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

Kaze

[ahappylie]

Name: Kaze

Okita Souji | ahappylie: Fresh off the event, he's trying to get back on his old horse of being happy-go-lucky and getting around the village again. He's faltering, but after a good talk he's mostly back on the mend.
CR Opportunities:

• Lives in House 50, but he hangs out around CH5 a lot
  
• He works nightshift from about 10pm to 5am at the Welcome Center, but answers questions any time of the day about it or any of its activities
  
• He trains and teaches in hand-to-hand and swordsmanship at the Barracks in the early to mid-morning every day of the week
  
• He also paints rocks in the likenesses of all the village residents. If he's met your character once or twice, it's likely he's painting a rock of them. He sometimes displays these at the Welcome Center desk
  
• He owns a medium-sized grouchy pig, a yellow talking Chocobo, a goldfish, and a chicken. He can usually be seen taking the land-animals out for walks every day
  
• He likes sweets and will actively given them out to children; and he likes to stick his nose in people's business, so any character who is having a hard time and needs someone to cheer them up or talk/listen to them, he'll do it

Beat | skaterbrain: He's doing fine after the event and is trying to help out more around House 10 and All Passions. He's also trying to practice his skateboarding and reading.
CR Opportunities:

• He lives at House 10 and hangs out at All Passions, avoiding the school as much as possible
  
• He spends a lot of time outdoors skateboarding, or in the Battledome when it's available. When neither of those work, he's in the barracks and punching things to keep his strength up.
  
• He gives everyone nicknames. Anyone who has a fiery character who would disagree with that, it could be interesting to play the negative CR?
  
• Beat also loves being active, but he's trying to learn how to read better, so any character who is a teacherly sort might find a good challenge in him since he hates school but does want to learn.
  SPOILERS FOR THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU
• Beat occasionally fades in and out of sight as he loses concentration. Luceti is keeping him in a state of limbo - not Erased, but not alive either. Most notably, his hands tend to fade out of view and he isn't growing despite being in Luceti for so long and being at an age where he should hit his growth spurt.      END SPOILERS

Peggy Carter | rightfootforward: Internally, she's still hurting from the event, but on the outside, it's business as usual. She works at Good Spirits as a server, does her daily routines and mostly keeps to herself now. To the people she knows, it's like nothing has changed, but people who know her might see cracks in her armor.
CR Opportunities:

• Lives in CH5, floor 6
  
• Works at Good Spirits as a server for most of the day from just before lunch until evening on most days. This would be the easiest place to talk to her since she's being a server to meet and greet Luceti and to pick up on any news that is floating around
  
• Jogs in the mornings from CH5 toward CH3, then northward until she loops back around through the village square and back home to CH5 every morning
  
• She trains in throwing knives and axes, hand-to-hand combat, batons and guns either in the barracks or behind CH5 for the first three and the Battledome for gun training
  
• Despite having an extremely professional, cold and businesslike personality, she meticulous about her appearance and spends a good deal of time on it. Carter also has an affinity for children and loves music, which can sometimes be heard from her apartment
  
• Anyone talking about sharing information gleaned from the drafts or the Malnosso, or anyone talking about combat and training will catch her attention easily. People who know the 1940s/50s are also huge pings for her since that's her era. She also loves to see strong women in places of power and enjoys talking to them about just about anything

Japan | osoreirimasu: He moos any time he tries to apologize for things right now, but that affect should wear off soon. Japan no longer tries to hide the fact that he is a country and is more than willing to tell anyone who will listen or who has an interest in his lands or culture.
CR Opportunities:

• He lives in CH2, on Floor 1 at the end of the hall in Room 5.
  
• He makes plastic garage model figurines of the villagers and of anime/video game characters from home, most notably of the Vocaloid characters. He keeps most of these in his second bedroom, away from prying eyes, but he can often be seen going to the item stores for paint and other supplies at an unusual rate
  
• He works at Seventh Heaven as the Japanese food chef, so he should know or at least run into almost all of the staff there on a regular basis. He works every day that he's needed, usually coming in mid-morning, after the breakfast crowd is over.
  
• In the early morning, he can be seen taking a leisurely walk around the CH2 and surrounding areas. He'll stop and talk to anyone he meets along the way
  
• He also takes an afternoon tea at the Tea Shop most days, usually to chat with Saori, but he'll talk to just about anyone who is there. If no one is available, he reads or draws
  
• His hobbies & pings include: drawing comics, reading comics, playing video games, popular culture (up to 2013), international politics, inventing things/technology, traditional Japanese culture
  
• He's a trained swordsman, although he no longer practices, and has skill in ninjutsu as well. Due to his pacifism pact, however, Japan rarely uses any of these.
  
• Anyone who identifies as Japanese will get the grandfather treatment from him - he's extremely protective of his citizens
  
• Also, CH2, Floor 1 occupants will find that if they don't have anything to eat or just need a snack, the communal kitchen is almost stocked and usually has some small meals set aside in the refrigerator for them. Anyone from CH2 who wanted to run into him, finding him in the kitchen would be the easiest place to do it.

A good way to contact me is: My plurk is wagashi, and while the account is private, I always add back. You can PM me at any of their accounts, too.
Anything else?: Souji is such a happy camper, see?

[weathervain]

I keep thinking Makie and Okita should meet. If only because they're both sort of out of time in general comparison to most other people. |D

[ahappylie]

Ohhhhh I would love this so hard♥ He likes meeting people from his time-ish period, or at least people who are like "wtf is electricity, wtf is that thing" because then he feels camaraderie!!!

I'll keep my eye out for Makie's next post?

[therewerefifty]

Yes! She's been off the streets for a while, but I'll make a post for her when she allows herself out again. I'll look forward to it, huhuhu. <3

[ahappylie]

I wish I had a happy seal icon for this, but alas I do not so this will have to suffice. Can't wait to get them together!