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

[snuggies]

Character: scott mccall
Location: westerley
Primary Faction Goals: stayin alive ah ah ah ah
Secondary Faction Goals: no i'm jk

+ so i'm trying to find reasons for scott to fight enforcers. he's a goody two shoes, but not good enough to pick fights over criminals, so i'm thinking about doing some sappy where some poor innocent child watches their estranged parent get tied to a pike!! and scott tries to intervene idk i'm just down for bickering otherwise

+ scott is also a nurse and he's going to help people even if he has to fight them to do it, i guess acid rain is a great time to accumulate injuries

+ starving aka let's barter for food, or try to feed the poor come on guys i know there are some squishy hearts out there somewhere

+ i guess he might try to get into eulogy but gets shut out because he's a nerd, and tries to sneak in anyway. because he lost his claimant papers, so if there are any killjoys interested in his sob story (or money, i guess) please help him get those back, is knowing how to file a warrant common knowledge let's find out

+ also might fight company enforcers over his lost claimant papers x( fight me!!

Desired CR:

+ i've never had negative cr in my life so i'm ready

+ also if there is anyone that wants to be nice with him

+ also just buddies, let's be friends!!

Anything else? my fingers are very frozen so it is hard to type but i am very excited

[slotted]

omg pls... can they feed people together

leo looks like he's been through hell and back but he's a bit woobie

[snuggies]

that is the cutest thing i've ever heard i'm down for it!!

does leo know anything about gardening

[slotted]

he knows how to plant things and also he REALLY REALLY likes dead leaves..........

he's useless isn't he

[snuggies]

he sure is but so is scott and by god they're going to make it work anyway

are you putting up a top level? i'm not 100% sure how i'm going to be going about it yet

[slotted]

what a gr8 team i foresee victory

i can put up a top level, yes! but not any time soon because i can't trust myself to write after only being awake fpr 15 minutes

[cauterised]

oh my god fine, fight me


we had positive cr last time, clearly i need all my cr now to be negative

[snuggies]

is riza really not going to give a woman five seconds to talk to her crying child before she dies slowly in acid rain

[cauterised]

i'm trying??? to give you negative cr here?????????? oh my god spoon what do you want






but for the record she would find some way to get that woman out of the acid rain, don't look now scott

[snuggies]

i lied it take it back please give me sweet tender cr

that we can destroy later uxu

[cauterised]

you're brutal





but okay uwu

to keep this semi-serious!! did you want an actual thread spoon or are we handwaving that they were pseudo-buddies in the rain together

[tirejacked]

please give me scott trying to sneak into eulogy this sounds hilarious tbh

[snuggies]

i will never play the more competent one in our cr again will i

but ok ambi!! do you think jason would help get him in, or should we just start a brawl and drag jason in accidentally

[tirejacked]

look you got to be the competent one for like a whole year

I was going to say tbh he could probably take some pity and enable some bad life decision even though he's shitty but I like trainwreck cr too much lets make a scene

[snuggies]

ambi if you want me to make a scene

i will

because

this aint' a scene it's a goddamn arms race

[nightchild]

"i've never had negative cr in my life so i'm ready" I'M HERE TO FULFILL THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT!!! also spoon im laughing we talked so much about their cr that i almost assumed that they were already pre-established... IT'S TIME FOR FIRST MEETINGS!!

all of ur options are so good. maybe we can do a combo of nurse scott helping itsuki/poor souls itsuki finds + bartering for food since itsuki DOES have joy (even if he looks poor). scott could easily convince him to spend some in order to feed the poor.... itsuki slowly realizing that this will be a pattern with him and scott

MAYBE HE COULD KEEP TABS OUT FOR SCOTT'S LOST CLAIMANT PAPERS TOO actually put his information brokering to GOOD USE though he won't be able to help scott sneak in as effectively as a killjoy would tbh... he'll tell them where it is... and ask scott not to die...

[snuggies]

they're established in my heart ok yaywon you can't take this from me

ok how about itsuki brings someone to scott and scott being like wait bro you're rich heRE HELP ME WITH ALL THIS OTHER STUFF no you don't have a choice don't make me laugh in your face

wails

[nightchild]

right in the brokoro i see

omfg scott laugh all u want just don't pull the puppydog eYES OKAY FINE HE'LL HELP!! im ready for this

DON'T DIE!!! SCOTT!!!

[snuggies]

rofl scott really does have puppy eyes sorry not sorry itsuki i'm sorry this cr is so cute

also are you putting up a top level shall i write a starter how's this gonna go bro

[nightchild]

spoon stop showing me bloodied and injured scott omg are u doing this on purpose

I'LL PUT UP A TOPLEVEL and i'll ping u when it's up /brofists u

[valr]

scott.....................

[snuggies]

help

[valr]

there are so many beautiful options here i don't even know where to start???

[snuggies]

lies down i am here at your service justine

isn't kara security at eulogy

you wanna help a friend out

[valr]

she sure is

im glad we decided to trust the fates to bring them together because this is a beautiful first meeting

kara will even help scott find whoever took his identity, after she bails him out of whatever mess he gets into at the front door