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MEADOWLARK MODS ([personal profile] larkers) wrote2018-06-17 09:38 pm

PLOT ENGAGEMENT (ARCHIVED)

> PLOT ENGAGEMENT (ARCHIVED)

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!

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.

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).
◉ 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

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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reneger: (no more destination、 no more pain.)

[personal profile] reneger 2019-02-11 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
He'd definitely go after them as soon as he was healed enough to access them! I was basing my time off injuries but given technological advances--he could heal up enough to wander after a few days.

As they were given the agents' addresses during the attack, Jason would scope out apartments first. Look for any clues to what vehicle they may have owned: digital photo frames, any other notable objects that could point to what car they owned. As media is all stored digitally and there aren't much regarding paper frames, he'd check computers if he could get access into them. If they're fingerprint locked (for shared computers), Jason can dust for fingerprints in order to get a good read. If that wouldn't work--anything else he can get his hands on. Jason's a good investigator, and anything he could get his hands on, he would! Given that I'm not sure how notes would work in the setting, and cars don't need keys as they're implant controlled (I think?), anything within the apartment he could get his hands on, he would.

Additionally, he'd watch the parking garages themselves for a bit. See which cars moved, which didn't. Which have sat for a few days. As these vehicles are mostly digital controlled--if there's an internal way of checking the last time the engine was turned on, he'd most likely be able to do that given a few days of tinkering around. If those cars would be towed or watched for towing and he wasn't able to get hold of it before that happened, Jason would grab for one as it was being picked up to be towed!

Sorry that a lot of this is "if"s, but I hope this helps?
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[personal profile] mutriarchy 2019-02-11 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Hey mods!

I can safely say that for right now, they'd keep their powers hidden for their safety and the safety of everyone else. I imagine it'd be a lot of dumb skits like the dolan twins and thomas sanders along with some vlogs and mukbangs featuring tommy eating a horrendous amount of food, and then your regular flavor of extremely stupid but still humanly possible stunts. Then there'd be your standard instagram selfies and such.

So far what they're developing is that their mother got pregnant and got retroactive approval, and perhaps they were raised separately by their parents split up and each took one of them, to explain why they don't know everything about each other and have slightly different accents. Does that sound feasible for the setting?
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[personal profile] saviorexe 2019-02-11 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Hello mods! Sorry for the delay on this follow-up. Hopefully it’s all right for me to continue this thread here, ages later!

After some chatting with fellow PCs and taking some time to recover from the previous event, Markus is set to continue investigating the mysteries surrounding the shrines and the mysterious street artist! Here are some questions I have regarding that:

1. Would there be a way to trace the metallic, iridescent paint used in the shrines (and also at the ball, iirc) to a specific manufacturer? And from there narrow down the list to artists who utilize this paint prominently in their own work? Obviously this will only aid Markus in helping him find out who the artist is if they also are keen on displaying their artwork through more traditional means (galleries, shows, etc), but he wants to be thorough. Just in case.

2. If he checks online conspiracy boards, focusing on the subjects of these shrines and where they come from, will he find any useful nuggets of information that could act as a lead? Anything that would be viable for him to follow up on? This would include things he’s inquired about before, including the artist’s identity, their methods of working under the radar, their connection to the Insomniac’s Ball, the paint they use (in reference to my first question), and various theories regarding how to get in touch with them, or to get their attention?

3. Would Markus be able to find out (from either his artist connections or online) just who is absconding pieces of the shrines to be sold at auction? Would he also be able to find out who’s attending said auctions, and who the buyers are? Any big names (government, political, movers and shakers, basically) that would stand out to him? Better yet, would he actually be able to attend one of these silent auctions and see exactly where money is changing hands?

4. Finally, Markus will be attempting to get the attention of the artist in question, in hopes that if he can’t track them down, maybe they’ll be the one to initiate contact. He would work to put up his own street art in tandem with those mentioned in the last comment to do his own version of a “shrine”, mixing his own style with the graffiti art he’s seen in Detroit countless times before — but incorporating the same geometric shapes that are on his new invite to the next Insomniac’s Ball. notice him, senpai
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[personal profile] strove 2019-02-11 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi! Clarke would be giving over samples to Morningstar for additional monster things. Technically this should have happened prior to the event, so I'm not sure if she'd be able to get a response or if it would be put on hold. Essentially she wants to see if the information matches up with what Kylo Ren found out some time ago. Would they look the same genetically as the crabs, or would there be something different?

Thanks mods!!
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[personal profile] mutriarchy 2019-02-12 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
EXCELLENT.

One last quick question - what's the name of ML's Instagram/Twitter hybrid?
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[personal profile] reneger 2019-02-16 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, thank you so much for working with me!

If he could pull fingerprints and match them to cars, Jason will go that route first. He'd pick up a vehicle, drive it around, and if they're not that determined to pick him up--that's telling enough as it is and would answer one of the questions he was looking to answer!

If they're only following him and not turning on sirens and chasing him down, he'd wait for them to give up, and scrap the car with Loki's assistance. Since they're going for blackmarket car parts now, like the rascals they are.
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[personal profile] drivein 2019-02-16 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] culver 2019-02-16 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
hello! i've been coming up with a few options for nill's backstory/employment, and i have a few questions:

1. i've planned for her wings to be passed off as a body mod. is there an age restriction on recieving body mods, and if so, would it be safe to assume part of her backstory is that she got parental consent for the mod?

2. nill was between 16 and 17 before leaving thisavrou, and since characters are with morningstar for several months before waking up, she would be closer to 17. would morningstar be willing to fudge her credentials and set her ID as being 18, or would they use her real age as best as she knows it? given the option, she would prefer the fudged credentials in the interest of independence.

3. do daycares and bakeries exist in new amsterdam? if so, would they cater only to the top percentage of residents (i.e. celebrities, moguls, mob bosses), or would they exist all over? additionally, will her wings/body mod make it difficult for her to find employment?
Edited 2019-02-16 23:12 (UTC)
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[personal profile] culver 2019-02-17 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
thank you!
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[personal profile] covertness 2019-02-17 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
hi mods! i hope you won't mind if i make this top level and then submit any and all blood analysis stuff that may or may not happen in the future under this header
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[personal profile] covertness 2019-02-17 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
request #1:

prompto has some dried, 10 day old blood from an UNA soldier. what, if anything at all, could bobbi find upon analysing it?