metaooc | NOVEMBER STATE OF THE GAME

STATE OF THE GAME

THIS MONTH

01 November 2023
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME

03 November 2023
⚔︎ CONFLUENCE LOG

10 November 2023
⚔︎ EVENT PLOTTING

15 November 2023
⚔︎ EVENT: HARVEST MOON

20 November 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES OPEN
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS

25 November 2023
⚔︎ RESERVES CLOSE
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS OPEN

27 November 2023
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS

30 November 2023
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS CLOSE

⚔︎ NEW ARRIVALS - You find yourself hurtling through time and space, awareness coming to you in brief snatches of light and color. By the time you're aware of what's happening, you realize the ground is rushing to meet you. Lightning crackles and thunder booms, and you grit your teeth and brace for impact.

Only it doesn't come.

Vines shoot up from the earth to catch you, gently grasping your limbs and gingerly lowering you to the ground. Above you the sky is a riot of light and color, purple lightning streaking across the sky. Everywhere it hits seems to come alive.

Not seems to, it does. A bolt strikes the statue of Little Love's town founder. The cows painted on the dairy bar window rise to their hind legs and tapdance across the glass.

"Oh, this one's a big one, somebody better call the Alliance." a large farmer says, cap in hand as he watches the chaos unfold. He turns his attention to you and the retreating vines, offering a sympathetic smile and a gesture towards the building behind him. "Ya'll better come on inside now, this could get real messy."

Before you can take a step inside, you find yourself suddenly standing somewhere else. It's best described as a waiting room - a vast, open space with a table laden with food and a sign there to help yourself. There are pamphlets lining the walls and calm music playing. Before long the doors on the far side of the room open and Starstruck walks out, offering a comforting smile.

"Sorry for the rough landing! I'm sure you have so many questions - I'll do my best to answer. And what I can't, I'm sure Virgil can figure out."

⚔︎ EVERYWHERE - The Starfallen will find that the metahuman population of this world has significantly grown - though no one appears to have noticed the change. The ripples from the changes in the past have finally settled, leaving the world... flourishing in a way that it was not before. The air itself feels charged with possibility, and there is a sense of protection that was not there before.

⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE - The confluence has created a number of unusual problems. Graffiti, chalk drawings, and statues have all come to life and appear to have developed some kind of hive mind, and it's looking to expand to every surface in town. Colorful murals are popping up everywhere, full of chaotic, sentient scribbles that are determined to cause a ruckus.

⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - More metas means more chaos. The Guardian Alliance and The Society can be viewed as two sides of the same coin, but that doesn't meant they're not still on opposing sides. Some of the younger members of The Society are putting out a call to properly disrupt the status quo - rob the banks, the rich, politicians, anyone who looks at you funny. There's a bonus prize for whoever ends up with the biggest score.

⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS - It's time for Magna Cucurbita's yearly appearance. The Alliance's Silent Mystic has begun with the ritual set up, and is requesting assistance from all who would be willing to lend a hand. Those who offer their help will be brought to pumpkin fields, corn fields, and orchards just outside Sunset Falls. They will be offered harvest masks that transform into something deeply personal which best represents the wearer.

Multiple pairs will be chosen at random, and have their hands bound together with twine woven from straw. They will be directed to walk together through the pumpkin patch, eat an apple from the orchard, and walk into the cornfields. Once in the corn stalks, they'll need to kneel and tell each other their greatest desire, regardless of if it's possible or not. Their desire must be truthful, or the ritual will not be completed. The stronger the desire, the sooner they will spot Magna Cucurbita circling around them wearing his suit embroidered with pumpkins. When he is appeased, he will disappear through the corn, leaving behind the scent of pumpkins, bonfires, and ripe apples. Participants will be able to return to the festival after his disappearance.

When the ritual has been completed enough times, the first snow of the season will begin falling.

⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - More metas? No problem. A lab Excelsior is offering testing to help you understand your new powers! Though... it sounds like some of its patients have dropped off the face of the earth shortly after their appointments. Maybe they went on a nice retreat? But given timing... well, what's the likelihood of that?

HOUSEKEEPING

Hello, Heroes!

⚔︎ Firstly, to explain some of the core world changes - thanks to your efforts in the past, Starstruck lived and the Godfall incident did not occur. What does this mean? Well, for starters, the native meta population steadily grew throughout the decades rather than withering. Confluences - surges of different forms of energy that resulted in storms and the creation of new metahumans - have been a staple of the world for decades. Though, they did not bring new Metahumans through until January 2022. The Starfallen are still unique among Metahumans for this reason.

⚔︎ The Guilds were formed independently of the government and now exist as a barrier between metahumans and the forces that seek to exploit them.

⚔︎ The Willow Maiden has significantly more power than she previously did thanks to your efforts.

⚔︎ The player's impact on the world remains intact and all Starfallen affiliated NPCs retain some memory of the original timeline. You are not all starting from scratch!

⚔︎ Page updates for the world changes have been completed. We've done some work to simplify documents, make tracking easier, as well as help explain in-verse functions. Below is a list of things that we have updated, and corresponding links.

➢ Updated the NPCS page, removing NPCs that will no longer be in play while adding new ones.

➢ Updated the FAQ, changing network functionality to just OURPOWERS (other social media is still available, but we prefer to keep them from being used on the network comm), updated the cult information, changed unaligned references to "civilian". Updated housing information, as well as added information regarding Arcadia. Changed some verbiage for the guilds.

➢ Updated the PREMISE to include recent in-game changes.

➢ Updated GUILDS to include in-world changes, as well as changed out unaligned to civilian and added relevant information. Removed the need to comment on this page with characters' guild choice, given that information is available on the taken list.

➢ Updated the Navigation code that goes on the bottom of every post, removing old unused links.

➢ Updated LOCATIONS & HOUSING, to include an editable excel document for players to edit as they would like, as well as included the new housing block available to new arrivals.

➢ Removed the MISSIONS post. This will be redone as a monthly mingle, going up within the confluence log.

➢ Removed the TEAMS page. There will be a slot for this information on the missions monthly mingle to use as wanted.

⚔︎ As a note: we are switching back to our original summaries of NPC conversations with NPC Engagements rather than fully threading these interactions out. This will help ensure we're able to get all relevant information out quickly so players aren't waiting as long on mod tagbacks. If players prefer to thread out these interactions, please specify that on the initial NPC Engagements comment; if able, we'll adapt to fit preferences.

⚔︎ 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 November application round, any current player can extend two invitations. 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.

DROPS

The following characters will vanish in the coming Confluence:

natasha romanova, steve rogers, oliver daye, ragnor fell, theo price, willa lisieux, duke thomas, gojo satoru

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:

Threaded | Flat

Player Name & Pronouns: Amit (he/him/his)
Preferred Communication: Plurk:

flamebird, flamecanary on Discord!

Character Name & Journal: Bette Kane/Flamebird

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Guild Affiliation: Bette’s always wanted to be part of a team, so I see her being easily swayed into being part of a guild, at least at first. The fact that it’s government-affiliated is probably going to rub her the wrong way in the long run, at which point it’s possible she’ll go civilian, but all of that really depends on how game interaction goes!

Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: Currently, in the comics, Bette’s kind of coming back from an extended time in comic book limbo (her last three appearances have been in 2014, a single appearance in 2017, and a single appearance in 2023.) Through this extended break, we've learned that she switched from her Hawkfire identity to going to West Point at her cousin Kate Kane's behest, wanted to start using the Flamebird codename again, and did just that in her 2023 appearance, where it looks like she's trying to get Titans West up and running again...even if no one else wants it. Bette's greatest desire, really, is to belong. It's true that when she first became Flamebird, she did it to catch Nightwing's eye, but she's grown a lot since then, and she genuinely wants to be a hero, while leaving her past behind her. Given that, a lot of Bette's drive is going to be proving that she actually can be a force for good, and isn't someone who needs to quit or isn't fighting for anything. I'd also like to see Bette form some connections with the Batfamily, especially given that she's been on the outside of them for so long, while being related by blood to two of them (though she isn't aware that her cousin Bruce is Batman.) Emotionally, all Bette really wants is a place to belong, and friends. Though she's always been the athletic, popular, rich girl (being a professional tennis player and rich kid helps), there's a part of her that still feels alone, and she's going to be looking to build friends within the superheroic community. Short term goals include getting Bette situated in her new surroundings, exploring her new superpowers (she has gained a low-level sort of pyrogenesis through the confluence, so she can throw fire balls and fire blasts, and has some small degree of immunity from fire, but that's about it), and figuring out if she's finally found a place where she belongs.

Plot/CR Hooks: Ugh, god. Bette's one of those people who throws herself into danger without thinking, and though she's nearly died from it, she still somehow managed to pick herself up and go flying into danger again. She could easily bite off more than she can chew, maybe be working the same thing on the opposite end of another character, or something. I'm honestly open to ideas. Bette loves a good team-up situation! She's friendly, but snarky, and while she might judge you for choosing those shoes with that outfit, she's far less judgmental when it comes to people's personalities and who they are. (Though she does eye-roll hard at brooding.) As far as other people's plots go, she has that standard sort of Batfamily/Titans training, though it's been pointed out that she's fairly good with computers and electronics (though nowhere near Oracle-level good). Hit me up for general plotting and ideas, I'm happy to throw Bette at anyone and anything!

INVITES.

QUESTIONS & ENGAGEMENT

New Player! Bette Kane | DC Comics