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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. Following up on a UNA question from a while ago - is there any information on where the money goes after they sign up for life? Does the money return to their families?
2. ETA: My mind blanked when I made this comment, and I forgot about another question. Riku is trying to find the source of the facility in the dreamworld. Thanks to his abilities—and some of the information you passed on to other players—he would know (I think?) that the facility and the cityscape were at least somewhat similar in their source. As such, he believes that there is a good reason to think that the facility has a source in reality, even if it's likely not ... how it was.
Essentially: he wants to look into underwater marine biology facilities. He knows that he might need to be broad about his search. I saw that you mentioned that there were some research centers outside of the cities, and I was wondering if one of these facilities would be like that. Is there any information about a facility of that sort? Can they maintain something like that? He thinks it's probable—especially after seeing the construction of New Tokyo and how it scaled from an underwater section of the city to above ground.
He'll also be looking into major scientific accidents or any information about missing scientists who may have died in these, but he's sharp and aware that this world loves censorship, so he's not expecting much of a return on this part.
Thanks!
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1. Yes, she'd be able to find out that one of the benefits is that their families are offered subsidized apartments and groceries! It's one of the perks used in recruiting, though many of the sources she'll find will paint in a very specific image about uplifting their families with the benefits. In addition, they receive a stipend every month to help support them. This isn't a lot of money, but for many of their recruits, it's offering their families massively improved standard of life.
2. For the underwater facilities - they do exist! There is one on the outskirts of New Tokyo. They are not very numerous as they are difficult to maintain, but they are possible. All of the ones Riku will be able to find will have plenty of information available, from social media channels of sea life and even information on research applications and aid. Many will have photos up, but none of them will match even vaguely with what Riku remembers of the facility.
The facilities outside the cities are mostly for climate and weather research, nothing on scale with the underwater facility from the dreams.
Riku will not find much official coverage regarding any scientific accidents. However, if he digs, he will find some unofficial accounts from a few outlier blogs and edgy news sites. Nothing with regards to an underwater facility, and the stories themselves will be vague - not naming names, passed around like urban legends to try and squeak past by detection by censors.