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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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Yes, the bug in her manager's office would have been swept! Any bugs that were found on Vyonation property would've been pinpointed and purged. Vyonation's CSO – Xander Tagore – would be unconcerned with the exploits of Geoff Bozos, and seem to only tolerate Daisy's explanations at a cost for time. He doesn't seem to take Geoff as much of a threat, and would follow up with Daisy to ask why she has these suspicions. She'd better think this one through before she answers! Tagore is a notoriously tough nut to crack, and has a no tolerance for lost time. He'd be more interested in the completion of her independent project than the potential dirt on Geoff.
The project itself will receive some harsh criticism. Xander will be quick to point out the security flaws of using a vintage system, and the potential incompatibility issues that they may run into upon delivery. He'll push that Vyonation is about driving forward, not taking steps back. While not disapproving, Xander will be firm, and he'll show no mercy in exposing potential security holes. He'll be watching how she takes the criticism. At the end he'll say that the idea is there, but the application will need to be different. He'll want to see the "vintage" code used for patterns, rather than application, to potentially boost the current security algorithms. He'll want it on his desk in a week – meaning the 15th – giving her a crunch time to accomplish the task.
Please let us know how she intends to move forward!
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transitioning from practical applications to pattern recognition would be a natural and much easier coding challenge for her. canonly, coulson put her in charge of the clairvoyant mission as a brand-new agent specifically because she "sees things in unique ways". as a fun little aside, it's theorized, while not confirmed, that daisy's
kree heritage (and subsequent boost from gh.325) gives her an inherent advantage at pattern recognition as well!
she would take the full week to tweak the code and patch any security holes noted in their conversation, but she wouldn't necessarily need it. this time, the project feels much more like an extension of herself — her own inherent skills brought to light — and she'd feel much more confident in what she had to deliver.
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Xander will receive it without much comment! Daisy will be dismissed and he'll say that her work will be up for review. She does, however, now have clearance to meet with him when she has a pitch or an independent project she'd like to work on. (His personal assistant will definitely let her by!) What she does with it from there is up to her.