faderift | player plot: we'll put on a show (part 1?)

WHO: Everyone (EVERYONE)
WHAT: interviews for the dramatic rendition of Riftwatch’s glorious tale
WHEN: late Wintermarch/early Guardian
WHERE: The Gallows
NOTES: A follow-up to this post. (big ups to Cass & Lana for helping me come up with questions)

On one auspicious day, in the very early morning, the first ferry brings to Riftwatch four tablet-and-charcoal bearing scribes in the unmistakably gaudy finery marking them as employees of Val Royeaux’s foremost playwright, André L’Euilled Ouebbre. They set about their task at once, leaving no stone unturned and no member of Riftwatch un-interviewed, even if this means following them into the baths, standing outside the lavatory, shouting at an office door, or trotting up many flights of stairs.

They can, of course, be forcibly removed under the right circumstances, but the repercussions of doing this may be undesirable. Who can say.

[While filling out the following questionnaire, please place an asterisk beside any answers on which you would like to elaborate further, in which case you will be assigned a scribe to tag out the resulting conversation.

In the subject line, you can either select one of the following or say ‘random’ to be assigned someone via RNG:

Jean Evain, a middle-aged Orlesian who carries snacks with him to entice his subjects to stop and chat longer; however, they will find that these snacks are way too spicy,

Eileen Marrow, a serious and hard-boiled war reporter who seems rather incongruously matched with this set, but is nonetheless here to get the facts at any cost,

Thibault Gérin, a straight-faced young fellow who takes copious notes in magnificent penmanship, who listens with rapt intent but somehow seems incapable of taking away the correct message,

and

Louis Boucher, a fast-talking and bright-eyed man with an avid interest in his subjects and a talent for twisting their words into whatever he finds more interesting in the moment.

All data will be taken into account, and there will be a follow-up post/announcement/plot sometime in the future after the play is written and the PR reckoning is at hand.

And now, without further ado, the questionnaire (please answer as though your character is being interviewed in person):

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1. How long have you been with Riftwatch? Uh, two or three years? [She squints, thinking to herself.] Three years this spring.

2. What is the most dramatic thing that has ever happened to Riftwatch? [A short, not at all funny laugh.] A bunch of us almost dying in Granitefell.

3. What is Riftwatch's greatest triumph? Making sure that didn't happen. [She doesn't appear willing to discuss it further. If pressed she'll refer them to her superiors.]

4. What should be the play’s genre? Drama. Some comedy in between the heavy parts.

5. If you had to pick a protagonist, or main character, from Riftwatch’s ranks, who would it be? (You can nominate yourself, or someone who isn’t here anymore.) Why? If Tony were still here, I'd say him. The Provost was a pretty great guy.

6. Who is the villain? Corypheus. [If pressed to name someone in Riftwatch, she just shrugs.]

7. How about comic relief? Byerly for sure.

8. Any other notable characters among the people you know or have known? Derrica, Marcus, Gela. I dunno Flint too well but if he didn't show up to frown in the background it'd be weird.

9. Have there been any great romances in Riftwatch? Byerly and Bastien.

10. Great tragedies? [Long pause.] That Rifters can disappear back into the Fade at any moment.

11. If an actor should portray you in the production, what is most important for them to get right? Knife skills, probably.

12. If one person in Riftwatch were to have a cameo in the play who should it be? Flint. Definitely Flint.

13. Do you have any great song ideas? Please tell me this isn't going to be a fucking musical.

14. How do you think the story should end? Corypheus getting blasted.

15. Any other comments? Work in something about the griffons?

Edited 2024-02-01 20:22 (UTC)

[Eileen, an intimidating woman, scribbles intently and returns to something she has underlined. She gives Ellie a hard look.]

More details about Granitefell, if you please. Who almost died and how? What was your specific role?

[Ellie gives her a hard look right back, utterly cool.]

I wasn't assigned to go to Granitefell.

[Eileen is not remotely rattled]

In that case, please share with me what you were told about the situation.

player plot: we'll put on a show (part 1?)

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