Ok, since I dislike reading six pages of comments for one or two posts, I've decided to break this up into a sub-plot page.  When one of you wants to add something to the list, just reply below, and I will add it in a day or two.  That way, we can all look at one post rather than scrounge around the hundred and twenty already in the werewolf attack plot page.


Current Plotting:
1] MacDuff infects one Muggle (Alistair)
      1a] In the chaos of the banishing spell, MacDuff infects Alistair.  Shannon gets to safety.
2] The ministry is made to look incompetent
      2a]  Cináed saves one member of the werewolf caputre unit (Kia)
      2b]  Cináed saves one member of the media (Niobe)
      2c]   Cináed is supposed come out of this smelling like a rose
      2d]    Cináed is supposed to drive off the werewolf
3] The media coverage will be extensive
4] Aleron's will cast a banishing spell that will make things more chaotic
5] Deus ex Machina will provide more werewolves for other characters


Since this is just something that needs to be added to a list I'll leave an example:
4] James drives the werewolf off (not kill, not capture, etc)

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My loose plan was for Niobe to get into a pickle and be pulled away or 'lightly rescued' by Cinaed.  She's just in there being too nosey again.

Kia is being offered up as the WCU member saved. I think it will seriously piss her off to be saved from her job >>

Yup - Cin's looking to make himself appear as heroic as possible.  As Sparky so astutely put it, he's trying to develop a Zorro image here.  He'd be happy to help out the others in saving whomever here. 

Aleron is putting together a banishing spell. But as it's for demons not werewolves it won't be much help... and might even make things worse.

In the chaos of the banishing spell, Shannon can take her opportunity (commanded by her husband) to run and he'll cover her. That should give Dugan an opening to attack Alastair since he's more concerned with his wife's safety than his own.

Hey guys,

Since there's so many characters in the thread now, I'm not sure how well it will work to throw in the WCU.  I don't want to ruin anyone's fun, since they are trained werewolf hunters and they would just probably tell all the civilians to leave.

Thea, Alisha, if you guys are cool with it, maybe once Dugan runs off, we could do another thread with the WCU folks and Dugan?  Cin could even jump in then to save Kia, if Mai wants him to have double the Zorro moments.     That way, we can still work in the smackdown that we had originally talked about with this plot, but it won't steal anyone's thunder in the current thread.

Awesome possum!  That works for me.  The more zorro moments, the better! 

I think the time has come to work on a new sig....

Okay! Let me gather my thoughts here, and post out what I've talked about with Mai and other members!

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Just to clarify how  Cináed's werewolves work- I'll let you guys know what Mai and I have discussed. So we can get a better grasp on the reason that these werewolves are acting the way they are.

1) The wolves were infected with a highly concentrated version of the lycanthrope "virus".
2) This highly concentrated version has affected them much differently- and it has been refined since the infection of Frank before it was administered to Dugan. The differences include

• The physical attributes of Dugan are obviously different when he isn't in wolf form. He has yellow eyes, fangs, thicker hair, etc.
• Unlike Frank and some other wolves, Dugan has full consciousness while attacking. He knows what he is doing. And he's the sort to thoroughly enjoy it.
• The virus has (obviously) caused the wolves to attack in the daytime.
• According to AO Canon werewolves are highly allergic to silver- it doesn't mortally wound them. Thus the wolves Cin has produced have a higher resistance to silver than regular wolves because they are, in general, "stronger".

As for other plot points to take note of:
-Dugan is supposed to bite Alastair.
-Dugan is supposed to attack Niobe.
-Dugan is actually going to be chased off by Cinaed- not the other three. Cinaed is going to "scare him off", and he's going to run off- effectively escaping because of Cinaed's meddling. At which point another thread will be started for the WCU to catch up with Dugan and they can beat each other up for a while.

What we're going to do- so that the other characters can do some werewolf hunting/bashing/etc., is the deus ex machina will post in with a couple of other werewolves, to split the attentions of those gathered and give them a chance to kill/capture/etc. those specific werewolves.

(Psst. Not a virus.  Curse.    Cursed, not infected.  Make sure we keep werewolves magical, not a muggle disease.)

This sounds like a good plan!

I like this plan. I never really intended for Aleron to be a success as a werewolf hunter. The banishing spell was  intended more as a distraction, to give the werewolf the chance to finish doing his number on Alistair.

However...the Deus Ex Machina idea is great because I did want Vlad to have a chance to show off with his crossbow.   

This is all fine and dandy. I'll have Ellie back down. The two things that are bothering me right now are that A) Not everyone in the thread seems to be acknowledging the existence of the others. I tried to have Eleanor at least notice people, but if she isn't supposed to be attacking or helping distract the wolf while other people chuck silver at it, that's cool. I'll just have her fly off or something. It's just weird to me that... someone wouldn't run up and force the muggle away/tell him to stop telling his wife what to do, or that people aren't running around screaming while silver goes flying in every direction/Eleanor breaks the glass window of a store. It's just weird. B) Most of the people in the thread seem like capable witches and wizards. Are they not allowed to at least... idk... scratch the wolf? Give him a boo-boo? It's just odd to me that suddenly all of these people are completely immobile victims. But I get that there's a huge difference between the average werewolf and this one, and that Cin is supposed to be the hero. Eleanor didn't come into the thread to be a hero, she's just taking photos-- but she needs to at least defend herself and others enough to get her camera out of the storm intact (not to mention her own life). So. Make of that what you will.

Re: reading everything. James, I think it's the only option. It's the only way we're all going to stay on the same page.

I'm not against people getting in some hits here and there. But if there are five or six witches/wizards aiming to do serious harm, it's harder for me to give him a chance to find his way in to do what he needs to do. I've talked to Shana to get an alternative for Alastair later on in the thread. (In which case, Tor, I'd love love love it if you hop on AIM so I can throw an idea your way?)

Whenever Dugan pauses to get a go at Niobe, then he'll be distracted enough for people to land in some good hits. But I wanted to establish that he's a big bad beasty before letting him get beat up some. I think the ideas everyone has has been brilliant. A LASSO? Freakin amazing Tor!!

It's just harder to establish order and react to everyone in such a large thread. But I do agree, Tor, that everyone is having problems acknowledging one another. But in the case of pandemonium, that might be fairly natural? But it is something important to keep in mind when everyone else is posting to try to keep up with everything.

I'm not against people landing some good hits/spells/etc. whenever Dugan is distracted enough. When he's going after Niobe he'll have his back to everyone so that will make things a bit easier.

Ok - I got an email/pm things from admins: To whoever I offended, next time please contact me directly.  As it is though, the general rule of thumb is if one person writes it, at least ten are thinking the same thing.  Since we only have a handful or so of writers in the thread, though, I am taking James out of it in my next post. 

This is just a game, and I like writing with all of you.  Sorry for any unintentional drama.  I'll keep this thread up, but I'm having James trip on a portkey or something.