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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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1a. Professional, if a little like the typical politician who doesn't have a lot of conviction. That said, the recent months have been very hard on Gill-Jade. Her past work was a little more straightforward, but thanks to all the chaos, she's had to be a lot more hands on rather than just trying to keep the status quo.
1b. Gill-Jade is known for being invested in a few different charities, and can be found at these events sporadically. Sniper has been volunteering with one of these charities, focused on getting low-income children into STEM. In terms of rallies and fundraising, it isn't near the end of her term, so there would be no immediate need for this at the moment. There will be the sense that she's complacent in where she is.
As for any information on funding her campaigns, that's all publicly available. It will be apparent that a lot of people with big names in corporations in the city fund her campaign, and likely find ways to add additional support when necessary.
2. We have a couple of additional notes to add that should help with your plot! Primarily: a lot of the social media presence involving the Displaced has been erased because of fear of a rising vigilante sentiment. It's all a part of trying to keep people from feeling like they can take the law into their own hands (and a lot of the PC activity has been related to that). We've provided some information on social media here. The NAPD has a lot of influence in getting things removed.
The incident with the nurse is different. Unfortunately, so is the matter with Jake and Hei - but there's no way for anyone to learn about that now. You could try to recreate that situation to see what happens, however!
Overall, we do think that the PCs would have to do something bigger rather than piecemeal to get noticed - and for it to stay live. Of course, there's the threat of the UNA noticing people displaying similar abilities and powers to what got in their way on the night of the Morningstar abductions. We've seeded some possible conclusions that the UNA might make about Morningstar through Gaby!
Otherwise, plotting a way to get the word out there and having it go well isn't a bad way to go. You could even use the dream event to do this, assuming you have an idea in mind! But since this will impact everyone else, we do request that you put up an OOC post for planning this!