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OCTOBER STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME
07 October 2023
⚔︎ TDM
20 October 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES OPEN
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS
25 October 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES CLOSE
27 October 2023
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS OPEN
27 October 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS
31 October 2023
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS CLOSE
⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE is quiet. Not the eerie, something is wrong kind of quiet, but the kind of quiet that feels relieving. Like the world has been set right, and everything is going to be okay. There's a small little farmer's market going on downtown, where locals can sell their crops. It is nearing the end of the season, however, so you'd best get them before they're all gone for the year.
⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - There's a new gang in town. Calling themselves the BLUE SABERS, they walk the streets of Central City at night causing mayhem and havoc wherever they go: marking up walls with spray paint, kicking over mailboxes, stealing purses from little old ladies - and while Central City is home to some of the most powerful heroes in this world, they can't be everywhere at once. They might need a little assistance. The Alliance is calling for help getting the ID of the leader of the gang, whereas the Society has opted to put out a hit on their life. They don't appreciate people stepping on their toes, after all.
⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS - Something spooky's making it's way through Sunset Falls, just in time for October. It seems like it may have a ghost problem on it's hands! Things are flying off shelves, lawn chairs are getting knocked over right when someone goes to sit down on them, homework is turning up. . . well, not eaten, but ripped up enough to try and make it seem like a dog decided it was their meal of the day. A bottle of shampoo might get contaminated with hair dye. How did that happen? Someone'd better to get to the bottom of this.
⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - The power has turned back on, which is a relief. It seems like whatever had been effecting Excelsior's metas and it's power grid has been fixed, but the city is still experiencing some lingering effects: the subway railway has been trashed and needs repair, as does a lot of it's more advanced tech. Excelsior's residents are working hard to get everything back up and running, but they could always use an extra hand.
Hello, Heroes!
⚔︎ Given the low level of applicants for this application round, and how closely it's scheduled to the TDM, we have opted to skip the confluence log for the month of October. We will be adding some extra flair to the TDM to make up for this! Our new characters have received their arrival information on their welcome notice.
⚔︎ As noted in the STARSTRUCK event log, with the events of Godfall forever changed, as is the world of Metaheroes! We'll be working on changes through October - please rest assured that no changes have happened yet and you will be notified well in advance of them occurring! We'll be prepping updated pages through October, as the world starts to shift to accommodate the changes it's gone through. If you have any specific questions, feedback, or even suggestions you would like to see implemented as we prep for Arc 3 of the game, please feel free to post them under WORLD CHANGES. This can also be used to provide suggestions.
A few teasers:
➢ All Unaligned metahumans are recast as "neutral", meaning they are arriving in this world and agreeing to be normal citizens. The Alliance and Society still exist, but are no longer associated with any government bodies and work independently to govern those who take up the mantle of hero or villain.
➢ Neutral metahumans are under the protection of Frances Starling. IDs are provided by Frances. You are a normal citizen, and it is considered illegal for you to display any metahuman capability.
➢ Legal permission is, hesitantly, given to the Alliance. They aren't affiliated with any direct government branches and avoid contact when possible, but the Alliance still tries to remain civil with them. Allowing Alliance members to have a legal "pass" to display their capabilities was the middle ground they were able to settle on.
➢ Villains do not have legal permission to use their powers, but its usage is sanctioned by The Society. The Society is known to ruthlessly hunt down any villains that refuse to abide by The Code, and the government and Alliance view them as an almost necessary evil.
➢ Starstruck lives. He is a member of the Alliance, and aims to help all metahuman kids coming into their powers adjust to their new lives. Despite the fact he should be in his early 50s, he still looks no older than he had in 1985. He wasn't meant to exist in this time period, after all.
➢ The hero who had been known as Fantastic doesn't exist. Sawyer Douglas, however, still does. Estranged from his parents, the twenty-five year old works at a bookstore out of Sunset Falls. His girlfriend, a young woman named Katherine West, can frequently be found sitting on countertops in the bookstore drinking iced lattes while he works.
➢ All those who interacted directly with the Starfallen will recall the original timeline, as well as their current one. The Guild Leaders are the ones ones who remember it with the most clarity.
➢ With this said, history is largely the same for the Starfallen. However, for good or for ill, the public animosity that was directed at them is a general feeling towards any neutral Metahumans as Neutral Metahumans tend to be villains hellbent on ruining life for everyone else.
➢ History is largely unchanged. Rather than the Godfall Protocols being enacted, Atomight and Mechanima created the Guilds independent of the government. They are more proactive in maintaining and recruiting any metahumans who want to use their abilities, and they are (almost all) willing participants.
➢ Those who end up using their abilities and failing to join the guilds - whether the intention is good or evil - may find themselves forcibly recruited. Or, far worse, may find themselves targeted by those within the human government who are eager for their own Suicide Squad.
➢ The metahuman population has tripled.
⚔︎ There are going to be new NPCs in various roles within and outside the guilds! We'll be updating these pages over the course of October. If there's a archetype of hero or villain you'd like to see, please put any suggestions under WORLD CHANGES.
⚔︎ We're going to have one more event for 2023 which will be posted in November. We will, however, still be putting up intro logs with things for new and old players to play with, as well as TDMs as scheduled. This is both a breather for the mods, and for the players. There won't be any more large mod events in 2023.
⚔︎ That said, there is always room for 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 October 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.
The following characters will vanish in the coming Confluence:
James "Logan" Howlett, Thea Queen, Tony Stark (616), Roy Harper, Korg, Dana Tan, Bart Allen, Jinx, Tony Stark (Avengers Academy), Rain Whispers
Please coordinate with the mods if you would like to claim some or all of their belongings.
Welcome, new heroes! Please use the form below to introduce yourself and start plotting if you'd like:
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