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Opening Event Plotting Meme!

Today is the day!

The Quad welcomes you, so time to let you all loose to wreak bloody havoc upon the unsuspecting masses.

Chapter 1 Event Log is up for your review, with each of the faction prompts set as a top-level. Please feel free to post threads either under each top-level or create your own logs for the event - whichever works best for you.

To help you get started, here are some potential quick notes for things you could do with these prompts--but feel free to expand or come up with something entirely on your own!

Prompt Notes

The Nine

Now is the time to make or break alliances. Hopefully you'll choose wisely. Do you work with the Killjoys to save the heir, organize mercenaries to kill the welp(s), or use this distraction to start setting your own political traps on the field?

The Company

Company Enforcers are having quite a hectic week. Some may have the ignoble task of staking criminals in the rain, while others get to conduct the genetic ID verification checks - either in between rainfalls or while they're holing up during. Some may be sent to Eulogy with a fabricated criminal history to try to barter back the claimant papers, others sent to Leith to investigate the True Leithian leaders responsible for the attack, and still others to track down the actual thieves.

Leithians

Running a secret Jakk production facility in the woods near your farm? Has someone offered you some extra work 'off the books' if you outstay your visa? Are you a Killjoy out to apprehend one of the first, or a Company Enforcer there to punish them?

True Leithians

The True Leithians had a truly nefarious plot - ingenious in its simplicity to their eyes. Go to Westerley, break into the Family Registry Bureau, and steal the records of those eligible to claim lands on Leith. What they didn't anticipate was the Black Rain lasting for so long, how to get off moon without being caught by the tenacious Company, or in some cases... how to make it back to their ship with angry Westies at their heels. Help them for a tidy sum of joy or hang them?

Westies

Sinew to bone - bodies staked in the rain are dissolved to nothing within a few short hours. Momentary exposure is still enough to provide one with deep chemical burns. Wherever you are on Westerley - Old Town, Eulogy, a fortified safehouse in the Badlands - expect to be stuck there for the duration. Unless, of course, you're one of the few that have access to the underground tunnels in Old Town.

Those caught in space or elsewhere in the Quad cannot access Old Town until the storms subside - any attempts to approach even the outer edges of the stormfront will result in significant damage to the vessel, either through electrical interference or chemical damages to the outer hull.

But for those whose dealings are less than legal, now is a time of profit. Some want to sell (or bet against) claimant papers in Eulogy. Others just want to find a buyer to get the things out of their hands. Either way comes at a great cost - especially if a Killjoy or Enforcer gets to you first.

For the Westie natives, however, there's another problem. Someone tried to steal your meal ticket off this toxic moon. Maybe you should think on getting it back...or do you trust the system to do the work for you?

Resistance

You're all rebels... let's find ways to rebel. The bunker hasn't been used in generations. There's scarcely more than enough food to last a week and medical supplies are all but nonexistent. You have a place to grow your resistance, but you'll need to put in a lot of elbow grease to give it a fighting shot.

The RAC

Busy season for Killjoys! Here are some of the potential warrants that can be taken from the prompts, but feel free to add in your own (level 3 and below).

Level	Prompt
1	Recover stolen claimant papers. Intel may indicate Eulogy.
2	Transporting people through the Black Rains via the undercity.
3	Individuals caught forging their genetic identity to circumvent their visas on Leith will have automatic live arrest warrants.
4	Members of nationalist group suspected of planning the attack on the FRB. Hunt down leaders responsible and return to the Company. This is a live or dead warrant.

Major Plot Points

Black Warrant

This is a competitive warrant open to all killjoy teams or individuals ranked level 4 or higher. Teams do not have to be permanent, they can be formed purely for the pursuit of this warrant and dissolved thereafter. To sign your team up for this assignment, please reply to this top comment with the names of your team members.

Should the result of player plotting be that the black warrant is completed, the team responsible will be decided via RNG.

Fate of the Heir

The fate of the heir will have significant effects on the unfolding story. For transparency's sake, please review each result below before beginning your planning:

Scenario: Success

If the heir is successfully delivered to Qresh in time, the Nine will remain whole and relative stability will continue in the Quad. Lady Derrish will make a slow recovery and an investigation into her poisoning will begin. The investigation will turn its eyes first to the other members of the Nine, but soon spread into Leith and Westerley, becoming the focus for this faction in Chapter 2.

Land Derrish will reward the individuals responsible for returning its heir with a hefty sum of joy and docking privileges on their private lands in Qresh. The organization those individuals belong to will in turn see a blind eye turned to their more illicit affairs for a while and a few political favors thrown their way, tipping the balance of power ever so slightly.

Scenario: Failure

If the heir is not successfully delivered to Qresh in time, the Nine will be temporarily broken and Chapter 2 will open with a Quad-wide lockdown on all travel. Characters will be grounded in whatever location they ended Chapter 1 in for at least three game days. Following that, the Nine will announce that Lady Derrish has been successfully saved by the top medical doctors on Qresh and name her assailants.

The Resistance.

Westerlerns will take the fall for her poisoning, the results of which will be a brutal increase in security measures and moon-wide totalitarian rule. Travel to and from Westerley will become extremely limited as the Nine seek out members of the Resistance. Neighbors will turn on neighbors and anyone with known Resistance leanings will be forced to go deep underground.

We encourage everyone to engage in cooperative OOC plotting to come to a consensus on what exactly the outcome will be. While we understand that every character involved in this plot will have their own agenda, we wish to foster an environment in Overjoyed where players can all plot together to reach developments that are satisfying to everyone - whether their characters 'win' or 'lose'.

The mods will keep an eye on the pace of the plotting on the meme, and once it slows significantly, or after 5 days - whichever comes first - a post will be made for all players to respond with their desired outcomes. In this case, majority rules, so it benefits everyone to cooperate and compromise rather than try to approach things independently.

Doing things this way is very much a trial, and we will be open to feedback and change should this method prove too difficult, too frustrating, or ineffective.

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Character: Handsome Jack
Location: Westerland / Leith
Primary Faction Goals: Jack isn't technically an Enforcer so much as a management position, but he definitely takes some enforcer-like tasks upon himself because he likes putting bad people where they belong. :)

I'm thinking that he'll be pursuing the "sent to Leith to investigate the True Leithian leaders responsible for the attack," portion there towards the end of this event. If you're a company Enforcer or RAC agent looking for a job, Jack would be willing to bring you along to go dig into this! If there are people interested in this, I think we could plot it out a bit more, but we'll call this a general call to see if there's anyone interested and we can go from there lmao...

Also, Jack will have info on the criminals involved in the attack, so if you're looking for info but don't necessarily want to team up with Jack, he can pass it along! You just might have to convince him to do so or may owe him a favor. Either way, we can totally network there.

Secondary Faction Goals: Before he potentially handles the above problem, Jack is going to be hard at work! Jack is a mid-level manager at the Prisoner Intake Facility, so if you're a criminal or a RAC agent that might be turning someone in during this time, you have a chance to run into him.

But as that's generally the case, Jack would also be interested in tracking down some of the True Leithians trying to escape. He won't be placing kill warrants on anyone, but he will herd them out into the acid rain and let nature take care of things because he's the worst. This one can be more OTA than the above, since there's probably potential for pretty much anyone to get involved in Jack playing cat and mouse here.

Also if you're a Company-aligned character, Jack might invite you to come chill at his place and wait out the rain. Depends on how cool you are, duh.

Desired CR:
Any and all, considering we're just getting started! Though just to say it, I am totally down for antagonistic CR, since Jack is meant to draw that kind of response! He's vicious and pretty self-interested, so, yeah, bring on the haters. Only caveat is to just let me know if things are proceeding towards violence, laughs...

Also, we can also handwave some assumed CR if you'd like to skip the intro stage and jump right into Jack potentially knowing who your character is as an acquaintance or just from being a nosy asshole and digging into deets when he can.

Anything else? you'd think jack would have been an rac agent with how much he loves busting heads but no he's corporate scum

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HM... definitely at least one of him turning in a low-level warrant, but I'd be game for the hunt on Leith as well!

Taking down fanatical leaders probably comes with a good pile of joy. ~~Just stop calling him princess, or he'll likely get punched at LEAST once.~~

but your hair is beautiful kanda he's COMPLIMENTING you gosh!!!

But sweet!! I'm totally game for either, so I'll see if anyone else might be interested for that hunt on Leith! That one seems like a good way for a few people to get involved at least, so we could have a weird, ragtag band of losers. Or Kanda could be stuck with Jack and Jack alone, which is like, way worse honestly HAHA

Don't hate because he's beautiful. AND DON'T FUCKING MENTION IT, OLD MAN. IT's CREEPY.

This is a perfect plan with no flaws. Except that Kanda's involved. He might try to leave the losers behind because they're obviously dead weight - hell, he'll probably tell them that - but aside from that little bit, ALL THE FUN.

KANDA... PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS did you not go to kindergarten!!!

which is to say i'm laughing already this can only go well

NO HE DID NOT ACTUALLY. THEY WERE POOR MINERS before Sugar Point was bombed. THEN HE WAS AN EXPERIMENT AND SOLDIER-CHILD. GJ, Jack, for reminding him.

me too - one day, he might learn to play well with others. Just... not today...

PFFT no excuse you know maybe sugar point was bombed for a reason kanda!! did you think of that!!! learn some manners gosh

so yeah i mean if he learns to play well with others it's not going to be when jack is around

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i'd love to have lancer tag along for a leith investigative excursion if you're drumming up interest...! or just general stuff against the true leithians since there's a warrant up against them, networking with jack sounds like a great time, good family fun

heck yes lancer can join the party too! there's nothing that could possibly ever go wrong with this crack team so far (it will probably go very wrong)

I'm going to see if anyone else is interested/give a little more time, but so far my plan is to hit up the mods and see what this team might figure out and then go from there depending! Which I'll probably check on sometime tomorrow, but otherwise I'll keep you in the loop for that!

I still owe you a tag on your pre-game log but!! I am also down for this Leith investigation assuming there's no cap on numbers. Presumably Riza and Jack swap favors at this point since they've both been with the Company for a good number of years.

No thanks to the house party though, that seems weird.

no worries!! take your time with the log since this is my only game and thus I have plenty of room for tags hehe

and that sounds great! I'll add Riza to the list. This is turning into like a ridiculous road trip and I love it? I apologize for the fact that Jack is likely to comment on this and may make them listen to horrible montage songs bc he's a walking dad joke

fair on the last part tho bc see above... that would probably be hell

tbh if he doesn't make them all listen to horrible montage songs, this entire trip will be a disappointment

but excellent! i'll hover off into the distance and keep my ears perked for signs of impending road trip 8)

hope everyone's ready for a playlist of dad rock and meme songs!!!!

HEY CHRISTY THIS IS YAYWON i was gonna hit up jack's ooc post but then i was like christy put up this amazing plotting post right here so I GUESS IM GONNA SURPRISE HER

tl;dr since i wrote way too much on itsuki's ooc post, he's an information broker on westerly (established 2 years + also a drug dealer sweats)!! He's not the best broker ever though, pretty average since he doesn't have a wide network yet, but he'll definitely be interested in hitting up Jack for information (and will most definitely compensate Jack for it in some way, even though itsuki will grumble about it)

He doesn't have a burning hatred for the company, though he'll have words to say about the enforcers (which will be funny since Jack's not even an enforcer?? itsuki's just whining at him???)

i also want to involve itsuki in the hunt for the true leithians!! except he's literally no use in a fight, so at the most he'll probably get involved with "helping" them hide and escape Westerly once the rains are down. (but he doesn't care about them, so he could super easily tell Jack where some of them are!! for a price... that Jack honestly doesn't have to pay DKFJSLFSD i'm canon blind but Jack seems like the sort who'd be smart enough to find some way not to pay!! that's why!!!)

WE CAN TOTALLY HAVE ASSUMED CR IF U LIKE TOO maybe they've told each other info and gotten on each other's nerves in the past

gasps!! YAYWON!!! AAA WELCOME BACK TO MY ARMS i'm so excited wtf so many of my friends are here and snuck in??? picks you up and spins you around

So first, I'd love some assumed CR, heck yes!! If Itsuki is an information broker, Jack has probably hit him up in the past, since in short, Jack is an ambitious guy looking to change the Company from within. Most people think he's just being grandiose, which is true, but he's actually very serious about getting there, so. Networking is important to him :)

And for the present day, I think that could still work actually! Jack wants to think of himself as an action hero, but he's not that great of a fighter either. If Itsuki is offering a point of contact to get them transportation/supplies/etc, that'll be good enough for Jack to want to bring him along. As for the pay part, he actually would, surprisingly! He's insane and unhinged, but surprisingly straightforward and honest when it comes to business. So. Itsuki will get paid for this work since that's pretty important to Jack, go figure...

FLIES INTO YOUR ARMS HAHA i literally sneaked in like 30 minutes before the deadline IM NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN

A++ for assumed cr, honestly itsuki would respect/admire jack a lot for being so ambitious since itsuki is a lazy punk who can't imagine putting effort into anything much less changing the COMPANY. he'll also be like UGHHH JACK STOP TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE COOL I KNOW YOU'RE COOL!!! Itsuki's also going to have contacts in Utopia... too... so jack could like expand his network to the sex space station... IF HE'S INTERESTED LMFAO

omg now itsuki can't hate him?? who knew jack would have the best business etiquette out of everyone itsuki knows. BUT YEAH i'm totally up for Itsuki pretending to help true leithians and spilling the beans to Jack/providing info + supplies too

oh he absolutely wants those utopia contacts just to reply to this first... more fun facts about jack he'll brag about being the Best At Sex but it's all 100% lies and he's a sensitive monogamist so

he would never go there without a good reason

thanks for taking that duty away from him buddy he appreciates that

jack a sensitive monogamist who can't resist ghost penis jokes

im laughing so hard tho... itsuki will go down that path of sin for jack i guess

y...eah

he was married (and widowed) twice in canon and is in a long-term relationship during the games proper

so

at least he was only married (and widowed) once in his au i guess

ALSO CHRISTY i just asked the mods about it but Itsuki's going to get the locations of three low-level grunts currently hiding out on westerley, so he'll for sure pass one of them along to jack!! (kanda and kara are getting the other two for now)

here's their response!! basically if people work together and pass along info from their grunts then they could get a higher-ranked member hiding out on leith!!

(DISCLAIMER: there's way more than the 3 grunts itsuki will find around westerley for sure, so jack could work with other info brokers/killjoys to find others too!!)

AND FOR THE SECOND COMMENT that's perfect >:] jack will appreciate the information and ppppotentially sketchily threaten to herd them into the death rain. Possibly with Jason, considering I said that was happening, so might as well combine the two into extra funtime.

If Itsuki would also want more information as "payment," Jack will probably have some information on who they are too! I have some detailed rap sheets from the mods about who some of those people are, since Jack would have access to that! I think it's the same people at least? Or maybe others LAUGHS point is he might have stuff to swap, and I'll double check on the who

oh my god jack and jason on a PUNISHMENT bender... together... i can only see this turning out well

yes please itsuki would definitely accept info as payment instead, i am here for whatever jack would be willing to spill!!

tbh I'm 100% here for herding dirtbags out into the acid rain, what a metal way to kill someone

RIGHT... I'm in the process of watching Killjoys, but I haven't gotten that far yet, so I was like "damn this show goes hard."

But sweet! I'll make sure to either include a prompt for that or tag out, whichever I make it to first haha... Anything in particular I should keep in mind, or will Jason be pretty okay with the basics of that plan?

the space future is gross and horrible, I love it

BUT NAH dw I can work around you. he doesn't have any sympathy for the thieves in this instance and he's 100% fine with overkill so really it's a match made in excessively violent hell. the biggest hurdle might be getting him to agree to bring jack along if it was a premeditated thing, but if they run into each other in the field and the tables just happen to turn that way then what can u do

I'm mid-catchup rn, but I see you've plotted out a bunch of stuff over here since. I'm keeping myself flexible to work around people's schedules so let me know if this doesn't actually even fit into your timetable anymore!!! I could hop in on the bandwagon if that works better, yolo

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