kaisouooc | November Plotting & CR post

November Plotting & CR Post

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

OOC Housekeeping

The Zodiac Network Post will go up November 1st, with a midmonth post going up November 15th. The event log will be posted November 4th.
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

Tuskpirs are now here to eat your bad dreams!
Alex the Seal's transportation services are now available in the harbor!

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

Side quests
Due to the nature of the plot, and some RL stuff popping up on the mod end, the Side quests for November will be posted at a later time! We thank you for your patience. In the meantime, you're still welcome to pick up October Side quests until the end of the month, as well as turn in any completed quests.

POKEGO Update
Those POKEGO members who experienced the HORRORS of the Event Horizon will be getting mailed a care package from Professor Oak. In it, there is a pokemon plushie, a pack of their favorite snacks (grandpa remembers), and a blend of soothing tea.

There are no missions for POKEGO this month, beyond assisting the city! In fact you will get very clear instructions that no matter how strong the temptation, do NOT study the Heartless. Weird.

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

Zodiac Update
After being kidnapped to another realm, Zodiac has decided to be nice and not give you another life endangering mission this month! How wonderful!

Unfortunately, you will be instead tasked with an even more stressful burden: the annual Works-giving potluck at the end of the month. Zodiac is a work culture that loves its potlucks way too much, and Works-giving is the biggest of them all. You best prepare your finest offerings, or you WILL be judged. It's even rumored that the employees that slack off will get their cubicle moved to the worst spots in the office. Better not risk it.

Black Order Update
With the Black Order back and running, the missions are coming back as well! This month, the Black Order will get tasked with assisting a trapped comrade, as well as helping out where they can in the city.

City Events
Since November is a Shadow month, the weather will be turning rather dark and cold. Winter's not quite here yet, but boy those autumn winds are biting and the night times are extra dark.

As for events around town... well, stay tune.

New Mechanic: Second Elements!
Starting in November, characters will have the option of getting a second kaisou element to obtain new abilities from! ICly, this will be considered something that's never happened before (as anytime someone could use more than one element, it was thanks to past life abilities)- and will play into the metaplot for 2025.

Due to the unusual nature of the situation, second elements will come with some hiccups. When you unlock a second element, in addition to the 2 points it'll cost to unlock, players will be asked to pick some flaws that go along with the element from a list (about 3 points worth of flaws). The flaws cannot be redeemed for extra points in gacha goodwill. After the element slot and flaws are chosen, you'll be welcome to purchase powers and any monster abilities that are locked to your new element!

Since we know having a second element will open up more options for monsters for characters, we will also be opening up the option of a third monster slot! And yes regarding Elf/Fae monsters- you still have to option to get an additional element through your monster type! It just means now you could potentially get up to three elements.

Information about purchasing second elements will be coming soon!

Plot Event: Heartless Invasion
This month's event will be based on Kingdom Hearts. Now please sit back and let me explain for the next ten hours-

Okay seriously, the barrier that was keeping Kaisou safe from the Spirit Realm will finally break down, since the one year grace period is over. With the barrier down, heartless will be appearing in Kaisou with the intent of devouring hearts and reaching the heart of the world (which the easiest way to get to that is Yggdrasil in the fortress).

As such, the entire city will be in danger! You will be tasked with battling heartless and protecting the city until a solution can be found. The heaviest fighting will be in the harbor where there will be sea battles (have fun Edward!), and the Fortress of Meropide because the Heartless REALLY want to get at Yggdrassil. If you AREN'T looking to take part in combat, there will be safe zones on Cathedral Hill and Undertown -- plus an entire area that you can help out via minigames. Because.... who doesn't love... Kingdom hearts minigames....

Meanwhile, for those looking to help fix the barrier and screw with your characters mentally - the Crystal Tower will have a solution! Unfortunately the Crystal tower will be converted into a version of Castle Oblivion- aka meaning you will slowly lose your memories as you climb it. In addition, you'll have the option to face rooms conjured from the memories of your companions (Ardyn, Byleth, Cotton, Diarmuid, Leon, Venti, and Zhongli). Some of these rooms will have NPC elements, while others will be completely player controlled.

Finally, for those interested in having an NPC group battle like in the August plot, there will be one at the top of the tower against a certain suit of armor with a lot of will.

Memories will be restored at the end of the tower, though players are welcomed to use this as an opportunity to change any details in their AUs.

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

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

Note!: Wei Wuxian will be backlining this event! He and assumedly a team of folks from POKEGO were setting the Tower up to shield the city and that's a large enough roll, so I'd like to focus on my others.

If you want something specific for him though let me know!

Character Name: Ragna the Bloodedge (Ragna Mercurisson)
Canon: BlazBlue
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Local man who would kick your ass, your mom's ass, your dog's ass and his own ass will still do all of those things but also is a big tsundere. He's possessed but lately his possessor's been a lot less volatile. He just really wants to keep the people he cares about safe he's just also a loud asshole. Now one of Venti's pactholders!
Event Plans:
Ragna's a little up in the air, but most likely he'll end up within Meropide fighting off the legions of Heartless and keeping them away from the Yggdrasil. He's not only got his Electro Vision powered up but a Persona he can whip out on top of his already cracked Shadow Magic. He'll be sitting pretty but also I'm subjecting him to mini games cause it's funny.

I might have him in the Tower if the mood strikes me where those abilities will become relevant, in which case my designated Meropide bitch will be someone else.
Anything else?

Character Name: Takame Kesi
Canon: FFXIV OC
Type: OU
About: Pseudo-Retired Warrior of Light fresh off of a canon update still struggles to acquire a backbone but is still skilled at breaking other people's backs. Can also fit just so very much love in this man. He is small until you threaten his people then the next thing you see is the door to darkness aka hell he sent you to.
Event Plans:
Takame will be primarily around the city, seeing people to safety and keeping Heartless far away from anywhere there's people. Will likely try to set up at least one more ward where possible just to give people more space to breathe. If I send Ragna to the Tower, he'll be the one going into Meropide to keep the Heartless out of Yggdrasil.
Anything else?

I've been enjoying our cr with Takame and Eren so far so thank you for playing with me!! I'll hit up Takame and Ragna sometime!

Maybe Eren could stick with Takame and keep the people safe together? Just tossing out ideas. Let me know what you think!

OKAY SO if you're recovered from Jingle Kayneth I got a proposal: Takame trying to wrangle BOTH Eren and Knuckles at the same time. :D

~~dia's paid ran out so i have to stop being lazy to have shitpost icons~~

is this what parenthood is like takame wonders

which is to say ye im cool w it

~~paid accounts always run out with the worst possible timing~~

\o/ do you have any preferences for the when and where or should we just go with someone including a closed prompt when the event log goes up?

closed prompt might be easier for me to keep up with honestly kldjfhgf

takame isn't going to be as much of my focus as dia and ragna so he might be a little slow going depending

That's fair! I'll double-check with Eren's player and work from there! :|b

but yes Takame congrats on adopting TWO feral teenagers now

Character Name: Diarmuid ua Duibhne
Canon: Fate/ (servantswap AU)
Type: OU
About: Highly dedicated Knight of Fianna who blames himself for its eventual fall in its entirety despite the fact that most of what happened was out of his control. Invented catholic guilt before Brennan Lee Mulligan had a holiday to make fun of. Cares just so very much about literally everyone's feelings but his own. Will be entering the pear wiggler yet again.
Event Plans:
To quote... myself. And give you all a nice, lovely little peek into what to expect.

"So, as we all know the Waver and Diarmuid in Kaisou are a canon offshoot. What I wanna do for this one is point a massive neon sign at true canon route." For the canon unfamiliar: We're going into the timeline where Diarmuid has a piece of shit for a Master for the second time in his existence.

There will be obstacle coursing, LARGE MEN, and uh. Dodging! Good luck!
Anything else?