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♥ June Event Plotting Post


June Event Plotting Post


Feel free to use this entry for plotting purposes as you please, and use the Mod Question thread below for any questions.

A log will be posted on the day the event begins, but characters are welcome to create their own entries as well.



PROMPT I: Basic Instincts
a man's face in black and white, half-human, half-lion

Randomly throughout the month, characters will find that, depending upon the strength of their deity, they may begin exhibiting some...odd qualities associated with their god. Those whose gods are the weakest will find the desire to give in to these qualities are the strongest, bordering on nigh impossible to ignore. Like an itch in the middle of your back that you can't reach, but you're going crazy trying to get it. The longer your character ignores the desire, the stronger it gets. Those whose gods are the strongest will find the urge there and definitely annoyingly loud, but not impossible to ignore for longer periods of time. And what qualities are we talking about? Well, from strongest to weakest, those qualities are...
♥ Ohma (strongest urge): While normally standoffish and languid, this feline god can also cling to things and people at times with an almost obsessive fervor. They need everyone to know that what is theirs belongs to them, and what better way to do that than to mark what is most important to them? People and things adherents of Ohma deem essential or necessary to their lives will find that their Ohma-driven friends are unusually clingy, wanting to hold hands or press up as close as possible to them. It might be hard to go about your day when an Ohma adherent has their arms around your waist, face pressed to your back or chest, unwilling to let go! Another unusual trait to pop up is their hunting instinct. This seems to come out most strongly around the followers of Ainea and Diacht, where Ohma's predatory instincts cause them to play-stalk and play-hunt their fellow offworlders. It's all in good fun though! Give them a tackle or a tag and the urge to 'chase' seems to go away.

♥ Ainea: The little mouse deity is renowned for her compassion and family devotion, but a little known trait of hers is the need to gather. Whether it be people or things, Aineans will find an overwhelming need to pack-rat and hoard as much stuff as possible. Oddly, things that aren't owned by other people already (such as items from stores or museums) hold very little value to them. But that scarf someone else is wearing? Yoink. That person who catches your eye as they walk down the street? Yup. You're going to be gathering everything you can and everything that catches your eye into a central location - be it your home or some other meaningful place to you - in an attempt to bring together a cozy, happy home. Once you've created your perfect little cozy pile, wouldn't it be nice to just dig in and snooze with all of your favoritest things and people? Of course it would! It just might be hard because people tend to want to go about your lives and you? You'd rather they stay right where they are with you.

♥ Diacht: This is the beginning of the avian god's cycle and when their power is beginning to grow incrementally, but that doesn't seem to be excluding them from the chaos. While known for their honesty and honor, Diacht isn't above their more basic instincts. One of which is an almost comical obsession with anything shiny. What's shiny to a Diacht adherent? Well, that depends on each person. It could literally be a bit of tinsel or metal that glints in the bright early summer sun, or it could be a person with whom you've begun to feel a special connection. Diachtians will feel an urge to rush in and snatch up what catches their eye the most, which could put them at odds with both Aineans and Rawnas trying to hold onto their belongings. Beware of the Ohmans who might be stalking you from the shadows, too. If you manage to successfully make off with your latest prize, where better to stash it (or them) than high up, right? You'll be wanting to take over a high perch in town, which might put you into direct confrontation with the Rawnans as you bicker over who really has the right to claim the town fountain, the research towers, or the newly discovered colosseum as their own.

♥ Rawna (weakest urge): Currently the strongest of the deities, adherents of the draconic god will find these urges the easiest to ignore for the longest possible time. The desire is still there, however, and seeing everyone else go buck wild around you might just trigger something deep within: a sense of territorialism. That's your stuff they're taking! And your people! And hey! That's your house! That's your garden and no one else is allowed inside! The urge to protect and keep what's yours for you and you alone is extremely high this month. Sharing is not caring, thank you very much. In fact, it might be easiest to keep an eye on all that you own if you're also the owner of the highest points in town - the town fountain, the research towers, and the newly discovered colosseum. Rawna adherents will find themselves fighting and bickering among themselves and with the Diacht followers to claim ownership of the highest points of land that they can find. Don't be too violent though! No one likes a sore loser. They'll also want to watch out for the Aineans who might just steal that which you hold dearest.


PROMPT II: What'd You Say To Me?
a stack of pancakes with heart-shaped butter and the Simlish language written around it

With the gods so thoroughly distracted by their baser needs, it seems something fairly important to the off-worlders' lives has also gone on the fritz. Randomly throughout the month, characters may find that they suddenly can't understand each other. The universal translation magic that's been holding everything together will randomly cut in and out, like spotty WiFi at a public bus station. You could be in the midst of a conversation and suddenly everything that comes out of your partner's mouth turns to gibberish, or just into their native language which you, unfortunately, don't seem to understand. Speak every language fluently? Have a spell that makes you telepathic? Chances are, it won't work. Whether it's written, spoken, thought or gestured, the language barrier is nigh insurmountable whenever this malady passes over you. Thankfully, as with most things here, if you and your conversation friend decide to touch for awhile, the effects wane and pass on as if nothing had gone wrong at all. Let go and it might come back though, so you best be prepared!

EDIT: like most prompts, this event is OPTIONAL, so if you would prefer your character not be affected, you are welcome to have the effect not trigger at any time. However, other characters can and will be affected as much or as little as they desire regardless of your character's abilities, so the result may be some very odd one-sided conversations.


PROMPT III: Dancing with the Gods
animated gif of two handsome gents from FFVII shaking their booty to a rhythm game

With offworlders and natives randomly being unable to understand each other, and the gods' magic going so haywire, the people have decided that there's only one language that everyone understands that no one needs to speak to comprehend: The Language of *~Dance~*. Throughout the city, people will be breaking into interpretative dance, breakdance, ballroom dance, whatever it takes to liven things up with music, song, and little booty-shaking. Feel free to grab a friend and boogie down in these fun and free dance sessions!

As the dances grow in popularity, they catch the eye of the Entertainment District's biggest players and soon, a dance competition is announced. A large and technologically elaborate stage is constructed in the city square, with advertisements being pushed to every device and every citizen calling for those who like to Move It Move It to show the city what they got. At the end of the month, characters can participate in a large scale dance competition alone (how sad and unlikely to win) or with a partner (preferred!) or with an entire troupe of people (ooh amazing!) and win a very large dora prize. The prize is enough to land someone in free housing a month's stay in one of the upscale homes, in fact, so it's quite the luxury.

Dances are judged on originality, costumes, rhythm, music choice, and something called "The Dazzle Factor" that no one can seem to agree on. The judges are a panel of the Entertainment District's hottest stars, something that makes all of the natives go absolutely wild even if the offworlders might look at the names and think "...who?" Get your team together, practice your routine, and be ready to star in Havenwell's first Dancing with the Gods!


PROMPT IV: Gotta Make Money to Spend Money
With the aid of VR technology, the stage for the dance competition is set up to do things like change the background of your stage, lights, sound, virtual smoke and fog, whatever you need to make your dance kick it to the next level. The only thing it can't do? Make you dance well or change your costumes, that part is up to you! And how do you get good costumes? Pay for them, naturally.

Clothes in Havenwell for more than just offworlders are starting to become a thing, although the availability of good clothing and custom clothing can still be quite expensive. With natives and non-natives alike trying to vye for the latest fashions and outdo one another on the stage, what little was available is pretty quickly gone from the shelves, leaving the few tailors in town charging premiums for any new products that are needed. Luckily, the wheels of capitalism don't stop, even in this faraway land, and paid jobs are currently plentiful. If you aren't looking to join in the festivities, don't despair! The dora you earn through these tasks can just as easily be spent on other goods and services as you like. A job board is posted in front of tailors and other shops, advertising the following things that people are willing to pay to get done:
  • Research Towers: Attention, Offworlders! We hear your calls for innovative cuisine! Create a recipe using available ingredients in Havenwell (replicated or not) with a friend and describe it in detail for potential use in future replicator recipes. We only require that you and your friend taste test and be able to describe the taste, texture, and feeling this food gives you. Please deliver your completed recipes to Research Tower East. Edible and named recipes, regardless of whether they are utilized or not, will receive dora in exchange!
  • City Council: Attention, Offworlders! We have heard that "homesickness" is a thing that many people might be experiencing and we have heard you! Please are paying for people to bring us examples of your home cultures - be it stories, plays, history or something else. Dramatic reenactments, video recordings, and physical recreations are preferred.
  • Entertainment District: Attention, Artists! We are experimenting with new synthetic materials that may be useful for your artistic endeavors. Please visit your local museum to pick up a sample pack. Payment for acceptable artistic creations that utilize these new materials in a new and innovative way is being offered. Materials include: new colors of synthetic paints, a more malleable synthethic clay, and a synthetic marble for carving. Offworlder models preferred.
  • Business District: Help Wanted! We are looking for delivery drones. Those interested should contact the delivery center. Requirements: be capable of moving quickly, carrying large loads of cargo, efficient, and safe! We need machinery, building supplies, personal packages and more shipped and delivered across all of Havenwell. Most packages currently awaiting delivery will require a minimum of two people to deliver. For those without transport, we are offering a crash course in piloting our newly minted three-wheeled delivery scooters.




This event will run from June 13th to 27th. Click on each prompt's title to see the text. If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to the FAQ or to the Mod Question thread below.
gatescostmoney: icon of MMD Sasuke shrugging it off (They are all in any case boring!)

Sasuke Sarutobi | Diacht

[personal profile] gatescostmoney 2020-06-12 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Sasuke will collect the shinies and so will his crow familiar... because he's a crow and does that anyways? I'm looking for characters who have anything that coin-like. Could be actual coins, circular metal things, metal hex nuts, anything. He may also try to grab long ponytails or ribbons/headbands which he won't be able to take off into the heights with. Look separation anxiety ninja misses his master more than he cares to admit.

Someone please get Sasuke to dance. You can have instant backup dancers via ninja skills.

Being from the Sengoku Era, Sasuke should have pretty archaic sounding speech. However, the game has him rather modern sounding compared to others. What I'm saying is that he's probably going to be both archaic and modern.
Edited (Added language stuff) 2020-06-12 03:46 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sweetlies 2020-06-12 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Fun fact! Ciel has been growing his hair out his past couple games so he has a couple years of growth that he sometimes pulls back into a ponytail XD especially if he's planning to go work on the Baths some more.
gatescostmoney: icon of MMD Sasuke looking worried ("Not so ready yet")

[personal profile] gatescostmoney 2020-06-12 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, wonderful! Ciel won't have to worry about Sasuke tugging hard on the ponytail, but he may just hold on and not want to let go...
sweetlies: birthday commission, dnt ([190])

[personal profile] sweetlies 2020-06-12 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
He'll be so confused like.. you okay back there, buddy? something stuck in his hair? besides you?
gatescostmoney: Sasuke looking forward and moe (Trade off you've done your share now)

[personal profile] gatescostmoney 2020-06-12 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
This ponytail is the wrong color
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[personal profile] sweetlies 2020-06-13 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
:O That is his natural hair thank you very much

oh god i can't wait for these shenanigans.
gatescostmoney: merch art of Sasuke relaxing against sakura (Blooming plenty here at hell's ending)

[personal profile] gatescostmoney 2020-06-13 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Me neither. It's going to be so silly and fun
firstbump: ardbert standing dramatically with a bloody axe and making people think he's actually cool (Default)

[personal profile] firstbump 2020-06-17 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I know we wanted to get our guys threading at some point but have no idea what. Unless it's like... either he or Ardbert spots the other practicing with their weapon and try to talk to each other. Except only Ardbert would be able to understand Sasuke. Could be funny? Not sure.
gatescostmoney: icon of Sasuke with his hands behind his head (Oh well let's end our idle gossips)

[personal profile] gatescostmoney 2020-06-18 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hm, Sasuke has been feeling pretty restless due to Diacht's influence. I could have him practicing with his shuriken, and they can interact. That's something that is likely to happen.

I also see that you have a delivery option on your plotting comment, and that can also be something they can do. Or maybe one can flow into the other.
firstbump: ardbert standing dramatically with a bloody axe and making people think he's actually cool (Default)

[personal profile] firstbump 2020-06-18 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhh, the delivery combination could work! Have Ardbert delivery something, notices the shuriken embedded in a target, asks questions?
gatescostmoney: icon of Sasuke smiling (The young lady over there let's dance)

[personal profile] gatescostmoney 2020-06-18 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Sasuke is helping restore the baths, so what if they work together to deliver something there? At some point, Sasuke can clear some vines away with his shuriken.
firstbump: ardbert standing dramatically with a bloody axe and making people think he's actually cool (Default)

[personal profile] firstbump 2020-06-18 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhh yeah, distance clearing is the only way to go with those! ... also Ardbert would have his giant axe in his inventory but probably be wearing his armor so it uh might come up sooner. XD
gatescostmoney: icon of Sasuke looking confident with his arms crossed before him (Rai rai captivated by the world's vanity)

[personal profile] gatescostmoney 2020-06-18 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
It very well might! This sounds good. I would be happy to write a start, or if you'd like to write one, Sasuke's top level is right here.
firstbump: ardbert standing dramatically with a bloody axe and making people think he's actually cool (Default)

[personal profile] firstbump 2020-06-20 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I could write a starter since I don't have a toplevel yet! I'm just going to be a bit slow since it's kinda late at night. But I will give you something soon!
gatescostmoney: icon of Sasuke smiling (The young lady over there let's dance)

[personal profile] gatescostmoney 2020-06-20 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
I look forward to it! Though, take as much time as you need. There's no rush; I'm happy to backtag.
firstbump: ardbert standing dramatically with a bloody axe and making people think he's actually cool (Default)

[personal profile] firstbump 2020-06-23 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh good thank you! I am going to be slow for sure because a new project at work and also. Well, everything going on right now. But have a tag!