Reference The Conspiracy Club (The Crossing OOC)

Yeah I know. There are hundred smarter things to do. But I wanted to stay in character. LEGO is not a killer (yet?). He is a peaceful man at heart who would at least try to talk to the man he considers his arch-enemy. Even if it would have been smarter to force him to reveal Simmons and then wipe everybody out who knows about us ... it wouldn't be him.

Then again they had no clue who I was. Smartest thing would have been to throw away Elena's phone and let Kyle die. They might never have found me. Also not Lego. But I hugely enjoyed the scene with the President so far. Was kinda hard to play him based solely on his info though. I know so much more than poor Sebastian.

 

Heheh.. Very glad you didnt kill him.

Might have started the prophecy, without you even knowing it... lol. Since none of US know why they are so freaked out....

But, LEGO's appearance might make him think. As LEGO had the PERFECT opportunity to kill him, but didnt. That might speak volumes. Or not. Hard to predict reactions. Either way, should be fun!!!!

 

Oh God, that was tense. I thought we have another dead president there! Great writing both of you. Also I wonder what the US Gov can do? Basically LEGO is blackmailing them into submission. I doubt they will find this acceptable.

 

That was one hell of a face-to-face. Really had me chew my finger nails. For a second I thought Lego will do it! This made the thing a lot more personal, I'd say.

Thanks everybody for the good wishes. A bit better now (probably the meds). So hope I am over the fever. But if my posts have a fever-dream quality ... that is not my prose skills, but just my natural state I am in.

And I have just written the final post of the game! Still a long way to go, but it forced itself into my mind while I was having my fever and I just wrote it on my iPhone.

 

Kyle: "Holy CRAP!!!"

I can see why the guy is paranoid. Bouncing around out of control, into different 'timelines'. And to know it happens only when yourself dies in another timeline. That would make anyone go insane....wow.

 

No, I woke him up.

 

Or the fever induced updates of LordT got you confused. Get some sleep!

 

Thanks. LordT set up a wonderful scene there. Really.

Yes, very interesting indeed. LordT surprised me with Cale. He gives Simmons a run for his money as the coolest NPC (and he has all the elements to become a villain if you ask me). A lot of thrilling insight.

I guess we slowly get the price for our incredible powers. The excessive use of them will have irreversible consequences. Problem is we are on a collision course with the Hunters now. Great Expectations, indeed.

And TSG's Maria scares the hell out of me. She basically infiltrated us. Quite an advantage.

 

Can I just say this is becoming hard to watch, I know what my character doesn't and have had to scrap a few posts after going back over the last few pages to realize he doesn't know anything. He doesn't know what his saving voice looks like and so cannot realize something is wrong beyond the tone of voice changing on the phone. He thinks the pale guy in a hoodie is Simmons for crying out loud when I want to scream "It's not Sebastian! It's the bad guy version of another person you don't know exists! AHH!"

*Calmly sips a drink of water* Great posts everyone, this is such a thrilling game with so many different sides right now that it is amazing.

 

@Mitth-Fisto, actually you wrote Sebastian, when I believe you meant Simmons, right?

To be honest I totally underestimated the possibility that you guy read each other's post. My SotS experience was, that only 5% of players did that and the others enjoy their characters journey ... with us most of you follow the overall plot. So I had to adjust to this a bit. Also I believe it is always the best way to enjoy a game. I always did that myself.

But I expect to have everyone at some level of knowledge by the end of chapter 2. BTW my great appreciation to the effort all of you take to not godmod. This game survives only because all of you are so good at staying in character.

Update in 24 hours.

 

Updated already ... the final "power" is revealed.





I got a few FAQ's which have come up lately. So I wanted to share the questions and answers with all of you ... to keep everybody on the same level.

How long is this game to last?

As you all might have realized we follow a certain string of events that I expect to come to a conclusion at some point, if enough players stay on board to end this game. I divide the game into three acts, of which we are in the second now.


Is this game set in the SotS universe?

No, it isn't. I hoped to do a kind of spiritual successor by providing a similiar fast-paced mystery thriller as Fin did back then. But this is not connected.

I personally felt there was nothing to add to SotS after it's conclusion.


Will we take new players at some point?

Nobody has signaled me to be interested in this and I guess this would be a game hard to join as the plot is pretty advanced at this point. But I am not saying it is impossible.


Will there be a sequel?

Haha, what do I know. I haven't planned one. This is not part of a trilogy or anything. But depending how it ends (and this more up to you guys then you might know) the possibility exists. Never say never. I advise to see this as a contained game though.

 

Glad you enjoy it and thanks!

I think it was Fin who once said, you need three things for a great game:

Great players, great players and great players.

I have those!

Actually it is easy to GM you guys and girls. I find great inspiration in your characters and in every post you guys do!

 

Yeah, I meant to write Simmons because that is what my guy thinks, whilst I know it is Sebastian. Blargh. Sorry about that.

 

Totally agree with every word HanSolo29 said. This is like an awesome TV Show, you just wait all week for the next episode.

So, I read through all the science stuff without the story stuff and I have a bad feeling about this. Cale explains that anyone from the future is a problem, because he slowly creates an ever growing paradox between what his past was and what the presence is. Understood. He can't be the same guy who went back when he talked and influences this guy now. Somehow could he get back and influence himself etc ... pretty bad. We also know Cale hasn't factored in the various timelines that Lambs is hinting at (also I think he is totally no expert so that might all be non-sense) ... and every time Future-LEGO fails to prevent the Desaster.

My theory. Future LEGO is causing the Desaster because his presence is creating the Paradox. He changes things farther and farther away from what they should be like until his past becomes impossible. Therefore he shouldn't exist. But he does. Crack. Time broken. I bet in the first iteration the world did NOT end! He travelled back for some other reason and then it began!

 

Yes, the Mansfield Institute is totally the Wild Card. They seem to pretty deep in science stuff, but not exactly too powerful. They send one freelancer to talk to Kawin? But Kawin was easy to locate. The others not so much. They are no intelligence group, Inguess. Not in the classical sense. The poor woman was basically dead already. And they seem to know about the Antville thing and the guy on his way to the US seems to know about the "abilities". How? Where from? Key player. By any means. One we know nothing about yet.

Cale said he knows 5 experts of which another two are Americans. Guess they might be the other three.

 

Ohhh... my head hurts.

Yeah, I do wonder about Lambs. Bouncing around to timelines that his other self has already died in? If he is telling the truth, then that brings on an entirely new set of ideas.

Ouch...

 

I would say if you look at all that was said and theorized ... also LordT packed it into very entertaining scientific rambling ... time-traveling could cause very bad things. And despite Kawin being able to travel back ten seconds ... which seems to benokay as he rewrites time ... the one guy messing with it is creepy Future-Me. So Cale IS wrong or he IS the problem. If he is the problem ... it is very unfortunate the Governemnt doesn't even know he exists. Only Simmons - whose mental health seems to be a bit shaky after meeting The source - knows of him and Kyle and me have a pretty good guess.

Bitter irony if the guy traveling through time to save the world is the one destroying the world through his actions.

 

No pressure but for those who want an update ... 24 hour update warning!