[quote=@MelonHead]
So even if we're not picked for the fight or w/e we can enter the discussion with characters for some story-filler?

I assume there's some sort of minimum tier requirement on characters entering that discussion area though right? 
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The plan is for everything to go dark once the people start fighting, so all the chatter in the IC portion will stop - and the fight will take place then.

However, I can set up another thread for it to continue in. The main reason is I don't want things to get all confused and stuff. What happens before the fight can serve as backstory/set up.

And even if you are planning on entering, you can still choose to take part in the beforehand discussion. 

There isn't a minimum, though many who come will either be powerful(like top guys), or have some strong surrogates to comes in their stead. Whoever you send will either have to be strong, or be sent by someone strong as an extension of themselves, to keep up with storyline appearances.

As, typically, someone always dies at one of these things.