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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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1. Bobbi will put in extra hours and work extra hard and use some of her natural people skills and spy skills and manipulation skills to make sure she gets unsupervised access reasonably soon, but generally avoid using her powers to do it. If it's cool with you, I'd like to say that within 3-4 IC weeks, she'll have unsupervised access.
2. Also: is it cool if I assume that she can test blood samples herself without major hurdles? For anything beyond blood tests I'll hit you up again on a case-by-case basis whether she needs to be sneaky, etc.
... I can also hit you up for blood tests ofc, and obviously will when the results are unknown.
4.. Giles Bell works for me, so I'll go with that.
5. Bobbi has taken a blood sample from Peggy relatively soon after her arrival and asked Fitz to ask MS to ask their lab contact to look at it. I assume it'll show the same combo of drugs as for the first wave of arrivals?
6. Same story for Prompto except not soon after his arrival but because he's worried about accelerated cell decay because he's a clone ig. I assume the results would be... whatever is normal for clones in his canon?? I have no idea.
no subject
1. That's fine! Again - she'll have to be working on another project at the same time.
2. We'll go ahead and say she can do most blood and DNA testing right now for humans, but any non-human testing may involve her having to come up with a reason to go elsewhere in her facility. We'll leave this up to you to decide how to go about, and how she's going to get around that complication!
Any tests need to be brought to us even if it seems redundant! We'll try our best to get back to you ASAP on these since it'll be a simple answer.
5. That's right.
6. Prompto's cell decay would be altered and stopped. There may still be signs that it occurred at one point, but been reversed. As a note, cellular decay is reversible in Meadowlark's world, providing people with longer lives. It's a part of the many world advancements.
no subject
2. Perfect, I will hit you up for any and all blood tests.
6. Prompto will be so happy to hear that :D