Chapter 4 OOC & Plotting

[thenine]

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

<b>Character</b>: <b>Location</b>: <b>Primary Faction Goals</b>: <b>Secondary Faction Goals</b>: <b>Desired CR</b>: <b>Offered CR</b>: <b>Anything else?</b>

Comments

Dolly (Rhys, red)

[rhygret]

Rhys | Borderlands

[rhygret]

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

[shikomizue]

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!

[rhygret]

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

[shikomizue]

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?

[rhygret]

(That is fine!)

Oh god that frightens me, Rhys would just be like

The answer is YES because Rhys is emotionally stunted and could use a nightmare or two

Re: Rhys | Borderlands

[ofobedience]

Weekend on Leith! And Gio can introduce Rhys to Julius at the Nine gathering thingy if you like, he'll be there as SF's security detail.

[rhygret]

Perfect 8) Just rhys and gio for the weekend getaway?

[ofobedience]

Hmmm, depends! It could be just Rhys and Gio for part of it, but seeing as it's a whole weekend Steph or Vaughn or both could always come along for some of it if you and either/both of the other players wanted to do that!

[rhygret]

whispers Let me be stingy and have gio all to myself for this

[decompiler]

8)

[decompiler]

slouches in sighing with muffled lorde playing in the distance

[rhygret]

look just don't make it weird ok also tag me u fool

[decompiler]

YES YEAH I WILL!!!!

look between these two i think making it weird is less a danger and more a....... certainty

[homonka]

hey do you wanna have a confusing dream about Busts&Trusts??

also known as Yoruichi


rhys can feel her absolute devotion and heartbreak and also murderous rage

y/n

[rhygret]

rhys will sympathize with her on a spiritual level and also like wow sf he already has issues with relatives and feelings this is just a whole new can of worms for him?????

[homonka]

are you ready to feel what it's like to 100% devote your existence to someone else's service rhys


(no because that's Super Unhealthy)

all the better if it's before he runs into Yoruichi again /o\

Red | Transistor

[willalways]

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?

[brickinthewall]

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...

[willalways]

Hell yes I do??? This sounds like excellent company for red to keep 8') music therapy

[brickinthewall]

if they become good friends which i kind of suspect they will i've played transistor so i think red will be a pretty good more calming influence on her she's gonna be insanely stupidly protective

tank life

[decompiler]

..............tell me more about your art.

[willalways]

what you mean my composition or my usb sword

[decompiler]

i am pretty sure you already know the answer to that

[decompiler]

no though i actually really like the idea of him like, FOLLOWING HER AROUND TO HER GIGS FOR A WHILE like he finds out where her work is being played and just hangs back in the background for a time bc he's like ???? this music speaks to me but he doesn't get wHY