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Aion Mods ([personal profile] aionmods) wrote in [community profile] aionooc2022-03-02 03:00 pm

OOC INTRO + EVENT PLOTTING

Intros & Event Plotting
GAME OPENING
Welcome to Aion Teleos's first OOC mingle, as well as its first event plotting post! In the future these two things may be posted separately, but given that the event will be posted on Friday, it made the most sense to combine them for the game's opening. The general details of the coming event will be posted below to give you an idea of what your characters will be doing for the next month. Please note that sects will not be confirmed until later in the month, depending on your character's reaction to the intro event.

THINGS TO NOTE
◆ NETWORK: Following this event, the communion network will be active! These are awakened as part of choosing a sect. Pleroma characters won't receive any immediate instructions on how to use these powers, but they are welcome to figure them out on their own. Kenoma will have it explained to them by certain NPCs in the Regent's forces.

◆ TIMELINE: The timeline for the for this first month will be a bit condensed. The event itself will ICly be occurring over the period of a bit over a week, but playtime has been scheduled to last until the end of the month. Timing wise, the events of the TDM will have been considered to happen in the first half of the Horos equivalent of March. The intro event will happen in the second half of March. From there, the timeline should go back to a 1:1 ratio.


THE EMPTY THRONE
The ritual promised in the game's first TDM is at hand. Escorted down to a massive cavern beneath the ruins, characters will made to participate in a disquieting ceremony - one that invokes the Kenoma and forcefully infects them with it. Trapped within the cavern by their captors, they'll be forced to wait out the infection's effects, with only sparse supplies being offered to them and clothing that does nothing to stand up against the cold of these subterranean ruins.

Your character initial attunement will ultimately be defined by their reaction to the Kenoma they've been infected with. There are two main options:

A) They reject its influence, survive its detrimental effects, and their perseverance cultivates the presence of the Pleroma. After a week or so they will be able to expel the Kenoma entirely, attune to the first tier of Pleroma, and have any powers they're missing return.

B) The presence of the Kenoma speaks to them on a spiritual level, their own despair responding to it. Though they may struggle at first, eventually they succumb, surrendering to its influence and being informed of the Regent's plans through it. Characters that accept Kenoma will be allowed out of the cavern, as long as they stay in the area and cooperate with a new NPC that will be present. Their powers will return as soon as they surrender to the Kenoma.


You DO NOT have to commit to the sect indicated on your app if these opening circumstances make you inclined to go another direction. Here are some of the plot hooks that will be present in the event information:

◆ KENOMA SICKNESS: The infection, while being resisted, will cause various detrimental effects. These include persistent dark thoughts, accidental psychic communication with other characters, involuntary transformations in line with Aion changes but based on negative self conception, and general physical illness. Your character should be affected by at least one of these things.

◆ COMPETITIVE SURVIVAL: The soldiers are giving characters a limited amount of supplies and are not attempting to distribute it evenly. Hoarding supplies is an option, and will likely result in others going hungry and/or freezing.

◆ PERSUASION: Characters who accept the Kenoma will essentially swap over to being part of the military force trapping people in the caverns. They may receive orders from an NPC asking them to 'persuade' characters who have not succumbed to the Kenoma yet by whatever means necessary, as long as it isn't killing them or using mind control.

All of this will be fleshed out further in the actual event post, this summary is just to give you an idea of what to plan for. That said, let's introduce ourselves!


INTROS & PLOTTING
PLAYER

NAME:
CONTACT:
FUN FACTS:

CHARACTER

NAME:
CANON:
LEGACY:
INTENDED SECT: Which sect you are currently shooting for.

CHARACTER PITCH: Give people an idea of what your character is like!
DESIRED CR: What kind of CR are you looking for?
OFFERED CR: What CR could your character offer to others?
PLOT HOOKS: List some general plots you are particularly interested in exploring in the Aion Teleos setting.

EVENT PLANS: What are your plans for this event in particular?

ANYTHING ELSE? You know what to do.


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[personal profile] vapour 2022-03-02 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
PLAYER

NAME: Seiko
CONTACT: dpscheck#5185 or [plurk.com profile] bladeworks
FUN FACTS: hi everyone nice to meet you! I don't have any overly fun facts about myself, but I do love cats and other animals, video games and manga. I play a lot of gacha games (genshin, honkai, alchemy stars, granblue, fgo) and... mahjong. C: (That said I also love FFXIV but need a person to pay my sub because I'm poor so am like way way behind. Sob)

I also like to make and color icons.

I'm a systems engineer that's currently looking for work as a full-stack developer, and I'll be somewhat slower than usual until March 8th as I have a certification test on the 7th. I am EST and look forward to playing with all of you here!

You can add me on plurk, but I'm easier to get in touch with on discord unless you private message me! I can do either, though, so whatever is most comfortable for you.
CHARACTER

NAME: Tartaglia
CANON: Genshin Impact
LEGACY: Firebrand
INTENDED SECT: Kenoma
CHARACTER PITCH:
The unpredictable and chaotic "enemy" that likes being an antagonist to the protagonist but is also uncharacteristically friendly and adoring of them despite them being on opposing sides. He is chaos imbued and unpredictable in every manner to the point it's impossible to know what he really thinks, feels or intends, and can go from one extreme to the other entirely, like a switch being turned on and off. He is also impulsive, and sometimes easily manipulated into things despite being extremely intelligent and cunning himself.

His incredible love and affection for his family (and his friendly, childlike nature he displays under normal circumstances) makes it hard to reconcile him with his image of a chaotic warmonger, but it should not be forgotten under any circumstances that he is a finely tune instrument of war. Morally right and wrong are not part of his emotional kit as a weapon has no need for either.

DESIRED CR: Everything/anything; but to give some specifics. Friends, enemies, antagonistic, manipulative with intentions to use each other to their own ends, strong people to fight
OFFERED CR: same as above, plus big brother type to any teenagers or whatnot. Doesn't really matter what side they'll ultimately be on, he has shown he spreads his CR how he feels and what feels is best. Although I'm sure he will be restricted by both sides due to the nature of the game, he'll still try to make friendly with Pleromas once attuned to Kenoma (and he will also just as happily backstab you if he feels it's suddenly a great idea)
PLOT HOOKS: I haven't really got any specific or direct ideas just yet, but in general I plan to have Childe get pretty knee deep in Kenoma things and be extremely unapologetic about it and what he does. I'm also very open to him making friendly with Pleromas and them trying to consistently drag him out of Kenoma (or even other Kenomas that eventually get doubtful and want to try and defect and take him along, too.)

EVENT PLANS: making arrival hard for everyone. This is your future.
ANYTHING ELSE? every gacha game ever.
Edited 2022-03-02 22:08 (UTC)
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[personal profile] traversal 2022-03-02 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
hello wallet
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[personal profile] vapour 2022-03-02 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
at your service.
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[personal profile] perfectlygoodbird 2022-03-02 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
childlike you say? oh, Meteion too. let's get in trouble together
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[personal profile] vapour 2022-03-02 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Best worst influence for him!
Edited 2022-03-02 23:08 (UTC)
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[personal profile] destage 2022-03-02 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
god. so i am not even close to sure how CR would go for these two since sayaka's definitely a manipulative sort who'd be confused as hell by childe, but would you perchance be down for a thread? i'd love to see what direction they could go in
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[personal profile] vapour 2022-03-02 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I would absolutely be 100% up for a thread! She sounds delightful from your write-up below, and I think they could have some incredibly fascinating CR.


She won't even have to suck up to him for protection, either.
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[personal profile] destage 2022-03-02 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
fuck yes!! i definitely agree and am looking forward to it /chinhands

also oh my god good. childe you're too nice...she appreciates it, she is so twiggy and weak
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[personal profile] vapour 2022-03-02 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm very excited for this!

He's gonna make sure she has rations and no one bullies her out of them.
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[personal profile] lifespanned 2022-03-04 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
misa here will also likely be a pretty unapologetic kenoma!! so they could be evil pals who are #cool with rebuilding the world... she is also of the impulsive and chaotic brand of antagonism so i feel they could get along swimmingly :')
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[personal profile] vapour 2022-03-04 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Omg yes please! Misa was my fav in Death Note and I just love the idea of them getting along and causing so much chaos for everyone (meanwhile from their point of view it's like they went to Disneyworld and got free fast passes for all the rides).