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PLOT ENGAGEMENT
What is Plot Engagement and how does it work within Meadowlark? This is the page where players can come discuss with us how to facilitate plots within the setting. However, there will be occasions where a plot doesn't work within Meadowlark's world, and we'll suggest alternative routes. For small worldbuilding or gameplay details, please direct your question to the FAQ. If you're ever not sure if you're at the right page, don't worry—we'll help you get it sorted out. We know we have a load of info!
In addition, you do not need to have a complete plot in mind when you come to us. We aim for plot engagement to be more of a conversation between us and our players. If we propose a plot angle and it's not to your liking, we're more than happy to work with you to come up with something more to your tastes.
WHEN WILL YOU HEAR BACK?
◉ All Plot Engagement answers go out on Sunday, except during events.
◉ The deadline to submit a question and ensure you'll hear back from us on Sunday is 11:59 PM UTC on Saturday.
PLOT ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES
◉ Player plots! If you'd like your character to become a mafia boss, this is your place to start. Typically, this involves anything that could impact the setting or other player characters.
◉ Character career advancement that gives the character additional power or status within the setting.
◉ Metaplot exploration and information! We plan all events to give characters something to explore after the event ends. This is the place to do it!
SUBMISSION TIPS
◉ Specify what your character is looking for when they're investigating. What questions are they asking and what angle are they trying to explore?
◉ If you have a specific goal in mind but don't know how to reach it, please let us know.
◉ If you link a thread to us, please summarize it! That helps us process the plot in question.
◉ Don't worry about not knowing the setting like the back of your hand before you submit the plot—that's up to us! We're here to help you with any adjustments to get you on the right track.
◉ Plot engagement is meant to help with IC play so that characters can continue to interact. If you're not sure how to loop in others, let us know so that we can work with you on it! While this page is meant to be a conversation between players and mods, we know that the fun part of a plot is how it can change character arcs, spice up CR, and more.
NOTES & THINGS THAT YOU CAN HANDWAVE
◉ Characters always start out in entry level positions. Characters can update their skill sets to the 2512 standard through paid apprenticeships or internships.
◈ If a character is advancing within a major corporation (as noted on the Setting or Locations page) or one of its subsidiaries, we will need to approve this advancement.
◈ If a character becomes a supervisor at a local bar or other small business, we do not need to approve this advancement.
◉ Joining the police force within a city requires three months of IC training (six months OOC). There will be instances where this changes, and we'll keep you looped in on that.
◉ We'll approve whether someone has social media fame, but we will not be providing social media follower counts. Once you have a plot for how to use those followers, that's where we step in!
◉ All Morningstar business goes on our Morningstar page. Please feel free to discuss specific plots here (including joining), and go there for signups and anything else.
◉ Characters getting jobs, finding apartments, participating in the fighting rings, getting married, making workplace friends, the creation of minor NPCs, etc. do not need to be run by us. Please let us know if these expand into player plots or other plot bits!
QUICK LINKS
◉ Archived Plot Engagement: Previous Plot Engagement.
◉ FAQ: For small worldbuilding or gameplay details.
◉ Setting: Our setting page! We'll update as needed.
◉ Jobs: A reference for who's working where!
◉ Locations: Both major and minor locations within New Amsterdam, as well as outlines for other megacities.
◉ Mod Contact: For wider game concerns.
◉ The Story So Far: Gamewide plot events up to current (your CTRL+F best friend!).
◉ NPC page: Includes NPC blurbs and inboxes.
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stock market & investing! damian is looking to pull a little wolf of wallstreet here and make red wings some decent money, as well as start giving himself a decent amount of money on the side. i know very little about it, he knows very much, so i can't be a ton of help as to what he'd invest in, but he'd be looking into both short and long term gains.
warehouse i'd like to have damian start to properly fit the warehouse he's working on with some security equipment and set up a proper training room - mostly relying on custom vr simulations run off the neural implant so as not to rely too heavily on weaponry. so roughly half the space is going to be a training area. how long would it take for him to get it into working shape?
weapons forge with a b-side to this. how difficult would it be for him to start crafting weaponry for people?
maeda husband damian would like to start putting eyes on the last surviving member of the maeda family as he doesn't imagine the loss of his wife and son has gone over very well. would he find anything by monitoring his social media and such?
he may or may not be trying to get his arm back as a point of pride.
nightwing finally! damian will be running around as nightwing - using the armor he got from an item regain and a custom scrambler mask he built himself - though probably not using that name now that dick grayson is here and he's all awkward about it. saving cats from trees, helping little old ladies cross the streets, using his fire powers to burn down some of the vines and help literally clean the streets up.
with that being done, he intends to start sussing out the connections between the NA elite and the crime in the poorer areas, as well as look into the drug production. i imagine he'll be sniffing around the previous things he was investigating - the maeda family's connection to the fighting rings, and gangs and how they tie into politics. he's not looking to break any faces yet, he's aiming for information and recon.
once he has a lead and a fair amount of good will with the civilians, he plans to formally reach out and create a team.
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We'll address this section by section as you did!
Stock market and investing. This sounds like something that could maybe serve as a larger plot with additional characters pitching in in some way. While none of us really want to study up on this stuff nor do we expect any nitty-gritty details, we will say that Damian can probably do some reading up on forums to figure out where he should invest. Naturally, the big corporations are a large part of this. Another resource would be Nirvana, who's in the current log, as she does have connections to one of said corporations!
Warehouse. As far as security goes, El could likely help out with this, if Damian were to reach out to them. For the VR simulations, who would be writing/coding these and developing them? Does Damian have the capability to do that, or would he be pulling in other Displaced?
Weapons forge. Just to be sure, we're wondering if you're referring to what was discussed here? We just want to make sure that we're clear on the logistics of how he's going about this, amassing resources, etc. Along with what types of weapons you had in mind, since the previous thread refers to gadgets.
Maeda husband. We're thinking that he remarried (yes, already—gotta get a new heir in this oligarchical nightmare and all) and has just been throwing himself into his work, but we also more or less figured this plot was closed and done. We can tell you that the arm has been disposed of, so there's nothing for him to reclaim, but if you want to send him down the path of figuring that out for himself, let us know. We just want confirmation on you that you want the plot to continue since we figured it was mainly resolved.
Nightwing. Hey, look at that! Birdman is back. There will definitely be some social media buzz about this, primarily with people speculating on why this vigilante figure fell off the map for a bit. Was he ill? Did he go on vacation? What's the deal? People are sort of perplexed by his existence since vigilantism isn't really a thing in most cases, and some will wonder if he's a Displaced.
Investigation. We're thinking the Maeda family doesn't have much connection to the fighting rings anymore. It wasn't a family connection, more of Aoi specifically. It's probably kinda gone with the wind at this point, in the way someone on the internet would be like "old news." That aside, if there were other leads you wanted Damian to poke into, let us know! What are his goals here?
Making a team. Can we get more details here? Would this be a team pulling from civilian contacts, and if so, how would he go about that? Or is this a team made up of other Displaced that want to get in on the vigilante thing? Let us know if there are any specific resources you need from us!