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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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The power outage wasn't worldwide or expected on most levels. New Oslo, New Amsterdam, and New Venice certainly didn't know that it was coming. Some cities are better prepared against power outages because of the trouble the city itself might face. For instance, New Tokyo is generally built up to be prepared for seismic activity that might cause problems - since it's a city literally built on the ocean - but wasn't prepared for the type of extreme cold and blizzard that happened once the Displaced came out of the dreams. New Beijing (and Riverstone's scientists, to be more precise) were aware for some reason of the incoming seismic activity on that particular day!
We'll say now that you've figured it out that naming exact cities was actually a red herring! A lot of cities got hit. Some cities didn't - though in some cases, it was based entirely on luck! What can further be concluded is that it's weird that an earthquake would be predicted to impact New Beijing and New Oslo, even in this globally relocated world. Heck, that's true for New Amsterdam as well - which Cassian will now be able to physically put together, having taken a train from one to the other. How could an earthquake have such a large effect on the world? Hint: the answers are out there.
re: the records, that's fine! Let us know if you need anymore information beyond what we've already provided.
We're looking forward to a post from Cassian on this! As we've said before, we've enjoyed working with you on this, even we've laid a few red herrings and false leads along the way. As we said before, there's still a much bigger picture to solve, but it's been fun writing the puzzle pieces and detours for you along the way.
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is it possible for cassian to find the actual earthquake epicenter? like is there a map out on the big old internet? the outage wasn't global, but did the earthquake itself have ripple effects? or was it more several earthquakes at once?
re: new oslo, this is the first mention i've seen of them being prepared too! is that something he'd be able to find out more about once they make that trip to new oslo, or would he pick up hints on it through digging in the medical records?
i have been enjoying this a lot, mods! i'm excited to see where it goes and to take this angle a little more publicly.
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We'll hit you back with everything on our usual plot engagement day, we just wanted to clear this up since we know there are threads in progress!
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The reported epicenter is just off the coast of what was once the state of Washington. The details surrounding this earthquake are surprisingly vague, and the facility that reported the seismic activity at the time – based 100 miles east of New Omsk – closed down the month after the report was released due to retracted funding. If Cassian compares this report to other reports of seismic activity, he would find that the details are lacking. The report itself theorizes that the Juan de Fuca plate, located near what was once a populated part of the North American continent, collided with other tectonic plates surrounding it. However, there is little information confirming this, especially when seismologists are generally better at tracking these plates and helping with reports in advance. There were questions on this event that are left unanswered, though the report itself seems to go unquestioned.