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APRIL STATE OF THE GAME
STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE - Something strange seems to be happening with the local farm animals. The cows are going on strike, refusing to cooperate with their farmers. Milking efforts will be met with resistance, many cows opt to stay high up in the hills or walk away when farmers come close. Colorful goats rampage around town, each color seeming to have gained it's own ability. Green goats can speak, and speak they do. In fact, they never shut up. They go on about the great strike of 2023, how the cows deserve better treatment, the goats demand higher quality hay, and their brother Barry over there is the worst. Pink goats are flying through the clouds and eating rooftops, and blue have gained super strength-combined with their habit of ramming headfirst into each other, that can't go well at all.
⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - It begins slowly: first, there are only a few citizens walking through their usual daily routines slowly, sitting at their desks at work but not working, not responding to others who speak to them. Then, it starts spreading. Social media blows up with theories on what's going on, why this seems to be happening. Does it have to do with the confluence? What is happening with them. . ?
⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS Remember the raves that had plagued Sunset Falls last month? A few rumors spreading across Twitter claim that the cause was the local ghostly crew. With the help of a few locals with the ability to communicate with the dead, they created a drug that would make possessing humans significantly easier. While this possession didn't end with the ghosts taking over, it did cause the person they were possessing to be significantly more reckless while the undead enjoyed the feeling of being fleshy once again. The significant amount of ghosts who lingered around raves also caused the shifts in the abandoned buildings.
As it turns out, the rumors were spread by the kids who were originally involved with creating the drugs--and with the dwindling number of teens willing to let ghosties take a ride in their bodies, the death count starts to lower drastically. While there may be numerous teens going through some pretty bad withdrawal symptoms causing low turnout in local schools, it also means the raves come to a jarring halt. Sunset Falls experiences a lull in supernatural activity, but surely that's not going to last for long.
⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - Posted across town are fliers with images of the Starfallen and other known Metas who frequent Excelsior - images of them doing some generally frowned upon activities. Whether they were picking their nose while walking down the street in hopes no one would see it, or walked out of the house with lettuce between their teeth. Maybe they committed a terrible, horrible crime - or maybe the images were heavily edited to make it look like they had when they hadn't. Rob a bank lately? No? Well everyone sure thinks you did! Known Metas may find themselves becoming victims of bad press and encouraged to leave Excelsior - unwillingly, if needed. Ever been kidnapped? Starfallen may find themselves thrown into the back of vans, picked up off the street, and tossed just outside of city limits with only what they had on their backs. Some unlucky ones may even find themselves being held for ransom.
THIS MONTH
01 APRIL 2023
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ CONFLUENCE LOG
⚔︎ CR MEME
20 APRIL 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES OPEN
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS
25 APRIL 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS
⚔︎ RESERVES CLOSE
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS OPEN
30 APRIL 2023
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS CLOSE
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ CONFLUENCE LOG
⚔︎ CR MEME
20 APRIL 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES OPEN
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS
25 APRIL 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS
⚔︎ RESERVES CLOSE
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS OPEN
30 APRIL 2023
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS CLOSE
⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE - Something strange seems to be happening with the local farm animals. The cows are going on strike, refusing to cooperate with their farmers. Milking efforts will be met with resistance, many cows opt to stay high up in the hills or walk away when farmers come close. Colorful goats rampage around town, each color seeming to have gained it's own ability. Green goats can speak, and speak they do. In fact, they never shut up. They go on about the great strike of 2023, how the cows deserve better treatment, the goats demand higher quality hay, and their brother Barry over there is the worst. Pink goats are flying through the clouds and eating rooftops, and blue have gained super strength-combined with their habit of ramming headfirst into each other, that can't go well at all.
⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - It begins slowly: first, there are only a few citizens walking through their usual daily routines slowly, sitting at their desks at work but not working, not responding to others who speak to them. Then, it starts spreading. Social media blows up with theories on what's going on, why this seems to be happening. Does it have to do with the confluence? What is happening with them. . ?
⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS Remember the raves that had plagued Sunset Falls last month? A few rumors spreading across Twitter claim that the cause was the local ghostly crew. With the help of a few locals with the ability to communicate with the dead, they created a drug that would make possessing humans significantly easier. While this possession didn't end with the ghosts taking over, it did cause the person they were possessing to be significantly more reckless while the undead enjoyed the feeling of being fleshy once again. The significant amount of ghosts who lingered around raves also caused the shifts in the abandoned buildings.
As it turns out, the rumors were spread by the kids who were originally involved with creating the drugs--and with the dwindling number of teens willing to let ghosties take a ride in their bodies, the death count starts to lower drastically. While there may be numerous teens going through some pretty bad withdrawal symptoms causing low turnout in local schools, it also means the raves come to a jarring halt. Sunset Falls experiences a lull in supernatural activity, but surely that's not going to last for long.
⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - Posted across town are fliers with images of the Starfallen and other known Metas who frequent Excelsior - images of them doing some generally frowned upon activities. Whether they were picking their nose while walking down the street in hopes no one would see it, or walked out of the house with lettuce between their teeth. Maybe they committed a terrible, horrible crime - or maybe the images were heavily edited to make it look like they had when they hadn't. Rob a bank lately? No? Well everyone sure thinks you did! Known Metas may find themselves becoming victims of bad press and encouraged to leave Excelsior - unwillingly, if needed. Ever been kidnapped? Starfallen may find themselves thrown into the back of vans, picked up off the street, and tossed just outside of city limits with only what they had on their backs. Some unlucky ones may even find themselves being held for ransom.
HOUSEKEEPING
Hello, Heroes!
⚔︎ Plotting Comments will now be answered on a weekly basis. Our current plan is for Fridays.
⚔︎ The mod team is working to catch up on some of the behind the scenes things. Because of this, we will not be putting up a big event log this month. Instead, we've included an event in the confluence log. We will be responding to questions and engagements on this post regularly to facilitate movement of the plot.
⚔︎ Related to the above: we are running through a few game changes! Some upcoming (and current) mod posts may be formatted a little different than they have been in the past. We're working on improving the way we put up game information. If you have any suggestions, please reach out to us on MOD CONTACT.
⚔︎ Have any fun plans? Hit us up on PLAYER PLOTS! If you want to follow up on an event, investigate the setting or interact with a NPC, you can also hit up SETTING ENGAGEMENT and NPC ENGAGEMENT respectively.
⚔︎ For the May application round, any current player can extend one invitation. Players planning to invite someone this round should comment below with the player's information!
⚔︎ This game has an unofficial DISCORD SERVER! As a reminder, the moderators will not be monitoring the server's contents. However, players who have issues in the server are still welcome to bring their concerns to us at MOD CONTACT, just as they would with Plurk.
Players unsure whether this affects their characters can check on the GUILDS page. As characters are removed from the Diadem Hotel, players should comment to the HOUSING page with updates on where they are staying. The deadline for February arrivals is MAY 27.
⚔︎ Plotting Comments will now be answered on a weekly basis. Our current plan is for Fridays.
⚔︎ The mod team is working to catch up on some of the behind the scenes things. Because of this, we will not be putting up a big event log this month. Instead, we've included an event in the confluence log. We will be responding to questions and engagements on this post regularly to facilitate movement of the plot.
⚔︎ Related to the above: we are running through a few game changes! Some upcoming (and current) mod posts may be formatted a little different than they have been in the past. We're working on improving the way we put up game information. If you have any suggestions, please reach out to us on MOD CONTACT.
⚔︎ Have any fun plans? Hit us up on PLAYER PLOTS! If you want to follow up on an event, investigate the setting or interact with a NPC, you can also hit up SETTING ENGAGEMENT and NPC ENGAGEMENT respectively.
⚔︎ For the May application round, any current player can extend one invitation. Players planning to invite someone this round should comment below with the player's information!
⚔︎ This game has an unofficial DISCORD SERVER! As a reminder, the moderators will not be monitoring the server's contents. However, players who have issues in the server are still welcome to bring their concerns to us at MOD CONTACT, just as they would with Plurk.
Players unsure whether this affects their characters can check on the GUILDS page. As characters are removed from the Diadem Hotel, players should comment to the HOUSING page with updates on where they are staying. The deadline for February arrivals is MAY 27.
⚔︎ JANUARY ARRIVALS LOSE THEIR FREE RIDE! When characters first arrived, the guilds promised to help them get their footing. Per notices sent to each occupied room, characters have until APRIL 27TH before their stay at the Diadem Hotel comes to an end. Characters who commit to a guild may take advantage of the associated housing subsidy or may use their own personal income to secure private housing.
DROPS
The following characters will vanish in the coming Confluence:
Lana Baumgartner, Diana Prince, Miku Kohinata, Erika Kurumi, Eliot Spencer, Lois Lane, Alec Hardison, Tsubasa Kazanari
Please coordinate with the mods if you would like to claim some or all of their belongings.
Lana Baumgartner, Diana Prince, Miku Kohinata, Erika Kurumi, Eliot Spencer, Lois Lane, Alec Hardison, Tsubasa Kazanari
Please coordinate with the mods if you would like to claim some or all of their belongings.
GETTING TO KNOW YOU —
Welcome, new heroes! Please use the form below to introduce yourself and start plotting if you'd like:
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Preferred Communication: resurrectionist @ plurk or pm
Character Name & Journal: Aleksander Kirigan/The Darkling (
Guild Affiliation: unaffiliated for now; on the one hand, I could see him tilting toward the Alliance by dint of perception, but he could potentially go with the Society, since they do align more with his actual philosophies.
Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: his primary, immediate goal is going to be adjusting because not only has he been pulled out of his own world — and a continent at war — but this world is a lot more advanced than what he's used to. He'll want to find a way back home, but will probably get sucked into things, particularly with the tension between the meta and non-meta communities, since that is his whole entire thing aside from the shadow magic.
OOCly, I'm going to focus on finding my feet and getting his arrival squared away. He's going to have to get a job; that's going to be hilarious. Longer-term, getting involved either in politics or media or political media would be cool , but in the more shorter-term sense I'll probably be keeping it at a more community level?
Plot/CR Hooks:
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...until Hunter found out how extreme he was. Because he normally doesn't have magic and is fairly human himself, since he was magically cloned from one.
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but yeah let him lull you with his patter. he doesn't hate hate non-powered people, he just would like them all to get out of his country or at least the government
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Loki's the town mayor, Eda the Owl Lady's caretaker of the Hellmouth, this particular Darth lives out of a starship he's got parked on Dr. Strange's front lawn and regularly does Evil Space Wizard things in the woods, etc.
The only downside is that Kirigan may not find a receptive audience when it comes to playing Magic Magneto. Given how weird everything tends to get, nobody really cares who or what anyone else is so long as it doesn't get them killed. Or possessed, or whatever other dangerous spooky things may go down.
Plus, Nox is definitely on the hunt for more magic users, given there's a magic murder cult on the loose to deal with. More types of magic/sorcery to counter them wouldn't hurt either.