a mini-plot thing!

[rebells]

HI AGAIN SPELLBIND I'M SORRY FOR SPAMMING YOU

Y'all may remember the ~mysterious island~ above Aiminitas! Previously, characters who can fly (you special snowflakes) went up to the island and discovered, among other things, that most of it is blocked by some sort of magical/electrical barrier that lures people in, then zaps them when they get too close. A lot of characters are curious about this barrier, including Jay, so he is organizing a larger expedition up to the island in order to try a few different barrier-breaking tactics! This will happen on Saturday, or IC Day 50.

Mikleo, Tara-Fay, Moon, and Geir will be flying people up there, with Mikleo, Moon, and Xion providing air during the ocean-faring part of this expedition. I'm estimating they can take around 18-20 people between them, which should hopefully be enough to cover everyone who wants to come. However, priority will be given to people who have a) electricity/barrier-related powers or b) powerful ranged attacks to attack the barrier with. Look, we're running out of ideas.

If you would like to be a part of this, please comment to the post with the character(s) attending, whether they can fly (or would need a slot on dragonback), and any relevant abilities they would try to use on the barrier/island. I will email the mods to let them know what was tried, they will tell us if anything interesting happened, and then we can play out shenanigans on Saturday! (There will be a catch-all network post, and people should also feel free to plot their own logs/network posts.)

Comments

QUESTIONS / COMMENTS / CONCERNS / SUGGESTIONS

[rebells]

Address them here!

[soulcomet]

I'd like to throw Madoka at this!

She can't fly, so she'd need to hitch a ride. As for her abilities, she can shoot the crap out of stuff (it's been used to break barriers in canon!), and she also can heal one person back to perfect health while they're up there. Just in case someone screws up and needs a mulligan.

[oneandmikleonly]

- mikleo is obviously here, he will be an air bus

- vern may come with geir if there is enough room but is unhelpful abilitywise! whether he comes or not though he would suggest 1. attacking the corners as a weak point since the barrier is apparently cube-shaped 2. checking if someone who can generate energy or manipulate objects at any distance can make their power work inside the barrier so it can be attacked from both sides at once.

[potentite]

jake can fly and also his skill of increasing the probability of an outcome would probably come in handy if he was concentrating on a positive outcome!

my only concern is i am in the process of moving so i don't want to be a burden but i also figure his ability is a really passive role? so it wouldn't require too much on my end if i wind up busy but! if you'd rather me sit out since i don't know my total availability i'd understand!

[shadowsthedawn]

Riku is here for it! He can't fly and will need a ride, but he does have a barrier ability however it's a bit limited (it extends over him + one person/object nearest to him) but maybe it can still help somehow? Other then that he's good in a fight and has a sword.

[heartkey]

sora would want to come!

he can't fly but he has a few types of magic that might help. the best ones would either be his blizzard spell (shooting ice shards at it) or he has a thunder spell but i'm not sure if that would do much damage to electric barriers. he can also use cure on someone who screws up or gets too close!

[splinten]

Dirk will come to be a flying pal. He can also destroy anything he understands, so uh... if anyone can get an UNDERSTANDING of it that would help. But since they don't, that's probably just going to be Taxi Service.

[p_mortem]

Minato will be there! He can summon a dragon to fly there, and carry 1-2 people with him since he won't be comfortable carrying too many people with him at the same time. But those people and himself will need to find someone else to hold them up once up above the island because he can't have the dragon summoned and have another Persona out at the same time.

He's talked with Dirk about barrier plans, and will be trying out:
1) equipping a Persona who can absorb/block electricity (Byakko, Norn, Shiva, Take-Mikazuchi, Thor, Vishnu) so he can get through it himself, and
2) casting an invulnerability spell with Vishnu and Ananta on up to 3 others besides himself and trying to get people through the barrier that way

He can also heal if something backfires and people get fried!

[actus]

akira will want to come!

He has with him for Personas BYAKKO, HORUS, SARASVATI, and DAKINI. So expect some thunder and ice sort of powers, along with healing in the event anyone gets zapped or exhausted along the way!

[talim]

jude will come! he can heal anyone who gets into a pinch, he can cast a defensive arte (aqua protection), and he can also attack it with spirit artes (wind blade, flare bomb)!

i will not be around saturday/sunday so i'm hoping it's okay if i jump into the log late!

[imsorey]

Sorey will want to come!! He cannot fly so he'll need to sit on a dragon or in Dirk's sylladex or something

his abilities might not be super helpful with taking down a barrier but he can:
-Do mini-heartgames on people he touches (most likely unhelpful)
-Do cool tales sword artes (possibly helpful)
-Armatize with Mikleo to do more tales artes (possibly helpful)
-Purify things (if it's a malevolence-filled barrier, possible helpful)

[deem]

9S would volunteer, being all about scouting and gathering information as he is. He's actually not made for melee attacks and jailbroke himself, so while he wields a sword...it's more like he waves his arms about and controls the sword, allowing him to attack at something of a range. Because of how his equipped weapons work, he doesn't need to retrieve it if thrown, as it reconstitutes itself wherever he is after attacks.

He's familiar with technology capable of creating such barriers and has the ability to (more or less) get a read on his environment. In addition to this, he's designed with a keen sense of intuition and often picks up clues that allow him to arrive at logical conclusions that might otherwise be overlooked.

All stuff he's probably yammered to Jay about in the past, but I think in particular his capacity to detect things about their environment would be most useful here. I'm assuming the barrier is magical but if there's a technological component of any kind, he could hack into and either hijack or damage such a system.

[drizzle]

Nike can summon wind abilities that can be used for range attacks and generate lightning strikes (which she may have no control where it will land at). She can't fly, so she'll need someone to give her a lift too.

[dragoness]

eliza can fly, she's strong enough to carry a couple people, and two of her noble phantasms use sound waves to liquefy enemies, so maybe it'll do some damage to the barrier!?

[bulletbiter]

Julius here is more of a physical melee attacker than anything, but I'd like him to tag along and observe just in case, since he has a personal interest in it. He's resistant to electricity (but he hasn't told anyone) so he can help in a pinch. He can't fly though so he'll need a lift.

[alphonse]

More of a maybe since he can't fly and who the fuck wants to carry him, but in the interest of throwing out weird abilities! Al has intangibility magic and could try and phase a couple people through the barrier.

[rebells]

Actually, that sounds really promising and like something that Jay would want to try! How heavy is Alphonse? Worst to worst we can tie him to Geir or stuff him into Dirk's sylladex (if he'd ICly consent.)

[alphonse]

He's huge and metal but not impossibly heavy. Particularly strong humans have been able to haul him around in canon, so a dragon could probably swing it even if it might not be the most comfortable ride of their lives. Though the hilarious options would definitely work too!

He'll probably clash with Jay a bit over the plan in general, but at least it'll get him to volunteer.

[rootandbranch]

SINCE ALPHONSE HAS ALCHEMY, a note about transportation he might be able to help with!

[mapsio]

Haru will want to come along for this!

She has a persona by the name of Milady that she is able to use. But it can only heal special stat effects / use psi skills. So maybe assume she can help if people get electrified/shocked

HOWEVER, she also has barrier related magic from Spellbind. She is able to create barriers and will be seeing if there is anything she can do with her barrier powers that could take DOWN a barrier.

[rootandbranch]

Geir can fly, and I WANT TO SHOUT OUT that our carrying capacity will be increased/the trip can become a regular, much smoother thing if anyone can make dummy submarines for the people with air magic to hang out inside/fill with air while the dragons carry them to the surface. Anyone up for this?

[alphonse]

Al would totally be down for whipping them up something sub-like.

[probablynoteren]

Y'all might be full up on characters needing lifts I'm not sure, but let's see...

Helpful abilities from this lump here...?

✗ Swinging blades
✗ Shooting things (he doesn't own a gun rip)
✗ Running away really fast
✗ Dropping refrigerators (they'd probably just sink and then fall onto the Palai city rip in pieces)
✓ Haphazardly teleporting people, creatures and objects should they decide to climb into a summoned fridge, which may or may not allow them to pass through the barrier, who knows (the downside is that you'd probably get teleported all over the ocean first)

Does anyone feel like taking a joyride in an RNG fridge lmk

[shadowsthedawn]

clearly teleporting refrigerators is the best way to travel.

[probablynoteren]

truly first-class seats ☆

[secrowtary]

Hibiki would like to come along. He can't fly and he's more of a melee fighter, but his agility can probably make up for it. He could make paper projectiles too and that might be of use too somehow...?

[pussywhips]

ann would want to try and help! she has her persona, hecate, who has some pretty strong fire-based attacks (thanks, concentrate!) and some healing? in case anyone gets hurt i guess??

she might be useless but ... she'd try

[lunala]

I replied to the plurk, but I should probably put here too that Moon will be providing her flying services.