JANUARY STATE OF THE GAME

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STATE OF THE GAME

THIS MONTH

01 January 2024
⚔︎ STATE OF THE GAME
⚔︎ CONFLUENCE MINGLE LOG

04 January 2024
⚔︎ TDM

12 January 2024
⚔︎ EVENT PLOTTING

17 January 2024
⚔︎ EVENT: STARS FALL

20 January 2024
⚔︎ RESERVES OPEN
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN BEGINS

25 January 2024
⚔︎ RESERVES CLOSE
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS OPEN

27 January 2024
⚔︎ ACTIVITY CHECK-IN ENDS

30 January 2024
⚔︎ APPLICATIONS CLOSE

⚔︎ LITTLE LOVE - All is quiet this month in Little Love. If you do not want to experience the events that will be happening in the other cities, this is where you’re going to want to vacation.

⚔︎ CENTRAL CITY - Central City seems to be entering 2024 on a hopeful note... though the wrong sort of people may be hopeful. The D'Amico family seems to be making some political moves. The middle son of the main branch, Claudio D'Amico, is starting to campaign for mayor of the city. Surprisingly, Claudio's platforms are not vehemently anti-meta. If anything, Claudio is advocating for metahumans. Given his family history, something doesn't seem quite right... Someone might want to dig around in his history, or maybe run against him themselves.

⚔︎ SUNSET FALLS - The Willow Maiden is slumbering away, and all seems to be peaceful for once... though the werewolves in the forests seem to be particularly agitated. Some seem to be transforming out of cycle, and in their confusion - seem to be attacking others, leading to the creation of even more werewolves. Now would be a good time to practice your animal handling skills. Hopefully you've had your lycanthropy shot, because if not - you might just find yourself a werewolf and curing that is no easy feat.

⚔︎ EXCELSIOR - While everyone else is concerned with the mundane, all eyes are on space travel in the city of technology. The skies opening up means that the space-race is back on... this space race being one between multiple ego-driven scientists who are not content to allow Earth's space exploration technology to be cobbled together from crashed ships, like the Alliance's ships are. The call is being put out for test pilots. You could have a week long vacation in outer space - if you can handle the zero-g.

HOUSEKEEPING

Hello, Heroes!

⚔︎ Welcome to 2024! We're excited to keep modding for you into the upcoming year, and move into the next arc of Metaheroes' plotline! Thank you for your patience while we took a bit of a modly break; it gave us time to go over the next arc, figure out what we wanted, and draft up some fun ideas!

⚔︎ Arc 3 of the game is focused on expanding the world further, further empowering player plots, and giving all those within it just a little more power... though those who seek it should be aware of its dangers.

⚔︎ In the early hours of 2024, the night sky comes alive with falling stars. And for the first time in a very, very, very long time - those stars are making impact on Earth. While the impact isn't particularly devastating, it is unsettling to have tiny meteors striking just about everywhere in the world.

⚔︎ As things can now get in, things can also get out. Space exploration is now on the table! Our Test Drive Meme is going to show what happens when cosmic entities have unfettered access to Earth, and we encourage players to treat this as a prologue and prelude to what is to come.

⚔︎ Following that up, the upcoming event is going to introduce a few important mechanics. The meteors falling to Earth each contain a tiny fragment of power, resembling a small shard of an opalescent stone. The power of these can only be consciously wielded by two types of creatures - the Gods native to this world, and the Starfallen. It influences unconsciously, though, and will be wreaking havoc throughout the world.

⚔︎ During the monthly mingles on our non-plot months, we will be issuing optional missions where players will go and neutralizing these threats - there will be villains to thwart, monsters to best, and greedy deities all too eager to claim this power for themselves. There will also be human enemies who see this power as a chance to level the playing field with metas, heroes who wish to impose an oppressive order with the authority of a God, and villains who would bring the world to its knees. We highly encourage players to run their own player plots with this.

⚔︎ Of course the question then becomes what to do with this power. Will you give it to a magnanimous God that you trust will use to make the world better? Will you keep it for yourselves? Or, will you use it to claim a God's throne as your own?

⚔︎ Does this mean you can become Gods? It sure does. Just remember that old saying about power corrupting, and try to hold true to yourself.

⚔︎ Space travel is also now accessible to players! This means that you can explore the dark recesses of space, and we will also be bringing in threats and entities from beyond the stars.

⚔︎ 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.

⚔︎ 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:

Dr. Archie Hopper, Six, Chin Godzilla, Aurican

Please coordinate with the mods if you would like to claim some or all of their belongings.