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This is to let everyone know about about a small plot that will be starting soon.

Starting February 8 and ending on February 12, there will be something odd going on. Get in close proximity to another character or touch them, and your character might find themselves viewing a moment from their past.

Feel free to use this post for plotting or questions.

backwordscompatible

Hey, everybody! So, because I can never go too long without causing a little bit of trouble, I have a little upcoming player plot orchestrated to shake things up in Keelai:

MIS-SPELL: REDUX
July 22 - 31

Late in the evening of July 21, Zatanna will be expecting a special shipment of potion bottles. However, unbeknownst to her, a little mixup occurs. Her bottles--four in all--will end up each getting distributed to specialty shops in four different sectors. The morning of the 22nd, these bottles will be among special tea and drink shop inventories, mistaken for herbal flavorings, and any customer drinking at these shops will find themselves suffering from some rather shocking magical side-effects.

(1) FIRE SECTOR: Alignment Switch. Can be elemental in nature, but primarily we're talking a "good vs evil" type of switch.

(2) EARTH SECTOR: Negation of the Translation Matrix. an aura around the character means that they will suddenly understand ONLY the languages they already speak; characters who speak to them, either in person or over the network, will ONLY Hear the language being spoken by that character.

(3) WATER SECTOR: Transformation characters can either be transformed to younger/older versions of themselves, OR can be transformed into any version of any animal (real or mythological).

(4) WOOD SECTOR: Personality Fracturing. characters will be split into two or more "versions" of themselves. Can either be split into a "good" self/"bad" self, or even be split into multiple personalities based on individualized emotions. The more tea the character drinks, the more times they will be split. This one, in particular, has the added bonus of not being able to be fixed until all versions are back in the same place.

The duration of each effect will IC be explained by how much of the drink each character is exposed to, and OOCly can go on for as long as the player desires. In addition, effects can take anywhere from five minutes to half an hour to occur, leaving an element of mystery for at least the first few days as to what exactly is causing all of this.

After about three days' time, Zatanna will realize the bottle switch (though she won't know WHY it occured) and alert everyone. Until then, characters are welcome to compare notes and speculate among themselves. Or play detective. Because there absolutely will be THOSE CHARACTERS that will spend their time trying to play detective.

By August, all effects will wear off by themselves. There is no instant "cure", as the unstable nature of the potions means the magic needs to run its course.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask them below. Otherwise, you can use this post to start a-plottin' (even though I know some of you have already started on plurk)

clonekiller

Yes, this is still happening. Despite Obi-Wan leaving, Galen (aka Starkiller) has taken it upon himself to continue where Obi-Wan left off. That means he's (badly) building lightsabers, and extending olive branches to the Foreigners who have shown Force-sensitivity when he encounters them.

Comment here if your character is, or wants to be in the Force plot, pretty much for my reference, and to make sure that everyone knows what's going on. As it was before, this is a slow-build plot, where characters are slowly developing Force-sensitivity, possibly as a result of the turtle itself adapting to the presence of Jedi (and Sith) in the city.

redlightgreenlight

What the Heck is Happening?

Well...a lot:

Cinna's Original Collection of Plot Links
Meisheng's Accusations of Yunxu and Milyn
Tony's admittance to the Foreigners that Milyn's Death was faked
Valdis' Police Force Announcement

As you can see, the past few months have been very busy for our characters, but now the masterminds behind the current chaos need some advice. From my understanding, we are considering doing an overall announcement admitting that Milyn is alive. Now, this could have some crazy consequences ICly, so we would like to know your thoughts on the matter.

As a side note, could everyone checking in to the Police force post below confirming? I am going to create a page for it and I want to get everyone on it who is volunteering.

edgeoftheknife

Hi guys! JC again, with a follow up on that shelter thing I posted about last month....

It's open! For those who may not have seen the post/weren't around, Erskine has opened a homeless shelter/safe haven in the Earth Sector. It's ostensibly for kedan who're down on their luck, although he won't turn away Foreigners who need a temporary place to stay. If there are extenuating circumstances he'll probably let them stay indefinitely, although that's the kind of thing they'll have to work out IC.

What does this mean for you/your character? Well, there are a few actual employment positions available--Erskine will be living/working at the shelter full time but he can't be everywhere at once, so another body to be a kind of assistant manager would be great. The shelter will also need volunteers--they could use a cook, people to help do laundry/clean, people to teach self-defense or employment skills, and of course medical help.

So basically if you'd like to have your character work/volunteer at the shelter, either feel free to poke me OOC here or on the info page, or send me a DW PM. If you'd like to work something out IC I'm going to be tossing up an open log here in the next day or so for the shelter (work has been kicking my ass this week, I'm so sorry for slow tags right now ;~; ).

Any questions or anything, let me know! ♥

wolfstrike

So by mod request I've been asked to put up a plot discussion post regarding the latest developments regarding the events surrounding Milyn, Meisheng, and so on.

So basically there's a lot of people doing their own thing ICly with pretty much the same intention in mind. But none of them are really telling anybody anything either. Sooo since the mods don't want plot things given out on a first come first serve basis we've been asked to coordinate?

Any thoughts or ideas on how to proceed?

Discuss!

There is also an IC organization network post here

redlightgreenlight

Hi! I am making this post so we can OOCly discuss this mini event and try to confirm the questions that we want to ask ICly to Turchight.

Possible Questions:

1. Why you didn't return home to your world?

2. Where have you been all this time?

3. How are you able to live so far from Tu Vishan?

4. How do we know that you are actually a foreigner?

5. Why haven't you chosen to contact us before now?

6. Would you consent to meet?

7. Is there anything you would like to know about us?

8. What news do you have of the world beyond Tu Vishan?

9. How are you and your family doing?

10. What were your experiences during your time on Tu Vishan?

Any to add? Edit?

Remember, this is news to all the foreigners, so everyone should feel free to participate.

wolfstrike

So if you guys haven't seen it yet, there's a confrontation going down between Yuri and Tu Yunxu over HERE!

Just so you know, there is a plan in place! And I'll be updating this as things go along.

UPDATE
So Yuri did not in fact kill Yunxu!

Instead he made it look like he saved Yunxu's life from a would be assassin. Which Yunxu is going along with.

The point is to hopefully get the attention of whoever wanted Milyn dead/is possibly trying to frame Yunxu.

So let the plotting commence! Any questions, plot ideas, or thread requests with Yuri regarding the situation can be posted here. :3

holbydelboy

Right! So... The mods have approved the idea that Fletch can outright lie to the network and tell everyone that Milyn is dead. Now, obviously, this won't be too much of a subversion if everyone knows, so this is a plotting post to decide what does what.

Last I recall, Tony was jetting Raine to the clinic, so I think we should use this as a baseline.

If your character is en route to the Clinic and can get there faster than Iron Man, they'll likely be around when Fletch hatches his scheme. I'm not expecting many people will be faster than Iron Man, but you never know.

The idea is that Fletch will make an angry console post, say they're taking Milyn's body to prevent anything from happening to it, and Tony and/or someone else will relocate the unconscious Cherrywood Healer to House Iron Dragon for safety. Once there, our resident ~~God~~ Gene will block anyone from being able to sense she's there.

Any questions, concerns, ideas, please let me know below or shoot me a PM.

One last thing to remember: Snitches get Stitches.

Thanks

hadthehighground

So the Jedi, and Kylo Ren, are going to attempt to wake up Asti by using their combined mental abilities via the Force! They will be attempting this at the turtle's head.

While they won't have any success in actually reaching him, everyone in Keeliai will notice a phenomenon during their attempt. Namely the power grid will be flickering and fluctuating during the entire duration of it. Also, the glow of the turtle's shell, which is currently dull, will be flickering as well. The brightest it's ever been since the defeat of Malicant, until they cease their efforts.

The Force users themselves won't know what's going on as they're kinda busy trying to reach Tu Vishan, but everyone else in Keeliai sure will!

This will be happening on Thursday the 24th of March!

highprofilerichkid

SHIT WENT DOWN, Y'ALL

For reference:
IC
Valdis confronts Milyn
Valdis instigating this entire catastrophe, THANKS VALDIS
Valdis makes a dramatic announcement, everyone panics
Milyn getting getting her insides all over the outsides
Jackie summoning the cavalry
Fletch lies like a rug about Milyn's death
Snitches get stitches, Dove
Yuri confronts Yunxu, aka YURI NO

OOC
Plot reveal about Milyn's suspicious activities
Plotting post for faking Milyn's death
Plotting post for YURI NO

So we need to sort out who's got the skills to help, here, and who should tag in where and when.

We'll need healers and people who can get them there fast, so sound off if you've got someone who can do one or the other who you want to be involved. I'm gonna edit this post with a running list as people chime in.

SPEEDY HEALERS:
Dove. Has healing powers and can fly.
Zatanna. Has healing powers and can fly.
Gene. Has stupid cosmic power and can teleport. Can probably get there fastest and at least stabilize Milyn.
Duke. Has a moderate healing spell and can walk REAL fast out. Will sit out unless requested.

HEALERS WHO NEED A LIFT:
Raine. Magic healing.
Simon. Standard healing. Will sit out unless requested.
Obi-wan but his Force-healing maybe sucks a little :V Will sit out unless requested.

AVAILABLE TAXIS:
Tony and Pepper can both fly with a plus one, and probably arrive within a couple minutes.

ACTUAL SATAN:
Lucifer can be available to resurrect Milyn but won't interfere with the healers until that becomes necessary

~~USELESS SHMUCKS~~ CONSCIOUS BUT CONCUSSED MEDICAL PERSONNEL:
~~that ninny who's already there but done got his fool self knocked out~~ Fletch is now awake and on-scene and may be able to at least keep Milyn from bleeding out until the big guns arrive

PROPOSED THREAD ITINERARY:
-Fletch keeps Milyn from bleeding out
-Dove arrives and stabilizes her
-Zatanna arrives
-Tony and Raine arrive
-Tony temporarily exits thread to stand guard outside
-Zatanna and Raine heal Milyn
-Gene arrives, teleports Milyn to House Iron Dragon?

redlightgreenlight

There is some pretty cool and excellent stuff going on and I'm going to give you all a rundown of what Valdis has discovered, because I need some advice on how to proceed. First of all, Valdis was told a story by Milyn concerning the murder of a man named Enon over a year ago. Valdis pursued this lead because she believed that the information could be used against Tu Yunxu.

Enon had been in a relationship with Yunxu when Yunxu was very young. She was distracted from her quest when Anton was poisoned and began to pursue the cultists instead. However, this led her to a man named Dardul, who was later revealed to have the memories and soul of Enon. (Although whether or not he is actually Enon remains to be seen).

Going back a bit, Yunxu holds a grudge against Milyn for Enon's death, believeing that she is responsible. Since then, Valdis has been slowly growing more suspicious of Milyn. When Valdis discovers that Dardul is somehoww related to Enon, she takes him to the Midnight Hotel in order to keep him safe. After the Truth Compulsion event, in which Valdis confronted Yunxu about Enon, she decided to use her soul-walking ability to glean more information from Dardul.

What she found was that Milyn worked as a consultant for Daseng during Malicant's reign, creating Dust and the base for the Drug known as Lucid. Milyn has no guilt over her actions, believing that she was doing right by her people despite the questionable ethics of her experiments. Due to an earlier request, Valdis also knows that Daseng is looking for Milyn.

Further info can be found within the thread itself: here

I have a few ideas how to what might happen next:

ICly, Valdis feels that the only person who will believe her about Milyn's treachery is Tu Yunxu and she will likely go straight to him to inform him of what she has found. This primary option will probably have significant impact on the Turtle and all characters.

There are two secondary options to go along with this one. The first is that Valdis gives Milyn a three day head start before she tells Tu Yunxu. Her only fear about this would be that Milyn would flee directly into Daseng's arms and that could spell bad news for the Foreigners. The second would be not giving Milyn a head start and, knowing Yunxu, we can infer what could happen.

Another option would be Valdis not telling anyone and trying to use Milyn to get to Daseng through somewhat grey means.

Update: Valdis will be giving Milyn a three day head start before she tells Yunxu and then will be making a radio announcement concerning Milyn's past indiscretions.

hadthehighground

We asked for it, and the mods have delivered! Because they're just awesome like that.

Starting from this point on, there will be an ongoing plot involving the Force! That mystical energy field that grants people amazing powers in the universe that is Star Wars. By means of the Dreaming, any character or NPC can potentially be able to use and harness the power of the Force! Granted this doesn't mean that anyone's character can suddenly be a Master overnight. This will be a gradual thing that manifests. Like any Jedi, or other proficient Force user, there has to be training to become skilled in the ways of the Force. Training to use the Force is something that takes years, and there is a broad spectrum in how talented one is in being able to wield it. Not to mention there's many techniques.

Player discretion will be given in which characters gain Force sensitivity, how quickly they learn, and how powerful they become. It's only asked that everyone play it out at a realistic pace. Obviously if someone becomes as powerful as Anakin Skywalker in the course of a month, that would be a problem. However, to become good at using the Force, the character must have a teacher to learn from. There is no exception to this.

There are a handful of Force users in game already who could likely help your character learn. For example, Obi-Wan will be more than willing to take on students and pass on what he knows. However, he will be selective in whom he teaches.

Also, as stated before, this will be a gradual thing. Not even the Force users in game already will know what's going on at first. Obi-Wan will be feeling a disturbance to kick things off, but won't know what the cause of it is. Characters who will be gaining Force abilities will likely feell... different. But at first won't know why or be able to explain it. Thus your character isn't going to wake up one morning and accidentally move something across the room with a wave of their hand. More like making a small object, like a flower pot, wiggle a little at first. Something along those lines. The rate at which things increase is up to you, just be realistic about it.

Also, if your character has Force powers but decides they don't want to be taught, that's fine. Just know that their abilities will be very limited.

Hopefully I did okay at explaining this? If you have any questions, or if I forgot to mention something, then just ask via comment to this thread.

edgeoftheknife

Hi everyone! JC here bringing you that ridiculous bunny plot I've been yammering about on plurk for weeks now. Starting the morning of November 7, Erskine is going to wake up not as himself but as a tiny white fluffbutt. With a little collar and a little gold soul gem attached. He'll be fully aware of who he is/have all his memories, he'll just be... tiny and adorable. Because his life sucks and he needs some fluff.

Get it?

So for roughly a week (maybe a little longer) Erskine is going to be a bunny. What does this mean for your characters? WELL. The other Dead Men, Skulduggery and Anton, are laying claim to the bun for at least a while every day, but that still leaves plenty of free time for your characters to snuggle, play with, and/or make schmoopy noises at the bunny. Does your character need quality snuggle time? DONE. Does your character need someone to talk to who can't talk back? DONE. Got another idea? Hit me up! The focus of the plot is obviously light-hearted fluff, but as long as your idea isn't directly hurting him we probably won't have a problem. (It should be noted that both Anton and Skul, I have been assured, are going to be very protective of the bunny's well-being.)

This is him. So tiny.

This plot probably lends itself better to funny network posts than logs, so if you'd like to assume that your character is currently in charge of the bunny that's fine by me! If you'd like to run an idea by me, or if you'd really like to do a thread, please poke me either here on or plurk. Anton will be finding him, and Skul is going to cart him around in his suit for a bit every day, but other than that he's free to be snuggled :3

I'm going to kick things off with a network post ~~possibly tonight and just forward dated because I'm a loser.~~ Cheers!

stainedglassreflections

Because I have a god who is going to need some punching. Only plz don't be punching too hard, it's still Sion's face and he would like to get it back.

Which is really the entire thing, right there. Ooops.

( LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS )

oceantier

Hello, chelonauts! This post is a collection of info/ooc sign up for Operation: Move the Turtle.

The mods have set the ultimate landing location for the turtle at Tavimbi, which they have deemed as a mountainous land yet unexplored by kedan. (No kedan, in other words, remembers ever having landed there; they just know that it is mountainous.) ICly, the choice to go in this direction will be made by convenience -- the fact that it would be easier to work with the ocean currents already flowing in this direction rather than against them, and the promise of possible undersea mountain ranges that would be good for parking a very large turtle bus.

There's still time to tag in to the ic log, but under the cut is what I've collected so far that characters plan to do. Please feel free to use this list to coordinate with others for ic shenanigans! I'll be putting up an ic catch-all log for that soon.

If your character wasn't able to make the meeting, these jobs/needs would have been publicized in one way, shape, or form, so please let me know what your character would volunteer to do. All roles can (and ideally should) have multiple people, so also feel free to sign up for more than one as long as it wouldn't mean your character would be needed in two places at the same time.

( Roles and sign ups under here -- please help fill these up! )

Thought of something else that might be helpful? Not sure what I'm talking about with some of these jobs/needs? Poke the question thread!

Note: Just because I have marked something as "more needed" and not others not does not mean that others would not be welcome in unmarked categories. The marked ones may just be a little more pressing/definitely require multiple people to accomplish.

oceantier

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?

ironwood

Since this looks like it's going to have much larger fallout than we'd initially expected, here's a collective plotting post for players to make plans, rather than having it spread across multiple plurks.

ironwood

Greetings, chelonauts! This post marks the beginning of an optional plot proposed by DJ. It's a player-driven plot coinciding with the Chihuelans arriving, taking place all throughout the month of September.

Keeliai is in a state of unrest, due to the drought of the previous month and the tension over the Chihuelan ambassadors. ('Invaders', many kedan will correct you.) For weeks, the kedan equivalent of palm-readers and soothsayers have warned whoever will listen that the Dreaming must eventually act to balance the unrest. So far, there's been no evidence of that. Throughout September, however, Foreigners will notice an interesting little wrinkle.

What happens ICly:

Characters will come across a letter which may or may not be addressed to them. If the character has a mailbox or letter-slot, that's where they'll find it; otherwise, they might find it slipped underneath their door, or rolled up and stuck in an item which is a reliable part of their daily routine. These letters will be wildly different from each other in length, subject matter, and tone, but they'll all share one thing in common: they're all written by a future version of the character who receives them, and they're all - more or less - directed towards the receiver.

What happens OOCly:

You get to write the letter your character receives!

This is an extremely versatile plot. You can choose not to have your character involved at all. You can decide exactly what the letter looks like (handwritten or typeset, for example), exactly what the letter says, and exactly when the letter arrives. You can choose the version of your character who sends the letter. While the sender must be your character, and it must be a future version of your character, they don't necessarily need to be a canonical version of your character. (AUs, anyone?) Likewise, the letter they're writing might not be meant for your character specifically; it might be meant for a completely different universe's version of your character, or it might be meant for your character back when they first arrived in Keeliai. The letter can be as long or as short as you want, and contain whatever information you'd like. It could be a piece of advice, a one-word warning, or pages of poetic prose; it's up to you!

Please use this post as free-range plotting and discussion, or for posting the letters you write if you want to share. (Note that posting the letter is entirely optional, and you're free to handwave it if you'd prefer! This is just to give players an opportunity to share whatever insight they come up with.) If you have any questions, please direct them to the questions comment below.

ironwood

Hello, Chelonauts, and welcome to Keeliai’s fortnight of mayhem and mystery! To account for the delay, the event will ICly run from 15th to 29th of August, with the final party/awards log posted on the 31th.

The list of characters who signed up, which teams they’re in and which crimes they’ll be assigned, are as follows.

Crime #1: Abduction
China Sorrows
Midii Une
Zelgadis
Hiro Hamada

Crime #2: Theft
Jack Frost
Raine Sage
Pepper Potts
Klaus Reinherz

Crime #3: Murder
Aya
Gene Khan
Valdis
Arno Dorian

As the games are sponsored by the Merchant’s Guild, IC sign-ups sheets will have been available at specific storefronts all across Keeliai. Feel free to assume your character applied at one such branch. Keep in mind, however, that these games are Keeliai wide. Not only Foreigners are playing -- there are as many as a dozen ‘crimes’ occurring at any given time, and kedanese teams will be pursuing your crimes as well!

In the body of the post just below is an IC overview of each crime, but the clues and ‘scripts’ will be in threads in this post. Be sure to track your team’s thread, since OOC crime updates will be posted on the 19th and 25th. These threads will also be where team plotting can occur!

A log for all IC murder-related threading will be posted on the 15th.

( The Cases )

Tu Shanshu | OOC

Memory Share Plot!

Player Event: Mis-Spell REDUX

FORCE PLOT STUFF!!!

Milyn Plot Developments

Dara Deis shelter

Milyn Aftermath/Meisheng Plot Stuff

News from Afar!! (Questions and plot?)

[PLOT] Yuri and the Rat Snake

Grand Theft Milyn

Turtle Waking Attempt - Thursday the 24th

SAVE MILYN 2K17

PLOT REVEAL

Ongoing Plot - The Force!

it's fluff time

Plot: WHO WANTS TO PUNCH A GOD

Update: Move that turtle!

OOC Brainstorming: Operation Move the Turtle

Chihuelan Plotting

TIMEY WIMEY LETTER PLOT

[EVENT] MYSTERY GAMES

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