developments will be added here as they come up.
Why did you mention Tile X when it's not part of the siege?
It's possible for this tile to become part of the plot, but not required; I've mentioned it in case anyone wants to opt out entirely and doesn't want to be caught out unawares.
Can we respond to EI033N's message?
Absolutely! A NPC network post will go up on 11/11, corresponding to the IC date of event start. The post will be open to anyone, even if they've opted out of the physical part of the event.
How do we get the boars to go away?
That will be up to the players to decide. Please propose your ideas in the below comment. These do not necessarily have to line up with anyone else's ideas; if Character A would charge headlong into boars on Night 043 while Character B would try to talk them down the same night, both can be proposed and endorsed by other characters (give a "+1" with your character and a description of how they would be helping, or you can coordinate ahead of time and include their contribution in the original idea). I would highly recommend planning with your fellow players beforehand, though, so that characters do not trip over each other's plans (unless that's what you want to happen, I won't stop you).
Results of these ideas will be posted as a response to each thread, at the latest, on the first OOC date when it would have taken place. So if Character A's plan to charge the boars happens on Night 043, a mod response with the outcome will be posted by 11/17. If an idea results in the end of the event, it will be noted in the response, at which point all ideas that happen after that IC resolution will not be considered game canon. An event wrap-up post will go up as soon as possible when this happens.
Can we submit ideas ahead of time?
I encourage it! Try not to plan anything too far ahead of where the rest of the ideas are, though - as mentioned earlier, if your idea happens after the event is resolved, I cannot break continuity to still implement it. Check back frequently to see what the current situation is and we can go from there. Anything up to Night 043 is fair game for everyone, though.
Can we submit multiple ideas for the same character? Multiple ideas for multiple characters?
Sure! Just don't submit an idea before your previous one is resolved, or you may have to retcon it if your first idea results in a serious injury or something else debilitating (same goes for chiming into someone else's idea - your character cannot be in two places at once).
I have other questions/comments/concerns!
Please post them here so that I don't miss them. Feel free to use the rest of the post for plotting or working out the details of ideas before submitting them!
Maddy will come help him! She'll bring her sword. She's pretty freaked out but she's worried about Levi doing something stupid after his conversation with Eki. The best way to make sure this doesn't happen is to also be stupid.
this is a way different situation, but levi has experience leading a squad in combat. he doesn't want maddy to get hurt, so he'll default to ordering her around. like 'go after that one' or 'cover me' sorta thing. or retreat if it looks at all bad. he will protect her and any other helpers with his body if needed kthx
Normally Maddy would get super pissy at somebody ordering her around! However, this is NOT a normal situation, so she'll just defer to Levi and let him tell her what to do. She'll go after the boars he tells her to go after and she'll cover him if he says to.
She will also let him protect her when he needs to, since she's still kind of freaked out by this combat stuff and she's not going to argue with anybody who wants to look out for her. UNLESS it seems like he's about to die without help. Then she'll jump in and try to save him, whether he wants her to or not.
When the boars finally retreat in the morning he'll thank her (probably with something like "good work soldier" cause he tired and letting himself slip back into old habits) and then basically flip out of soldier mode immediately. and find somewhere for sleep
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or retreat if it looks at all bad.
he will protect her and any other helpers with his body if needed kthx
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She will also let him protect her when he needs to, since she's still kind of freaked out by this combat stuff and she's not going to argue with anybody who wants to look out for her. UNLESS it seems like he's about to die without help. Then she'll jump in and try to save him, whether he wants her to or not.
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