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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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That sounds really gross. Since acid only will dissolve the fleshy bits, he'll still have the bones and teeth to contend with as well. There won't be any implant or trackers in her skin, but there will still be DNA that could possibly be traced back. The investigation is ongoing, and Aoi's husband, Jun, is very tenacious. While the police might not make much headway with the slew of responsibilities that they currently are dealing with, Jun's hired detectives will be able to make some headway on the movement of the DNA, especially if Jason takes Aoi's arm to Damian.
There won't be any outright involvement with law enforcement, because the evidence that Jun has is flimsy at best, but it will be enough to convince him of something suspicious. While Aoi was definitely the backbone of their relationship, Jun will hold on to his wife's legacy. He may suspect both Jason's and Damian's involvement, but instead of outright confronting them, he'll be more interested in drawing them out. He'll begin to focus on Displaced-centered places, including Red Wings. There may be some (not very subtle) surveillance out on them.
Let us know what Damian plans on doing with Maeda's arm, and how Mason may follow-up with Hideki!
Durcell's response will come down from one of their mercenaries, but they'll be willing to negotiate a meeting.
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he'll also be careful to keep her dna from spreading from the arm before handing it off and (possibly, pending what damian decides to do with it) after.
as for jason: he goes to redwings often enough that the increase in trips won't seem out of place, but after getting all of maeda out will lower his trips down significantly. he'll head out to a nice fancy hotel with loki and after--not leave his apartment much at all for a while!
aside from that, jason doesn't visit displaced-centered places much at all. and he's tired enough post-event not to rise to the bait. if there was evidence, he's sure they'd be coming down on him a lot harder / with law enforcement involvement so he'll wait it out.
he'll get back to durcell after some downtime, and ask them to meet him in an abandoned building right on the edge of the outlaws' territory.
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Thanks for the gruesome details! We'll assume that the only part of Aoi Maeda left is her arm, which is in Damian's possession. You're free to follow up with that one when you get a chance.
While Jason might not be hanging around Red Wings, Jun will still be on his pursuit to draw him out. There will still be private detectives milling around, so Jason will definitely still have to keep himself low. Without much evidence, the NAPD won't be able to pursue, but it seems like Jun has a longer memory and a deeper pocket.
Durcell won't be meeting up with Jason, themselves. They'll be sending a few of the Hi-Jacks down with questions asking for proof of both Jason and Loki's claims, as well as the strategy for how they plan to go about their plan for continued destabilization. As in, they'll be looking for some proof of what Jason talked about when he met with them in the sim!
Depending on what Jason decides to pass along, we can go from there!
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Can't let things go quietly after dealing with his bullshit friends, and then hell month.
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