You are absolutely welcome! I only save my tealest dears for the games I'm truly invested in, after all. ^_~
I don't have anything concrete at the moment, but there are a few ideas kind of floating around my head right now.
Like you said, there's the possibility of gardens. Or, assuming that Rations are going into affect once more, people who might be able to focus on things like food and supplies deliveries. It's something even a (capable) child would be able to do. Make them feel important enough that they're actually making a difference, since supplies are essential to any war-field. I know one player had recently suggested a postal service (Akito's mun, I think?), so this would be expanding a little further onto an idea that might have a more pressing need than postal.
There could be some Black Market shenanigans going on as well. Either the gangs of Fire getting restless and/or some For The Greater Good things happening, where people start to negociate less than honorable deals for honorable reasons. This could easily stem off some recent player activities in Fire where character such as Asami, Annabeth, and Zatanna had infiltrated their gang bases and taken down those who were raiding supplies from honest stores. The interesting thing about doing a Black Market as well would be to kind of blur the line between Good and Bad, as tends to happen in a War setting,
Soup kitchens are a possibility, if there are locals who were hit so hard by any recent attacks that their homes and resources were destroyed. Or a food bank of some kind. I recall a long time ago, Damian had made an arrangement with Eshai for the children of the Turtle, where those who were young enough would be absolved from Rations restrictions because THINK OF THE CHILDREN etc etc.
Totally going the Les Mis route here, but what if there was also some kind of future plot where the kedan themselves started to...well, not quite revolt, but verbally stand up for themselves? Like having soapbox rallys in the street or something all Les Miserables Style. I can hear it now:
"ASTI HAS SMILED UPON US THIS DAY/THE FATE OF THE TURTLE IN YOUR HAAAANDS/AND BLESSED BE THE FOREIGNERS/WHO FIGHT WITH ALL THEIR BRAVERY/WHEN ALL OF US SHOULD STAAAAAAND" medlying with a whole "BLAME MALICANT! BLAME MALICANT!"
...sorry, that was South Park, not Les Mis. But you get the idea. :P
Anyways, I would also LOVE to see more being done with the Death and Dreaming realms again, because I remember those events were huge. Especially since they were all about the individual characters themselves, and not just the World Setting. Another character-focused event might be just the thing to motivate the current playerbase, actually, because events like that are so customizable. And increasingly relevant with Malicant's influence.
(Actually, Annabeth's recent tag to Zatanna gave me an idea: what if Malicant's and/or the Dreaming/Death realms' influence were to spread to the characters themselves, even in Keelai? To the point where characters were starting to have Nightmares in their own suits, without crossing the realms? With maybe one or two dreams providing further plot clues or meta information?)
Anyways, like I said, those are just a few ideas off the top of my head.
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I don't have anything concrete at the moment, but there are a few ideas kind of floating around my head right now.
Like you said, there's the possibility of gardens. Or, assuming that Rations are going into affect once more, people who might be able to focus on things like food and supplies deliveries. It's something even a (capable) child would be able to do. Make them feel important enough that they're actually making a difference, since supplies are essential to any war-field. I know one player had recently suggested a postal service (Akito's mun, I think?), so this would be expanding a little further onto an idea that might have a more pressing need than postal.
There could be some Black Market shenanigans going on as well. Either the gangs of Fire getting restless and/or some For The Greater Good things happening, where people start to negociate less than honorable deals for honorable reasons. This could easily stem off some recent player activities in Fire where character such as Asami, Annabeth, and Zatanna had infiltrated their gang bases and taken down those who were raiding supplies from honest stores. The interesting thing about doing a Black Market as well would be to kind of blur the line between Good and Bad, as tends to happen in a War setting,
Soup kitchens are a possibility, if there are locals who were hit so hard by any recent attacks that their homes and resources were destroyed. Or a food bank of some kind. I recall a long time ago, Damian had made an arrangement with Eshai for the children of the Turtle, where those who were young enough would be absolved from Rations restrictions because THINK OF THE CHILDREN etc etc.
Totally going the Les Mis route here, but what if there was also some kind of future plot where the kedan themselves started to...well, not quite revolt, but verbally stand up for themselves? Like having soapbox rallys in the street or something all Les Miserables Style. I can hear it now:
"ASTI HAS SMILED UPON US THIS DAY/THE FATE OF THE TURTLE IN YOUR HAAAANDS/AND BLESSED BE THE FOREIGNERS/WHO FIGHT WITH ALL THEIR BRAVERY/WHEN ALL OF US SHOULD STAAAAAAND" medlying with a whole "BLAME MALICANT! BLAME MALICANT!"
...sorry, that was South Park, not Les Mis. But you get the idea. :P
Anyways, I would also LOVE to see more being done with the Death and Dreaming realms again, because I remember those events were huge. Especially since they were all about the individual characters themselves, and not just the World Setting. Another character-focused event might be just the thing to motivate the current playerbase, actually, because events like that are so customizable. And increasingly relevant with Malicant's influence.
(Actually, Annabeth's recent tag to Zatanna gave me an idea: what if Malicant's and/or the Dreaming/Death realms' influence were to spread to the characters themselves, even in Keelai? To the point where characters were starting to have Nightmares in their own suits, without crossing the realms? With maybe one or two dreams providing further plot clues or meta information?)
Anyways, like I said, those are just a few ideas off the top of my head.
Feel free to take or dismiss at your leisure~