Behind the Crown [OoC], Out-of-Character information for Behind the Crown Options

[Koekepan]

I would say no, on the grounds that it is a mobile thing, too ephemeral to have much of a spirit of place. It would have a spiritual reflection, but not a hearth spirit as such.

[pbangarth]

OK. Thx.

[pbangarth]

Not a lot Blue can do with data files and figuring out patterns, but I guess he can default to Intelligence. So, once we get to the point where the two of them can sit down to look a the data from the police, he'll give it a shot.

Hmmm. Time to ask Owl? Hmmm.

[Bastard]

I am still around. I got another 2-3 weeks of turnaround before I am back to a normal work schedule.

[pbangarth]

Let's hope DS is still around. It's been pretty flaky lately.

[Bastard]

Back to normal life, back to dumpshock!

It has been a crazy summer!

[ Spoiler ]

In July I visited 3 states (5 if you include travel through), went to a board and rpg game convention, took the kid to two Lego Discovery centers, several Bricks & Minifig type stores, three science museums, two aquariums (including the Georgia Aquarium to see the whale sharks, before one of them died), water park, Braves game, several cigar lounges and breweries, hiking in the forest, walking all over the city (our pokemon benefitted greatly), visited friends in two different states, and had in-laws in from another state.

In August, the day I after I arrived home from a 7 hour return road trip, our plant planned shutdown for repairs started. That ended up extending an additional week or so, then after startup, we had an unplanned shutdown, a week of repairs, and finally completed our 3 day start up cycle this afternoon.

I went back, trying to figure out where we are at. Here is what I got.

Job offer from Jaxx:

• Why exactly has MaChef's stock price been falling when they've been expanding?
• MaChef's has multiple locations, multiple franchisees, yet their stock price is at 30% of its peak.
• He suspects that there's something funny about the finances

What we have learned:

• Targeted acts of vandalism on various locations.
• Have not determined any patterns.
• Vandalism performed by street gangs.
• Vandalism has stopped, but stock has not recovered.

What is our gameplan?

1. Review data from Hogan.
2. Interview owners and managers of affected locations and try to get CCTV footage, if they still have it.
3. Determine if there are any patterns.
4. Determine if there are any suspects.
5. Determine if there are any parties benefiting.

Anything else?

This post has been edited by Bastard: Sep 9 2025, 10:43 AM

[pbangarth]

Works for Blue.

Sounds like life was interesting. Be glad that life outside of gaming actually exists for you.

I've been busy with sheepdog trials. Competing, training, practising. A couple more trials here in Ontario, and the season is over.

[pbangarth]

Man, Blue is so not the right character I play to deal with this kind of research. The closest skill he has to anything useful is Corporate Culture.

What the hey:

Corporate Culture 1 die:

Huh. Can't get through to Orokos. Will try later. Leaving this post in so I show I am trying to do something!

[Koekepan]

It's cool. When Orokos is back up, roll it in and I'll give you your wisdom.

[pbangarth]

Alright. Corporate Culture 1 die:2

Yeah, at least it isn't a glitch.

[Bastard]

Maybe playing out your glitch will spark Karma's actions. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Koekepan]

It's obvious. Voltsev ordered all of this to get a tax write-off, and then buy the stock back at bargain rates.

[pbangarth]

Hey! That was my first thought! Look! Look! I was right!

[Bastard]

I guess I don't have to go watching a bunch of sec trids now.

[pbangarth]

Are we waiting for me to do something?

[pbangarth]

Dumpshock back ... for now. The Dawn of the Artifacts group I play in abandoned Dumpshock and moved to Myth Weavers because of the interruptions to service.

[Koekepan]

I hate to say it, but ... they may begin to have a point, no matter how much my implants twitch at the thought.

[pbangarth]

Yeah, I have been on DS a long time. In fact, I am the 10th highest poster of all time on this site. I'd feel a real loss if I abandoned it altogether.

[pbangarth]

Quick! Post something before DS goes down again!

[pbangarth]

Heh. Out and back again.

So, has this story drifted into oblivion, or should we bring it back to life, here or in another forum?

[Koekepan]

I'm starting to think of this as the Great Crash of '25.

I am not sure what's going on, but I've been mostly unable to connect, getting various database errors reported, if anything. Mostly nothing, honestly.

At any rate, we can try to make an alternative plan through the haze.

[pbangarth]

The Dawn of the Artifacts campaign I joined here has moved to Myth Weavers. Stable so far and we can still use Orokos for dice. Facility for including pictures in a post, though I don't know how to do that yet.

I don't know enough of the site to know how easy it is to set up a campaign there.

[Koekepan]

I'm vaguely balancing that with the prospect of using Discord, which has some suitable features too.

[pbangarth]

Yeah, the Artifacts campaign is using both, with Discord as more of a conversational, off topic space; though discussion of in-game things goes on as well, like posts saying "Posted IC" or talk about why player X quit and did he have good reason to do so.

The Myth Weavers site does allow for compartmentalization of OOC, IC, character sheets, etc. I don't know how much Discord can do in that regard.

[Koekepan]

That's pretty easy in Discord.
In fact they have a number of options including threads and their take on forum posts (which is really a misnomer).