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February Plotting & CR Post
February Plotting & CR Post
Hello everyone! It's time for the announcement and plotting post for February!
OOC Housekeeping
- The Zodiac Network Post will go up February 1st, with a midmonth post going up February 15th. There will be two event logs, a city based one will be posted February 4th, with a spirit realm based one posted February 15th.
- 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
- Nikki's Emporium is now open for all your clothing needs!
- Spheals are rolling in the harbor
- Papa's Omniria is open for business and employment!
- Vogue is now sporting new furniture. Unfortunately, it's to Zulius's taste.
- Cygnus Academy now has a quick travel point and a smoothie stand
Side quests
Side quests will be available this week! January side quests will be available until the quests go up, so consider today your last chance to sign up for those!
If you wish to redeem past quests for regain points or gacha points, you can please do so! That said, any regain point redemption for January should be done BEFORE the AC check begins, and be added to your January activity comment.
POKEGO Update
After Gilgamesh's appeal to POKEGO to help Sampo, POKEGO will be focusing on that this month! Their job is to travel to the Kanto region to gather Everstone, or basically turn up any magical based material that could be used to synthesize a cure for Sampo's cruxis crystal dilemma.
However, they will discover that this stable gate is being influenced by the Spirit Vein's activity. Due to it being a fire element month, Fire-type pokemon will not only be stronger, but many will be more aggressive than usual. The most dangerous ones will be ones with red glowing eyes, will according to Pokemon records are called Alpha pokemon. Basically, mini boss fights have fun.
The true solution to this problem will arrive in March (due to a meteorshower), but players can plot out stopgap solutions to the problem there.
As always, you can check out updates to the PICHU facility here and information about Cygnus Academy here.
Zodiac Update
It's the season of love, which unfortunately in the world of corporate, it means the season of extra-capitalism.
As such, Zodiac will be offering a special program in which Libra app users can order a candy-gram to be delivered to anyone they want in the city. And since the moogles are really busy this year marrying folks, the task of delivery falls to the Zodiac Team.
These candy-grams can be anything as long as it's Valentine's Day related. It could be a bunch of balloons, a bouquet of roses, a heartfelt poem to be read out loud, a boombox with a love song to be played- the possibilities are endless. Libra App users can even specify which Zodiac employee they want to be the deliveryman. And just to give an incentive, whoever gets the most candy-gram deliveries will earn a pay bonus and an extra week of PTO.
Black Order Update
Thanks to the efforts of the Black Order, the Ark of Yamato has been successfully sealed! The demons within the ship won't cause any problems before the prophecized day arrives, but the locals of Kamui insists that isn't an issue for the Black Order to deal with.
As for this month, the Black Order is yet again tasked to dealing with folks who are peddling taboo love potions. For veterans of the Black Order, this is will be a rather routine mission that often pops up this time of year, as there's always some shady people trying to push such potions.
However this year, they may notice that victims who have taken the love potion are more mentally unstable than usual. Sure, there's the typical endless obsession that comes with love potions, but this years batch seems like they're even more detached from reality than normal. Even after antidotes are administered, some of the victims even exhibit symptoms similar to withdrawal. Fortunately, none of the withdrawal symptoms will prove life threatening this time, and the victims will return to normal within a week.
The source of this year's brand of love potion will have their base running out of an abandoned warehouse in the warehouse district. It's a small operation, the typical low level drug pushers, just of the magical variety. It'll be up to the Black Order group to decide how this should be handled!
City Events
In February, the dominant element will be Fire! While it's still winter for one more month, things will be warming up a lot more thanks to the influence of the fire element. So it's still cold, but nowhere near as bad as it was in January.
In town, everything will be decked out for Valentine's Day. Restaurants reservations will be filling up, stores will be selling valentine's merch- you know how it goes.
In addition, Cupid will be gifting the city with red strings of fate. Characters will find themselves tied together by a string that is colored based on their relationship (romantic, familial, friendship, rival, or complicated). The string will only disappear once the characters acknowledge their feelings for one another. Should they fail to do so, the string will continue to get tighter until they are just stuck together.
The town event log will be going up February 4th.
Spirit Realm Event: Infinity Train
This month, the Spirit Realm will be based on Infinity Train. Characters will find themselves trapped on a magical train, navigating through pocket-dimension train cars, solving problems and facing their own emotional burdens. They will need to learn to grow as people in order to get free.
The spirit realm event log will be going up February 15th.
Plotting Comment
Feel free to use this form below to set up any plotting for the month!
QUESTIONS
Thorn
Contact: thornweaver @ discord, DM
Time zone: PST
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Canon: Honkai: Star Rail
Type: Normal AU
About: Grouchy university professor teaching math and physics! Currently trying to start researching magic from a physicist's standpoint as well.
Event Plans: Definitely interested in doing the red strings shenanigans. Also he plans to have Zodiac send his boyfriend to bring lunch for both of them to the university at least once during the month.
Anything else? Not that I can think of right now
no subject
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Type: OU
About: From the evil empire in a Final Fantasy game. Wanted to make his home better until they tried to have him killed for it. Lived in exile with their enemies for a bit and then guided their army to the rescue after the empire collapsed.
Event Plans: This man is going on the train where he has to learn how to talk about his emotions and unpack his trauma, before everything he's bottling up explodes on someone.
Anything else? Recruitment for the Aides du Meropide remains open!
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pls let her help you with your trauma
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Canon: Genshin Impact
Type: Ronin AU
About: After spending half his life running from the Black Order, he's settled down here to run Bubu Pharmacy now that their recruitment methods have changed.
Event Plans: Probably also going on the train, because he needs to get out more and talk to people about his stuff.
Anything else? He's gradually transforming into a dragon, but unaware of that fact, and instead is blaming the physical changes on the snake spirit that's possessing him. Eventually someone will tell him and he'll owe her an apology.
Jackals
Contact: tothejackals @ discord, DM
Time zone: EST (+5)
Nicholas D. Wolfwood | Trigun: Stampede
Canon: Trigun: Stampede
Type: Canon
About: Local cultist mother of two lives on the weird garden compound and does weird jobs around the city because pizza and donuts cost currency and you can't rob people with guns on Earth.
Event Plans: Wolfwood already had a full log about dealing with his traumas, he's vibing, his skin is clear, his feelings are plainly admitted for people. That said if you need a man with a gun to hold u up while you're going through it babygirl or if you have some feelings for him you're not grappling with (kni) I'm down to clown.
Anything else?
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Veldora Tempest | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Canon: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Type: Canon
About: Otaku-ass dragon calamity monster who took a recent course in 'humans are people too' who mostly spends his days trying to crush the 1000+ chapter backlog of two piece and working odd jobs for his bosom companions.
Event Plans: The other well-adjusted one, Veldora's pretty up front with being friends with people! His heart goes on his sleeve and the manifestation of his latest bit of trauma is already in his backyard so wiggly hand on sticking him on the train, but I'm open to nonsense if you're open to nonsense.
Anything else?
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idk what but these nerds should get up to something
no subject
whatchu got in mind
Gilgamesh | Fate/Grand Order
Canon: Fate/
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Local eccentric billionaire who also happens to be a weird ghost and maybe a tyrant from a bygone era in some form of reincarnation harasses youths with beans and scrap metal while moving heaven and earth for people he claims he doesn't care about.
Event Plans: Hey, it's the really repressed one! On one hand he probably needs train therapy but good luck getting him to go anywhere when he's fixated on his newly discovered problem of his partner (who he's only recently and occasionally started to call his partner) being on a track to turbo-die. He is, however, godawful at admitting he has friends and loved ones so it's a good day to get handcuffed to god's most annoying soldier because he hates you people.
Stop looking at the string of friendship between the two of you. Stop it. It means nothing.
Anything else?
no subject
hey hey gil
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Ghilley Adair | FFXIV OC
Canon: FFXIV
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Local short king has an axe, a bottle of manic panic, and a moral obligation to help people out. Nobody said he had to be nice about it though so he's doing it with as many memes and weird nicknames as possible while scurrying through the walls like some sort of technicolor murder gremlin.
Event Plans: You know who's purposefully obtuse about his feelings towards other people because he feels transient and unable to set down roots and still hasn't coped with his feelings after his (near) death experience? This guy! He's probably the one I'd put on the train and I apologize to anybody who considers him as anything more than a work colleague because he's trying to dodge that meaningful human connection like he's getting paid to.
Anything else?
no subject
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Bon
Contact: bonpuns @ plurk/discord
Time zone: EST
no subject
Canon: FFXIV OC
Type: OU
About: Warrior of Light. Yusuke Boyfriend. Doormat. Good Boy. A little fucked up actually. Violent. Would kindly advise the front desk that his friend asked for no pickles. Possessed by god of wine.
Event Plans: Takame dealt with a lot of his traumas through the past two years but he's still got some shit to work out so he might go on the train? But if not he'll surely get into something. He's vibin'.
Anything else? I'm too tired to get memes ok I'm sorry
no subject
Canon: Fate/ (servantswap AU)
Type: OU
About: Knight of Fianna. Best of the lot. Otome route guy. Too much charisma. Sparkle Dog of TBO. Waver Servant. Needs therapy real bad.
Event Plans: He's got the TBO mission that's going to be a VERY fucking sore spot for him but otherwise I'm going to have him be vibin' like Takame-kun unless plans pivot real hard which they are wont to do.
Anything else? warehouses are never a good time huh
no subject
Canon: BlazBlue
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Wanted Criminal. Third degree Edgelord. Tsundere. Venti pact-bearer. Loudmouthed angry asshole. Actually quite kind and considerate. Bullyable. In for a bad time.
Event Plans: Yeah, he uh. He might be exploding some time soon. Which is to say his possessor problem is going to come to a head and that's going to be a very un-fun time for literally everyone involved.
Anything else? someone he knows might be showing up in the midst of it
no subject
Canon: MDZS
Type: POKEGO AU
About: Necromancer. Cultivator. POKEGO/Spirit Vein Researcher. Menace to society. Internal mess. A pretty chill guy relatively. Kind of hates himself. Has some weird fucking luck.
Event Plans: Wuxian's going all in on trying to help Sampo's dumbass with his Cruxis Crystal problem. I'm also going to have him compile things that he in the bg collected about the edge of the barrier in town from the last month cause I might have done a forgor.
Anything else? HIS NEPHEW MIGHT SHOW UP HAHAHAHAAHHAHA OH GOD
no subject
Canon: Sonic Movie Verse
Type: OU
About: Ultimate Lifeform. First degree Edgelord. Keanu Reeves. Superior to you in every way. Has no time to deal with your nonsense. New to Kaisou and trying to adjust since otherwise he'd be dead (not really but post credits stingers be like). Currently staying with the cottage crew. Hates what he is and has a lot of trauma about it.
Event Plans: Yeah, ya boi is gonna be in the thick of both ridiculous things even if he just got here he's been assigned family at first glance so he's gonna have to contend internally with that.
Anything else? someone show this man telemundo it'll blow his mind
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And, you know. shenanigans with the knucklehead but that probably goes without saying~
Kiku
Contact: lefaeys @ discord, DM
Time zone: GMT +10
no subject
Canon: Genshin Impact
Type: OU
About: The Brightest Star in All of Fontaine! Former Archon learning how to actually live life after 500 years of pretending she had the power to do anything to prevent her people's prophesized doom. Actually a god again but it's okay, she is still Furina and no one is expecting her to carry the fate of an entire nation on her shoulders. Actually living life with a boyfriend (hasn't actually called him that) and a good job and great friends! Yay!
Event Plans: Furina's fairly open about those she cares about, most of her complicated feelings are towards people are 1) dead, thanks for that Egeria, or 2) herself sooo...
Anything else?
no subject
Canon: Devil May Cry
Type: OU
About: Whacky wahoo pizza man has settled down and living with the weirdos in the woods? The demon hunting business lax now days but that's fine, he's doing odd jobs (be they normal or supernatural related) around the city because he's got a family to provide for you know.
Event Plans: Dante's doing pretty good right now! For reals! Emotionally he hasn't got much buried away in the depths and past traumas... well, I can't say he's dealt with those because he doesn't really 'deal' with that shit. Don't worry it's worked for him for the past 20+ years, it'll work for the next 20+ years. I might toss him in the train for the fun of it, maybe maybe.
Anything else?
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Canon: Critical Role
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Beautiful half-elf woman who has a bear. This is important to note because the bear is the best creature in the world and Vex will fight you on it. In an eternal search for her twin brother while relearning how to open her heart to the world around her.
Event Plans: Vex is going on that train yo, especially if Percy ends up on it. She's got a fair amount to work through from both this life and the last. :D
Anything else?
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Canon: MDZS
Type: Ronin AU
About: Angriest grape to ever exist is finally no longer on the run and has his sworn brother back? How does you live like a normal person? How the hell do you get used to not looking over your shoulder every five seconds because there were bad people hunting you down for the past 20 years????
Event Plans: Uh don't look at him, he totally doesn't have so many feelings he hasn't admitted out loud to people. He's totally not going to be tied to Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji for this entire month, what are you talking about??
Anything else?
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Canon: Honkai Star Rail
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Retired General living his best life taking naps with his giant sun lion pokemon and living happily with his boyfriends. He with POKEGO now determined to learn how to take care of them so he can pretty much make himself a shelter for pokemon you know?
Event Plans: :3c He won't be going on the train but he will likely be tied to a few people.
Anything else?
Endless
Contact: endless_song on Discord, DM
Time zone: PST
no subject
Contact: PM my character journals or Altocumulus on Discord!
Time zone: Central US
Character Name: Ritsuka Fujimaru
Canon: Fate/Grand Order
Type: OU
About: Cheerful, friendly, outgoing, and packed with way more trauma under the surface than anyone her age ought to. Apparently that's what happens when you spend 3+ years saving the world from various threats instead of going to high school. Has been trying to make headway on working through her issues and traumas lately.
Event Plans: Ritsuka's actually been making a lot of progress on dealing with stuff lately, but she still has plenty of traumas to address so she'll probably get some train time. Otherwise I am very open to ideas! She's generally pretty straightforward with what she thinks of people BUT if you have a good red string idea anyway I'm all ears.
ALSO it'll be her birthday later in the month if any of her friends want to insist on doing anything for it!
Character Name: Beredvyn of Nal (aka Meredith Nelson)
Canon: original character
Type: Normal AU
About: Midwestern gal who likes sports and swordfighting and was working on getting her career off the ground when a weird app showed up on her phone. Things have only gotten weirder since, and she's distinctly less than thrilled about it. Has a 'pet' griffin and is just kind of trying to deal with all this craziness without going crazy herself.
Event Plans: Not much to mention here, Meredith is my boring emotionally stable character. If you want someone for sidequests or to attempt to be a voice of reason (likely to mixed success at best) though she's your gal.
Character Name: Knuckles the Echidna
Canon: Sonic the Hedgehog (movie-verse)
Type: OU
About: A teenaged red echidna alien who's far too serious and far too naive for his own good. Likes grapes and punching things. Recently had some major character development followed by a canon update so that's been a fun time.
Event Plans: Oh boy is Knuckles a prime candidate for BOTH of these things because kid absolutely sucks at figuring out his own feelings. He also kind of really wants to fight that new hedgehog who just showed up someone should probably talk him out of it--
Anything else?
When you are so very DONE with stupid boss battle gimmicks
Usagi
Contact:
Time zone: EST (Full-time Nights)
no subject
Canon: YGO DM / Ryslig CRAU
Type: Black Order AU
About: Gay sphinx finally moves out of cave and into an apartment, unfortunately does not bring the bear he'd like- Anyway imagine if Salem was 19 and hiding a massive inability to socialize like a normal person,
Event Plans: Noa's gonna get tangled up with Yugo so, That's coming out, fortunately Yugo's a bro and they'll get over this before the latter disappears into a train. OOPS.
Anyway he's trying to grow plants in his apartment, pay no attention to the peach tree that's barely alive-
Anything else?
no subject
Canon: JJBA: JoJolion
Type: ~#Normal~ AU
About: The Normal stands for Animal Crossing Normal now, and nothing else, and she's resigned herself to this fact- A Pokego apprentice studying to one day be a therapist or counsellor, she's Gil's co-secretary and likes to make maps. Also smoothies. Somehow still capable of looking at a situation on fire and commenting on something being impossible, she's doing her best,
Event Plans: It's time to nap until spring and also furiously scroll the February SOS post from bed- (but also realistically she's tearing through Kanto because this whole Sampo thing has her Upsetti)
Anything else?
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Canon: Cookie Run Kingdom
Type: Zodiac AU
About: Open the encyclopedia to Grandma, Cotton is there. Does she have actual grandchildren? Who knows, but you're probably one of them now. She'll knit you scarves and bake you cookies and maybe even knit you cookies don't test her,
Event Plans: Currently she's doing her job, and unfortunately that means you too, can make grandma deliver your candygram.
Is Grandma's PTO worth doing this to her? Mysteries.
Anything else? I don't have any funny memes for Cotton but y'all need to know that this franchise has a costume called Sweet Heartmender-
no subject
Canon: JJBA: Phantom Blood / Daybreak CRAU
Type: OU-CRAU
About: Tiny voice. Big heart. Every Victorian Gentleman Ideal crammed into both a teensie weensie bat body and also a 6'5'' beefman. Sometimes also a dinosaur, he's really fond of those these days. Still an absolute nerd, but he's about to maybe get a job?? Maybe??
Event Plans: This was supposed to happen in January but then January happened so guess what everyone Jonathan Joestar's gonna start an ASMR channel this month-
Anything else? unfortunately jojo has the short stick of no memes Or trivia oh no-