We like to party!

[lucetimods]

Hey Lucetians! It's that special time if month where we say GO FILL OUT THE ACTIVITY CHECK!

Okay, good, that's out of the way. Now then, we've got two weeks left of August. How shall we spend them?



On August 18th, a new island will be located just right off the coast, near the desert fort. A short five minute walk across the bridge will bring you to this island. But what's on this island?

Well, it's Luceti Land! Quite like the one in the past, this Luceti Land features roller coasters! Rides! Carnival games! Sticky candy for your mouth! But that's just the old stuff. The main attractions include the new water park! With all sorts of water slides, wave pools, lazy rivers, and all sorts of fun things like that. (In other words, if there's an attraction usually in an amusement park, it's going to be in Luceti Land.)

All the rides are free, you can earn fabulous prized from the carnival games (if you like large stuffed animals and useless trinkets anyway), and there's even a nice spacious hotel on the far side of the island, if you just can't bear to wait. (For the curious, these hotels are set up exactly like the dorms used on drafts, but without the hangar. There is room service, but only for food.) All of the rides, games, and the hotel will be staffed my droids, dressed appropriately to each role. They won't speak to the residents, but they also won't try and kidnap them, so that's a plus. Also, fireworks every weekend night at 10 PM!

Oh, as for when the amusement park goes away? It will remain there until the month ends. At midnight of the 31st, the island will prepare to 'vanish'. Anyone still on the island will be escorted off by the droids (though not forcefully, so if your character drowns from resisting, that's their own fault.)

As way of explanation for all this, Bil will have written a message on the first page of the journals. It cannot be replied to, it simply states: "My condolences for all the trouble. You were due for an experiment today, but I thought you might enjoy an amusement park instead. It seemed like the sort of thing the Great One would do."

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Some other things to look out for as well. Another draft will start on the 25th. Yes, Luceti Land will still be around for the duration of it. The draft will be similar to the last one, though a little less dangerous this time around. This time around, we'll be having our fight on the ocean, around an island archipelago. More details will come as we draw closer to the draft date, as well as a list of draftees once the AC is done. If you haven't already, be sure to sign up!

Finally! One last thing that we'll start implementing sometime next month (but intend to ICly announce this month) is a new alternative to kidnappings. As Bil alluded to previously, the Malnosso will start selecting small groups of residents to go out on special missions on behalf of the Malnosso. This includes mundane things like volunteering for experimentation (but without all the drugs and droid abuse), performing patrol duties, going on stealth operations, repairing broken equipment, providing medical attention to injured people, and various other tasks. We'll be counting on all of you to come up with some suggestions for us to use too, so we'll have a Missions Suggestions post set up too.

How will this work? We will have a post for different missions available for people to take. It will include the necessary details for the mission and what your character needs to qualify, as well as what they stand to gain as reward from it. Most missions will be solo ones and will basically work as an alternative for kidnapping, allowing your character to be removed from action in the game without the drama normally associated with having your character trapped in a cell as an experiment. That's not to say kidnappings will cease, but this is part of Bil's plan to one day phase them out.

The rewards characters will stand to gain include the sort of items that characters could previously request from Bil, as well as some new useful trinkets that will help ward off experiment effects and be able to hide from droids. They won't be fool proof methods, but characters will be able to give them to their friends. So going on a few missions to prevent your best friend from being drafted is surely worth it, right? At least... if the trinket works, anyway.

Anyway, that's just the teaser for what's to come. We'll announce it in more detail later.

That's all! Remember, reserves open on the 18th. Please use the mod questions thread below for anything you'd like to ask about. The rest of the post may be used for general discussion. Cheers!

Comments

MOD QUESTIONS

[lucetimods]

Ask 'em here!

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[dragoneer]

Of course I'm the one asking this but how vague are these rides? Are they just generic roller coasters and flume rides, or can our characters go on it's a small world?

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Will this include the return of the Great Mysterio?

MOD QUESTIONS

[mog-summoner.livejournal.com]

...

...Is there a height requirement for the roller coasters..?

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Can there be a parade like the one in FF8? :D :D :D

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[dreamfandom.livejournal.com]

Will there be mascot characters? Perhaps based on different models of Mallynap Robot?

"Mom, mom, I want a picture with Probey!"

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[consultmybooks]

Is there a plan to eventually phase out kidnappings? OOCly, I mean - ICly, that seems to be a goal on par with actually escaping Luceti.

[silversnowfall]

Am I reading too much into "seemed"? Or did I just miss a plot point somewhere?

[simplestgift]

Is there a gift shop? Possibly with bobble-headed dolls of droids, Bil, etc?

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[kazzisato.livejournal.com]

How long with the draft last for?

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[fortunefail]

Will we eventually get a finalized list of all the attractions, both old and new, perhaps with a small description? I'm aware it'd be extra work for you mods, but it was extremely helpful last time and it'll avoid certain attractions being 'created twice' by players.

Also, is the petting zoo still an attraction? If so, would the animals be more water-themed?

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[whatdeheckisdat]

Can some of the plushies be of the characters themselves? :D?

[fortunefail]

OH GOD LUCETI LAND! YES!

I'VE WAITED FOR THIS DAY FOR OVER A YEAR AND AT LEAST IT'S HERE! I LOVE YOU MODS! EEEEEEEEEEEEE~

[vulcanblazer.livejournal.com]

AHAHAH. Adell just wished (http://vulcanblazer.livejournal.com/18677.html?thread=2141429#t2141429) for this to happen again. Like, this is a thing.

Oh hell yes. Fun times to be had. :D

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

*reads the original Luceti Land post and sees the word 'Spa'.

...Has sudden visual of someone laying out for a massage...and one of the droids comes in.

...Panic, destruction, and hilarity ensue.*

[paladinlost]

...I was suddenly struck by the image of Cecil trying to win a full set of Eidolon plushies for Rydia, for some reason. Ohohoho~

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

DO IT.

[dreamfandom.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Ooo! There should be an "edu-tainment" ride like It's A Small World, covering the history and purpose of the Malnosso in a way that is not only educational, but musical and fun!

Proposed names:

"Experimentation Is Good For You! (Do wop do wop)"
"The Malnosso Experience (in 3D)"
"Draft! A Musical Adventure"

[consultmybooks]

*g* One of Giles' kidlet CR might have to help drag him along to this. Lina will be first in line. No, seriously, she will be first if she has to Dragon Slave the lot of you. She's never had a plushie before and she's about to start now.

And wow to the second bit 8D! I am liking the new missions. God knows, I've wanted a way to keep Giles out of action without increasing his reputation as a chew toy for a while now. He'd probably actually jump at the chance for the non-experiment missions. I do hope that the kidnappings never get phased out, though, they're way too good in the plot kickstarting department for that.

[shadedsunlight]

Fft, kidlet? Hell, Ginia will drag him there.

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Soooooo... who's up for being dragged onto every single roller coaster in Luceti Land pending Selphie doesn't get drafted?

[ledbythewind]

... drag Arumat. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

[herotypical]

I HAVE ONLY TWO THOUGHTS.

o1. buffy will be returned from her kidnapping in a hilariously event related way. like...in a bouncy castle. or a house of mirrors.

o2. she might have to see how many people she can convince to win big stuffed animals for her. age of sail characters, she will be tackling you guys first on this account.

[consultmybooks]

This guy. Could probably be persuaded. Especially since his not-girlfriend will be dragging him to games. Also, I think them just crashing into one another in the house of mirrors would be kind of hilarious, y/n? SUDDENLY BUFFY kind of deal.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

SO AWESOME. Yaaaay I've hoped that this would return! XD All of mine are totally getting forced to go and enjoy the festivities. If anyone wants to plot antics along with Kain, Vincent or Mulder I'm alllll for it!

Also, totally looking forward to the draft as always- if Kain goes this might be when he realizes WHERE IS YUBER since he's so used to them being on every draft.

ALSO additionally, the missions sound really cool. I love the kidnappings too, and hope they're always at least an option, but I like the idea of having this possibility as well.

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

FIREWORKS + JUMPING = AWESOME

[lostinmyway]

Oh man, Grune will be all over this, once someone drills the basic concept into her head. ATTN DHAOS STICK-IN-THE-MUD CR: YOU'RE GOING. Or Grune will be sad at you. XD

[consultmybooks]

You might have to share custody with Ginia but not Helios, *sob*, but Giles is yours' to drag around, Grune.

[consultmybooks]

O-Okay, having read through the rides, now, I am excited. Hall of Personas is definitely a must, and Giles should actually be able to keep himself entertained. Especially laughing at the dressed up droids.

[semper_cogitans]

Depending on what the mods say/whether somebody can coax Robert to get dragged to this thing, Giles might get to watch Robert rage at a certain zoo.

Even beyond that, he can drag Robert to places... 8|a The Hall of Personas might be interesting for Robert too (and by interesting I mean likely traumatic).

[whatdeheckisdat]

If Grune someone drags Dhaos over, he'll be so awkward and not doing anything unless dragged into it. LOL. WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN CANON. Hall of Personas, though, definitely going there. PRESENT DHAOS MUAHAHAHAHAAAA...


...Or Complete Sweetheart!Dhaos, whichever would be more traumatizing for whoever's with him. LOLOLOL.

[fortunefail]

Don't worry, Dhaos can come and have tea with Yuan in the food court. How does Kirima tea sound? Or Amango. XD

[de_bel_survivor]

Anyone wanna plot with my boys?

Kouki might end up at the Hall of Personas and linefacing at Messiah him, while GETTING ALL THE KITTY PLUSHIES. ALL OF THEM. HIS.

Roy's up for general having-fun-ness.