Heroes, Inc.: Kryptgarden

[kirinke]

ooc:
Are they in a scry proof room at this point? And I do believe that Aleena does know about Alethia and Naverone.

 

[frostrune]

Aleena seems surprised. "You wre far more successful than you seem to think. You located the enemy base, forced them to abandon it, destroyed their wra machines, killed a number of them, and at a minimum, halted their advance. My father's fate is important, but do not forget that you may have just saved the city. I must now contact our allies and gather forces against them. Meanwhile, this will give us an edge against Aiden. I think we can beat him with this. In fact, we should plan a banquet in honor of your victory. Thanks to us, their army has been discovered and their ability to grow neutralized."

Timrin looks up but does not rise. He is hesitant.

"My Lady, this force can teleport. We have hardly slowed them. While I would agree it is wise to rouse our allies to readiness, I am loathe to call this a success."

"Such is not my place to counsel, but my instincts do not feel right about trying to promote this as a political victory."

 

[Hypersmurf]

You gradually march back without incident. Maggie travels on one of her signature disks, poring over scraps of paper and odd devices found in the abandoned enemy base. Excitedly, she holds up a pair of crystal structures and a mitheril sphere about the size of a tennis ball. She says "Where did you guys find these! (Answer, behind a wrecked wall) They look like they have sometihng to do with the viewing device on Sarkon! This one (it looks just like the red half-sphere control crystals on the pedestals, except it has an empty slot in the middle) must somehow replace one of them there! ...And this crystal fits in there...I wonder what it does! Ooh, look, little numbers on it. Rows of them, all round...each row...four sets of five-digit numbers...a three digit number in the 000-three hundred sometihng range, some twopdigits, the highest i see is in the early 20s, then a couple more sets of twos topping out in the fifties...And this ball, it seems to contian a small portal...a powerful one, maybe even planar, and the shell is enchanted as a beacon for teleportation or scrying...very odd."

"Days, hours, minutes, seconds," Fin replies. "The five digit numbers may be location and year, perhaps, or even planar selection. But a portal? Maggie, if this is an addition to the viewing device that allows travel to different times, I don't think I want to know it..."

 

[Hypersmurf]

Timrin looks up but does not rise. He is hesitant.
"Such is not my place to counsel, but my instincts do not feel right about trying to promote this as a political victory."

"On the other hand," Fin murmurs, "anything that might regain some ground against Zarun in the public opinion stakes might be worth pursuing..."

 

[frostrune]

"Days, hours, minutes, seconds," Fin replies. "The five digit numbers may be location and year, perhaps, or even planar selection. But a portal? Maggie, if this is an addition to the viewing device that allows travel to different times, I don't think I want to know it..."

"I just had another idea," Timrin says excitedly, "perhaps we could return to Sarkon and focus on the hideout you just uncovered. We could slowly view back through time and maybe learn how those fiendpires were being created and perhaps catch a glimpse of who else might be involved?"

 

[DM_Matt]

Timrin looks up but does not rise. He is hesitant.

"My Lady, this force can teleport. We have hardly slowed them. While I would agree it is wise to rouse our allies to readiness, I am loathe to call this a success."

"Such is not my place to counsel, but my instincts do not feel right about trying to promote this as a political victory."

"We can do both at once. Such a celebration will also serve to bring together local leaders to seek their aid in this ongoing fight, while at the same time highlighting our victory."

 

[kirinke]

"You said before that Lord Zarun was rallying the poor and disaffected right?" Alethia asked. "What if we did the same? Only differently. He proposes giving money and tearing down businesses. There was alot of damage done during the attack and I'm sure the city has projects that need being completed. What about setting up some sort of work programs, offering a fair wage for the work done as well as medical attention and schooling or apprenticeships for the worker's younglings and dependents? And then, promise that whoever works on a particular project will have their name along with others placed on a plaque next to or on the project itself. That way, they will develope a sense of pride and accomplishment along with filling their bellies. The trick is, make it voluntary and I think that will help even more than banquets and speaches."

 

[DM_Matt]

"You said before that Lord Zarun was rallying the poor and disaffected right?" Alethia asked. "What if we did the same? Only differently. He proposes giving money and tearing down businesses. There was alot of damage done during the attack and I'm sure the city has projects that need being completed. What about setting up some sort of work programs, offering a fair wage for the work done as well as medical attention and schooling or apprenticeships for the worker's younglings and dependents? And then, promise that whoever works on a particular project will have their name along with others placed on a plaque next to or on the project itself. That way, they will develope a sense of pride and accomplishment along with filling their bellies. The trick is, make it voluntary and I think that will help even more than banquets and speaches."

"The attacks unfortunately were far more destructive towards people and random objects than buildings or city infrastructure.

Also, Zarun is appealing to the poor, but not necessarily the unemployed. Jobs are reletively plentiful here, and most who do not have an above-board job are adventurers or types who have chosen to work in some fashion in the undergorund economy for more money or perhaps more excitement than legitimate work. Aiden's constituency is the working poor and the lower middle class. Below that he has the quasi-employed gangs and thugs loyal to various guilds, but otherwise thats it.

However, if we really do have a war on our hands here, we will experience significant economic growth and move from a very prosperous city to a maximally-employed one. Unfortunately, I am just not so sure that there will be especially-useful public works projects for this war, as additional static defenses ma ynot be as useful against our enemy. Perhaps more barracks, forges, and othermilitary infrastructure can be constrcted, though.

Aiden would just respond by saying that this project is an exmaple of what must be done for all workers, and would be were the businessmen not so greedy and the churches so stungy with their healing powers. And unfortuantely, while these can provide jobs, providing reletively unprecedented benefits to workers on those projects would only further provoke rage towards businesses, and would seem to require establishing these huge programs for all government employees, not just those on these new projects."

 

[Hawkeye]

OOC: How long have we been gone?

"My lady, if I make a simple request. The celebration should not be limited to the rich and powerful of the city. It may not make sense from a security point of view, but the celebration should be held in a public place, open to all. I think it would show to all that there are those in government that are on the side of the poor and needy and the armies are there to help everyone and not just a tool of the powerful. Also, it would be a good way to distribute food and other aid to those that need it. You may want to involve all of the churches in the matter by having them show up, offering healing and other medical services to those in need."

"Ilamter forgive me, but I sound like I am trying to manipulate the poor and needy for political purposes. I need to pary and meditate on this matter "

"I will be there Lady, but I will not be participating. I will see to your safety. Please see that my portion of the feast reaches someone in need."

Hawkeye

 

[kirinke]

"Hmmm. Thank you for telling me this." Alethia smiled grimly, without humour. "I was also considering letting Taavi and or Charissa as well as some of my celestial friends keep you company, perhaps the ravens or the wolf sisters. With two lantern archons attending you as well as the celestials, Aiden would not be able to really convince people that you are a murderer, for no celestial or angelic entity would willingly serve such."


ooc:
refering to the attack on the thayan embassy.