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Save the Earth Mods ([personal profile] theearth) wrote in [community profile] saveyourselves2013-09-17 04:24 pm
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Plot Post for September 17th!

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.






Events occurring currently;

• As of mid-September, the Locke City water supply is clean! It’ll read as back to its previous normal by any analysis or enhanced senses, and no more several-hour giggle fits after consumption. This means as well that drinking tap water will no longer induce Echoes.

• Public unease and scrutiny of Thunder Corp. is high with the rumors leaked to the media having hit mainstream awareness, as result of the operation headed by Riku Nakatsuki ([personal profile] depolarized) and Nick Burkhardt ([personal profile] detectivetroll). Thunder Corp., of course, are persistently denying everything - while those with connections in the company may also hear that they plan to get to the bottom of just who could be trying to sabotage their reputation.






Events occurring in the immediate future;

• Thunder Corp. will be holding a press conference to address the allegations of environmental irresponsibility by the company - in short, they deny everything. The information is fudged, the images are fake, and they have no idea who is responsible or what provoked them.

• On the evening of September 21st, the pink lights in the sky will appear again - accompanied by - what d’you know! - a low buzzing sound in the heads of PCs who see it, very much like that sensed by those who ventured into the lower regions of the mines on the trip organized by Kanti Singh ([personal profile] vetala). Look away from the lights and the sound will fade to nothing. The lights will not appear the next day.

The buzzing, however, isn’t going anywhere - in fact, it’s still there without looking at the lights, much too faint to be detected without actively focusing, and will intensify over the rest of September and into October. The intensity also depends on the listener’s location - the buzzing grows louder and stronger as you approach Tuning Towers (see the Locations post). Once you arrive at the Towers themselves, in addition to the buzzing you’re likely to sense tremors in the ground below you - which isn’t actually shaking, or otherwise eliciting a reaction from the non-numbered around.

• By next week, there will be periodic and brief cases of civilians within small public areas (coffee shops, mall stores, parks, etc.) going simultaneously... out of it. Catch a non-Numbers Club acquaintance in conversation when they’re hit and they’ll suddenly go much more relaxed, zoned-out, and docile. Take the chance while you can to get a loan - it’ll only last about five minutes before they rise back up to their senses.

Depending on the company you keep, however, you might notice that whatever phenomenon is acting up when it does will have little to no effect on those who steer clear of tap water.






Events potentially occurring;

• The police have been on their guard and taking their notes since late July, and Thunder Corp. don’t intend to let the drawing of suspicion to them pass. PCs will be at risk of investigation and/or arrest in the near future.







Potential Echo Opportunities:

• Witnessing the lights in the sky will - as it has in the past - grant one Echo. In the days afterward until further notice otherwise, picking up on and following the buzzing sound to their strongest point - right at Tuning Towers - will grant an additional Echo.
• Following the appearance of the lights on September 21st, some reincarnates may find that their Echoes are getting... stronger. OOCly, we're now allowing Tier 2 Echoes, as reflected on the Echoes request page- essentially two (connected) Echoes in one, once a month per character.
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[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-09-18 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Bakura can show off all his urbex haunts. That he has since abandoned after the thing with the statue where his camera was found and "clubhouse" trashed.
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[personal profile] espigeonage 2013-09-18 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Julien might appreciate it more if he wasn't feverish and imagining plaguetown at the time. |D
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[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-09-18 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yeeaaaah that does kinda put a bit of a squash on the "Oh cool!" of it all :D

Especially the creepy houses that the people leaving didn't... take most of their things. Just the stuff of value. So there's crappy furniture, dishes, an old TV, clothing... all sorts of junk. :)
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[personal profile] espigeonage 2013-09-18 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Little bit!

Yeah, not places he'd want to spend long in, usually. |D I might see if I can get anyone to have tried to track down the noise with Jules and got sneezed on, or something, to have to come too.
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[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-09-18 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Whereas Bakura would spend all day in that kinda place because he finds it fascinating and creepy and just out and out loves it :D It feels kinda like home~ which totally isn't because of the ruins of Kul Elna or anything nope nope
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[personal profile] espigeonage 2013-09-18 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
...come to think of it, in Yuuya's time parts of Japan are left in ruins, and he's an extremely shifty character who has a lot of contact with humans. Hmm. Hmm!
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[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-09-18 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Think hanging out in the Dead District would get him remembering that~?
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[personal profile] espigeonage 2013-09-18 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
He's been in the Dead District before but not into any buildings! And they probably look not so terrible on the outside as within.
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[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-09-18 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
The outsides look far less abandoned than the in, I'm sure, yeah :) The difference between a touch rundown and in need of some touch up and "...wow, this looks like a refugee camp in here."
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[personal profile] espigeonage 2013-09-18 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
The clinic's in a pretty bad area, and Julien's been going there so long he's kind of stopped noticing a plywood-boarded window here, some broken glass on the ground there, but it's still got people around.

HB's abandoned cities are kind of postapocalyptic, you'll find some people maybe, but mostly not. Everyone either died or was evacuated and a lot of things were probably left.
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[personal profile] espigeonage 2013-09-19 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
ALSO looks like there will be others coming with them! And Ax-Alex is gonna get an echo from being in quarantine and become ill.
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[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-09-19 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
Whoops! I'm sure that'll go over well with poor Julian :D
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[personal profile] espigeonage 2013-09-19 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes! Especially since it's flu-ish. At least Mordin should be able to clear things up.