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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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Your long term goals are fine. Morningstar will be cooperative in sharing information with Clarke, though they may not be proactive about contacting her with new things or potential leads – it may be that they will only give her these in response to her bringing things she find to them first. Over time their relationship may become more stable as they settle into a better understanding.
To answer your questions:
1. The test results will confirm that characters were drugged with a synthetic substance with a degradation rate that indicates approximately twelve hours of effectiveness before it's cleared from the system completely. It has some similarities to known sedatives, but is much, much stronger. There are traces of some compounds which are unknown to the lab, and likely linked to the extreme compliance characters experienced. There was no chemical stamping found which could indicate the maker, but the lab notes that the make seems to have been clean and stable, which points to a professional.
2. You're right that Clarke is too young to have any medical qualifications, though she could be undergoing schooling currently if you'd like! Otherwise she will not be able to have much of a medical background other than that of a clinic assistant or receptionist. These are also the jobs she'll likely find the easiest to achieve. Clinics can range from general practice through the gamut of specialities we have nowadays, as well as the additions of wetware and cybernetics.
3. Clarke will be able to have the equivalent of photoshop on her implant, and can access this either through augmented reality interfaces or full VR simulations. This will only create digital art, but these pieces can be shown and displayed to others much like other media.
If she would prefer physical art, while paper is no longer used and graphite rare due to not being needed, paint, ink and canvas are still available, though a little costly!