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June Event #1 Plotting Post

JUNE 2018 GAME EVENT 2 PLOTTING POST

Welcome to the newest event! This is an exciting time and the event provides several chance encounters for your characters. Remember, everyone, all things in this game has consequences so don't think this will be the last you hear of this event.

Or maybe it will be. What do we know?

If you would like to plot or plan for any encounters, feel free to use the form below and post around! Have fun with this event. Use it to explore whatever you like of the town or make IC connections. Enjoy!

Remember: This month does require 20 points of your overall AC to be horror-centric! Horror-centric means that your character must, in some way, be impacted by something horror in the game's setting. It does not need to be through the month's plot. They cannot just be talking about something scary, but actually engaging with one of the many horror elements within the game, whether that's exploring a creepy part of the forest, encountering a monster, boarding up windows against a monster attack, facing psychological horror, etc. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to ask.

Horrorshow Months are always: October December February April June August

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[ N.B Those who have me on plurk are aware that a series of unfortunate events (badoom ching), saw me offline again for a few weeks :| I know there were a bunch of people I'd chatted about doing things with last month and while I can happily delve into some backtagging, please do come at me for this month instead, if you prefer. ]

Character Name: Scarlett Harker
CR Wanted: This is probably the only time you will ever see Scarlett in a dress so... clearly everyone should interact with her at some point, for my own post-event amusement.
CR Not Wanted: Does not compute
Ideas for obtaining horror points:
- Scarlett gets pulled into the ground by one of the statues. As somebody who is afraid of confined spaces, this is pretty well her worst nightmare.
- Spider-smash.
- So those dudes with their crimes hanging around their neck? Scarlett will be extremely lacking in self-control when they start going into gruesome detail. Just sayin.
- Choose your own horror-venture?
Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:
- Really keen to have some fun with the various drinks. In particular; Gold (Truth) Silver (Lies) & Black (Flirt). - Scarlett is too serious. Some mind altering concoctions is a great way to expand her CR in various (and lbr, amusing) ways.
- If you'd like a glimpse of Scarlett's past, I can go for some Clockwork Theater. Truthfully, her most traumatic events involve the death of others, not the near death of herself but I have a few scenarios I can throw out for this.
- Some survival horror/struggling against the elements? Due to her fast healing, its hard to play around much with injuries but long-term exposure to the cold would mess with her because she doesn't need to heal so much as she needs to stand against the elements.

Character Name: Bucky Barnes
CR Wanted: friends and allies, women to flirt with (it won't go anywhere beyond that), people for Bucky to keep safe or who will keep Bucky safe
CR Not Wanted: I'm not really looking for seriously negative cr since there's already so much character vs. environment conflict, but if it happens organically and is interesting I'd still be down for it, anyway.
Ideas for obtaining horror points:
-One of Bucky's many traumatic memories playing on the clock stage
-getting pulled underground by the garden statues or helping someone else who's been pulled under or running from them before they get close
-post-unmasking exploration of the bar, restaurant, the ground or the rest of deerington
-hedge maze
Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:
-dancing with women (this is probably something we can handwave in favor of threading out something else for the event after they've danced. he'd probably humor a man if he was asked by them, too, but he wouldn't flirt as much.)
-Interested in maybe playing with the truth or the lies drinks. Probably the truth one is more interesting to me. If someone else wants their character to drink the flirt one and flirt with Bucky, I would be absolutely cool with that, too

(I'm down for basically anything in this event, save for the eating/drinking drinks.)

i would love for tony to see scarlett in a dress because that's going to be different. 100% here for him helping her out of a sticky situation and maybe acquiring a sense of how their rhythm flows since they're going to have been working together for a while now.

so i can go light-hearted to not so light-hearted to "okay, this is not light-hearted at all".

Character Name: Majima Gorō
CR Wanted: Majima's recently joined F.E.A.R., so if your character needs an assist with a monster or merely the freezing cold, I'm into it! That aside, some ideas include:
- Playing with drinks, I plan on offering truth, lies, and flirting as options
- Majima's a great dancer, so he'll absolutely be on that ballroom floor. If your character's a little inexperienced, that's fine too! He will not make them feel bad about it.
- Majima pretty much always tools around in a tux, so this is ur chance to catch him in a fancy-ass yukata. His costume is actually a bit of a hint as to his inner character; I don't know if any non-Japanese characters would really get the Hannya thing, but it might be a good opportunity to do some research if they're interested in that kind of analysis.
- Speaking of insights into his character, the clock will be replaying for him a scene in from his past in which he was kind of gutted by someone he loved turning to revenge. Depending on the situation, though, he might just walk off because N O P E.

CR Not Wanted: CR that doesn't really go anywhere
Ideas for obtaining horror points:
- I'm going to be doing the Unmasking, bar, restaurant, and grounds!

Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:
- I'd enjoy a good low-key dancing or flirting thread where the characters vibe well together!
- As always, I'm into anything that feeds into slow-build, complex CR
- ...but I'm also aLL ABOUT THE ACTION
- And it'd be nice to play out the clock scene with someone who can identify with guilt/pathos or has been faced with some unfortunate personal choices.

ETA: link to top level

Edited 2018-06-11 19:06 (UTC)

Character Name: Justine
CR Wanted: EVERYTHING! I am so excited for this event and will have a top post. I have some ideas below but I am honestly excited for all of the prompts so let me know if you'd like to do something else :D
CR Not Wanted: N/A
Ideas for obtaining horror points:

~ Unmasking ~ Justine is probably going to start all of this craziness while being very high and or out of it. It'll take her longer to realize that something is wrong because she'll see the imprint of what's there. If someone wants to stop her from eating/doing something that will potentially hurt her, this is the time, or try and talk some sense into her.
~ Bloody interaction ~ If she runs into one of the tortured men cleaning up she'll most likely attack them to the point that her lovely white dress is covered in blood and she might not stop unless someone pulls her away.
~ Frozen ~ Justine will go outside though I don't know if she'll go through the maze unless compelled. Which seems to be the theme. She is very smart but will be too out of it to help and this will most likely lead to her dying or someone saving her ass if anyone is interested in either outcome. I'm open to both and think that it can be interesting.

Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:

~ Dance partners ~ I'd love for Justine to find someone to dance with before everything goes crazy, perhaps as a Segway into something horror-ish/intense that way the scene starts light and can continue to build with tension.
~ Drinks ~ I'm thinking that Justine will drink the Gold (Truth), Silver (Lies) or Black (Flirt) drink. ~ The Clock ~ There is a part in Justine's canon when she's attacked by vampires and it's kind of intense. If anyone is interested in seeing that, Justine will most likely run from the blood and find a place to get high or pop-pills. It'll trigger her illness and she might lash out at anyone who approaches her until she can calm down.

RANDOM NOTE: Her dress is going to be white and very lacy/revealing. Not at all meant for snow.

Natasha also won't hold back on the dudes and their crimes. Does Scarlett want to see someone stab a man to death with a Louboutin?

Character Name: max guevara
CR Wanted: meeting people, especially those more familiar with the place and possible situations that can help her learn as she goes.
CR Not Wanted: i don't necessarily want negative CR so much as to see how she interacts with other people; this can lead to positive or negative CR, but since she's so new i mostly just want to see where things go.
Ideas for obtaining horror points:
- a memory playing on the clock stage
- underground statues, running from or helping out
- general exploration, both pre and post unmasking
Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:
- dancing/possible flirting (we can handwave the dancing part if you'd prefer)
- possibly helping out those who had been drinking/in the garden

if anyone's got any other ideas, let me know! i'm not interested in character death just yet and i feel like she'd avoid drinking or eating while there, but she'd be willing to help out those who did partake in either.

Edited 2018-06-11 17:30 (UTC)

Character Name: Adam Parrish
Top-Level for the Event
CR Wanted: All! He has one canon-mate in game, but he's brand new and needs to meet some people.
CR Not Wanted: All CR wanted.
Ideas for obtaining horror points:
Disassociation: Adam's power warping causes him to be extremely attuned to the event, so that he behaves eerily as though he is a part of the event rather than a participant in it. If anyone brings to his attention that he is acting strangely cheerful (pre-unmasking) or that he's dreamlike and spacey (post-unmasking), he will experience disorientation and horror that he's not in full control of himself. Dealing with a creepy teenager who seems a little too in tune with the event may be an unnerving experience for others, too.
Clock: Adam will be experiencing the unpleasantness of the clock, which will include some content warnings for child abuse (physical), hearing impairment, and post-traumatic stress.
Garden Statues: Adam will be hanging around the garden statues, and since he's unaffected by them, characters may think that the area is safe. Adam will not warn people or interfere with them being dragged underground, but he can and will rescue them after they are fully buried.

Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:
*Dance! Adam will be offering dances to just about anyone regardless of gender and mostly regardless of age (he won't approach children under ten or adults more than twice his age). His power warping means that he's picking up the mood of the event a little too much, so that means it's his job to make sure everyone's having fun! Come dance with him.

*Maze Guide Adam's attunement with the event means that he will be able to serve as a guide or aid to characters for several sections of the event. He can guide one group through the maze, but once he's made it to the center he will stay there, so he's only useful as a guide for one character/group. If people would like to coordinate joining Adam's maze group or would like to be rescued along the way, I'd love that. Also, Adam won't be telling anyone that he can guide them through the maze, and is not consciously aware of it, but if encouraged to choose the paths, he will unerringly lead them on the shortest route to the center. Daemon Sadi has already picked up Adam as maze guide, but his player and I are open to other people joining the group, just reach out to one of us if you want to coordinate.

Edited 2018-06-12 22:36 (UTC)

Character Name: Eddie Kaspbrak
CR Wanted: Everything. Literally. Meeting more people. Eddie's surprisingly pretty adaptive in horror-settings because duh so he'll be pretty mobile during the Unmasking.
CR Not Wanted: None that I can think of.
Ideas for obtaining horror points:
✩ Eddie's shine has specifically to do with navigation so he is absolutely going to be able to solve the maze no problem. Also his canon pretty much sets him up for willingness to bleed some blood for a better purpose so that too. If anyone wants to join him on that, you can see Eddie in his element of being thoroughly legit.

✩ Clockwork Show: Eddie's canon is...awful. He has a lot of traumatic experiences. However I'd probably lean more to him seeing other people's clockwork show just because he JUST went through reliving his trauma in explicit detail.

✩ Eddie might have a bit of a breakdown realizing he might of had a drink of something disgusting in the bar.

✩ Overall exploration in unmasking so definitely let me know if you want to explore anything.

✩ Eddie will be particularly upset and bothered by the criminals in the restaurant. Especially the ones that are pedophiles, he'll actively look sick to his stomach and freaked out cause that is ..straight up triggering for him.

Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:
✩ He is 100% going to sneak a drink or two at the bar because why not. He might try the black drink for a little bit of confidence/cutesy innocent kid flirting with boyos his own age.

✩ Please drag him into a dance. This is for everyone because lbr it'll be fucking adorable.

✩ I'd also be fine with experiencing some of that truth drink too and possibly lie? Not against it at all.

Edited 2018-06-11 18:59 (UTC)

I feel like I want a bunch of things, but breakdown about the drink and exploration (maybe the Hotel, then either the town for creepiness or the maze for BEING TOTALLY METAL ABOUT GIVING BLOOD) sound like my kinda jam

Character Name: Natasha Romanoff
CR Wanted: She's new, I'm new, we're all new, so I'm pretty good with anything. Natasha needs friends.
CR Not Wanted: I'd like to avoid negative CR at this time!! Just because I just got here and need to settle in.
Ideas for obtaining horror points:
-A memory playing on the clock stage- I have an idea in mind for this from Natasha's pov, but I'm down for her witnessing someone else's!
-Murdering the criminals trapped in the dining room
-Spider fighting!!

Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:
The only thing I'd like to avoid is character death 🤔 but I'm pretty open otherwise, if there's anything you'd like Natasha for! Flirting probably won't go past that, and she'll dance with most people who ask.

im so bad at these

Oh my god both of those yes. We can do drinking in one spot and then exploration/eventual maze shenanigans? We both are gonna have starters so I think we could easily do both.

ok but now i'm between murdering criminals and spider fighting

That sounds lovely! I'm so excited for this evening ohohoho

after the bloodletting Majima will be like oh

that's why I like you, goooot it.

God that will be so great. Eddie will just be like "exactly. plus you think im hilarious."

I am really excited for these two. AS ALWAYS.

Character Name: Rei Kurosawa
CR Wanted: Anyone and everyone. Meeting new people, getting to know the people she's met, making friends, people who can make fun of her for not knowing how to cook...at least that's the general bit.

For the masquerade itself, she's adaptable, being a character from a horror setting; hence why I was so horrible to her with the various open prompts. ~~me doing horrible things to my character oh nooo I don't know what you meaaaan~~

In all seriousness, she'll be looking for various people to do a range of things with, which'll mostly be covered in the horror section :>
CR Not Wanted: Not that I can think of!

Ideas for obtaining horror points:

-Wandering around after the unmasking: there's a heck of a lot of things to dabble in here, depending on what route people want to take. Rei is more likely the investigative type, but she could end up being prodded into violence?

-The Clockwork She has been straight up coming from traumatic events with ghosts and such, so THAT could be fun

-If you want some desperate situation, I'm good with providing or helping with a rescue!

Ideas/Wishes pertaining the event:

-Dancing. Cute dancing, all of it.

-Get Rei to chill. Please. It'll be better for it, even if it's only for a few minutes.

-If your character wants OUT Rei should be able to help and find the exits for your character if they're lost!

Oh I am also completely cool with doing a custom starter for whatever idea we want to pursue!

come fight spiders with the spyder!!!

I'll volunteer Natasha to run the maze with him if u want

ETA: I JUST SAW HE'S GONNA RUN IT WITH MAJIMA how about Natasha murders some pedophiles for Eddie instead

Edited (fucking autocorrect) 2018-06-11 22:08 (UTC)

tony is going to get sick of spiders (with the exception of nat and peter) so quickly. he has been dealing with monster spiders way too much since he arrived here. so yes, sign us up for spider fighting! he'll just be 😒 the entire time.

excellent 😀

Sup! I'm jonesing for a chance for Majima to dance, so if you're up for it, I am. If you want to shift into something horror, maybe the dance can end around midnight?

So he should come dance with Justine lol

Yes! We can totally do that! If it's closer to midnight then Justine will probably be a little high by that point. I don't think it'll affect her dancing but it'd affect her reaction to the unmasking.

Is there a horror aspect that you'd prefer to interact with?

I know I've mentioned it on plurk but we should take the beginning of the night to have a lighthearted flirty thread. Maybe thread-out where they meet again, handwave through dancing and then they walk around to catch their breath and either run into the clock or the garden statues? Or something like that. I think light hearted for these two will be fun since their first meeting had been super serious and that thread is getting to a good natural end

Hmm, how about the spiders/bar? Majima probably won't attack them unless they seem actively aggressive, and it looks like they won't be, but they're creepy and also there's the burned ladies, yikes

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