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meta moderators ([personal profile] metamods) wrote in [community profile] metaooc2023-07-01 11:22 am

JULY STATE OF THE GAME

STATE OF THE GAME

THIS MONTH


01 July 2023
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ CONFLUENCE/DOWNBURST II

17 July 2023
⚔︎ DOWNBURST III OOC PLOTTING

19 July 2023
⚔︎ DOWNBURST III

20 July 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS

25 July 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS


⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE - Little Love has been. . quiet, over the last month. With the changes going on in Excelsior and the shift in power in Central City, it's no wonder that Little Love has been trying to stay out of the mess. Some locals have been working on building small shelters on their farmland, passing through whispers that their doors are open to those who need safe housing. Their world is meant to be shared, after all. Separating people by whether or not they were born on their planet goes against everything Little Love believes in, and if they can offer safe haven for people who need it, there are several old cranky farmers who will open up barn doors - no questions asked.

⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - Central City's borders are still "closed", but only when it suits Mechanima himself. Alliance heroes will find it difficult to get in past it's borders, being stopped by Red Hood's crew in some areas and other Society villains at others. Unaligned Starfallen will have no difficulty passing borders, nor will Society ones. While Mechanima is avoiding directly interfering with Arcadia business, people may notice that, while some of the Arcadian guards had been within Central City when the city takeover had been announced, there's been less of them visibly wandering the streets - and several Society villains messing with whatever ones manage to sneak their way in. This is their turf, not Arcadia's.

⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS - With Loki's absence, things in Sunset Falls have started getting tense. It feels like the air is working hard to strangle the life out of it's residents; the local were-teens are getting rowdier than usual, antsier, and have begun causing issues on the edge of town: breaking into shops, leaving a lot of colorful graffiti over unguarded buildings, throwing parties in old abandoned buildings and not cleaning up after themselves when they're done - which is leaving others in town feeling more agitated, too. Witches are getting angry that their sacred grounds are getting stamped all over, they're laying curses for the next poor group to step up, those curses are causing kids to get sick or vomit up frogs, which is angering parents, which is causing work places to get even more tense. Something foul is in the air, and it's making everything worse.

⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - Once again, plants have overtaken Excelsior. Heroes currently stationed in Arcadia are asked to come help eradicate them while officials search for the source of the return. There are. . . new buildings being constructed on the edges of Excelsior where it meets Arcadia, tall skycrapers being built up by friendly looking drones. Their purpose isn't quite clear, but given how swiftly Excelsior is working to get them put up, they must be for something, right?




HOUSEKEEPING

Hello, Heroes!

⚔︎ We've updated the NPC engagement page to reflect some of the changes with the current roster: namely, Fantastic's takeover of the Alliance

⚔︎ The FAQ has been updated with the following: the Battlements of the Shining Gods info blurb has been updated, added return home trips, clarified where to go to interact with NPCs, and cleared up some of the information surrounding OurPowers. We'll be working on updating this through August, too! Please let us know if there are any changes you think could be useful for our FAQ.

⚔︎ We're updating the Activity Check system for new characters: specifically, we'll be requiring that new characters respond to their first month's AC check with links to their taken list and guild page comments.

⚔︎ While we've been working to be more on top of Engagement posts lately, we've also realized managing to keep up with event engagements on top of non-event engagements can be a little extra taxing! To counteract this: we're going to be putting non-event engagements on hold during very involved events, to ensure we're able to help players interact with the event. Once events have completed, we'll return to answering plot engagements submitted by Thursday on Fridays.

The CALENDAR reflects our current schedule accurately up through September, including estimated shifted dates.

⚔︎ 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.


DROPS

The following characters will vanish in the coming Confluence:

Thad Thawne II, Ken Kaneki, Darth Nox, Alina Starkov, Aleksander Kirigan, Peter Parker, Lila, Kell Maresh

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:

chokedout: (Default)

[personal profile] chokedout 2023-07-01 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: syd (they/them)
Preferred Communication: pm or [plurk.com profile] witchpunk

Character Name & Journal: Theodore Price ([personal profile] chokedout)
Guild Affiliation: Currently unaffiliated!
Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: Theo's coming with CRAU from Duplicity so he needs an adjustment period back in a the "real" word (or as close to the real world as he knew it,) when it comes to social graces and self-esteem. He's also fresh out of the jamjar so being able to travel and move around (ironic considering what's happening ic) is calling to him, so he'll be pushing to do that and resisting any pulls to be herded inward. I'd love for him to make friends, relearn social graces and learn from other magic users since he's a very untrained yet talented witch with white/green magic vibes.
Plot/CR Hooks: Theo likes to attach himself to people and is a little bit needy when it comes to knowing people want him in some way. Previously he used to sleep around and while that's still quite possible (hit him up 🤙) I would love for him to learn other ways to connect such as reestablishing his art background, working to better his magic and use it in positive ways such as healing or influencing green growth with plants, medicines and charms. He can be a little recklessly stupid and needs to be reined in, too. Also he's a texting maniac so pls let him harass you IC.
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[personal profile] lightmyself 2023-07-01 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Jason is a terrible influence, but Duke loves him and recognizes it all comes from a place of love no matter what Jason says. He will be assuming this Jason is much the same only even more melodramatic since he hasn't come back home to visit Alfred yet.
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[personal profile] bocchitime 2023-07-01 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that's wonderful! I'd love to have Raine meet Bocchi.

Performing in front of crowds is literally the only interaction Bocchi knows how to do with people. Speaking with strangers or doing anything that interacts directly with the public (or honestly being perceived without a guitar in her hands) is enough to cause her to freak out.
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[personal profile] ingeniar 2023-07-01 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
hi sugar baby
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[personal profile] purplexing 2023-07-01 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor girl. Hope she won't freak out too bad at a turtle teen.
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[personal profile] bocchitime 2023-07-01 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly the novelty of him being a turtle might throw her off enough to somehow make it easier on her.
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[personal profile] whistlestoptea 2023-07-01 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, that would make for an interesting contrast, then! Raine's fine talking to people one on one, but an audience... *shudders*

Looking forward to the CR :D
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[personal profile] whistlestoptea 2023-07-01 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
LET'S DO IT

I think Raine might be interested in science things too haha
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[personal profile] codicies 2023-07-01 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
CARROOOOOOO it's Tsa, nice to be in a game with you again!!

Dylan doesn't have giant mech hands, but he can make... giant goop hands??
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[personal profile] chokedout 2023-07-01 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
o hai daddy ♥

Would you want a fresh start or to keep TDM? In the latter, Theo'd just be giving him eyes and they could've (or still can) ICly discuss it but Theo knows better than to be like "so you were in a sex city with me" and would just be like "I've seen you before, must've been a multiverse thing" and or "I know what you're packing daddy ♥" bc slut
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[personal profile] purplexing 2023-07-01 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
GMTA! Donnie's been determined in getting to the bottom of this Confluence crap and how to Fix Things, especially in concerns to his brother's current status back home (so far as they are both aware of anyway).

lol hackwars
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[personal profile] ingeniar 2023-07-01 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they should have a fresh start and run into each other somehow, possibly in a bar, time for some flashbacks~
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[personal profile] bocchitime 2023-07-01 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too!

Hitori's toplevel is here if you'd like to tag it, or I would be happy to reply to Raine's when you post theirs.
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[personal profile] threephds 2023-07-01 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
HIIII!! Hopefully being in a big game is like riding a bike cuz I have a lot to remember

Giant goop hands sounds like something Holiday could study and be very fascinated by
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[personal profile] robintohood 2023-07-01 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Care to meet a younger Jason who's still in his crime lord phase and hasn't worked with any Outlaws, Roy?
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[personal profile] purplexing 2023-07-01 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Heehee!
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[personal profile] ingeniar 2023-07-01 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
HACKWARS

is there anything he's left around the place, possibly on dark web message boards?

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[personal profile] levelshift 2023-07-01 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Robiiiin we need cr now that we're in a game together again!! I have one asshole teenager who manipulates reality by being extremely good at math and quantum physics and makes a lot of poor life decisions!
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[personal profile] overlyprecocious 2023-07-01 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
no ._.
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[personal profile] chokedout 2023-07-01 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
100% down for this

as down as theo is
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[personal profile] bocchitime 2023-07-01 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm probably going to have Hitori end up in Arcadia as well, unless someone comes and scoops her up.

How would you feel about them living next door to each other? Fair warning, Hitori is a rock musician who practices her electric guitar 6 hours a day, so she will be a TERRIBLE neighbor.
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[personal profile] codicies 2023-07-01 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
VAAAAAAL you made it!
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[personal profile] purplexing 2023-07-01 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
HMMm There'd be some recent posts starting up around May probing for info on the Confluence and on Alliance teleporters and dimensional travel...
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[personal profile] bocchitime 2023-07-01 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not canon familiar, but from what I've seen of Duke he seems like a really cool character!

Hitori is a big ball of vibrating anxiety that could use a level-headed friend, if you'd be interested in these two having CR?
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[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-07-01 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Better put that on the Christmas list.

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