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OOC EVENT PLOTTING: The Nights Were Humid, Still. (September 2023)

OOC EVENT PLOTTING: SEPTEMBER 2023

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

<big><big>OOC INFORMATION.</big></big> NAME: What should we call you, the player? CONTACT: Plurk, Discord, mun journal PM, etc. ABOUT YOU: Briefly introduce yourself, your hobbies, your roleplay style, timezone etc. <big><big>IC INFORMATION.</big></big> <big>CHARACTER NAME ONE</big> AGE: Character's age. CANON: In case of different iterations, such as remakes or different forms of media, please specify, i.e. Teen Wolf (1985) vs. Teen Wolf (MTV), or Game of Thrones (books) vs. Game of Thrones (TV series) CANON POINT: For episodic media, include an episode or chapter number if not taking your character from the end. If your canon point is a major spoiler, please use a spoiler tag such as EXAMPLE. ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: Give a brief introduction about your character, any notable abilities, etc. USEFUL LINKS: <a href="LINK">Permissions</a> / <a href="LINK">Inbox</a> / <a href="LINK">Application</a> EVENT PLOTTING: What would you like to do in the event? Are you looking for partners for anything in particular? OTHER PLANS: Not interested in the event, but want to plot for something else at the same time? CONTENT WARNING: This can be for your character in general, specific plots, or a mix of anything you want people to be aware of about things that may come up while writing with you. Content that must be warned for includes, but is not limited to: dubcon, noncon, death (murder, suicide), alcohol/drug use, child abuse, body horror/mutilation, eating disorders/body dysmorphia, sexual content. ANYTHING ELSE: Give us that super cute GIF! Or a meme! Or a joke! Alternatively, if there's anything you'd like to note OOCly about your character this month or your availability, etc, you can use this space to do it. <big><big>OOC INFORMATION.</big></big> NAME: What should we call you, the player? CONTACT: Plurk, Discord, mun journal PM, etc. ABOUT YOU: Briefly introduce yourself, your hobbies, your roleplay style, timezone etc. <big><big>IC INFORMATION.</big></big> <big>CHARACTER NAME ONE</big> AGE: Character's age. CANON: In case of different iterations, such as remakes or different forms of media, please specify, i.e. Teen Wolf (1985) vs. Teen Wolf (MTV), or Game of Thrones (books) vs. Game of Thrones (TV series) CANON POINT: For episodic media, include an episode or chapter number if not taking your character from the end. If your canon point is a major spoiler, please use a spoiler tag such as EXAMPLE. ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: Give a brief introduction about your character, any notable abilities, etc. USEFUL LINKS: <a href="LINK">Permissions</a> / <a href="LINK">Inbox</a> / <a href="LINK">Application</a> EVENT PLOTTING: What would you like to do in the event? Are you looking for partners for anything in particular? 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IC INFORMATION.
Heine Rammsteiner
AGE: early to mid-20s
CANON: dogs: bullets & carnage
CANON POINT: vol 8, ch 76

ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: heine was born deep in the underbelly of a futuristic european city and was raised to be his scientist mom's perfect biological superweapon. this has left him with super speed, super dex, super strength, and way accelerated healing. she also gave him an implant in his spine that allows him to be taken over by an entity(?) he calls the dog, who is a total berserker that sometimes locks heine in his own subconscious and goes on rampages that result in a swath of casualties, including his own little sister. he is of course super fine and normal about all of this.
USEFUL LINKS: Permissions / Inbox / Application

EVENT PLOTTING: anything! heine has learned his lesson about visiting newly-opened locations, but i love to make him suffer, so he'll be at the fun fair trying to figure out if the "fun" is in the room with us right now. some ideas i already have:

1. awkwardly riding a ride together and having to find ways to make conversation
2. heine is an absurdly good shot and would DESTROY at a shooting gallery, someone please make bets with him
3. just general carnival fun! heine has never had fun on purpose before (this sounds dramatic but i swear it's true), so i am also super open to just like... fun threads of people trying to have a good time and maybe it's the friends we made along the way, etc.

OTHER PLANS: i love cr, generally, so like... [opens arms super wide]

CONTENT WARNING: heine's canon comes with a blanket warning for general violence; he as a character specifically comes with warnings for suicide/suicidal ideation, some pretty fucked-up experiments on children, and maybe references to sexual assault of minors depending on where the convo goes. however, these are of course not guaranteed topics so if you prefer to avoid i can 100% avoid.

Bets, you say? Let them monopolize the shooting gallery stand and slaughter the other competition.

i am so genuinely delighted that ethan and heine's first meeting is going to be them going ham on a carnival shooting gallery LMAO

Same! Prizes are for suckers; they're doing this for the GLORY. And prizes for the ladies in their lives? idek

heine, who has full on panic attacks if he gets within 3 feet of a woman: haha yes,,, definitely for the ladies

he MIGHT....... give his prizes to vanessa just to make ethan mad if he gets the vibe that it might work though 😭

For Nill, then!

What a little turd, he isn't that jealous! But he is in the doghouse right now, so maybe some side-eye LOL

nill will be the real winner, receiving a bunch of prizes without having to shoot even once!

heine's best kept secret (to everyone but badou) is that he is definitely a turd lmao i feel like this is going to be very fun cr

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lupusintus - 2023-09-18 06:36 (UTC) - Expand

Hrinr and Lucy's CR has been an unexpected delight and I would love fair shenanigans! Or outside of that, he's on her list of people she will cook for now, good job Heine

honestly so glad to hear that HAHA i know i kinda just flung him into her inbox at random so i'm relieved you're enjoying it too! i'm really very down for anything you're in the mood for re: fair, he probably won't be going into the tunnel of love or hall of mirrors but really anything else is fair game! what would lucy's vibe be like?

Honestly she's super laid back so probably the fair games cause she'll be motivated for plush prizes and probably better at some of them than expected even if she's a Tired (tm) and spooky gal.

he'll join her at darts or something then! he isn't very prize motivated but will definitely help win her something, surely she can handle it alone but two sets of dart throwing hands are better than one right!

eta: heine's toplevel is here if you want to hit that up, otherwise just let me know and i'm happy to write a separate starter!

Edited 2023-09-21 00:18 (UTC)

Thank you!! I'll definitely get to this tonight 😊

bork

can midnight and heine get stuck at the top of the ferris wheel

bork back, yes please!!!

good. i am assuming they are both jock and stupid enough to just fucking climb down. i hope they fall and make squeaky toy noises when they land

LMFAO absolutely

i wouldn't describe heine as a jock per se but he IS an early 20s dude who knows he has the advantage of superhuman strength and dexterity and...... yes he would 100% climb down and slip from a slightly too high bar and squeak as he hits the ground

oh good, midnight's a bit older but has the idiot jock energy of a frat boy half his age who is also a vampire with all of the strengths and none of the weaknesses. this is going to be fine and no one will break anything. when you make a top level, don't worry about making a starter, i'll just wildcard it. looking forward to it!

Edited 2023-09-19 21:19 (UTC)

absolutely delightful!!!!! i'll tl probably tomorrow afternoon since i'm out of town until then, and will drop you a link when it's up \o\ excited to see where this insanity goes!

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unrequite - 2023-09-20 04:15 (UTC) - Expand

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kampfgeist - 2023-09-21 00:19 (UTC) - Expand

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unrequite - 2023-09-21 03:39 (UTC) - Expand

man how do you have fun on purpose...

by which I mean hi, I have this little weirdo who is also a former experiment and is just trying to exist like a regular person now that he can, maybe they should hang out about it.

you and heine both, netz... what is fun, even? i am 100% for these two to be founding members of the "we were once beaker babies and now we're trying to be normal about it" support group!! do you have anything particular in mind for netzach to do at the fair?

eta: heine's toplevel is here if you want to hit that up, otherwise just let me know and i'm happy to write a separate starter!

Edited 2023-09-21 00:19 (UTC)

sits here at your door until you get sick of me, sorry

maybe welt can watch heine be a crack shot while finally putting an end to his cryptic bullshit by telling heine about that one time he got shrunk to a peppermint-sized fuzzball wearing glasses

why did they give him glasses when he wasn't even wearing glasses at that canonpoint, i don't know

never sick of you!!! grandpa neighbor with a truly mysterious backstory, my fave. i would love for them to finally close the loop on the mystery of welt's pocket universe trip lmao he's been thinking about this since the mall

also bc glasses are cool of course,,, (i wear glasses)

gasp a fellow glasses wearer.....shakes hand with you. i tried contacts once but i guess the brand didn't agree with me because they kept shifting in my eyes and it sucked so bad i never went back

thanks honkai for giving me the most convoluted backstory of all time for this guy but at least i'll never run out of material to work with

i never even tried contacts bc my issue is like a muscle spasm focus thing, but i have worn colored contacts for cosplay and they are so deeply terrible every time??? down with contacts honestly

i don't go here for honkai, only genshin, but my impression of honkai is that whenever you think you've reached the end of the lore they're like, "BUT WAIT! there's more!" and as a player from a manga that last updated in 2015 i love that for you honestly

eta: heine's toplevel is here if you want to hit that up, otherwise just let me know and i'm happy to write a separate starter!

Edited 2023-09-21 00:19 (UTC)

your top leveling power.....i'm going to steal it for myself one day

but thank you!! i'll hop on this right after dinner

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