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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.
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nerine: (Why don't we ride away?)

[personal profile] nerine 2023-09-18 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
OOC INFORMATION.
NAME: Mai
CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] maiscribbles (ask to add) | Discord: Maiscribbles
ABOUT YOU: Abridged version; SoCal resident who draws, makes and RPs a lot of OCs, and plays FGO way too much! So yeah, I'm on PST time and I tag back pretty consistently in the evenings and sporadically during the day if I have time during my assignment.

IC INFORMATION.

☕ MONTS
AGE: 21
CANON: Original
CANON POINT:

ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER:(COPY PASTE TIME) Monts is just a young woman who works at a magic cafe in your usual-ish urban fantasy world with magic, psychics, supernatural creatures, and the like. Unfortunately, no one knows what the fuck is under her skin and all she knows is that she's nigh unkillable and can't feel pain. It kind of sucks! But Monts tries to deal with it as best she can and after a horrific incident, she's chilled out (as best as a probably eldritch horror gal can anyway).

USEFUL LINKS: Permissions / Inbox / Application

EVENT PLOTTING:

☕ Who wants to go on a random fair date with Monts, she's all up for rides, she's kind of dying for something fun ever since the mall fiasco.
☕ Basically, I would like to build some stronger CR for Monts since she's been keeping to herself a lot. A huge part of her development she needs is... Letting someone know she doesn't feel pain. She doesn't have her other powers back yet but yeah, still has that lowkey horror part about herself and she hasn't built enough trust with anyone else. So maybe shooting gallery mishaps...

OTHER PLANS: Let me know if you'd like to do any inbox threads for general stuff outside of events, I love random texting.





🥀 LUCINDA TRAN
AGE: 28
CANON: Original Character
CANON POINT: Working for the Esper Collective and taking names!

ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: Lucinda is a medium! And in contrast to her flashy tattooed appearance, she's quite mild-mannered, patient, and kind though one gets the sense that she is Tired (TM) and Spooky (TM). In her world, she's a special esper agent who helps do damage control and take out dangerous magic or psychic individuals. As a medium, she can see/talk/get possessed by ghosts all of which are nerfed for now. She's been gathering her bearings in The City now that she is pretty handicapped in the powers department.

USEFUL LINKS: Permissions / Inbox / Application

EVENT PLOTTING:

🥀 Lucy's been... Tired. Well, she's always tired BUT ANYWAY two months without her ghost friends talking and so this might be an opportunity to learn about them with close(?) CR.
🥀 Tunnel of Love... Do you dare? Lulu will, this a fun chance to be flirty with the spooky girl idk I'm easy

OTHER PLANS: Feel free to hit up Lucy's inbox w/ random texts< i love spontaneity! I'll just be using this event to develop and start new CR, just gotta tag out! Anyone who's a psychic or ghost adjacent, she'll have fun talking to so grabby hands

ANYTHING ELSE: Me when RPing with others

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[personal profile] vecna 2023-09-18 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I WANT CR WITH YOU AGAIN

any of it really, in all combos... let's go ham(???) at the fair

TUNNEL OF LOVE WITH HENRY wheezes laughter
luciole: ('Cause I might just say this once)

[personal profile] luciole 2023-09-18 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I want Monts to give Weir hell in a bumper car ride

But also Henry and/or Weir in Tunnel of Love with Lucy..... can either of them handle that much ✨ woman ✨
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[personal profile] fossick 2023-09-18 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
the answer is no, but they will handle it wildly differently. so take your pick of disaster

BUT YES bumper car hell, here we come
luciole: (Try and hear me then I'm done)

[personal profile] luciole 2023-09-18 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucy is more merciful to twinks so Weir clearly needs the beating
fanstheflames: (I am a furnace?)

[personal profile] fanstheflames 2023-09-19 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Tsuruno should probably not flirt with anyone but ghost friend talk!
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[personal profile] luciole 2023-09-19 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Gonna get all the ghost tattoo lore

But she'll check on Tsuruno to see if she's made any friends too! Probably more progress than herself oop