PLOT WITH ME: MARCH 2025

[expiationmods]

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 March 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.

MARCH EVENT

MARCH EVENT SUMMARY

There once was a man named Ragna
Who backed the AI up in his arm-a
He stuck it in a crack
And then heard a thwack!
And then that whole arm was a-gone-a

A SURGE OF MIASMA
This is why we can't have nice things. Ragna, who is now banned from the month of March as a whole, had apparently been containing some big bad negative energy within his arm. He then stuck said arm into a crack in the simulation. This was fine, the first time, but seeing as how he then did it again...well, the arm is now considered lost. Unfortunately, the energy that was contained within his arm is no longer contained, and is leaking all over Aldrip. This energy summons forth a huge monster from Ragna's world: the Black Beast, a huge, many-headed serpent. This creature's many heads pop up all around the outskirts of Aldrip, making it impossible to leave. Strangely, though, they don't seem to come within the bounds of the city.

CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
On the first day of its appearance, the Black Beast cannot be fought. Fauna didn't get this memo, unfortunately, so she goes to do what she does best: fight things. This ends in a terrible defeat. This might not be notable, except that Fauna is carrying a supply of "wish seeds" from her home world, and these seeds become infused with the Black Beast's negative energy. These seeds scatter across the city of Aldrip.

So...what do the seeds do? They turn people into monsters, and anyone in town can be affected by them. These monster transformations can be whatever players want, and can come with temporary powers as well, with the caveat that the theme of the transformation has something to do with a "wish" that the character has. (As an example, perhaps a character who wishes to stay with their friends has the power to absorb energy from people who get close to them. )

In a bid to apologize for every March he's perpetrated, Ragna elects to fuse with the Black Beast, thus negating its invulnerability and making it killable. And it must be killed to stop the negative energy from affecting Aldrip. These heads can be killed by any physical or magical means

If the Black Beast is defeated, it'll stop more Chosen from transforming into monsters. However, Chosen who have already transformed will not change back if the Black Beast is defeated. How do they do so, then? By reconciling the "wish" that was part of their transformation in some way -- either major or minor. (To follow the same example above, a character might accept that they must let go of people who leave, thus triggering their de-transformation.)

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QUESTIONS / COMMENTS / CONCERNS

[expiationmods]

[nightwild]

Player: Hannah
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: lastbastion
Anything Else?: I am currently stuck on a shitty backup computer, so tags are slower than normal! But I am still here and excited.

Character: Fauna
Canon: OC
Canon Point: Two weeks after joining Flora as a hero

Crime: Attempted Destruction of Human Society

Background: Supervillain turned superhero. Spends most her time talking shit and getting hit.

Abilities: Transforming superhero a la Kamen Rider!

Plans: SO. Fauna is, as the plot indicates, about to get her ass kicked. This means she's likely going to need help, and probably going to need to start talking to people about heroics properly. I'm hoping for someone who is willing to find Fauna after she's gotten beaten up and help her get back up! Save her from the Beast and maybe stop her from trying the runback and making things worse.

After that, hopefully she's going to chill out. Help her calm down and realize she has more to offer Aldrip than just fighting!

How can you run into my character? Well, probably in a medical facility after she gets beaten down. She's going to be remarkably easy to find this month since she's going to need time to recover.

???:
me when i get to do a wild plot mashup player plot

[humandispel]

Hello I am here because No Longer Human makes my life hard.

Here to ask how much Dazai's abilities can affect this event! Namely:
- Can he stop some black lines from encroaching, thus creating areas where plants can still thrive?
- Can he negate the effects of wish seeds, such that they can't affect people unless it's too late? (he can't reach all of them though, of course)
- Can his powers interact with the monster transformations, not necessarily dispelling them outright but canceling them out while he's touching them?
- Can the same do to the Black Beast, essentially debuffing it while he's in contact?

Hi it's me, the Novas

[humandispel]

Player: Novas
Pronouns: They/He
Contact: soukokus
Anything Else?: I am reenergized and bready after my hiatus! Give me all the plots

Dazai Osamu | Bungo Stray Dogs

[humandispel]

Character: Dazai Osamu
Canon: Bungo Stray Dogs
Canon Point: Chapter 119

Crime: Ignoring his own humanity.

Background: Complicated is an understatement when it comes to this guy's history. Ex-mafioso turned private detective except his moral code remains the same dark grey as ever, and as of current canon literally just broke out of prison. Things happen!

He's also a muse that doesn't tackle the most pleasant of topics, being a self-proclaimed suicide enthusiast and all. Feel free to poke at my opt-out if his themes make you uncomfortable and avoid interacting with him at all.

Abilities: Immunity to pretty much every special ability, as well as the ability to temporarily nullify those skills by touching the user.

Plans: He's here to play support for the event this month! Need a break from your monster human shenanigans? No Longer Human has you. He might also help out to strategize a way to defeat the guy considering it's a boss type monster that needs a coordinated attack to neutralize.

Other than that he's gonna be involved with Jinx's stuff this month and maybe help her calm down. Or make things worse. Who knows with this guy.

How can you run into my character? Guy bums around Bar Lupin most of the time, or just wanders about while he's bored. You will see him often in bars and clubs gathering information, or maybe even fish him out of the river for whatever reason.

???:

[expiationmods]

Oh Dazai....

Simple and clean answers:
- no
- no
- yes! But they will revert back once he lets go
- no

Hope this helped!

Ryoji Mochizuki | Persona 3

[luneminary]

Character: Ryoji Mochizuki
Canon: Persona 3
Canon Point: Kotone route, before December :)

Crime: Helplessness.

Background: Just a totally normal teenager who is appreciate of life and humanity as a whole and loves connecting with others! He's a sweet guy like that. There is something more to him, something that's practically cosmic horror in nature, and after a rather explosive discovery on what it is, he's taking things surprisingly well.

Abilities: While most Persona guys can summon a Persona, Ryoji is more or less is a Persona - his true form is that of Death, and his powers are pretty much reflective of that. Thanks to character development, he can now transform into Thanatos, although it's still not something he likes to do on a regular basis.

Plans: Ryoji isn't affected by the wish seeds, but he does have a cool monster transformation of his own, and he's willing to turn into one to help calm down those affected by the event! He knows how it feels to be unsure of your own humanity, so he wants to help out in that respect. He's also gonna help out fight the Black Beast, considering he's Death he feels like it's a responsibility that he can assist with.

How can you run into my character? Ryoji hangs out on the clubs the most, particularly on TWAT (Scott's Teenagers With Abilities and Talents club) and the Cooking Club. He also just got a job as a waiter in the Seafood Shack. Otherwise he's pretty much around town all over, looking up hobbies to try out and the like.

???:

[humandispel]

It definitely did, thank you so much!

[chimericalclaw]

points at eyes. points at u. fauna girl why with this mess.

(I am up for helping with a rescue, if you're up for a crystal monster or two mysteriously helping to drag her back to town 👀)

[nightwild]

SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP..... sometimes you misjudge who a final boss is ok

yesss tho. that sounds fun. poor fauna seeing monsters and so confused as to why they're helping.

[chimericalclaw]

slides in here... I want to see Thanatos officially. I'm still working on the details of monster zek but. points!!

[chimericalclaw]

excellent! they're just lil guys don't worry about it or who might have anything to do with them. hey mysterious that one of the first people you see back in town is altius! good thing he knows healers and doctors haha!

[luneminary]

Yes I would love them to confront each other like this! I think it would also be a nice way to do a follow up from the dreamshare

Megan | Tsunayoshi Sawada | Katekyou Hitman Reborn

[theskyaccepts]

Player: Megan
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: urbaninja
Anything Else?: MST Timezone. Tags evenings and weekends (usually). I like anime, JPRGS and actual play podcasts.

Character: Tsunayoshi Sawada
Canon: Katekyou Hitman Reborn
Canon Point: Post-series

Crime: Getting involved with Organized crime

Background: Tsuna was once your typical loner/loser/average middle schooler until a 2-year-old hitman showed up on his doorstep and said that he was the heir to a mafia family and kicked off the series. Tsuna is still not sure he wanted to ever be a mafia boss much less be involved with the mafia in general, but he did get some friends out of the deal so, it worked out. (And this is a semi-regular reminder that KHR started as a gag manga before it turned into a battle manga).

Tsuna, at first, seems like a bit of a pushover and maybe a little hard done by. But one does have to remember he's usually trying to herd cats and reacting to the bonkers situation that is the mafia. There's a spine there though, and when pushed in the right direction, he can get serious. But he'd really just like a normal life where he can goof off with his friends.

Abilities: Tsuna's main ability is his Dying Will Flames, which are the orange flames that come out when he fights or activates the Hyper Dying Will mode. His flames, specifically, are Sky Flames, which have the power of Harmonization, which allow him to use both Hard and Soft Flames (hard flames are like bursts of power, soft allowing him to do things like fly/hover). He can also petrify or accelerate things.
He also has hyper-intution, that allows him to usually pick up on if people are lying to him or if they are threats. I try not to overplay this.

Plans:
-I admit that I am not a big fan of monster transformation, but Tsuna is here to fight some monsters! Whether they are generic, or your character, Tsuna is here to help!

-With the Sky Flames, I figure that Tsuna can help create barriers or spaces for people who are trying to figure their shit out when in monster form, so if anyone wants help with that.

-He'll probably want to help fight one of the serpent heads, but also be kind of conflicted about it. He'd like to avoid killing if he could.

-He's probably also going to be exhausted after all of this as well. That's a lot of flames.

-I would like to address the complicated relationship he has with his dad one of these days.

-Thinking I might just have an open log with some general prompts as well, since there might not be a space for more relaxed conversations during the event.

How can you run into my character? Tsuna can usually be found at his home, the TWAT clubhouse/club building, or the arcade. But he has a couple of odd jobs now as well including the apothecary and delivering mail. He's around.

???: I absolutely biffed February super hard and don't really have an excuse beyond FFVII Rebirth ate my brain. I'll be working on playing catch up and hopefully getting to some of the stuff I failed to get to.

[chimericalclaw]

yes, excellent, and this time ryoji will know who he's talking with lmao. who knows, with enough pep talks maybe zek will eventually halfway believe ryoji is actually being sincere...!

[luneminary]

ironic how this happens when ryoji is being a menacing death monster on purpose but hey you never know what would really work!

[chimericalclaw]

menacing monster of death to menacing (human)monster of destruction communication? or something. you never know until you try!!

Re: QUESTIONS / COMMENTS / CONCERNS

[giraffic]

i'm still in the feeling out ideas stage, but!!

though she's immune to being taken over by it, Ellie is infected with the cordyceps brain infection. with the monster transformation, i was thinking it'd be interesting if it interacted with that infection and turned her into an infected through a similar process that CBI normally would have. still happening but a little slower as it takes over.

the wish part is also complicated bc lmao what is outsurviving people who care about and wanting to just be used a cure to make it worth it....

would that be okay?

[cactusy]

Player: Iddy
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Contact: Ihdreniel, banerries @ discord
Anything Else?: Yellowjackets is driving me into to mourning rn

Character: Sameen Shaw
Canon: Person of Interest
Canon Point: post-canon

Crime: Murder

Background: Antisocial gunlady with personality problems and lots of unreality trauma. Former doctor, former Marine, former government assassin, former freelance crimefighter, current ?????. She'll get back to you on that last one.

Abilities: The ability to patch up her gunshot wounds with duct tape and keep going.

Plans: I usually don't go hard for transformation stuff, but I'm very intrigued by the way it's being spun here, and I am absolutely going to be mulling over how Shaw's simulation-related PTSD/struggles with reality (something I always love exploring!!!) might dovetail here.

How can you run into my character? When she gets bored she goes and fights crime down at the docks; I'm happy to have her either mix it up with fellow crimefighters, or clash with criminals! She generally only bothers with violent crime/crime with a victim who's immediately visible (i.e. she doesn't care that much about anyone dealing pot, and she isn't putting in the individual research necessary to track long-term cons). She's also far from squeaky clean herself, and canonically spent several months as the getaway driver for a team of bank-robbers purely for kicks - so depending on the circumstances, helping commit crimes isn't totally off the table. Shaw's moral compass is very steady, but it sometimes points in weird directions.

???:

[starstrailblaze]

I am currently mobile-bound, so I'm sending these questions on behalf of my other muse Atsushi. Please bear with me, thank you!

A few muns and I would like to plot out a thread that involves two people turning into a monster together so I have questions to clarify things.

1) Can one's wish allow another (or two) transform into a monster? I.E, person A wishes for two people (person B and C) to work together and get along but it turns them (B and C) into a fused monster. The transformation is supposed to be like a corrupted version of their alternate selves's canon combined ability.

2) If the first is allowed, can the said two people (person B and C) briefly exchange memories during the time they are fused? This is for plot development reasons.

3) As for the reconciliation of the "wish", I understand that will be on person A as the one who made the wish. Will it be acceptable that person A must acknowledge he cannot force person B and C to work/get along together, that it must be done naturally for the transformation to dispel? Oh and person A will lose the absolute trust person B has in him.

Re: QUESTIONS / COMMENTS / CONCERNS

[abandonware]

noott super likely that this is going to happen but just in case...

A2 has a fusion reactor in her body: a black box. It can be destroyed to cause a lot of damage, at the cost of her life, obviously. Is it possible to use this? Would it cause any lasting damage to the overall environment? It's something she'd consider because she's well... she's A2 lol

ETA oh shit! also: will any animals in the forest or farm be affected at all during the event? saw the plant life will start to wilt so I'm curious.

Fandaniel | Final Fantasy XIV

[endcaller]

Player: Psi
Pronouns: She/Her
Contact: PsiYamaneko | PM
Anything Else?: VIDEO GAMES

Character: Fandaniel
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Canon Point: Just after "The Dark Inside"

Crime: Despair

Background: A mad scientist who got recruited into a cult and became an immortal sorcerer with no physical form. Now he lives in the body of a dead samurai and is coping with the fact that he is the reincarnation of another, slightly less mad, scientist who wrote a really bad tweet that destroyed the world.

Nihilistic, sadistic and extremely flamboyant. He tends to present himself as a clown but beneath the playfulness he is in a lot of despair. His main agenda is to die and take everyone else with him. It's what his Emperor would have wanted, anyway.

TL;DR VERSION: Flamboyant energy being. Acts like a clown but is actually very depressed. Mad sadist who delights in torment. Hates you, hates himself, hates the world. Really wants to die. Also part-time comic relief despite all this.

Abilities: As an Ascian, Fandaniel can do the following:

Conjure shadow chains and bind people with them

Possess dead bodies (but he has to return to his current vessel after a time)

Chuck spells around like a wizard

View the memories of others by observing the person while they are remembering something

Fly

Create objects with his own aether which he usually uses to create clothes and disguises

Teleport

Also, he has no shadow. Weird, right? Probably nothing to worry about.

It's worth noting he rarely uses his more combat-focused abilities. He doesn't like fighting unless he's very sure he can win.

His greatest "ability" is his intelligence. He's an obnoxious turbo-genius.

Plans: After the reset Fandaniel will be doing more experiments to see what has changed. Many of these experiments will be just awful. Other than this, he'll be exploring the town. Have a science nerd? He could be a nerd with them.

CR I CAN OFFER!

MAD SCIENCE BRO! Do you play a scientist or someone who is too curious to let morals get in their way? Fandaniel wants to team up to study the glitches (or current lack thereof).

Villain CR! Want a villain to torment your hero? I've got the man for you. He is very cruel and manipulative.

Weird friendship. Fandaniel may be a mad sadist but he is also very old, patient, and nonjudgmental (it is impossible for him to unilaterally hate all living things more than he already does). He could be an uneasy ally for certain character types.

Echo bullshit. With the Echo, Fandaniel can experience your character's memories as if he lived them himself. He can only experience the memory they are actively remembering. .

TECHNOLOGY! Fandaniel can do not-so-mad science to work with people on technological upgrades to devices, weapons, etc as long as he has the resources. The levels of tech he worked on when he was a mortal (elf) were insane.

Fandaniel enjoys finding sponsors for his projects. He will act servile toward these people and do things for them in exchange for funding and resources. He thinks of these people as his patrons.

Fandaniel is also a very complex person. He will usually present himself as a flamboyant, whimsical eccentric. Past that one can get the sense of his cold cruelty. Past that is his despair which can honestly be depressing to be around. And there is more. But expect that "getting to know" him will take multiple interactions.

FOR THE EVENT: Probably will not turn into a monster because he basically already is one. WILL develop a power! His wish is to die and take everyone with him so his power will probably be something along the lines of "self immolation". Combusting into flames and burning everything and everyone nearby. Does that sound like a good time to you? Hit me up!


He is a powerful sorcerer and could help fight the boss monster too. But he won't. He might play support and help strategize, though.

How can you run into my character? He has his own laboratory, the Aetherochemical Research Facility, on the outskirts of town. It's a big structure and has plenty of resources. People are welcome to visit and/or do their own research there. When he's not there he's wandering around town and people watching.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Fandaniel is usually a playful, whimsical eccentric and as much comedy relief as villain but this character can get very intense. Themes around him include suicide, despair, existential horror and hopelessness, nihilism and extreme self-loathing. You can read more about this on his OPT OUT. Please do not hesitate to opt out of interactions if you want to. I understand some of this character's themes are more heavy than people might want to deal with in RP.

[abandonware]

Player: Lark
Pronouns: She/her/they/them is a-OK.
Contact: PM, I give out my plurk/discord once cr is established or threads happen.
Anything Else?: Health insurance drone working from home. Big fan of Drakenier, Final Fantasies, podcasts of all stripes (for fiction: Wrong Station. nonfiction I've been enjoying Behind the Bastards and Sixteenth Minute), resource management games on Steam, and cooking new recipes! PST time zone, I try to get through my game inbox at least 1x a day, and I'm sooo jazzed about the event!

Character: A2
Canon: Nier Automata
Canon Point: Post C/Ending E

Crime: Infanticide, for killing the Forest King Emmanuel.
Background: A2 is a combat android belonging to an elite squadron of combat androids known as YoRHa, created to fight in a (unbeknownst to them) endless war against a machine scourge created by aliens who wanted to conquer Earth. Unfortunately she was also a prototype for newer and more efficient versions of herself, which sucks for her. After completing her first and only mission, where she was the only survivor, she is marked for death as a deserter and has spent her whole life killing her pursuers and the machines. She's plagued with feelings of regret and worthlessness due to survivor's guilt and the overall pointlessness of her existence, and her one-woman war against the machines is essentially a long term suicide mission.

That's Nier babe!

Personality-wise, A2 is prickly and verges into combative and disagreeable if something rubs her the wrong way. Once she warms up a little, she's socially awkward with flashes of defeated grief as people get to know her better. Has an honor system, despite being branded a traitor - kind of a broken-down knight in many ways.

Abilities: Despite looking like a dainty Victorian ghost, A2 is very good at murder.
- Extreme strength, speed, endurance: A2 is a tank. She has killed countless numbers of machines, taken on whole swarms and Goliath-class machines by herself, and killed pursuers who were specifically designed to be better versions of her. She is extremely strong, fast, and despite her external damage, is very resilient. She contains nanomachines in her body that repair internal damage and can power through most injuries as long as they aren't to her black box or head. She can bleed out! But that requires her getting an injury severe enough and, well.

- Weapon mastery: A2 is an acrobatic and elegant combatant, and as an Attacker model, is designed for close-range battle. She is a master swordswoman, but is also able to utilize bracers, spears, daggers, and even her bare hands in a pinch in order to fight.

- B-mode: A2 is able to overheat her body for temporary periods of time in order to maximize her speed and strength, though requires recovery time in the aftermath.

- Pod: Pod 042 accompanies A2 just about everywhere. Pod possesses navigation and long-range firing capabilities.

Plans: I am curious about this monster transformation — lots of opportunity to explore A2's self-perception vs. her "wish," which I think even she is not fully aware of. And also fighting the big cool monster with her big cool powers!!

I'm still futzing over how or if she'll be transformed, but she will most certainly be assisting in bringing down the Black Beast when it becomes vulnerable to attacks. Would like to play around with her taking on enough damage to (finally) accept more substantial repair work?

We will see. In any event, with the addition of Pod, A2 herself is a tank and has insane battle capabilities. She will certainly be defending as many people as possible. That being said, her paranoia over this whole "I'm in a machine devised simulation" will be full blown as this month progresses so if any of the new monsters want to have A2 trying to wail on them before she realizes wtf is going on and marginally calms down, I'd be down to clown!

How can you run into my character? She spends the majority of her time in the forest, though she can more regularly be seen at the farm and library. A2 almost never sleeps, so expect to see her at odd/unusual times of the day or night.

Her hot chocolate routine is daily, though will begin to get disrupted as she gets more and more paranoid this month, haha 😣

???: I got nothin... let's get WEIRD this month

Re: QUESTIONS / COMMENTS / CONCERNS

[expiationmods]

Why not! Go wild, Ellie.

Re: QUESTIONS / COMMENTS / CONCERNS

[giraffic]

okay just to make sure i don't get too ambitious: biting people and infecting them bc of the transformation: cool or no? i can see that becoming too complicated with everything else going on, so if not that's fine.