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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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Just a couple of things, likely to be followed up by a few more at another point but these first because they're all Gaby-chat related:
1. Now that he's spent some time unpacking the last few weeks, Stephen'll approach Gaby regarding the general attitude of Morningstar agents towards the displaced after the event with the UNA.
As we was witness to all of those thoughts, he'll approach her to find out if she's any idea quite how much anger there was following the event, and if she knows if it's still floating around in the ranks/how deeply it runs/if it poses a risk either to the displaced or to Morningstar (from an agent loyalty perspective). He's keen both to make sure Gaby and El aren't putting themselves in a dangerous position with other Morningstar agents given how they've offered to continue to support future safehouse ventures, and to know if there's a risk that the anger will translate into resentment/retaliation against the displaced going forward. So the question itself is what'll be Gaby's intel/thoughts on the above? And is there anything he could do to help her out at all? She must be Struggling by this point and he'd offer to do what he can to support.
2. He'll also try to follow up with her on jake and hei of sergei and seojoon fame. Was she responsible for getting them out? Is there anything she can tell him about them since they've not been very forthcoming themselves? He's mostly interested in the nature of their release, he trusts she and El's judgement on granting them IDs but the fact that they got out at all is Interesting.
and thirdly, unrelated to Gaby chats for the time being (I think Jen's going to hit you guys with the safehouse stuff so I won't go too far into it here but) -
3. How difficult is it to get a business loan in New Amsterdam? Stephen's discussed taking out a loan with Markus to start up whichever safehouse business they go for to ensure the displaced can become self-sufficient further down the line, but would the process for that be the same sort of a one that you'd face irl or is it more/less difficult to pursue? He'd prefer to go via reputable sources, but failing that are there loan sharks about? Just to cover all my bases.
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Thanks for the questions. Here's some answers for you:
1. Because Stephen was willing to keep her relationship with Riko a secret, Gaby will be open with him about the opinions. First: there's absolutely no risk of retaliation. While the various agents who had to be promptly moved out of the city are angry about their lives, they know that their sentiments are at least in part because they don't know why their information was leaked. This will be Gaby sugarcoating in her own way - she truly believes that they'll come around, even if she's frustrated with what she views as entitlement from many of the displaced. Secondly, Gaby and El are good agents who have done a lot of good work for their world, and especially the citizens of New Amsterdam. This kind of inter-Morningstar conflict usually doesn't go very far (as they wouldn't have survived this long).
Plus, there's the fact that where they're going leaves them pretty incapable of doing anything. She won't give the where, but she will say that it's remote and away from any of the megacities.
Otherwise, a lot of the agents who were moved out are willing to provide support because they want to help New Amsterdam (as it was their home). They're employing a "wait and see" approach when it comes to actually making good on that. Gaby's encouraged by Fitz and Peggy's efforts to really get Morningstar moving again in the city among the displaced, and if Stephen is concerned, she'll point him in their direction.
2. No, she doesn't know, and she'll mention that the entire path from picking them up to dropping them off at the safehouse wasn't monitored, which isn't just because the UNA was attacking Morningstar agents. Any of the surveillance wasn't just wiped, but shut down completely. Additionally, there won't be any record about it happening, which will be another point of frustration for both the PCs' handlers and the NAPD. Because they were scrubbed, Riko set up an arrangement to work with the two men, which Gaby will be privy to and is happy to share with Stephen. Unfortunately, they'll have both disappeared and Riko will be left wondering if she wasted her time (or if they were taken).
As a note, she won't ever mention Riko by name.
3. This all depends on income and credit, along with who's backing him up! The two of them together have a better chance as partners, but they'll need a really thorough business outline since this is their first time going into business together. Much like today, the bank will want to ensure their business has legs, and that the money will be paid back with interest.
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Thanks again champs ♥
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Excuse the massive time lapse here, it's about to crop up in a thread haha so I just want to make sure of what he knows and what he doesn't
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She would have mentioned the four door sedan showing up, mostly because whoever cut surveillance wouldn't have had access to the Morningstar security cameras. She wouldn't have had exact information about them posing as if they were from New Beijing, as prying for that would have been suspicious (and she would've told Stephen as much). Otherwise, she actually provided more information about Riko's interaction with these men than what is publicly known.
We hope this answers your question!
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