Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-4509522-20160203072234/@comment-24384232-20160207034231

Why the focus on a single event happening that everyone is reacting to? That just gets out of hand really quickly, as people one up each other trying to get something done. And given that they're trying to obtain a Soul Fragment, putting all their eggs in one basket seems like a rather... amateur move by a coven of highly acclaimed mages.

A good villian has multiple threats happening simultaneously. The reason? Divide and conquer. Praise be to Sun Tzu. You cant marshall your forces when there are multiple fire's they have to take care. Vengeance is of course the man whose going to steal it, but until then he's just here on business. Meanwhile, a widespread coordinated attack is occuring in the Human World, Hollows are pouring in everywhere, so Shinigami are dispatched to handle em. At the same time, a third party breaks the barrier surrounding Soul Society and starts causing havoc.

Cue one or more members of the Coven, or their minions. Who cares, point is, forces are spread thin, and now they've got an attack in place. Now is the time for Vengeance to quietly sneak in during the confusion, kill what guards remain, and take the fragment without anyone knowing anything. This gives people the opportunity to do things, and carry out multiple roleplays at the same time without getting bogged down. Each one can occur at their own pace but for the purposes of story are happening at the same time. This accounts for any real world issues that may come up, and if that becomes a problem, you can always add more monsters to the fight to drag it out.