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meta moderators ([personal profile] metamods) wrote in [community profile] metaooc2023-09-01 01:16 pm

SEPTEMBER STATE OF THE GAME

STATE OF THE GAME

THIS MONTH


01 September 2023
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ CONFLUENCE LOG

08 September 2023
⚔︎ PLOTTING MEME

20 September 2023
⚔︎ EVENT: STARSTRUCK
⚔︎ RESERVES OPEN
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS

25 September 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES CLOSE
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS OPEN

27 September 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS

30 September 2023
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS CLOSE


⚔︎ September 1st repeats, continuously, although the length of time of this repeat seems to vary from person to person. The order of September 1sts doesn't seem consistent, either, timelines branching out from each other before melding back together. The reason behind this becomes clear when the Willow Maiden approaches the Starfallen - although Chaos Gate traveling to the past isn't the only thing currently happening. . .

⚔︎ For those who choose to stay in the present:

⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE - the wildlife who had escaped from the underground cavern still need to be rounded up, and there are several farmers who have stations set up throughout their land for holding the pre-historic creatures. Bounties go out for particularly rough to capture animals, with farmers also requesting assistance protecting their livestock from the invasion. Some of the animals are quite friendly, albeit confused regarding where they are given how unfamiliar 2023 is to many of them. But not all of them, and those who are a little more feral need to be dealt with.

⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - While native metahumans continue to see a decline in their abilities, the D'Amicos and the drugs they have made to replicate metahuman abilities don't seem to be suffering the same fate. And with rumors spreading about the weakening metahumans, clearly that means it's time for them to step out and try to regain some of the power they had lost during the Pod People invasion several months ago. They start out small - sending some low level croons out to rob a few banks on opposite ends of the city all at the same time to test the Alliance's forces. When they manage to get away with a couple robberies, they start going bigger: targeting rival families with full intentions of removing them from power entirely.

⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS - The Annual Harvest Festival continues. It usually runs from September 1st to 10th, but given the endless repeats of September 1sts, this one feels especially long. Townsfolk continue to go missing, bodies turning up hours later. As the days of the festival continue, one may notice that when the bodies do turn up, they're missing. . parts. Whether it's a hand, a heart, a tongue, they don't quite return whole.

Towards the end of the Festival, it gets worse. Instead of one or two townsfolk going missing, towards the end of the festival an entire classroom of teenagers goes missing after their first day of school. Yet strangely, none of the townsfolk seem to think anything of it. Their parents don't even seem to remember who the teenagers were, ignoring areas of their homes where the teenagers had frequented.

⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - Power outages continue, although with the extra help around, they're keeping most the damage to a minimum. However, on September 10th, the power goes off and simply. . . doesn't turn back on. Back up generators are able to keep some businesses afloat, but those without generators simply don't turn back on at all. It seems the power grid has failed, and they're struggling to figure out why. Nothing seems wrong at the power generation plants, they're still producing energy, but it just seems to . . dissipate. Could it have anything to do with the hole in the sky?


HOUSEKEEPING

Hello, Heroes!

⚔︎ We're updating AC a bit more! Instead of the warning list going up on day 3, we're going to start putting it up on day 5, and leave the 25th-27th for buffer space for players who end up on the warning list to respond. This will be effective for the September activity round.

⚔︎ 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.

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

⚔︎ As a note on the calendar and dates - we're going to be doing some adjusting here in the future for event logs! This is to allow for more room for players, and ensure we're able to get everything up on time. We want to note that our plan is to allow time for players to affect the outcome of logs. We'll be keeping an eye on how players interact with events and logs, and if it looks like players could use a little more time to reach a certain outcome, we'll be asking on the OOC comm if players would prefer to adjust the timeline a little to allow for more room to play with the setting.

⚔︎ This may mean that the State of the Game won't accurately reflect dates once we get further into events. We will be updating the game CALENDAR as this comes up, and will make sure to let players know via the OOC comm also.

⚔︎ To that end, we're going to be moving introduction logs to the first Friday of the month and the event log to the third Wednesday. If an event log is delayed due to needing more time for players to interact with it, we will delay it until the next Wednesday.

⚔︎ There will be a bonus intro option on acceptance notices going forward, to allow players to play with the game before our intro log goes up if they would like to.

⚔︎ 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 at the beginning of September:

Danny Chase, The Joker, Hunter, Wally West, Claudia Donovan, Gus Porter, Edalyn Clawthorne, Avi, Galatea, Tony Stark (MCU), Connor Hawke, Stephen Strange, Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh, Otto Octavius, The Vision, Link


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:

avatarfortruth: (w59)

New player! Diana Prince | DC Comics

[personal profile] avatarfortruth 2023-09-02 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: Lorna, she/her

Preferred Communication: hmu @ blueofthebay on Discord or friend me @ [plurk.com profile] repeatandfade

Character Name & Journal: Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, DC comics (New Earth) ([personal profile] avatarfortruth)

Guild Affiliation:
There's potential for her to join the Alliance, if only to try and fix it. Otherwise, she'll stay unaffiliated.

Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals:
Diana is coming from a complicated time in her comics. She has only just started fixing her friendship with Batman and Superman, she's been cut off from Themyscira and the other Amazons, and she's trying to rebuild the world's trust in her. She continues to be motivated by the mission that took her from Themyscira in the first place: to help those who need it and to bring peace where she can.

Here, she'll no doubt be motivated to figure out what's going on with the Alliance, and she'll want to assist the versions of her friends who are already here. She's very grateful to have Kyle from around her own time period and universe.

She's been lonely at home, so she'll be grateful for the chance to make some new acquaintances, especially with other super-powered ladies!

Plot/CR Hooks:
Diana is a warrior and a diplomat. She'll always try to talk things out first, but if a fight is necessary, she throws everything she's got into it. She has the Lasso of Truth, which compels anyone in its loops to answer any question truly (and has several other abilities she tends to keep quiet about, even to her fellow Leaguers...), and she's very willing to use it. She isn't confrontational and she tries not to be stubborn, but she's used to calling the shots and/or acting independently.

Did you need a tank? May I offer an Amazonian princess who can survive nuclear explosions?

She'll be eager to mitigate the loneliness she's been feeling at home, so she'll be actively engaging even people she doesn't know.

Otherwise, hit me up! I'm excited to throw Diana at everyone and everything!
Edited 2023-09-02 15:29 (UTC)
codicies: (affection)

helloooo

[personal profile] codicies 2023-09-02 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
hello, I'm Tsa! We're already plurk friends :)

The previous Diana was kind of a mom for him, so if she's looking to have something mitigate her loneliness, Dylan's already got that affection built in!
avatarfortruth: (Default)

Re: helloooo

[personal profile] avatarfortruth 2023-09-02 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, excellent! She may not be as maternal, but she'll feel a real duty toward her other self's loved ones, and she'd be grateful for his company and to get to know him.
batsymbol: 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 (pic#16507549)

[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-09-02 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Please give me everything and more with them.
avatarfortruth: (w37)

[personal profile] avatarfortruth 2023-09-02 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Please I need so much more with them!

Also:

batsymbol: 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 (pic#15518746)

[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-09-02 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, if she wants to step on him....
avatarfortruth: by <lj user=iconography> (c :: Hollywood baby)

[personal profile] avatarfortruth 2023-09-02 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not unlikely tbh

I'm completely fascinated by the Bruce-Diana dynamic in the comics and this should be VERY interesting, because she's still on slightly thin ice with her Bruce.
Edited 2023-09-02 21:52 (UTC)
batsymbol: 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 (pic#16507813)

[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-09-02 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
They're already off to a great start with that awkward sleepover, ok.
avatarfortruth: (w57)

[personal profile] avatarfortruth 2023-09-02 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"great"

you clearly need lots of help, bb Bruce.
batsymbol: 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 (pic#16507551)

[personal profile] batsymbol 2023-09-02 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Please help him, Diana.
robintohood: ([RH] The adults are talking)

[personal profile] robintohood 2023-09-02 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Dianaaaa!

So even though Jason's very much an anti-hero/villain these days instead of heroic, he still has a lot of respect for Diana from when he was Robin.

I'm open to him and Diana having CR! Like mentioned before, Jason's guardian to Dylan who kinda was like a surrogate kid to a different Diana.

P.S. Plz help make baby Bruce less of a gremlin.
avatarfortruth: by <lj user=iconography> (c :: Hollywood baby)

[personal profile] avatarfortruth 2023-09-02 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be great! She's close to (her) Bruce, but she doesn't interact often with the Batfam, even Nightwing, so I'm looking forward to her being earnest and awkward as she gets to know them. Besides, she's already friends with an actual villain in Cheetah, so she gets it!
robintohood: (With a direction)

[personal profile] robintohood 2023-09-02 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeexcellent. Yeah, Jason fully expects some level of awkward because he knows his moral compass doesn't jive with a lot of people. But he's got enough respect for Diana that he'll try to somewhat behave around her.
avatarfortruth: by <lj user=iconography> (c :: Hollywood baby)

[personal profile] avatarfortruth 2023-09-02 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Just don't make her use the lasso on you, Jason
robintohood: ([RH] GAH)

[personal profile] robintohood 2023-09-02 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that'll definitely get some shit out in the open, especially since Jason's an active crime lord in Central and a Society member. WHOOPS. I'm down for it if the opportunity ever comes up.

Also, are you okay with making our TDM thread canon or would you rather start fresh? I'm okay with either option!
avatarfortruth: by <lj user=iconography> (c :: friends)

[personal profile] avatarfortruth 2023-09-02 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm totally fine with that! Also always happy to use the lasso for plot points and pushing things either forward or wildly sidelong.
kid_flash_found: (Default)

Whoops. that was supposed to be a toplevel

[personal profile] kid_flash_found 2023-09-04 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Bugly and I've got this BratBart here, as well as Dylan's sibling Sleeper, who is also animated Jason's sometimes suit and partner, being as they're Venom's feline-shaped kid. (The non-murdery one)

Both have certain connections, given that Young Justice/Teen Titans definitely had their, uh, interactions, and Sleeper knew the cinematic DCEU Diana.