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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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i was thinking that with the rise of hmmm new religions, joe would ask the gallery if he could do an exhibit on past religious works in order to reintroduce the religions of old to their little small section of society. he'd focus on the similarity in art of creation myths and the aniconism of many religions, because that feels reflected in the sacred geometry.
idk if this is really for plot engagement but i think it could be a fun immersive exhibit for the citizens of new amsterdam? SHRUGS EXPANSIVELY IDK CHUMS
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The gallery would be all for an exhibit like this, and would give Joe a bit of free rein to design the exhibit. We're looking to put this on the next calendar, so we'd like a bit more detail to start!
1. Are there any cultures/religions/artists Joe would focus on specifically? Any certain art movements?
2. How will the exhibition itself be presented? Will it be more like a traditional (though VR) gallery, or will it lean more on interaction, such as VR walkthroughs of worship spaces?
3. How will the religions/myths themselves be presented? Since religion is a thing of the past in Meadowlark, most exhibitions and documentaries of this nature talk about all of them from a purely academic standpoint, much like the study of the classics in our world. Will Joe be treating the stories in these works more like myths, or like modern religious practices?
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2. i think both? traditional vr gallery (with benches to sit and look), but also rooms set aside to walk through. i'm thinking along the lines of, as a concept, the temple of dendur at the met where you're invited to walk into the temple itself and the catalonian chapel at the boston mfa with the pews to sit so they can observe like the worshipers of old. but i think an audio component could be neat too, like hearing a shofar call or the adhan at the appropriate times of day or even parts of a latin mass (the latter two performed by joe and nicky respectively if there are no audio recordings).
3. i think he would present it more as a cultural thing, but in that sense i guess less of the mythology side
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As you might have guessed, because of the recent renewed interest in religion, this exhibition will be a huge hit. The immersive parts will especially get a lot of attention, and it'll be a very well performing exhibition for the gallery. They'll be getting a lot of requests for similar shows in the future, especially ones focusing in more detail on certain religions or beliefs! If Joe would like to pursue that, they'll be delighted.
As for Joe himself, while he won't get a ton of attention from the public at large, he will get a lot of props from the art community. Reviews of the show will be glowing, and other galleries and museums will try to hop on the bandwagon, putting together their own religious history and iconography shows. It'll also give him more pull in the art world as an up and comer. Slowly but surely, he'll also start seeing references to his exhibition in the real world—mostly murals including symbolism and art styles that he focused on as the fledgling religions in the city try to develop their visual language.
We'll note this on the next calendar, so let us know if there's anything else you'd like us to include!
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also nicky is very proud of him