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The Nine ([personal profile] thenine) wrote in [community profile] overjoyed_ooc2017-03-11 05:52 pm
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Chapter 4 OOC & Plotting

Chapter 4 Launch



Chapter 4 Event Log is up for your review. Please feel free to post there or your own logs for the event - whichever works best for you.

Chapter 4 Calendar / Timeline is available here for the expected timeline of the month.

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

All with significant Qreshi ties have been summoned to a party thrown by Lady Kendry aboard a pleasure ship in orbit of Qresh itself. It's advertised as a social gathering, but in reality will be used to discuss and push forward an official response to the repeal of the Seventh Generation Accords.

RAC agents and Company employees have been tasked with the event's security, and will be stationed both aboard the ship and required to patrol the flightpath in their own vessels.


The Company

Bonuses are given to those who punished rioters with brutal force, while those deemed too 'soft' by the Company are given acclimation training. Those assigned to this training will be partnered with a stricter officer and sent to a volatile area to complete a mission. Finally, stress training has been offered to all - and made mandatory for some - in light of the worsening situation on the streets of Old Town.


Westies

The riots have waned, people splintering off to their own spheres. Some return to work, some join the Resistance, and some take advantage of the chaos to assert control. Gangs calling themselves 'Resistance' have sprung up all over town, and take their territory very seriously. Attacks on those with assumed Company sympathies grow more frequent, the lack of a side assumed by both the Company and the faux Resistance to be the wrong side.


Leithians

Ripples of the disorder gripping Westerley are beginning to rock the tenuous peace on Leith. The Resistance movement has spread, its righteous hatred with it, gathering groups - some independent and some connected to their sister organizations on Weaterley - focused on change. Strikes come and go, chants nothing but echos of those from weeks before, dispersing as quickly as they form. Neighbors grow distrustful as land reallocation drives funds away from humanitarian efforts to focus on security and familial financial safety. Scattered throughout this are kidnappings, a few members of closed societies disappearing with little trace. Towards the end of the chapter, a major hokk farm becomes the target of an arson attack, clogging the air with ash for days.

Even still, Leithians respond with near uniform disregard, keeping their heads down and hoping to avoid catching the Company's gaze--and authority--in the wrong light.


Resistance

The riots and discontent of the previous chapters have seen this faction's number swell. But with no clear pillar of leadership and only the myth of Hyperion available for most people, rival factions are born with their own political agendas. Many of them feed into the rumors about the mysterious Hyperion figure, painting a dark picture of a secretive and too-polished ruler who's too disconnected from the people to truly care about their plight.

Meanwhile, Hyperion allows the rumors to build without comment, growing its cells and continuing to hand out missions and intel from the shadows. Each team is given a compartmentalized mission with little connection between their last run, but when the parts come together to form a whole towards the end of the chapter... the future promised by Hyperion takes a dark, bloodier turn than some may be able to abide.


The RAC

With the lower level evaluations completed, it's time for the RAC to focus on both bolstering their top-most field ranks and weeding out and agents that have lost their ability to remain impartial. Any Level 4 killjoy that wants to test for level 5 needs to sign up for a Level 5 warrant on the warrant post. Additionally, there will be sign up threads for any killjoys that want to be ousted and lose their position within the RAC.

Please note - anyone who loses their position as a killjoy will be dropped into Westerley as a temporary citizen. It will be up to the character to find employment that allows for long term work visa status.


Major Plot Points


Metaplot: Digital Dreams



Due to the way the meshwork interacts with the memory modification chips implanted into characters' brains, their subconsciouses may be projected to any other character with modified memories. All characters may participate in this event, regardless of their level of activity on the network, though frequent users will find themselves the subject of more broadcasts.

These visions occur only when both parties are unconscious - this includes sleeping, high, or drunken states. You may take scenes from your character's AU history, canon history, or mere fantasies they have and work through them as you chose. The only requirements are as follows:

✗ There must be blue-green auras pervading where they should not, a dissonance with any memory or fantasy that is not your character's own subconscious creation. Some may also see an abandoned laboratory, though its presence will only be in disjointed flashes, and its purpose unclear.

✗ The observing character will be pervaded by the emotions of the character having the dream. Rather than this being a complete personality overwrite, it's more of an emotional resonance between the dreamer and the visiting character so that, if they find themselves in an urgent situation, both will feel the tension, or heartbreak will be felt by both, etc…

✗ The character having the dream will awaken with blurry memories of the event at most, while the character visiting the dream may remember things more vividly.

✗ Characters do not know, or care, that they are dreaming. Cognitive dissonance may enable them to have some idea that they're not conscious, but 'waking up' will not occur to them, nor will questioning how they've arrived to the dreamscape. As the location will seem natural to the character having the dream, the visitor will also feel 'right' being there in that moment.

✗ There is no limit to the amount of dreams you may have. As such, we encourage you to create your own logs for this part of the plot.


Resistance - Hyperion Missions & Recruitment

Due to some drops, we'll be opening up the Hyperion teams again for recruitment. Depending on the number of characters who sign up, we may create an additional team and safehouse set up. Please sign up using this top-level! Sign ups will remain open until 3/20.

New missions will be disseminated through the team NPCs (mod-controlled) on their respective calendar dates but will be much more subdued than the first and second waves in order to allow everyone time to continue working on their original missions.


RAC - Promotions (or Demotions)

We will be contacting players who signed up for last chapter's evaluations (Level 1-4) to find out the outcome! As long as you've started the thread, you're welcome to handwave/continue working on it in the meantime and we'll mark it as a success (or failure, if you like) when it's announced ICly on W7D3.

Level 5 evaluations will be open to all Level 4 characters--whether they were recently promoted or not--and announced ICly on W7D6. Level 5 evals will be done with the evaluating agent leading a Level 5 kill warrant (obtained from the monthly warrant posting) and at least one other killjoy. Since these evaluations will be handled by NPCs, you'll need to form temporary teams (if you're not already part of them). Similar to how we've handled the lower-level evals, we'll check in with you next chapter to see the success or failure of the evaluation!

(Note, however, that killjoys who have a marked history of psychological instability will encounter evaluations which specifically test their mental fortitude and ability to abide the RAC's oath of neutrality.)

Sign ups will be handled via the monthly warrant posting where you'll receive your customized warrant prompt. You are welcome to include non-killjoy characters in your team, but at least one of your teammates should be on the RAC roster.


Company Acclimation and Training

Based on your reports during last AC, characters who did not follow Company mandate or did so in a way that cost their employers punitive damages, characters have been assigned to stress and/or acclimation training. The specific details of what that training entails can be found in the chapter log, but outside of those parameters, you are free to create your own teams and particulars as best suits your interests. The only provision is that a character slotted for acclimation training should be paired with a character who is not -- i.e., someone who received accolades for their conduct by being granted higher weapon clearance.

If you're having trouble coming up with prompts to fit the missions, feel free to PM the mod account and one will be provided for you!


CR Meme Template



stressors: impulsors. please dnt. (look at all the fucks shiro gives.)

shiro | company

[personal profile] stressors 2017-03-12 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Character: "shiro" (shirogane takashi)
Location: westerley! and occasionally leith? i guess he's all over the place when the company isn't shoOTING HIM INTO SPACE.
Primary Faction Goals: LMAO HE JUST WANTS TO SURVIVE WHATEVER THE COMPANY'S THROWING AT HIM. ACCLIMATION AND STRESS TRAINING BOTH??? ok, see you later space dorito chip.
Secondary Faction Goals: ...well! if he wasn't totally resistance-leaning to begin with, i'm sure the bloody bodies, fiery explosions, and general training (read: torture) have totally helped him figure out which side he wants to end up on! he'll probably put in Active Effort to get the bomb in his arm removed... unless all the training actually breaks him into nacho cheese dust. but will he end up more scared of the company than ever before? will he be more behaved and therefore violent as a result?? or will he want to cut off his arm in a desperate attempt to get out of this abusive relationship??? we jUST don't KNOW.
Desired CR: helloo people with higher weapons clearance! how are you, this training sucks, would you maybe offer to shoot shiro in the head? oh, and also friends... any friends... please...
Offered CR: he will continue to be that mom friend who's really nice but has baggage that no one wants to deal with... ALSO, IF ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE A DREAM ABOUT FIGHTING IN THE HUNGER GAMES AND GETTING THEIR ARM VIOLENTLY CUT OFF, PLEASE SEE ME FOR A PAMPHLET, THANK YOU.
Anything else? sorry to everyone i hit up on the cr meme last time! last month hit me with the flu from hell and i still worked through it..... if i've talked to you before, i Owe You A Thread And/Or Backtags, so you will likely see me in your inbox when you least expect it.
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Takasugi Shinsuke | "Resistance" Terrorist

[personal profile] shikomizue 2017-03-12 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Character: Takasugi Shinsuke
Location: He'll be going between Leith, Westerley, and Utopia - generally being anywhere he needs to be while leaving a wide breadth between himself and the Nine's pleasure cruiser - tl;dr ✧*:・゚s p a c e ゜・:*✧
Long Term Faction Goals: Start a civil war, bring down the Company and the Nine, basically destroy society ( slow down mr. edgelord )
Short Term Faction Goals: All of the discord among the ranks of the Resistance, including the gangs, plays into his hands, so he'll be sitting back and letting those things play out while gathering what influence he can
Secondary Faction Goals: As the leader of Hyperion: Blossom, Takasugi is going along with whatever directives the faceless amalgamation gives him... sort of
Desired CR:
❁ Other angry, destructive types
❁ People in the Nine to conspire with / against
❁ Anyone in other Hyperion cells - he doesn't know of others but the more agents he knows the greater the chances of people finding out about each other!
Offered CR:
❁ Anyone need someone to manipulate them into doing something terrible? He's your guy!
❁ If anyone in the Company needs a little bit of help hating the Resistance, he can orchestrate something to lessen sympathies
❁ The dream event will be a great way to get to know him in any way, as a basis for CR or an expansion of CR, sing he only ever talks vaguely of himself
❁ His dreams will range from serene countryside scenes to terrible battlefield slaughters to PTSD terrors - I'd love to write specific prompts for everyone who wants in so hit me and let me know!
Anything else?
Looking at the warrants, if anyone is interested in the: Apprehension former Company personnel, Silencing former Company scientists, Eliminating corporate competition from within the J, Assassinate Company Executive, or Assassinate arms dealer in badlands prompts and would like some criminal assistance or pvp conflict along the way of completing their warrants, hit me up! Takasugi could feasibly be involved in any of these
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Dolly (Rhys, red)

[personal profile] rhygret 2017-03-12 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
impulsors: hunk, lance (pic#11051083)

[personal profile] impulsors 2017-03-12 07:43 am (UTC)(link)


how much a little flu has changed you, baby. ):
stressors: gift! please dnt. (moved to the city in a broke-down car.)

[personal profile] stressors 2017-03-12 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
stress training! shiro would really appreciate leo's tech background on a malfunctioning ship if you're at all interested in that..

... and, uh, if leo could take a look at shiro's arm which has an incendiary tracker embedded in it? shiro's resistance-leaning, but can't do anything for the resistance since his arm's triggered to blow up if the company ever notices Strange Activity.

it could get leo introduced to the resistance perhaps? meanwhile he can snark shiro into submission while they're trying to fly a ship and is that black smoke blowing out of the rotor? oh no...
stressors: gift! please dnt. (pic#10980508)

[personal profile] stressors 2017-03-12 07:47 am (UTC)(link)


YOUR READING COMPREHENSION IS BULLCRAP AND YOU ARE A TIT
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[personal profile] impulsors 2017-03-12 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
we've got a pretty varied character spread, surely someone in here has a mommy kink.









if not, you can always deal with a ma(r)m(or)a kink, i guess.
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Hijikata Toushirou | Company

[personal profile] mayora13 2017-03-12 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Character: Hijikata Toushirou
Location: Mostly Westerley, but may go to Leith on personal leave after the farm attack
Primary Faction Goals: Hijikata has been granted higher clearance for cool weapons, so he'll give the armory a cursory perusal. This also means he'll be taking on a 'softie' for training in a dangerous area, which isn't something he's thrilled about. Even less exciting is his mandatory stress training
Desired CR:
✘ I'd love to find a partner for stress training
✘ Someone to visit Leith with in the wake of the arson
Offered CR:
✘ An opportunity to play with cool Company weapons
✘ He's available to take on a case of acclamation training, he's very protective without being too bloodthirsty
Anything else?
I'd like for Hijikata to step into dreams more than he has them, so I'll be looking to tag around here and see what can be set up! I may set up an open for his own dreams, which will probably be actual canon memories but I haven't decided on the specifics yet :Ua!
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Rhys | Borderlands

[personal profile] rhygret 2017-03-12 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
Character: Rhys
Location: Leith, Westerley, Qresh
Primary Faction Goals:
As a Kendry Rhys will be headed to the Qreshi cruise to enjoy Being Rich so he's going to need some security to accompany him! Any Company Enforcers/RAC agents down?
Secondary Faction Goals: Rhys's secondary faction is himself because fuck you resistance he can a better job!!! aka Rhys is still working on his Badlands project! He's got some filtration tech from bandits out in the Badlands on hand now and some survey data, but there's still a lot for him to do. And technically the Resistance is blackmailing him but that died off a little when people...died off....a little like a month ago 8'| s-so.
Desired CR:
  • People versed in filtration tech
  • Other Qreshi royals! WHERE MAH 9 PPL AT
  • EVERYONE? people to beat him up or hate on The Nine would be cool too
  • But also people who won't do that would be nice too
    Offered CR: Rhys is rich, working on a plan to make him a ton of money, influence and power aaaand he's also technically an illegal hackmod Kendry who's a giant goddamn loser like this guy believes in the healing power of tears someone stop him???? IF YOU NEED A LOSER TO BE YOUR FRIEND/MEAL TICKET, Rhys is your man.
    Anything else?
    Since Rhys will be doing the Dream Thing he'll have a few of the following if anyone is interested:
  • A would-be promotion on a swanky space station filled with assholes
  • Rhys Ruling the Quad as a Seyah bc he has to have something embarrassing like that
  • Handsome Jack dreams because this is Rhys and he's a goddamn disgrace
  • mayora13: (pic#9135708)

    [personal profile] mayora13 2017-03-12 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
    JUVIA IS REALLY CUTE I'd love more CR with her! I'll also keep tagging our older log, sorry that I got caught up and slow for a bit, I should be more regular going forward ;u;b

    Hijikata needs a partner for stress training, if you'd like! Alternatively, have you considered having her participate in the dream shenanigans at all ovo?
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    [personal profile] mayora13 2017-03-12 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
    Hey!!! I was excited to see Shiro in the game but I haven't gotten any CR with you yet

    Would you like to have him partner up with Hijikata for the acclimation training? Or, alternatively, I'd love for Hijikata to experience some of those good ol'gladiator dismembering dreams ;) OR, since Hijikata has extra clearance, if Shiro would like to play with anything that goes 'boom' he's welcome to try his hand

    We don't have pre-established CR, but would you like to assume that Hijikata and Shiro have at least seen/heard of one another in passing. Hijikata would probably think Shiro is a pretty responsible and capable guy
    Edited 2017-03-12 08:12 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] servitor 2017-03-12 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
    they should bond over being company fuck ups

    and let's all swap dreams because nyx's arm was set on fire by the gods after sassing them the hell out :')
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    [personal profile] shikomizue 2017-03-12 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
    don't worry Rhys the blackmail will return ;) Takasugi is going to want to know what happened at that party ;) ;) ;)

    also I'd love for Takasugi to see the Seyah dream because lmao

    We have 2 threads already but I'd also love for Rhys to see one of Takasugi's dreams, if you're up for it!
    willalways: (try())

    Red | Transistor

    [personal profile] willalways 2017-03-12 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
    Character: Red
    Location: Leith. Westerley
    Primary Faction Goals: Red has no faction and isn't interested in politics. Her concern is primarily to continue working on composing and songwriting, but she will help those in need even if she doesn't help a Great Cause! Red doesn't have any bias against any faction (Nine, RAC, Company, Westie, Resistance, Hyperion) and will interact with or assist ppl regardless of their backgrounds.
    Secondary Faction Goals: n/a
    Desired CR: Anything! Red is new to the game but has been in the Quad for a year now, so I'd love to have some pre-establish CR figured out as well as collect a bunch of new ones! She performs piano regularly in Leithian tea houses and any major high-end pieces from the last six months are probably attributed to her, even if she hasn't necessarily been the performer.

    In partcular I'd love for people who share an interest in music, people with Strong Political Views, people she can aid or assist in their endeavours, and hell why not I'd love a romantic interest for her too. ANYTHING.
    Offered CR: Would you like to date a babe? Listen to kickass music? Need a mom, or just someone in general to get you to Figure Your Shit Out? Drinking buddies??? Red is your gal! I'm not sure what I want to do with her yet since she's brand-new, but I'm open for a lot!
    Anything else?
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    DREAM SPECIFIC THINGS

    [personal profile] servitor 2017-03-12 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
    - killing daemons in a spectacular fashion
    - seeing his sister die
    - the attacks on galahd
    - driving an audi up a wall it's some sick shit let me tell u
    - GIVING THE GODS SOME LIP
    - fighting that asshole captain dratini
    - being set on fire that's cool too right right
    - there is so much going on come experience nyx's wildest last 24 hours of his life
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    [personal profile] rhygret 2017-03-12 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
    HECK YES to all of this lmfao Please see his horrifyingly embarrassing Seyah dreams, this man is such a loser... He will just be like HOW DID YOU KNOW I EVEN WENT I COULD HAVE STAYED HOME I hate you and your resistance so much
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    DREAM SPECIFIC THINGS

    [personal profile] brickinthewall 2017-03-12 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
    - human experimentation fun times
    - setting things on fire
    - training sequences
    - her actually being happy!?
    - the Murder Incident
    - some memories involving her brother Sam
    - rich party girl lifestyle
    - idk there is a lot friends
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    [personal profile] shikomizue 2017-03-12 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
    YAY GOOD I'm glad!

    He assumes you went because you're a lush like that WAS HE WRONG??? NO (he'll message about it next month if that works for you!)

    Takasugi will have to feel some of the elation that Rhys feels as well, which will be amazing because I imagine they express it in very different ways...

    As for Takasugi's dreams! The sadist in me wants to put Rhys through something TERRIBLE like a war dream, how do you feel about that?
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    [personal profile] brickinthewall 2017-03-12 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
    i still need to figure out a way to throw hanna at fenris tbh and the idea of also rage induced hanna being involved in this fist fight is amusing to me
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    [personal profile] demonly 2017-03-12 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
    rin here lives at the monastery so they definitely could have some established CR! in general he's pretty familiar/on good terms with most of the uncles and aunts. how much longer ago did yoruichi come to the monastery?? :0
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    [personal profile] brickinthewall 2017-03-12 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
    hanna is a cray cray but

    she wanted to do stuff with music and she can play a lot of instruments! it's one of the few times she's not batshit when she's playing the piano or drums so if u want a musically inclined killjoy...
    stressors: gift! please dnt. (pic#11062029)

    [personal profile] stressors 2017-03-12 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
    meanwhile i'm just so glad we have gintama characters in this crazy game

    acclimation training sounds great! but so does hijikata having to deal with phantom limb trauma in the midst of his mayo binge induced food comas. why should we choose one if we can have both?

    we could definitely work on the assumption that they've heard of each other. either that, or we could assume they worked well enough on a mission together to see that they're both responsible people.

    and then maybe later they can try putting a gun in shiro's hand, but i don't really know the outcome of that particular scenario until after all the training is done, so maybe put a hold on that for the safety of the both of them i guess.......
    stressors: gift! please dnt. (pic#11062153)

    [personal profile] stressors 2017-03-12 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
    a momora kink**
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    [personal profile] impulsors 2017-03-12 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
















    well, that's one way to motivate me to study.

    bye.
    stressors: gift! please dnt. (Default)

    [personal profile] stressors 2017-03-12 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
    they should definitely bond over being company fuck ups

    "shit there goes my promotion"

    "yeah, they're going to rocket my sad ass into space"

    "oh damn my guy, me too, oh no"

    if nyx would like to play in the gladiator games, that is perfectly fine by me. :) maybe shiro will learn some sass from the conversation because i'm sure he'll need more than that in the future.

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