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?

[lucetimods]

They're just basically rides, not specifically designed off real world ones, but if you want to imagine a ride based off a real one, go right ahead. If there's any theme to them, it will be from Bil's own mind and inevitably be Tea-themed.

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

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

[dissonates]

No Great Mysterio this time, I'm afraid. He's otherwise occupied. There will however be a droid at the doggy dunk tank wearing a Jacob mask. For old time's sake, you see.

Other return attractions can include Tyr's Legacy, the Brooding Zone, Twilight House of Horrors, Rune Tag, SOS Droid Brigade, Wonder Chef, ChocoLand, Ocean Trek, Sonic Toss, Hogwarts Magic Act, Lucetimon Zoo, Okami Tattoos, Grand Line Pirate Ship, The Mascot, Tunnel of Love, Shenlon Rail Shooter, Tin Pin Slammer...

...actually just about anything from a canon still in Luceti would be there. Some rides are altered to include the water aspect of the park this time. Might add to this if more ideas come to mind, too, but I think that's a pretty good set xD;

MOD QUESTIONS

[mog-summoner.livejournal.com]

...

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

[markofthewise]

Oh, probably. But the droids won't be enforcing it. So if Eiko goes on a roller coaster, goes flying off onto the ground and ultimately dies... well, there were posted signs.

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

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

[markofthewise]

Hm. I'm not sure what a parade would even include here. It would be a pretty boring droid-run one, after all.

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!"

[markofthewise]

There can be mascot characters! Some of them based on your favorite Malnosso (namely Bil and The Great Mysterio). Just to make things even wackier, some of them may be dressed up as different Lucetians who have scores major victories in the drafts.

... at least from the Malnosso perspective. Vash, Superman? You didn't kill anybody. No droids dressed as you.

But there will probably be a few Yuber droids roaming around.

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.

[markofthewise]

We don't have any plans to actually phase them out entirely, at least not for now. This is just an alternative to use, especially if you don't like brutalizing your character too much.

[silversnowfall]

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

[markofthewise]

It depends on what you're reading into it. It's really just Bil's manner of talking. John is still around and about, sitting in his special lab in the tunnels, rolling his eyes at Bil's antics.

[simplestgift]

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

[markofthewise]

Sure!

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[kazzisato.livejournal.com]

How long with the draft last for?

[markofthewise]

No set date, but four-five days seems the most likely.

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

[markofthewise]

I'll see what I can do. We'll be recycling the old attractions and just expanding it, but still leaving room for people to just add stuff they want to be there. If I'm able to put together a list of attractions, it'll be on a mod post that goes up before the event starts.

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[whatdeheckisdat]

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

[semper_cogitans]

From the description of the Lucetimon Zoo, it reads, "Lucetimon Zoo: A variety of animals, creatures, monsters, whatever, from various fandoms can be observed here. Hold your breath around the baby Malboro!"

Does that include sentient/sapient organisms, from various worlds?

And if so, am I allowed to have Robert rage at the injustice/attempt to break them out and get mauled for trying? 8D

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[blessedbyfarore]

Question about the Hall of Personas! Can other people see them? Like, if Link went in and saw his bitty child self, would anyone nearby spot bitty!Link too?

(On a related note - would Dark Link qualify as a persona?)

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[de_bel_survivor]

Just to be sure, can there be plushies of Jack Frost monsters from characters' worlds?