July Plotting & CR Post

[kaisoumods]

July Plotting & CR Post

Hello everyone! It's time for the announcement and plotting post for July!

OOC Housekeeping

• The Zodiac Network Post will go up July 1st, with a midmonth post going up July 15th. The monthly event log will be posted July 4th.
• If you haven't already, please remember to check in for activity! Activity is due by the end of the month!
• The regains page has adjusted its office hours. Moving forward, there will be no regain office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays except for the Tuesdays and Thursdays that fall between the posting of the plotting OOC and the event log (so the 28th to the 4th typically). Please check the calendar to double check on closed days.
• Just a reminder for anyone who hasn't joined yet, but we have a game discord for current players! It's completely optional to join, but come in and say hi!

World Changes

• A fully digitized Pokedex has been uploaded to Libra by Yuuki of POKEGO.

More details about world changes can be found on the World Changes page.

Side quests
New Side Quests have been added for the month of July! Go ahead and sign up! If you haven't turned in quests for June gacha points, you can still do so until the end of the month! However, signing up for any June quests is now closed.

POKEGO Update
Due to Persephone's efforts to get sponsors, she managed to procure a sponsorship from the mobile game Raid Darkness Sagas. In exchange for hanging advertisement posters in public POKEGO workspaces, Raid Darkness Sagas will donate enough money to pay each POKEGO member an additional $50 a month- making their monthly total pay to $350 per month.

Thanks to Yuuki's efforts in digitizing the Pokedex for Libra app users, Cygnus Academy will get shipped a box of Shiny Charms that'll raise the chance of encountering a shiny Pokemon. These charms are accessible to anyone who is connected with Cygnus Academy.

The POKEGO apprentices (Jun, Kaveh, Ryouta, Varian) have begun mapping out the Kanto realm. This is still a work-in-progress, but this is a currently available map of the realm (most of it is still unmapped).

Mikleo requested access to Zodiac's technology that allows them to detect Spirit Gates and Tears as part of a long term project. No rewards immediately for this one, but it will be something to look out for in the future.

Finally thanks to efforts to assist Oz from Persephone, Josuke, and Alhaitham - POKEGO is now in good standing with the Lollipop Guild! This means from now on, the PICHU Facility's refreshment area will be regularly stock with various types of free candy (often lollipops). In addition, the Munchkins used left over building materials to build a greenhouse for Cygnus Academy. However due to the munchkins being, well, munchkins- the ceiling of the greenhouse stands at about 6 feet high. Sorry tall folks.

As always, you can check out updates to the PICHU facility here and information about Cygnus Academy here.

Black Order Update
The Black Order's June mission was a success! The conman was apprehended and had the sealing spell placed on him, which made him lose his magic abilities as well as most of his memories and part of his personality (oops). The con man was sent back to his family, who has put him in a long-term care facility to have them look after him. For their efforts, Black Order members will get paid their usual salaries and none of them will receive punishment.

As for July's Mission, the Black Order has been tasked with dealing with a museum curator that's been using a magic stripper pole to sneak into Spirit Realms and procure artifacts to display in his museum. Since he's just been going for items based on the "cool factor", several of the items he's procured are potentially dangerous and thus has alerted the Black Order.

Thus, the Guardians in Kaisou have been tasked two objectives. First, stop the curator from procuring anymore items from the Spirit Realm. Second, find a way to retrieve the items he's already stolen and put into the museum. Like the previous mission, the methods used for this mission will be decided by discussion and then a vote in the discord server.

Town Events
Due to it being the summer water month, the weather for the month is going to be hot, humid, and full of storms. Throughout the month, there will be frequent thunderstorms and rain showers that'll get heavy. Expect mild flooding and your hair to hate the humidity. If that's not bad enough, some of the microbursts will have magical properties that will make a person start to crystalize and find it harder to move should they get caught in it. Luckily, the crystallization will wear off once they are dried.

Meanwhile, the annual Anime Convention, Kaicon, is this month! It'll be taking place in the civic center and will be full of the typical things you'll find in an anime convention! Buy some merch, attend some panels, and go all out in your cosplay! There'll be no separate log for it this year, so it'll be part of the event log.

Gate Event: Atlantis
This month's event will be the great lost city of Atlantis! Characters will be traveling to the famous lost city, where they will help uncover the truth behind what caused Atlantis to fall under the sea, and help the people protect their city from a leviathan threat. This version of Atlantis is based off a mix of the disney movie and Plato's texts about Atlantis, meaning they will be humans who have been protected from eradication thanks to a magical energy crystal. Expect to deal with underwater threats such sea monsters and swimming.

Long Term Consequences Choice Alert!
As part of this event, characters will have a choice in obtaining their own version of the magical energy crystal that Atlantis uses to power their city. Needless to say, this energy source has a lot of power - enough that it could be used to power a character-run version of the Libra app that is completely without Zodiac's control, among other things. That said, it does run the potential consequence that if not handled very carefully - it could worsen Kaisou's current situation and in the worst case scenario- cause the city to get dragged into the Spirit Realm like Atlantis. Though of course, characters can think up IC solutions to help mitigate these issues.

In other words, taking the Atlanteans up on their offer could have severe game wide consequences and shape the overall game plot moving forward. And thus, we've decided to put it to a vote whether the offer is taken up. We have about 40 players in Kaisou, but since a number of them tend to be absent at any given time and the mod team themselves cannot vote in this- we're going to be looking for a vote threshold of 15 player votes in order for this to pass.

You're allowed to vote for this even if your character ICly would be against it, since this is more checking to see if players are interested in dealing with the game changes this would cause (new network app, more spirit realm problems, convincing the Black Order that they got a smoothie, etc).

Voting will be open for two weeks until July 12th. If you wish to vote for this, please comment here!

Plotting Comment
Feel free to use this form below to set up any plotting for the month!

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <b>Time zone:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Type:</b> (Normal AU, Paranormal AU, OU) <b>About:</b> Tell us about the character! <b>Event Plans:</b> <b>Anything else?</b>

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Comments

QUESTIONS

[kaisoumods]

Got a question about the event? Ask them here!

[youwouldntdownloada]

For those less than inclined for the Permanent souvenir of a tattoo, and even less inclined about risking even a pendant of incredibly over powered crystal, what kinds of souvenir type goods could one feasibly acquire from Atlantis?

You can't just go to Atlantis and come back with just pictures!!! but also like, let's exhibit more care than that curator here

TAKING THE POWER SUPPLY

[kaisoumods]

Fill out the form and comment here if you are voting in favor of taking the folks of Altantis up on their offer of the power supply. Voting will close July 12th.

Please note that no mod or are allowed to vote in this poll.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Characters:</b> <b>Would any of your characters ICly be involved in taking the power supply:</b> (This is fully optional, just looking for reference in regards of plotting)

[phoenixwiz]

Player Name: Mari
Characters: Isabela Madrigal and Harry Potter
Would any of your characters ICly be involved in taking the power supply: Nope (Isabela doesn’t want to mess with the Atlantean crystals’ power (she doesn’t wanna tamper with something she has zero knowledge on) while Jamie will politely decline the offer.)

[fionnuisce]

Player Name: Nao
Characters: Waver Velvet, Scintilla Caminus
Would any of your characters ICly be involved in taking the power supply: Waver's not going and Scintilla's stance is 'hellllllllllllll no' on magic crystals from people she doesn't know. Surprisingly, this is not an uncommon issue.

[monklookslikealady]

Player Name: Shannon
Characters: Ann, Caster, Libra, Alhaitham
Would any of your characters ICly be involved in taking the power supply: Ann and Libra are out. Ann wouldn't want to mess with something that powerful. Libra's seen what that shit can do.

Alhaitham would be interested and would probably take one for research purposes (and would have a little experience messing with these things.) Caster... could just probably be convinced to help because it's Caster.

Re: TAKING THE POWER SUPPLY

[nmc0204]

Player Name: Claire
Characters: Ryoko Shinonome, Sei Shounagon
Would any of your characters ICly be involved in taking the power supply: Ryoko ABSOLUTELY, Sei probably not

Re: TAKING THE POWER SUPPLY

[schoolingfish]

Player Name: Robin 2
Characters: Luca Paguro and Moxxie/Maxwell Lansky
Would any of your characters ICly be involved in taking the power supply: Nope. Luca would be leery of anything that sank a city and Moxxie won't be there.

[laminae]

Player Name: Pan
Characters: Fern
Would any of your characters ICly be involved in taking the power supply: Nope! This isn't something Fern will want to mess with.

PRINCE

[lowestclass]

Player Name: Prince
Contact: k1b0 @ plurk, insectlike @ discord
Time zone: weird NL timezone -3:30

SUNG JIN-WOO

[lowestclass]

Character Name: Sung Jinwoo
Canon: Solo Leveling
Type: Normal AU (Black Order)
About: Jinwoo is a polite, quiet, and somewhat awkward man who's almost in his thirties--he's not got much in the way of intelligence, and he's a little on the airheaded side, but he's genuine, at least. Recently, he's become a vampire--though the only huge change it's made to his life is needing to drink blood, as he's already cursed to not be able to stand in direct sunlight due to his brainghost. Speaking of curses--he has bad luck, tends to get in trouble either by somewhat unlucky things happening to him or those around him. In his past life he was an extremely powerful Hunter--an 'awakened' being who had special abilities and overwhelming strength--with abilities that he's not quite yet gotten back, much to his quiet dismay.
Event Plans: Jinwoo Probably won't be dealing with Atlantis, but I'm willing to do sidequests! Any Black Order shenanigans with fellow Black Order members as well-- Jinwoo can turn invisible, jump between shadows, and summon a black knight minion to use as a distraction or even to help them deal with what stolen items they'll need to get back.
Anything else?

KIKU

[advivo]

Player Name: Kiku
Contact: valyria / lefaeys @ discord.
Time zone: GMT +10 australia babyyy

DANTE

[advivo]

Character Name: Dante
Canon: Devil May Cry
Type: OU
About: Whacky wahoo pizza man who likes to fight demons, eat pizza, drink booze, be overall a positive guy, and has the absolute worse luck with money. 100% good guy who will fight god for you if you need him too, he will also do jobs for you for free even if you agreed on a price prior to him taking on said job. He has opened Devil May Cry once more working out of the Auguries, more or less advertising as a jack-of-all-trades kind of place with a focus on dealing with any sort of supernatural/demonic problems. Come one, come all!
Event Plans: Dante isn't going to be heading into Atlantis, to be honest, maybe a little too much water but should someone ask him to come and help them with something he will be there. He is definitely available for side quests or any other random stuff!!
Anything else?

Mari | Isabela and Jamie

[phoenixwiz]

Player Name: Mari
Contact: mariscorner, Mariposa21 #4257
Time zone: PhST

Character Name: James Alexander ‘Jamie’ Carter (Harry Potter)
Canon: Harry Potter
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Second year journalism student currently having a life crisis with his water magic throwing curveballs at him. He is also now a cursed flying selkie. At the moment he is also on summer break from uni and looking forward to an incoming news writing internship.
Event Plans: Atlantis should be very easy for Jamie since it aligns with when his Water magic gets an extra boost, which means his fast swimming and selkie curse should come in handy. Also a part of me is tempted to give him memories of the Second Triwizard Task because sea monsters and people eating merpeople. What else can I say?
Anything else? I will send him a birthday skeleton visit on July because it is his birthday month too.

Character Name: Isabela Madrigal
Canon: Encanto
Type: OU
About: Former tired golden child turned unhinged plant lady who currently works at a flower shop
Event Plans: Isabela probably will be exploring Atlantis although it is hard to tell when you have Earth magic and Atlantis is underwater. Nothing totally concrete at the moment besides attending the convention and trying to enjoy the summer without too much stress
Anything else? N/A

nao

[fionnuisce]

Player Name: Nao
Contact: lollichop @ plurk | seer0ftime @ discord
Time zone: EST

Character Name: Waver Velvet
Canon: Fate/ (servantswap AU)
Type: OU
About: a prickly but earnestly sincere tsundere from a universe very slightly to the left of canon, see slightly out of date infopost for finer details if you like
Event Plans: you know it took me until i started writing this comment to remember waver is terrified of sea monsters and fish is an honest to god panic trigger so he will almost definitely not be going to atlantis unless convinced? but considering people keep trying to make him take a vacation, he'll probably be more on the city side of events this month.
Anything else? 'why is he-' don't make me explain zero caster

Character Name: Scintilla Caminus
Canon: FFXIV (Warrior of Light OC)
Type: OU
About: local clownshoes hero, pure of heart, jacked of arms, and dumb of ass.
Event Plans: and then there's the cat, who not only fears nothing but can breathe underwater, so she has no problem going to atlantis and stabbing whatever causes trouble? average day in the life, innit?
Anything else? the joke is i almost forgot to regain water breathing

[hoshikiri]

all i'm saying is the grass roots effort is still ongoing, work death, time and energy permitting

also like scintilla and eunie should be bros and do more things

Shannon

[femmecatale]

Player Name: Shannon
Contact: plurk: penguinknitter || Discord: warpenguin
Time zone: WEST COAST BEST COATS (Pacific)

Ann Takamaki

[femmecatale]

Character Name: Ann Takamaki
Canon: Persona 5 Royal
Type: Normal AU
About: Bubbly college aged blonde who's normally spending her time between classes, some modelling gigs, and keeping Bossman Gilgamesh from doing anything incredibly stupid and READING HIS GD EMAILS.
Event Plans: Unsure on Atlantis, but she will make an appearance at the anime con! (I'm planning on getting her Panther outfit for it, ok.)
Anything else? Also down for side quests for her~!

Katsuki Bakugou & Pepa Madrigal

[callmekacchan]

Player Name: Mog
Contact: Marquiseoniongirl on plurk, Raponion on Discord, pm this journal.
Time zone: US Eastern

Character Name: Katsuki Bakugou
Canon: My Hero Academia
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Cranky and very tired college brat possessed by a kitsune. Used to be a hero in a past life. He has a good heart, despite the temper.
Event Plans: Big nerd here is definitely going to Kaicon. Atlantis is up in the air for him because the whole possession thing came about via drowning as a child and he can't swim and fears large bodies of water. 🙃 (Although Alberto is teaching him to swim. So. We'll see if he can beat that phobia.) Also down for quests. You Gotta Be Kitten Me and Cake Boss appeal the most to me for him. But I'm not opposed to any of them.

Character Name: Pepa Madrigal
Canon: Encanto
Type: OU
About: Anxious mother of three who's mood affects the weather and who is separated from all but one niece currently from her large family.
Event Plans: Sending her to Atlantis. HECK YEAH. Also down for quests. Catch and Release looks fun for her.
Anything else?
Nope

[phoenixwiz]

All for Isabela and Pepa going to Atlantis and/or questing stuff or having her or Jamie hang out with Katsuki at Kaicon.

Yuff

[whiteshroud]

Player Name: Yuff
Contact: neutronstar
Time zone: US Central

Jun

[whiteshroud]

Character Name: Jun Nightroad (canon name: Jun Kohinata)
Canon: Tokyo Xanadu
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Anime nerd by day, holy knight by night. Jun is a college student at Kaisou University after having a pretty rough childhood. He's also studying as a POKEGO apprentice, with a specialty in botany.
Event Plans: Jun will definitely be attending the anime convention and doing cosplay, as well as continuing with mapping the Kanto region. He'll be going to Atlantis but honestly mostly there he'll be keeping an eye on Mikleo, a water spirit that cannot swim. The irony.

Anything else?

Saffy | Amal, Zero, Mikleo, and Zhongli

[thavnairian]

Player Name: Saffy
Contact: fonfabre @ discord
Time zone: Pacific

Zero isn't appearing on this list because she'll be taking a backseat for the next bit while I figure out how to wrap up her arc in Kaisou.

Amal

[thavnairian]

Character Name: Amal Vasiya
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Type: OU
About: Once a thief, now a deeply traumatized dancer and classical bard who saves the world every Tuesday. Though he's actually been in Kaisou for two years ICly (since before game start) so at this point he's halfway into being retired! Recently adopted Varian as his son. B'awww. He's still Kaisou's Florida Man though.
Event Plans: Amal will be doing lots of exploring, and I imagine he'll also be helping out with the people inside the gate. It's been a while since he got to explore something cool.
Anything else?

Jay

[joies]

Player Name: Jay
Contact: floriographies, I'm also in the disco server!
Time zone: GMT+1

Persephone

[joies]

Character Name: Persephone aka Persie aka Pom aka Pomma
Canon: Original
Type: POKEGO AU
About: A changeling who is very gregarious, playful and outgoing, and who is waaaaaay older than she looks. Was a queen in her previous life, and that sometimes shows. As one of the more senior members of POKEGO (she's been there since the start) she tends to keep an eye on and fuss over the youngins, especially if the were in POKEPUPs which she oversaw. Right now her focus is assisting with the rebuilding of the group and being a guiding hand/ear to listen when needed.
Event Plans: She is going to Atlantis SHE IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO ATLANTIS. She will be uncertain about anything regarding the crystal though... Other than that, she is also available for any side quests!!
Anything else?

TF

[droptheious]

Player Name: TF
Contact: teeff or teefflady
Time zone: GMT
Just a note I'll be vanishing on holiday 29th July - 5th August so expect next to nothing from me during that period tag-wise.

Varian

[droptheious]

Character Name: Varian
Canon: Tangled
Type: OU
About: Reformed Disney villain, alchemist, teenager. He's got a million issues but he's going to therapy and learning how to deal with them. He's currently in the PokeGO apprenticeship programme with a speciality in engineering. Werewolf.
Event Plans: You know what this little gabrage child loves? Learning ancient bullshit! You know what else he loves? CRYSTALS. Varian is gonna be ALL about Atlantis and will be studying everything he can about their culture, the crystals and everything in between, and likely be a big fat nerd about it to anyone who wants to listen. LET HIM TELL YOU THINGS, LEARNING IS FUN. He'll be down for some sidequests if anyone wants to get in on that!
Anything else?

Bon | Takame, Eunie

[hoshikiri]

Player Name: Bon
Contact: bonpuns @ plurk/discord
Time zone: EST

[hoshikiri]

Character Name: Takame Kesi
Canon: FFXIV (OC)
Type: OU
About: Warrior of Light. So traumatized he lost his personality but he's slowly trying to find one again. A very very good bean but watch out. Cygnus Instructor. Vogue Worker. Teacher Boyfriend. Master. Seer???
Event Plans:
I'll level with you guys work is going to be beating my ass this month so for the most part I'm going to be playing it by ear but he is going to be very sus of the Atlantean's intentions with crystals he's seen how fucky that can get.

He is still going though since he can (eventually) breath indefinitely underwater so yeah. He is a fire boy though so he's gonna be very eepy this month not that it's going to stop this stupid workaholic.

Anything else?

Fern | Adventure Time | OU

[laminae]

Player Name: Pan
Contact: cryptophyta@plurk
Time zone: MST

Character Name: Fern
Canon: Adventure Time
Type: OU
About: Emotionally volatile grass boy who used to be Finn and also the cursed Grass Sword. Still sort of both of them, it's complicated.
Event Plans: Fern will definitely be doing Atlantis things. He used to have a phobia of the ocean, though he got over that as Finn so he will be down to want to fight some sea monsters and go adventuring in an ancient city.
Anything else?

[senorita_perfecta]

Isa wants to go into Atlantis and kick sea monster hinny too. Let’s give them monsters of the deep a run for their money.

kyah

[sassery]

Player Name: Kyah
Contact: indubitanter1547 @ discord
Time zone: EST

Nero

[sassery]

Character Name: Nox Miller/Nero
Canon: Devil May Cry
Type: Normal AU
About: Nice guy turned into a sassy jackass with a heart of gold, he's the youngest of the Sparda fam and also the one with the fucking braincell.
Event Plans: UHHHHH WELL. Nox will be still living with the twins for the month, until they're sure he's fine with his memories and such. I don't really have much planned for him other than getting the van, he'll be curious about Atlantis but also like "bruh" because what the fuuuuuck this is cool and also wild.
Anything else? He's a good boy and a shitposter, you will see memes consistently. I make no apologies.

Robin 2

[not_a_possum]

Player Name: Robin 2
Contact: serpentcyborg or grasshoppermouse on discord
Time zone: EST

Moxxie

[not_a_possum]

Character Name: Moxxie
Canon: Helluva Boss
Type: Normal AU
About: He's a former college musical theater professor who comes from a mafia family, but tried to distance himself from it, but now he's turned into an imp that regular humans perceive as a possum, so he's making the best of that. Also he murdered a member of Zodiac so he's been laying low in Zulius's apartment and theatre.
Event Plans: As much as Moxxie is tempted to do what he can to get an app that's outside of Zodiac's control, he remembers how bad things went last time he took a powerful item and he'll decide against it. He might not even go to Atlantis, because he'd be concerned the water would ruin any guns he might bring, and he's not going into any gate without guns.
Anything else? N/A

[keyofelde]

Player Name: Meowkitty
Contact: MKSakura
Time zone: EST

Character Name: Souta Suzukaze
Canon: Fairy Muskeeters (Otogi Juushi Akazukin)
Type: Normal AU
About: Local green-thumb who talks to plants (and they talk back)! Souta loves flowers, magic, and fantasy. A gentle soul, he can be easily startled but also looks for the best in others. In the summer, the high schooler can be found either gardening, reading novels, or sometimes sketching plant-life.
Event Plans: Last month was quiet, but still planning on throwing him at Cygnus Academy. The magic geek has good reason to go. He will definitely be at the Anime Convention as well! May or may not visit Atlantis, since magic crystals are a magical girl staple, and who am I to deny his genre?
Anything else? If I can figure out a way, I'd love to finally get him a grass type Pokemon. Also open to side quests, especially Cake Boss.

Character Name: Eve
Canon: Black Cat (manga)
Type: OU
About: A kid who got rescued from living a violent life as a bioweapon prototype. She was traveling with a group of bounty hunters (sweepers in her world), when suddenly Kaisou happened. Bright and curious, she's been learning more about the world as well as slowly growing more accustomed to 'normal' life. Eve still wants to become a sweeper one day, like her role models.
Event Plans: She'll be learning to swim specifically for the gate this month, so likely to want to visit it. Eve's got the powers to help fight sea monsters, she'll just need a guardian for the trip.
Anything else? Definitely keen for side quests, give her bounties!

[onahairtrigger]

Josuke would be more than happy to accompany Souta into Kanto to help him find a grass-type that suits him once they've met! Josuke's spending a lot of his summer around Cygnus anyway since he does a lot of manning the infirmary there, so that's a way they could maybe meet?

Luz Noceda | The Owl House

[a_cute_batata]

Player Name: Pedro

Contact: elpedrososama@gmail.com, elpedrososama , PM.
Time zone: EST

Character Name: Luz Noceda

Canon: The Owl House

Type: (OU)

About: Human from earth lands in the demon realm, learns magic there and falls in love with the people and wants to help them. A sadistic emperor figure endeavors to kill everyone, and Luz is trying to prevent these turn of events, even as she knows there are complications to how the emperor rose to power.

Event Plans: With hair in floof, Luz is going straight for the con! She'll be missing doing it with Eda this time, but she is determined to have a good time and make a lot of new friends! On the Atlantean side, she will be fascinated with their culture and liken their plight to the fate of the Boiling isles, so she'll certainly want to help them out however she can! I'm game to having her team up with one or several people to help aid the Atlanteans!

Anything else?