MOD POLL: February TDM Prompts Response - OPEN UNTIL END OF 2/16

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Hello! It's your friendly neighborhood Taymod with a poll regarding the recent test drive meme prompts. (For those who are unfamiliar, you cannot post polls from unpaid accounts, which is why I am signed into a character account, but this is an official mod post!) If you haven't given them a look, please at least read through the summaries to get an idea of what is going on. It's fine to handwave your responses. Here are the guidelines for responding to the poll:

The poll can be filled out once per active character in Isle of Avalon.

Yes, still vote if your character did not participate in each task. You may handwave participation if you didn't have time to thread yet, but if your character IC did not participate, please include that information.

If you haven't reached the point in your thread where your character has come across this choice yet, please discuss and plot it out with the person you are threading with ahead of the end of the poll period.

If your character does something that isn't covered in the poll responses and you believe it may have an effect on the outcomes of the poll, please let us know in the comments.

Everyone should vote in this poll, including new characters. We are having the poll live through 11:59pm PST on Feb. 16th in order to allow for all new applicants to participate. To that end, the OOC plot post won't go up until the 18th. See calendar for more details.

Poll #26623 Trust Falls & Locked In TDM Prompt Poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 71

The Dragon's Graveyard Prompt: Who is your character in favor of returning the sword Clarent to?

The Fae Queen of Elphame
13 (18.3%)

King Arthur of New Camelot
8 (11.3%)

No one, leave it there
6 (8.5%)

Actively try to stop anyone from removing it.
0 (0.0%)

Destroy it
1 (1.4%)

Other (comment post)
3 (4.2%)

My character did not participate in this task.
40 (56.3%)

Well, Ssssshit prompt: Who is your character in favor of returning the stolen corpse of the Fisher King to?

The Fae Queen of Elphame
7 (9.9%)

King Arthur of New Camelot
1 (1.4%)

No one, leave it there
7 (9.9%)

It can't be destroyed, but actively try to stop anyone else from taking it.
2 (2.8%)

Other (comment post)
2 (2.8%)

My character did not participate in this task.
52 (73.2%)

Trust Trinkets: Did your character put an etched lock on the bridge and throw away the key?

Yes. Signed, locked, key tossed.
21 (29.6%)

Incomplete. Etched a name, but either did not attach the lock or discard the key.
2 (2.8%)

Incomplete. Did not etch a name, but attached a lock and threw away the key.
1 (1.4%)

Not only didn't complete the task, but also got sketchy with the pixie.
1 (1.4%)

Other (comment post)
1 (1.4%)

No, my character did not participate in this task.
45 (63.4%)

Let us know if you have any questions in response to this post.

Comments

Clarnet "Other"

[beewulf]

Beowulf is in favor of giving the sword to... Morganna!

[avalonmods]

Hello! Given the significant response in favor of turning it over to the Fairy Queen, Beowulf won't succeed in getting it to Morganna. However, we would like to ask what his thoughts on doing so are please. (Depending on he response, Morganna may be curious.)

writing this at like 2 am so pls bear with me

[beewulf]

Oooohhh, okay! "A bit of asking around and someone will be able to identify this as a sword called "Clarent."

1.
He recognizes the sword, or at least the name, and knows of its general history with Arthur. It exists in his canon along with Mordred (it helps that his canon's Mordred seems to sometimes enjoy bragging about using it to kill her dad). SO! This means the sword = potential bad news bears for the Arthurs here, at least in his mind. At least in potential terms of Avalon. While he understands this isn't the same sword (probably), and that's most likely a pretty big leap- Beowulf would rather not take any chances. And bad news bears is most likely not good for anyone here.

Therefore, he's going to think "How can we make this ≠ potential bad news bears for the Arthurs here?" The answer is to either destroy it or give it to someone that can keep it safe.

2.
Destroy it? The most direct answer that he's all for. However, the thing has potential value, even more so given where it was found and the circumstances that lead people to find it. He's a pretty big believer in fate (he binged most of his fights on fate being in his favor lore-wise). Because of that it might be a good idea to not destroy it quite yet. Perhaps later.

3.
Why not Arthur? The thing should be kept away from Arthur, from what Beowulf understands it was stolen and was the blade that did him in. This goes true for the other Arthur and not!Arthurs but still share her face. At least not until he feels like they're certain the blade won't be a potential problem.

4.
How about Merlin? He'd think about that but would ultimately conclude that the sword would eventually wide up with Arthur anyway by going down that route. While he's sure Merlin would be just as cautious Beowulf is still thinking it might be too close.

5.
Lady of the Lake? This was one of his top choices but given that one episode in December with new arrivals somehow ending up somewhere other than the original starting area, he's a bit more hesitant on letting her oversee the sword's protection. Not that he doubts she couldn't, but more that if something out of her control happened once, he's going to question the overall security of the potential Arthur-killing blade.

6.
Why not the Fairy Queen? Simple, Beowulf doesn't really trust her. Okay, so he's pretty certain that she herself most likely wouldn't do anything outright malicious, not directly at least. Quite the opposite actually, but she still isn't opposed to using people's names against them. And most certainly doesn't seem to be above general fae antics. Therefore, he really wouldn't put it past her to find a way to use the sword to screw with people. Potentially in a negative way.

7.
In his mind that leaves Morganna as the best choice to be made its keeper. She's obviously powerful enough (or seems to be) to protect it and keep it from being a potential threat. There's also the notion that she's a potential outlier here, and one that seems to keep to herself. While he doesn't like outliers or unknowns, that distance of hers from others helps to reinforce his notion that she's the best choice here. At the same time, giving it as a gift to her, or offering her something in exchange for her looking after the sword also might not be a bad idea. He doesn't trust her, but he also thinks that dealing with her or something potentially important isn't that bad of an idea.

Even less so when it could potentially help get them on her good side-ish and make her less of an outlier. Less of an outlier means a bit more certainty on who she is; which means less of a potential threat to his Master (Ritsuka).
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tl;dr: Beowulf thinks the others aren't competent enough to keep a potential Arhtur-killing weapon (based on his understanding of it from his world) safe and locked up (in Arthur's case he's more worried about it being used against him). And doesn't think it should be destroyed outright yet. He believes that Morganna can do it, especially if they manage to either strike a bargain or simply give it to her as a gift. Even if he doesn't trust her.

As a note, he won't speak his concerns over the sword outright. But might hint that he thinks the thing is potentially dangerous towards everyone in Avalon.