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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?


fiendennor: (17)

Nina

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-07 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Handle. Nina!
Preferred Contact. [plurk.com profile] ninatherose or ninatherose#5794 on Discord!
Friending Policy. As long as it's somewhere on your profile who you are/that you play here, add away!
Interests. Mainly fandom and RP stuff, occasional RL talk. Fandoms I'm into: FMA, Code Geass, JJBA, Fate/, Final Fantasy, Ace Attorney, KH, Metal Gear Solid, Harry Potter, Avatar/Korra, Love Live, Little Witch Academia, BanG Dream, Critical Role, Persona, Macross! My muselist!
Tagging Habits. I'm Eastern time! I try to at least do one tag every day, usually more. It can be beneficial to arrange a time to do some boomeranging though!
fiendennor: (16)

Diana Cavendish | Little Witch Academia

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-07 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name & Series. Diana Cavendish, Little Witch Academia
Character Age. 18
Photo Reference. Link
Permissions. Link
Personality Blurb. When you start watching Little Witch Academia, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Diana is Anime Draco Malfoy. She's the aristocratic blonde rival from an ancient witching family with hangers-on and lackeys, after all.

It turns out that she's more like Anime Hermione, though. She's a serious young woman who is one of the most talented witches in her generation, not because of natural talent but because of sheer hard work and effort. She's cool-headed and somewhat standoffish, and doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve, but she's actually a very kind person whose sometimes-harsh criticism stems from a place of concern and a desire to help others improve.

She's studious and intellectually curious, and very polite most of the time, though she secretly envies free spirits and those who don't take on as much responsibility as she gladly does.
Desired CR. Anyone would be fantastic! Friends, rivals, people she butts heads and clashes with. It's all great! Study buddies, found family, people who think she needs to take the stick out of her ass... I would especially like fellow witches/wizards/mages/magic people! She'd be super curious about magic that isn't her own.

Also, I really do want to play something shippy with her if possible! Please date Diana. She could use it. (I play her as gay, so WLW only for that however!)
Offered CR. Diana is an exceptionally reliable and driven young woman who will almost always help when it's asked of her, no matter how immense or small the task at hand. She's intelligent and hard-working, and excellent at research and study. She's a good emotional rock, though don't count on her for freely offered hugs.

She's also an exceptionally talented witch as a result of all her hard work, very easily using magic. While she is skilled across the board, her ancestral specialty is in restoration and revitalizing magic, so she's particularly adept at healing and cursebreaking.

If you want to fly, she has her broom back, so can take you for a spin in the air.
Rooming Plans. She lives in Olympia, but I've never nailed down anything more specific than that. Up for anything!
Game Plans. Diana is trying to research the history of this place to try and understand it better. Notably, she doesn't understand how any of this is supposed to help fight the Storm.
Event Plans. She'll be doing her best as a witch to exorcise the spirits of the dead and send them to rest, so anyone else who wants to be part of Team Pass On, you are welcome to join her! She'll be working herself ragged like that.

Anything Else?
Edited 2018-09-07 02:28 (UTC)
priorly: (pic#11694828)

[personal profile] priorly 2018-09-07 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I just want to check in to say I <3 Diana but I sort of stalled on a few of my threads in the last log, particularly the older-Prior ones. I would love the chance to do something else with her, though.
thedarkbond: (dark night maiden)

[personal profile] thedarkbond 2018-09-08 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
If Ren catches her working herself ragged he might take it upon himself to try and make her lighten up a bit...probably by being a weird disaster airhead about the situation (because clearly Diana needs more weirdness in her life, right?)
fiendennor: (24)

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-08 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
ha! Honestly that might just make her feel frustrated. IS NOW REALLY THE TIME SIR
thedarkbond: (leaping knight)

[personal profile] thedarkbond 2018-09-09 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
it's always the time to make people lighten up, says the guy who does this sort of thing even faced with prospective apocalypses
fiendennor: (03)

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-10 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
where's Akko so she can pawn you off on her
thedarkbond: (sabmyu)

[personal profile] thedarkbond 2018-09-10 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
2 bad diana you're doomed to him now
beatupgrass: flying around? (✘ so what're you doing here?)

[personal profile] beatupgrass 2018-09-08 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
THROW A BOOK AT HIM. START AN ACCIDENTAL BOOK CLUB WITH A RACCOON
fiendennor: (14)

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-08 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
SHE WILL

she'll find a good work of fiction that Rocket will love and make a reader out of him yet
icingonthecake: (yeah i don't think so)

[personal profile] icingonthecake 2018-09-09 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
puns aside, i really would like to keep doing stuff with these two. like even if the CR isn't particularly positive, i enjoy the kind of antagonistic but begrudging respect of magical abilities dynamic we have going on.

i'm also down for more stuff with You as well, now that they're both not babs anymore!
fiendennor: (16)

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-09 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! I'd love more of them in that respect. And more of the non-bitties! You will still play frisbee as an adult, Axel!
icingonthecake: (laugh)

[personal profile] icingonthecake 2018-09-12 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
maybe i'll make that an ACP reward, he can just get his stupid frisbees back, LMAO.
fiendennor: (24)

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-12 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
as long as they aren't the flaming spikey frisbees
ayes: (pic#11471763)

You Watanabe | Love Live! Sunshine!!

[personal profile] ayes 2018-09-07 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name & Series. You Watanabe, Love Live! Sunshine!!
Character Age. 17
Photo Reference. Link
Permissions. Link
Personality Blurb. You is a cheerful, energetic girl from a rural seaside town, who loves the ocean (and really all things aquatic), sports, and costumes/uniforms/clothes. She's often a little impulsive, but is a loyal friend who puts the needs of those important to her in front of her own, sometimes to a fault. She wants to make everyone around her happy, though as of late has been growing self-conscious about her lack of useful skills and inability to help people.

Following her kidnapping and torture, she's been struggling to maintain her idealism and had some unhealthy coping, but realizing the power of her music and that she's not useless-- and having Yoshiko here to help her-- has given her more confidence and she's starting to feel more like herself.
Desired CR. Given that You is affable and gets along with most people, negative CR is... difficult, so I want her to make all the friends! She's still concerned about being useless, so people who can teach her important skills are going to be very welcomed.

Also, I want to play shippy stuff with her too! EVERYONE IS WELCOME FOR THIS please date You she would be a very nice person to do that with.
Offered CR. You has little to no combat abilities (other than proficiency in basic judo) and so isn't much of a fighter. She will, however, be insistent on being support-- emotional or otherwise-- as much as possible. If you want a friend or someone to vent to, she's there to help!

Back home, she's an aspiring school idol, so she's proficient at singing and dancing (and entertaining people). She's a skilled athlete, being a national-team-level high diver, and loves working out and weight training. She loves clothes and fashion and can design, sew, and repair clothing. She loves water and the ocean and has learned sailing and navigation from her father, a ferry captain.

She is an excellent cook and loves feeding people. Let her feed you. Let her feed you.
Rooming Plans. She's in House 15 in Olympia, and I think living by herself now, so. Sky is the limit!
Game Plans. While she's been pulled back from the worst of her bad impulses when trying to cope with her trauma, she's still curious by the drugs-sex-rock and roll lifestyle of Easy Good Feelings. People trying to corrupt her would be lots of fun.

But otherwise, please be found family to my beautiful idol girl. I want her to link everyone together that she can, and have close friendships because she is that kind of friendly, affable girl.
Event Plans. As someone with no magic other than what she's gotten here, she's going to be out of her element when it comes to dealing with spirits.

She will try to see if her magic singing helps to put these spirits to rest... or at least bolsters the morale of those doing it.

Anything Else?

hellzone: (Default)

Re: You Watanabe | Love Live! Sunshine!!

[personal profile] hellzone 2018-09-07 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
wanna be roomies? :3

because if not, let's be real, Yoshiko probably hangs out at You's place enough to be roomies
fiendennor: (06)

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-07 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! Absolutely. You will be very relieved to not have Yoshiko too far out of her sight.

Because let's be fucking real that would be a disaster
hellzone: (GRIN ♪ i love this already)

[personal profile] hellzone 2018-09-07 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
and these two rooming helps save the rest of the game from Yoshiko's cooking
fiendennor: (03)

[personal profile] fiendennor 2018-09-07 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
you will cook delicious niceoodles for you, yoshiko!!!!

no fallen angel tears please
mollymocked: (Default)

[personal profile] mollymocked 2018-09-08 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
continues to be endeared by all of these bard girls.
ayes: (pic#11471755)

[personal profile] ayes 2018-09-08 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
he better be!!

take a level in Bard, Molly. Join Aqours on stage.

(he might need higher charisma for that)
beatupgrass: through a wall (✘ i wouldn't be sticking my dick)

[personal profile] beatupgrass 2018-09-08 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
/stares at his DC for vicious mockery that would make Scanlan cry

...Maybe.
ayes: (pic#11471766)

[personal profile] ayes 2018-09-08 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
he needs to read that book that scanlan had, really