[ open ] DEFENSE FORCE MEETING

[swordfucker]

Who: The Defense Force & anyone who wants to listen in!
Where: Town Hall
When: 7/3
What: Defense Force meeting! These happen every other month.
Warnings: None

With everyone’s help the past two months, the town hall is looking in pretty fair shape considering how they’d first found it. Currently, this is the best place they have for the meeting, and Guren reminds everyone of the date with a simple message to their inbox. Date, time, place. Of course, it’s not fully furnished, and it could still use more than a little help, so feel free to help with any of that— but Guren already has some topics in mind. When the time hits, and it looks like everyone who’s coming has made it, he’ll start addressing points. Don’t interrupt him, or he’ll literally kick you in the face anime gag style, please.

OOC
Hey everyone! So here’s my first attempt at an actual meeting log, please go easy on me as plenty can change for the next one. I’ll be posting six top levels below for various prompts for characters to discuss. After that, you’re free to top level on your own, or comment under those to discuss those particular topics in a specific area! Guren will not be too active in discussion for a reason— the purpose of these meetings are to get input from the rest of the force, so he knows how to move forward with it. I’ll be reading everything to keep up with it, and he’ll be listening and watching! A few topics below have sign ups, both to make it easier on me and to make it more fun for everyone else! I’m sorry there’s so much to read I get too excited about these things.

Important links:
MEMBER LIST - This has the current list of all members, that I’ll keep updated, as well as a directory of links for convenience so you don't have to keep finding this log.
TEAMS AND OTHER ASSIGNMENTS - Teams, sparring, special projects, etc.

Comments

BOGEYMAN & WEREWOLF EVENT

[swordfucker]

He gets this out of the way as the first real topic, due to its relevance and the recent deaths. Patrols (now called “teams”) were all quick to respond individually, but there wasn’t much cohesion in terms of teamwork for dealing with werewolves. Guren guesses that it was due to how it was sudden and spread uncontrollably. Still, he asks for people to discuss how to react to future emergencies like this. What did they do wrong? What went right? Would something have been more helpful?

With the topic of the bogeyman, it’s a little more personal. He claims responsibility first and foremost, and then goes on to say that thankfully those people have returned, but that they can’t play with human lives. He doesn’t want to make that mistake again. He points out that it was brought to him that he took too few people, but counters that too many people can cause disorganization and wants to hear people discuss that. He says people can talk to each other to work out ways to better handle large threats like this from the whole town, since smaller groups trying repeatedly and a rather larger group of 6 at the end finishing it off still lost three lives.

[messianic]

[Hey what up guys. Minato does have something to say regarding this!! Though mostly it's just:]

I wonder if there's a better way for everyone to get on the same page in emergencies like that...? I know we have the laptops, but people aren't always able to be around for them, especially if we're patrolling or an emergency is happening.

[Boy it sure would be convenient if they had jamjar cellphones now!!]

[youwillbeunequaled]

Has no one come across something that could be used as an alarm bell? I haven't, myself... but if one could be found I think that would be a good, immediate solution.

[withwisdom]

Aside from alarm bells, perhaps we could create some sort of flare to pop up into the sky. That way anyone from a distance can see and be aware of a threat.

[satanslash]

Rin doesn't have much to say during these sorts of meetings. He's not the brains of any operation and never has been. Probably never will be. It does remind him of home, though, specifically how well his cram school class worked together as a team when things were actually going well and no one was in serious trouble due to their own lives or situations.

If nothing else he decides to quietly, with some hesitation, offer that maybe numbers might not be the big problem here. He explains that his "team" back home, excluding Yukio as their teacher and supervisor, was usually six people and that their strength came from their individual talents. Once they - or rather once Konekomaru - realized the best way to use those talents together it became incredibly easy to take on missions that had been far more difficult before hand. He also noted that putting a strategist like Konekomaru at the helm of it all also meant that they had one person capable of seeing ahead and planning as needed, calling out shots and using everyone's strengths.

Of course this all said in a very Rin-like manner, but it... mostly gets the point across?

[youwillbeunequaled]

"I believe that is a sentiment that we all can understand and agree with." He nods encouragingly. "But, as I am certain you've realized, it will take time for us to get to know each other, see what all our talents are, and think about how they can best be matched.

"Perhaps as time goes on, once we find people we match well with, we can ask Ichinose-dono to keep some group members the same. But until then, I look forward to when I can work with you and see your talent for myself."

SOMETHING IN THE FOREST

[swordfucker]

Guren starts this off by saying that the first thing he thinks will help with issues like the bogeyman is working together to fill different roles in a group, rather than just numbers. So, he’ll announce that Tonbokiri ran into a threat in the forest recently, and is worried about it coming to town. Guren has already chosen himself and Izuku to assist him in going to help with this, but he’d like to have one healer sign up to join them, in case things become dangerous. They’ll also discuss ahead of time an escape plan if necessary, and aim to come back all alive.

For this one, I’ll hold a mini sign up below in the comments! If your character can heal/do first aid/anything doctor like, and you’d be available to put priority on tagging this thread, please sign up! Sign ups close July 5th 6pm PST and I will be messaging the mods right after with the chosen group so that we can find out what happens! I’m just doing sign ups since I’m not sure how many healers there are or how much interest there will be, so I’d RNG if I got more than one! ICly, I’m thinking it will take place on July 6th, depending on what the mods say. This plotting thing was brought to me ahead of time which is the only reason so many slots are already filled and it’s such a short sign up, but I can do things like this more often, too, if anyone else spots something they want to investigate and wants to ask the force for help!

Player: Character: Healing ability: What are they capable of that qualifies them as a healing type?

HEALER SIGN UPS

[swordfucker]

[scooptimistic]

Player: Kia
Character: Maya Amano
Healing ability: Maya's a Persona user who specializes in having a large amount of magical power (meaning her spells are more effective and she's able to cast the powerful ones more often), and her main Persona has powerful healing spells.

[messianic]

Player: Cal
Character: Minato
Healing ability: Same as Maya, Minato's got Personas that specialize in support and healing!

CLOSED

[swordfucker]

I'm late to announce this because I'm late home but, let me just RNG someone from the two and contact you!!

SPARRING & TRAINING

[swordfucker]

Guren announces that he’ll be pairing off people who are interested for training again. For those of you who weren’t in the game when Guren first did this, he assigned characters to each other to teach each other combat in various ways. Originally, I had separated sparring from teaching/students, but for ease, Guren is bringing it back as one simple sign up. What does this sign up mean? That you’ll be paired with one other character and Guren will give you a personalized comment or tip ICly on how to learn from each other. You can do so with sparring or just lessons, but it’s also a great way to get CR or have your character learn new skills.

You do not have to be part of the defense force to sign up for this. If you want, Guren can sign your character up without their permission, as long as that would be enough to force your character into working with the other! Maybe they’ll feel bad about letting the other down. Please sign up before July 10th 9pm PST! Normally I’d get those partners out that day, but I will be on vacation, so sorry if they’re delayed until the following weekend this time! But new sign ups will go up each defense force meeting meaning that you can sign up again next time, or leave yourself out, and I’ll try to keep things new and interesting each time! Finally, please only sign up if you intend to follow up with your partner. If your partner does not follow up with you within those two months, please contact me so I can notate it to avoid repeated cases of this.

Player: Character: Would you be okay getting a second partner if sign ups are odd?: Yes or no!

TRAINING SIGN UPS

[swordfucker]

[bittybat]

Player: Anna
Character: Damian
Would you be okay getting a second partner if sign ups are odd?: Yes, however... Damian is going to specifically ask for............ Guren. RIP

[tosa]

Player: Eski
Character: Mutsunokami
Would you be okay getting a second partner if sign ups are odd?: YES, PLEASE FIGHT HIM HE'S READY TO FIGHT. He'll fight ten people if you need him to.

DRUGS

[swordfucker]

Everyone’s favorite part! Not really. But Guren announces that he completed two drugs that might be useful for various quests. He’s very serious talking about this, stressing that these drugs still have side effects and should only be used in emergency situations, and that you should never, under any condition, take more than one within 24 hours. Sounds great, right? Let’s go over what these are.

Drug A. Psychic Resistance
This drug will provide an hour of really great psychic resistance. Power through what might have otherwise caused your character to be completely taken over with mind control! However, after the hour is over and the drug wears off, you get a migraine so terrible that it’ll be difficult to even think. You may become less coordinated, ill from the pain, or sensitive to any light. This will last for three hours.

Drug B. Healing/Durability
This drug will make your body extra resilient for a good hour. Healing will be accelerated (realistically, based on your character’s current healing), and physical and direct attacks will do less damage in general for a whole hour! Afterwards, however, their body will become completely useless for three hours. This means it’ll be hard to even lift an arm or stand, let alone move around or fight.

Both Drug Notes

• Taking two drugs at once will stack the abilities. It’s up to you if you want two hours of the benefit with six hours of recovery, or one hour of even stronger benefit, with six hours recovery.
  
• Taking one drug, letting it wear off, and taking another within the 24 hour period will make the second dosage take twice as long for recovery.
  
• Taking one of each (at max of two) will give you both benefits, but with a six hour recovery just like the first bullet point.
  
• Taking three drugs within 24 hours, whether mixing and matching or not, will cause your characters’ organs to rupture and kill them. Please don’t do this.

Guren will stress the dangers of these drugs repeatedly, and clearly explain the side effects and risks. He will not be passing these out like candy. To receive a pack of 3 of these drugs, you’ll have to come ask Guren, and he’ll decide if you can handle it responsibly. He’ll keep his hands on these himself and be on top of that, but if you’d like to have your character try to steal some for whatever reason, please message me privately to work something out!

If you want to speak to Guren and get some drugs, just write “Guren” in the subject line and I’ll reply. Otherwise, you can discuss with each other how to use these.

guren!

[whereabout]

[ You bet your ass that Zemuria's #1 Mindfuck Magnet wants in on that psychic resistance drug. ]

Guren

[youwillbeunequaled]

[. . . An hour of invulnerability to the town being in his mind. But in exchange, three hours of physical vulnerability. His body is supernatural, but still human. He has no doubt the intensity of the side effects will be just as Ichinose described for him, as well.]

Ichinose-dono, how quickly does the drug take effect?

guren!

[dualtone]

[ Fushimi is like. Half intrigued and also half... not, so he approaches Guren, looking a little less tired and strung out than usual, and leans back against the nearest leanable surface. ]

Do you think a drug like that would do me any good? [ In an emergency; Fushimi is a bit reckless on occasion, but compared to most of the people he's met, he's almost downright reserved about power. ]

I'm not as strong as you. [ Not to say that he's too weak for the side effects -- just that he isn't certain it would do any good on reasonably normal human healing and strength. Most of his power is magical, after all. ]

SPECIAL PROJECTS

[swordfucker]

Finally, Guren will be asking how those who had assignments in the last gdoc are doing! Kirishima, John, Izuku and Dave have all been collecting plants for him, so he’ll thank them for their efforts and explain that he needed those for the drugs he was able to make.

Akechi and Kyrie he hasn’t heard from in regards to the town alarm, or an idea for it, so he’ll ask if they have any ideas or progress on that.

Bruce he’ll ask if he’s made a comprehensive list and how complete it is, and if it’s been updated for the recent disappearances. He’ll also ask if he still wants to do anything to prepare for possible newcomers.

Clark he’ll just check to see if he’s heard anything about a clinic, since he knew someone was working on it but hasn’t heard an update since. Also, he’ll thank him if he contributed any to how the town hall looks today!

That’s all from last time. Now, if you’d like any special assignments from Guren, I’m going to have sign ups because I realized I wasn’t sure who would or wouldn’t want to participate or put the time into this OOCly, so please feel free to ignore this prompt if you’re one of the above and didn’t care to do it! This time, if you want your character to have a special task, please fill out the below and paste it to the sign ups top level! I’ll do my best to come up with something for anyone who signs up, though keep in mind that they may not all be large projects and may vary in how much initiative you have to take oocly to complete them.

Player: Character: Type of assignment you’d like: Most of them are going to be fixing up the town in some way or helping prepare things, but if you think your character has a specific skill you want shown off, tell me about what they’re good at and I’ll try to think of something! Or if you have a specific idea, even, and want Guren to give it to them so they have reason to do it!

SPECIAL PROJECT SIGN UPS

[swordfucker]

TEAM ASSIGNMENTS

[swordfucker]

Finally, before he opens everyone to discussion, he will list out the new teams, which can be found here. He stresses that leaders should take more initiative than the rest and try to keep things organized, and that if anyone does not want that leadership position, to contact him so he can shift it. Similarly, if anyone does not want to be part of the teams at all, then let him know, or if you aren’t and would like to be, tell him, too. (Which also means, of course, tell me OOCly!)

Everyone has a responsibility to help those around them in the force. Guren stresses that they’re all family. It’s really lame but somehow inspirational. Anyway, get together with your teams, or with other leaders/members, figure things out and have fun! Maybe you want to assign certain members to patrol and others to town fixing and some to combat, maybe not, whatever you’d like!

[inheritance]

[True to form, Izuku's standing off to the side and furiously taking notes as Guren goes through each important topic. And of course, he'll make a point of writing down the members of each team, too.

With a smile, he taps his pen against his notebook once he's done.] Ochako-san's one of the team leads this time, huh...

[withwisdom]

[ chokes. ]

Is this because I scolded you on the public feed, Guren?

[ not that she can't do it, and she will, but it feels like he's putting the hot potato in her hands. ]

[scooptimistic]

Hello!!

[ And here's Maya, waving a hand over her head. ]

I'm Maya Amano, one of your friendly neighborhood leaders. There are a lot of you I'm not familiar with, so I'd like to have a quick little powwow to get to know you better and hear your thoughts!