July/August Round-up + CR Plotting Meme

[lucetimods]

Hi-ho, Lucetians! It’s your new mod Bayley here. Whenever you see these mouse ears flying by, I’ll be the mod close at hand. I’m very excited to roll out some new stuff for you guys! It’s the end of another month, the smell of apps is in the air, and we’ve got a few updates for you. Check out the deets below the cut!

Did you know we have a Luceti Workers spreadsheet? Whoa, awesome! If your character has a job in Luceti, go ahead and add them to this page! It’s also a handy reference for figuring out who works where. Look for this to appear somewhere on the Housing page soon. Speaking of, please review the Housing page and make sure your characters are listed in the right place! Having a place to live is muy importante.

While we’re on the subject of spring (fall?) cleaning, check out the Luceti Contact spreadsheet and make sure your information is up to date! Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Have a player plot? Cool. We want to plot around you! But in order for that to happen, we need to know when your cool stuff is happening. Use the handy-dandy player plot sign-up post to do so. This link is now easily accessible on the directory, so you won’t have to look too far to find it later. Make sure to contact a mod about your player plot before signing up on this post! Help us help you.

Now, a recap of recent plot developments! Back at the end of March, Lucetians were called upon to fight cultists in Region One, but were first sent to TERRACE, a formidable Malnosso stronghold in the sky. There, they, with other draftees and MSF soldiers, were ambushed by the Third Party and had to reclaim the airborne city before it was lost entirely. Over a series of days, the forces fought back against the cultists, eventually defeating them. It was eventually determined that these forces were led not by the General, but by a new and different sect of the cultists. They used unusual tactics during the battle and seemed to have intimate knowledge of the inner workings of TERRACE. The cultists managed to take it over by infiltrating the fortress beforehand and disabling its defenses prior to the attack.

In April, Lucetians were subject to a bizarre experiment that found them assuming the lives and storylines like those found in soap operas. Fortunately, there were no lingering effects.

In May, Carol and Specialist Davis paid Luceti a visit. While they were in the village, Gai Tsutsugami was able to obtain a key for the tunnels beneath Luceti from them. Using that key, residents were then able to access a new part of the tunnels (you can check out the details on that here and here). In the course of exploring the tunnels, Derek Bliss triggered the release of Twila, a Filial Spirit of Darkness. Villagers spent the next week possessed by various Filial Spirits, until John appeared on the network and characters began to discuss various options for depossession. Eventually, everyone worked out their alignment and got back to their normal selves, though Twila’s presence remained in the enclosure as a possible source of magic for those willing to learn it.

In June, Vash found a keycard on a skeleton down in the tunnels. After investigation from several of Luceti’s residents, work began to repair the computers down there so that the keycard could be examined. As it turns out, the keycard could be used to decipher passcodes for the doors down the elevator.

In July, characters working on deciphering the passcodes for the doors in the tunnels held a vote to see what door residents wanted to unlock first and discussed it here. The time for door-opening is almost upon us! Look for more details about this in the near future.

A few weeks ago, cultists under the leadership of Count Zompano invaded Luceti and Dream-Shifted the villagers into thinking they were 1950s-esque families engaged in class conflict. Though villagers had no suspicion anything was amiss for the first few days of the invasion, soon they began to realize little odd things that added up to a lot of wrong things. Many villagers started to question these oddities openly, only to be detained by police. However, unrest prevailed, and Shayera Hol freed John from imprisonment in the Bilruben Institute. The Shift barring the villagers’ powers was lifted, animals were freed, weapons were reclaimed, Zompano was killed by Saori, and Dream Shifters were defeated. All was well again, except not really! Event fallout, and all.

A week later, Carol addressed Luceti from within the barrier, explaining that the events of the weeks previous were the acts of cultists and offering her services as a liaison between the Malnosso and Luceti. She spoke with many of our lovely residents.

Carol also mentioned that the Malnosso’s best were working hard on modifying the barrier to prevent future instances like Zompano’s invasion. Great, right? Except it’s not all smooth sailing. As they continue to work out the kinks, Lucetians may notice a few oddities affecting them, in what can be termed “barrier incompatibilities”. These effects include (and ARE limited to):

Time slowing down around your character so they are moving much, much slower than everyone else

Cold and allergy symptoms (though there is no actual disease present, so taking Nyquil won’t help)

Sensitivity to sunlight

Excessive sleepiness/fatigue

Excessive dizziness that significantly limits mobility

The idea here is to give you guys as players more options when it comes to hiatuses, since there are some characters who won’t go on missions and mallynappings can lead to unwanted trauma. Keep in mind that these “glitches” aren’t a free-for-all; please only use the options in the list above to keep your character out of the game for awhile if you need to hiatus. There is no set amount of time that these effects need to last. If you have any questions, please direct them to the Mod thread below!

Meanwhile, for those who have been on a mission within the last week or so, there’s information circulating among the other volunteers from other enclosures. If your character is out there too, these are some of the things they may have overheard:

Several other enclosures were subjected to the same brainwashing as Luceti. Vaskoth was lost entirely and has given Count Zompano an additional five thousand soldiers, many of them powerful enough to be comparable to Elites. Tyrus was attacked, but like Luceti, they overcame the brainwashing and freed themselves.

Nobody has seen anyone come out of the enclosures Pagoda, Quell, or Zompania since the multiple invasions occurred.

According to MSF (Malnosso Security Forces) soldiers, the General’s forces haven’t attacked for several months. In fact, there hasn’t been a confirmed sighting of him since Luceti’s encounter with him.

Like Luceti, all the other enclosures are starting to experience these ‘barrier incompatibilities’. There is much bitching to be had.

There’s some chatter about the Kin’corans organizing some kind of information network. Nobody will talk to Luceti about this, however. Volunteers of other enclosures have been whispering to each other about such things, but don’t seem to trust Luceti.

Cave Johnson, former RP Manager and head of MARS (Malnosso Assignment and Reward Service), was recently promoted as the Project Head of Region Six, putting him directly in charge of Luceti and Kin’cora. The chatter among the MSF and other Malnosso workers seems to be that of disdain. There seems to be some talk about some closed door dealings in regards to a recent big trial involving him and a member of the MSF.

According to Tyrus volunteers, TERRACE is finally fully operational again.

Get ready, everyone! Applications open on Sunday, September 1st at 12:00 AM EST! Super duper. You can still reserve your characters on the Application Interest page, and it’s not too late to test them out on the Test Flight meme as well. Applications will be open until 11:59 PM EST on September 7th. Hop to it!

And on that note - did you know you can sign-up to help out with applications? Yes, you probably did. But in case you haven’t signed up before, please consider volunteering! It’s very useful to know who we can call on to help us with a canon we aren’t familiar with. Your time and willingness is invaluable! Thanks for pitching in.

Still with me? Good! Now on to the fun part!

CR PLOTTING MEME

In order to encourage plotting between new and old characters and players alike, we will be having a bi-monthly CR Plotting Meme that will accompany these Round-Ups. Below, you will find the appropriate copypasta in a magical text box, and we highly encourage everyone to use this opportunity to reach out to new CR and get some ideas flowing for the new cycle! This is no ordinary CR meme - we really want to see more than just, “Hey, let’s tag more!” We want to see, “Hey, your character works at Seventh Heaven, and mine is a foodie. Maybe yours can teach mine more about cooking!” Or, “Hey, your character wants to learn Filial magic, and mine knows it very well! Maybe mine can teach yours!” As you peruse CR opportunities, think about your character’s habits, where they live, where they frequently go, and so forth. Maybe your character has been passing their best-friend-to-be - or perhaps their best-frienemy-to-be - on their walk to work everyday! Be as creative as you wish.

And speaking of, here’s that magical copypasta:

<b>Name:</b> Your name! <b>Characters:</b> List all of your characters and give a brief description of what they’re up to these days. <b>CR Opportunities:</b> Break this down for each of your characters and describe options others have for getting CR with them. Where do they go? What are their hobbies? Do they work? Where do they live? Do they go outside a lot? What do they want to learn? If you are looking to branch out with a character, e.g. have them learn a new combat skill or Filial magic, mention that here as well! What do you want to do with them? Go crazy. <b>A good way to contact me is:</b> List the ways players can contact you! <b>Anything else?:</b> Whatever you want!

Go to town! Make plots, and most importantly, have fun.

And that’s it! Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy the appening!

Comments

[i_speak_softly]

Don is drawn to people who aren't human and have an affinity with water. After death by drowning last summer he still isn't entirely comfortable with swimming, and making friends with people who are is important to him. Any chance something could happen with that?

[dangerouswind]

Name: Kel
Characters: Temari

And Temari is... Temari. She's still in a bit of an odd place and Luceti Valley 2.0 didn't help much but. Whatev. She'll deal. She's just had another birthday here (which she ignored) and it's kind of hitting home that, nope, never leaving. (Which is a dangerous thought to have, it does occur to her.)

CR Opportunities: She lives in building one with the rest of the ninja. Most days, she's up and about early, does some hand-to-hand training out by the barracks, then starts her day. Item Shop every couple of days, Seventh Heaven sometimes, and mostly roaming the village or holing up in the Library for a few hours. She has several garden plots scattered here and there: memory garden, wildflowers, vegetables nearer to building one. She tends to those in the late afternoons and, honestly, she just likes being outside during the days. And with Shikamaru on his mission, she's checking on the store, because what idiot decided that Naruto should be in charge?

I'd like to start throwing her at missions, so if anyone has a joint mission they'd like her for, say the word! She needs to branch out a bit, needs to follow up on some CR, and needs to find a way to settle a bit into Luceti-as-home.

A good way to contact me is: I'm on plurk at n0teworthy

Anything else? ...no?

[niceguypose]

In a way that does fit! And yeah, I'm okay with them having had jog-by hellos. Sometimes he's too intensely into his workouts to stop but he would at least work in a greeting as he passes.

[i_speak_softly]

I don't know why we don't thread with these two. I also can't tell whether Shikamaru would be Don's new Leo or if they would just have a horrible smart-ninja rivalry. What do you think?

[i_speak_softly]

Cool. Don is usually lost in his own head while running, but he would at least manage to say hello. He would also be delighted to spar with a non-magical ninja.

[z_jay]

Name: Reina
Characters: Eugene Woods. Eugene is currently pouring most of his energy into the coffee shop as Natasha, the owner seems to have gotten smaller gone missing... In the mornings he enjoys going for a walk before work and in the evenings he's been practicing self-defense with Bucky.
CR Opportunities:
Eugene likes to stay on the move, especially now that he can. Working and keeping busy sustain him, and he is always eager to hear stories from other Lucetians who come into the coffee shop. He can be a jerk but 99% of the time he will either not realize it or he will make amends. Mostly, he keeps to himself and inhabits House 51 with Jack and Max. Recently, Zevran, their fourth member and someone of great import to Eugene has returned home and he is a little down in the spirits. Eugene is however, a journalist by profession and currently trying to scrounge up material for his and Jack's radio show that's getting off to a very slow start. So if your character is interested in being interviewed by him and wouldn't mind their story being aired, he would love to chat you up! He's very fond of cooking and has been working on a revised Luceti survival cookbook. He has a few close friends who know about his and Jack's deep dark secret, and won't really elaborate about his home. Eugene has an interest in the occult and would like to learn some magic that will provide him an edge in defense over a steel pipe. His list of friends is growing and he would like more, but in the end he's a very insulated kind of guy and I suspect he wouldn't bring very many people very close. I'd like for Eugene to at least be a recognizable face within Luceti and to be a good listener for anyone. Close or a stranger, because strangers need help, too!

A good way to contact me is: I am available for contact via pm on dreamwidth with my character journal z_jay
Anything else?: I am fairly busy and as a result, a slow tagger. My primary time for interaction will be on the weekends. I know this isn't really the best option for many people, but your understanding in this matter would be really appreciated. I don't want anyone to feel frustrated with my slowness, but my job really is quite mentally and physically demanding. I can't really switch focus when it's an on-demand service for 8 hours. And once I'm done with that I go to class on Monday and Weds till about 10 PM, so my mental reserves are pretty zapped as a result. I don't normally like to discuss, but hopefully this will give an idea as to why I don't tag around as much as I would like. Thanks for reading and stay safe out there :)!!

[tsunderebunny]

Kitchen can work. Is Makie an early riser? Because...lol insomnia and all that. I figure Barnaby's at least being polite enough to get some coffee (or tea, which ever is preferred) going before he skulks off to either try to sleep or get out of the house to a degree.

[goldenglasses]

Name: Zig-zag
Characters:
Vash | Trigun | goldenglasses - Emo man is so emo. He does try to hide it, but he has been incredibly depressed all year. He's never really recovered since losing his entire family all in one blow. With a death penalty he's been suffering with on top of it he just hasn't been able to find his "happy place".

He does work at Seventh Heaven and will give people a happy smile there while he's busing tables and taking orders. Once he's done work about the only other place he visits is the bar and then home. He hasn't visited the bakery or flower shop in ages and hasn't been people watching very much either.

Xzana | OC | elongatedsmile - This last event has changed her a bit more than I thought it would. She's gotten a chance to understand a bit more how humans think and act. For the first time she's also feeling homesick and wishing that she was in a land she understood more.

While she is dealing with feelings and ideas that she's never really thought she would feel before for the most part she's doing well. Returning more to her animal like ways and feeling more comfortable with herself again.

CR Opportunities:

Vash - Really running into him at work at Seventh Heaven, at Good Spirits, or say grocery shopping would be the best way to get his interest. Because of his depression he hasn't been very big on gaining friends just to watch them leave again, but I really want to get more stable CR with him again. He's becoming such a shut in it's not good. Offering of free cooked meals still get his attention pretty well, but due to a death penalty he can't eat baked goods.

Information about the kids born in Luceti he's very interested to talk about that as well.

Xzana: She hangs out a lot around the water. So any posts taken near the river, lakes, or even the fountain. She also loves hearing about the ocean, although she's too nervous to make the trip out there herself. Thanks to the event she's gotten a little more interested in how humans think and really she can get interested in the most random things. Although survival, hunting, and water will be the top things that get her attention.

The hardest part with her is CR needs to be fairly frequent with her or something done for her. Otherwise it will slice of life interactions will fade in her mind and make her forget the people she's spoken to.

A good way to contact me is: I love chatting on aim: xzigzagx123 or plurk as well: zigzag123 or PM either of my characters journals!

Anything else?: I'm really open and good at thinking around just about anything! Even if you have a small idea you're not sure will work either either of my characters just ask! I love brainstorming and can usually help think of something!

[tsunderebunny]

Obviously our boys need to meet because of a certain...'conversation' with Jade that resulted in Barnaby learning Peony's full name, although a run-in with one of the rappigs might be hilarious (and very bad.)

Besides that, if they get to know eachother and Peony can convince Barnaby out of retirement, Barnaby is actually a decent melee fighter and 90% of the time does not have his powers active. At the very least, it might be interesting to test their two styles against eachother.

--The bar (or just drinking in general) would definitely be a good way to start all of this. :3c

[endgames]

"On not so nice days, he can be found sleeping in the battle dome or on the convenience store floor."

LMFAO. If this is a thing, I want to play with this!

[endgames]

I'd love to expand on things with Kari more! I don't think Shikamaru would know she and Hoshikyo are the same person, what with separate homes and the like, but he could potentially seek out Kari herself.

Also that could be potentially funny/terrible. She hates men. Shikamaru has lingering misogynist feelings from when he was a kid. Sitcom??

[niceguypose]

Hm, Lee and Temari missioning together sometime seems like a fun thing.

[endgames]

> maybe he should open a candy store

There's also a convenience store in town which needs more shenanigans. And Shikamaru is even looking for a sandwich maker! What if skittle sandwiches were a thing, what then.

[endgames]

If Cilan is looking for a job, Shikamaru's looking for more help at the convenience store! The store is supposed to have a spot for ready-to-eat foods: lunches that people can take to go, but since Shikamaru couldn't get the Malnosso to do a Shift for that, they have to make things themselves.

Cilan's actually a person I could see him ask personally about that, since he doesn't think he's seen him at Seventh Heaven or any of the other refreshment joints. Is that something he might be interested in?

[untrueheart]

Yes this is good.

Additionally if a character did call her out, so to speak, would Carol respond? (It's going to happen whether she responds or not but I thought I'd ask.)

[untrueheart]

Mia and Prim being a thing is in the category of "I didn't know I wanted this until I got it" and something I would really love is to have them talk about what their at-home lives are really like.

Rue was looking for Ikki at the end of the event if you still wanna do a thing, I'm down for it. Otherwise I kind of want to investigate the air gates again.

Trisha and Nephry are in the 'sane women dealing with crazy men' club right?

[endgames]

Wow, wow. He left Korra and Masaomi there too, okay.

[endgames]

So I have been meaning to get more CR with Pepper lately, because they've probably seen each other more times than we've actually threaded what with the couple times Shikamaru's shown up at their house. Maybe we can work in some Extremis stuff? 8|a

[bubblywishes]

Name: Roxy
Characters:
Norma Beatty | Tales of Legendia | bubblywishes
CR Opportunities:
Well, Norma's the only character I have in Luceti (right now) and thankfully the easiest to get CR with. She's super sociable, gets out of the house (House 34) a lot and is just very friendly, bubbly, and funny. She's a bit clingy, too, so hopefully your character doesn't mind someone latching onto them to give hugs and brief snuggles or anything! 8D Oh, and she's also the nicknaming queen of Luceti - everyone gets one, no exceptions. There are even things and holidays she's given a nickname to, and don't try reasoning with her on them - once she's got one in mind, your character's stuck with it.

Her main hangout places are the bar (where she works as a server/waitress), the library (Norma's actually very intelligent), the ocean, and the Memory Garden, though she can be found pretty much everywhere. Hobbies include treasure hunting, exploring, MONEMONEYMONEY~, baking, reading/writing ancient languages, and making people laugh and smile.

Right now, I don't have any major plans for Norma, she's just been trying to learn some filial magic from Sona and sucking tremendously at it because she's so impatient and her expectations are too high. Pretty soon she's gonna start working on speaking with Nala and Kippin, and possibly Eferin at some point, but the former two are what she's going to be doing in the near future. Also with fall and winter coming very soon, she may be stocking up on warm clothes (she hates winter with a deathly passion).
A good way to contact me is:
Plurk: MelonFlavored AIM: CatchinStardrops
Anything else?:



also i'm gonna be reapping Perona from One Piece, so look forward to that, huhuhu...

[voiceinthedark]

Name: Zalia

Characters: Clint Barton
CR Opportunities: Clint spends an awful lot of time at the battledome training, which is always a good place to find him and he's happy to help train people or spar with them if they want. Just don't expect him to go easy. He also goes running every morning and doesn't mind people joining him too much. During the day, he can be found at A Shot in the Dark cafe working as a barista for Natasha. In the evenings he often heads over to Seventh Heaven for a drink. He lives in CH5, Floor 5 and checks in on the people on his floor and above relatively regularly.


Characters: Max Wodville
CR Opportunities: Max currently lives in House 51 with Jack and Eugene, although he also spends a lot of time over at Helios's house. He likes visiting town, especially the bakery and the coffee shop, and he has a habit of sitting there (or outside) knitting or weaving with his threads. He is always up for discussing magic or the differences between worlds with people, and might even be willing to teach people some magic if they ask him, although he is not brilliant as describing it a lot of the time. But he's pretty friendly and gregarious so it would be nice for him to get to know some new people!



Characters: Sam Yao
CR Opportunities: Sam is fairly new to Luceti. He's a survivor of a zombie apocalypse world and Luceti is, quite frankly, nicer and safer than he's become used to and the thought of bringing the rest of his town to Luceti is something that's crossed his mind. He's enjoying not being at constant risk of death by zombie horde and the fact that there is plenty of food and hot showers. He currently lives in House 33 with Simon Lauchlan (who is staunchly refusing to let Sam concrete over the windows. The bunker is still under negotiation.)

He can often be found in town, especially at the coffee shop and he also visits the battledome a few times a week to get some shooting and zombie killing practice in. He isn't brilliant at the shooting and he's never had any formal combat training although he would probably like to learn. He is a huge geek and loves video games and TV and roleplaying (and might want to set up a D&D game if he ever gets his books). He's pretty friendly most of the time, although he's still trying to adjust to some semblance of normality.


A good way to contact me is: Plurk is a good place to start at zaliachimera but DMs on here are also good!

[endgames]

Oh, I actually did not know that about the Filial magic. Since it's a prerequisite to taking the Hunting the Hunters mission, so I assumed everyone taking that one up would be familiar with it also.

In any case, thanks!

Jay - safety dance~ ♥

[selphie_t]

Name: Jay or Laura (I respond to either so pick whatever is most comfortable for you!)
Characters: I just have Selphie Tilmitt from FF8 here. Her journal is... selphie_t.

She currently lives with a couple of grumps Phoenix Ikki and Smoker up at Community House 1, Apartment 27 on the sixth floor but they're the only people on that floor. She'll likely start turning up in the kitchens/dining halls of the other floors looking to get to know her neighbours! If you're interested feel free to mention that your character has seen a chronic shortie snooping about. She starts her morning the same way any teenager would with breakfast and what not before packing up some gear and heading off to the Battle Dome to train. Otherwise, she can be found anywhere in the village getting reacquainted with Luceti as a whole.

CR Opportunities:

Selphie has a lot of former CR that is still here in Luceti and I'd love for her to be reunited with them. She's been affiliated with the Welcome Centre and Seventh Heaven in the past so if anyone would like to explore these options, I'd love to talk to you! Just remember that not all of her memories of Lucetians have returned so there may be some very long conversations.

Hecate and Lisa, I'd like to reestablish CR with my fellow FF castmates. If you guys are interested, feel free to shoot me a PM. :)

I'd like to have Selphie in a place where there's lots of people because she's the type of character that thrives on social interaction. Good places for her would be the Welcome Centre, Seventh Heaven, the Bakery or one of the shops. Speaking of the Welcome Centre, was there ever a formal decision on who would be taking the reigns of control there? If there isn't anyone, would you lovely people be opposed to Selphie taking over?

I'd also love to have more CR with characters close to her age. She's easy to talk to and will be more than happy to volunteer someone or drag them somewhere for some fun. There's also no harm in a good sparring partner either! She fights with a nunchaku but variety is the spice of life, eh? As a mercenary, she's been trained in hand-to-hand combat but she's only plain old human in the strength department so if you play a super human type, please be gentle!

A good way to contact me is:

Plurk is likely to be the quickest way to find me. Feel free to add me over at boomchucka! There's also a good old fashioned private message in case you happen to be one of the plurkless. There's tumblr and twitter as well but those are just rambly fandom places for me that I don't really check as often as plurk or my email for instance!

Anything else?:

[folklorist]

Helios and Eugene cook off showdown. Let's do this. >:[ Also being interviewed could be silly too. I'm sure Helios would be open to the idea. :3

[folklorist]

I feel like Helios and Norma should have CR because he runs the library and is into magic. I think they should run into each other sometime. He's also pretty close to Grune so she might have talked about him in passing. :|a

[dammitmasa]

It is for Lucetians, just because "Hey, they have this skill, let's make use of it." Lucetians act as bait so the others can help kill them. It works magnificently well, except for, you know, the Lucetians. But who cares about them?