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lucetimods) wrote2013-08-30 10:26 pm
lucetimods) wrote2013-08-30 10:26 pm
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July/August Round-up + CR Plotting Meme
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):
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:
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:
Go to town! Make plots, and most importantly, have fun.
And that’s it! Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy the appening!
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!
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.
Still with me? Good! Now on to the fun part!
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:
Go to town! Make plots, and most importantly, have fun.
And that’s it! Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy the appening!
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Characters:
Cilan of Pokemon: Best Wishes | He's a very friendly, outgoing Pokemon Connoisseur who is quite knowledgeable about many different subjects. Nothing particularly "bad" happened to him during the last event and the fallout basically resulted in him just keeping to himself and his Pokemon for a short while since his Pokemon spent most of the event stuck in the zoo away from their trainer. He's recently been almost always accompanied by Pansage or one of his other Pokemon, except if he's going to someone's house or another building. Other than that, not much else other than maybe feeling a little lonely, what with more of his CR having left recently.
Crow of Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon | A bratty robotic kid who likes making mischief, but deep down at heart likes having friends. The recent event however has made him feel a little bitter since it's reminded him of how much different he is in comparison to his friends, what with being a robot and all, as well as other things that he doesn't particularly like. At first he mostly stuck close to Seto after the event, but he's started wandering around again and might be prone to taking a few more risks when it comes to doing dumb acrobatic stunts, try not to encourage him when he does that. ^^;;
CR Opportunities: Cilan's hobbies are...well, he's a huge nerd, so he has a rather long list of interests: Pokemon, cooking, reading, fishing, being knowledgeable about dorky things like science, movies, trains, detective mysteries and specifics of the legal system, etc. You could ask him anything and he'd likely have an opinion on it that involves whether it's in "good taste" or not.
Don't ask him about ghosts though, he's secretly easily spooked by things like that.If your character frequents the library or The Battle Dome the most, they'll very likely spot him either reading different books, or training with his Pokemon at the Dome. He's also vaguely considering getting a job now, to have something more to do. (He has extensive cooking knowledge and experience for any of the restaurants or other eating establishments if any of you are looking for more workers, but otherwise he's not too picky if he ends up doing something elsewhere.)Crow's hobbies are hanging out in high places and being generally hard to get along with sometimes. He secretly likes reading (in particular, stories about pirates are his favorite...) and drawing stuff (including on the sides of buildings) in addition to doing cartwheels on your roof. He's also kind of a kleptomaniac with an interest in shiny objects, so be careful about waving anything in his face or leaving it somewhere unattended, because he might try to take it. You could find him practically anywhere if you're looking hard enough for him, since he likes to wander around Luceti at all hours, even at night. If you want someone on your roof, or drawing on the side of your house, or need someone to take your stuff, he's the brat for the job.
A good way to contact me is: molotovkittens @ AIM, or pinging me on
Anything else?: If you have any questions or want to do something with either one of them, please don't hesitate to ask! I'm up for anything and both of them could seriously use more friends or any other kind of CR you want, positive or negative.
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Taku, I wanted to tag Cilan on the first event thread, but I was kinda swamped with other event threads and missed my chance.... DO YOU THINK MAYBE WE CAN MAKE CR HAPPEN ANYWAY IN THE NEAR/FAR FUTURE
I would love CR with Crow, too! Because hnnnng Fragile Dreams....
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and aaahhhh it makes me really happy when people know about Fragile Dreams...
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when it was announced in Japan, I hoped and hoped it would be localized and then xseed made my dream come true ;u;
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bless xseed for making dreams come true and bringing me what would end up becoming my favorite Wii game of all time... ;A;
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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?
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...In fact come to think of it, and I wish I was making this up, one of the recent Pokemon movies (Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice) has a part where he proclaims that his knowledge of boxed lunches was unparalleled to most people and that he's practically a Connoisseur of that too...because apparently he wasn't enough of a dork already in the main anime series... ^^;;
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Would you like to go for it then? I could hit up his appointments later, if you'd like.
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Barnaby needs to be cured of his impression that mayo belongs in fried rice. His partner has a horrific fondness for the condiment.
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His partner........is far from being cultured in his tastes. Mayo in fried rice isn't the only offender here.
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I'm almost afraid to ask what the other offenders are for this. 8|ano subject
Go ahead, Cilan. Be horrified. XD.