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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:

lightmyself: (057)

LIGHT THE BAT-SIGNAL

[personal profile] lightmyself 2023-07-01 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: Kathrine
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] chocolateisbrainfood

Character Name & Journal: Duke Thomas/The Signal | [personal profile] lightmyself
Guild Affiliation: Unaligned right now, and he isn't sure he wants to join up, because he knows you don't do that kind of thing lightly. Not impossible but it would take time.

Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals:
Duke just wants to do his best and Do Good. He wants to take care of his family (whatever or whoever that may be) and grow into a hero he can be proud of (and he thinks Bruce and his parents would be proud of.) Short term goals is deciding if he'll be going to school or not and having him settle in. Long term goals, I want him to grow into his own as an individual hero with a lot of trials and tribulations. I'd also love for him to grow his skills in his abilities as he has no idea what he's doing with them most of the time.

Plot/CR Hooks: He's kind of naive at times because once he judges you to be a good person, he struggles to unsee it. Which leaves him a bit open to being manipulated or to have him collect adults he looks up to and wants advice from. He also superheroes in the middle of the day, weird for a Gothamite, yeah, but it's his schtick. He's also really good with riddles as he spent years as a kid training and studying them because the Riddler kept messing with his area in town (thanks Nigma.) One of his powers also happens to be Power Amplification so he can accidentally boost other people's abilities or even cause them to gain temporary new abilities. Could be fun to play around with for accidental shenanigans or an more serious plot.

Duke could also work is someone just needs a more level headed person to get dragged along on their wild adventures. He's most often the Straight Man when dealing with his family--until suddenly he is doing something crazy and even if surprised it happened.
Edited 2023-07-01 16:22 (UTC)
threephds: (analyzing)

[personal profile] threephds 2023-07-01 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: carro & she/her
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] cartooncarro or _carro @ discord!

Character Name & Journal: Dr. Rebecca Holiday & [personal profile] threephds
Guild Affiliation: For the past several years she's worked with a large organization, currently she's been working alone. It could go either way. Chances are, she'll tag along with what Agent Six is doing because she knows him (and he is currently one of five people she trusts back home.)
Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: Her goal is to cure a significant ailment effecting all living beings back home. She's also very, very worried about her not-son who is always in danger and she doesn't want to be away from him. Her emotional needs are literally never being fulfilled lol she's very touch-/love-starved but recently hasn't been focusing on that 'cause there's too much going on in her life. But here, she has a lot less to focus on. Who knows what could happen?
Plot/CR Hooks: Holiday is a scientist with three PhDs (hence the name lol) and she's likely to help with...well, science things. Wherever she's at. She's going to help with monitoring Six's nanites, first thing, but once that's settled she'll be open for other research and engineering opportunities. (Note that her mun is not a scientist but she is very anal and will probably do a lot of googling make sure Holiday isn't saying complete nonsense. So. Apologies if sciencey responses take a bit.)
In her canon plot, she's the main hero's doctor/engineer (he needs both). She's a researcher and very technical and is considered one of the best in her field. She'd be happy to help anyone that needs it - Holiday got into her work to help people, after all. She's not a Dive Headfirst Into Danger kind of gal but she's not...not that, either. You get me. Sometimes she's just very excited for science.

She's also really not used to having superpowers, that'll be a slow development and very very confusing for her. But she's going to be able to move metal with her mind and that'll make her work easier! Yayyyy

(OOC she's canonically super hot and I enjoy seeing her embarrassed, especially since her Love Life Situation is really really strange right now. About to be even stranger. Also she's going to be friendlier here than she's been in a while and would love to hang out with other scientists since she never gets to anymore. Generally I just want her to make friends and meet people her own age 'cause she does not get to do that often.)
Edited 2023-07-01 16:30 (UTC)
bocchitime: (Shocked)

Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh | Bocchi the Rock!

[personal profile] bocchitime 2023-07-01 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: Gwiggs (he/him)
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] mcgwiggles
Character Name & Journal: Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh [personal profile] bocchitime
Guild Affiliation: Hitori currently unaligned and she isn't inclined toward heroism or villainy. But she's also kind of a spineless teenager in a scary new world, so feel free to peer pressure her.
Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: Hitori is BRAND NEW to the game so most of her motivation will be the usual stuff you'd expect (trying to see if she can go home, making sure she has a way to feed herself, etc).

Beyond, that, though, Hitori suffers from debilitating social anxiety. She's afraid of people and is prone to freakouts and panic attacks so she's going to try to find some place where she can feel safe. And then she's going to do what most teenage shut-ins do: Take to the internet.

She's a musician, so she'll probably eventually post some of her music on the network, and eventually work up the nerve to put on a little street concert, but that's definitely something she'll have to work her way up to.

Plot/CR Hooks: Like I said before, Hitori is a kid with really bad anxiety and coming here has given her sonic powers. So I will probably have put up a post where she is trying not to freak out in public, failing, and emitting some sort of high pitched frequency for people to investigate.

Beyond that, I don't have a ton of ideas for plot stuff just yet. I'm new here so I just want to get my footing.
Edited 2023-07-01 16:38 (UTC)
thwikt: (pic#16554247)

laws

[personal profile] thwikt 2023-07-01 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: laws (he/him)
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] voicelog
thwikt: (pic#16554298)

roy harper | dc comics

[personal profile] thwikt 2023-07-01 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name & Journal: roy harper [personal profile] thwikt
Guild Affiliation: unaligned

Relevant Links: info + permission | inbox

Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: he just came back from the dead and now finds himself in a different dimension, so honestly, at this point, he has no idea wtf his goals are, aside from staying low on the radar, doing some recon and maybe potentially infiltrating arcadia because he has issues he needs to work through and there's no better way to go about it than through reckless behavior.
Plot/CR Hooks: roy will be adopting a new persona, so he'll be going by orchard greenwood (aka flamebird) online and in person. he will be actively avoiding anyone he knows if he clocks them out in public, especially if he's out of costume. (although, tbqh his costume is just a beanie, hoodie and a full face mask, so it isn't exactly ingenious. he's working on it though ok.) since he wants to get into trouble, catch him in arcadia, catch him doing some snoopin', catch him around town in excelsior or catch him on the network post. 👉
withasouvenir: (♔ mmkay)

thea queen ➝ arrow (dctv)

[personal profile] withasouvenir 2023-07-01 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: emma (she/her)
Preferred Communication: baleinette @ plurk / dostoevskyish @ discord

Character Name & Journal: thea queen aka speedy ([personal profile] withasouvenir)
Guild Affiliation: i think it would be funny if she went society because of a misunderstanding and thinking the society is like the justice society because she would be peeved about being aligned with "villains" but also probably not swap sides because of all of fantastic's shit so someone talk her into that
Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: so at her current canon point (mid-season 4) she is suffering from the effects of the lazarus pit bringing her back to life so she has some Anger Issues and also Bloodlust because of some dumb arrow shit. she is just trying to live her life and be a good person but her bloodlust also makes her want to kill people, whoopsie doodle, and when she doesn't....the bloodlust feeds on her own energy and she gets weaker and the wound that killed her begins opening up again. haha cool cool cool. SO THAT'S FUN!

she's a big ol' mess in desperate need of therapy, but an alternate universe is neato too. i would like her to make friends that aren't team arrow because team arrow are judgmental bitches who blame thea for their choices so she needs people that don't treat her like garbage.

mostly i'm looking to settle her and make some friends that weren't friends with her brother first because that, it turns out, is a terrible way to make friends who will actually have your back.
Plot/CR Hooks: nighttime vigilante with a bow and arrow in a red suit with the last name queen, sometimes she sits on roofs feeling sorry for herself because she is baby, probably she will accidentally beat some jerks up so maybe will need to be reeled in, also she doesn't feel pain generally which is like a fun thing to notice lmao
batsymbol: 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 (pic#15577517)

enter one baby bat/vengeance.

[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-07-01 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: missy. she/her
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] telekinetics or you can always PM!

Character Name & Journal: Bruce Wayne/Batman, [personal profile] batsymbol
Guild Affiliation: Unaligned and probably going to stay that way knowing Bruce.

Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: Bruce is going to try and hunker down somewhere here while he tries to figure Everything out. This is going to be his first time "on his own", without his resources, and not having Alfred to fall back on, so he's going to have to figure out how to handle that. He's already caught wind that there's a Joker around here so he might get a little obsessed in finding out whatever information he can about that because he's handled his own Joker already back in his Gotham and the two are definitely on a path together. Also he's going to need a batcave because, you know.

I would like for Bruce here to learn how to work with a partner (or many) and try to tackle that fear of his he still struggles with when it comes to the thought of losing people he cares about, as well as come to terms with his not having to Do It All Alone or even be alone. He's very much in his There Is No Bruce, Only Batman phase right now, much to Alfred's dismay. This could definitely take a little to work through since he's only a Year 2 Bat and is still carrying a lot of anger and trauma with him while also trying not to lose hope in saving Gotham. His patience is being tested with the Riddler currently. Basically, we gotta get him to be a better Bat and Batdad.

Plot/CR Hooks: Batman's a vigilante back in Gotham and he's probably going to stay that way here, no matter how difficult that might be. Although if this place has it's own version of Jim Gordon in the ranks, he might cooperate there.

Bruce's power, because he has none back in Gotham, is Darkness Manipulation because, you know, and so he's going to have to learn how to use all of that. He's also come in with his version of The Batmobile that comes with Shadow Stealth to keep it away from nosy batkids the public eye. That said, at some point he'll be driving around in that beauty (look at her) as well as just being on rooftops and out and about as Batman. Depending who you are, he might give you the name Paul because he's already been bombarded by his kids so he's aware he's got some sort of presence here among others.

Looking forward to whatever shenanigans he gets into here.
overlyprecocious: (Default)

Re: enter one baby bat/vengeance.

[personal profile] overlyprecocious 2023-07-01 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
how is he supposed to keep up his driving skills if he can’t use the Batmobile DAD
voicelog: (037)

tony stark | marvel comics

[personal profile] voicelog 2023-07-01 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name & Journal: tony stark (aka T) [personal profile] voicelog
Guild Affiliation: unaligned

Relevant Links: info | permissions | inbox

Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: T admittedly has been in a far too peaceful lull these past few months. all he's been doing is getting his apartment building renovated and playing stocks in new york. has he been keeping up with the news? yes. has he decided whether he wants to get involved in it? no. i'm hoping to throw a wrench into his little self-induced staycation, so he might get involuntarily dragged into some Cult Business™. also it's really about time he starts to face at least some of his demons because he's been conveniently ignoring them for like a year now and that's just not conducive to anything.
Plot/CR Hooks: he's mostly around new york tbh. T hasn't bothered visiting any of the other major cities in a while, but with arcadia becoming more and more of a prevalent thing, he might eventually fly out there to check it out. otherwise, he does have his morning routine in nyc. daily jog, donut shop visit, etc. he has deactivated his online accounts though, so it's a little hard to reach him. contact stephen [personal profile] rehandle if you want to get a hold of him. atm he's using a stealth account because that's how he rolls. he might be reactivating some accounts again in the near future though. dude just takes self-isolating too far sometimes.
Edited 2023-07-01 17:36 (UTC)
robintohood: ([RH] The adults are talking)

[personal profile] robintohood 2023-07-01 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's keep beating each other's faces, Batdad.
thwikt: (pic#16554622)

[personal profile] thwikt 2023-07-01 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
time for a nighttime vigilante meet n greet
robintohood: (They try to beat me)

[personal profile] robintohood 2023-07-01 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
So I really enjoy the few interactions Duke and Jason get in the comics and WFA is always a delight so down for more! See if you get this Jason to be a little more squishy, Duke.

Jason's already intrigued by what Duke's schtick is because yellow sure is a choice for a Gotham vigilante.
withasouvenir: (Default)

[personal profile] withasouvenir 2023-07-01 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
yes please
ingeniar: (pic#16507426)

Tony Stank | MCU

[personal profile] ingeniar 2023-07-01 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: Robin (he/him or they/them)
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] laetificat (though I prefer to only add if we have CR!) or PM

Character Name & Journal: Tony Stark ("the older hotter one") / [personal profile] ingeniar
Guild Affiliation: He's staying unaffiliated for the moment. Had enough of joining someone else's boyband for one lifetime, thanks.

Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: Above all else, Tony wants to go home to his wife and child. When he realises he can't do that, he wants to find out 1) why, 2) how he can dismantle it, 3) how he can enable other people to dismantle it (in that order). He also wants to circle the wagons a little and figure out what's up with all the weird Google searches he's getting on his name.. something about vibrators..? He's going to be deeply sus about Arcadia but will probably end up there anyway because it's funny and he'll be so pissed off when he keeps getting 'ported back.

Plot/CR Hooks: Unlike the Other Guy, this Tony lives out loud. He's not going to be quiet about who he is or what he wants, so he'll probably be doing some hardcore investigating, i.e. turning up outside someone's place of work to demand they tell him what's going on, that kind of thing. He'll be busy burrowing down into the dark web and whatever else is happening on the tech side of things, so can ping into people's inboxes and/or data servers when he tries to hack his way in. He'll also be doing some superheroing.

Happy to have cases of mistaken identity (he's the Dad Bod version of MH's current Tony), random encounters, fanboys/girls who actually know who he is (that is going to be weird), etc. If/when he gets free of Arcadia he'll probably be heading straight for New York or LA, depending on how things go.
batsymbol: 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 (pic#15518748)

[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-07-01 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't you have a Robin bike or something?
batsymbol: 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 (pic#16115809)

[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-07-01 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Bruce's patience tested by the Riddler back in his Gotham. Now tested by the Jasons here.
whistlestoptea: (gotta impress the kid)

Raine Whispers | The Owl House

[personal profile] whistlestoptea 2023-07-01 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: Val, she/they
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] honeyfoot or honeyfoot on discord

Character Name & Journal: Raine Whispers [personal profile] whistlestoptea
Guild Affiliation: Unaffiliated so far! Listen, they already joined a coven in a world where not doing so is not really an appealing option, but turns out joining a coven screws you over too. They're fine for now, thanks.
Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: Raine wants LA REVOLUCIÓN. They want to overthrow their homeworld's evil dictator and save witchkind from his plans. Besides that, they're also very invested in the safety and wellbeing of one Eda Clawthorne and her kids. They also love bard magic a latte and used to be a teacher. In Meta, I kinda wanna go with the flow, and hopefully develop their character a little more, and let them make some friends!
Plot/CR Hooks: I mean... they're a whole anarchist revolutionary at home. They have a strong sense of justice, so that might well throw them in the path of some villain or hero, depending on what the hero's idea of heroing is. They're pretty good at coordinating plans and have various bard tricks up their sleeve, such as changing the chemistry of liquids, puppeteering people, making people sleep, and downright destruction. They're also happy to contribute silly, animal-themed group names.
whistlestoptea: (Default)

[personal profile] whistlestoptea 2023-07-01 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Would the good science doctor like to learn about ~MAGIC~?

(aka Raine also needs adult friends. like desperately lol)
robintohood: ([D] Couple of walking armories)

[personal profile] robintohood 2023-07-01 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Think of it as extra training! And God help Bruce if he drops by the BatGym or Jason's bar.
threephds: (concerned)

[personal profile] threephds 2023-07-01 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It's going to take lots of proof for her to accept the existence of magic and it's gonna be very funny so hell yes
harageous: (tomorrow means nothing‚ only the now。)

[personal profile] harageous 2023-07-01 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
WE GONNA SMOOCH
batsymbol: 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 (pic#16507815)

[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-07-01 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"stop by" you mean.
whistlestoptea: (Default)

[personal profile] whistlestoptea 2023-07-01 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello fellow musician with social anxiety

Tho Raine mostly has a problem with performing in front of crowds 8D
whistlestoptea: (smirk)

[personal profile] whistlestoptea 2023-07-01 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
IS THAT A DARE

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