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tushanshu_ooc2015-10-02 06:24 pm
oceantier) wrote in tushanshu_ooc2015-10-02 06:24 pm
OOC Brainstorming: Operation Move the Turtle
Dear chelonauts: I come to you to brainstorm.
I have had a plot approved by the mods to keep the turtle from sinking. The idea came up here in conversation between Klaus and Lapis: The turtle will be moved to shallow water to prevent him from sinking further and to buy time to figure out how to wake him up.
What does this mean?
I want this to be a game-wide project. Lapis is insanely strong; in her own canon she could pull all the water in the oceans into a pillar extending out of the atmosphere and still have enough energy to fight off seven people at once . . . while her gem was cracked. Asti, though, is his own continent, and she has limits. Moving him in a process that would likely take at least several days will take the concerted effort of as many people as possible. I want everybody in here. I want people using magic; I want people using technology. I want characters figuring out how to make this work.
I want all the people. All the things.
Yes. That means I want you. I want you to think how your character could possibly contribute to this effort. I want you to think out of the box. We need characters who can read the stars, who can plot maps, who are familiar with ocean currents, who have wind and water and earth abilities and super strength. Characters willing to help steer and chart and plan and make this massive effort a success. Characters willing to talk the kedan (and the npcs!) into helping. Characters able to find underwater mountain ranges and ways to moor a turtle-continent to keep him from moving. Ten to one your character can contribute somehow. Even if it's "small," it means something to the larger whole.
I have some challenges that I'm needing help with in making this work effectively. I will be organizing this oocly. Icly, however, though Lapis is pushing for this, she is not likely one to lead. She is fairly traumatized by her own canon and still deciding if people on the turtle are "good." She has enlisted Klaus' help, and he will be an intermediary of sorts, helping to run an initial meeting about this and gather characters' thoughts/pledges to assist. That doesn't help icly to run day-to-day operations. She and Klaus can oversee things and pass down ideas or suggestions, but I don't see that as being too interesting for you guys to play out. I'm thinking something more like once we find some commonality between ideas, we divide people into teams that end up working together on one part of the project, with someone leading, motivating, and reporting back to Lapis and Klaus. I am, however, very open to other suggestions!
So to sum up, I need help in this ooc post with two things:
1. What could your character do to help move the turtle?
2. How could the process of executing the plan to move be most effectively organized icly?
I have had a plot approved by the mods to keep the turtle from sinking. The idea came up here in conversation between Klaus and Lapis: The turtle will be moved to shallow water to prevent him from sinking further and to buy time to figure out how to wake him up.
What does this mean?
I want this to be a game-wide project. Lapis is insanely strong; in her own canon she could pull all the water in the oceans into a pillar extending out of the atmosphere and still have enough energy to fight off seven people at once . . . while her gem was cracked. Asti, though, is his own continent, and she has limits. Moving him in a process that would likely take at least several days will take the concerted effort of as many people as possible. I want everybody in here. I want people using magic; I want people using technology. I want characters figuring out how to make this work.
I want all the people. All the things.
Yes. That means I want you. I want you to think how your character could possibly contribute to this effort. I want you to think out of the box. We need characters who can read the stars, who can plot maps, who are familiar with ocean currents, who have wind and water and earth abilities and super strength. Characters willing to help steer and chart and plan and make this massive effort a success. Characters willing to talk the kedan (and the npcs!) into helping. Characters able to find underwater mountain ranges and ways to moor a turtle-continent to keep him from moving. Ten to one your character can contribute somehow. Even if it's "small," it means something to the larger whole.
I have some challenges that I'm needing help with in making this work effectively. I will be organizing this oocly. Icly, however, though Lapis is pushing for this, she is not likely one to lead. She is fairly traumatized by her own canon and still deciding if people on the turtle are "good." She has enlisted Klaus' help, and he will be an intermediary of sorts, helping to run an initial meeting about this and gather characters' thoughts/pledges to assist. That doesn't help icly to run day-to-day operations. She and Klaus can oversee things and pass down ideas or suggestions, but I don't see that as being too interesting for you guys to play out. I'm thinking something more like once we find some commonality between ideas, we divide people into teams that end up working together on one part of the project, with someone leading, motivating, and reporting back to Lapis and Klaus. I am, however, very open to other suggestions!
So to sum up, I need help in this ooc post with two things:
1. What could your character do to help move the turtle?
2. How could the process of executing the plan to move be most effectively organized icly?