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OOC INTRO & PLOTTING
OOC INTRO & PLOTTING
HELLO, HEROES AND VILLAINS! Welcome to
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metaheroes! We're absolutely delighted to have you here. This is both our OOC introduction and plotting for our arrival event! Please use the information below to guide your plotting as you settle in: Central City —
A new confluence is the last thing anyone expected — especially not two within a single week. First in Little Love (the Test Drive Meme), and then in Central City (tomorrow's Arrival log), the oddities of these particular confluences have ground guild activity on both sides to a halt as the metahuman community comes together to solve this mystery.
Ever since the confluence in Little Love, time travellers are reporting that they’re locked in this era - neither magic nor technology appear to be working. Similar reports are pouring in from heroes and villains who hail from alternate universes. All of them appear to be bound to this particular place and time. Seers can no longer see the future spread out before them - things are now chaotic, mutable, constantly shifting and changing.
Metahumans around the world are working to solve this mystery and get the new arrivals home. All the guild members seem (falsely) confident that it won’t be long before they have a breakthrough. Characters are promised that they will be able to go home soon, but in the meantime, are being put up in Central City’s illustrious DIADEM HOTEL.
Lodgings —
The DIADEM HOTEL offers guests the finest home away from home experience you could ever hope for. Their culinary staff are capable of cooking up everything from hotdogs to gourmet cuisine. The pool, lounge, and fitness rooms are all open 24/7.
Characters will be given cell phones with three months of pre-paid unlimited data, and access to the guild networks.
Given the unexpected influx of new guests, arrivals may find their rooms have been double-booked. Hopefully it's a room with two queen-sized beds instead of a king!
Characters are also free to roam CENTRAL CITY and get their bearings, though at the moment, with the guilds distracted and the city doing major repairs following the damage by the Confluence, there is plenty of crime to stop or cause.
As the dust settles and rooms fill up, the GUILDS confer. They will determine that they do not have the manpower to handle this if it's going to be an ongoing problem - and the Diadem is going to run out of rooms. But they can use this to their mutual advantage. Player characters will be offered the chance to join the guilds. Those who join will be offered housing at one of the four major cities, with each one offering a different living experience.
Superzeroes —
The people of Central City are all too familiar with what comes with powers, and some of the locals will be immediately inclined to help, But to others, the new metas' lack of control over their powers makes them a bigger threat than whatever they were trying to stop.
That's right — expect the new metas' surprising powers can go haywire in myriad ways, including property damage and death. Powers may activate unexpectedly, backfire, or similar, even for those who have experience with other kinds of supernatural abilities, even for the well-intentioned heroes among the new arrivals.
The more villainously inclined arrivals may take advantage of the chaos, or of their own new powers, to live out their villainous dreams, making things worse for everyone in the process.
Feel free to develop and use NPCs in your threads!
Please remember to report any major damage your characters directly cause, or incidents that would be noticed by authorities (murders, arson, etc), or things you think other players would take notice of to the PLOTTING post, so we can keep track.
Sticks and Stones—
The upcoming confluence will also have the nasty side-effect of transforming words into spells! It seems to be taking colloquialisms, metaphors, and turns of phrase fairly literally. This effect will last for the rest of the week, so mind your ps and qs!
“A Penny for your thoughts?” for instance, may compel someone to speak their mind if you hand them a coin.
Saying someone is “Strong as an ox” may have them transform temporarily into an ox. “Beat around the bush” may make someone want to start beatboxing around a shrub. Whatever way you want to take it is the right way!
Who Let the Dogs Out?—
Finally, the guardian of the underworld himself is going to be making an appearance. That's right, Cerberus is going to be crashing through Central City. More details will be available at the arrival log, but rest assured three heads are not better than one. You can set up teams to take down each of his heads! We will not be threading this battle out, but we encourage you all to work together to fell the beast.
Getting to Know You
Ever since the confluence in Little Love, time travellers are reporting that they’re locked in this era - neither magic nor technology appear to be working. Similar reports are pouring in from heroes and villains who hail from alternate universes. All of them appear to be bound to this particular place and time. Seers can no longer see the future spread out before them - things are now chaotic, mutable, constantly shifting and changing.
Metahumans around the world are working to solve this mystery and get the new arrivals home. All the guild members seem (falsely) confident that it won’t be long before they have a breakthrough. Characters are promised that they will be able to go home soon, but in the meantime, are being put up in Central City’s illustrious DIADEM HOTEL.
Lodgings —
The DIADEM HOTEL offers guests the finest home away from home experience you could ever hope for. Their culinary staff are capable of cooking up everything from hotdogs to gourmet cuisine. The pool, lounge, and fitness rooms are all open 24/7.
Characters will be given cell phones with three months of pre-paid unlimited data, and access to the guild networks.
Given the unexpected influx of new guests, arrivals may find their rooms have been double-booked. Hopefully it's a room with two queen-sized beds instead of a king!
Characters are also free to roam CENTRAL CITY and get their bearings, though at the moment, with the guilds distracted and the city doing major repairs following the damage by the Confluence, there is plenty of crime to stop or cause.
As the dust settles and rooms fill up, the GUILDS confer. They will determine that they do not have the manpower to handle this if it's going to be an ongoing problem - and the Diadem is going to run out of rooms. But they can use this to their mutual advantage. Player characters will be offered the chance to join the guilds. Those who join will be offered housing at one of the four major cities, with each one offering a different living experience.
Superzeroes —
The people of Central City are all too familiar with what comes with powers, and some of the locals will be immediately inclined to help, But to others, the new metas' lack of control over their powers makes them a bigger threat than whatever they were trying to stop.
That's right — expect the new metas' surprising powers can go haywire in myriad ways, including property damage and death. Powers may activate unexpectedly, backfire, or similar, even for those who have experience with other kinds of supernatural abilities, even for the well-intentioned heroes among the new arrivals.
The more villainously inclined arrivals may take advantage of the chaos, or of their own new powers, to live out their villainous dreams, making things worse for everyone in the process.
Feel free to develop and use NPCs in your threads!
Please remember to report any major damage your characters directly cause, or incidents that would be noticed by authorities (murders, arson, etc), or things you think other players would take notice of to the PLOTTING post, so we can keep track.
Sticks and Stones—
The upcoming confluence will also have the nasty side-effect of transforming words into spells! It seems to be taking colloquialisms, metaphors, and turns of phrase fairly literally. This effect will last for the rest of the week, so mind your ps and qs!
“A Penny for your thoughts?” for instance, may compel someone to speak their mind if you hand them a coin.
Saying someone is “Strong as an ox” may have them transform temporarily into an ox. “Beat around the bush” may make someone want to start beatboxing around a shrub. Whatever way you want to take it is the right way!
Who Let the Dogs Out?—
Finally, the guardian of the underworld himself is going to be making an appearance. That's right, Cerberus is going to be crashing through Central City. More details will be available at the arrival log, but rest assured three heads are not better than one. You can set up teams to take down each of his heads! We will not be threading this battle out, but we encourage you all to work together to fell the beast.
Getting to Know You
Please use the form below to introduce yourself and start plotting:
Kaitie's dumb golden retriever
Preferred Communication: Either Plurk
Character Name & Journal: Eddie Myers / Teflon
Guild Affiliation: Eddie's on the fence about joining up with anyone, but can be convinced into any one of the three affiliations.
Plot/CR Hooks: Eddie is a big, dumb cyborg golden retriever raised by supervillains. Not the "end your world" or "take over the city" kind, the "eat the rich" kind. Despite this, he decided to go into superheroics when he grew up (though is still down with eating the rich).
Eddie is incredibly laid-back and easy-going and is game for almost any adventure anyone wants to drag him on. Dude is an A+ follower, 10/10 would follow again. He's also a bit gullible, so as long as you're nice to him he will believe the best in you or whatever nefarious motives you have planned if any characters want to amuse themselves that way.
As he's used to being on a team back home, he will be looking for people to fill that void, especially if someone wants to tell him what to do in a fight, that would be great.
Growing up with supervillain relatives, Eddie has an eclectic variety of tastes--he's a fantastic painter, swordsman and marksman. Though he would probably make a horrible teacher, he's up for people to practice with.
Also, you probably shouldn't tell him any secrets. He isn't exactly good at keeping them.
Character Motivations: Ideally, he'd like to go home. He'd settle just for being able to contact his team to let them and his dad know he's okay. Knowing that they're stuck, for now he's just focusing on helping his new world however he can in the immediate future.
He's unsure about the different guilds but will be exploring whether or not he should actually join one, or stick with his gut and not.
As he's on the fence, he's also on the hunt for a job that is okay with giant cyborgs working for them and a place he can hang his hat at night. Maybe with a roommate? Sorry in advance.
Finally, he really wants some friends and/or teammates that he can gel with. He's used to it, but he's already tired of just being stared at like a museum exhibit or circus sideshow.
Potential Roles: As mentioned above, Eddie is a follower above all. He knows he doesn't have the brains for strategizing, but is big and heavy and can punch really good. Anyone who can utilize his skills while keeping their heroics down at the street level, Eddie will follow to the ends of the earth.
Also, he's just a really nice guy. He will talk to literally anyone, and people feel just as gravitated towards him to unload their problems and thoughts onto him. He wants to help people however he can. Sometimes he gives bad advice. Sometimes it's really good. It's a chance people are willing to take.
Also also, as he came to his abilities from a traumatic event, he had to really learn how to control his abilities to not accidentally hurt someone. He might make a good mentor to anyone looking to get that sort of level of control--mostly those with super strength, but he can definitely try to help anyone!
Also also also, his morals are a bit grey from the aforementioned supervillain raising, so he's not above getting himself into a bit of mischief. The hard line is hurting anyone. He'll give pickpocketing tips if the person promises to only go after a certain type of mark, can forge documents like a pro, etc.
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Ulari will be a bad influence, I see
Re: Kaitie's dumb golden retriever
Balthier's a sky pirate and has similar moral/alignment stuff (doesn't trust organized "hero" stuff, but is not a bad guy morally). Balthier likes to lead and be the brains, and he's currently down a partner so he's gonna be scoping for that. He also pretends real hard he's a loner but desperately needs buddies.
Balthier's world has weird stuff and he's a pirate so he's pretty chill with the unfamiliar.
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Maybe Balthier can try to get Eddie to dress up fancy instead of in an array of pleather jackets and t-shirts.
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I LOVE friend who bullies you to look nicer scenario.
I think I also noticed you said he wasn't sure about unaligned or Guild yet. I was going to have Balthier also organically deciding, so could be something they could bond on or scope together.
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Then we should definitely do it.
That sounds like fun! Eddie's leaning one way but can definitely be swayed if they decide to go another.
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As for Silco, I can definitely see Eddie being duped by him in the beginning, as he always tends to see the best in people, but when he finally realizes the guy's a crime lord, all bets will be off. I think it would be really fun to explore, personally.