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MAY OOC INTRO & PLOTTING


OOC INTRO & PLOTTING
HELLO, HEROES AND VILLAINS! Welcome to [community profile] metaheroes! We're absolutely delighted to have you here. This is both our OOC introduction and plotting for your initial arrival! Please use the information below to guide your plotting as you settle in.

Confluences appear to be changing. Though most people fall together, you are free to have your character's arrival happen later in the week.

You are free to post your intro after reading this post! We will not be posting a log for this.

The GUILDS have begun employing safety measures to prevent new arrivals from destroying the cities they land in. As seen on the last TEST DRIVE MEME, the cities have set up ways to catch the new arrivals and bring them to headquarters as quickly as possible.

SUNSET FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS—
The first thing you notice is the wind screaming past your ears, and the heavy beating of your heart… no, not yours. It’s out of sync with the thrumming in your chest.

Those of you with enough wits to look around may spy something glowing in the distance, in the roiling clouds over the ocean. Something massive stirs. As it does you feel yourself grow dizzy, the pounding becoming louder and louder as you fight the desire to scream.

THREADS OF MYSTICAL ENERGY rush up to meet you, grabbing for limbs and catching you before you make landfall, the moment they touch you the sound is severed and there’s only the sound of those around you screaming as they fall. A NET MADE OF STARS has come up to cradle you, giving you a much gentler entry into this world than most others have received thus far. The Silent Mystic and Chaos Gate may not like it, but they do make a hell of a team.

These saviors introduce themselves as representatives of the Guardian Alliance and Society, and upon determining that you are all well, open a portal to transport you to their newly established NEUTRAL BASE. Once you’re given a clean bill of health, you’re directed to the DIADEM HOTEL.

Other heroes stationed in Sunset Falls may wait with baited breath for disaster to come. But other than a few broken mailboxes from those the spell missed, there doesn’t seem to be any sign of further strangeness.

Yet as the new arrivals lay their heads down to sleep, they may hear the beating of a heart that is not their own.
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LODGINGS —
Once the Guardian Alliance arrives on the scene in Excelsior and controls the situation, characters will be provided with lodgings in the DIADEM HOTEL. Here, guests are offered the finest home away from home experience you could ever hope for. Their culinary staff are capable of cooking up everything from hotdogs to gourmet cuisine. The pool, lounge, and fitness rooms are all open 24/7. Given the continued influx of new guests, arrivals may find their rooms have been double-booked. Hopefully it's a room with two queen-sized beds instead of a king!

Characters are also free to roam CENTRAL CITY and get their bearings, though at the moment, with the guilds distracted and the city doing major repairs following the damage by the Confluence, there is plenty of crime to stop or cause. Characters will be given cell phones with three months of pre-paid unlimited data and assistance with setting up social media accounts on the guild networks, as well as credit cards to help them start a life here.

Player characters will be offered the chance to join the guilds. Those who join will be offered housing at one of the four major cities, with each one offering a different living experience. Characters have two months to decide if they want to throw in with one of the guilds and enjoy the perks of membership, or deal with making their own way in the world without their support.


MAY FLOWERS...? —
While Sunset Falls is spared from destruction, strange flowers begin to bloom throughout the city. The scent of these flowers appear to have an uplifting effect. Characters will feel capable of doing anything after a single whiff. This boost in attitude appears to come with a significant increase in power and skill at whatever you set your mind to.

You may feel a strange compulsion to pick one of these blossoms. Should you put it in a vase you'll find that within hours it has grown new roots and become hydroponic. In your hands it changes color to match your emotional state. After holding it you may be reluctant to set it down - and like when put in a vase, within hours, it will begin to try to bond to you. The flower doesn't appear to be feeding on you, though. It simply clings for dear life.

If left alone for too long, you may find yourself falling under this flower’s thrall. Seeking to spread its influence you may begin giving others sprouts of this strange blossom. Many residents of Sunset Falls know better than to pick strange flowers, but picking becomes less of an option when they begin to grow everywhere. Within a few days the city's gardens are overtaken, and more are sprouting in the pavement and along buildings. Though the city may be more peaceful, this peace seems to be coming at the price of people’s free will.

The seeds of these flowers appear to be clinging to the new arrivals. Though largely immune to their effects themselves, others around them may begin to act strangely. Older characters may feel compelled to be close to them. This compulsion may be followed by a sense of impending doom and may result in extreme protectiveness. They may also be susceptible to following any commands issued. They may also find their abilities are stronger when in the presence of these new arrivals.

Any who become infected with the plant spores may also find themselves feeling… afraid. It’s difficult to put your finger on just what that fear is stemming from, but it seems to have a direction. That fear begins near Sunset Falls, retreating only as these strange alien flowers begin to take over the city as though repelled by them. It moves northwards and then becomes too far gone to sense.

Being away from these plants for a few hours is enough to cure yourself of their influence, assuming they aren't growing on you. You can try investigating the cause, or find a way to kill these weeds before they overtake everything. Report your actions here to find out what happens!

Regardless of how the problem is solved, these effects will last until JUNE 3RD.


GETTING TO KNOW YOU —
Please use the form below to introduce yourself and start plotting:

determinationtofist: (Holding The Sun)

[personal profile] determinationtofist 2022-05-27 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Moon Knight meets the sunniest teen imaginable, this can only go well.
robintohood: (I am lost)

Don't read this comment if you haven't finished watching the show, folks

[personal profile] robintohood 2022-05-27 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome. It also wouldn't be the first time Jason seen a nocturnal vigilante wielding a pair of sticks for weapons.

He's also been running around at night as the Red Hood and is probably a tad more brutal than Marc and more like Number Three.
unkindled_madness: (what am I looking at?)

[personal profile] unkindled_madness 2022-05-27 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay so Sephiroth is neither a teenage girl or a proper hero, and if he has vibes they are either "5 seconds from becoming a murderer" or "extremely sad lonely man" but also-

hair rivals?? hair friends??
unkindled_madness: (reading)

[personal profile] unkindled_madness 2022-05-27 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I am 8000% canonblind, but I saw "happy working at a bookstore" and I have definitely considered similar for Sephiroth. This is clearly something that appeals to extremely cool people with good mental health.
unkindled_madness: (ping)

[personal profile] unkindled_madness 2022-05-27 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
So, Sephiroth may not have the best mind for her to be around, but...... victims-of-unethical-science-experiments fistbump? what's being normal
misterknight: (021)

[personal profile] misterknight 2022-05-27 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
lmaoooo
misterknight: (020)

definitely spoilers in this comment

[personal profile] misterknight 2022-05-27 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yesss. Honestly I'm looking forward to throwing in random flashes of Jake just to make shit hit the fan now and then. Nothing like trying to be an unaligned-but-sort-of-decent vigilante and then having a video leaked of you brutalizing someone unnecessarily. Just a little extra flavour.

misterknight: (018)

[personal profile] misterknight 2022-05-27 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Suddenly I am suspicious of everyone who enjoys working at bookshops

They'll have to bump into each other while getting some reading material or something~
unkindled_madness: (casual)

[personal profile] unkindled_madness 2022-05-27 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yess, weird book buddies maybe. =3
robintohood: ([D] Couple of walking armories)

Re: definitely spoilers in this comment

[personal profile] robintohood 2022-05-27 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Hell yes. Fellow violent and unaligned vigilante! Depending on how things go, it's possible for Jason to pick up that it's DID instead of twins/triplets.
dothelokimotion: (To accept it for what it is)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2022-05-27 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
:( my heart
judascontract: (pic#15673258)

Tara Markov (Terra) | DC Comics

[personal profile] judascontract 2022-05-27 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: Kai, she/her
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] ectoplasmfear or ectoplasmfear#9086

Character Name & Journal: Tara Markov & judascontract
Guild Affiliation: She's undecided for the moment. She'll likely stay independent until she's gotten a good grasp on the local politics and decided whether she cares. The Society is probably more likely though, considering she is a (partially) reformed villain.
Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: She's currently just planning to survive and run away from the consequences of her actions as a teenager. Personally, I would like for her to start treading the path of either becoming a hero or a villain in her own right now that she's currently away from both Slade and Brion aka the devil and the angel on her shoulders.

She's very much a mercenary at her core, and operates solely on the principle that she should use her powers for her own interests instead of breaking her back trying to earn the love and trust of non-metas, who she thinks will immediately turn on her at the earliest chance. She is, however, starting to figure out she's not pure evil at her core actually, and that maybe a lot of her directionless hate was fostered by Deathstroke's manipulation, and on top of that she's identified that she does actually feel guilty for all the things she did to the Titans. So there's a lot of places she could go but first off I'd like to get her invested!
Plot/CR Hooks: Tara will pretty quickly go back to bodyguarding for people who can afford her just to afford things, even though she could technically just give herself a lot of diamonds (She didn't think of it. She's remarkably uncreative.) Her clients range from philanthropists, political leaders, CEOs, mob bosses. This can be a good way for her to have forced collaboration or confrontation if she's bodyguarding a real scumbag, or if her clients force her to actually help with the bigger problems.

I think I'll also have her briefly be affected by the flowers, break out of it, freak out and then promptly kill every flower in a square mile with her powers. She'll then REALLY want to kill whoever planted the mind controlling powers, so she might need to be talked down a bit.
Edited 2022-05-27 23:42 (UTC)
unkindled_madness: (keep it together)

[personal profile] unkindled_madness 2022-05-27 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
sad tall man extra sad =(
dothelokimotion: (Changing the story about you)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2022-05-27 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
baby boy
judascontract: (pic#15384082)

[personal profile] judascontract 2022-05-28 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hello, I really liked their network thread and would love it if they could run into eachother. Tara... kind of needs a guiding hand at the best of times and she thinks Songbird's pretty cool so far.
slowmotionbuscrash: (106)

Tommy Shepherd (Speed) | Marvel Comics

[personal profile] slowmotionbuscrash 2022-05-28 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name & Pronouns: Marie; she/her (they/them is also fine)
Preferred Communication: [plurk.com profile] seemarierun

Character Name & Journal: Tommy Shepherd [personal profile] slowmotionbuscrash
Guild Affiliation: Will inevitably join the Alliance, but will probably chill at the hotel for awhile first.
Character Motivations & IC/OOC Goals: He wants to punch David Alleyne in his stupid face He would like to continue pretending that he is invincible and rebellious and strong and that he doesn't need anyone much.*

* with a few important exceptions that somehow now take more than one hand to count, and that is deeply troubling in and of itself. Because this whole needing people thing. That's how you get hurt.

He should meet more people so that he can totally not seriously care about them either and they can all have good times/fight crimes together.

Plot/CR Hooks: Tommy's a bit of an also-ran in canon, because he's never the main character. He absolutely believes that he is the main character, however, so he's honestly pretty content with his life. Or was until he landed here and basically immediately found out his boyfriend-but-we're-not-labelling-it is dating someone else and in love with him, so Tommy nuked the whole thing from orbit and told him that they were never anything at all because Marie's characters: when you care enough to make the very best life decisions.

He's not hard to find, being a speedster he can and will be wherever is needed for a plot or scene. He's the team snarker/asshole with a heart of gold. He's the one who gripes about helping but will absolutely still help. If he didn't, what would he gripe about?

Tommy's going to be something of a chaos monster for a few weeks. He has to stuff the gaping void where feelings should go with distracting experiences. He'll be at beaches, clubs, anywhere with something to do and be engaged in actively and nowhere where the experience is sitting and watching others be active.
hevenly: (proud arms crossed)

[personal profile] hevenly 2022-05-28 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
oh hey I know that icon

Tommy should come to the club where Angela works as a bouncer! Sage already told Billy to come check it out. She'd enjoy meeting her teammate's brother. (It's about time someone besides the Odinbrood/Batfam had a sibling around here)
slowmotionbuscrash: (107)

[personal profile] slowmotionbuscrash 2022-05-28 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, are you the maker? Churby plurked them and said they were open as long as credit was given so I did credit them!

Tommy will ABSOLUTELY go to the club. If others come, great, but she can always mention it in his ourpowers post that's up. You do realize he's going to compliment her mermaid hair, though? I'm sorry. He's not.
unkindled_madness: (ping)

[personal profile] unkindled_madness 2022-05-28 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhh, this guy! I am canonblind but Sephiroth knew David at his last game so he has heard of Tommy. And David's penchant for multiple boyfriends.

His not-boyfriend has forgotten him so maybe they can commiserate.
hevenly: (sword on shoulder)

[personal profile] hevenly 2022-05-28 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Haha yeah, I'm recadreuse. Glad you like them! I always love to see people using my icons.

I'll have her hit up his post! And yes, he should compliment her hair. It is very good hair
slowmotionbuscrash: (013)

[personal profile] slowmotionbuscrash 2022-05-28 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
You’re welcome! I always love icon makers! I don’t mind doing it (the first 50some are mine), but damn if it’s not so much more relaxing to not have to.

Yeees bring it.
slowmotionbuscrash: (023)

[personal profile] slowmotionbuscrash 2022-05-28 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh no. “Penchant”? David didn’t mention a penchant.

And I’d be delighted- I have no idea what Tommy would make of him, given his villainy if apparent, but prematurely white hair dudes unite.
unkindled_madness: (Default)

[personal profile] unkindled_madness 2022-05-28 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Well this David doesn't remember his other other boyfriend.

And Seph is pre-villainy so he just has the vibes right now! And the beautiful beautiful hair.
robintohood: ([D] Couple of walking armories)

[personal profile] robintohood 2022-05-28 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Fellow morally gray former Titan! I don't know what it would take but I feel like they could eventually become great snark buddies and somehow bond over trauma. Jason's fresh from after the Under the Red Hood arc so he's still on the outs with the Bats and has no alignment with anyone for now.
deemed: (Angry things)

[personal profile] deemed 2022-05-28 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
gotta protecc the babs, yes

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