APRIL RUNDOWN + ANNOUNCEMENTS

[asgardmods]

Hey hey, all! Faith here with your April events and a few big announcements about the state of Asgard and the game, so let's get right down to it!

First of all, the results of the magic expansion plot! For those of you that might not have seen it or been able to get involved, the simple summary is that Loki gave Draco Malfoy ( wasthemaster ) a quest to expand the gods' magic outside of the city so that the Travellers could use their House Powers when they leave Asgard. After some struggling and coordination, Draco and several helpful volunteers have succeeded in their mission! This means that House Powers now work outside the city walls. The runes that support this magic signal boost are hidden in various locations and will remain active until such a point they are disrupted or destroyed. Let's keep our fingers crossed that never happens ( and let us know if you want it to )!

Secondly, Asgard is cut off from Utgard as of the conclusion of the Burning Bridges plot. A vast majority of the land between the two kingdoms has been completely coated in a massive wave of ice that is both fatally dangerous and impenetrable. This means that travel between the two cities is impossible and as a direct result of that, Asgard will be entering a supply shortage. This is very important and will impact your characters in a variety of ways, including but not limited to:

• food shortages: without access to the farmland that has been destroyed, there will be less fresh produce on the market. Welcome Houses will have slightly stricter food supplies and restaurants will have to cut back on their menus in some places. It's not quite to the point of rationing, though.
• supply shortages: medical supplies, general household amenities, things of that sort that might be manufactured in Utgard's factories will not be as readily available. This includes things like clothing, soaps, appliances, etc etc. Also not quite to the point of rationing, but enough so that natives will strongly encourage the Travellers to be careful with the supplies they do have.
• black markets and crime: enough of the city has been healed from the Sickness that there's been lower levels of crime running about for awhile now. With the supply shortages, those rates will increase somewhat as people start to panic over whether or not they'll be able to support themselves and others. The black market will start peddling stolen items and cheaply made replacements for Utgard's wares. Nothing incredibly dangerous or overt, but it will be slightly more prevalent than it was before.
• etcetera: anything else you can think of that might come as an after effect of being cut off from their main supply source! If you aren't sure or think it should be noted up here, let us know in the comment section below.

These things will be in effect for the indefinite future, until someone comes up with an idea for how to clear away the ice. We'll keep you updated on any changes; in the meanwhile, start sharpening your mining techniques!

Thirdly, a slight change to curses in the city: retroactively as of A Mother's Lullaby, all curses will no longer be invoked by the gods. The gods do not have the magic to expend on silly pranks or character building exercises; as such, they will not be cursing any of the Travellers themselves for any reason. This doesn't mean that you can't curse your characters though! It simply means that they'll be coming from a different source: Yggdrasil herself. In the same manner that the Grey Sickness came as a burst of rotten magic from the Mother's core, all curses henceforth will be a glitch in the magic that composes your character. You are still free to make your curses whatever you'd like them to be and they are still only allowed to last two OOC weeks, they simply won't come from the gods anymore. If you need any clarification or have any questions, feel free to ask at any time.

Fourth, last month's Holes event introduced singing and speaking flowers! These sentient flowers can be found anywhere there is open soil for them to grow. Thanks to Jax for the suggestion! Remember that we will be introducing a new item or feature from canon worlds every month, so submit your canon features in the appropriate comment section below and track the !holes tag for more information on these plots!

Last but not least, we broke the universe, so we will be making updates to the FAQ and info pages to reflect these changes. Slowly. Very slowly. We broke so many things, it'll take some time to get our facts straight. Please do bear with us as we comb our way through the rubble and try to make things presentable again. If you know of anything in specific that needs updated, please let us know!

And that's it for now! April is really plot heavy, so I'm not going to waste any time getting into it. As always, your calendar is here and you can skip past my rambling to the Fast Facts here!

PLOT EVENT: LOCUSTS! ( Apr. 10-17 / Days 431-434 )

The war-torn land of Yggdrasil has been fraying at the seams for some time now, and the most recent scuffle between the Giants has only helped to fuel its destruction. Things are falling closer and closer into the prophesied collapse of all - now, in a more literal sense.

Day 431 ( Apr. 10/11 )

Any early risers that head outdoors as the sun is rising will find a somewhat strange sight: hundreds of earthworms, scattered all across any available loose earth, squirming around on the ground. What caused them all to dig their way to the surface isn't clear just yet, but they aren't the only creatures behaving a bit strangely today.

Just as the sun breaks the horizon around 7AM, a single stag will come charging through the city coming from the north and heading straight through the Gate of Frost. Mere minutes after that, a whole herd of deer will follow his lead and stampede their way south without care for anyone or anything that might get in their way. Smaller animals like wolves, foxes, rabbits, and the likes will follow at their feet, birds flying overhead in great flocks - all headed the same direction. Any pets or animals within the city will be irritable and anxious, some trying to escape and follow the same path outside and away from Asgard.

In the midst of the mass exodus, the bracelet's SOS function will blare loudly as one of the gods summons the Travellers to the castle.

The Travellers will have less than an hour to get themselves to the heart of the city where natives will already be ushering people indoors with a nervous calm. The whole of the city will be rushing their way through the barrier, and it will be made obvious fairly early on that not everyone can fit inside the castle. Jockey for a safe position and keep a strong hold on your loved ones so that you don't get separated in the chaos, but be fast about it.

After that hour mark, a wave of water will come crashing through the city from the north, flooding the streets at a height of approximately 10ft / 300cm. Anyone not within the castle barrier by that point will either drown or be swept away in a violent current that will carry send their bodies into whatever solid objects might stand in their way. Those safely within the barrier will see Heimdall at the front gate with his hands raised as though pressed against an invisible wall; if they look closely, they will be able to make out all city structures glowing with a faint shimmer - either royal blue, pale green, or amber - before their view is obscured by the water pounding against the barrier. The dome over the castle will be made visible by the flood encapsulating it as it washes anything that wasn't rooted down through the streets. It will be an awesome sight, though grim enough, as nature takes its course through the city.

The flooding will continue for several hours, during which time the Travellers will be largely left to their own devices as they wait out the worst of it. Sigyn, Freyr, and Freya will be going around with castle maids to make sure that no one in harmed and to try to keep people relatively calm. Hel, Fenrir, and Jormungand will be doing their level best to intimidate people into compliance by coordinating the immediate relief efforts that will take place as soon as they are able to leave. This means that, for the few hours it takes for the flood to die down, the castle will be largely unmonitored as the gods try to minimise the damage.

We will need three volunteers to be jerks and take advantage of this opportunity. These volunteers will be breaking into Odin's office to find a vital piece of plot information, so only sign up for this position if your character is willing to not only risk the gods' ire but is invasive enough to break into the private quarters of the fallen King. They will also have to be willing to share this information, as it will tie into another plot for next month. Details of what they'll find will be given to the chosen volunteers in private. Sign-ups for this volunteer position will close April 6 and will be decided, as always, by RNG.

After the worst of the flooding passes, the residents of Asgard will be free to return to their homes. There will still be a foot of water to wade through, but it will be slow moving and relatively harmless. Thanks to Thor, Baldr, and Loki's protection spells, all buildings will still be structurally sound, if not wholly intact. Glass panes may be shattered and wooden doors may be splintered; anything that wasn't firmly tied down may be displaced somewhere down the road or otherwise destroyed. But for the most part, the damage is minimal. Now just to do something about this pesky water ...

Day 432 ( Apr. 12/13 )

By now, the floodwater has lowered to a scant inch or two, leaving the city streets littered with debris but otherwise safe for travel. Natives will be setting up booths to help coordinate the return of lost possessions or missing pets, reporting any property damage, and recovering any bodies of those that might not've made it to the castle in time. Travellers are welcome and encouraged to assist in the relief efforts. There will be district clean-up sign-ups below, but these are not mandatory to get involved, they're more of a way to see who will be in your district to make plotting easier.

Later in the day, while everyone is still trying to rid the streets of the lingering water and put everything back to rights, the first survivors of the flood will begin trickling into the waterlogged city. Outlying villages and encampments were destroyed in the disaster and are now seeking refuge with their gods in the capitol. Despite the stress Asgard is already under with the supply shortage and the damage from the flood, the Prince Regent will not deny his citizens the aid they require and will welcome them into the city until they can revive the land to health.

Days 433-434 ( Apr. 14-17 )

Relief efforts will now be split into two different areas: recovering the city and creating space for the new arrivals. The natives will need help setting up temporary housing, like filtering families into unused housing and setting up tents for the remaining numbers. They will need to ration out food and general camping supplies, and when Asgard is currently in a supply shortage, making ends meet will be a bit of a struggle. We would really love to see some player created groups banding together to do this! Things like donation collections or fostering an NPC or anything at all, you guys should work together to help facilitate the arrival of these refugees and their temporary(?) stay within the city.

On the other side of relief efforts will be cleaning up the streets, boarding up broken windows, things like that. Sigyn will be working to rebuild the wall and could use some assistance in not only construction but the magic of her barrier as well. More player coordination here will help put things back to rights, so if your character has an idea of what they can do to help, please comment below to start up some relief projects! It'll basically be two days of everyone trying to dig themselves out of the mess and get settled again.

OPT-OUT EVENT: The Soothsayers' Silence ( Apr. 14-19 / Days 433-435 )

As we recognise that not everyone wants to stick around for yet another rebuilding of the city, we also have another bit of plot available in an opt-out event. Note that this only covers the last two days of the plot event; all characters that go on this trip instead will still be in the city for the flood itself!

Day 433 ( Apr. 14/15 )

Those of you that were around for the Nature and Nurture event may see a few familiar faces amidst the refugees. Most of the Asgardian hippies will have died in the flood, but the Loljesker's warnings were heard by enough to help them escape the worst of it. They will be tired, grieving, but most of all, they will be panicked. They will speak of the mirror's collapse, the loss of reflection, and a deep rooted emptiness. Their babblings will make little sense to most anyone, but they are adamant in their confused distress, causing quite the commotion until one of the gods come to settle affairs. Freyr will listen closely to their words and decipher the messages lost within their despair.

The Loljesker warned them of something happening to Mirror Lake, and all was lost to the waters.

What exactly this means in plain terms, however, is a mystery. The young god will discuss matters with his sister before bringing it to the Prince Regent, and they will all three agree that perhaps a trip out to the Lake is in order. Any Travellers able and willing to go on a bit of a journey will be given instructions on how to reach Mirror Lake from Asgard. Pack an overnight kit for this one, as it will take some time to wade through the flood-ravaged land. The first day's travel will be fairly uneventful, largely spent sloughing through mud and collapsed woods. As soon as they come across a dry enough clearing, they should lay down their pallets for the night and do their best to keep warm.

Day 434 ( Apr. 16/17 )

As they continue on in early morning, their path will take them past the hippie camp that is now only strips of fabric and scattered belongings; the Loljesker's forest is near completely uprooted, and no tittering will be heard throughout the entirety of the Travellers' walk past this grim scene. Several hours after that, when the sun is already beginning to make its way down to the horizon, they will come across a vast expanse of nothing. They are not lost, however; they followed Freyr and Freya's instructions to the tee. It's simply as the frenzied Asgardians foretold, Mirror Lake is completely gone.

In its place is a seemingly bottomless pit that stretches several hundred feet across - the exact diameter of Mirror Lake. Peering into the sinkhole, the Travellers will find only an endless darkness and an empty silence. The Lake, as most things in this world, held a very unique magic that would show one's true reflection, speaking of truths otherwise lost to the nether. If a Traveller had looked into its waters, they would have seen themselves staring back but in the backdrop of their home world, their true place in the threads of existence. Now, however, there is only darkness.

It will almost be compelling to give the emptiness your attention, a sort of magnetic drag towards the edges of the sinkhole. Staring into the depths for too long will bring bone-creeping chill and a profound sense of loss, as though something very precious to them had been taken - though what, exactly, is not clear. If one happened to slip from the brink as they are lured to the darkness, however, things might become a bit more clear.

Falling into the sinkhole will kill your character. Death will not be immediate, though. The Lake speaks of truths lost to the nether; the fall will seem endless, as though suspended in time and place despite the distinct feeling of a drop, and down here, you will not be alone. Those that fall in will be given waking visions of home, just as they would've in the waters, but now there is darkness swallowing the light. They will see their worlds in ruin, burning in wildfire or ravaged by warfare, torn apart by plagues and disasters or simply collapsing into itself like a folding house of cards. Whatever form it takes, these visions will be nightmarish glimpses of the complete destruction of their home world. It will last no longer than five minutes in reality, but to the Traveller experiencing it, it may feel like hours or even days during which they fall into nothing. At its end, they will wake in the castle by the standard means of resurrection, and they will remember every second of their fall.

Back on the surface, once the Travellers have tired of being sapped of warmth and happiness and hearing their fallen friends' screams, they will opt not to linger in this madness for longer than is necessary to agree there is no hope for salvaging this area. They will head right back the way they came, making camp in the hippies' ruins for the night to think on their experiences.

Day 435 ( Apr. 18/19 )

The trip back to Asgard will be equally uneventful, though their numbers are fewer and the ground more solid from the drying water. By their return, the refugee camps will have been built just outside of Asgard's gates and natives will be attempting to find a means of living in these dire times. If the Travellers seek out the hippies to speak to them of their discovery, they will find their mellow friends lost too deeply into their own minds for conversation. Reflecting on oneself for two long can very well lead to madness. Better, perhaps, to simply forget what they saw ...

SPECIAL EVENT: Almost Useful ( Apr. 22/23 / Day 437 )

This one will be a player driven plot headed by one Sam Winchester ( smartwinchester ), who has been speaking with the gods of how to help them during this time of trial. It will be a very simple event that establishes a few new facts about magic in this world. It will also come with a bit of a unexpected twist.

Day 437 ( Apr. 22/23 )

After giving some consideration to the nature of their bonds with their patron deities, Sam will post to the network supposing a theory: if the gods can feed magic into the Travellers to give them their House Powers, perhaps, then, the Travellers can feed magic back into the gods. They have been under great duress both with Odin's collapse and the most recent disasters in the kingdom, even the smallest bit of a boost may make a difference.

Using the same runes from Draco's magic expansion plot, Travellers will be advised to draw the personalised god runes for their patron deity somewhere on their bodies in runic ink, anywhere it might not be disrupted or broken. For the duration of this day, every time the Travellers use any form of magic - be it House Powers or other runic magic - the god rune will glow faintly in the colour of their patron. The energy they pour into their magic will travel along the bond to their god and give them something of an energy shot, just the slightest lift in their strength and energy.

However, performing this transfer comes at a cost. The more magic performed, the more the Travellers will be drained of their own energy in a nearly euphoric way. The exhaustion will come in a vague sense of warmth and affection ( as it is, after all, the spirit of the Mother that gives the gods their magic ), as the need for a nice cup of their favourite cocoa, or perhaps a comfortable nap in the sunlight, or maybe even a profession of love.

Yes, we're giving you an ecstasy curse. As the Travellers grow more and more tired, they will grow more and more inclined to cuddle up with someone they care about and sleep off the exhaustion. This is generally harmless and will not be an extreme; it will not create feelings of love where there are none and it will not encourage them to do the nasty or anything like that. It's more simplistic than that, a base sort of love that comes in simple touches or a spoken word of love.

Anyone participating in this event is more than welcome to vary up the way this manifests in their characters, but by the end of the day, all Travellers using the transfer will be taking a collective nap for a few hours. When they wake, the euphoric effects will be gone and the god runes will no longer be active. Fingers crossed no one came across them cuddling with their best friend!

FAST FACTS

PLOT EVENT: LOCUSTS! ( Apr. 10-17 / Days 431-434 )

• Day 431 ( Apr. 10/11 ): Early in the morning, hundreds of animals will stampede their way through the city coming from the Gate of Fire and leaving through the Gate of Frost. Pets and other animals within the city will attempt to join them. An SOS message will summon the Travellers to the castle for protection as a flood washes through the city. Anyone that does not reach the castle within an hour will die. Anything not rooted down may be swept through the city. The flood lasts a few hours and then the Travellers will be free to go.
• Day 432 ( Apr. 12/13 ): While Asgard is in the middle of its repairs, survivors of the flood from outlying villages will come to the city for aid. Thor will welcome them into their ward.
• Day 433-434 ( Apr. 14-17 ): Half of the city will work on rebuilding damages structures while the other half works on building refugee camps for the survivors. Travellers will have to work with them to clothe and feed these new arrivals in the middle of a food shortage.

OPT-OUT EVENT: The Soothsayers' Silence ( Apr. 14-19 / Days 433-435 )

• Day 433 ( Apr. 14/15 ): Some of the hippies from the Nature and Nurture event will arrive bearing cryptic and foreboding messages. Freyr and Freya with Thor's permission will send some Travellers to investigate Mirror Lake. After travelling through flooded ruins for a few hours, they will make camp wherever they find a dry enough stretch of land.
• Day 434 ( Apr. 16/17 ): They will pass the hippie encampment to find it ruined and all Loljesker vanished from their ruined forests. Travelling on, they will come across a bottomless pit where Mirror Lake used to be. They will be drawn towards the edge and given chills and a vague yet profound sense of loss. Anyone that falls into the pit will be caught in freefall and given visions of their home world's destruction for a seemingless indeterminate amount of time before dying and resurrecting in the castle. The remaining Travellers will leave and make camp at the hippie ruins.
• Day 435 ( Apr. 18/19 ): The Travellers will arrive back in Asgard to find the refugee camps already set up. Speaking to the hippies about what they saw will be impossible, as they have fallen into their own madness.

SPECIAL EVENT: Almost Useful ( Apr. 22/23 / Day 437 )

• Day 437 ( Apr. 22/23 ): Sam Winchester will advise the city to draw the personalised god rune of their patron deity somewhere on their body. For this day, any magic used will feed energy back into the gods. Transferring energy this way will exhaust the Travellers with euphoric effects. They will feel inclined to stay close to the things and people they love before falling into a deep sleep for a few hours. Euphoric effects and the god runes will all stop after waking.

And that's it for the month of April! We hope you guys enjoy this month of chaotic nonsense. Remember to fill out your AC and never trust anything Vince Vaughn tells you. These are dangerous times, my friends. Let us know if you have any questions / comments / concerns / dirty jokes!

Comments

YUUSUKE SAGAMI

[not_sasuke]

LOCUSTS

He is dragging his cat and snake buddies with him to the shelter because when animals start fleeing it is time to start worrying. I've signed him up for breaking into Odin's room, but that will be left to the magical RNG so it is of course too early to say much on that. Hypothetically though, that annoying trollish anon may be making a return. We'll see!

SOOTHSAYER'S SILENCE

Assuming there are no consequences from the locusts event to prevent him from going along, he is totally joining this nature trip, even if it's still awful. Cities, man. They're annoying. Debating having him fall into the hole, though if that is the case someone may need to console his panicked cat and bring him along home again. Yuusuke will appreciate it.

ALMOST USEFUL

By this point he will hopefully have realized how dire the situation is and grudgingly go along with the plot for the sake of rescuing his world (especially if he falls in the hole and witnesses his world's potential destruction). He'd be kind of catty about the whole affectionate cuddling thing; verbally pushing people while nudging up closer right before falling asleep. He will probably be curled up with his cat in particular, but if some of his CR would like to nap with him I'm open to that!

[truegood]

HERMIONE: I'M THINKING she is going to end up dying for this event, during the flood. Trying to get everyone she knows locked up safe and secure while helping strangers lends itself to her forgetting that she has to be safe as well - so that might happen! During "Almost Useful" I imagine she'll be back and cozying up to anyone/everyone who lives in Gryffindor house. Look forward to that, friends.

JOEL: is greyish until I sort things out, bit I plan to have him back for events! He'll keep Ellie safe and I've signed him up to take part in the break-in plot, so we'll see how that goes. Otherwise, he'll be his usual grouch self - and he's way, way too used to rations to care. Plus he's a pro at the black market now.

MARIAN: will get her ark of animals (two nugs + a dog) safe before she gets herself secure and makes sure her friends are all accounted for. after that maker knows; she'll help the people she can and do whatever she can to set herself up as a beacon of helping or w/e. it's what she does.

RENLY: will hide with loras AND RUE YOU ALL

[realmenknitplushies]

Just throwing some basics out for Kanji as still technically on hiatus but want to get some thoughts down while this is all still new and fresh and all the rest of it!
As he's coming back from an incident where he'll basically have been going 'whoa, is this a dream, cool' to something his friends were trying to actively work out, he is going to be very much driven to Do Things and Be Useful, or that's the plan. So he may well be going out and throwing himself into harm's way in order to keep people safe during the flood? Possibly even a death...
And he'll be staying in the city for the repair work, out of a sense of duty and that he has to prove himself. Plus, level 3 drawing life? Going to be very useful with supplies wrecked.
Not sure about the thing with the runes. Going to have to think on stuff more.

Turlough & Dr. Whale

[ex_galvanist88]

Turlough will be around for the first bit of the locusts plot but then nope, he's going to Mirror Lake because though he'll never admit it, he liked the hippies and his hallucinosheep and then whoops, he will not have a good time. He might die because he hasn't died yet and this is just not his past few months, isn't it. During the Almost Useful plot, he'll be painting a rune but won't get that snuggly as he has body control, it's not entirely that useful.

Whale will be helping to rebuild the city and bitching and moaning about it for the next few days of Locust Plot. (He also may or may not be breaking into Odin's office, the gods of RNG will see to that) Anyway, his homesickness has been ranked up to like eleven, y'all. He might almost get run over by a deer because that amuses me. Finally, Whale'll also participate in the Almost Useful plot and be annoyingly snuggly.

[cyan_maid]

LOCUSTS!

Nothing special really, Jane gets into the castle, hides with everyone else, watches Asgard turn into Atlantis for a while. No big.

The Soothsayers' Silence

Sending Jane on the trip, because while rebuilding is important, she has an itch to see what's got these hippies all a babble. Contemplating letting her fall into the abyss, she hasn't had a death yet. Anybody want to fail in trying to keep her from falling in?

[beforethewar]

Eight: Hey guys! To celebrate being in this game for a year with Eight, I've decided it's TORTURE EIGHT MONTH! (Okay, no not really. I just felt like torturing him this month and then remembered it'll be my one-year anniversary.)

Not at first, though. The Locusts event will go pretty smoothly for him. I don't have much in the way of specific plans, other than helping people and saving folks if they need saving. The only pet in the house is Clem's kitten, so he'll help her keep an eye on the little thing to make sure it doesn't join the other animals.

Since Faith says that there's time for our characters to do both events, I'm going to be sending Eight off with the hippies and do the Almost Useful plot. Well, since last April's event had Eight getting a vision of the destruction of Gallifrey, why not have a little symmetry and throw him down the hole so he can see it all over again this April?

This being his third death, I'm bringing out the big guns of death penalties. Well, the semi big guns. Eight's losing some of his hearing. Not a complete disaster, because I won't be making him completely deaf (because, dude, only the third death, not the fifth or anything), but it is pretty devastating when you consider that he's a music teacher at Snape's school. He's going to be keeping tight-lipped about this, however. He doesn't want to lose this job that he loves, and he can sort of still hear.

As for the Almost Useful event, the only thing that makes it torture for him is the fact that he'll have this huge want to be holding the one he loves, but his fiancee just disappeared. So, while it's not so much the kind of torture that watching the destruction of Gallifrey and dying would be, but it will be a bit of salt on his broken heart. Not that he'll let on to most people, except maybe needing a hug from his big bro.

Hawkeye: A lot of this depends on if his potential castmates get in. (Though I don't think it's likely that they won't.) Since he'll be having some of his 4077 buddies here, he'll be rather protective of all of them, and will try to get them through the troubles ahead in the Locusts event. He doesn't really have any animals or possessions that will be in danger, so all his effort will be helping his friends and anyone else who needs helping.

After that, I'm not going to be putting him in the hippie plot. He just wouldn't be very interested in leaving the city at the moment. Plus, I'll probably be super busy between torturing Eight and backtags from the first event. (Not too busy to thread something out if you want, though! Poke me anyway, we'll work it out.)

Being a healer, Hawk's always using his power, so he'll have a huge case of the cuddles. One problem with that is that he's kind of got a thing for an almost married woman. On the other hand, the woman he's been closest to (and had a night of passion with) will have just arrived in Asgard. Only question is: Will Margaret cuddle back, or will she smack the crap out of him again?

Annie: Annie's going to have a bout of sudden usefulness! She has Growth, which means while she might not be able to make as much as the farmland outside Asgard used to make, she can make something. I'll toss her at that plotting thread in a sec, but, yes...if we have the seeds, she can help them grow pretty quickly. This will also probably spur her on to start on her plan to grow her own tea plants. Especially if there's a chance of a tea shortage. OH HELL NO! There will be no cutting down on tea, thankyouverymuch.

I haven't really decided on whether to send her off with the hippies. I might not, but if I've got nothing going with her at the time, I might. She's a bit of a homebody, so traveling isn't exactly something she's longing to do.

Thanks to the plant growing plans, she'll probably be feeling cuddly, but like Eight, she doesn't exactly have anyone to be loving to besides being a bit more huggy with her housemates. Though...if someone has the urge to come be cuddly with her, I'd be up for it. (Not that there are too many characters who know her very well yet, and thus probably won't be very many who consider her a "loved one".) She's a very affectionate person, so it's not like she'd turn down a cuddle.

...holy crap, that was long... Sorry!

[becauseichooseto]

Well! Nugs problem solved. He's going to be a mite upset about having his radio station ruined because a) Romana and he set it up, b) things he owns getting destroyed will remind him of the Collection. But he'll endure and clean up. And will probably help Jamie with the setting up an arboretum type dealie, if that's all right, as he's quite good and will have no issues with the black market.

As at least two Doctors are heading out and Brax is good at organising things anyway, he'll probably deal with relief efforts rather than go anywhere.

Brax will probably be using his powers anyway to get the locals back into a reasonably chilled state, so why not rune it? He'll be super beyond chilled, take naps in awkward places and be huggy and 'I love you' all over the place. And then nap time. I think it'd be funny if he wound up doing this in someone else's bed, so volunteers?

Robb / Bucky

[needsnoheadsman]

Robb will be dragging Grey Wind and the rest of his family plus any other stragglers along to the palace. He'll be that one dumbass who makes sure all of them are safe first before rushing back in there to bring in more people, gdi. He's going to be helping with relief efforts and at some point will be finding a place to stay during all this, so hey, bright spot in all the suckage. And then after that, he's going be seeking out his loved ones to cuddle with. Stark cuddlepiles yes.

Bucky will also be a stupid dumbass who drags as many people as he can to the palace and then comes back for more. He'll be joining the relief efforts afterwards, helping rebuild damaged structures, and then he'll come along to the Mirror Lake thing. And probably die for the destructive visions he's going to get because he's had it easy for long enough. Once he gets back to the city he'll also be joining the cuddle parade, woo.

hallie ›› bones

[sufferably]

›› LOCUSTS
› bones will probably just hightail it to the castle and encourage everyone else to do the same.
› when the refugees arrive, he will work on setting up a health check-in to ensure that the conditions for the arrivals don't get any worse. i am very open to anyone and everyone helping with that, no matter what their skill-set! he'd personally be up for teaching people basic first aid if they needed it, and the thing will also need organizing and running. and i'd love love love to coordinate with the established health/medic groups in game, too! he will also probably work too damn hard so if any cr wants to hang out make sure he gets food on a regular basis that'd be swell.
› he'll be staying in asgard through days 433-434, and will probably help with repairs to sigyn district and others.

›› ALMOST USEFUL
› since he's slowly getting less incredibly paranoid about magic, i'm going to have him draw a rune for this. i would really love to play with euphoric effects, as it'll be one of the only times he'll be generally cheerful. there should be lots of hugs and cuddle piles, you guys. just, all over the place.

[freezerburned]

Isaac
Locusts If Scott tries to save people, then Isaac will to. Most of his concern will be about forcing his friends to safety, but he'll definitely help out others as well c:

Other Stuff I may opt out of Silence just so that I can focus on getting my bearings back together- it depends on what happens, really, but if anyone wants to plot then I'm all for that! Additionally, I want all of the sleepy cuddles.


Gerome
Locusts His main concern will be getting Henry safe, but Gerome will also be focused on the other people as well. He's still a soldier of sorts, and he'll put other people before himself- possibly resulting in staying outside and drowning or losing his armor somehow :c Someone might want to save him!

Everything else again, potentially opting out of silence, but I think he definitely is going to use the Almost Useful plot- maybe for some good heart to hearts with Henry or something. Other people are welcome to plot with him too! c:

Desmond Miles

[familyissues]

Pre-and-after flood depending on how the wild animal situation goes, Desmond and a couple buds are going to be hunting game for extra noms, with much of what Desmond kills going to the soup kitchen in Sigyn that Merlin is going to set up.

Locusts

Desmond will be scurrying to the castle and helping people along the way, so if your character needs a hand, please let me know! I might toss him into the theft plot but we will see. Otherwise he's going to be keeping tabs on friends and fam while the flood hits.

Soothsayer's Silence

All right yes hippies and oh gosh no how depressing. Enjoy seeing Mr Optimist get horribly depressed once they get to the lake. :C

Almost Useful

BUT he's going perk up with a chance to return a little magic to Sigyn. There will be practicing with rune magic, yessss. Anyone up for a bread bonanza?

[extraordinarie]

I'm technically on hiatus for the entire month of April (starting the 6th), but both Jo and Kate are on autopilot so handwaving will be done! That, and if there are specific things you'd like to play out let me know and I can find a way to backdate and play with you. c:

James is technically going to be grey for April, but I s2g if you people don't assume that stag on day 431 is James he's no longer your friend. So the restless animals will have to be taken care of by his housemates! Sorry y'all. c:

Kate will be doing a lot of ushering, and a lot of ignoring Castle and telling him she'll get inside when she can but first she has to help everyone else. At the last minute Castle will probably drag her inside, which will then lead her into a major THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE OUT THERE WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. Hi relief efforts how are you. She's going to be really involved with that, and once everyone's out and the refugees are flooding in, she's probably going to be doing her best to help everywhere.

But specifically Kate is probably going to try and see who out of The Guard will want to help Sigyn rebuild the wall. She'll be more than happy to help with the power transfer, so Castle is gonna get some snuggling in. c:

Jo is going to be a little shit when she gets into the castle cause she can. She can. Beyond that she's going to be sticking only to those she's got an invested interest in- close CR, family, etc will be her top priority when it comes to getting in and out of the castle. Most of her efforts afterward are going to be Thor-centered, because that's where her bar is and her home, but she'll be more than happy to house a bunch of freaking people in both. Chances are she's going to try and find bigger families/units who wouldn't be able to stay together otherwise.

Maglor | Silmarillion

[bythewaves]

Locusts
Gonna give him a break this month and he will make it to safety if only because he has people to worry about and who will worry about him now. He'll probably help out with reconstruction etc - maybe I'll give him some littlies he can sing lullabies to or something bitty!Elrond makes him nostalgic

Opt Out/Almost Useful
He's staying this time - too much rebuilding, and he's got nothing that he wants to see outside, but since he'll be using his powers like he did after the earthquake... SURE lets do runes. Anyone want to cuddle with the normally very formal and polite elf?

Big!Alice

[digophelia]

LOCUSTS??!!?
Alice is really, really attached to her dog; she'd feel terrible if Koyuki ran off because Mr. Graham is a nice person, if not possibly mad. AHEM. She'll help round up animals because she's the type to do such a thing, so if you need any help, Alice is game.

SOOTHSAYER'S SILENCE
Since Alice is the type to roll with the people she knows best, she may go, depending on who goes. But for the most part, Alice has been leery of going anywhere since Alfheim. This is not news and water is wet. It just really depends on what happens on my end.

ALMOST USEFUL
AHAHA. You can try. Emphasis on try. Although some people may scoot by without Alice deciding to be a plank.

Little!Alice or other children can possibly get away with cuddling Alice here, but she'll be extremely awkward about it. Just run it by me, because the potential of Alice smacking you is pretty high. Although if you want to get pummeled by Alice, there's that. You want a short person pummeling you for hugging her? Sure, you do.

[looseshackles]

LOCUSTS / SOOTHSAYER'S SILENCE: For the first part, Morgiana is going to be helping to lead people to safety, relying on her speed to do so. If anyone wants her help she will jump at the chance. Afterwords she'll be joining the group for the opt-out event and she'll be avoiding falling down that pit okay okay.

ALMOST USEFUL: She'll go along with the rune business because if it means being helpful she will do it. So hugs will most likely happen around her. Yep.

Malekith ; MCU

[theaccursed]

Locusts: As much as Malekith with loathe to go somewhere like an Asgardian castle, he is not fool enough to disregard the obvious warning signs of something weird happening. Expect him to irate and generally unhelpful. I'm sure there will be a certain kind of satisfaction he'll take in the flooding while it's happening, though, but of course Asgard isn't falling. It never falls.

After the flooding, he'd probably return to Hel District, but will be taking minimal, if any part in any clean up effort.

Almost Useful: I'm not interested in having Malekith participate in it, but am not at all opposed to having him interact with someone who is because, let's be real, it would be weird for all parties. Let's talk!

Ril & Margaret (hopefully)

[sheloves]

PLOT EVENT: LOCUSTS! ( Apr. 10-17 / Days 431-434 )
Ril and potentially Margaret if she gets in; will plot with ideas, anyway

Day 431 ( Apr. 10/11 ): Ril will help others get to the castle and get there with, eh, fifteen minutes to spare. Margaret will almost not make it to the castle and have to book it like a crazy woman. She may or may not have been trying to free a puppy.Shut up, she likes puppies.
Day 432 ( Apr. 12/13 ): Ril, as usual, will do everything she can to help. Margaret will do what she can to help the refugees, as well.
Day 433-434 ( Apr. 14-17 ): Ril will help with the city rebuilding/cleaning, and fixing people up. Margaret will be herself and get busy organizing everyone and everything in her path.

SPECIAL EVENT: Almost Useful ( Apr. 22/23 / Day 437 )
Day 437 ( Apr. 22/23 ): Ril - Surgery and cuddles. Everywhere cuddles. Your lap is not safe. She may have to have someone else draw the god rune on her somewhere on her body where it won't rub off. Anyone's fair game, but Six will get most of it once Hawkeye shoves her home, no doubt. Margaret will be using her transfer power for healing support, mostly, and someone will have to tag her with her god rune or something. She'll probably wind up cuddling with Hawkeye and eventually crash, and deny everything later.

[exiling]

LOCUSTS;

Dany will be making her way to the castle all safe, (likely auto-piloting Barristan along) helping out natives get to safety too and later bumping into people in the palace if you would like! For later in the event she'll be helping out with the medical side of relief efforts.

ALMOST USEFUL;

Magic still is weird and potentially awful, but things are escalating so she would go along with this. Hit me uppppp.

[dishonouring]

Locusts!!!!!111one

Moran will probably see the stampede as a great hunt and make an attempt to do that, but he won't be fool enough to stay. He'll make it to the castle. He will refuse to help out with much of anything later on because he's Moran. He'll roll his eyes and begrudingly bring Tibbles the cat along. Why hasn't he tried to pass Tibbles off onto one of the Moriartys yet anyway?

Rory will be very displeased with the fact that his dog will be making an attempt to join the other animals. Because of this, he'll be busy trying to round her up, so he won't reach the castle within the hour. Guys. Rory is going to die. again. If he's revived before the end of the event, he'll want to try to help with the refugee portion of things.

Jorah will make it to the castle quickly and efficiently, thank you very much. He'll probably help along the way and help with the rebuilding effort later on.

Almost Useful

Moran genuinely only loves his guns and is useless in this situation.

Rory is going to be awkward about it unless you're his wife, but it's for a good cause, right?

Jorah lmao no excuse him he's just going to lock himself up and try not to think of it good day sir it doesn't matter how dire the situation is sorry. (hit me up)

[infomodder]

for the food shortage will is going to suggest resorting to cannibalism the people in baldr at a certain level can regenerate this is not a crazy idea it's helpful and efficient

j/k

OKAY FOR REAL

LOCUSTS

He actually has this enormous issue with stags back home so it would be awesome if someone (anyone, really) dragged him to the castle before he just stood there and got taken out by the flood and didn't even realize it was happening this is nightmare fuel for him okay. Just grab him by the arm and pull him along, he'll get back with it. He has no problem with waterlogged bodies, so he could help out there, and hell yeah he'd be all over finding other people's pets. Especially dogs.

ALMOST USEFUL

He's going to do the runic thing and he's too unstable to snuggle with anyone but his dogs. He'll probably be stuck in his room in Sigyn because what is this feeling this is new and alarming but if anyone wants to drop him a line and pluck him away from said dogs then yes, good. Awkward hugging or sitting in his lap because that's not terrifying at all and possibly end up covered in dog hair while he's totally traumatized because it's something like happiness and that is really the worst thing in the world. Really.

[bonnypiperlad]

Locusts!:

Jamie will be trying to see about getting the horses he works with to safety, which may result in him needing to get them out of the stables in time and cutting things a little close when it comes to the flood. But he'll get in, and after spend time helping to rebuild.

He'll also be trying to set up some vegetable gardens to help some with the food shortage, more than likely as a direct result of the refugee's arrival and rebuilding efforts.


Almost Useful:

He will putting on a rune, running around a lot to try and see if it works and therefore cuddling with Clara and probably Eleven by the end of things (and possibly Two?) but may wind up draping himself on other Doctors and whoever else he happens to come across in the meantime because he fails at personal space on a normal day...and this really isn't going to help matters there much. LETS CUDDLE.

Oh, and at some point he might be around 4 inches tall, if I can figure out a good place to get that to happen. So that may be a possibility as well.

[adjunct]

LOCUSTS: Neville will be using growth to help feed people after the flood! Get used to fruits, grains, veggies and tubers, everybody. Also he will probably volunteer to help build/rebuild but tbh don't trust his clumsy ass with anything or it'll all fall down around your ears.

ALMOST USEFUL: Also doing this. He's pretty cuddly even without magical help, so if anybody wants to get hugged without asking for it, Neville is your man. Unless you're a death eater!!!

Hamel and Mikazuki Shinonome

[abhero]

HAMEL

Locusts: Signed him up for the break in, because come on like he’d miss a chance to loot something.

Soothsayer’s silence: Yeah like hell he’s gonna help rebuilding. He will probably fall into the hole and die. He’ll see visions of his dear daddy breaking out of Pandora’s Box and destroying his world and then he’ll feel guilty about not being there and everything will be terrible.

Almost useful: After seeing visions in the hole, he will definitely help. He will be really nasty about cuddling though.

Also, he’ll be involved with the black market. Fuck yeah making profit over people in crisis.

MIKAZUKI

For now I don’t really have plans for the first events other than… being around doing stuff. Will probably send him on the trip but haven’t decided if he’d die yet.

Almost useful: He will draw a rune. And then will be really-really battle crazy because that’s what happens when he’s ecstatic. Will probably punch someone before cuddling. That’s how he shows affection really.

Ellie

[tonsofpun]

LOCUSTS
Ellie will flip her shit when everything starts going down, and will have a hell of a time coaxing Callus to follow her to the castle. Callus is a very huge, very strong brown horse. Though he's steady and terribly loyal to Ellie, he will be attempting to follow the stampede.

If she doesn't get some serious help, she's probably going to lose him. :( Help? (Especially from anyone with Body Control or the like.)


ALMOST USEFUL
Ellie's going to be very, very deep in this event, and though she'll probably stick close to Riley and her makeshift "family", if anyone wants a one-time shot at a full-on Ellie hug (without the prerequisite of dying) then pop on in here and lemme know. I'll make it happen.

Latroma

[alternia_strength]

Locusts:

Currently leaning towards a straight opt-in. Both Samantha and Equius have already seen the near total destruction of their worlds, even if Sam's was a misunderstanding, and Kin simply doesn't care. The visions won't help.

Sam and Equius will both be involved in the relief efforts, out and about. I'll be looking for threads for them to pop into.

Almost Useful:

Sam:
-This one's available to specific parts of her core CR, namely people she's been trying to snag a relationship with. She'd be really uncomfortable snuggling with Eridan like this, so I'll probably try and do something amusing with them the day before. First dibs go to either Asuka or Elsa, but if you've got an interesting idea you want to play up? Lemme know.

Equius:
-First dibs to Kaworu or Nepeta, but I'm open to ideas here. Could be fun.

Kin:
-Opting out. Nah. She's not the helpful type.