kaisouooc | August Plotting & CR Post

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!

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Player Name: Thorn
Contact: thornweaver @ discord, journal PM
Time zone: PST

Character Name: Dr. Ratio
Canon: Honkai: Star Rail
Type: Normal AU
About: Grumpy but passionate college professor who's never quite been able to find fulfillment, suddenly discovers magic is real and starts remembering a past life as a grumpy but passionate academic who could do anything except get noticed by the god of knowledge.
Event Plans: I'm going to upgrade his abilities as much as I can, but compared to people who've been here longer he's probably not going to be a whole lot of use, especially since he was just a regular guy and has only gotten the idea that he might have to fight stuff in the last month or so. He's wholeheartedly in support of the rebellion against the Black Order just on general principles, though, so he'll be looking for what he can do.
Anything else? He'd be happy to accept a crash course in shadow magic and/or combat skills from any existing CR or anyone they direct him toward.

Character Name: Maxima quo Priscus
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Type: OU
About: A high-ranked member of a liberal faction within a militaristic empire, he defected after he and his allies were used as pawns and nearly killed once their usefulness was ended. While he was living in exile, the Empire fell to civil war and a zombie(?) apocalypse, so he marched to the capital acting as the guide for a foreign aid convoy, just in time for a worse apocalypse to get set off. The worst of the danger is settled now and he was spending his time organizing the refugees and trying to re-establish a society, until he got brought to Kaisou.
Event Plans: Aside from definitely running into the reincarnation of the man who spent some time being the first emperor of his home country (among his many atrocities ♥), not a lot of plans. He's still settling in and trying to figure out what to do with himself, but he's very sympathetic to the fight for freedom.
Anything else? He has military training and can operate heavy machinery, and the weird dot in the middle of his forehead makes him good at shooting stuff with guns, for lore reasons.

Bailey would be more than happy to help Ratio with any crash courses in shadow magic and combat skills!

All his voice lines in lessons are unsatisfied except for when he gets the best result.

Edward promised to train Ratio with shadow magic and that's what he's gonna do! by dropping off a fuckin building when he spots him and jumping out of a dumpster like LESSON TIME

he has not ever taught anybody before

that is not how you initiate a lesson plan

but he will go along with it, complaining all the way, because for some reason he likes Edward

Blackbeard and Hornigold taught him how to fight by giving him two swords and going ok swing those around lil man and it is honestly a miracle Edward isn’t starting with that

what character development does to a guy

lol yeah he does that he grows on people like a strange slightly murderous fungus

so I'm not familiar with either of yours but I'm always down for throwing mine at new people!! I can offer:

- A young woman who's been through multiple apocalyptic-level scenarios in her home world but is still pretty much the friendliest, most hopeful person you'd meet

- A slightly older young woman who likes things like swordfighting and would really like her life to go back to being normal thanks

- Some weird spiky red kid who likes to punch things idk

Hm! I don't have a lot of ideas yet for where Maxima is going to be going since he's so new, but he's a lot more likely than Ratio to wander into social events where people are hanging out, so I'm open to having him run into random people and see what comes of it.

For Ratio, I do plan to have him do an in-character interest check at some point when things feel a little quieter, for a sort of remedial science class for isekais. It's aimed at time travelers and people from fantasy worlds to get caught up on modern science, so a lot of it would surely be review for Ritsuka, but if she wants a refresher on the stuff she missed in the various apocalypses she'd be welcome to attend. and, you know, tell stories about Leonardo da Vinci that Ratio has definitely never heard in his life.

I usually try to do toplevels with all of mine in event logs when I can (this last month not so much because of how much was going on and one of mine having zero interest in the anime con aslkjkjasf) so if nothing else you can keep an eye out for those and see if anything sticks out! Or if you want I can toss you links when I have things up, I don't mind doing that either. :|b

oh man so like. Ritsuka was still in high school at the start of FGO so she uh. never actually FINISHED it. Which is to say if nothing else she'd definitely at least respond to a post like that even if her actual interest level is Complicated.

She's always down for blowing people's minds with stories about "Da Vinci-chan" though >D

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