PLOT POST FOR APRIL 16TH

[theearth]

This format of plot post is designed for players to ask questions and find ways to influence the plot. Be bold and ask what you can or can't do; the worst that can happen is that I will say no. As plots in Save the Earth are not self resolving nor on a time limit they can evolve in many ways. Although some potential outcomes are given, they are little more than suggestion and can be changed by character action. What role you take is up to you.

The post is also open for players to plot and coordinate between one another.

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Events occurring currently;

• The Thunder Corporation's Snake Statue remains up in the Dead District. The statue exudes a pseudo-Echo effect, which is undetectable to ordinary humans, trying to convince people to leave the area.

• In the same area, starting now, a large number of the huge homeless community within the Dead District will instead be found seeking new shelter. Should anyone question them, they will reveal they are being driven away by 'werewolves.' It is possible to encounter a 'werewolf' by coincidence by visiting the Dead District after dark.

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Events occurring in the immediate future:

• Suspiciously quiet for now. The invasion forces are currently evaluating their opposition and making preparations. It won't last. Enjoy the quiet before the storm.

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Events potentially occurring in the immediate future:

• Destroying the statue is a possibility. Doing so will shoot a pink light into the sky that will last a few seconds and set in motion a chain of events.

• Players may wish to put together a plan to investigate and potentially deal with the 'werewolves.'

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Potential Echo Opportunities

The snake statue in the Dead District, and in police HQ, still offer one Echo at a touch. An encounter with a 'werewolf' will result in an Echo and successfully killing one will net one for everyone involved. Destroying the statue won't grant an Echo, but the events it will set in motion will. Canon parallels remain the constant option.

Please direct questions regarding these plot points to the thread below and not the post in general.

Comments

I HEARD YOU LIKE RP SO I PUT SOME RP IN YOUR RP

[reapsthewind]

Okay THIS on the other hand is a totally goofy pointless plot. For socializing! and CR!

IRL, I am a dungeons and dragons DM. In-game, Bakura Ryou loooooves him some tabletop RPGs, and Chris 1. played DnD in high school and college (in MIT you can't really avoid RPGs, even if it's via their LARP club) and 2. used DnD to help teach Bakura math.

As a sort of cool down / goofy silly plot, Chris will run a game for y'all.

THIS WILL NOT BE A REAL D&D GAME While I'm going to be using B2: Keep on the Borderlands (ye classic dungeon) as a guide, I won't require ANY dicerolling or keeping track of stats (... unless y'all want to, for some reason?). I'll be coming up with a quick handwavey way of doing stuff. I just ask for some "realism": traditional DnD, especially the way Chris runs it, tends to be hilariously lethal.

THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A GREAT WAY TO GET ECHOES. Is your character from a goofy fantasy canon? WELL THERE YOU GO.

I think Aragorn, Bakura, and Yuuya already expressed interest; I'm willing to take up to 7 players ( so that's four slots left).

[shiromadoushi]

Obviously totally down for it [and just replying to use this icon~] and I just need to figure WHICH TRPG RELATED ECHO Bakura'll get from it. Because seriously. YGO loved it some super serious TRPGs.

[reapsthewind]

YAY

[scramasax]

I am sssooooo very sorry to be asking your character to do something to mine. But I think that this'd be sort of a priceless opportunity for Anthony, and if and only if you think that Bakura might possibly nudge the uptight freshman into doing fun geeky things,I'd love to grab him a spot.

[shiromadoushi]

No worries! C'mon, Freshmeat. Time to play some games~

Re: I HEARD YOU LIKE RP SO I PUT SOME RP IN YOUR RP

[wordsgate]

Okay I REALLY REALLY REALLY would like to get Sasame involved in this (because YAY SOCIALIZATION), but I don't think he'd immediately want to jump into a tabletop RPG session because he was part of the popular crowd in high school and doesn't really..."get" it. But it might be possible to get him interested either as a social thing or maybe by pitching it as like "improv acting" (I did have a throwaway mention of him being in theater for at least part of high school).

...Actually Yuuya is an acquaintance of his, so he might be able to get him involved.

[reapsthewind]

YEAH GET IN HERE

BE AWESOME

she's gonna be pitching it as a social get together thing. and provide snax.

[wordsgate]

sweet, okay, I can just say he'd probably do it just to get to know everyone. And then suddenly he gets into it, ahaha.

[espigeonage]

"So there's going to be a Numbers Club DnD session! Apparently they're not going to go too far on the technical aspects, so it'll be more about role playing. You should come!"

[wordsgate]

That would do it!! Sasame wants to be part of the Numbers Club!

[elfstoned]

>too old for this

[reapsthewind]

no you aren't
this hobby has been around since the 70s :V

[elfstoned]

so has he

and he's only learning it now

[espigeonage]

/brings a beer, fails completely at convincing you that this is something real adults do, too

ETA: Also hmm, Julien might be suffering from the inability to take deep breaths at the time. Dyspnea? You might want to keep an eye on him.

[elfstoned]

sigh and there are like 500 things that could be causing that

Aaron will definitely try to determine the cause. Would he be able to figure out that the shape of Julien's lungs had changed?

Re: I HEARD YOU LIKE RP SO I PUT SOME RP IN YOUR RP

[scramasax]

And with that, I'd like to get Anthony in on this, courtesy of what'll be some nudging by Bakura!

Re: I HEARD YOU LIKE RP SO I PUT SOME RP IN YOUR RP

[reapsthewind]

WITH YOU we are now up to five players. AWESOME

[northless]

...we need to get Robb in on this so he can get echoes off of it.

[reapsthewind]

YES

[northless]

His character is some kind of knight with a wolf theme and a pet wolf, okay, I will not budge there.

(and then an actual direwolf strolls in)

[espigeonage]

Julien will so agonize over being a paladin or something more spy-ish like he usually plays. |D

[espigeonage]

wait when will this happen

I wonder if Julien could get little lungs from a werewolf encounter, and the extra anatomy to make them worth anything here.

[reapsthewind]

Um, I'm not sure :( When I ave some free time to set it up. Soon. >.<

Re: I HEARD YOU LIKE RP SO I PUT SOME RP IN YOUR RP

[dorkytracksuit]

me plz

[reapsthewind]

awesome