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The City ([personal profile] citycenter) wrote in [community profile] cityooc2023-09-17 09:00 pm
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OOC EVENT PLOTTING: The Nights Were Humid, Still. (September 2023)





OOC EVENT PLOTTING: SEPTEMBER 2023

GUIDELINES.
This is the OOC plotting post for the September 2023 event! Here you can find brief summaries of the various event prompts which may help you engage in plotting with other players. To participate, utilize the code at the bottom of the page. This is not mandatory! Feel free to plot here or in private with other players, or simply wait to be part of the event.

NOTE: This is NOT the event log! The event log will go up on the 19th of this month.
WE WERE DREAMING, WAITING FOR NIGHT.
The new park is a permanent location that is open to residents 24/7 as there are no fences nor gates. It's larger than the one near City Hall and has more potential for exploring as well as different features from its cousin. For those that are familiar, it will evoke thoughts of New York's Central Park with its mixture of open areas contrasting with thick woods. Paved walkways, freshwater ponds, picnic areas, and a couple of playgrounds can all be found throughout the park. Along with these, residents may stumble upon other natural and man-made areas such as rocky outcrops, unmarked trails, bicycle paths, fountains, and other things typically found in large urban parks—minus the wildlife. It can be a romantic setting as easily as it can be a horrific one depending on the time of day as well as the company that you keep.
THEN THE HEAT BROKE, THE NIGHT WAS CLEAR.
Located in the southern half of the large park is a small fun fair that will open to the public the evening of September 19 with operating hours from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM City time. Before opening, none of the rides or games will be operational; however, there will be fliers advertising its opening all around the city on billboards and telephone poles, and adventurous characters are able to hop the fence and explore if they so desire. However, they will not be able to turn on any of the rides or games, and will not be able to break into the rides or booths under any circumstances.

Upon opening, there will be a number of rides running themselves on a schedule that allows people time to get on, have some fun, and then get back off again. Among those named are a merry-go-round, mirror fun house, bumper cars, a tunnel of love, and knock-off Gravitron. Though there's something unsettling about the music they play, or maybe how shaky they feel, there's no apparent danger anywhere. Residents are encouraged to enjoy themselves with a group of friends, or maybe a date, and experience all that the fun fair has to offer! The fair will not be open forever, though; its gates will close permanently at 11:00 PM on September 30 and all traces will disappear that night to leave a large, open field behind in the park.

This is a good, ol' fashioned carnival designed to bring together groups of people for thrills and fun. Though there are no overt game mechanics at play, we encourage everyone to get creative and add their own flair to this month's event. If you have any questions about player plots you'd like to run, please revisit the Events & Interactions section of the F.A.Q. and drop us a comment on the mod contact for any additional questions.
IT SEEMED AN HONOR TO HAVE A MOUTH.
As quintessential as the rides, no fun fair is complete without rigged games or greasy food. Some of the notable mentions are a shooting gallery, dart throwing, and the ubiquitous ring toss. You may think that it's easier to cheat at a game when there are no attendants telling you made-up rules, but you'll still find it difficult to win yourself one of the many prizes hanging from the ceilings. There's a plethora of food to enjoy with all the classics: corn dogs, fries, funnel cake, pizza, shaved ice, and fried junk food.

Despite the potential for danger from the shooting gallery and balloon dart games, both are designed to be as harmless as possible—the bullets are rubber, and the darts are made of plastic. While they will still leave a bruise, there shouldn't be risk of blood loss. The shooting gallery guns are chained in place, unable to be stolen. Removing the darts from their stall will result in thiefs walking in a tight circle that always brings them back in hopes the darts will be restored to their rightful place.

Though the food and games are free, the prizes are not—anyone who attempts to steal prizes without winning the games first will find themselves misplacing their items before leaving the carnival. If residents become aware of this phenomenon and try extra hard to focus on not losing their stolen prize, it will nevertheless slip from their hands and be lost—though a keen eye might see it back in its rightful place at the game stall. If you have the right temperament, this could become a game in and of itself!

Additionally, if there are any fair games or foods that have not been explicitly mentioned above, players are welcome to assume they can be found. Nothing as extravagant as a theme park or amusement park will be present as all of the stalls are designed to be mobile—this is a traveling carnival, after all. Similarly, players are welcome to design their own brand of unsettling game prizes as long as none of them can be used as an actual weapon or to otherwise harm fellow fair-goers.
CODES.
ONE CHARACTER TWO CHARACTERS THREE CHARACTERS
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limbical: (still a cat's the only cat)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-18 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
OOC INFORMATION.
NAME: Alba
CONTACT: PM or hit me up on my discord, which is mothodical
ABOUT YOU: Unsurprisingly I'm big into horror media, be it movies, shows, or video games, but I'm also into other things too of course. Right now my intense hyperfixation on Baldur's Gate 3 has slowed down a bit. I'm PST, and generally start tagging after 2PM!

IC INFORMATION.
DAAN
AGE: 28
CANON: Fear & Hunger: Termina
CANON POINT: Post-ending A with Abella as the playable protagonist.

ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: Repressed furry doctor without a medical license who suffers from severe depression and self-destructive behavior. Has healing magic that could, theoretically, maybe make you kinda horny.
USEFUL LINKS: Permissions / Inbox / Application

EVENT PLOTTING: Honestly, despite all of Daan saying that he'd be better off not exploring a newly opened area, once he sees people are going for the fair he's going to give a BIG SIGH and check it out too because he really just can't help but make sure everyone else is going to be fine. Imagine his relief that things aren't too messed up this time, just kind of quirky. Quirky is fine.

Anything to do with clowns he's staying away from fiercely, though. YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DO ANYTHING WITH CLOWNS.

OTHER PLANS: None at the moment. September as been Daan's one big seclusion self-destructive hangover time, but he'll mostly get his shit back together for October. You know, mostly. But if you want to do anything outside of the event, do let me know!
CONTENT WARNING: The Fear & Hunger series encapsulates a lot of heavy content, such as child abuse, sexual abuse/assault, body horror, gore, suicide, torture, cults, and death. I'm sure there are even subjects I'm forgetting, but suffice it to say, it's a very dark series, and if you need to opt-out on ANY level, do let me know. I try to include content warnings in the subject line when I approach some level of these subject matters.

ANYTHING ELSE:
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[personal profile] fauned 2023-09-18 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
give me all your cat toys
limbical: (who knows where its at)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-18 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
honestly that's probably what's gonna happen

daan does ONE (1) shooting range game, gets a fuckin cat toy, and then shoves at the first person he sees (it's fearne)
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[personal profile] fauned 2023-09-18 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
now that she knows this man dispenses toys shes going to make him keep playing for other stuff thanks! this is exactly how he wanted to spend his time there right
limbical: (i mean i could commission icons)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-18 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
screams internally
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[personal profile] perfectdevil 2023-09-18 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
i really like daan & i enjoyed our tdm thread a lot!

lestat has a weak spot for depressed men l-lmao so i would love for him to, inevitably, annoy daan a little bit more 8')
limbical: (ok as you can see)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-18 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
SAME i very much enjoyed it, im glad you like this sad sack

excellent, i am down. did you want to do this at the carnival :|a
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[personal profile] perfectdevil 2023-09-20 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
imagine me, a professional RPer, losing the notif to this comment

BUT YES if daan is going to be there looking miserable lestat can and will drag him onto a ride or into some kind of game with him without a shadow of a doubt
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[personal profile] gradenine 2023-09-18 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
wdym you got horny powers, doc
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[personal profile] gradenine 2023-09-18 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
YES I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW it's prob inappropriate to bring up in such a chill event but. you know.
limbical: (who knows where its at)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-19 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
LMAO I DOUBT ITLL COME UP IN THE EVENT BUT I GUESS YOU NEVER KNOW............

anyway. daan's healing magic comes from the goddess of love and fertility so you know. there's that.
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[personal profile] gradenine 2023-09-19 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
he coulda been a dad too.......... ugh. he and roland will continue kinning each other ig
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[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-19 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
gives roland an honorary eyepatch of widower
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[personal profile] catmemes 2023-09-18 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello, would you like an accidental cat jumpscare (I already know that Daan would not). Kai will be very sorry in his own little awkward way.
limbical: (everybody wants to be a cat)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-19 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
Heck yeah! I'd be down for that. mostly Daan might be startled that there is even a cat at all. fortunately, it's not like he's really scared of cats, but he'll be mildly uncomfortable at first
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[personal profile] lupusintus 2023-09-18 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The content warning alone makes him tailor made for Penny Dreadful characters; I'd love to throw this guy at him for something.
limbical: (but with a square in the act)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-19 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
MAN Penny Dreadful is one of those shows I know I'll love and I just gotta settle in to watch it

Anyway, I'd be happy to have these two interact! Did you have anything in mind or just kind of stumbling into each other at the amusement park?
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[personal profile] horrifictie 2023-09-19 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
i kind of fell off the face of rp and am coming back but i'd love to thread with daan again. tell him why you hate cats so much and he will share his fear of women (wait...)
limbical: (but with a square in the act)

[personal profile] limbical 2023-09-19 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
no worries, it happens! im still excited to play off of harry

BUDDY im not sure those two things are alike