Crowning Achievements Plotting post

[subconmodo]

Part plotting post, part info gathering, here's the bare bones information to know here.

Shackles

The shackles as a magical artifact take the suffering of those locked into them and transform it into magical power, which is transferred to the owner of the crown.

As a regular old museum artifact, they were said to have been in better condition than the other shackles found in what was presumed to be a dungeon or jail.


Crown:

The crown displayed in the museum is small and simple, made of worn, dented gold. Though the fake that's been brought in to replace the artifact matches it exactly, this is not the crown the mission party is looking for, which is something Avery himself will confirm the second he lays eyes on it.

That said, he has no qualms about letting you keep the crown if you swap it for the fake. He won't tell.


Format

Please let me know how you'd like this formatted! I can make several prompts we can reply to in order, have people top level, a mix of both, whatever.


Other Artifacts, Paintings, Displays, etc.

Please see the comments!


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Per mods, here are some other things to take note of:

The security system is super high tech and there will be guards around! Feel free to play around with these in how high tech and how many guards. The museum is used to getting broken into during exhibit openings, so they were ready.

You know who wasn't ready? These four highly trained mages who have also snuck into the museum to steal shit. They've got a list of things they want to get for the family who hired them and the crown and shackles are on it. You might have to fight them for any other bonus items you want to appropriate, too.

Comments

Other Displays

[subconmodo]

With a setting like this, it only makes sense to open things up a little. If there's anything relevant to your character/your character's backstory/some world building you want to do, go ahead and put it here!

[nor_iron_bars]

If Avery doesn't want the crown, Jail will happily call dibs on it. She's probably the one who made the fake that the school is using to swap it with anyway, so fair's fair. :D

[subconmodo]

Painting of a Happy Couple

Located close to the target artifacts, this painting depicts a couple sitting next to one another in a drawing room, holding hands. While they wear the neutral expressions typical of paintings of the era, they wear the faintest hint of a loving smile.

The man in the portrait looks exactly like Avery, though with brown hair and eyes and more human features. He wears a crown exactly like the supposed target.

The woman sports long, blonde hair and green eyes. She is also wearing a crown.

[lastexit]

Important bit of housekeeping first: Maya's Permissions for anyone on the mission who hasn't filled them out.

I figure Maya's going to be casing the museum, sensing for anything out of the ordinary. With her stealth suit+cameras for use in the heist. Maya's powerset is kinda good for this mission.

She doesn't want any of the swag unless someone writes up a cool magical musical instrument. She's just doing the job.

[shockingblue]

One object I'd like to add to the Museum, be it on display or (more likely) in storage, would be a runic relic, actually undocumented. A pair of winged boots, dating back to Roman times, once said to be a "gift" from the Roman god Mercury. Of course, to most people, these just appear to be an ordinary pair of boots with ornamental wings around both heels, and their actual significance has been lost for quite some time.

Turns out, the runic relic only reacts to certain people, with certain powers. So while the historical documentation and mythology may have said they were a gift from Mercury to humankind, their original human created purpose was different. They were created by an ancient (and hubris-filled) mage and runic inscriptionist who fancied himself a son of Jupiter, first of all. These winged boots react only to possess the power of the head Roman God himself: lightning, which is why their true power went undiscovered for so long. The boots themselves grant the power of mid-air agility, notably, the ability to double or even triple jump, and air-dash short distances.

Naturally, they'll react to Gunvolt specifically thanks to his natural predilection toward lightning, and once he discovers they're magical, he'd be for recovering them for Daybreak. Afterward, he'd likely study them, and duplicate the magical runes into his own equipment, while handing the original article over to Daybreak's vaults.

Anyone who wants to help set up where these things might be located, and the difficulty of extracting them, I'd be all for it. Ridiculous and elaborate methods requiring more than one person are more than welcome because what's a heist without it?

[spelleton]

Ekkehardt's main job is babysitting and tidying up after people if they leave evidence of their passing and also making sure people don't steal the entire damn museum come on.

He will also knock out guards if the need arises, but generally he's happy to hang back and supervise.

for formatting: a mix of both sounds good to me honestly! if you want we can use prompts to mark the passage of time as well

[hattersgonnahat]

Another item on display is going to be shockingly similar to one of the hourglasses that Puella has but much, muuuch older. This one does not seem to be full of Mist though. In fact, the museum may have decided to fill it up with sand instead, not knowing what it was actually meant for.

Clearly, it deserves a better home and purpose than this... Also Puella doesn't have a clue why this hourglass even exists, when she thought that it was only a weird family thing.

[hattersgonnahat]

Puella will be doing what she does best to stealth through the museum (Which to be fair, is not quite this skilled and still lacks Time Stop. But hey) and trying not to get caught. She will be bringing her dweller mask too in case there is something worth playing off with it there. Like artifacts giving off weird auras or any hidden magic runes on them.

Also it'll mean that she can see through glamours again. ...Sorry to the resident skeletons.

[shockingblue]

> Metal Gear Solid Theme Intensifies

....I feel like I need to have MGS get referenced in character by GV telling Puella that she's pretty good. :V

[littledevildarling]

Bendy is so tiny I'm sure he can be useful in a lot of ways stealthwise. Also he has his hammerspace shenanigans to help in a pinch?

I'm not always very good at planning things... Anyone else have ideas about what he could do?

[subconmodo]

Avery will have to be stopped from hunting the curator down to murder them. Or burning the museum down.

The second he lays eyes on those shackles he is NOT going to be a happy camper. So... he may need someone to help keep him from doing anything drastic.

[shockingblue]

Gunvolt, being a trained QUILL Agent, does already have infiltration skills at the ready, and bonus points that his natural flame being Lightning, and most electronic systems don't like being overloaded. Essentially, one of the things he might be able to do is overload and fry some security countermeasures like it was a power surge.

Overall, in regards to the mission, other than the single item he's going to want to pilfer due to its magical (and therefore sensitive) nature, he's going to be on point and professional about getting the job done. The major articles as outlined in the briefing come first, anything magical is secondary, and nabbing anything else is a waste of time.

He'll probably be with Ekkehardt in telling people not to steal the whole museum because anything mundane and non-mission related isn't their business to take.

[lastexit]

There's a Hewn-Stone Lyre that's on the other group's list to steal. It's in very good condition for a find that's far too old to still have strings. And not nearly heavy enough for the materials it's made from.

It's currently in storage so some experts can make sure it's real, because really it shouldn't be around. It's definitely magic. Not radiating a lot of power but enough for anyone to notice. Touching it makes the air smell like it's about to rain.

[foolishjustice]

There's a statue of a praying gargoyle somewhere in the museum that's definitely magic...despite some sources saying it was destroyed in the 1920s. It was found hidden in the Notre Dame Cathedral in the 1980s and has been passed around a few different museums.

[unpocoloco]

Resident skeleton doesn't mind. It's their little secret.

[unpocoloco]

So maybe he's talked out of the dress idea but if guards are being knocked out at all then he is totally nabbing that for a disguise. I also want him to be useful in extremely stupid ways on this mission. Like, idk, he needs to toss a limb through something. Or at someone.

Formatting wise, I think a mix would be best. Some split-offs and the like, especially since we're a big group with lots of plans and big group threads can be slower (or I could miss a whole bunch during the day if it goes faster haha).

[unpocoloco]

Signing up for talking Avery down. However many times as needed. They can destroy those awful chains later.

And also, if possible, he's going to take and hide the painting before too many see it.

[subconmodo]

You're a bro, Héc.

[hattersgonnahat]

Yes do it. I could always have her hide in a cardboard box at some point.

[hattersgonnahat]

It's a very good secret too!!

Regarding the theft itself...

[subconmodo]

I figure it might be easiest to combo the ultimate showdown with the rivals with the act of the theft itself. For ease, and since fights work better with a posting order, I figure it might be better to have everyone split into a subthread of 3 people each. Three on one or two mages, basically. I'd you'd rather this be different, please let me know. Otherwise, feel free to logic up your teams and things here!