let fury have the hour,

[agogemod]

WHO? Everybody!
WHAT? Agoge's third TDM! And the death of an important guy. And some very upset royalty.
WHEN? Late 1792, Paris.
ANYTHING ELSE? Violence, as always. Please warn in subject lines for anything beyond physical violence, and move to a personal journal if things go beyond PG-13.

IT'LL BE FINE;

Paris, 1792: revolutionary france.

read the France setting infopages

arrival for new recruits

(Note: If you were one of the people who used the previous TDM and want to use that as canon while still participating in this one, feel free! The following will still happen, though the guide will apologize for a malfunction in your BCE causing you to zap through the intervening month instead of joining your comrades like you should have. You'll be assured the glitch is fixed now, and it probably is. Probably.)

You wake up in a Parisian hotel room with a kind woman standing near the door, waiting for you to awaken. You have none of your clothing, just black military-issued underwear, and none of your previous possessions beyond the one you chose (if you remember choosing) to bring with you.

The woman by the door speaks French, and if you didn't understand the language before, you do now. If you have questions as to what's going on, she'll answer: you are a member of COST, a paramilitary organization of time travelers fighting against the Regency, a tyrannous kingdom of the future who are trying to stamp out freedom and individuality in the name of peace.

She will provide you with the clothing necessary to fit in at this time, and show you how to use your BCE implant to look up information on this time period and its social and political mores. She won't let you leave until you're properly dressed to fit in, but once you are, she'll wish you luck.

KILL THE KING

It doesn't matter if you're new, or if you've been here a while. You'll hear about the execution going on today. It's as though the barely restrained urban chaos of Paris has ground to a halt. Everything is about the king. Is it really going to happen? Are they really going to do it? Can they do it? Is it even possible?

Anyone out of the loop will be filled in, but with no small amount of ridicule: Today is the day of the king's execution. His trial has wrapped up, and the National Convention voted to execute him for treason and tyranny.

The crowd at the execution is enormous, a riotous mob of passion barely restrained. Everyone is jockeying for a better view, with children and adults climbing up on nearby statues, lampposts, the sides of houses, rooves, some even hang from windows. Everyone watches the scaffold.

The prison cart arrives with no fanfare save the yells of the crowd. Within it sits a small, fat little man, looking like he's doing his best to remain composed. He's brought to the scaffold, and his crimes are read out: colluding with foreign powers, and the crime of royalty, which is anathema to the republic of France.

When asked for his final words, Louis Capet, known to some as King Louis XVI, speaks in a quiet voice. "I forgive my enemies."

When the blade comes down, the crowd errupts into cheers. Many rush forward to touch the blood of a king, dipping bits of cloth in it in an attempt to save it.

I PREDICT A RIOT

It's as though all the built up tension in Paris exploded when the king was killed.

Who knows what started it. Rumors spread like wildfire, and it doesn't matter, does it? In the end, most of Paris is swarmed with chaos, especially in the areas nearest to where the king was executed. There's no doubt that the riot and the king's death are directly related; no peasant currently throwing stones and breaking windows will deny it.

Fights are happening with great frequency. It only takes a word, a half sentence, for someone to decide you're some kind of counter-revolutionary. There is a current of anxiety in Paris that hasn't gone away; after reaching a fever pitch, it has expressed itself with violence and chaos.

let's visit the tuileries

The Tuileries was the royal palace in Paris, the last residence of the king before his death. Of course the people of France end up clamoring at its gates, screaming profanities and attempting to scale them.

The majority of the guard let them do this, making only the most token of efforts to keep the peasantry back. But one guard, a man by the name of Antoine Colin, seems to become spooked and shoots repeatedly into the crowd before someone knocks him out.

By then, though, it's too late. The crowd was rambunctious, but not murderous. Now it's bloodthirsty, and the gates are stormed. It isn't long before the common people of France are trampling through the corridors of power. Inside, they'll mostly find servants running and hiding, and lots of valuables to steal.

Most are content with that, but not all. Some clamor for the deaths of the queen and the royal children-- per the laws of inheritance, Marie Capet's remaining son is now King of France. Should he not die as well?

The queen is hidden in a safe room, a hollow wall inside her apartments. Do you try to find her? Try to save her? Try to kill her yourself?

...And what about those kids hiding in there with her?

BRING IN THE TROOPS

The riot in the Tuileries lasts several hours, well past nightfall. It's beginning to peter off, people loosing their energy or vigor, when the sound of gunfire echoes from the front courtyard.

General Lafayette has arrived to save the queen, and brought with him a retinue of personal soldiers. All on horseback, brandishing firearms and sabers, they stream through the expansive halls of the Tuileries and attack anyone who looks out of place. They're here to clean up this mess with no concern for more filthy peasants getting in the way.

Aftermath

The night is a long one. Several fires break out in various parts of Paris, shops are looted, and several die in the Tuileries. The queen has disappeared, along with Lafayette. Some say she and Lafayette died, and they'll show you the bodies for a couple sou. Others claim they saw them riding off into safety just before sunrise. There are already talks of hunting them down, trying to find the traitors.

Only one thing is known for sure: It may be advisable to stay inside for the foreseeable future.

read the France setting infopages

NAV NETWORK LOGS OOC PLURK DISCORD

Comments

[horsepowered]

everything is catching yes everything is catching on fire

[Chiron had expected there to be fires as a result of...everything. No part of him is surprised, but there is a tiny portion of him that wanted to be proven wrong about the likelihood of Paris being ablaze both literally and metaphorically.

It is possible to assuage some of the literal flames though, and it's for that reason he uses the network.]

>@PONYTAILED
To: @ALL

If anyone has the time or energy, some of the fires are close to being contained and only need extra manpower to finish them off.

UN: @MONSIGNOR

[frogfractions]

Maybe some things deserve to burn.

Churches and mansions, basically.

[horsepowered]

These are residential areas in question.

If you take issue with that, then so be it.

[frogfractions]

You weren't very specific.

I'll see for myself, I suppose. Where do you need an extra set of hands?

[horsepowered]

[There's a sent address, along with precise directions based on being near a particular public square.]

Thank you for your assistance.

[frogfractions]

Don't thank me too soon.

Will you be there? You sound like you've been here for a little while. Or at least tending the fires.

UN: @MAMABEARCLAW

[rhododendronhoney]

Got it. Where are the spots it's more likely to spread if unstopped?

[horsepowered]

Further and deeper into the residential areas in the north along the river.

[rhododendronhoney]

Okay, I've got it! I'm a little far from there right now, but I think I can grab a bucket of dirt on the way.

[horsepowered]

Thank you, it is appreciated.

[rhododendronhoney]

[After a bit, Cori sends another response.]

I got there! Stopped some of the more central fires. I'm Coriander Bliss, by the way, but you can call me Cori. [Attached is a somewhat blurry and off-center photo of herself.]

un: @WEHFRIED

[gerechtigkeit]

Where? I can assist.

[Hello Chiron, let Siegfried actually be useful instead of simply fighting as a silent JRPG protag who dies in the first five minutes of a game. :'|b]

[horsepowered]

[Is...that who he thinks?

Either way, he sends over the directions.]

Let me know if you have issues navigating the streets.

[gerechtigkeit]

[Not even five minutes later someone very familiar is showing up at the location Chiron has given him.

And promptly blinking for a good long moment as he notices the other and actually recognizes him.]

...Archer?

[Surprise??????]

[horsepowered]

[...Chiron's own eyes go wide, and there's an honest to the gods smile on his face.]

Saber!

[gerechtigkeit]

[Ah, that- he wasn't expecting that reaction, but that smile is contagious. Siegfried gives a small one in turn, before nodding.]

I'd ask how long you've been here, but it isn't the time. [He pauses, looking over the damage that the fire has already brought.] Where should we start?

UN: @FOX (for now)

[flatbroke]

Where are they? I can try to help if it's still needed.

[ He has ice magic. He can do ... something. ]

[horsepowered]

[There's a set of directions that follows, with the area being in the north of the city.]

At least, that's the one I am at currently. There are others in the city as well.

[flatbroke]

I will come and do what I can. This will be a good chance to covertly test if my magic works.

[ If it doesn't, he still has hands. It will work one way or another. ]

[horsepowered]

If you can ensure the magic is subtly applied, that is preferred.

[flatbroke]

I am the very picture of stealth. You need not worry.

How many fires are there, or are you not sure?

un: @thequeen because everyone needs to know what's up

[rebelqueen]

[No one could deny Dinah being honest at least.]

Neither matter when there are innocent lives are stake. Where are these fires?

[She feels as if her lungs could collapse and her arms and legs simply fall off her body, but there was no rest. A queen would never rest.]

[horsepowered]

[There is a set of instructions that follow, based on landmarks starting at a particular public square.]

Travel safely en route here.

[rebelqueen]

Travel safely in a riot? If anything, we should be moving in groups to avoid being cornered alone.

[horsepowered]

If you want to try and do that at present and gather others to walk with you, by all means.