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adsum ([personal profile] adsum) wrote in [community profile] desum2022-05-01 12:31 am
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May Plotting

OOC UPDATES
Game status
The player cap has been removed. We will no longer max out at 30 players. Applications will remain open at all times.
AC has been lowered from 20 comments to 10 comments or a top level and 5 comments.
If you have made any major changes to the setting, please let a mod know. If your character has contributed to any changes in setting that would be noticed by other characters, please reply to this comment to let us know. Please note that minor changes are reset at the end of every school day.
May will be a no murder mystery month. This hold may continue past the current month. Character death may still occur, and we encourage players to explore other options for player plots. When murders resume, we they will be evaluated on a case by case basis to see how to best run it.
A new series of missions is planned for May 13th. In order to progress the plot and allow characters to engage with the setting, we will be hosting a series of IC "missions", similar to the series of events that took place in August 2021. These will be a collection of mod-guided threads that lead to wide-scale changes in the game setting. There will be a total of three groups with three people per group. Please see below for sign ups.
Game updates
Our game pages have undergone an overhaul. However, the taken, bonus activity and locations pages have received a full revamp. Please let me know if there are any errors.
We have added a game lore page to the navigation. As we move away from an NPC focus, the NPC contact page has been retooled as a summary of game lore up to the current month for ease of review for players new and old alike. Moving forward, new NPCs can be contacted through this page.
The student store has been overhauled. We have removed redundant items and maintained those which we believe will be most useful to characters going forward. Items that have been removed may be kept or exchanged for the updated equivalent.
Plot clues no longer need to be bought through bonus activity. We are currently focusing on both tying up loose ends with existing plots, and making engagement with the plot more accessible. Please contact a mod if there's a plot point or player plot that you wish to pursue.

IC UPDATES
Weather update. April showers bring may flowers! May will see warm and sunny days with scattered showers. The plant life is in full bloom, and the first signs of summer are here.
The void has expanded. It now encompasses the encompass the entire right wing of all floors, including the locker area including the rooftop. Throughout the month it will continue to expand, beginning to encompass pieces of the left wing.
The school is cold. As mentioned in the April update, the chill is more obvious in some areas than others, and the mirror room is frigid.
All mirrors are cold to the touch. The larger the mirror, the colder it is, and those in the mirror room are cold enough to cause frostbite. Characters may also occasionally see handprints or fog on the mirror, as though something were pushing against it; or perhaps they'll see a flash of the other school, or even their home world - whatever the mirror may offer them, it's gone the moment they blink. It's probably just their imagination.
The shadow students remain in the school. The whispers seem to have quieted down, but they may still latch onto characters who are left isolated and slowly drain them. Those who have the ability to see spirits will notice that they've increased in volume. The largest concentration appears to be in the mirror room, bathrooms, library, and auditorium.
The sound of gears turning can be heard in the clock tower. It seems to be coming from somewhere under the floorboards, and it is loudest where they've been pulled up.
The cabinets in the music room are now unlocked. Various instruments can be found inside of them.
The anatomical model has returned to the science lab. It is impossibly heavy and cannot be moved by any means. If one is quiet, they might think that they can hear it laugh or weep, sigh or whistle, though that should be impossible. Those who visit the lab regularly will now find it oddly to be more inviting, almost as though they're being welcomed.
There will be additional updates in the event post. Please stay tuned.

PLAYER UPDATES
Reminders
If you have plot points or clues of particular interest to you, or that your character is currently pursuing on an IC level, please let us know so that we can include these pieces as we map out the endgame direction.
Please ensure that you are not utilizing other players' characters without permission. This includes spreading personal details and issuing "warnings" to characters. This is a collaborative hobby, and we ask that everyone be considerate of each other and their character development and relationship opportunities. When in doubt, assume that permission is needed.
Player feedback
Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to ask players for their OOC feedback on where they would like the game to go from here. One major topic of interest is how you wish for the game to proceed, including the pacing (i.e. a quick wrap up versus steadily working through the plot,) and plot points that your character is following up on or that you wish to see resolved. We hope to move forward considering what players hope to see from the game and its ending in mind.

If you would feel more comfortable sharing your feedback in a private setting, feel free to post a screened comment to our mod contact page or reach out to Bunny ([plurk.com profile] pfle) directly.
OOC PLOTTING
Player:
Character:
Canon:
CR: Tell us a little about your character, how they're faring, and what sort of cr you want to establish or expand upon
Plans: What is your character interested in investigating, or have they found something interesting to involve others in?
Recent posts or toplevels: If applicable, for people to jump right into tagging you!

decrypter: (hold.)

helena adams.

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-05-01 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Mira
Character: Helena Adams
Canon: Identity V
CR:
Helena's first impressions for a basic overview. In general, she's friendly, kind, doing her Best in Yogen as much as one can. Self controlled until she's majorly pushed. A poet who's more honest in how she interacts with the world, and tries to keep at least everyone's names in her head so that she knows who is who. Somewhat optimistic, but not going to Pollyanna her way out of a situation.

Particular notes:

  • Member of the robotics/programming club, and attends every meeting she can.
  • Takes detailed notes during every group meeting, and was pretty vocal during the last one in trying to sort out what happened.
  • Always willing to help anyone study who needs it.
  • Likes to take walks outside, and was regularly going to the shrine to visit the little god. (On hold right now...)
  • Currently reliant on a wheelchair after an incident in April. She disappeared from general view for a little over a week, and when she reemerged, it was in her current state. She's on the mend, but she needs the chair for general transport, and will have it for at least this entire month and heading into June. Trying to keep a good mood about it, but this has made her lowkey upset at a lot.
Plans:
  • This month Helena is pretty much on an enforced "no dangerous adventures" by both her condition and her roomies grounding her. So that means no missions and no wandering in the woods after dark. Honestly, she needs it. That means this month is generally more focused on bonds and conversation above big action items - whether it be deepening current bonds or making new ones! I'm up for it all.
  • In general she'll be living her quiet school life but also putting herself through physical therapy so she can heal faster. This means a good amount of swimming, so she'll be found at the pool frequently!
  • She'll also be hard at work trying to code her encryption program, so she'll keep herself busy with her laptop and the general programmer frustrations that come along with it. You know, when your code works or doesn't and you have no clue why...
  • Literally my hands are open for anything and everyone. No Murder May, let's go.
decrypter: (shine.)

misc.

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-05-01 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Links: Speed dating event top level!

Also for any notes or big plans I make that need to go here.
Edited 2022-05-01 20:43 (UTC)
socialize: (Default)

[personal profile] socialize 2022-05-01 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
i still want therapy i'm just catching up please send help
decrypter: (Default)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-05-01 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
i believe in you
shimashima: (03)

[personal profile] shimashima 2022-05-02 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
At some point, your swimming idea from a while back could be something to do as well? Everything so far has been such good friendship levels content, though.
decrypter: (light.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-05-02 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
They could definitely do that, especially since Helena's forgoing her mountain visits for more time swimming and improving her strength again - she'd feel better knowing someone else was coming with her, after all!
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[personal profile] shimashima 2022-05-02 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
cheering her and Shin on as they slowly heal up...
notsosou: A teal-haired man smirking into his scarf. (Heh)

[personal profile] notsosou 2022-05-02 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
hey don't just sit on the sidelines alice..... them all at the pool is very cute and i am here for it
shimashima: (25)

[personal profile] shimashima 2022-05-02 09:04 am (UTC)(link)
Alice suddenly remembering the Other Pool... but this one is (mostly) fine, and he'll join in, THIS IS A CUTE IMAGE, I AGREE.
decrypter: (life.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-05-02 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
this is a good pool bc the monster doesn't come out as long as we don't dive too deep
notsosou: A teal-haired man talking to the viewer. (Yeah So The Other Day...)

[personal profile] notsosou 2022-05-02 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
im crying i need shin to tell alice about the time it was turned to lava now
shimashima: (31)

[personal profile] shimashima 2022-05-02 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I also need this.... pool stories at the pool
notsosou: A man in christmas themed clothes drinking from a mug. The mug says number one brother and brother has been crossed out and replaced with twink. (Treebling)

[personal profile] notsosou 2022-05-02 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
shin will also be joining in on the grounding, he is also going to drown her in soup im crying... lemme know if you want her to try some of the remaining Sou Soup for recovery purposes... coding commiserations are also a possibility
decrypter: (aside.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-05-02 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
when all your good friends have grounded you and now you HAVE to have a quiet month

what does the sou soup do, really?
notsosou: A scarfed man holding a pistol as seen from behind. (Pew Pew)

[personal profile] notsosou 2022-05-18 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
you will recover, this is a threat

sdfgf bit late and I think i've told you in discord but the tl;dr for posterity now that i'm alive is it's a purple liquid that 'tastes surprisingly good' and is jam packed with nutrients, calories and vitamins to the point of allowing someone who has difficulty acquiring weight to put some on... good for a healing body.