Opening Event Plotting Meme!

[thenine]

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.

Quick Links: Player Organization
Black Warrant Mass Plotting
True Leithian Man Hunt

CR Meme Template

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

Comments

slams in here super late

[valr]

Character: Kara Styrdottir
Location: Westerley - primarily Eulogy

Primary Faction Goals: Don't attract any Company attention

Secondary Faction Goals: She'd prefer the heir to survive, if only because she'd know that the resulting power vacuum would do more harm than good, especially in Westerley, so if there's any info floating around she'll pass it on to Killjoys, though she won't get directly involved since she can't travel to Leith easily.

As for the stolen identities, Kara is fucking mad, she's one of those at Eulogy that very much doesn't agree with stealing from their own (or the attention) so she'll be getting in touch with her Killjoy contacts to give them names of thieves! Honestly if she finds out any of the people responsible for the attack are still on Westerley she might go after them herself.

I don't think she's going to get too involved in Resistance stuff at this point because she's trying not to die. However she may be doing some mercy kills for people slated for execution, I'm still not 100% but. could be fun ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Desired CR: Yo I am up for anything but Westerley folks to help out during the rain/increased company presence or Killjoys to help out is all good. I feel like info trading threads won't be particularly long or exciting so if you wanna handwave those or we could do a quick IC inbox thread I'm down.

Anyone want to join her to get some vigilante justice on the True Leithians stuck on Westerley????

Other Resistance folks - wanna commiserate on how shitty it is right now?

Anything else? If we haven't had a chance to hash out past CR and you'd like some feel free to hit me up here or on plurk (batsecretary)

Re: slams in here super late

[lotusmesenpai]

WHAT IF... Kanda and Lavi show up to give her misinformation about one of the heirs?

[valr]

why would u do this thing to her

unless they're telling her its fake so she can spread that shit at eulogy in which case: new best friends

[lotusmesenpai]

THAT would be a good possibility, actually. Kind of a trust exercise between killjoys and broker, yeah?

Basically, get them to look this way so they don't see this idiot we're hiding in the corner. Not that they're taking sides or anything. Just helping a not!friend out... YEAH.

[valr]

yeah i mean they don't have to tell her it's about helping a not!friend, since if they'd be trying to retrieve the heir intact according to the warrant, it makes sense to send the less scrupulous types on a wild goose chase

[shikomizue]

Hey!!!

Takasugi is resistance, but he'd absolutely be hitting up info brokers for tips regarding the heir's location! He'll pay whatever - and might even agree to take on a task from her if she has anything significant to give!

His intentions are totally BAD BAD KILL THE BABY but he'll keep that to himself ahaha

ALSO DO YOU WANNA DO A PRE-GAME thread of their initial CR during the war? I'm up for it if you are, just let me know when is a good time ;u;!

[valr]

TAKASUGI NO

I don't think Kara's going to have a huuuuge amount of info about the heir aside from picking up on what the folks in Eulogy are saying, but if she thinks Takasugi isn't a baby killer she'd pass that info on. This is one of those cases where she won't worry about Joy because she feels like the outcome is important, so congrats on getting free info to do a MURDER.

AND OH MAN YES that would be fun!! Whenever is good for me so if you wanna toss something up in the comm orrrr use a journal for it I'm 110% down

[shikomizue]

*ATTEMPT A MURDER GOSH

its okay the guy he's gonna send after the kid is gonna bail last minute so unless he works out a PLAN B (which he might, with Kanda), the baby will live on!

BUT THANKS FOR THE INFO ;) ;) I'm totally fine handwaving that - would she just want Joy in exchange or anything else?

OKAY COOL I have a catch all for Taka's pre-game stuff so I'll slip a prompt in there when I get around to doing his starters. Probably won't be tonight, but SOON! Then I'll reply to a comment here with a link ;u;

[valr]

kara @ god: pls let the baby live

honestly she might just be like "this isn't exactly a favor so you don't owe me but how about you remember it in the future". if you want we could do an ic inbox thing to hash that out!

yeahhh i am excited! no rush tho, i may have to run to a job interview soon anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ if you need any info from kara's side of things during the war effort in edo u can hmu on plurk!

[shikomizue]

TAKASUGI WILL REMEMBER THIS

but ye I'm up for an inbox thing! Do you have one set up? ;u;

I WILL DO THAT THANK YOU :D good luck with your interview!!

[valr]

thanks takasugi she's gonna be mad at u if she ever finds out your real plans but w/e

i do and it isssss right here!

[shikomizue]

HITS IT

[tirejacked]

slams into you super late

he'll definitely hit her up for leads re: the thieves (and the black warrant probably even if I'm not sure if I'm throwing him in he'll want to be in the know) 0BUT MORE INTERESTINGLY did you say vigilante justice bc he's here for this, do you want to go knock heads kara.

[valr]

any idiot in eulogy bragging about having stolen identities is gonna get their name sent straight to jason tbh

AND YES GOD she wants to knock so many heads, so many

i'm not sure how many leithians are floating around but maybe they could team up to beat some info out of one of the crooks who's fencing the IDs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[tirejacked]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sounds like fun tbh. he'll be chasing down leithians later, I'm down for some good old fashioned interrogating to lead up to it.

lets say he goes to meet up with her and speak of the devil, one of those idiot fences happens to be nearby and they decide to go ask him nicely for details. do you have a preference for venue?

[valr]

friends doing violence together is my fav thing tbh

maybe somewhere outside eulogy since kara would be a lil wary doing too much violence there - her and jason could arrange a meet up at a bar somewhere?

[tirejacked]

tru friendship lbr

yes perfect works 4 me. lmk if you get a toplevel up and I'll hit you there, otherwise I'll type you something when I finally start putting starters up and link you

[valr]

friends who torture 2gether stay 2gether

yyy cool! i think i've got most of my plans ready so i should start writing a couple starters this evening :|b

[valr]

a thing!

lmk if it doesn't work and i can shake it up