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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? 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. <big>CHARACTER NAME TWO</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? 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. <big>CHARACTER NAME TWO</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. <big>CHARACTER NAME THREE</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.

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OOC INFORMATION.
NAME: Fey
CONTACT: on plurk @ wisdombitch, also available via PM and on Discord by request!
ABOUT YOU: Hello, I'm Fey and am incessantly playing detective games...! I tag mainly later at night (PST) and try to do a round every couple of days, though the last couple months have had a lot of emergencies! Still, I'm an eternal backtagger and greatly appreciate everyone who's carried on our threads <3

IC INFORMATION.
KIM KITSURAGI
AGE: 42
CANON: Disco Elysium
CANON POINT: Right after the tribunal.

ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: Kim Kitsuragi is a tightly wound police officer from the city of Revachol, an Eastern-European inspired noir city with a storied and complicated past. He does his very best to appear unemotional, upright, and very, very normal, but he hides a wild streak and deep wells of nerdy passion about his interests (namely fast cars, loud music, and a fondness for science-fiction). He tends to be closed off and historically has a difficult time making emotional connections due to his history as an Seolite (in-universe asian) gay man in a city unkind to both of these things. He's a caring man underneath it all, however, and will do his best to be of assistance when he can be.

USEFUL LINKS: Permissions / Inbox / Application

EVENT PLOTTING: Despite canonically yearning to go on carnival rides - he'll get that ferris wheel ride one day before he dies! - he's got enough regard for his own personal health to refuse to go on the mysteriously erected carnival rides, and would need convincing to go on. Otherwise, he tends to explore each area underneath the impression that something terrible is going to happen, so he'll definitely be there! He will at least decide that it's harmless enough to play the games, which he'll be unnecessarily competitive about. Mainly, I'd like an opportunity to build and strengthen CR.
OTHER PLANS: As said above: would love to build and strengthen CR, and I don't mind at all where that CR building takes place! I'm happy to have him playing support to others' needs or hijinks, exploring the new park & other areas (such as ones included in the TDM prompt), investigating the new comparative scarcity of goods, domestic slice of life stuff, focusing on learning self-defense without his gun, etc., etc.!
CONTENT WARNING: Disco Elysium, despite being very funny, is a game that deals explicitly with many complicated themes: addiction, mental illness, suicide, racism, homophobia, poverty, police brutality and classism among them. The ones that colour Kim's experiences most intimately are racism and homophobia. I try not to bring these themes up if not contextually appropriate, but if you want to opt out of tagging with me in general or opt out of any of these themes, do let me know!

ANYTHING ELSE:

HELLO I fumbled our last thread due to life but I really enjoy Kim and would love to continue CR with him if you're amenable...

Personally I think the idea of two older guys just hanging out at the amusement park tossing rings onto bottles is a hilarious image, who says kids are the only ones allowed to have fun?

Yes, I'd love for these two to continue their CR!!! No worries on that thread either, I know it was getting long in the tooth!

I'm definitely down for them to fool around at the fair. :> do you plan on tossing up a top level?

I will be top leveling, yes! I can link you the top level when it goes up....probably a few days after the event post itself goes up, because I know myself and I know I'm slow. u_u

HELLO....I am back here on my knees to say that I will not be top leveling after all because I'm dying a lil.....I'm happy to write a custom starter for you though if you'd still like to thread/have any suggestions!

it's okay I ALSO DIED.... but I would still love to play!!! If we went for the carnival prompt, they could always check out some of the games -- or maybe they can check out the area that opened up in the tdm if we wanna get some spookems in there?

im making up the last time i absolutely just bungled doin stuff
points at my eyes
points at urs

love a man that's unnecessarily competitive about fair games. if he needs someone who would try to rope him into a ride. shes ur gal

Yes, I'd love to play!! Kim could do with more whimsy in his life and he'll in turn try to dismiss all the tabletop similarities as a coincidence LMAO.... please adopt him!!!

Do you plan on tossin up a top level?

HAHAHA NOO BUT ITD BE SO FUNNY please tell her about the tabletop games they sound like a fun storytelling medium :)

yes!! and i can write you a closed thing if you want unless youd rather pick from her menu of stupid after the log is up

I will definitely tag your top level, thank you!!! one day all the critroles will have to be roped into a game of definitelynotdnd with eddie munson and kim kitsuragi. the absolute dream.

holy shit YES.

us roleplaying our characters roleplaying would be so funny actually????

there's a one shot awhile ago where CR had grog, the barbarian, be the gm to his friends and it's hilarious and i'd love to dm this fictional game of makebelieve

oh my god I think I heard about that one... was it the honey heist one??

its the grog one shot!!
where its travis rping as grog being a dungeon master to half the party
which is funny when he starts playing into the 'no i dont like you as much as the other guys so your life is a bit more difficult in this pretend game and you'll fail more'

its SO silly

hello, this is a heads up that i will be continuing the bank thread with kim and an apology for continually disappearing on you LMAO... they seem like a very chill pair and i'm looking forward to them getting to know each other :> show midnight your cars, kim! midnight doesn't know anything about cars but he can hold a wrench with the best of them!!

ty for the heads up, I'm absolutely down to continue it!! And no worries, rl comes for us all. I'm enjoying them so far too, and am definitely also down for continuing their cr -- I'll be sure to tag you if I see you out and about!

And he'd be happy to show him his cars if they get their hands on one... please city gods, he's dying out here!!!

excellent, thank you! (i say, as i send a tag that has much less chill LOL) i'm really looking forward to it! (also, if not a car, definitely show midnight an in progress gun... like... terra has no conception of gunpowder???? but still has semi-automatics????? midnight's going to look for the originium circuit all over that gun and i really want that LOL)

I would like to thread with Kim again! They seem like equally tired and exasperated smoking homies!

Yes, I'd love to thread again! I really enjoyed their first thread -- and they deserve to have a buddy to be exhausted adults with. Do you happen to have a top level up at the event?

I don't, but I can hit up his inbox if you're not planning on tling either!

I'm not planning on it, so yes, that would great!!

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