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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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> during the halloween events, wwx used his booze-guzzling skills to make bets with some of the red light district workers because they're FUN and he likes FUN; his bet was something to the tune of betting them that he could drink a sampler from basically all the moonshine vendors without passing out - and if he won, he wins articles of clothing. namely he was looking for fun outfits to wear ( don't buy what you don't have to lmAO!! ), but i'm submitting this for in-game social reasons -- he took a lot of cooltalk pictures, uploaded a bunch of video reviews of the vendors's brews ( advertisement, woo! )
he's done this for fun, but also to make inroads among a group of people he thinks always have one ear open for info - it may be personal bias, but he's trying it! is there any sort of consequences or gains(?) he might be able to work on because of this?
> the second thing he's done, is pipe on chenqing, his bamboo flute, throughout the whole procession at the end of the celebrations (minus a stop or two). he plays really haunting music, nearly nonstop for all those who are walking as well - as a painfully obvious dedication to their losses and struggles. the same question applies to this! but it's not as conscious an effort.
thank you sorry for the spam edit(s)!!!
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We have a question for clarity reasons. Who are the people that he's trying to make inroads with, and what kind of information is he hoping to obtain? Overall - most of his busking or social media presence wouldn't stand out much, but we need more information when it comes to the inroads you mentioned.
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for reference, here's the conversation he and abel had regarding potentially questing after the place where everyone comes from. to summarize: he's throwing out ideas regarding building a timetable, seeing if there are any similarities between when/where everyone is dropped off and anything else that might be offered up. he's basically trying to collect a network of "bakerstreet irregulars"!
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We recommend that you have Wei Wuxian discuss this idea further with the other characters in game. There are a few others who have organized information - such as Clarke Griffin, Daisy Johnson and Bobbi Morse - about newcomers, and they may be able to help. That will make it easier for us to tell which audience he's catering to, and help him narrow his focus in character.
Right now, New Amsterdam and New Tokyo are both cities of around 40 million people, making it harder to determine who would be "regulars" outside of vendors. Advertising for the breweries is a good first step with that, though he'll have to garner more of a social media following for the brewers to care. He may want to explore other means of getting their favor, especially as the Displaced move forward with their own bar plans.