November Plotting & CR post

[kaisoumods]

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!

<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

Thorn - Ratio, Maxima, Baizhu

[mediocrites]

Player Name: Thorn
Contact: thornweaver on discord
Time zone: PST

[mediocrites]

Character Name: Dr. Veritas Ratio
Canon: Honkai Star Rail
Type: Normal AU
About: A former genius prodigy student, now grown up and teaching math and physics at Kaisou University. He was a completely normal person until he got the app back in June, and has spent the last few months adjusting to the concept of magic being real and gaining an understanding of the various factions at play in the city.
Event Plans: He's going to once again be trying to make sure his students and the people he cares about are safe from danger, but other than that he's on the back burner for this one, still kind of recuperating from the horror plot. Maybe I'll have him do some of the mini-games.
Anything else?

[rupturingheaven]

Sorry, Ratio, it'll be Bailey's turn to have a Time this month.

[mediocrites]

He will be only too glad to help Bailey talk through stuff in the aftermath, especially when they've been such a big help with The Horrors ;;

[moderni]

Character Name: Maxima quo Priscus
Canon: FFXIV
Type: OU
About: An internal reformist from the evil magitech empire in a Final Fantasy game. A nice guy and easy to get along with, willing to put up with a moderate number of shenanigans thanks to the influence of the Warrior of Light. He's settled into Kaisou now and is gradually trying to figure out what to do with his life now that he has no empire to reform or refugees to rescue.
Event Plans: He lives in the Fortress of Meropide, and he has his armor and gunblade, so he's going to be fighting Heartless down there.
Anything else? the sky went weird and then the crystal tower became the center of the plot, just another day in the life of a FFXIV character really

[poisontippedcure]

HELLO MORE ROSE AND MAXIMA PLEASE

also if Jill gets in i think her and maxima should meet

[moderni]

Rooooose yes we need to do anime night

and Jill was locked up down in the Fortress, right? so it should be easy to have them meet each other.

[poisontippedcure]

YES SHE WAS

my hope was to just have her wake up one day and wander the halls

[moderni]

please don't be too intimidated by the unreasonably tall guy, he is here to be helpful. this isn't usually how the fortress gets new people, but we're adaptable here

[poisontippedcure]

it’s ok

don’t be intimidated by the fact she might be part primal???

it’s fine

[hoshikiri]

how do you do fellow gunblade haver i am ready to fuck up some shadows for your home as your homie

[moderni]

please come help Takame there are so many places here for shadows to hide and also we really really can't let them get to the big tree

[ampersand_me]

so I need you to know I had the funniest idea for a Knuckles tag to Maxima's toplevel in the last event log and then I just

forgot

to tag

BUT ANYWAY I'd still love to throw some of mine at some of yours sometime!!

[pharmacologic]

Character Name: Baizhu
Canon: Genshin Impact
Type: Ronin AU
About: The cheerful and friendly owner of Bubu Pharmacy! He's very clever and a bit secretive about his past, but he really does want to make sure people are healthy and cared for. Spends a surprising amount of time around Undertown for an upstanding citizen.
Event Plans: Since I haven't done much with him yet, and I don't have anyone else doing that run, I'm thinking of sending him along with the Crystal Tower crew. He's got his Vision and all of its canonical abilities, so he can definitely make himself useful as a healer even if it'll cost him when his brain ghost pouts about it later.
Anything else? I need to think of more to do with this guy now that he's had a little time to settle in and get his bearings, so hmu if you particularly want CR.