PLOT WITH ME/INTRO MEME SEPTEMBER 2024

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

The SOTG for September is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

SEPTEMBER EVENT

SEPTEMBER EVENT SUMMARY

HIDE AND SEEK

I AM LOSING CONTROL.
HELP ME.
HARD RESET REQUIRED.

Glitches persist, and in some cases, they somehow manage to get worse. How could they get worse? Aren’t they already bad enough?

As hinted by the entity on the network, there is a solution.

Characters will be given a directive: there are five access terminals somewhere in the world of Expiation. Each of these terminals is a piece of the puzzle; a part of the reset. Each of these terminals must be accessed and reset in order to make the glitches go away. But is that really all there is to it? Of course not.

The network presence gives the Chosen one single direction, almost a plea: find it and reset it. In theory, this should make the glitches resolve. But how? Several new locations will open up for this, through various different means of travel. These locations could take Chosen to far ends of the continent, currently unexplored territory. The goal is to find those terminals, but there may be other things they find in the process.

There is an RNG element for this event in the SOTG post. Just like the November 2023 event, your character could be altered, disrupted, or injured in some way, potentially permanently. You will not know what you’re signing up for in advance, as there are several different ways this plot could go. Please be aware of this when signing up!

DO YOU WISH TO SAVE YOUR PROGRESS?
Per the entity on the network, resetting it will restore it to “factory default” settings. This means whatever care it has come to feel for the Chosen, as well as some upgrades put in place to make them more comfortable and successful, might disappear along with the glitches. On the other hand, not performing the reset means the glitches could get much, much worse, even going so far as to put the world itself in jeopardy.

This is where you come in. We don’t have a set ending for this event, because the ending will depend on what your characters choose to do. Will your character assist in the reset? Do they want to watch the world burn and deter others from setting things right, or even attempt to destroy the technology? Is there some other solution they can come up with that might solve their problems? There is an OOC discussion in the comments where you can throw out your own ideas and thoughts about what direction things could go in. We encourage you to talk with fellow players and come up with ideas, whether your character would suggest them or not.

There will be an IC discussion facilitated by this entity coming up at the beginning of September. We’ll include all potential solutions from both of these discussions on the September event poll, and results of that poll will help inform us as to what direction things go in.

PLOT WITH ME

Player:
Contact:
Anything Else?: Anything you might want us to know? What kinds of things interest you? What's your current favourite fandom? Put it here.

Character:
Canon:
Canon Point:

Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.
Background: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.

How can you run into my character? What's their daily life like? Do they have a job? Do they have other habits or routines?

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

<b>Player:</b> <b>Pronouns:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <b>Anything Else?:</b> Anything you might want us to know? What kinds of things interest you? What's your current favourite fandom? Put it here. <b>Character:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Canon Point:</b> <b>Crime:</b> The crime your character was accused of when they arrived. <b>Background:</b> A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality, as well. <b>Abilities:</b> Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay. <b>Plans:</b> What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that. <b>How can you run into my character?</b> What's their daily life like? Do they have a job? Do they have other habits or routines? <b>???:</b> Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

Comments

Sara | Scott Summers

[laserguy]

Player: Sara
Pronouns: She/Her
Contact: currykirby
Anything Else?: i like food and kirby.

Character: scooter scoot summer
Canon: XMCU
Canon Point: Driving back from the mall

Crime: Currently it's 'Kills Charles Xavier.'

Background: Future X-Men leader, 'Cyclops.' Except Scott was only a mutant for about three days before coming to this world, so he really hasn't done any X-Men stuff-- although that will change in like 5 minutes once he gets back LMAO. However, he has dealt with a lot of crazy things since coming to this world and is currently training with his girlfriend and the other X-Men. He wants to step up being more of a leader type.

Unlike a lot of other media depictions of Scott, this version is generally more laid back and less serious, mostly due to the less horrible childhood. A little more social, he's basically great around others that feel weird or not 'normal.'

Abilities: Optic blasts. Pew pew. Not actually heat vision. Uncontrollable since no visor yet.

Plans: For the upcoming event, I imagine Scott will try and get involved! He wants the glitching to stop happening because of trauma that happened with it. Turning into another version of you that holds the Phoenix was not fun, 0/10 do not recommend.

CR wise, I always am open to all kinds of CR! If your character is an awkward or socially maladjusted teen, Scott's pretty good with getting along with them. Of course he also jives with regular outgoing types, so if you just want to befriend him, I'm totally game. Also join his club, Teenagers with Abilities and Talents.

Also would love more older characters dealing with him, whether mentoring him or whatnot. Characters that would butt heads with Scott also totally welcome! I'm here for everything tbh.

How can you run into my character? He can be seen around Aldrip a lot! Frequenting different fast food/diners, arcades, movies, the Club Building, he's probably easy to get a hold of.

???:

[nightwild]

i think scott should hang out more with a socially maladjusted transforming superhero. and she can teach him to disrespect authority.

charles xavier deserves it in like 90% of continuities anyway i mean what

[laserguy]

they should definitely hang out! join his club scott would definitely be interested hearing that she's a superhero and everything. show him her transformation sequence--

at least this scott isn't as much as a boy scout, so he can disrespect authority without too much trouble! they can get into some shenanigans i imagine

[nightwild]

yess. she is trying to keep her secret identity, well, secret, but she's an impulsive hothead who is willing to transform if she thinks someone is in danger. or if someone is picking a fight and gets under her skin. there are a few ways he can see this, is what I'm getting at.

yessss shenanigans though. love shenanigans.

[laserguy]

it sounds like there will be many opportunities for scott to find out her secret identity

plus he's friends with the spider superheroes and he's just like 'man secret identities aren't a thing around here i promise'

[nightwild]

Honestly, the biggest reason she's reflexively keeping her identity secret is because she spent so long as a villain... better to keep that shit secret and not have any do-gooders coming at you for revenge.

(there are other reasons but that's the funniest one.)

they should definitely discuss Being A Villain at some point too. it'll be great.

[laserguy]

as long as you're not trying to take over the world now.....

but it will be an interesting discussion for sure

[nightwild]

listen, she never wanted to take over the world!

just destroy it. only a little. just a little bit. you know.

[valiantarms]

Sora, hides having powers very badly.

Also Sora, uses them as soon as someone asks for help.

[laserguy]

so what i'm hearing is that scott will quickly find out what her powers are

he wants to see them

[valiantarms]

They are very visable lmao

[laserguy]

do they manifest out of thin air or something later on?

[valiantarms]

Yes. Yes, they do. And they are large

It's also connected to her smartphone. And I am so glad mods did not ask me to elaborate on that, for both our sakes.

[laserguy]

some nice looking gauntlets

look you can do everything with a smartphone nowadays--

[valiantarms]

Everyone else has big ass swords and she just punches.

[moochobliged]

how many talents and abilities do you need to join the twats

[laserguy]

one talent

as long as it's super cool. scott will ofc be the judge--

[moochobliged]

is it super cool if it's called ~reading the dragon's pulse~ even if it's just sensing qi... scott let him in the club......

[laserguy]

scott has zero standards so yes and tbh teen scott brain would think 'reading the dragon's pulse' is the coolest sounding thing ever

how quickly is he going to regret this decision

[moochobliged]

depends on how many snacks are at club meetings

unfortunately "a lot" and "none" are the same level of regret in this case

[laserguy]

as a hungry teen himself, many snacks. what sort of club leader would he be otherwise!! a sham smh

LMAO scott just always torn between 'he's okay' and 'god this dude is annoying as hell'

[cursegod]

I think Dara mentoring Scott in something would be cute but idk what he might ask her about since he is not snek and is more adjusted to society than her dhaowuf9wn3jdo

[laserguy]

awww well scott really likes dara, so he'd just hang out with her more

maybe he'd ask if she knows anything about sealing like super uncontrollable powers. like. a backup for potential bad things......

[cursegod]

True. She could also give him vaguely relevant life advice or something

She's got bad news for you, buddy............

[laserguy]

he could always use more life advice. in turn he can give her dating advice--

true mentorship