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Information: Plot Requests
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This page is for suggesting plot ideas (either player-driven events or general suggestions) for perusal by the mods. We encourage players to come up with and run their own events, and would be happy to help refine an idea to best suit the game setting and the other players. Don't want to run your own event? This is also the place to suggest general ideas, such as "I think we should have some kind of weather event where it storms for days and knocks out power and people have to work together" etc. For small events that only affect a handful of players, please consider requesting a mission. You want to hunt for ghosts in the empty hospitals? You want to space walk outside the station and fight zombies with a line gun? Tell us there! As for large scale player-driven events... |
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Large-scale actions are player-driven game plots which will affect more than those directly involved in the planning. This can be anything from a bomb going off to a game show. In general, though, we only need to see a request form if an action will harm or threaten the population, including NPCs. Mod approval is needed for these actions so that the mod team can work with players to ensure balance and plausibility with game canon and metaplot. As with everything in Singularity, players can pretty much do what they want, we'd just ask for moderation. Some examples of large scale actions:
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The general rule with large-scale actions, and any other big deal requests, is to provide enough lead time in case the mods need to discuss any of the details with you. We are not in a mindset to outright reject anything; rather, if something doesn't quite work for us, we'd prefer to talk it out, to see if there's not another solution. The mods may also ask you to postpone your plot to avoid scheduling conflicts with other player plots, and event burn-out for the game at large. If your plot is going to require special items, such as finding a fully functional EMP in the Junkyard, please note that in the description here instead of going to the Requests page. We will approve items on this page if they are related to a plot. |
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Character Name: Jin Tian
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Player/game event. Jin is going to poke the rift; the rift will go temporarily haywire.
Explain in more detail how this will work: Detailed information is here. Basically, over the course of a few months, Jin and some others will build a sort of "rift manipulator" in the hopes of stabilizing the rift. When he turns it on, it'll backfire. Jin himself will be trapped inside the rift itself for the duration of the event. In the meantime, the other station residents will have to deal with the consequences.
The consequences in this case are that physics is basically gonna go "lol nope" for several days. There will be spatial and temporal distortions, color inversions, and other fun things. Toward the end, characters, items and maybe even pieces of the station will vanish into a pocket dimension. Once the event is over, everything will be back to normal and everyone will be returned safely.
This is meant to be a game-wide event for everyone to get in on if they want to, and while whacky and also dangerous things might be happening, the intent is certainly not to get anyone killed. Mostly people will just have to deal with Escher-like staircases for awhile.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? The event will last about ten days (though that's negotiable), and I'd like for it to happen maybe at the end of March or the beginning of April. This will give enough time for Jin to build the machine, and also give time for other people to have events and plots happen between now and then.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Ideally, no one should die from this event, but it'll certainly mess up life for everyone for awhile. And Hypatia will probably be pissed.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? ICA=ICC. Jin will be gone for the duration of the event, but when he gets back Hypatia (and others) will probably have Legitimate Questions.
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yes, in particular characters who will be helping Jin build the rift manipulator. The entire populace of the station could theoretically be involved in the event itself.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? The helpers are all scientists and such who have previously expressed interest in helping Jin. The event itself is meant to be game-wide, however, but considering several different things are going to happen, people would freely be able to take part in only one bit of the event. Unfortunately I don't know if people will be able to opt-out completely, but it's entirely possible that characters could just be in a part of the station that's unaffected.
*Note:* All of this is subject to change based on mod discretion. I would love to work with the mods on making this event more amenable to everyone in general, since I certainly don't want to step on any toes. I'm totally flexible on the nature of the event as well as the time frame, and any ideas the mods or other players have to spruce up or trim down this event would be really awesome :)
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Your Name(s!): Louise and Michi
Character Names: Vriska Serket, Terezi Pyrope (CRAU)
Character Journals:
Nature of the Action: Player plot
Explain in more detail how this will work: EVIL TWINS, HELL YEAH.
When the event begins, characters who use the teleporters will have a 50% chance of emerging from the other end with a shiny new clone alongside them. The teleporters can also glitch and send the clone to a completely different portal to give the clone the element of surprise. This clone is their ~EVIL TWIN~.
(Unless the character is already evil. Then the clone can be their eviller twin. Or their good twin. MUN DISCRETION, I GUESS).
Muns will play their own characters' twins, so what ensues is generally up to the individual. Basically, it's a chance to play a villain for a week! Custom-tailored trauma and mindfuckery for everyone! Yaaaaaaaay!
When do you expect this action to be carried out?
...whenever plots open up again? Er. Sometime in January would be lovely!WHENEVER IS CONVENIENT because suggesting a timeframe hasn't been working out well, herp derp. Aaaand it'll last a week of in-game time.Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences?The clones will doubtless be engaging in illegal activity, yes. Evil illegal activity.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? All twins will be killed off after a week, max - while many are likely to be killed off by players, I'd suggest some kind of failsafe to ensure there are none of them left standing post-plot. As the twins are pretty much just corrupted teleporter data, maybe have them spawn with a fatal flaw in their DNA that kills them off after a week, just in case?
Does this involve characters other than your own? Anybody who would like to opt in.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Players who don't want their characters to spawn twins won't have to.
When this was submitted on the original plot suggestion thread, there was some concern about the number of doubles potentially being present on the station. As stated then, Michi and I are more than willing to put forth the extra work that might be needed to keep things organised if it means we get to retain the clone aspect of the plot (rather than it being a personality swap). We're also open to restrictions on the number of characters that can be cloned - one per mun, for example?
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In any case, we're still unsure about the clone part of this event. We do realize that it's likely the appeal of the plot. The concern about the clones is the lack of accountability for their actions as well as the whole chaos of having extras.
One idea for an alternative we've tossed around is sort of a Jekyll/Hyde thing. Affected characters swap to their evil (or good) counterparts at random (crossing through a teleporter? But not every time?) and do not remember the events that transpire while their evil/good side was running about.
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Dark Samus and Phazon Plot
Name: Sarah
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Player Plot
Explain in more detail how this will work: In Samus' world, there is a very virulent and sentient mutagenic substance known as Phazon. When it doesn't outright kill a creature, it will change their DNA to suit its purposes of planet-wide domination, often giving beneficial boosts of power as well as destroying the brain. In one of Samus' battles against Phazon, she unknowingly helped spawn a creature known as Dark Samus, a combination of a discarded suit of Samus' and Phazon. Its purpose was to spread the poisonous substance across the universe, and in doing so destroy Samus.
So for the plot itself, it would be the rift pulling in Dark Samus. Seeing so many who could be corrupted with Phazon, it would be her goal to take over the station, and possibly utilize the rift to send it out to every possible dimension. I would imagine it would last about a week, the first couple days with people noticing and interacting with the Phazon, perhaps even sighting Dark Samus. Then the corruption would happen, causing some people to die or become obsessed with their new dark master, Phazon itself, and spreading it everywhere. This comes with its own lovely list of side-effects that I would go more detail into.
The last couple of days, Samus would rally a crew, beat up Dark Samus, and in destroying the source of all the Phazon, it would as well disappear from the ship.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? Within the next couple of months? I know that a lot of people have plots lined up and I'm fine with being pushed back for that.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? There could be deaths, there could be trauma, depends on what players choose.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? Samus herself will be rid of the Phazon poisoning from her own canon update, and have a clear conscious from destroying an old memory. Pretty much good consequences.
Does this involve characters other than your own? It can if they so choose.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Permission will be asked for if the plot is accepted. This is certainly not something players have to do, and there will be safe zones, or Dark Samus can just ignore them.
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Character Name: Alex Wilson
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Turning half a Zone into Silent Hill over the course of a week
Explain in more detail how this will work: Here, previously discussed with a mod
When do you expect this action to be carried out? UHHH Probably April or May, after PAX East finishes and I finish my papers.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? HA HA BOY IS IT EVER ILLEGAL
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? Regardless of how the characters succeed at stopping her (killing her or otherwise), Alex will be nearly catatonic for some time afterwards, or until I resolve her second canon update (which I'll write up later)
Does this involve characters other than your own? YES
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? There will be a signup post once this is approved and when we get closer to go-time. Characters not interested in this can simply avoid the affected area.
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Your Name: Pen
Character Name: None
Character Journal: N/A
Nature of the Action: A bunch of white walkers from A Song of Ice and Fire come through the rift
Explain in more detail how this will work: White Walkers are like evil zombie-creating winter fae or something who basically like killing everything that's alive and warm-bodied. So I guess a bunch of them come out of the rift, turn anyone they kill into wights (zombies) and wreak havoc until some heroes kill them or something.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? I have no idea, though a summer event would be very ironic
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Well people will probably die.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? This one won't really be anyone's fault, just the rift spitting out dangerous stuff.
Does this involve characters other than your own? It involves whoever wants to be involved.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? It would be totally up to the player's discretion. If people didn't want to be involved, there are plenty of warm Garden Zones that the Walkers would probably avoid.
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Character Name: Jade Harley
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: System haxx0rs, with a side effect of body modification!
Explain in more detail how this will work: Jade and Jadesprite have been scheming since...oh, about early December to get Jadesprite a body. However, Jade knows that hacking Credits won't work since Sollux got in serious trouble last time. So her solution is two-fold: hack into the teleporter regeneration data AND replace the lines of Jadesprite's data that make her into a sprite with lines copied from Jade's own archives (from somewhere pre-arm removal, so late September).
Something like this has been in Jade's mind since she was SHOJade during the species swap event; while she was an omniscient computer goddess, she managed to locate the files for regeneration but she didn't touch them at the time because she had no use for them. Now, she's just using the memory of its location for her own purposes.
BUT AS A FUN DISTRACTION MEASURE FOR SEMLEY while Jade is busy doing the poking and prodding in what is probably something that's not to be tampered with, Jadesprite is going to be breaking shit. Like some sort of horrible evil person (because we all know Jadesprite is SO EVIL), Jade has instructed her to blow shit up to grab Semley's attention. You know, holding hostages and threatening to blow up important buildings, that sort of thing.
Obviously, there will be a lot more crying than blowing shit up, but there you go.
Jade manages to alter the code and then...well, uh. Jadesprite needs to die to come back as a human, so she. WIll have to do that. (Jade didn't think this through that far, okay.) ANYWAY point is, Jadesprite will be returning as a human, hopefully with no memories of being destructive because that would be sad.
And then Jade gets some sort of punishment for breaking into Extremely Important Documents, because Semley isn't stupid and neither is Hypatia. Everyone's happy.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? Late March, if you're able!
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Sure does.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? Akin to a more severe penalty for Lock-Out: I'm not sure what you would want from Jade, but I'm up for pretty much anything except ridding her of God Tier powers permanently.
Also Aith says that Jadesprite getting a penalty for blowing buildings up and being Jadezilla is fine.
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yes; Jadesprite (
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Yep! Aith! is down with it.
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Character Name: Thor Odinson
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Age switch - general player plot!
Explain in more detail how this will work: The teleporters and the rift seem to out of whack, and everyone who steps into the teleporters steps out of them as a chid or, if they're already a child, and adult. The thing is that instead of just being themselves but younger/older, they're actually from that point in their lives. Thor, for example, would be a few centuries old and the brattiest prince ever instead of being the easygoing god of thunder everyone knows him as.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? Mid-April? For about a half a week, maybe a week?
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Nope, just shenanigans!
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? N/A
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yes!
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Well considering it'd be a game wide, opt-in event, players would be made aware of the plot going down about a week, week and a half before it starts in order to plot and get icons and make others aware of if their character is going to get switched in and out or not. It's just a fun, random event! If they want to avoid it, they can simply not use the teleporter or find one that's unaffected.
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Dark Energon
Character Name: Soundwave (Prime)
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Player plot
Explain in more detail how this will work:
For some months now, Primewave has been working on what is known as a "Space bridge" in Transformers fandom. They are time-space transports like the teleporters that are meant to span over great distances, originally designed and created by Decepticons. In Prime continuity, it's been shown that if someone malfunctions in a Ground bridge (and Space bridge, by default), it can punch into other realities. Primewave was looking to harness his ability to control gateways to other dimensions (including his own).
The idea was to have him succeed, somewhat, but pinpoints the wrong time and location. As such, instead he opens a gateway to his version of Cybertron shortly after it had been infected with Dark Energon. Instead of quickly trying to resolve this mistake he just... decides to go with it, seize the power of Dark Energon and this new zombie army, and conquer this dimension for Megatron and Cybertronian superiority. Not the swellest guy here.
The result: station has a bit of a robot zombie infestation.
What Dark Energon does: The undead Cybertronians' bodies are fueld by Dark Energon. A drop of this energon can animate another corpse or in some cases, cause non-living mechanical devices to come to live with simple-minded and violent dispositions. Dark Energon has also been shown to be highly poisonous to humans (and reasonably other organics as well), although a human can recover with application of energon. Dark Energon has also shown to be somewhat of a drug to the Cybertronians who willfully use it, causing increased stamina, power, etc. at the cost of becoming much more... unhinged (and glowy purple!) because of the power of Unicron.
End result: I imagine the space bridge and any zombies would eventually be destroyed and Soundwave and any allies will get what's coming to them.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? Tentatively May? Latest would be early June.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Yes
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? Punishment by Hypatia for the knowing troublemakers
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yes. It also includes Soundwave (CnC), Knock Out, Breakdown, Shockwave, and Deadlock. It is also the kind of plot that will pretty much affect all participating characters.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? WELP. I have permission from those helping to build it. The plot can be contained to certain zones. unsure on what zone, currently. The Space bridge is being built underground.
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Character Name: karkat vantas and luxord
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: player/plot event; basically a massive game of mafia.
Explain in more detail how this will work: hold on, gimme a sec to switch into my proper grammar mode. it is hard work, kids.
Alright, holla holla. Let’s do this. This little explanatory interlude will be split up into two major parts: 1) logistics, and 2) rationale. Without further bullshit, let’s start with logistics.
So, for those of you who don’t know, Mafia is a game that involves the mafia. Well, not the real mafia, but you get the picture. The game set up has a few individuals randomly chosen in a group to act as the mafia, while the rest of the group acts as civilians. The goal of the mafia is not to extort large sums of money. It’s to kill all those innocent motherfuckers who aren’t in the mafia. Obviously, in return, the goal of the civilians is to citizen’s arrest/kill the shit out of the mafia. Unfortunately for them, depending on how clever the individual mafia members are, they don’t know precisely who mafia is—which, as you can guess, leads to a lot of paranoia and tension.
Now, because Singularity is such a large game, and sessions of mafia need a small, personalized group, having a massive community wide game of mafia wouldn’t work. Muns who decide to participate in this event will need to submit a list of characters they would like to volunteer, and then groups of 10-15 (depending on how popular the plot is) would need to be chosen. No one will be left out if they volunteer; there will just be different sessions of mafia running at the same time. Those sessions will need to be isolated somewhere before the game begins. A manga called Rabbit Doubt used an abandoned warehouse to stage their version of mafia; however, I think cutting off transporters and limiting a small section of a sector for the game would suffice.
Awesome, moving on to the second part of this explanation: rationale. This basically asks and answers how/why this plot would be feasible in game. Yet again, because I’m a debater, and I love numbering the fuck out of things (I literally hold up fingers when I organize these things in my mind), this will also be broken into two major questions that must be answered: 1) How would this set up occur?, and 2) what would motivate the killers?
1) Set up. I’ve got one main idea on the matter, but they’re pretty loose so you can budge them as you see fit. The first is that Hypatia just likes fucking with everyone. She decides it’s an educational endeavor to see who would be more likely to survive/if certain universes churn out more survivors/how do humans act in dangerousass emotional situations/the Hunger Games was an awesome book and she wants to see the second movie NOW. Personally, I think it would be likely, especially considering that psychotic tendency she tends to have—like spacing any assholes who didn’t go to prom. Furthermore, since the majority of participants in these games will die, they won’t remember shit, so they’ll be less likely to accuse her. She can be as blatant about it or as subtle (oh looks like everyone just got redirected to a RANDOM FUCKING WAREHOUSE those silly teleporters!). However, if you don’t want her involved, I’m pretty sure I can come up with some other suggestions.
2) Motivation. If we continue with the Hypatia idea, she could simply offer credits or other goodies to those who survive, encouraging mafia to establish themselves and kill the shit out of people for the sheer douchiness of it. Alternatively, and what I think is more interesting, is having some vital, psychological part of the individual mafia members tweeked. This is how most games, who pull out plots like this, run it. So, while a person who is OOCly chosen to be mafia isn’t the mass murdering sort, if they are convinced that murdering the others is for the greater good/upholds their ideals/whatever key motivation they might have for other actions psychologically, they’ll do it. Yet again, I don’t know if you want Hypatia involved or if she can even do that tweeking, or if a teleporter malfunction could do something—yeah.
We’ll probably need to discuss this shit a lot, especially the rationale, since that seems to be the weakest part of my explanations so far. On AIM I’m Pb2Ag, and on plurk I’m superfluously. I’ve got weird hours due to being in Germany, but I’m sure we can manage it.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? honestly, whenever you guys are ready for it. Probably not this month though, since I am starting german classes and will be freaking out every day until the end of time itself.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? it is pretty fucking illegal
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? but it is not something my character is directly doing so whatever happens happens
Does this involve characters other than your own? yeah
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? not yet, but I assume a general plotting post will happen where muns who are interested will submit the names of their characters. That list will be used in randomly determining the killers and the groups.
Additional note: I understand that a lot of this plot is merely framework, but in order to flesh it out, there's a need for discussion between me and you guys. I also understand that this need for discussion will severely delay the event. That is cool.
(also i am totally working on happy events too so singularity isnt just killing all the time)
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Alright, so if you guys aren’t game for the Hypatia being a massive bitch, Star is a fucking genius, and helped brainstorm some other causes. So, let’s try this shit again:
1) Set up: Anyone who watches anything at all knows that many series love to make use of a “paranoia gas” or some other sort of chemical that heightens a normal individuals paranoia levels and/or massively influences their emotions, typically towards the darker side of things. BBC Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Baskervilles uses this, same with all the Higurashi games and anime. Places that have come in contact with these chemicals could be quarantined, same with people. Which sets up a less Hypatia being a massive fan of Battle Royale, and more along her typical lines of “I am doin’ this shit to help you ungrateful motherfuckers JEEEZ. GET OFF MY HOLOGRAPHIC TITS ALREADY.” Of course, many of the people she quarantines will be completely uninfected by the paranoia gas/chemical (innocent civilians), and when trapped with those infected (mafia), it’s not a happy story.
2) Motivation: The above scenario allows for the individual characters themselves, in whatever warped mindset they might have, to come up with their own motivation for massacring their comrades. This would clear up the confusion in the above scenario on how to get people who aren’t kill-happy to kill.
If you guys would prefer another explanation for rationale that you’d prefer, just ask. I am willing to brainstorm, adapt, change, whatever all night long.
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Character Name: Soundwave
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Player Plot - I am the Brainwasher event
Explain in more detail how this will work: Soundwave has the ability to brainwash people with the SOUNDS OF MUSIC. As such, that is exactly his plan by utilizing the radio towers he created on Sacrosanct so very long ago. The main plan is to brainwash people into peace-loving hippies and to have them surrender their weapons/firearms to one location.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? Wherever you can fit me in! That's what she said.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Probably! I imagine some people would probably be ticked if they found out they were brainwashed to do anything, and it's hard to say how Hypatia would feel about it.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? No direct plans, but I'll accept pretty much any consequences.
Does this involve characters other than your own? Skyfire, directly. It will also affect anyone who wishes to be involved.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Indeed!
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Character Name: Mr. Freeze
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Player Plot - Fear Gas
Explain in more detail how this will work: The plan is that the Scarecrow's fear gas from the DC Comics universe will show up in a nice big ol' barrel of fun in the junkyard. The Joker, being a complete tool that he is, will decide that this station needs some more crazy! As such, he will take the barrel of fear gas and dump the contents into the air vents to spread across the station.
The fear gas will cause hallucinations in pretty much any organic creature. Specifically, it targets insecurities, phobias, discomfort, and disorientation into a believable state for a character, no matter who they are. The best example I have would be the Scarecrow scenarios as seen in Arkham Asylum, which is a delightful mix of Batman's fears with some Silent Hill shuffling on in. We're looking for total psychological breakdowns here, folks!
The fear gas will probably end in about a week or so, due to either Hypatia flushing the station no doubt, or if someone can whip up a cure somehow (which would be preferred, would love to have more player involvement).
When do you expect this action to be carried out? Wherever you can fit it in, would rather have it happen prior to Soundwave's brainwashing event.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? No doubt!
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? I'm pretty sure Hiku is prepared for any reactions that could take place.
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yep!
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? I have talked to Hiku about the Joker's involvement, and she's giving her full support.
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Character Name: Harley Quinn
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Funny you should mention a bomb being set off... Harley is going to blow up a section of Skyfire's hostel.
Explain in more detail how this will work: One thing about Gotham's clowns... they don't really ever require a reason for doing things like this. Harley doesn't like it when things are quiet for too long, and she also doesn't like it when the Bats ignore her Puddin'. It's a constant game of 'look at me, mommy' with them, really. So, she's going to plant a bomb in the hostel, because blowing up innocents is usually a good way of catching Batman's attention! 8D
It just so happens that she'll also be blowing up at least one Avenger and a few mutants amongst a handful of other innocents, but NO BIG, RIGHT???? 8D
Now, no one is going to die in this event, per Jolta's request, but people (and the hostel) will be getting beat the hell up. Player's will be picking their own extent of injuries per their own preferences.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? In June after the Mafia event would be splendorific!
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Oh, so illegal!
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? Harley will be on the run with Terry (and possibly Dick) keeping others from killing the hell outta her. End game hasn't really been figured, but she'll prolly end up locked up for a time, either by Hypatia or the Bat fambly.
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yep!
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Everyone that has to be involved has given their consent and willingness and it will be done in such a way that if someone doesn't want their character blown up, they don't have to have them blown up.
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Character Name: Pinkie Pie
Character Journal: http://apartyinpink.dreamwidth.org/
Nature of the Action: PINKIE PIE PARTY!
Explain in more detail how this will work: Location: G04 She's got supplies saved up and brought with her from home, and about 300 chits I believe to buy picnic tables and clothes for seating and food. She'll just need to find someone to help her bring it all there and set up *stares at Deadpool* And she'll be baking like mad crazy. Not sure how much it will all costs though.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? As soon as convenient with other plots. A pre-date would be nice to know since she's gonna advertise first.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? NOPE
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? WELL THE PUNCH MIGHT GET SPIKED LOL
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yes.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Finn and Deadpool have already volunteered to help, and many characters have shown interest in coming! If people don't wanna come well it's only in a part of one zone. It's easily avoidable.
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Character Name: karkat vantas
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: plot
Explain in more detail how this will work: Basically, 4th wall event. Most games have them, and I'm a little surprised that Sing hasn't had one yet! I understand that a lot of mods or games have kinda a knee-jerk reaction to them and would rather not, but I think it'd be a great idea to get fresh blood in the game/a chance for people to try out new characters. I'll write more of an IC justification for it if you guys are willing.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? Honestly? Whenever. No hardcore timing necessary.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Besides Hypatia being like "goddamnit everyone off the station i hate my life" I don't think so? More of a harmless fun event.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? n/a
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yes.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? There will probs be a plot post before the event itself starts up, allowing for people to opt out etc etc.
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Character Name: karkat vantas
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: plot
Explain in more detail how this will work: silly teleporter malfunction. Basically, a body-swap event. While it’s pretty self explanatory ICly, the OOC organization is going to need to be pretty thorough.
How I’ll set it up:
A week before, I’ll make the first post calling on people who want to participate. There will be a little form to fill out and some rules for emphasis (no killing a character in a different body without the permission of the body’s mun, don’t do creepy shit, etc etc). About three days before the event, I’ll do a second post with the matches—which will be done by a randomized whateverthing (basically, me assigning everyone a number, using, like, random.org or something to put numbers together). It’s going up so long before the event so that muns who really object to who they’ve been paired with can work things out. It seems like this event would have a high chance of wankery and bullshit, which is why these posts need to go up so early. Also OOC contact would be preferred, but the event can happen without it.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? I’d like to swap my mafia event for this. I’d still like to do the mafia event, BUUUUT it ends up, my friend is coming to visit me in Freiburg during it, and I’d need more time and energy to organize that shit. So bump mafia into July, and let me do this in June.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? not really???
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? not all that applicable
Does this involve characters other than your own? yup.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? that’ll happen with the first post I put up, getting people to participate.
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Character Name: Thane Krios
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Small scale Marker construction.
Explain in more detail how this will work: The idea is that the Joker will disguise himself as Jack Napier and work with Thane as a self-assumed psychiatrist. After several sessions and through heavy medications of questionable content, Thane will be convinced to construct a Marker as a means to "curing" himself of his own insanity. However, naturally, the results will not be as expected. Thane will try to request for Hypatia to seal off the zone that will end up "infected" and insist people flee from the zone. From here, it will cause a mini-Dead Space event in a selected zone until Thane works to destroy it. This may or may not include party members, it really depends on who desires to be involved.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? No earlier than late July.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Most likely.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? Ultimately, Thane will no doubt pay for the action on his own terms. Destroying the Marker will help him, but I intend to put him into a brief coma after all is said and done.
Does this involve characters other than your own? The Joker
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Yep!
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Character Name: Commander Jane Shepard
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Shutting down Hypatia.
Explain in more detail how this will work:
Shepard will gather one or (more likely) several teams in secret, brief them, arm them, and then mount a surprise assault on Hypatia and the maintenance ring of the station. The specific tactics will have to be arranged IC by the final group of characters who intend to carry out or be directly involved in carrying out the action, but it will go something along the lines of:
Find transport to the maintenance ring of the station.
Dramatic speech.
Infiltrate that ring like it's a geth dreadnought.
Shoot everything that gets in the way.
Shoot everything that looks important/related.
Deactivate Hypatia's main interface and backups. (Ideally, this should be accomplished without buggering everything else.)
Inevitably bugger everything else.
Escape. (Probably before some large explosions of some kind.)
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Profit.
When do you expect this action to be carried out?
Ultimately, it will have to take place after the next trip to the planet. Shepard won't risk gathering a team, forming a solid plan, or disseminating any detailed intel until she's certain they're out of Hypatia's mechanical earshot. While they have the firepower, this is still going to be a military strike against an unknown quantity and there are far too many unaccounted for variables already. After a trip to the planet, the speed with which this plan is put into action will rely mostly on how quickly they can secure transport (of the variety that can't be easily destroyed by Hypatia) and square away any additional aspects of the mission. (Guns, medical, civilian prep, etc.)
In an OOC sense, it would be nice to do it as soon as possible. Perhaps late August? But I would not object to a longer timetable if everyone is on board but needs more time for shenanigans before we do this.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Oh, most certainly. If this isn't illegal or likely to result in negative consequences, I can't think of what would be.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? Mission specific casualties and injuries are completely open for discussion. For Shepard, in particular, I will accept a wide array of personal injury, disfigurement, or what-have-you. If/When Hypatia turns herself back on, any additional consequences would be acceptable.
Does this involve characters other than your own? Yes. All of them, in fact.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Specifically, no. However, after completing this submission I intend to write up and post an OOC post to the comm. I debated whether writing this first or that first would be most appropriate but I think both, in tandem, would be ideal. Unfortunately, suggesting game-wide-plots like this isn't a simple matter, but I don't want to seem like I'm trying to circumvent either the other players or the mods in the process. If there's a real objection to this plot, in either forum, I more than understand.
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Lately I seem to get the feeling that general enthusiasm within Sing is waning somewhat. I could be wrong, really, but I don't think I am. I don't think this has any specific cause, really I don't, but I think it is something that can be easily fixed.
The problem Sing has slowly developed is a decided lack of direct conflict. When there is conflict, the consequences are negligible. Death is reversible, shouting on the network results in hurt feelings, and occasionally Hypatia flays someone alive to get her point across. For as wonderful as all of you are as writers, and you are, there's just so very little to do when there's nothing at stake. To compound this problem, almost every character currently in Sing is, originally, a very driven character, the kind who doesn't sit idly by for anything, else they're the sort of character who only steps up when danger is present, and that's a problem. They've had to sit idly by for a long while now, with only player plots (and I love these plots, don't get me wrong here, they're awesome) to inspire them.
What I propose, to shake things up, is that some of our characters finally do something about this situation.
There's a homicidal AI. It has proven that it is homicidal. It kills people. A lot. No other person on the station has killed quite so many people, quite so gruesomely or publicly, and has gotten away with quite so much impotent rage. She even installed a security officer and a psychiatrist to handle the population. The gall. I think it's about time that our characters called enough and Shepard, who has all the data and plans prepped and ready to go, will take all comers in this assault.
This is, of course, not to say that everyone has to be Pro-Destroy-Hypatia. Frankly speaking, it's not even a good idea, at that, given just how much of the station she controls. Knocking her offline will inevitably take out the environmental controls, teleporters, medical automation, respawn, and any myriad of other comforts and necessities. Taking her out will force the people of the station to react to immediate needs as a collective, to patch holes in the hull together, to interact, to barter, to deal with the every-day inconveniences and needs of life while still keeping the scenario relatively sci-fi. It will give great power to technological prowess, let all our technically skilled characters do more than just hack credits to make life comfortable. It will give crime and a criminal underbelly time to blossom and appear, giving our villains, morally grey characters, and vigilantes something to do. More than that, it will allow for a real schism to appear between the characters and groups of characters.
Player character conflict can happen on a real scale. Decisions that might effect one character or another aren't just tangental to life any more. Joker messed with Gem? Now Gem can refuse him food, or shelter, or kill him in his sleep. It gives real consequences to actions and encourages people to band together. The last time something like this was in Sing, we had the Spartans v. The Normandy Crew and it was glorious. Let's give everyone a scenario where they can do that again, where it's encouraged. Without the AI mitigating, the other NPCs can shine, as well. Tria will earn more trust, Semley will be more hated or relied upon in equal parts, Etan can really become the lynchpin of the whole scenario. The players can gain access to the Insurgents on the planet and those jobs and needs can be integrated into station life and, even if Hypatia is reactivated, those relationships will remain and add spice to the overall workings of Sacrosanct.
I admit, it may seem like I'm trying to have a Self-Indulgent Mass Effect Cast party over here, as they will likely join her, with Shepard flipping major tables with no immediate repercussions, but I really just want to see some more variety in Sing's activity. Something that isn't just the rush of new people arriving, the hopeless rage at someone being eviscerated after a player plot, or the occasional progression of in-cast CR. This won't be opt out, but it will force every character, insular or not, to go outside of their cast for CR, or whole casts in general to look to others for aid (or in some instances, maybe attempt to destroy them). It's an interesting opportunity, but it's also a big change that will have long lasting consequences in game.
Just please, everyone, think it over before deciding.
And if you have anything you'd like to suggest, be it a change to the barebones plan, more character integration, actions after the fact, mob justice, whatever you can dream up, please, I'd love to hear it. This is an event that should and will hopefully encompass the whole game and inspire everyone again.
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Character Name: Agent Washington (OU) and Agent York (AU)
Character Journal:
Nature of the Action: Player/game event
Explain in more detail how this will work: Jurassic Park event! Right, so: Wash and York did a job for Hypatia this past week in which they repaired a teleporter in Garden Zone 08, only to find that hey, it was labelled skilled and dangerous because it's in the middle of dinosaur territory. They fixed the teleporter, but... apparently not that well, because it's starting to turn on by itself and send anything in it out to a random place on the station. This includes (Jurassic Park-style) velociraptors, T-Rexes, and so forth; I can come up with a list but I'd rather leave it up to players.
ETA: Maybe the dinosaurs' patterns get copied into the teleporters as they go through? That way there's an infinite amount available to randomly pop out of teleporters as desired by players, as opposed to the number of existing dinosaurs already in the zone running out.
When do you expect this action to be carried out? I'm good with any time, but ASAP would be awesome - this weekend, sometime next week, whatever works.
Is this illegal and/or sure to have negative consequences? Well someone might turn into dino food and there might be some destruction but other than that not really.
If so, do you have a plan for what's going to happen to your character? Wash would be motivated to fix it, since whoops it's partially his fault, but I would prefer not to have him involved in the repairs or die at some point in the process just to make things easier. (And by repairs I mean nuking the teleporter. Or the equivalent.)
Does this involve characters other than your own? Anyone and everyone on the station who runs into dinosaurs.
If so, have you gotten the other players' permission? Certain zones can be marked off as safe zones for those who want to opt-out!
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