PLOT ENGAGEMENT (ARCHIVED)

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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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Comments

[verselet]

Thank you! Quick question, would V still be under the influence of the compliance drug during the time in which this log plays out?

[larkers]

Hi Jen!

We wrote the warnings as if he was, just in case - but if you want the effects to have faded before Riko managed to show up, we're fine with that, too!

[verselet]

Okay, I’ll keep him affected! I just wanted to make certain. Thanks again!

[larkers]

Hi Jen! We're nearly done with this thread, and we're going to move on to the next stage soon. Is there anyone you'd like to see looped in on going to pick up V? Anyone new is out of the question, but anyone with a non-adversarial relationship with Gaby is open as an option!

[verselet]

Hi! Just to clarify, do you mean who will be around to usher V back to the safehouse once he’s released?

[larkers]

Yes! We're planning on having Gaby bring in some Displaced as reinforcements to go get him.

[verselet]

Oh boy. Gotcha!

I didn’t have anyone in mind, but there are a couple of individuals who would be aware of V being taken away by the police in the first place. Dick (because he works at the NAPD and might have seen him taken in?) and Prompto (who literally saw him get arrested by the authorities in his intro log thread). Maybe they would make the most sense? I spoke with the players and they expressed interest, as well.

Otherwise, I don’t have a preference if Gaby would reach out to anyone else specific!

[larkers]

Hi again!

Those two sound great - and we'll maybe pull in Doctor Strange if Gee has time. We'll be reaching out to her and starting threads with Gaia and Kira in the meantime, as well as putting up a log for his release.

[verselet]

Excellent! I’m looking forward to seeing where all this goes. Thank you for your help in ushering all of this along, as always! I'll keep an eye out for the log in the meanwhile.

[rehandle]

Hey mods!! Just checking in to ask how you'd like this log to run with the splitting up - one thread with a tagging order or individual Walking Through The House threads to then meet back when they find him or ?

SORRY HAHAH sweeps in at the last minute as the extra party only to realise I don't have a clue how to group log thank you for including me sorry that I'm This Way 😂

[larkers]

Hi! We're fine with however you four would like to do it! It might be easier to have Stephen and Dick tag in next to go do their sweeps in single tags, and then come back to V then Gaby. We'll make a note in the log for all communication to happen here so everyone sees it there, as well.

[verselet]

Hi! In preparation for answering Stephen’s question in the thread, did V pick up any details about the men who came to collect him? Anything that would describe them, etc?

Beyond that, even though I assume V was drugged during the transfer process from the station to the haunted house, did he overhear or see anything on the ride over that might’ve stuck with him?

[larkers]

Hi Jen! They would have handled him with polite deference - their grip on him would never be too firm, and they would make sure to carry him between them when needed (especially when he's thoroughly passed out). There would be nothing from his release to now that would give away that he's been roughly handled.

They wouldn't have said much, and it's likely that if they were communicating, it was via their neural implants.