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Luceti Mods ([personal profile] lucetimods) wrote2010-08-12 01:41 pm
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It's finale time. 8| You guys get more prep time with this one because- well. You'll see.



August 15th, early morning. It's strange how things can go right back to normal, isn't it? The summons are gone, the clouds and the moon are white again, and the sun rises as bright and beautiful as it ever was. Finally the terrain is starting to fix itself, and over the course of a day or so, whatever ground or houses that were still collapsed will be back to their usual, level selves. For a little while, everything seems well.

But some might notice a few differences. Their teenage neighbour is an old man. The local wolf goddess is a paintbrush-wielding cat. Their peace-loving best friend is suddenly a warmonger. And they themselves might have changed- but they might not even notice...

This is an Alternate Universe event! All those echoes that have been popping up now and then are taking over. This is an opportunity to drag in any what-if scenarios and make them into realities. There are endless amounts of little twists and deviations that can be created, so really, the sky is the limit. Here are some examples of what you could do:

A major deviation. Say your character makes a different life choice, or a situation changes around them. Someone lives when they should have died. Someone gives up on a quest when they should have continued their journey. What if Zack was the main character of Final Fantasy VII instead of Cloud? How would it be different? How would he have changed? How would he have affected everyone around him?

A minor deviation. A swordsman decided to be a mage. Someone with a lot of hair is suddenly bald. Nothing serious, nothing big, but a difference nonetheless.

A gender deviation. Everyone loves a good genderbend. But what if your character was born that way? How would their life have been changed? Do they remember all their friends as being genderbent or are they the only one?

A species deviation. Half-elves grow up human. Humans are Ancients. Dogs are chickadees. I could go on but it'd take a while.

Relational deviation. Hey, you know that wife you have? And that best friend? Yeah, now the best friend is married to the wife. Sucks to be you, eh? ...Or maybe you're the lucky best friend, wink wink...

A perceived deviation. The character themselves don't change, but they might remember something differently. Susumu might still be Susumu, but he suddenly comes from a reality where Tatsu is his Shinsengumi page BFF and Tetsu is the accountant. And Okita is a pot-bellied pig.

Age deviation. If you want to have a character taken from an alternate universe but have it be in, say, the past or the future of that AU, that's fine. As long as it's not just your generic age up/down.

A combination of the above. A male swordsman becomes the female healer! A minor character who believes themselves to be the main hero wonders why the true hero isn't their supporting NPC anymore! This one could be all over the map, really.

Something new? If you can think of something else, feel free to try it out, but please clear it with us first. There are some exceptions.


Extra Notes:

- Changes can be both physical and mental. Bodies, clothes, weapons, powers, character relationships, anything and everything.

- Whether a character remembers their true reality is up to you. If you want your male-to-female character to wake up screaming at their new boobs, cool, or they could casually put on their make-up as if everything is normal. It's totally your call. You could also screw with them by having them put on their make-up and wonder why they feel like screaming. |D

- Like most events, this one is optional; you can have your character be affected or just react to the chaos around them.

- Characters of the same canon can be from alternate realities. Sokka could become the only waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe at the same time as Katara becomes the Fire Nation princess. Guydesdelca Musalan Fendios can offend An Grantlin with his beard. (...no he can't, that is far too silly.) Wacky disagreements may ensue. "But you're supposed to be....!!!" Yeah.

- The changes must at least come from the character's home canon. That means that while Ash might believe that he's a Pokemon breeder instead of a trainer, Minato can't be a Pokemon trainer. Amaterasu could become a human or a cat, but not like... a Blood Elf or something. Alternate realities offer enough complications without adding cross-world changes into the mix!

- Their experiences in Luceti should be more or less the same, though the more extreme AUs would obviously have more extreme changes. Characters should also remember their fellow Lucetians in their true form, since keeping track of who they remember as what would be boggling and way too complicated. It's better that, with the AU changes, players only have to keep track of how their character remembers things, rather than both.

For example, waterbender!Sokka would remember his Katara as always having been a nonbender, but she's still his Katara who grew up with him in the Water Tribe rather than Fire Nation. His relationship with other people would be 'remembered' differently for him as well. He would probably still be on bad terms with Sanji, but not because Sanji dissed his skills. He'd remember their spat being for different reasons.

- This is probably going to be kind of confusing, so try to keep your story straight! It helps to write things down. Give your AU a story. We could even have an OOC entry where you can share your AUs, if you guys want :|b


This event runs from 12:01 AM on August 15th to 11:59 PM on the 21st.

Questions go here! I'm expecting a lot of them, so if I don't answer yours in a timely fashion, please bother me about it. You guys all know my memory by now.

[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Yes he does.

ISAMU YOU GET TO PLAY PROTAGONIST HERO FOR ONCE!

[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
HUZZAH.

We may need a plot post for this.

[identity profile] experiences.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Same reason why I wasted time keywording these icons in Klingon?
corrinesbell: (rooftop ninja)

[personal profile] corrinesbell 2010-08-12 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I have absolutely no ideas whatsoever. There are snippets of things that refuse to flesh themselves out, but nothing that feels good or solid right now.

Still a good idea though.

[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely. I'm gonna need to get me some 'hey, do you want Naoki to attack you? 8D' volunteers, pfft.
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[personal profile] awakenedchaos 2010-08-12 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
...This is completely and utterly amazing.

But, um, question! Slight spoiler for Continuum Shift, so I'll put it in white text: In Ragna's joke ending, he has a pretty weird dream - of himself dying because Tager fell on him, and then turning into a ghost along with Tager, Rachel, and a few others... Nu included.

I... kind of want to go with an AU where that actually happened instead of just being a dream, meaning Nu would end up as a ghost for the time being. Would that be fine? Or... should I rather go with something else?

...And assuming it's fine, would it be okay for her to, say, be able to temporarily possess some of the wildlife (or one of her pets)? While that wasn't shown happening in the dream sequence, possession is a common ability for ghosts, so... yeah.


Thanks in advance! ♪

[identity profile] derek-bliss.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Canon doesn't say either way--it concentrates almost solely on the vampires and hunters, although the book at least hints that there are other things out there (werewolves are the one specific creature that are mentioned).

I'm just using Derek as an easy example for clarification sake; IE: if a player could come up with a reasonable explanation for the 'change', would it be allowed. (IN Derek's case: Dhampire would result from an infected man getting a woman pregnant before dying of the virus; the virus being transmitted via sperm to the infant, although in straight canon terms, that's impossible, since the canon indication is that the virus component is blood borne only and kills within a short amount of time--far sooner than a 9 month gestation period, so mom would die of the infection long before the fetus was viable.)

[identity profile] hippocraticly.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
... I'm calling an intervention, Rumi.

[identity profile] experiences.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
/POUTS

[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahaha, little bro's gonna be getting his nomnom-ing/attacking people on.

Good times.

[identity profile] hippocraticly.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
/ineffective against Karl Urban's bursting into tears face during Doom.
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[personal profile] folklorist 2010-08-12 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I can make Crowley a competent demon or an angel? And Helios a complete bastard? Awesome plot is awesome~

[identity profile] unveilings.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
...this is the wrong journal but WHY HELLO THERE KAAAARL~

adlfjlkjasd you still have that icon ❤

[identity profile] hippocraticly.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Karl isn't interested because you're not a hot blonde, crazy True Blood vampire lady.

I still have them all ♥! It's just a matter of being unlazy and re-uploading them.
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[personal profile] falenandawn 2010-08-12 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh dear. Crowley? An angel? XD

[identity profile] melodiesoflute.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
/cries already!

DON'T BE SO EXCITED TO SEE 'EDELINE'!

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
evil!Link obvs.

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
hufufufufufu, that'd be awesome. XD

[identity profile] melodiesoflute.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Edeline is going to be a little dancer with a huge rack!

Oh! DARK KNIGHT CEODORE, DO WANT!

[identity profile] melodiesoflute.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
This I agree with!

[identity profile] melodiesoflute.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I am assuming we are gunning for D cups here. /LOL

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Kyo will know exactly what I'm talking about here.

Anywho, I played Amnesiac!Selphie over at Edensphere for over a year. 8D Could I go with an amnesiac!Luceti!Selphie for the event? :D Meaning that she'd forget everybody in Luceti and where the heck she is and be horribly, horribly confused and three more levels of adorable than usual? I'll give cookies to the mod team. :D

Also! FF8 castmates! What if Ultimecia won the Second Sorceress War? >D

[identity profile] automoblephilia.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
He will be heavenly righteous fail at that job too. I can make him speak all proper and like Aziraphale too. Oh god the images D8

[identity profile] unveilings.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
BUT SOPHIE-ANNE IS INTERESTED IN YOU KARL.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[identity profile] outwalks.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . On that note, completely at random, have you ever read The Sacred and the Profane (http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/tsatp.html)? It's mildly shippy, but it's funny and very Gaiman-Pratchett and an interesting look at Crowley-the-angel if you wanted bits and details to flesh it out.

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