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MAY STATE OF THE GAME
STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE - Negotiations between the local farmers and the cows seem to be going well; with the goats' assistance, they've bartered for fairer conditions and better quality food. The goats and the cows have settled while the farmers are looking for assistance in building up better barns to house their animals to prevent further problems. Posters go up, asking for help from anyone handy, promising a good wage for the help. Some posters ask for permanent residents, offering small pieces of land on the farms for those who can stay and help make sure the animals are well taken care of.
⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - Central City has seemed. . off since the April Confluence. Crime rates have significantly lowered, and everything else seems to have slowed down significantly. No longer is there the lunchtime rush, traffic at the end of the workday is no longer a disaster to get through. Everything feels quiet. Too quiet. People continue to go to and from their day jobs, but without their usual rushed pace. Some have been reported missing, only to be found a couple days or a few hours later unharmed without recollection of where they had wandered off to.
Hospital admittances have also significantly decreased, even if the amount of sick days taken by employees and students has increased. People are tired, but the amount of people getting sick is lowering. Rumors start spreading through social media about something being in the air, asking if it's a new metahuman's influence, but most of them get shut down quickly by others chiming in to provide either scientific evidence that nothing is wrong, or asking for any evidence, because it doesn't look like anything's wrong, does it? Everyone is fine, everything is fine, there is nothing to worry about.
⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS - Mayor Loki has decided to use his newfound power to make a few changes! Residents of Sunset Falls who receive their paychecks on Thurs—ahem—Lokisday will find their paychecks have been delayed indefinitely due to the name change. Strike talks continue to escalate by the day as paychecks continue to not be received. How are they supposed to pay off their car payments, buy groceries, if they're not getting their money? Who is going to take responsibility for late mortgage payments? No one outside of Sunset Falls had to observe the change, and outside of local businesses - no one is forgiving late payments for this!
But another change, a requirement for all dogs to wear bow-ties, does cause another kind of chaos: because who doesn't love a cute little puppy wearing bright colored bow-tie on their collar? Reprobates, that's who. While the local jail cells may temporarily be overrun by dogs disobeying the new law until more bow-ties can be manufactured, the dogs who didn't get caught by the law are helping to grow the economy in a different way:
Bow tie competitions are advertised at near-every business, with several of the local clothing stores having sold-out bow-tie stands. On May 10th, there is to be a local bow-tie convention with different bow-tie creation competitions (most creative, cutest, most technologically advanced, etc) and on May 13th, a cutest dog in a bow tie competition will be held at the high school gymnasium.
⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - Widely known as the City of the Future, Excelsior is looking a little - Prehistoric these days. Buildings towards the outskirts of town are being taken over by vines that wind themselves up walls, curling tight with no intention of letting go. It starts slow; at the end of April, one may overhear whispers about a science experiment gone wrong, about a contagion they're trying to isolate to keep it from spreading. As May begins, a few buildings edging towards downtown are looking a little overrun.
And if that's not bad enough? A wayward vine managed to break it's way into a very carefully sealed off lab and spread it's way over the floors, breaking through glass containers, destroying machines meant to keep things on ice - well, on ice. Towards the end of May, the Citizens Alert System wakes up every resident of Excelsior City: there are velociraptors on the loose. Not one or two, but a dozen of them, all in varying stages of life. Was trying to re-create Jurassic Park a bad idea? Probably! But that didn't stop a team of teenagers from Silverleaf High from trying.
The unfortunate side effect of one experiment getting out of hand is that any other experiment, small or large, may find itself compromised by their plant overlords. Excelsior is in need of help, and they need it now. While usually hesitant to rely on metahumans, now they're sending out messages to those who can help, asking for them to please, please come help them clear out this mess. There's only so much their flame throwers and drones can handle.
THIS MONTH
01 MAY 2023
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ CONFLUENCE LOG
13 MAY 2023
⚔︎ RUE MOORE HAS IT
20 MAY 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES OPEN
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS
25 MAY 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS
⚔︎ RESERVES CLOSE
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS OPEN
30 MAY 2023
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS CLOSE
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ CONFLUENCE LOG
13 MAY 2023
⚔︎ RUE MOORE HAS IT
20 MAY 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES OPEN
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS
25 MAY 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS
⚔︎ RESERVES CLOSE
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS OPEN
30 MAY 2023
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS CLOSE
⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE - Negotiations between the local farmers and the cows seem to be going well; with the goats' assistance, they've bartered for fairer conditions and better quality food. The goats and the cows have settled while the farmers are looking for assistance in building up better barns to house their animals to prevent further problems. Posters go up, asking for help from anyone handy, promising a good wage for the help. Some posters ask for permanent residents, offering small pieces of land on the farms for those who can stay and help make sure the animals are well taken care of.
⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - Central City has seemed. . off since the April Confluence. Crime rates have significantly lowered, and everything else seems to have slowed down significantly. No longer is there the lunchtime rush, traffic at the end of the workday is no longer a disaster to get through. Everything feels quiet. Too quiet. People continue to go to and from their day jobs, but without their usual rushed pace. Some have been reported missing, only to be found a couple days or a few hours later unharmed without recollection of where they had wandered off to.
Hospital admittances have also significantly decreased, even if the amount of sick days taken by employees and students has increased. People are tired, but the amount of people getting sick is lowering. Rumors start spreading through social media about something being in the air, asking if it's a new metahuman's influence, but most of them get shut down quickly by others chiming in to provide either scientific evidence that nothing is wrong, or asking for any evidence, because it doesn't look like anything's wrong, does it? Everyone is fine, everything is fine, there is nothing to worry about.
⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS - Mayor Loki has decided to use his newfound power to make a few changes! Residents of Sunset Falls who receive their paychecks on Thurs—ahem—Lokisday will find their paychecks have been delayed indefinitely due to the name change. Strike talks continue to escalate by the day as paychecks continue to not be received. How are they supposed to pay off their car payments, buy groceries, if they're not getting their money? Who is going to take responsibility for late mortgage payments? No one outside of Sunset Falls had to observe the change, and outside of local businesses - no one is forgiving late payments for this!
But another change, a requirement for all dogs to wear bow-ties, does cause another kind of chaos: because who doesn't love a cute little puppy wearing bright colored bow-tie on their collar? Reprobates, that's who. While the local jail cells may temporarily be overrun by dogs disobeying the new law until more bow-ties can be manufactured, the dogs who didn't get caught by the law are helping to grow the economy in a different way:
Bow tie competitions are advertised at near-every business, with several of the local clothing stores having sold-out bow-tie stands. On May 10th, there is to be a local bow-tie convention with different bow-tie creation competitions (most creative, cutest, most technologically advanced, etc) and on May 13th, a cutest dog in a bow tie competition will be held at the high school gymnasium.
⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - Widely known as the City of the Future, Excelsior is looking a little - Prehistoric these days. Buildings towards the outskirts of town are being taken over by vines that wind themselves up walls, curling tight with no intention of letting go. It starts slow; at the end of April, one may overhear whispers about a science experiment gone wrong, about a contagion they're trying to isolate to keep it from spreading. As May begins, a few buildings edging towards downtown are looking a little overrun.
And if that's not bad enough? A wayward vine managed to break it's way into a very carefully sealed off lab and spread it's way over the floors, breaking through glass containers, destroying machines meant to keep things on ice - well, on ice. Towards the end of May, the Citizens Alert System wakes up every resident of Excelsior City: there are velociraptors on the loose. Not one or two, but a dozen of them, all in varying stages of life. Was trying to re-create Jurassic Park a bad idea? Probably! But that didn't stop a team of teenagers from Silverleaf High from trying.
The unfortunate side effect of one experiment getting out of hand is that any other experiment, small or large, may find itself compromised by their plant overlords. Excelsior is in need of help, and they need it now. While usually hesitant to rely on metahumans, now they're sending out messages to those who can help, asking for them to please, please come help them clear out this mess. There's only so much their flame throwers and drones can handle.
HOUSEKEEPING
Hello, Heroes!
⚔︎ As a reminder, teleporters are individual, provided by the guilds to their members. Unaffiliated player characters who are passed their two month adjustment period will not be able to utilize teleporters. These are small, handheld devices generally good for one trip per day. There are not large teleporter pads that exist within the main four cities. We hope this helps clear up some confusion.
⚔︎ Additionally, there is guild presence is most larger metro areas, not just the four cities mentioned in our settings page! These four cities are where most events are held, but the guilds exist throughout the United States. Characters are not limited to staying within them.
⚔︎ Rue Moore Has It is going up on May 13th! Please submit any hot goss you'd like for her to dish out HERE by May 11th.
⚔︎ We've updated the tagging system in the network and log comms! Instead of CHARACTER NAME | CANON, they are now CANON: CHARACTER NAME. Please let us know if there are any errors.
⚔︎ 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.
⚔︎ As a reminder, teleporters are individual, provided by the guilds to their members. Unaffiliated player characters who are passed their two month adjustment period will not be able to utilize teleporters. These are small, handheld devices generally good for one trip per day. There are not large teleporter pads that exist within the main four cities. We hope this helps clear up some confusion.
⚔︎ Additionally, there is guild presence is most larger metro areas, not just the four cities mentioned in our settings page! These four cities are where most events are held, but the guilds exist throughout the United States. Characters are not limited to staying within them.
⚔︎ Rue Moore Has It is going up on May 13th! Please submit any hot goss you'd like for her to dish out HERE by May 11th.
⚔︎ We've updated the tagging system in the network and log comms! Instead of CHARACTER NAME | CANON, they are now CANON: CHARACTER NAME. Please let us know if there are any errors.
⚔︎ 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.
⚔︎ FEBRUARY 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 MAY 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:
Pavetta Fiona Elen, Angela, Chuck Taine, Cassandra Cain-Wayne, Link | Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tommy Shepherd, Jonathan Samuel Kent / Superman, Mana Aiba, Tsubomi Hanasaki, Billy Kaplan-Altman, Sakura Haruno, Lavrentios Argyris, Chris Yukine
Please coordinate with the mods if you would like to claim some or all of their belongings.
Pavetta Fiona Elen, Angela, Chuck Taine, Cassandra Cain-Wayne, Link | Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tommy Shepherd, Jonathan Samuel Kent / Superman, Mana Aiba, Tsubomi Hanasaki, Billy Kaplan-Altman, Sakura Haruno, Lavrentios Argyris, Chris Yukine
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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HahaClaudia is a joy, this should be fun! What all exactly does Hardison's power do? Just like the label says?Maybe Dee could catch him doing his stealing.
Or they could both be eyeing a car except Donnie's looking for ones that look pretty much abandoned so there probably shouldn't be much competition in that market lolGot anything you might specifically like to do?no subject
yo i love the idea of donnie interrupting him, and i really would love for him to get a good dose of "some technology in this place is wayyy advanced" if you're up to really give the guy an existential crisis?? i'm thinking he could totally aim for the same type of car to yank out bits. maybe they're aiming for the same parts, or hardison yoinks something the car needs to run, etc?
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Hahah, Donnie would prefer the car stay mostly intact since he's looking to refurb something to use as transportation, so that'd tick him off if some random dude tries stealing something from one he's been eyeing. XD
Who doesn't like giving people existential crises? wait
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ok i think we're on the same page, so just one last q: would you be cool with me backdating it to before the quarantine? if not, no big, i just want to steer a bit clear of the parasite stuff. gives me the heebies and possibly some of the jeebies.
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