Shifting Sands: BAD END=DEAD END

[idolpro]

You find yourselves in a tastefully-appointed stateroom with linens and upholstery in BAD END gunmetal. At one side is a closet full of Victorian-era costumes and a box of props—whatever you might need to play a role.

There's a desk, and someone has left written instructions on the blotter. Maybe you should read them!

Comments

STARTING INFLUENCE

[idolpro]

- Underworld (3)
- Monetary (3)
- Politics (3)

UPDATES.

[overworker]

- Monetary (1)
- Politics (3)
- Religion (1)
- High Society (2)
- Low Society (2)

GOAL

[idolpro]

Have your nation recognized as legitimate and cultured rather than a contraband-trading backwater.

STEP ONE

[idolpro]

Collect 2 High Society to secure introductions to the right friends; collect 1 Religion and 2 Low Society to keep up outward appearances to your neighboring nations.

When you've collected the above, or if you want to do something different with your goal, reply to this comment and link relevant threads.

Re: STEP ONE

[bad_crowmance]

+1 High Society
-1 Underworld
(link)

Re: STEP ONE

[overworker]

+ 1 Religion
- 1 Underworld
( link )

+ 1 High Society
- 1 Politics
( link )

+ 2 Low Society
- 1 Monetary
- 1 Underworld
( link )

STEP TWO

[idolpro]

Collect 1 Military and 2 Politics to have proper advising in those areas; collect 2 Culture and 2 Finance to be able to have steady footing on the national stage.

When you've collected the above, or if you want to do something different with your goal, reply to this comment and link relevant threads.

ROLES

[idolpro]

The roles available to your unit are as follows. Only one of each!

Reply with which role you selected. If you accomplish your goal, reply to your own comment with links to the relevant thread(s).

Foreign Minister: Secure an agreement of alliance in writing with a politician from another nation.

Con Artist: Secure the hand in marriage of someone wealthy and/or important from another nation.

Military Officer: Convince someone of higher station than you to engage you in a contest of strength, and win.

Illegitimate Noble: Get someone of noble station to acknowledge your virtues to attain more legitimacy in high society despite the circumstances of your birth.

Spy: Make a serious attempt to learn and sabotage another unit’s goal.

Priest: Find someone who is troubled, convince them to tell you about it, and give them decent advice for their situation.

Overbearing Family Head: Get one of your unitmates engaged in-character.

Cursed Heir: You have a curse upon you. Try to get rid of and/or hide your curse while securing a good marriage. Decide on one obvious sign, and bring it up once per thread for roleplaying credit.

SPY

[bad_crowmance]

PRIEST

[beautifulend]

FOREIGN MINISTER

[overworker]

[overworker]

( link )

[bad_crowmance]

Different roles, huh....?

[ He has had some fun dressing up. ]

[overworker]

[ We're all having fun here. Once she's also dressed to play a part, Serenity will join in. ]

Right... I suppose we start by seeing which each of us wants. There's a nice variety, so we can play to our strengths.

[bad_crowmance]

Yeah, that's gonna be the best way to do it. --Looking good, by the way.

[overworker]

[////]

You don't look bad yourself. [Ahem.] So. Will you be playing the part of the con artist we're marrying off or the spy keeping an eye on our enemies?

[bad_crowmance]

Haha, got me figured out already huh?

[ She knows which two roles he'd have the most fun with. ]

I thought I'd go with the spy.

[overworker]

Juuust a hunch. Good to know I've still got it.

That sounds good to me. I thought I might try to take on the Foreign Minister or Priest's tasks myself...

[bad_crowmance]

You'd do a great job with either one of those.

[overworker]

Hmm... then... since we need a decent amount of High Society tokens, I'll try to use the Foreign Minister's role to accomplish that.

[bad_crowmance]

Yeah, that'll be the easiest way to do it. ...I can try and look into getting some Low Society ones.

[overworker]

That would be perfect. Alright-- let's do our best!

[bad_crowmance]

Alright!

[ He pounds a fist into an open hand and grins. ]

We've got this!

[beautifulend]

[ Sashay Silfda is for once actually not only wearing more than the absolute bare minimum of clothing, they're actually wearing layers??? spooky. ]

Well, this one doesn't seem so bad.

[bad_crowmance]

Sounds like a lot of fun to me!

[beautifulend]

I've found that a lot of these sound fun until they aren't.

[overworker]

Politics themselves are complicated and can be quite unpleasant when you're in the middle of them.

But I still have hope that this game will highlight it's better features... rather than the uglier ones.