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ɴᴀᴛʜᴀ orbiters ❰ mod collective ❱ ([personal profile] natha) wrote in [community profile] nysaooc2019-01-08 08:36 pm
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January Outline & CR Meme

Welcome to the January edition of our monthly outlines. Just as last month, we are keeping up with the present trend of including the CR meme alongside it. Naturally, this is open to all players.

As always, 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. For this month, there will be a gamewide plot that will affect the setting from January 11th and on, until the end of the month. Please keep this in mind as you plot!

The schedule is currently up-to-date, so please be sure to keep an eye on that as well. Please read on for final ooc notes in regards to this upcoming event!

JANUARY OUTLINE    

The Storm is Coming —
The cataclysmic visions you saw in your dreams before waking on Thesa have returned. Except, this time, they have overtaken the sky above. In mere hours, Nysa is covered in an endless night. Illuminated only by terrible collisions of stars, exploding like celestial fireworks, the entire planet quakes - seismic activity growing steadily - under the looming threat.

Thesa, in its centuries old grandeur, is shrouded by this calamity. Compared to the destruction of the surrounding galaxy, the space station's slow descent isn't immediately obvious. But those who keep a close eye on the station's systems will notice that there isn't much time before a collision. As the Isles of Nysa were Thesa's protectorate, they have now become its trajectory.

The Mighty Jungle Collapses —


In Wyver, a more imminent threat has materialized. Monsters cobbled together from the worlds consumed by the storm - yours included - have begun to materialize throughout the jungle haven. An indiscriminate patchwork of creature and technology, these abominations are feral things, untamable and purely unique. Some may even possess human qualities among their twisted physique, possibly familiar...

There is no time to study the nature of these beasts. A call to arms rings out in Wyver, imploring anyone willing and able to keep the threat at bay.

Perhaps more alarming is the manifestation of people, suspended in time. Corporeal and ranging in responsiveness to fully aware and completely isolated, these individuals are exactly identical to those refugees had lost to the storm, or watched over in the pods. However, they are stuck in a loop, minutes of their time on replay endlessly. There is no way to banish them, they'll simply fade on their own, eventually.

Stay in the storm's violent reach for too long, and you may become no different than the creatures it hosts. Fighters grow entangled, limbs fused to limbs, weapons, or any other element of the surroundings. The effects will wear off after some time spent away from the fighting's epicenter, though maneuvering out of the chaos won't be easy.

A Muted Empire —


Olympia is not spared by The Storm's effects. The fog that once occupied the farther shores of the Outpost has moved in and blanketed the city with an eerie stillness. You will feel the heaviness upon your shoulders as it mutes and muffles the panicked sounds of the city's civilians. You will not be able to see even a foot ahead of you, and yet you'll occasionally witness the strikes of lightning above you — it illuminates the shining Moon, Thesa, that is ever-approaching.

Naturally, the city is searching for answers. The esteemed scientists and researchers are observing the phenomenon, knowing far too well that this is the calamity that is long prophesied by their forefathers. First, it was the rise of the Great Dragon — and following it, the Storm.

The Darkest Timeline —

In Nadril, the answer seems quite obvious. While the Storm has created quite a few problems in its wake, its strange readings and its effects on current technology meant that Thesaens can, very effectively, rewind and disturb the current flow of time. El Nysa doesn't have much longer, a call to arms will be in effect — this time, not to fight, but to influence the past.

Who would they have to stop to make this seemingly impossible feat reality?

They will have to return to a time where Gods existed, and Darma's role in their incapacitation.

CR 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.
Event Plans. Feel free to use this space to chat about your plans, potential top levels, and other ideas!

Anything Else? Obligatory gif?


FINAL OOC NOTES    
Roles and role sign-ups will be available tomorrow, along with an accompanying IC post. This will kick-start a several-month plot that centers around timehopping and how decisions of the past will affect the future. Additionally, please keep an eye out for an upcoming state of the game mod post detailing what we have planned for the future. Thank you!
smithsonian: (Half smile)

Annie Walker | Covert Affairs

[personal profile] smithsonian 2019-01-09 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name & Series. Annie Walker
Character Age. 34
Photo Reference. is here
Permissions. are over here
Personality Blurb. "Annie, no" vs "Annie, yes" = Annie Walker. A CIA agent with a heart of gold, she's loyal and fierce and all about saving the world, which means she has very little shame in all the things she does. She's very much about style and sass and she is incredibly smart. Loyalty is key (her faith has just been shaken in those she trusts, so, good luck to you), and she puts everything she has into everything she believes in.
Desired CR. The good, the bad, and the very bad. She'll tell everyone that she works for the Smithsonian until she gets to know them and then she'll be apologetic for lying. Maybe. She's trying to protect you, okay?
Offered CR. ... if you have the need to make friends with a woman who can run faster in her heels than you can in your tennis shoes, this is the CR you want. She's protective of her friends and family and takes no shit from anyone. She also has a huge heart and please don't let her near your kitchen. She's fiesty and flirty and again with the No Shame.
Rooming Plans. She has no roommates - adopt a roommate here!
Game Plans. Now that Annie's sure that none of this is a CIA experiment, she's more down for making friends. Whatever this place is, she's not entirely sure she's down, so she's not picking sides, yet. No one's made a solid case for either 'side', and her first loyalty is to her own country, even if it doesn't exist anymore. Her plans for doing some recon are put on hold because of this... whatever it is! She's not Space Minded, so someone help a girl out.
Event Plans. None at the moment, but she'll be involved somehow!

Anything Else?
theflyingone: i'm so pretty (look at)

Re: Annie Walker | Covert Affairs

[personal profile] theflyingone 2019-01-09 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Altaïr has a very similar cover story when he tells people he's a scholar instead of an assassin, so I bet we can have A Time having them suspect each other of being more than they let on. Also, he's a very good (and by good I mean terrible and unintentional) "straight man" in a comedy duo, so that could go well with Annie's shamelessness, to his chagrin.
smithsonian: (Half smile)

[personal profile] smithsonian 2019-01-10 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, she will be very shameless at him. It'll be awful. He'll hate it but adore her maybe probably?. I can't wait while they try and figure out who's the assassin and who's the spy. :D
theflyingone: find waldo (Default)

[personal profile] theflyingone 2019-01-10 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
He's gotten a lot better at putting up with what he calls "nonsense" in the name of getting something done, and I've noticed characters endearing themselves to him similarly in canon and in rp. I think it might be good to get them together on some sort of errand, adventure, or project. Some sort of goal where he can't just walk away because he's a little annoyed. Though, Annie is smart and quick on her feet, so he may genuinely end up admiring her skill.

Currently I'm seeing if he can get some plot action in Nadril's dream inception shenanigans, but he's used to traveling and could be found anywhere before or during the event tbh.
smithsonian: (Default)

[personal profile] smithsonian 2019-01-11 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
They should definitely have a chat or two!
theflyingone: find waldo (Default)

[personal profile] theflyingone 2019-01-20 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
I've got him in Nadril monitoring people's dreams here: https://nysalogs.dreamwidth.org/191659.html?thread=38049707#cmt38049707
Or before or during the Storm just about anywhere here: https://nysalogs.dreamwidth.org/191894.html
Pick whatever suits your fancy!
milesedgelord: thoughtful (pic#11735681)

[personal profile] milesedgelord 2019-01-10 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
I know they said they weren't looking for roomies but with the moon slowly incoming they may want to reconsider... Would Annie want their spare room?
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[personal profile] smithsonian 2019-01-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know they had a spare room! If they offer, she may very well take them up on it (while trying not to appear too eager since she's been in that cheap starter stuff since she arrived).
milesedgelord: Law Daddy (Default)

[personal profile] milesedgelord 2019-01-10 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
It's still the place they started in but had more roommates in the past and ended up doing a lot of work on it. Fun fact. They live in house 69. They would probably make the offer over dinner some time
smithsonian: (Phone)

[personal profile] smithsonian 2019-01-10 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
LOL Miles isn't going to make another amazing phone call?
milesedgelord: Law Daddy (Default)

[personal profile] milesedgelord 2019-01-10 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you really want more awkward phone calls from him?
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[personal profile] smithsonian 2019-01-11 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
She will always appreciate awkward phone calls from him ♥
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[personal profile] milesedgelord 2019-01-12 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Daaaaw Annie.