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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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So I've been kind of having Catra just sit on the excess money she's getting every month from helping Cassius, unsure what she should do with it. However, with Catra now living three people to her one-bedroom apartment (thanks, Faith and Adora), and with Catra missing living with other people and also starting to chafe under the directions of Morningstar, she's starting to think about going bigger. Maybe... much bigger.
Basically, what I want to know is, does Catra have the funds from the Cassius business to rent out a larger building and start up a Magneto-style Brotherhood of Mutants style household? Maybe an old, dilapidated B&B or hostel that has since fallen into disrepair, so nobody wants it?? Something in the style of the safehouse that Morningstar has set up, but. Nicer?? Communal kitchen and bathroom, but maybe only two people to a bedroom more like a dorm instead. Maybe with the capacity for 10 or so characters in it at max capacity (five bedrooms, two to a room)? (I'm spitballing here, not sure if that number is too high or too low?? I figure there aren't many buildings that'd be within Catra's monetary reach that'd have more than 5 bedrooms, so that's how I arrived at that number!)
Anyway, let me know if this is feasible, if it's totally impossible, or if it's feasible with a few changes, or if there's anything you'd like clarified!
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The money Cassius provides every month is decent, but generally just enough to afford a comfortable, but somewhat budgeted, lifestyle. Think a nice place to live with a bit left over for some fun, but no penthouse apartments or eating out every night. Real estate in New Amsterdam is a very competitive market. Any buildings like the ones you're picturing would be snapped up very quickly.
That being said, if this is something Catra would really love to do, there are a few ways she could manage it! It would likely be a bigger project because she would need a good chunk of change. This would be easier to do by pooling her resources with a group of characters, who would need steady incomes outside of Cassius to look appealing to sellers.
However, in the short term, feel free to have Catra snap up a nicer, bigger apartment so she can stretch out! If you had something more specific in mind other than this that we could help you with, just let us know.
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