let's talk fragments!

[dedikated]

Can I just get a quick check on which boats / characters handed their fragments to the lab, Kate or Alphys after returning? And how many they obtained? ALTERNATIVELY, please feel free to chime in if your character kept their fragment, handed it over to Sorrow, etc.

( Also this is just general discussion for what is going on with the fragments because it feels like we're all a little lost regarding who has what and who is involved in holding onto them etc. )

Fragment #	Current Location	Obtained By
1	The Lab	Law, Caedra, Glacius, et al.
2	The Lab	Nate, Lance, TAZ crew.
3	The Lab	Curufin, Jill V
4	The Lab	Dany & Jon
5	With Sorrow	Bluehaus + Kyna
6	The Lab	Sonya + Floki
7	The Lab	Sonya + Floki

Comments

[abyssalarcana]

Law's ship brought back either one or two and delivered it/them to the lab. We had the retrieval of one threaded, and then received a mod prompt for September with another, but didn't want to hog two if someone else didn't have the opportunity to get one, so I think the plan was count that ship as one fragment unless not enough came back and then count them for a second.

As for general lab stuff, Caedra has been lurking around the lab a lot. Initially to meet the people involved so she knows who to hold responsible if any of the fragments go missing, knows who's intending to study them and what about, etc. Also, she and Nate spent some time trying to see if they could decipher any of the writing/patterns on the fragments' surfaces.

[dedikated]

See now i'm just imagining caedra walking in and realising the chick who never talks is working on this and just walking straight back out bc *god why her*

[abyssalarcana]

Hahaha well thankfully she doesn't hate Kate, she'd probably just ignore her to bother someone more talkative. She's particularly been stalking Alphys and Newt!

[dedikated]

Okay, added the first fragment to the post. I'll make mention of the second if no one else comes forward, I guess!

[circumitus]

I thought that they were able to bring back two but I wasn't sure, either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So yes, glad for this handy post and table.

[missiondeterminant]

Lance was in a group with Nate, Taako, Lup, Barry, and Kravitz, and they turned over their shard to the Lab. Otherwise, Lance hasn't been involved with that stuff; he's probably been more focused on shuffling Name around since the Lab's been busy and such.

Connor didn't have anything because fuck that, HOWEVER he has definitely been lurking around the Lab to keep an eye on things, or more specifically to look out for Alphys. He doesn't think having a whole bunch of magical artifacts that people have been getting all mad at each other about in one place with no security is a good idea.

[dedikated]

Added the fragment to the table, thanks!

[hot_mes]

Yep Law's ship had one but the second one is ??? because of the way the prompt was worded. We didn't thread out anything besides that first one so there is an option for handwaving a second if and only if there is one fragment unaccounted for and no one else was planning to thread it. ICly Law would have made sure all of them were picked up but idk where other boats/parties are with that.

Curufin had one for sure as well, idk if Jill's prompt meant they also got a chance at a second or what.

Lab-wise Law isn't lurking any more than usual but he's being public about turning them over to the lab because he wants the entirety of the city to act as a fail-safe to guarantee that all fragments are accounted for and no one can hide anything. He's not pushing Kate and Alphys to do anything but he fully understands, after touching one, that they're probably going to have to go Sorrow's route and he's not going to complain. Anything to get a Door.

[dedikated]

I've added the fragment to the table. I'll wait to see if anyone else has additions to make before mentioning Schrodinger's Fragment.

[hot_mes]

Nice. Yeah, I want to make sure any other boats that went out get their claim before hitting Yes on Schrodinger's fragment. I didn't check the logs to see who else actually...did?

update: I got some time to skim logs and it looks like Ignis and Noctis went out for one, and possibly Percival well. idk if any of them are around to verify but it looks like we may have everything accounted for without any Schrodingers needed.

[ghostlocked]

harlan wasn't involved with fragmentquest but he's asking for this info icly here!

newt is in the lab all the time, so he's at least aware of what's all been going down. he'd chip in to help if alphys or anyone ever asked him to though, and he's looking to get more involved after sorrow's post (if there's anything to get more involved with beyond the door studies in general).

both of mine are in favor of shipping the fragments off to sorrow, btw!

[northerndragon]

Jon and Daenerys would have turned over a fragment to whoever it was assumed they should turn them over to when they went out.

One caveat, though: we didn't get finding a fragment in our mod prompt, we got finding the island with the recent ruins, and because of the way the mod post was phrased and the way August kind of got away from both of us as players for personal reasons (rough times!), I don't think we realized/remembered that whether or not they found a fragment might have been dictated by prompts. I think, when we were trying to get back up to speed in September, we only went back and reread the parts of the initial post that discussed what equipment was available, and I think we had the impression that generally the gods' boats would have pretty good luck with finding the general area of the fragments, but the specific/precise locating on the ocean floor was up to the characters. Because the trip went on longer than we initially intended it to (also for personal reasons), I think we also kind of figured they had to have found a fragment to just not screw the game over on how long they were out with one of the boats. Potentially a big oops on our part!

We didn't thread that out, and have only mentioned it, so if there are more fragments than there should be, then they didn't find one after all and we can just retcon our assumption that they would have (sorry about all that diving, Jon). If, however, there aren't enough fragments and it's ok to assume they found one... go ahead and do that! And I'm sorry for the mistake if there was one -- yikes.

update!

[northerndragon]

OK, it looks like the mod response on this is that I did read the initial post correctly, and it's cool for them to have found a fragment -- so they did!

They would have turned it in on their return to wherever people were turning them in... so presumably the lab.

(Still sorry about all that diving, Jon. At least it was productive diving?)

[dedikated]

Okay, I'm going with them turning things over to the lab, then. :3

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin's boat collected one Door fragment. Jill Valentine and Curufin dived for it. Once they had returned, Curufin met up with Kate on West Island and they turned the fragment over to Alphys at the Lab.

[dedikated]

Added!

[pocketspa]

Taako went out as Lance previously mentioned with that squad, though I have it on pretty good word from Barry's player that the shard was taken to the Lab.

Alphys has been doing her best oh god everyone thinks she knows what she's doing and she doesn't god help her she has no idea. I pinged the mods for if she's picking up anything else from getting to study the fragments, but I'd love to hear if people are studying them in the Lab, or wanting to come in, or anything! She has to have gotten some people to help her watch them, because she's not dumb enough to leave them out of someone's sight at all times. THAT SAID, please hit me up with this, I really want everyone to be able to get involved and she will be full ass panic if left on her own.

[dedikated]

Yep, added that fragment. :3

[completelycrazy]

newt can totally help with fragment studying! esp if alphys is overwhelmed LOL... poor kiddo. but yeah! newt would want to get involved with stuff after sorrow's post for sure, but if it would've been helpful for alphys, we could say that he's been assisting her since the fragments started coming in? he's around the lab a ton anyway so he wouldn't leave her hangin if she was stressed

[sciencelizard]

honestly catch her on the floor LMFAO

look newt at least 20% of what they're doing is 'can we throw it at a wall' so like, come help them hit it with stuff

[synthedick]

Just noting that Nick isn't helping with the studying, but he definitely is swinging by every other day to check on Alphys and make sure she's not going crazy overworking herself! He worries about you, Doc.

[sciencelizard]

awwww Nick ;o; thank you sweetie. she needs someone to be like "okay it's been like two hours you need to get away from the radiation, please"

[allthecards]

Kaiba will help with fragment studying! And the guarding, mostly because he doesn't trust anyone but himself with anything. He'd most likely do his own thing, but if there's an opportunity to coordinate with Alphys et al, that'd be great.

[sciencelizard]

yes awesome!! I'm putting up a big mingle where people can have done some work or we can handwave something but she'd be delighted to work with him, haha.

[hardwearing]

The Bluehaus contingent of the RvB cast + Kyna had a fragment Wash's expedition brought back, they held it while discussing if it was safe for PCs to poke at but ultimately decided that was a Decidedly Unsafe Endeavor and handed it over to Sorrow. Sorry, lab folks. Humans poking at alien tech sure is a thing for Halo canon but it always came with trouble. Add in magic and it's going to the gods.

[dedikated]

Added!

SHARD RESEARCH

[sciencelizard]

Hey all!! So for those helping Alphys in the lab (I think this pertains mostly to Barry and Newt), but I got some info from the mods about what the fragments do and how they react to stimuli! Please note that unless you've been helping, this is OOC info, not IC stuff. That said:

[dedikated]

OH MY GOD LET KATE TRY TO USE HER POWER ON THEM THANKS. Also she's defs been around for a lot of this too.

[sciencelizard]

PLEASE, HONESTLY, LET'S DO SOME FUCK SHIT

[dedikated]

she's gonna have the worst month thanks to this thing but y'know WHAT IF IT HELPS THIS PLACE SHE CAN LIVE WITH IT

[sciencelizard]

K A T E N O

[dedikated]

I T ' S F I N E

mostly

she's gonna regret it later. (':

Re: SHARD RESEARCH

[circumitus]

OH SHIT SON THAT'S COOL also Alphys be careful Rey is worried about you.

[sciencelizard]

ITS FINE SHE'S FINE

IT'S SOOOOO FIIIIINE

I just got this memo today

[soldier_blade]

Sonya and Floki found two of the fragments. It was never threaded due to time, but Sonya would've definitely handed them into the lab as best she could. Their box was only large enough to hold onto one of the fragments, so the smaller one she's tried to wrap in as much fabric as possible to dampen the effects.

She was able to get them to the lab when it was all said and done, that's the main thing.

[dedikated]

Thank you for this! Added!