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ɴᴀᴛʜᴀ orbiters ❰ mod collective ❱ ([personal profile] natha) wrote in [community profile] nysaooc2018-09-06 05:33 pm
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September CR Meme & Outline

Welcome to the September outline! While outlines aren't exactly the newest thing we've done here, this one is particularly special because it's the first time we're combining the outline with the CR meme. We're hoping this will help alleviate problems with plotting and facilitating CR in the past, as now players know exactly what they're plotting for.

Outlines give players a general idea of what will be coming up in the month, and you're free to interpret it however you like. If you have any questions or would like to start threads early, please feel free to! There shouldn't be any gamewide plot that would restrict players from pursuing their own personal plots; if there were, we will mark it! The upcoming event/intro log will go into detail and have specific prompts and scenarios you may play out, but in general, we would like players to have freedom to play whatever they like. Please look forward to that!

Quests will be released on September 20th and will be the primary method to receive REP from any of the three major cities.

As a final note, CR Memes are open to all players!
SEPTEMBER OUTLINE    

Week One —
The red dwarf sun continues to rise and set as though the calamity had never happened, and the moons Thesa and Alria continue to shine brightly in the nights as though the Natha are still watching. To those that came from Thesa, this event had taken place two lengthy months ago; to the average native, whose time had stood still, it's a catastrophe that is still fresh on their minds.

And even still, life goes on. Olympia goes about their days humbled by Darma's frozen gaze, whereas Wyver is shamed by Ysverai's frozen wrath. It's no surprise that up in Thesa, the newly awakened are preparing to descend to this new El Nysa as well.

The Natha Orbiters are no longer watching, but it doesn't mean that you're out of allies. Nurray of Nadril has offered to utilize Natha technology to set a beacon in her colony. As the colony provides high-speed transportation to both Olympia and Wyver, you might find that it is an ideal location to start off with before venturing out into the once-warring cities. You'll be offered an opportunity to declare one of these cities, Olympia or Wyver, your home.


Week Two —
Event. An eerily still night settles over Nysa on the 8th. All over the isles, an otherworldly hum lilts from up above. Some may hear it in the sky, in the leaves of trees, or between stone edifices, filling the air around them. Most speculate it’s emanating from the still rotten battlegrounds, or the imposing statue of Ysverai. Travel to these locations, and the tone may resonate louder, but it will remain impossible to pinpoint. The sound waxes and wanes until sunlight crests on the horizon, severe orange light bringing an end to the disquieting night.

With the sunlight come the spirits of the dead, their souls restless in the wake of Ysverai’s destruction. They wander the battle fields and city streets alike, appearing anywhere the great dragon’s wail reached. The search for resolution is shared by all of the roaming spectres. Some yearn to see a lover once more, some toil to recover a lost family artifact. Others simply want their remains given a proper grave, or cry for vengeance.

Satisfying each ghost’s desire will put that soul to rest, though there are some who cannot be pacified in such a way. Exorcisms fill in where other techniques fall short, banishing spirits steeped in malaise or incapable of finding their own way. Of course, passages into other realms of existence are two way roads, and the myth of summoning creatures from the other side can be quite the temptation.


Week Three —
Quests. The spirits of the dead might be out and about, but life still goes on, regardless. As the dead in Olympia and Wyver continue to be laid to rest, communications from the north reveal that Magda has gone missing from Nadril. With the disappearance comes a reintroduction - Cree has returned to the Gilded Cage, resuming his position as a leader of the underground. Hard times for the layman are a criminal's most bountiful opportunity, and, as always, Cree is willing to share in his profits. When it comes down to it, there are always things that need doing, and who better than the refugees to handle it? After all, they’re blessed by Thesa. Surely they can help make things easier in these trying times.

The quest board will go live later this month. It will include opportunities for characters to earn REP from Olympia, Wyver, and Nadril, as well as the opportunity to earn money and other artifacts from the Gilded Cage.


Week Four —
Ysverai’s scourge is a tragedy that will go remembered for centuries, tales of the calamity already woven by song and ink alike. The great nations of Nysa, while looking to the future and working to restore their former glory, recognize the need to maintain their pasts - not as Olympians or Wyvers, but as Nysans. A great memorial has been proposed between Simwe and Shanrian, both leaders looking to their own people for contributions. Supplies, manpower, and creative direction are all sought after, an effort to create a monument that resonates with everyone who gazes upon it. The endeavor commemorates not only mutual loss, but a shared devotion to a future in which such catastrophe will never come to the people of Nysa again. The leaders will also be seeking suggestions as to where to put it.

With this memorial, the remaining souls that have been haunting all of El Nysa will be finally put to rest.
CR/INTRO MEME    
Handle. What do you go by?
Preferred Contact. Your Discord/Plurk/etc.
Friending Policy. Is it okay for players to add you? Would you prefer a heads up?
Interests. Talk about what you're into or what others should expect when they friend you on Plurk or elsewhere. Feel free to link to your Muselists.
Tagging Habits. Your timezones, tagging speed, etc.

Character Name & Series. Self-explanatory.
Character Age. Self-explanatory.
Photo Reference. Link
Permissions. Link
Personality Blurb. Briefly explain your character's personality. What kind of person are they?
Desired CR. What kind of CR are you seeking? Are you interested in negative or positive CR? What kind of CR would benefit your character and/or achieve or your RP goals?
Offered CR. Alternatively, what sort of CR would your character be able to offer? This is a good place to (briefly) talk about their abilities, too.
Rooming Plans. Starter housing is provided for newly displaced (essentially, newly accepted characters) for the first month of their time in game. However, you can use this space to speculate where you'd like your character to live, or secure some roommate shenanigans. Go wild!
Game Plans. El Nysa is full of endless possibilities. Sooner or later a decision of where their alliance will lie must be made... unless they decide to no sides. What are your plans with this setting? Will they start a business? Will they explore El Nysa, and discover more of their secrets? Will they choose sides? Are they more Wyver or Olympia (given your current knowledge)? What are your REP goals? This is big picture conversation.
Event Plans. Feel free to use this space to chat about your plans, potential top levels, and other ideas!

Anything Else? Obligatory gif?


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[personal profile] particlebarrier 2018-09-07 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my gosh, yes please!! I'm canonblind as heck, but Phos seems really interesting!! ...and inevitably awkward flirting will ensue, I'm so sorry in advance....
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Alex

[personal profile] deadthenred 2018-09-07 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Handle. Alex
Preferred Contact. [community profile] lightfellows, journal PMs
Friending Policy. Add away
Interests. My beautiful cat, the American Civil War, Final Fantasy nostalgia, overdone journal coding. (I am also [community profile] vigils.)
Tagging Habits. PST, I try to tag everyday but sometimes I can't. Sometimes I am quicker than that.
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Mai | ATLA

[personal profile] maipokerface 2018-09-07 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Handle. Melonbread
Preferred Contact. PMs or [plurk.com profile] goodluckstarfighter
Friending Policy. Sure, come on down. I prefer if folks have their characters somewhere in their profile or something to let me know who they are but it's not a must have.
Interests. Anime, manga, video games. Some of the series I actively keep up with at the moment include Pumpkin Scissors and The Ancient Magus' Bride. I also have a score of Twitch and Youtube people I keep up with.
Tagging Habits. EST, I tend to tag every two or three days. I aim for daily rounds of tags and sometimes it works out.

Character Name & Series. Mai, Avatar: the Last Airbender
Character Age. 18 (though she's been in Nysa a year now so 19?)
Photo Reference. Link
Permissions. Link

Personality Blurb.
Mai is known for her apathetic expressions and her somewhat abrasive demeanor. She's done a bit of growing up in the years since the end of the war and at 18 (going on 19 now, I guess) she's softened up around the edges some. She has a deep affection for her baby brother Tom-Tom and has learned to let emotions slip through that stern mask of hers more often.
Still sarcastic though.

Desired CR.
Anything and everything. If you're part of the Gilded Cage, the Knightryders or the Fields of the Exalted you'll likely know or recognize Mai. After a year here she's finally ready to be more... friendly, in a way. She talks to more strangers, holds conversations easily and all that. I have no qualms about people making her a little salty/getting on her bad side so please do.

Offered CR.
If you prove to be a good friend then Mai will have your back pretty much indefinitely. She's a good marksman and fairly limber/agile. She can be snarky with you too.

Rooming Plans.
Normally she has a fairly cheap apartment in an okay part of Wyver.

Game Plans. Eventually I would like Mai to unlock some of those Wyver powers, either fire or dark. Haven't quite decided there. Now that Mai's accepted this place as home and has accepted those in pods likely won't be waking up anytime soon, I'm looking to have her move on and make friends/a found family of sorts here is possible.

Event Plans.
I'm on hiatus this month but I'm open to thread ideas.

Anything Else?
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[personal profile] torchwoodteaboy 2018-09-07 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name & Series. Ianto Jones (Torchwood)
Character Age. Twenty...five? He started out as twenty-four but his birthday just happened so depending on how time passes here, he is one of these.
Photo Reference. Ianto in his element he totally loves camping
Permissions. Here is Ianto's permissions post
Personality Blurb. Ianto Jones is a complicated man. Quick with a witty quip or jab, he's also prone to bouts of melancholy and self-doubt. Despite being still quite young, he's lived through some fairly traumatic experiences and they have left their mark. Even despite this, he's a man who thrives on a challenge. He loves a good mystery to unravel or a difficult puzzle to solve. Once he has made a friend, he cares deeply, guards fiercely, and loves unconditionally. He can be fussy and a bit of a nag at times but it's all in the name of love. It's getting him to take care of himself that becomes the challenge.
Desired CR.
- Friends for him to talk to, people who he might be able to grow close to. He's a pretty melancholy guy and he needs more people in his life :c
- Ianto likes to get himself into trouble where and when he can so either people who would get themselves into trouble with him, or people who might rescue him out of it
- Fellow skeptics? Ianto is a skeptic of many things himself and he loves to dig and solve a good mystery where and when he can
- Ianto loves to fuss so if there is something for him to fuss over for your character, whether it is a physical or emotional need, offer yourself to him for his gentle attentions
Offered CR. This kind of goes hand in hand with above, but Ianto can offer you:
- Someone to fuss over your character in some way!
- Someone to question just what the hell is going on with you
- Someone to give you a gentle rundown of everything that's happened so far (as well as he knows)
- Someone to gently snark with you and offer witty sarcastic banter
- Someone who may or may not be able to read your emotions through touch (he may be gaining this as a power!)
- Someone who makes a damn good cup of coffee
Rooming Plans. Ianto rents a room with John Sheppard in Olympia; he also recently just got a job in a cafe as a barista
Game Plans. Ianto is very happy living where he does in Olympia (Wyver is TOO HOT!!!). He has just found himself a job at a cafe and in general he is working towards earning a salary so that he can afford a better place to live -- and then maybe open a business of his own! He is also looking to earn enough REP to be able to rescue Myfanwy from pterodactyl jail or wherever she is stuck right now, though he has no idea what he'll do with her once she's free. He'll get to that once he's managed it.
I'm thinking of having him start up a personal archive of everything he's encountered/collected in game, which will be a personal IC/OOC project of mine when I get the free time to start on it.
I'd also like to get him in on some QUEST ACTION since he hasn't had the opportunity to do any of that yet!! Also he is hopefully gaining an empathic ability from the TDM so he will be learning how to deal with that as well.
Event Plans. Ianto worked for a super secret organization and they handled ghosts before, even if they weren't QUITE ghosts. He's a bleeding heart so he would definitely want to help out these lost souls however he could, especially given this new empathic ability he has (hopefully) gained recently.

As I said before as well I'm looking to have him involved in some QUESTS in whatever ability I can!

He has also started working at a cafe for the first time since before working for Torchwood so it's a major step back in his eye but NEEDS MUST so if you'd like to plan something with him and his job at the cafe -- he's probably not only making coffee there but also waiting tables. Sometimes his roommate stops by to get a coffee and keep him company. You know, the usual!

Anything Else?
Edited 2018-09-07 00:47 (UTC)
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[personal profile] particlebarrier 2018-09-07 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
HAHA I just didn't want to assume anything before talking to you guys! If asked to live with Keith and Allura, Lance will very happily do the thing.

And presumably Keith will die, but.....
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[personal profile] kingforboth 2018-09-07 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
They do have a lot in common! Kelson will just be happy to talk religion with someone. His kingdom is catholic/anglican so he's in for a bit of a culture shock here!
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[personal profile] hedonistic 2018-09-07 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
sdlf;laksf "The Hedonist", huh.

slowly glances at username. . . .

(hi alex it's batty im inCREDIBLY HYPE for this cr)
icingonthecake: ([gag] glaring)

[personal profile] icingonthecake 2018-09-07 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
/continues (politely) annoying you forever
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[personal profile] kingforboth 2018-09-07 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Kelson needs Ianto in his life.
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[personal profile] stargatemedic 2018-09-07 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
RODNEY.

What John failed to mention to you, Rodney, is that Nadril is frozen over. It's all ice. So, not much better than the jungle, tbh. Not that TJ has an opinion, she's still homeless-ish, too.

But yay! I'm so excited for Rodney because he's my fave Stargate character. TJ will definitely be there to patch him up and perhaps go along on ghost hunting things.
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[personal profile] priorly 2018-09-07 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oh i was assuming it was some kind of fantasy faith - is it a version of our world?
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[personal profile] nineteenfortyfive 2018-09-07 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
let's cook
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[personal profile] shipoftheseus 2018-09-07 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Lmao good luck Lance...even if you succeed you will be disappointed.......
kingforboth: (well okay)

[personal profile] kingforboth 2018-09-07 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
It is! Gwynedd's an AU of our world, Kelson's kingdom is most of England bits of wales and all of scotland. ^^ he hung the pope. They had a religious crisis.
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[personal profile] torchwoodteaboy 2018-09-07 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
why hello there kelson what kind of cr would you like with ianto here?
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[personal profile] quintessent 2018-09-07 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Lance is more than welcome! I say, regardless of Keith's say in the matter. (No Jenn is fine with it too!)

(For the record this is how she first pitched it to me: "keith lives in a treehouse by himself in wyver like a fucking orangutan ... is allura moving in" so you can understand the enticing appeal.)

But it's a very nice tree house with plumbing ??? Allura isn't going to let them live like wild animals.
Edited 2018-09-07 00:56 (UTC)
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Re: Enjolras

[personal profile] icingonthecake 2018-09-07 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
since Axel's canon update, he is also in the 'I died but I'm still here apparently' boat. i'd love to have Axel continue perplexing/annoying Enjolras and perhaps they could bond over this rather unusual situation at some point in the future.
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[personal profile] priorly 2018-09-07 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
We can see what opportunities the quests present. He's also going to be Troubled by Ghosts while also probably vaguely sarcastic and shittalky about them because why is this his life. So if John struggles with ghosts Prior has the previous experience he'd be happy to share.

And yes I do! S ooomething terrible, probably. Maybe even something where John's forced to have a whole emotion.
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[personal profile] kingforboth 2018-09-07 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
I generally like to see where CR takes us but Kelson always needs people to fuss over him XD. He'll be quite confused here with the lack of people fussing.
icingonthecake: (what the eff)

[personal profile] icingonthecake 2018-09-07 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
as a fellow maker of terrible decisions who kind of learned his lesson and is now trying to be a less shitty person, i feel like maybe Jesse and Axel would get along. and possibly get into a lot of trouble. could be fun. Axel also basically worked for The Mafia, so he'd be down for some shadier stuff too, so long as nobody was getting hurt (unless they deserved it). i doubt he would start anything especially shady without good reason, but he'd absolutely be down to participate.
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[personal profile] idealisme 2018-09-07 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Poor Axel, that's a weird situation! I'm super keen to continue their CR :D

Enjolras put up a network post yesterday if that's something Axel would respond to. Otherwise, what's Axel up to for the event? Is he facing any of his own ghosts?
quintessent: (We're made for more)

[personal profile] quintessent 2018-09-07 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Gently holds their CR close...
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[personal profile] torchwoodteaboy 2018-09-07 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
tj you and ianto need to continue the beautiful cr that was started with that awkward conversation that began it all HAHAHA

i figure enough time has passed since then that they can put that awkwardness behind them and get to know each other a little better? if she's spending any time in/around olympia at all they could meet up somehow/somewhere there, otherwise they could do something together for this event!
idealisme: (Nous partons en croisade)

STILL ME

[personal profile] idealisme 2018-09-07 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hooray! Is Kelson going to face any of his own ghosts for the event? I'm thinking Robb might meet some ghosts of his family
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[personal profile] particlebarrier 2018-09-07 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
I just looked at what you had written in Ren's CR meme info and cracked up laughing. Lance is definitely good at being loud and forcing people to deal with his existence alright, pffff. These two should definitely run into each other in some capacity! Maybe while the ghosts are out and about so they have a common goal to work towards? :3

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