August Plotting

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SETTING UPDATES

• The manor will, overnight, have constructed a wall around it. Attempting to get past the fence, be it over, under, or through, will result in being thrown over the top immediately again. This means you, Elsword.
• Rusty is not happy with being cut off from the manor and will sulk terribly.
• Audrey – a child within the manor – has had a gravestone erected by Elsword, and decorated with flowers by Rennuid. The Shopkeeper can be found sitting beside it often. Sometimes he sits, quiet. Sometimes he’s reading a storybook from his shop to the grave.
• There is a shrine erected in the inn by Caoimhe, visible to any and all that enter. The shrine is to 9S, who is apparently God now. We weren’t going to tell her no.
• Elsword has constructed a house, and is inviting current in-game characters to live in it. Rooms are limited, however — there are 5 of them total, one of which belongs to Elsword. Only 3 are available to move into, because another one is locked up. Please comment here if you would like to live at Elsword's house so that Wolfie can keep track. Thank you.
• As mentioned last TDM, with the Bone Monster of the river defeated, the river is thriving and flourishing in new ways! A variety of fish — some from your homelands, some native to the forest — now populate the river further, and there is an apple tree growing on the bank. The coins and scales still wash up on shore, but the bones are slowly being replaced with shells. The shopkeeper will still take them.
• The flowers will be getting worse due to ingesting the blood of at least two people with passive abilities — not only do they emit a bad luck aura like Felicity, but like Mizuki, when you look upon the flowers they will cause one of the following:
  • Hallucinations involving cannibalism or eldritch vibes, as well as things based on your fears
  • Madness
  • A disruption in vision, hearing and/or tactile perception
• The land around the flowers also feels unnaturally sick. Those who can sense such a thing may note it feels like Felicity’s magic.

PLOT UPDATES

• The flowers are much more bloodthirsty, and more… mobile than they should be, taking on a more proactive measure in the hunt. You will look at them at least once. Those they’ve fed off of already will be especially targeted, to enhance their stolen powers.
• Due to the mansion break-in and the recovery of Certain Items, magic in the grove starts to go haywire after a slow leak of power over the past few weeks. Characters with existing magic might be able to sense the unrest in the air before it hits. Any characters affected by this "burst" of magic will begin to hallucinate & have their regrets brought to the surface. This can be anything from "I shoplifted at Walmart" to "someone close to me died and it was my fault". The solution to this will be confessing your regrets to someone and talking through it. You know. An actual coping method.
• The forest still wants to play and y'all didn't play with it last time. Throughout the month, leaving the grove proper and venturing into the woods will lead characters to get trapped in a labyrinth, where they will constantly feel the presence of "something" chasing them, and where the forest won't play fair the entire time (i.e. moving the "walls" about, blotting out the sun so it’s harder to tell direction, etc). Characters who make it out alive and don't cheat will be rewarded handsomely: They will no longer be able to be caught within the labyrinth, and will be given freshly-hunted game to eat (player's choice on what type, be it mundane or something specific to their canon). No one knows where the forest got this. It is a gift.
• As what… may feel like a month comes to a close, the Shopkeeper and Trader light a bonfire and have a feast to try to raise spirits after a tough month. Or months, in certain party’s cases. There is food aplenty.

OOC UPDATES

• Amity will be dealing with moving during the last week of July/first week of August. In this time, Wolfie will be handling things until Amity’s return! Be good to Wolfie.
• Wolfie has crafted us a map! We’ve also updated the locations page to reflect this.
• Regains from home are available at the Trader’s now! The thread cost will be detailed on the bonus AC page.
• For items that aren’t quite from home but aren’t available at the general store, the Trader will also give quests. Some of these will be goofy! Some of these will be symbolic. They must be threaded to count however, so grab a friend! As an example, you could ask her for produce that isn’t available at the store or found in the inn. To earn it, the Trader may ask you go to the inn’s dining hall while everyone is gathered for a meal and recite a poem detailing the virtues of fresh farm foods.

Please use the following form for plotting:

Name:

Character:

Status: Who is your character? What did they get up to last month and how is it impacting this month? Did they discover something? Are they harboring a clue? HMM!

Seeking: Any CR or plot thread you want to kickstart!

Not Seeking: Anything you'd like to avoid.

Anything Else: A permissions post, opt-in for a character-specific power or whatever else.

Meme: you know you have one.

<strong>Character:</strong> <strong>Status:</strong> Who is your character? What did they get up to last month and how is it impacting this month? Did they discover something? Are they harboring a clue? HMM! <strong>Seeking:</strong> Any CR or plot thread you want to kickstart! <strong>Not Seeking:</strong> Anything you'd like to avoid. <strong>Anything Else:</strong> A permissions post, opt-in for a character-specific power or whatever else. <strong>Meme:</strong> you know you have one.