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MOD POST: MAY PLOT EVENT RUNDOWN
This post will have all of the details for May's Plot Event, Something Ominous. Make sure to read through it if you're interested in participating in this event, as you will not be able to change to the opt-out event after May 1. If you're certain you want to participate in this event, please sign-up over here.
For your ease, the plot Fast Facts are going to be posted before the full rundown:
FAST FACTS: Something Ominous ( May 1-31 / Days 441-456 )
PLOT EVENT: Something Ominous ( May 1-31 / Days 441-456 )
Through the combined effort of the gods and the support from the Travellers, Asgard has relatively managed to function as normal for a prolonged stretch of time. Even still, it is not enough to substitute the Allfather's might under the duress of Yggdrasil's collapse. The lingering threat of Ragnarok is coming nearer, and all worlds beneath the Mother are beginning to feel its teeth baring down. What this means for the Travellers of those worlds may yet spell disaster.
One important thing to keep in mind during this event is that the new features introduced every week will continue on into the following weeks! That means that once it's in play, you can use it at any point during the event. For example, the disappearances that begin in Week One can still occur in Week Four. You aren't limited or obligated to using it solely during its introduction.
This event seeks to be the final motivating push for the Travellers to move into the militarisation of the city, as decided by player poll back in January. It's the final boot towards action, so it's going to be a heavy one!
And that's Hell Month in Asgard! Remember, if you participate in this event, you cannot participate in the opt-out event. Sign-ups for both events end on May 1; anyone that has not responded by then will automatically be assigned to remain in Asgard for the month of May. Sign-ups for Something Ominous can be found over here. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments section below!
For your ease, the plot Fast Facts are going to be posted before the full rundown:
FAST FACTS: Something Ominous ( May 1-31 / Days 441-456 )
- Week One: Day 441-442 / May 1-3
- Day 441 ( May 1 ): Late at night, Travellers will feel three flickers in their connection to the gods before experiencing a minor blackout. Henceforth, Travellers begin disappearing from the city at random.
- Week Two: Days 443-445 / May 4-9
- Day 443 ( May 4/5 ): Travellers begin forgetting their missing CR and any in-game memories at random. These memories can return over time. Ghosts of the recently deceased begin appearing throughout the city, but they cannot speak or be spoken to.
- Week Three: Days 446-449 / May 11-17
- Day 446 ( May 10/11 ): Henceforth, Travellers begin forgetting their castmates and canon memories at random. These memories can return over time.
- The volunteer opportunity for original characters takes place during this week. Sign-ups are here and close on May 10.
- Week Four: Days 450-452 / May 18-23
- Day 450 ( May 18/19 ): Travellers begin having terrifying and painful nightmares whenever they fall asleep. These dreams are short-lived, easy to wake from, and immediately forgotten upon waking.
- The volunteer opportunity for new characters takes place during this week. Sign-ups are by email and must be received by May 17.
- Week Five: Days 453-456 / May 24-31
- Day 453 ( May 24/25 ): The Travellers' nightmares worsen to vivid images of their world's destruction. These dreams are long-lasting, difficult to wake from, and may remain vivid upon waking.
- Day 455 ( May 28/29 ): The ghosts grow restless and aggressive, becoming capable of throwing small objects by sheer will.
- Day 456 ( May 30/31 ): All living creatures share a dream of burning alongside a grand tree. The voice of the Norn speak:
"It won't stop. This is the end."
All characters wake immediately afterwards and are returned to normal.
- Day 457 ( June 1/2 )
- An NPC post will go up, asking the Travellers what they wish to do.
PLOT EVENT: Something Ominous ( May 1-31 / Days 441-456 )
Through the combined effort of the gods and the support from the Travellers, Asgard has relatively managed to function as normal for a prolonged stretch of time. Even still, it is not enough to substitute the Allfather's might under the duress of Yggdrasil's collapse. The lingering threat of Ragnarok is coming nearer, and all worlds beneath the Mother are beginning to feel its teeth baring down. What this means for the Travellers of those worlds may yet spell disaster.
One important thing to keep in mind during this event is that the new features introduced every week will continue on into the following weeks! That means that once it's in play, you can use it at any point during the event. For example, the disappearances that begin in Week One can still occur in Week Four. You aren't limited or obligated to using it solely during its introduction.
This event seeks to be the final motivating push for the Travellers to move into the militarisation of the city, as decided by player poll back in January. It's the final boot towards action, so it's going to be a heavy one!
- Week One: Day 441-442 / May 1-3
- Day 441 ( May 1 )
- Late at night, at an otherwise inconspicuous hour ( think more like 10:42PM than the 3AM witching hour ), every Traveller across Asgard will simultaneously feel a flicker in their bodies, like a missed heartbeat or a cut-off breath. Those in Freyr house that were present for the god's death and those that were present for the Friendly Fire event will recognise the sensation; it will happen twice more before one final blip. In that moment, everyone will essentially have a minor blackout: their vision will fade, their bodies will freeze, and there will be an internal sensation of dropping.
This is the start of Hell Month. Yay!
Beginning immediately after the disconnection, Travellers will randomly begin disappearing from the city. It can last for a matter of seconds to a matter of days; during that time, their bracelets will be inoperable and their name will not be listed on the network in the same way they would be for a dropped character. This can happen at any moment for any stretch of time, but pay mind that they will be completely gone from the city. - Day 443 ( May 4/5 )
- Not but two days later, as the disappearances continue, the Travellers that have vanished will begin to be forgotten by those remaining in the city. It'll be foggy at first, like a distant memory of your childhood rather than having breakfast just the other day, until the missing Traveller's presence in the city has been entirely forgotten. How long this process takes is entirely up to you! It can be immediate, or it can worsen over a matter of days, whatever you'd like.
Characters don't have to be forgotten by all of their CR; the memory loss will affect characters randomly at your leisure, and it will not be permanent! The return of the missing character will bring the memories back into clarity, though whether it happens immediately or gradually over time is up to you.
For now, this only affects in-game memories, and it is not restricted to only the characters that have vanished. Travellers can begin to forget their time in the city, whether it be specific events or menial everyday occurrences. All in-game memories are subject to be forgotten!
Starting during this week, ghosts will also begin appearing throughout Asgard's streets. The Travellers that have died during the opt-out event will return to Asgard as spectres that cannot speak, touch, or otherwise influence anything around them. Their spirits will be trapped between this world and the next; the living Travellers in Asgard will be able to see them, but they will not be able to hear anything the ghosts might say. Any Travellers inside Asgard that die will join them on the other side of the veil to be trapped there for the time being. These ghosts will continue to appear throughout the month as more of their company fall in Ginnungagap. - Day 446 ( May 10/11 )
- By this day, the memory loss will begin to worsen and start affecting canon memories as well. Your character may remember seeing their castmate in Asgard, but may not recall knowing them from home. They might lose memories of their childhood, or forget why it is they wanted to get back there. What exactly they forget is entirely up to you, but the recollection of their canon will become hazy if not outright blank.
This memory loss is not permanent and can return at random, either immediately or gradually, at any point throughout the month.
The volunteer opportunity for original characters will take place during this week. We'll be giving details on what this part of the plot entails in private to any players that volunteer their OCs for this position. Comment to the appropriate top-level below to be included in this plot opportunity! Remember that it is only open to original characters! - Day 450 ( May 18/19 )
- Starting on this day, Travellers will begin to have nightmares at any point that they might sleep, including naps or hiatus comas. Upon waking, the details of these nightmares will be forgotten in full with only the distant memory of pain and absolute terror. The dreams will be short-lived and easy to wake from, but they may happen frequently throughout one evening or not at all the next. How often it happens is up to you!
The volunteer opportunity for characters accepted this month will take place during this week. We'll be giving details on what this part of the plot entails in private to any players that volunteer their newbies for this position. An email will be sent along with acceptance letters inviting our new characters to be included in this opportunity, but if you miss the email and find that you would like to participate later on, please send a PM to the mod account! Remember that this is only open to characters accepted during the month of May! - Day 453 ( May 24/25 )
- The nightmares will begin to worsen: stretching over longer periods of time, becoming harder to wake from, the pain and fear lingering into the waking hours. They will become more vivid as well, bringing to mind images of natural disasters, war, anything destructive ravaging a land that may or may not resemble your own home world. Whether or not it is exactly your canon universe or a vague world that closely resembles it is up to you; they cannot, however, dream of other canon universes being destroyed. These dreams will be easier to remember, though whatever it is in faint memory or stark detail is up to you.
- Day 455 ( May 28/29 )
- Over time, as they are cut off from the realm of the living yet unable to pass into the realm of the dead, the ghosts inhabiting the streets of Asgard may grow restless and agitated. They can gradually start to feel the effects of being displaced from their body and disconnect from their physical existence. The intrusive thoughts of 'why can't they hear me' or 'why won't anyone help me' may start to drive them towards anger or resentment for their current situation. Their energies will be fading and fraying the longer they're caught in this netherworld, pushing them into the makings of a malevolent spirit. However you'd like this to manifest is entirely up to you! But over time, being trapped in the veil may very well drive your character to madness.
- Day 456 ( May 30/31 )
- The very last day of this event, these things will reach an overlapping chaos until its conclusion at the strike of midnight. Regardless of whether your character is alive or dead, awake or asleep, in the city or still missing, all Travellers and natives will share one collective dream. Those that were present for the Bad Moon Rising event may recognise it somewhat; they will find themselves in a wide open space, walking on cold, flat dirt with the faint outline of a grand tree in the distance surrounded by flickering lights.
As they move in any given direction, the ground will begin to crack and split, smoke rising from the surface and the smell of burning wood entering their lungs. The tree will gradually come closer into view, a towering mass of limbs and leaves that stretches across the entirety of your sight as you approach it - but the burning of the ground worsens with each step, and those flickering lights beside the tree are open flames that lick and lash at the tree. The leaves will begin to catch and the flame will spread. The smoke will thicken to near-choking, and just as the heat rises to a near painful point, a familiar voice to some will boom throughout the clearing with a single message:"It won't stop. This is the end."
As the flame swells to engulf the tree and your character both, everyone will simultaneously wake from the dream.
After this point, everyone will be returned to normal. All memories will be restored, all lost Travellers will return to the city, and the deceased will be resurrected through the castle as per usual. An NPC post will go up on June 1, wherein it will be up to the Travellers to determine whether they will admit defeat or fight for their survival.
( Hint: You should probably fight for your survival!! )
Week Two: Days 443-445 / May 4-9
Week Three: Days 446-449 / May 11-17
Week Four: Days 450-452 / May 18-23
Week Five: Days 453-456 / May 24-31
And that's Hell Month in Asgard! Remember, if you participate in this event, you cannot participate in the opt-out event. Sign-ups for both events end on May 1; anyone that has not responded by then will automatically be assigned to remain in Asgard for the month of May. Sign-ups for Something Ominous can be found over here. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments section below!
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