Pets, pets! Everywhere!

[lucetimods]

Have you ever wanted to kick the dog? If so, please do not open the cut below.



On September 18th starting at 8:00 AM, some strange new animals will be appearing in Luceti. But perhaps not so strange to some people. In fact, these beasts are likely quite familiar to many of the denizens of Luceti. What are these creatures? Why, they're your pets! Characters with pets in their canon will finally receive them in Luceti. Whatever pet you would like needs to be added to the PET REGISTRY. Each character is limited to one pet.

• These pets must exist in canon. You cannot make up an animal and claim that they were once owned by the character.
  
  
• These pets cannot be ones that regularly speak and are understood by their owners.
  
  
• Pets will behave exactly like regular Luceti animals do in regards to the journal system, as such, they cannot speak over the journal system.
  
  
• Animals cannot be overly gigantic. Unfortunately this means not bringing your pet brontosaurus to the game.
  
  
• Pets do not have wings. This also means pets will NOT be revived if they die. So do not kill them. That wouldn't be cool at all.
  
  
• Although their speech can be translated like other animals in Luceti in person, it will only be simplistic speech that would be expected from a simple animal.
  
  
• Pets can still be applied for even if brought into the game. If a pet, such as Repede from Tales of Vesperia, is accepted into the game, the NPC Repede would be 'sent home' and return days later, only with a pair of wings and with no memory of their time in Luceti.
  
  
• Please do not create additional journals for the purpose of pets. They are meant to stay in the background and should rarely be used without their owner (or a stand-in owner) around.
  
  
• Pets are not affected by experiments unless its environmental (such as the earthquake).
  

After the animals appear, they'll stay in Luceti until their owner is sent home or the animal itself is applied for. If you are unsure if your pet qualifies, don't hesitate to ask!



Next, the friend add/remove for this application period:

friend add risingspirit friend add yourhatred friend add falenansun friend add bluffgenius friend add redstringed friend add sokkafangirl friend add forever_heroine friend add crisis_rain friend add loyal_arrows friend add liketofu friend add praygenius friend add savethelastchip friend add wanderer_jack friend add willbeawinner friend add whatsinthepipe friend add prodigyforger friend add invisible_inuki friend add onebluebamf friend add symp3thy friend add shockingsoul friend add redheaded_rock friend add rygdea friend add eeeek_a_rat friend add wolfbehindawall friend add idle_magic friend add ankoku_fox friend add asmilethatkills friend add wildconqueror friend add not_a_bluesbro friend add adoridelabun friend add filmtrail friend add fireblessed friend add fatedefier friend add tsuntrader friend add doubleppk friend add soreplaceable friend add byakkoyagirl friend add generalflirt friend add de_bel_survivor friend add sittingtype friend add markofthetrust friend add 1week_wizard friend add paishoplayer friend add consultmybooks friend add the_soother friend add merelyaweapon friend add forsurvival friend add adoridelabun friend add mothercuts friend add bang_ihaveagun friend add felltohate friend add redsynonymhere friend add mmmfilletofsoul friend add killercutething friend add andheavenknows friend add endthem friend add sapphire_sniper friend add ooh_kamina friend add after_march friend add steadfastest friend add cookingninja friend add shortcroissant friend add finishedfirst friend add mermaidofnoel friend add applehair friend add healing_yellow friend add there_were_none friend add gustareion friend add prat_prince friend add nightsofrain friend add 4000excuses friend add mutedhero friend add cakeblocked friend add weightlesscrab friend add cleaves_fate friend add ritacule friend add alwaysadvancing friend add ofheavensseat friend add reshape_destiny friend add phasingly friend add restoremyhonour friend add 2ndunitcaptain friend add hakoiri friend add mybossisbetter friend add forkimlasca friend add combusts friend add onstyxrow friend add evolvedadere friend add ballkicker friend add uncutejade friend add purityshrine friend add maresato friend add polishrule friend add undertheanchor friend add lotusgatekeeper friend add lostinmyway friend add fangirls friend add its_troublesome friend add parasolmagic friend add refinedmaestro friend add carrycorpses friend add 4000gropes friend add fireinherheart friend add a_bit_heartless friend add dressedinflame friend add holyblade friend add underthefalls friend add wind_of_god friend add arcticdungeon friend add letsgetmoving friend remove nofancydos friend remove ofthefey friend remove callmerogue friend remove salvagedslayer friend remove cameronbaum friend remove feline-nonsense friend remove rubyeyes_ryuhou friend remove uselessraven friend remove sorridi_bella friend remove madpsychic_vamp friend remove halgitamilf friend remove followsthestory friend remove destrua friend remove ivorygunslinger friend remove martelandmany friend remove daddyflash friend remove goldenfirefly friend remove dancinghonour friend remove uspoonybard friend remove superior_genes friend remove screw_the_rules friend remove andahardplace friend remove waterblade friend remove no_gray friend remove spirascalm friend remove startwithabang friend remove hyaha friend remove princely_honor friend remove violaceil friend remove birdchaser friend remove burningfighter friend remove calmbeforethe friend remove crystal_spear friend remove decimi friend remove derschwarzadler friend remove earthrumblegod friend remove epicenity friend remove focusgtfo friend remove foodovermystery friend remove koko_ni_iru friend remove logicphile friend remove needsmoredakka friend remove powerfulbeauty friend remove standsonhands friend remove temeryte friend remove whileiamking friend remove silviteadvocate friend remove smalldamnhero friend remove death_orange friend remove evolvingly friend remove a_childish_lord

Copy-paste it here for all your characters.

IF YOU ARE NEW AND YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME IS NOT ON HERE, YOU WILL NOT BE ADDED TO THE MASTER ADD LIST. Go comment to the friends add post if you don't see your name, otherwise you will not be added by new journals.

That's all, kids!

Comments

[blessingone]

This might not affect me directly, since Fenimore has no pets, but I really like this decision. It's a good dimension to include for characters who have pets who aren't the sort that are likely to get apped. Well done yet again, mods!

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

THIS POST IS SO CUTE.

Too bad Masa was the one to put it up CAN'T WAIT TO GET LUCETI SOME ANIMALS.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

I approve of this though none of my characters have pets.

... Except for Superman. Maybe I could bring in Krypto.

[orchidsandfire.livejournal.com]

...DO IT.

[luka-nightfever.livejournal.com]

Okay, silly question I should have asked ages ago... What about "pets" that are already around? Lika Boa Hancock's snake weapon or Xanxus box weapon.

[lucetimods]

Nothing would change, although they would still count as your 'one pet'. You're free to go ahead and add them to the registry, but it's not required.

[lukanightfever.livejournal.com]

Understood, also, what about pets characters may have adopted while in Luceti? Like a fish that was caught and is kept as a pet and such, those are Luceti animals but not sure how that counts here.

[lucetimods]

They don't count at all.

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

I usually don't notice this, but I did when I did my friends add for this account.

I noticed that ohara_native and floral_powder were still on the friends add and not in the friends remove instead. The mun dropped some time ago I believe so I figured I'd let you guys know.

[lucetimods]

Noted, thank you!

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, glad to be of help!

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

I AM LOVING THIS.

However, what about pets that have died in canon? I know petdeath is permanent if we kill them here, but for example Neville canonically has a pet toad that might be dead thanks to ambiguous canon (He's not seen after fourth year, around the same time that Things Get Real and people start dying in Harry Potter canon). Would they be able to cross over to Luceti despite timeline issues, or are you guys ruling that if they're dead in canon they're dead for real? (I also ask in case Sol is interested, since Harry's pet owl gets a proper death and I'm not sure if she'd be wanting to bring her over SO might as well cover the bases. :3)

[lucetimods]

Those would be fine. They can just arrive from before they died.

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

Eeeeexcellent. >D

Thanks Masa! <3

[iolites.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU FOR BEATING ME TO THIS QUESTION.

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

I GOT YOUR BACK, BB

[im-the-cute-one.livejournal.com]

HEDWIG.

I CRIED.

[yourhatred.livejournal.com]

Dammit. Lack of characters with pets.

...Well. Naoki is sort of like a pet.

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

Like a big dumb puppy amirite.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

♥♥

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[flicker-flash.livejournal.com]

Hrrrm. Judging by that list, I'm not sure if Katie can have her cat, as they kind of regularly speak to each other all the time - but that's the nature of Katie, who can speak to all cats on their level, and not the cat. :|a Thoughts?

[lucetimods]

That's fine, just as long as only Katie is the only one talking to her cat and it doesn't go chatting it up with everyone else.

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thanks o/

[forever-heroine.livejournal.com]

Okay. Two questions.

One. Can Etna have a Prinny? Techincally, in canon, they aren't pets--they're very underpaid penguin vassals that can speak, but they're as generic and common as any Pokémon or real-world animal in Etna's canon. They're also completely useless, but they're a large part of Etna's character and they're associated with each other greatly.

Two. Do they have to belong to the character? Miu's best friend in canon, Chika, has a dog. She plays with the dog a lot, though, as do all of the characters. The dog is a very minor part of the story, and nothing that would dramatically change Miu's behavior. It just isn't hers, though she loves it.

[lucetimods]

One. That's fine, though it would be preferred that the prinny be kept in the background and not be given much in the way of any speaking roles.

Two. Go ahead!

[forever-heroine.livejournal.com]

1. Can you define that just a little more so I don't step on any toes? Like, no journal posts about the Prinny aside from perhaps finding it, and only having it complain from time to time?

2. Just one more question, sorry. Is it still okay to plot other people finding your pets?

[lucetimods]

1. Other pets generally don't talk (aside from the Luceti translation), so it would be better if it was treated as a pet than as a NPC. Which basically means, it really shouldn't be puppet controlled into interacting (verbally) with other people except whoever is currently controlling the character.

2. That's fine. I'm already made such plans myself.

[wildconqueror.livejournal.com]

So the Pokemon don't have wings?

[lucetimods]

Actually, they do. They're a little different than the pet situation, here. They do, however, count as each trainer's 'pet', so you can't pick up another pet on top of the three Pokemon Sapphire already has.

[wildconqueror.livejournal.com]

Okay. That means that they come back if killed, right?

[neverplaysfair]

So back during the summer I got Akai's approval for a whole laundry list of things that ended with "Josh will get a Noise summon pin when this is all said and done". Will that be considered a pet for the sake of the registry, even though he doesn't have it in canon?

[fortunefail]

Okay, now I need to bully Kukki into getting Noishe for Kratos, for sure.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Foot: Can I have my human, then?

This is cool.

Actually, semi-related question. In the future, does this mean new applicants can include a pet to come with them, or is this a one time event? (IE: How would you handle new players/characters down the line if they had a canon pet and wanted to bring it along?).

[lucetimods]

This is a permanent change for Luceti. So new applicants can have their pets arrive a few days or a week after them.

[oracleofdeath.livejournal.com]

Okay, you said that pets don't revive, but what if for instance a pet does die?

Obviously we'd need player permission to kill a pet, just like with a character, but what would happen if they did die, either from being killed, or just dying of old age because the character remains in Luceti for a long time and the pet isn't one that lives very long? Would the player be permitted to request another pet if one does exist in canon for instance?

Or what about if there are indeed multiple possibilities and a player realizes that pet B would be better than the one they registered or just changes their mind, could they have the original one sent home and register a different one as long as only one is in Luceti at a time for that character?

[thegamehiker.livejournal.com]

If a pet dies, it's dead. An exception might be made if the character is dropped or re-apped, in which case the pet would be 'reset'.

As for changing pets, we'll probably handle that case by case. So if it comes up, just talk to a mod.

[prat-prince.livejournal.com]

Hmm... Arthur doesn't have any pets, per se, but he does have horses. Several of them, actually. Would this be acceptable? And he'd get to tell Merlin to muck out the stables here, oh joy. ♥

[lucetimods]

There should be no harm in that, to just give him a horse.

[chikaidestroyer]

I guess my question at this point would be ... what do you do if you have a "pet" already that didn't come about from something canon? Albert has Astrid, who might be considered a pet, from a past situation. Does she count as his "pet" and need to be added to the pet registration, or would that confuse matters?

[lucetimods]

Astrid (and other pets characters may have adopted in Luceti) don't apply to this.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

So if Prinnies are acceptable, then Jay can has an Oresoren, too? They're furry things, often mistaken for otters. They can speak, but there are a lot of generic ones that the player can explore the village and talk to like any civilian.

I found it confusing when the main post says that pets cannot be capable of speaking and being understood by the owners, and yet it's okay for Etna to have a Prinny when it can speak.

[lucetimods]

Unfortunately not.

The Prinny is largely an exception made for a few reasons, one of them being that Bil already promised her one (without me realizing that they're all intelligent and speaking). So, it's not really my intention to turn one situational exception into a rule.

[valorandwisdom.livejournal.com]

Okay, belated question, because I've never been exactly sure of this in the past.

What is the mods' stance on adopting Luceti-pets, and what is the stance on characters that are not central enough to their canons to have pets mentioned but can reasonably assume to have one? In my case, for instance, Luna is almost guaranteed to have a pet somewhere in Hogwarts since almost every other student does, but never get to see her day-to-day life for canon confirmation. Would you all be willing to accept a reasonable headcanon pet for characters in situations like that, like letting HP kids have an owl or a cat?

Also, what kind of strays are running around Luceti? I've seen kittens, but I'm wondering if there's any stray dogs around, any breed.

[thegamehiker.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately we're not allowing headcanon pets.

Stray dogs can be found, too. Though given the nature of strays, you're unlikely to find any purebreds.