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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
❖ 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.
◆ 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:
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:
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.
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!◆ 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.
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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i am also totally okay to handwave an initial meeting! (i had actually wanted to tag into your tl and then ran out of time...) i think they will be able to share useful information w one another despite being on the same team because makoto is a far more political creature than eustace could ever be, but he doesn't have the wherewithal to be stealthy and, um... martially competent... like eustace can, so i think they will be gathering enough interesting info from different sources that they will have plenty of opportunity to trade
fortunately (?) makoto is relatively harmless (for a demon, anyway). he loves to menace people and mess with their heads, but he's pretty much just a twink with dragon wings who acts like he's all that but couldn't throw a punch to save his life tbh
tho eustace is that kind of stoic type that he would just be rarin to mess with, just to try to get a rise out of him LOL he has to pass the time somehow
also, ah yes, thank you... i will just pencil you in for "up for vore, if it should become relevant"
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also nice nice, i love handwaving the intial stuff and jumping right into things 8) unfortunately you might have to take the lead on that since i'm totally canonblind -- though based on what you say later, i suppose eustace will just find him generally annoying if he tries to get a rise out of him for the hell of it. it's that annnoying kid again. 🙄
with that said, i live to make his life miserable so please bring it on, i'm sure once makoto proves himself to be somewhat useful eustace will be less of an asshole. maybe. magic 8 ball says try again later. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, now that the event is up, did you want to do anything in particular.... :|a i won't be top leveling since i'm traveling soon but i'm happy to write a custom starter or tag into a top level if you're planning on one!
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tbh generally annoying sounds about right. maybe a little threatening? something in that area. and NAH eustace can be an asshole as long as he wants tbh makoto deserves it..... its fine........ no one should be nice to him..... but i did get a top-level up here so if theres anything on there that interests you or if you want to change or alter anything or plan something else??? i also sent you a plurk req if thats ok, feel free to reach out to me there if ya want!
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i will take a peep at your top level after dinner 👀 also re: plurk, that's fine! i'm more of a lurker than an active plurker and use it mostly for fandom babble, but you're welcome to ping me at any time if you need my attention
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and yeah nw i am sorta similar and mostly keep my various blatherings in their little boxes... but feel free to drop into my rp plurk if u ever wanna ask or discuss something there o/