[Child of the 7th Age]

Pat --

Before we actually do the rescue posts next week, there are a few things I thought it might be helpful to nail down in terms of sequence and responsibility. Pio, you probably have all of this stuff in your head. But I think I've forgotten some of it. It would help to have a refresher.

First, can we assume that the rescue posts will probably extend through most of next week Monday through Thursday or so, to nail everything down? Or will it be faster?

Pio, is there any way you could give us a list of the characters and say what their basic assignment is in the rescue.,

For example:

1.Joe on the Star; supposed to stay there;
2.Mary on the first ship; goes to fight in Tombs and slits guards throats;
3.Cami already in the tombs; is going to relay groups of kids down to the river where the hobbrim will take over.
4. the hobbrim --on ship 5; river duty
5. Khelek.....

Of course you won't know everything people plan to do, but it would be a place to start.And other people could add in their 2 cents to the outline if they want to do something.

It would make it a whole lot easier for me if I knew where these folk are supposed to be. Otherwise I'll post a scene where I am fighting with someone who's supposed to be back on the ship.

Don't we need a very basic chronological outline to guide us all in terms of what comes first, and, in some cases, who goes where? If we post for several days, we need to get the main things in some kind of order.

For example. This is just a start, a way for people to comment and switch things around:

1. sacrifices get hauled off --Gamba and Azraph and the Guard, 22 Cermie, about 11 o'clock???

2. 12:01 a.m. Bird as dragon rescues Gamba and Azraph; Takes Gamba back to the Locks to fight? Azraph goes back to the 5 children to help protect them? Does Bird need any help with this, or can she do it on her own.

3. 12:01 a.m. Hobbit slit brigades, mostly able bodied men and women, take out the guards in the main passages.


3. 12:20 a.m. Pio bursts into the Locks to slice the guards' throats. Daisy unlocks all the cells and distributes knives to the able bodied. We need someone helping the elderly and infirm here. Maybe Anee? Who all is fighting here? How long will this process take?

4: Hobbit rescue of weak, old, children,etc:
A. Organizing in the caverns 12:01 on
B. Running the guantlet, 12:30 on

Explanation: The old, the very young, mothers with tiny babies etc. will be waiting in the main cavern. They can't go till the slit brigades do at least some of their job.


They'll be on the inside with the fighters arrayed around them. I see them going out group by group to "run the gauntlet" to the river. There will be many groups; this is going to take a while. The fighters run back to escort the next group and the process repeats itself. Some will get through with no trouble; others not so lucky.

Cami wants to run the gantlet with the various groups of children. It is her responsibility to count the noses and make sure each and every one gets out.

At the river the hobbrim will take over getting them through.

This process will presumably take several hours?

5. Rescue of the Men--????? Mith, would this be last?

6. What about the final dragon fly-through to obliterate the evidence? Won't this be Bird, since Angara is on the Star?

7. Boarding of the Ships

8. Transport time.

Presumably, we're going to have some kind of major complication thrown in near the end. I have no idea!

BTW, Are those things the kids were making bombs or water balloons?

sharon

[ October 25, 2002: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]