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❪ month outline + plotting ❫ JANUARY 2018
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Hello and Happy New Year, El Nysa!
As always, we're glad to have such an enthusiastic playerbase sticking with us. We would like to remind everyone to follow the game plurk at This post will outline the overall mood and events happening in January for both Wyver and Olympia in order to help players plan accordingly. Please use this post for plotting as you see fit! A NOTE FOR GOING FORWARD: As we continue to progress with branching plot elements and an increased focus on worldbuilding, we will be doing our best to provide a consistent schedule and style of events. Outlines, such as the ones you have seen in December and now in January, will be making their appearance in place of mod-posted logs as to provide a more flexible template/prompts for your own player plots and general catch-alls. We will still be utilizing mod-posted logs as the plot demands, but due to the scale of the game, they may not be posted each month.* We encourage players to be proactive with the information given in these plot outlines, and we are be happy to answer questions about the outlined topics for reference! *Intro logs will still go up regularly! ATMOSPHERE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH
THE OLYMPIAN PUBLIC
All around Olympia, those vocal groups of civilians are imploring their fellow citizens, refugees included, to make their voices heard. Some are insisting others join them at rallies in public squares or come speak with them if they have something to say to their neighbors about the conflict everyone is sure is coming, while others are taking a more... personalized approach.
That is to say: they're handing out paper surveys about the issues going on. These surveys are ostensibly to deliver the voice of the people to those in power in Olympia, but they won't get anywhere if no one replies! That's where you come in, refugees: Will your voice be heard? The survey is obviously to completed IC, but OOCly, submit it under the thread HERE to gain ONE (1) Olympia REP point. Your character may submit as many surveys under as many names (or anonymously) as they like, but you will only receive REP for a single survey. Feel free to be as serious (or not) as your characters would ICly be when approached on the street with a survey! It is not required to answer every question. Survey submission is due on January 20th, 11:59 PM EST. Copy and paste the survey below to fill it out! THE HILLS ARE ALIVE 
With the increasing prejudices making the cities' atmospheres too heavy to bear, the stablehands have offered a way to explore the countryside: mounts. Mounts are only sold off to prestigious members of their respective societies, but refugees are offered a trial version to quickly explore the terrain. An emphasis on quickly, because they have until sundown before they turn hostile and eject them. If they expect to be busy after dark, they are advised to dismount and walk the distance back. You might want to pack some camping gear.
Upon venturing out into the open world, refugees will find that that many citizens are displaced. Those that do not agree with the both cities closing its doors have made the choice of leaving of their of volitional, claiming that they have seen tension boil over before and they want their family lines to end over it. However, because of the path they have chosen, they face cold nights and hungry wildlife. The Sanctuary and Altar of Volkkra encourage their workers not to heal the injuries of deserters, but their families will beg those with an affinity for medical treatment for some assistance as they try to journey to more neutral territories. Depending on where you go and which mount you take, they may react differently:
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Tension between the two factions is ramping up at an alarming pace, but you still have to make a living somehow. Job opportunities are available in both Olympia and Wyver, and it is at this point that people are expected to stop being "refugees" and start taking sides. Does this mean you absolutely must commit right now? No! But if you're living and working in Olympia it's going to be harder to move comfortably throughout Wyver, and vice versa. Some refugees might even be considering not picking a side at all... border patrols around both Olympia and Wyver will respond to such refugees with less aggression but equal disapproval; it's frowned upon to abstain, but doable.
The business information for both factions can be found here, and the NPC contact pages here. Currently, the best way to contact an NPC is via PM to handwave an interaction. You do not need to PM the NPC account about getting a job, simply sign up on the correct page under the header. Those businesses without a sign-up header are minor and employment there can be handwaved! FINAL OOC NOTE
Welcome to 2018, Nysans! As we ring in the new year, some housekeeping and reminders from the calendar: the ATP meme/Test Drive is coming up at the end of the month! We no longer do formal reserves, so if you or a friend is interested in trying us out, be ready for those! Apps will be opening February 2! That's one day after January AC ends, and apps will close when we reach 60 apps.
The unaffiliated quest bulletin goes live on January 7! More information about those will be included when they're revealed. A note about quest bulletin scheduling: while it goes live for the first time this month and will have additional quests available in February, new quests will go up during app cycle months after February. This is to make them readily available to all characters as soon as they join, as they do not require faction allegiance to accept! Think of January-February as our introductory period to quests before the regular schedule starts. If you have any further concerns, feel free to PM us directly or use our modbox for other ways to get a hold of us. Thank you!
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QUESTIONS
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As a man with his own personal horse, Reinhardt would likely be venturing out himself. He's likely to come upon these sorts of people. If he was to help them (protect them from the man eating beasties) and get them to a neutral territory, how would he be treated back in Wyver (as this is where he's decided to had his home)? How about in Olympia, as he would help those fleeing refugees too.
Mostly because Reinhardt sees himself as "a knight of the people". He would go out of his way to make sure "the people" regardless of side are safe, protected, fed, etc.
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In short: no one will actually stop him, but those with more extreme views will dismiss his efforts as pointless and potentially insist he get out of town with them until he has his priorities in order.
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(As he is willing to and going want to help anyone who wants to leave, leave)
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A FREE KNIGHT TAKES NO SIDES. ALL PEOPLE IN NEED ARE WORTHY OF HELP.
Now that I got that out of my system....
Yes. He will likely take his horse and sally forth to help all those he can that are trying to get out of dodge, regardless of faction. So this definitely gives me a direction to go. Thank you.
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how seriously will they be taken, and can characters use them to raise their own standing (i.e. "wow that Ocelot is a great guy, he's a real stand-up Olympian citizen).
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1) Going off of the idea of mounts being uneasy in other territories... Jack got a horse as an ACP reward back in Olympia, but the horse was left behind during the move to Wyver because Jack was in custody at the time. If he were to have a friend bring his horse from Olympia to Wyver for him, would his mount be open to that/comfortable with it? Or would there be problems?
2) If someone were to join the Knightryders, would they still be allowed to do unaffiliated quests? Also, would these quests be enough to support someone on their own, or would they need another kind of job to supplement?
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2. They would still be allowed to take quests, yes. Those quests given by Cree will require discretion from anyone who takes them because he is still a criminal, but he has no restrictions on who takes them. Doing quests for Voss requires much less discretion as he is a respected member of society. Many quests are lucrative, but as it would be difficult to do all of them, additional income would be better!
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I also was wondering if more information could be given on the process of joining the Knightryders, and what would be expected in terms of daily work, if you don't mind! How would it compare to Olympia's guard, for instance. Jack would be wary to join given his past experiences, so I'm trying to figure out if he'd go for it or not.
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Due to the freedom Wyver allows for its people, there is much more trouble. The crime rate is higher in Wyver - robberies, loitering, harassment are common on the streets, so much that many Ryders would often turn the blind eye to these little occurances. It's up to the new recruits to settle the small disputes and gain REP from the bottom up.
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Plot with meeee
In general, Mephisto is living under two aliases that he switches between depending on what sort of person he's dealing with (Mephisto Pheles and Johann Faust), and will only be open about being a demon in cases where he thinks it would be more fun to do so! He can also transform himself into small animals that are virtually indistinguishable from the real thing, including a few that are native to Nysa thanks to a good deal of practice. He's pretty flexible with plotting, and is easily drawn to people he finds interesting in some way.
I'd love to do some exploring prompts, especially around Murkwell Hollow because it's spooky and that fits Mephisto's aesthetic perfectly. Also weird shit grows there and there are lots of funny possibilities for threads! Or weird possibilities. I mean, there's giant hallucinogenic mushrooms, a tree that eats people, and a tentacle monster plant?? And also bears. And other spooky monsters. I know I'd love for Mephisto to lose a few days of memories to a Minnu because I love being mean to him, but I'm basically down for anything!
He'll probably be going all over while they've been given the chance to travel so freely, but seeing as he can also just straight-up transform into a bird, he might explore further on his own as well -- and use the element of surprise to scare people by seemingly appearing out of nowhere like the creep he is.
General Olympia stuff, he'll probably answer one survey genuinely and then do a bunch of prank ones to mess with the ones collecting them for shits and giggles. Around Olympia, he'll be making an effort to fit in with the locals and publicly will be more inclined to talk favorably of Olympia over Wyver regardless of how he actually feels on the subject. He can also be found hanging around the red light district some nights because #thirst.
I'm also planning on a network post sometime where Mephisto will be publicly seeking out students interested in learning magic (under his Johann Faust persona) as part of his research with the institute. Students will mostly be limited to those living in Olympia, but he'll include a clause for refugees willing to meet on Thesa if he finds them to be an interesting candidate. Anyone is welcome to attend to his lectures at the institute regardless of whether he's interested in them as a private student. This can also be an IC explanation for how characters learn new abilities through ACP (but is obviously not required).
If you wanna do any specific plotting you can also hit me up on plurk at
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or if you have any other ideas, i'm game for those too!
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I'll be putting up an open log soonish I think that'll have a few exploring prompts, but I can put up a closed prompt for catdog shenanigans while exploring! Maybe somewhere somewhat safer like Flona Cove...? But they could still get carried away by a giant bird or something, which could be a funny way to out each other as not actually being a cat/dog.
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animal shenanigans sound hilarious to me and i'm definitely down! i'm happy to wait for your open log, and if you've got enough energy to put up a closed prompt that would be fantastic! but if you can't, i can wildcard something onto your log.
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Also I got a prompt up over here for you! Let me know if there's anything about it I should change!
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