August Plotting & CR Post

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August Plotting & CR Post

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

OOC Housekeeping

• The Zodiac Network Post will go up August 1st, with a midmonth post going up August 15th. The first half of the event log will be posted August 4th, with the second half going up August 11th.
• If you haven't already, please remember to check in for activity! Activity is due by the end of the month!
• 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

• Trick Room TM are now available for pokemon to learn
• Deus Gem Quartz can be purchased for your ARCUS!

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

Side quests
Side quests have been given an overhaul! In the new side quest system, players will now be able to submit their own side quests to be posted, as well as earn regain points. Go ahead and check it out!

New side quests will be posted this weekend!

POKEGO Update
POKEGO has been vibing and will continue to vibe! Don't worry guys, I haven't forgotten about you. We're just dealing with one of the other factions being on fire for months. Please help put out the fire. Please.

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

Zodiac Update
The playable Zodiac characters are now on the app, and they are now have been given the job of assisting the Libra app users on top of their prior responsibilities. Do they get bonuses for this? No. But we'll give you a pizza party!

Starting now until the start of the second phase of the plot, the Zodiac characters will be tasked with getting Yggdrasil capable of traveling between the realms. This means they will need some type of bifrost/light magic tool that will tap into the tree. It is entirely up to you how the Zodiac crew manages to pull this off, rather they make a gadget or have a wild adventure into the Spirit Realm.

Black Order Update
So bad news, you guys won't be getting paid this month again. And your bosses are now coming after you personally.

But good news! Sympathetic members of the Order have noticed Kaisou's efforts, and they will be coming to help! Starting with the event log, Black Order ally NPCs will be around in kaisou! They will be on the Gemini app, and available to help with plot things.

The Allies that will be arriving are:

• Acheron (Effy)
• Ardbert (Saffy)
• Bayonetta (Kyah)
• Black Swan (Jay)
• Camilla (Amber)
• Childe/Tartaglia (Lum)
• Emet-Selch (Fae)
• Kamek (Lapi)
• Noel Vermillion (Bon)
• Randy Orlando (Jade)
• Ravio (Usagi)
• Risotto Nero (Amber)
• Velvet Crowe (Yuff)
• Vermouth (MK)

Feel free to plot with any of these guys about pre-established CR or thread possibilities while they're in Kaisou!

City Events
Since August is a fire month, expect the weather to be extremely hot! Luckily, it'll be a dry heat so it'll probably be more bearable than July's humidity.

And with August comes the Kaisou County Fair! Check out the fair in-between the revolution, there's lots of fun new foods to try!

Special Event: Asgard
This month's event will the big climax to the Black Order plot, and features the realm of Asgard! Characters will be facing off against the leaders of the Black Order, aka the Unyielding, and storming Asgard. The plot will mostly be focusing on the boss battles, but it will also provide a chance for characters to learn some of the Order's darkest secrets (YES, THERE'S MORE)

Speaking of the Unyielding, it's time to announce who you'll be facing off against! The Five unyielding are:

• Arianrhod (Yuff)
• Jun Wu (Ryuu)
• Kirei Kotomine (Nao)
• Kratos Aurion (Saffy)
• Tsuchigomori (Prince)

Each of these Unyielding will be their own boss fights with their own unique mechanics. Please read their plotting comments for more information! Also please note that these fights will be more difficult than the Zealot fights, so please make sure your characters are ready!

Due to the sheer amount of stuff going on, the event log will be broken down into two updates:

August 4th (aka August 3rd at 6pm EST): First half! This will contain town events, the arrival of the Black Order Allies. And the first two unyielding battles (Kratos and Arianrhod). Arianrhod's battle will take place in the fields of Hyrule and will feature a giant mech battle, while Kratos will be breaking into the Fortress of Meropide... for any of you unlucky souls who were hanging out there.

August 11th (aka August 10th at 6pm EST): Second half! This will be when the player characters will be heading into Asgard to face off with the final three members of the Unyielding (Kirei, Tsuchigomori and Jun Wu). They will all be taking place in different sectors of Asgard. Characters will also get a chance to explore Asgard and dig up more of the Order's secrets.

After the plot is over, September is planned to be a chiller month and that'll also be the time when players can start to figure out what the future of the Order will look like.

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>

code bases by tricklet

Comments

ARIANRHOD, THE STEEL MAIDEN (Unyielding)

[lancemaiden]

Arianrhod will be among the first Unyielding to be battle! Unlike the others, she will openly challenge the player characters to face her out in Hyrule.

Her style of combat is mostly melee, with using a massive lance. The fight will be pretty straight forward, with two parts to it.

Part 1: You'll be fighting just Arianrhod! She will hit like a truck and move extremely fast. Also she might crucify some of you as a treat.

Part 2: She will summon her Divine Knight which is a 8 meter tall (26 feet tall) mech that is equipped with a massive lance made of special metal that is near unbreakable. Basically, the only way to beat this form is to be Big Yourself (this is also why this battle is taking place in Hyrule, who cares about collateral damage baby!)

Personality wise, Arianrhod is probably the most noble and moral of the Unyielding, though she's clearly become too jaded over the years. Immortal characters might also realize that she was once this world's version of Joan of Arc.

She will most likely die when her battle is over, as she will start to fade away once her mech is destroyed- but it is possible to seal her away if you rather not kill her. I'm open to either option!

[end_singer]

I'm so excited for this fight, ngl

[lancemaiden]

Listen I know what the people of Kaisou want, and that's mech fights with a hot lesbian.

Who am I to deny them of that wish?

[venti_late]

No lie, it's honestly extremely tempting to throw Venti at her because, y'know. Joan d'Arc. Just get that bit of a knife twist. Plus, he'd be inclined to try to persuade her to stop (it won't work, we all know it won't).

[vanescere]

Mech fight mech fight!! Even if Blade is the pilot instead, I'm still so excited for mech fight.

Regardless, Faye can at least participate in phase 1 maybe X3

[youwouldntdownloada]

Local gals training sesh interrupted by battle challenge in the fields, OH BOY OH BOY!

They can share some popcorn and pompoms during phase 2. Unless someone embiggens them for some reason in which case OH! GOD!

[vanescere]

With Blade's workshop being in Hyrule and Faye wanting to learn new weapons, that would be the perfect place for a training sesh. Will have to poke Saffy about that and also the direction the mech portion is going~

[youwouldntdownloada]

PRECISELY MY THINKING! And honestly it was already Yasuho's go-to spot so the two forces combined are just perfect

OH THAT'S RIGHT SHE'S POSSIBLY GOT A MECH IN THE WORKS HUH!!! u fight that mech faye, yasuho's got your flower-

[vanescere]

It's a nice open space to train in, so Hyrule is definitely perfect for it.

Maybe possibly! Faye isn't getting her canon mech stuff for a While, but Saffy had mentioned it's either Blade or Faye piloting and I'm content to leave that decision out of my hands lmao

[kamekiavellian]

Cameron has Kamek's "make a thing huge" spell that usually makes boss fights and he's going to use it to make one person big enough to fistfight the mech.

So, like. If anyone wants their character to be that one person. Just say the word.

[ampersand_me]

..... so on the one hand, I feel like it'd make more sense to use that spell on someone who's been here long enough to actually have a decent arsenal of powers/regains to REALLY make use of it.



On the other hand, if nobody else is interested, the idea of throwing Knuckles at this is cracking me up.

[kamekiavellian]

Hey sorry I completely forgot to reply to this but. You're right, it would be very funny and I'm absolutely down for it if no one else bites.

[ampersand_me]

IT WOULD and it'd be a shame to let that power go to waste, so I had to offer as a backup plan! |Db