Player Plot Request

[bravenewmods]

6/11: With the debut of the new map, expeditions to explore new areas will be limited. To encourage group exploration, only one proposal will be accepted every two weeks. ICly, exploration of new areas is too dangerous for the Council to allow multiple forays simultaneously. Additionally, you may not lead more than one expedition if you've already done one.

Players may request information for their own plots here. Players are highly encouraged to plan their plots using the Plotting comm first. Groups seeking events should elect a single player to act as the primary plot contact. We also strongly recommend keeping the number of involved players smaller or breaking larger plots into multiple logs to aid in log completion.

When requesting a plot, please fill out the form below:

<span style="font-family:calibri; font-size:13px;"><b>Participating Players:</b> <b>Participating Characters:</b> <b>Requested Plot:</b> (Please be specific - where are you going, what are you hoping to accomplish, and how are you going to do it?)</span>

The following information is for player plots with multiple people:

The moderators will respond to the post after reviewing the request. If approved, the mod team will respond to the request with an approval, and send a private message to the journal used to request the event with a basic outline of what will happen, what will be encountered, and what rewards will become available to the characters upon completion of the plot. The requesting player will have the power to move the plot along in the actual log, and run any NPCs that may be necessary. This responsibility can be shared among the other players at their discretion, the moderators will not typically run any of these plots. However, we do reserve the right to take over a plot if characters are getting close to a major plot point we wanted to unveil, and we also reserve the right to ask questions and request clarification of plots, as well as deny them if we don't feel they're appropriate or properly presented. We will, however, do our best to work with everyone so they can move their plots to a satisfying conclusion.

When the plot log has been completed, reply to the plot approval with a link to the finished log. The moderators will then respond with the full rewards (which can include extra levels, resources, special items, and the ability to bond with Pokémon, among other things). Rewards will not be granted until the log is finished.

When posting a log, please use the below format. All logs should be posted in the standard IC comm (bravenewworld)

<span style="font-family:calibri; font-size:13px;"><b>Log Deputy:</b> (Handles, links to journals and contact info are all advised here. If you have multiple, include everyone) <b>Log Deputy Schedule:</b> (Optional, you may delete if desired. Include when you expect to be around and available to tag to help the log reach proper conclusion. Be sure to include timezone!) <b>Participating Characters:</b> (If you have multiple teams, it's good to specify. If there are multiple Log Deputies working with different teams, it's also good to specify who is in charge of which team) <b>Plot Description:</b> (Short description of the plot, who's doing this, why are they doing this, what are they trying to accomplish) Warnings/Notes: (Special warnings or notes in case sensitive subject matter or odd things will occur)</span>

The following information is for solo player plots:

If you would like to have a solo player plot concerning something relating to personal character growth, we will speak personally with you to talk about how things should go. At the moment, the mods will help run these.

Open Sidequests:

The following are open sidequests that can be embarked upon by all players. Players are responsible for setting them up and completing them as any normal player plots, but these will potentially help advance the plot and open up new areas and Pokemon. Sidequest objectives may also tie into proposed player plots, depending on the circumstances.

Map Exploration
The signal range of the Warp Bands has been greatly expanded! There are many new areas out there to explore...

This objective is currently in-progress.

NAVIGATION >>

Comments

[tracedarte]

Participating Players: As many who are willing! Specifically those taking interest in this plotting post, and other on Plurk.
Participating Characters: Same as above.
Requested Plot:

Around May 15-20 the Fabres will be hosting a Spring Gala for Madame Fabre's birthday. It's something that takes place every year and all of noble blood are invited for ballroom dancing, fine dining, and fireworks. The guarding around the Fabre manor will be lax due to the party (drunk guards ahoy) and the earthquakes taking down some of the outside perimeter: meaning anyone can sneak in on the party and get involved! It'll be an open party mingle post hosted by me (nor) and possibly Asch's mun (church). If kosher, I'll use the helper mod account to post it though just to reduce inbox spam. More and more people are talking about it, so I wanted to request it asap!

[tracedarte]

wow luke way to page claim and be an ass

[makeitquick]

Participating Players: Charles
Participating Characters: Melaka
Requested Plot: Melaka would like to go back into those deep Iron Mines to see if she can't find that Aggron down there that she met during this adventure and see if he's still alive/doing well. And hopefully have her Aron (Tiny) learn something about being a steel reptile thing from it. Possibly break out of being a somewhat chubby dork.

[bravenewmods]

Your player plot has been approved! Moderator Void will be handling this one. Please link the log when you have it up.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Participating Players: Goggs
Participating Characters: Apollo
Requested Plot: Now that level 35 is available and Apollo will soon have a Talonflame, I'm returning to this idea. With a flier that can carry him, inevitably this will lead to a "show me how high you can go" situation. Apollo will be in awe of how tiny Union really is compared to the world and will transmit the view over the network. The question is, what new exploration targets will Apollo be able to see that are off the edge of the current map? Since I know that the expanded map is coming soon anyways this seems like an opportune time for this.

[bravenewmods]

In light of the fact that the map expansion will be happening next week, we aren't terribly keen on revealing everything in advance. However, after discussion, we will allow Apollo to spot something that may be of interest to him.

If you'd like to log this, we can do that or else we can simply PM you with what he might see.

[sewingbox]

Participating Players: Nor
Participating Characters: Ruby
Requested Plot: As discussed before apping, Ruby has a Skitty who was given to him by his father! When he ran away, he was unable to bring her along with him. I'd like him to find her in the habitat looking for him and they finally get to properly bond on his new Warp Band.

[bravenewmods]

Heya! We're going to need to wait until a bit after the event before we can take this due to too much going on right now. Shouldn't be longer than a week, and we're sorry for the trouble!

[tracedarte]

Participating Players: nor, church
Participating Characters: Luke tracedarte and Asch albertstyle
Requested Plot: SOMETIME THIS MONTH, so after game plot is dwindling a little, we would like Asch and Luke to awaken as enlightened! So far we're planning for them to get lost up in the mountains where it's super cold so their bodies finally nut up and they awaken as Fennekin shifters :^) we can do it ourselves if mods are too busy, but rolling danger level/whatever would be cool too!

[bravenewmods]

Second verse, same as the first! We're going to need to wait on this a bit, sorry for the trouble!

(Sorry if this is obnoxious; just here for official documentation purposes.)

[actsmagnificent]

Participating Players: Mari, anyone else interested
Participating Characters: Haruka Tenoh, anyone with a large enough Pokémon (no birds)
Requested Plot: Now that everyone has Ponyta things ought to calm down for Union and many people have bonded with new Pokémon, what if some Union official approached Haruka (offscreen) and requested she serve as the face of a grand multi-species Pokémon race? It'd be set up like an obstacle course the way I've described Rhyhorn racing, but anyone who can fit on the back of their non-flying Pokémon would be eligible to register. There'd be an OOC signup where people could list their character and the Pokémon they'd be riding.

Haruka wouldn't run in the race herself, but she'd end up shouldering signups and she'd serve as the referee and master of ceremonies. Prizes would be awarded to the first, second, and third-place winners, and people could thread out both the race itself and events in the stands. If there wasn't a clear winner by the end of a week or so of play I'd RNG the participants to see who won.

[bravenewmods]

Your Player Plot has been approved! Since this doesn't need moderator input, you can go ahead and begin it whenever at your convenience!

What did you have in mind in terms of prizes?

[second_destiny]

Participating Players: Chris plus up to five others
Participating Characters: Asemu Asuno plus up to five others
Requested Plot: Expedition from Caldera to explore the western and/or northern part of the map, hopefully to find a new area.

This will hopefully come in two phases. First, Asemu and the other characters involved will gather information from Caldera's locals. He figures they have information about the local geography that Union doesn't have yet.

Then, once they get that information, they'll make an expedition to find a new map area using that information. I'm fine with going any direction from Caldera.

[bravenewmods]

Hey! Just clarifying for now, but you mean the western/northern parts of the existing map, right, not off the edge to the west/north? Places like the 'Rolling Plains' and such?

[toxicrevenger]

Participating Players: Lex and anyone else who'd like to join in
Participating Characters: Pamela Isley and anyone else who'd like to join in
Requested Plot: Pamela wants to bring in some soil that's more fertile
from Union to Caldera to help bolster their crops within the city just in case Gigas comes back to make trouble. She'd also see it as an opportunity to help escort some of the refugees who are still in Union back to their home. She'd also want to bring an Engineer or two to see if there was any deeper groundwater that was completely untapped as of yet.

Basically, her goal is to make sure Caldera's in a better position in the event of Gigas retaliation.

My plan is to put up an informative post and allow for sign ups upon plot approval, hence why I don't know who else would be involved yet. :) I'm also submitting another open plot below.

Participating Players: Lex and anyone else who'd like to join in
Participating Characters: Pamela Isley and anyone else who'd like to join in
Requested Plot: A community beautification project. When Pamela had talked to Dick about the sudden overabundance of flora in Union, she missed it but agreed it should probably be a little more organized for people's health and safety (don't want people tripping over vines and such after all). The goal would be to get any trash in the streets cleaned up, any graffiti washed off of walls, more windowboxes for flowers and other plants scattered throughout the city and so on.

[bravenewmods]

Hello! Concerning your first plot idea, did you need the moderators to thread anything for you? We weren't really sure.

EDIT: Your second player plot (Community Beautification) has been approved! You can go ahead and do this log at your leisure since it doesn't require mod input. Let us know about the first idea!

[realmenknitplushies]

Participating Players: Sleepy and anyone interested
Participating Characters: Kanji and anyone interested (current known interest list here but this may change)
Requested Plot: Not sure on timescale, but: Following suggestions from other characters (and possibly his visit to Caldera showing him the sorts of things available there), Kanji will be looking into the possibilities of Enhancing not just weaponry but clothing and armour items. This may require logs to gather relevant materials, and discussions between Engineers and other interested parties to work out how to deal with things. (Possibly also influence from Caldera's craftsmen, though I started working on this plot before Caldera became part of the setting so their part can be as large or small as might be needed?)

Participating Players: Sleepy and anyone interested
Participating Characters: Braig and anyone who wants to join in!
Requested Plot: A "Congratulations on being awesome and beating Gigas" street party! A general mingle for the people of the cities to celebrate their victory in the face of crushing odds and insane technology and all that jazz. (One arranged by a ... ohboy. Well, he's really just setting up an excuse for drinks himself.)

[bravenewmods]

Heya!

Braig's player plot has been approved! Since it doesn't need mod input, you can just put it up at your convenience.

In regards to Kanji's player plot, it looks like we made an oversight in that we always meant for Enhanced items to be weaponry and armor (we've accepted some apps with Enhanced armor I'm pretty sure) but the actual Items section only says weapons. Since it was phrased like that, though, we'll just say that Enhanced armor is automatically open now with the alliance with Caldera.

If you'd like to modify Kanji's player plot to research specific types of Enhanced armor, you can feel free to do that!

[incousinswithyou]

Participating Players: Erica, Mari, C
Participating Characters: Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru
Requested Plot:

Since Haruka and Michiru (and pals) got these ancient scrolls that they can’t read, they’ll be taking them to Setsuna to see if she can’t help. Depending on what you guys had in mind, we’re not sure if Haruka and Michiru would be able to contribute to the translation, but they’d probably at least hang around to wait.

[bravenewmods]

After discussion, we're fine with Setsuna being able to decipher them if you can't find anyone else, but we would like it if you could open this up to the other Scholars in Union! Would that be acceptable?

[my_father_is_a_tycoon]

Participating Players: Brantron, Luncia, Levi, Allen, Jan, Sleepy
Participating Characters: Lenna Charlotte Tycoon, Aqua, Ceireia Shadiene, Peter Parker, Hans Westergard, Kanji Tatsumi (based on replies here when she was garnering interest, though I do plan to PM the players of these characters to make sure they're still interested)
Requested Plot: Lenna wants to try to get over the eastern mountains to look for signs of her missing father, since she found his Dragonite up there last time she went. That's her goal here, but what this plot will actually result in is her expedition unlocking the nearby Coastal Valley area. Not exactly where she'll be intending to go, but I figure they can get turned around at some point by a series of confusing switchbacks and end up there.

[bravenewmods]

Your player plot is approved! Please gather your troops and link us to a log when it's up. Mod Wighty will be running this one.

[wherenoonegoes]

Participating Players: Allen
Participating Characters: Hiccup
Requested Plot: Current idea is Hiccup sneaks out into the forest, and comes across a toothless, half-starved Charmander, possibly gains Toothless's trust by squishing a snack he brought with him into mush so Toothless can eat it, and bonds with him in order to bring it back to Union

[bravenewmods]

Would you possibly be able to give a super brief description of what Toothless's personality should be like? Sorry for the trouble!

My first try... sorry if it's horrible!

[child_of_luv]

Participating Players: Sailor G
Participating Characters: Minako Aino
Requested Plot: With permission from the other muns, Minako will be stalking some of the DDF characters as they leave Union and head into the new area, but not directly interact with them because she's being sneaky! Instead, she's going to get lost in the new region, and hopefully bond with the Meowth (Artemis)? Who will help her get home!

As far as personality, Artemis is a little gruff, but a good guy. He can be a little impatient when Minako doesn't 'get it', but he keeps trying because he believes in her overall. He genuinely cares about others, and is kind of a tech genius... for a cat Pokémon. He can be serious when it counts, but sometimes gets a little clowny during downtimes or when the situation isn't dire. During their first meeting, he's pretty serious because he senses what she's capable of and wants to awaken that in her, but he tries to be gentle about it because he doesn't want to scare her off.

[bravenewmods]

Heya!

Since Meowth has actually been introduced to the game in between your application and now, this doesn't actually need to be a special player plot anymore! You can go ahead and bond without permission.

[somnambulatory]

Participating Players: Brantron, Birdie, Goggs, Axiom, Ket
Participating Characters: Jinxie Tenma, Shyvana, Banzu, Rei Hino, Lute Sforzando
Requested Plot: We're taking on the Heart of a Machine sidequest to explore Old City for new and exciting Rotom parts.

[bravenewmods]

Approved! Moderator Wighty will be running this one. Please link here when you have a log up!

[bleeding_heart]

Participating Players: Brantron
Participating Characters: Merrill
Requested Plot: Since Merrill is within striking distance of her first evolution and since Spiritomb has just been revealed on the map anyway, I figure it's probably time to get hers unsealed. I spoke with Void about this before on Plurk, and he said he'd most likely be the one running this for me. So I guess this is the official request for it?

[bravenewmods]

Approved! Moderator Void will be running this. Please link here when you have a log up!

[celebrity_commentator]

Participating Players: Nerdo, Brandon, Ax, Laura, Chris, Goggs, Sleepy, Lex
Participating Characters: Rise, Chie, Yuuna, Usagi, Asemu, Apollo, Kanji, Pamela

(That's everyone who signed up - hopefully there's two threads' worth of work.)

Requested Plot: The end goal here is to expand the capacity for the Habitat tower so that we're allowed to Bond more Pokémon, both OOCly and ICly because people are starting to run up against the starting limit. I see two possibilities:

1) Improve the conditions of each floor of the existing habitat so that more Pokémon can be comfortably housed in the same, more efficient and pleasant, space,
2) Expand the existing tower outward, increasing the floor space of each habitat, or
3) Build a secondary Habitat Tower.

Which one of these is most feasible is up to the mods/the Council, but regardless of the overall plan, the players involved will assist by gathering materials, laying out and building new space, and/or being responsible for containing Pokémon safely while construction is going on.

Let me know if this needs more guesswork/specifics I'm not 100% on how you guys want to do it.

[bravenewmods]

At the moment, Rise is able to convince Caldera or the Citadel to allow a second habitat. This will unlock a second "box" option that will allow for an additional 30 Pokemon. Which city would you like to build the second habitat in? The plot will require her to get a group together (which it appears she already has) and construct it. A log will be sufficient, as well as 2 weeks of real time.

[ladyofluminosity]

Participating Players: Sheepy and a number of interested people; gathering a group of people for the first part of the proposal here
Participating Characters: Lux; teams will vary depending upon which part of the plot is taking place.
Requested Plot: The tentative plan is to be able to establish some kind of pokedex-alike, which would be attached to the warp bands. Generally funded by the Seekers and/or the University, there will be some monetary assistance by some private parties, as detailed in the link above.

Given the nature of this proposal, it will be done in a number of different parts:

Part One (tentative time frame 2-3 weeks for log and combined assembly post) will consist of an Old City log in order to retrieve technology from below, particularly some old computers, disassembling them, and bringing them up to the city. At which point, allotting some time (and another, engineer and delver-centric, post) for reassembling the computer and discovering the structural framework there. However, more tech will be needed to begin retrofitting, which brings in part two.

Part Two (tentative time frame 2-4 weeks exploration depending upon group number and size) will involve some ruins-diving. Tentative plan is to try to hit at least three around the known/explore-able areas of the map, to be determined by the groups exploring (again, I have a lot of interest, but do not necessarily want to lock people down, as well as allow for others to join in in case they weren't able to sign up). It is my hope to be able to run these at the same time, but with the understanding that, if we get a large group of people, more ruins will need to be explored, and this will take some time. My hope is to not only get parts of the pokedex, but also some information for the local species around the ruins being explored; these, of course, will need to be translated.

Part Three (tentative time 2-4 weeks) involves bringing parts and research together to finally come up with the first prototype. My hope for it is it be able to have the following functions:
For already revealed pokemon: Basic information such as height, typing, where it is found (what is currently known by the player base), known evolutions, and any other extra information placed by players.
For unrevealed pokemon: No information given.

My hope is for a player-automated system that is community-managed, much like the information collective. I am unsure as to whether or not it will designate shifters as pokemon, and will leave that up to the mods' discretion.

I will try to run as many of these logs as possible, however, if the mods feel the need to run a few as well, they are more than welcome to.

[bravenewmods]

Your player plot has been approved!

For Part One, the team will be able to find enough old computer and ancient Pokedex components to be able to reassemble something that the Engineers may be able to understand with some study. The proposed time line is acceptable. Please report back with completed logs or logs-in-progress for each phase of the proposed plan.

can't stop won't stop

[moemoetentacles]

Participating Players: Brantron, Tara, Nerdo, Miki, Ax, Liss, Reena
Participating Characters: Squid Girl, Roxas, Isabela, Nami, Yuuna, Quinn, Blue
Requested Plot: ARCHIPELAGO AHOY. These intrepid adventurers are going to set out atop a Wailord and probably an Avalugg and sail off into uncharted waters to unlock yet another new bonding area. What could possibly go wrong.

[bravenewmods]

Your player plot has been approved! Link us here when you've got a log up!

[demon_of_sforzando]

Participating Players: Ket, Brantron, Tex
Participating Characters: Lute Sforzando, Merrill, Estelle Bright, and any other Seekers that would like to come along.
Requested Plot: The Lost Civilization side quest! Those ruins in the Coastal Valley are intriguing, so some of the newer Seekers are going to put together an expedition and go see what kind of trouble they can get into what interesting things they can find.

[bravenewmods]

Your player plot has been approved! Link us here when you've got a log up!

[deadlydango]

Participating Players: Ax
Participating Characters: Anko
Requested Plot: I'd like to have Anko actually locate her old Ekans and rebonding him as her starter Pokemon. During the events in her intro, she's going to find a map that jars loose a memory of where her former teacher messed with her head. She'll follow that memory and locate the cave where she was separated from the snake, and find it still there, waiting for her. She rebonds it and takes it out of the cave, perhaps in the process triggering traps in the process and destroying any evidence of habitation?

Personality wise, it's a loyal little Ekans, with a lot of faith in Anko. It's a little like her, having a snappy personality towards strangers, but with friends it's very affectionate, and with Anko it's even moreso. It knew she'd come back, and it would've guarded the stuff she was forced to abandon while she was away.

Also, in addition to the bonding, would it be possible for Anko to find a Poison-typed knife with her old things?

[bravenewmods]

Approved! And if Anko did not start off the game with an Enhanced Weapon, she may claim that, yes.

Please link here when you have a thread up! You can use the Catch-All if you wish or create your own.

[aerial_ace]

Participating Players: Sheepy, Void, Chris, Ax, Charles, Stark
Participating Characters: Cordelia, Robin, Asemu, Yuuna, Melaka and Rei
Requested Plot: Ranger-led investigation of the Wildwoods. Their hope is to figure out what might be in there, and to map the general area.

[bravenewmods]

Approved! Please put up a post and link it here when you're ready! Moderator Wighty will be running this one.

[indy_wannabe]

Participating Players: Void, Sleepy, Goggs, and Allen
Participating Characters: Ezreal, Kanji, Banzu and Hiccup
Requested Plot: Ezreal is going to set up a store for Engineered items. I've put a post to manage the store, generally Engineers who are employed will submit items to the store which can be taken by players within the game, as well as commission items from employees specifically. In terms of IC requirements, I'm generally thinking an IC post where Ezreal is setting it up and recruiting people should suffice before we can open this. I am requesting it be added to the City of Union info page, as well as allowing IC threading for commissions to count toward activity if they meet other AC requirements.

[bravenewmods]

Approved! Please feel free to put up the IC post!

You may put up a description and link on the City of Union page when you're ready! As long as the threads are IC, they can count for activity.

[outtahere]

Participating Players: Goggs, Nerdo, Ax, Levi (and up to two more people who respond here between now and when the log starts)
Participating Characters: Banzu, Isabela, Yuuna or Anko, Kyoko
Requested Plot: Banzu, along with his bodyguards/fellow explorers, is looking to go to the Archipelago and look around, specifically for anything that he can profit from in some way. His hope is to find one or more settlements that have something worth trading for, some resource available only in the Archipelago, or even just some ruins he can loot. OOCly I'm hoping for something that both gives him a reason to do more with the port (and in turn give more opportunities for characters to get involved with it and generate CR) and gives characters something else to poke at on their own, but surprises are always welcome. What's actually found, if anything (hey you never know, the Archipelago could turn out to be unexpectedly featureless), is of course up to the mods. Regardless, since Banzu's putting this under the banner of scientific exploration, he'll still end up with maps (details handwaved to maintain future flexibility) and various samples and observation notes, most of which will end up at the Laboratories for researchers to play with.

ETA: As for his general approach, he'll want to do a complete circle around the Archipelago for mapping purposes if possible, and ideally pass between all the islands if the water's deep enough for the ship, keeping an eye out for anything interesting as he does so. If something's especially interesting he'll stop and look right away. If nothing catches anyone's eye for a while, he'll look for whatever spot is easy to get the ship into and explore whatever random island that happens to be.

[bravenewmods]

Your player plot has been approved! Moderator Void will be running this plot. Please post a link to the log when it is up.

[my_father_is_a_tycoon]

Participating Players: Brantron, Des, Valerie
Participating Characters: Lenna Charlotte Tycoon, Rin Kagamine, Len Kagamine
Requested Plot: Lenna wants to throw a charity concert event to benefit the poor and homeless of Union, refugees from war-torn communities, and recent transplants from Citadel and Caldera trying to get on their feet in a new city. The Kagamine twins will be headlining, and the party itself will take place at the Tycoon family estate. I'm aiming to do this either during or immediately after Soulfasting and working a spooky costume theme into the general sort of party ambiance.

I meant to get this up a little earlier, but I figure this is the sort of thing that runs itself in the form of a player log, but I wanted to have it up here anyway just to make sure of the timing and when would be best to put it up. I was figuring between November 1-3 - any further into the week and it runs into an anime convention I'm attending the following weekend.

[bravenewmods]

Approved! You can throw up the log whenever you feel is convenient!

[parallel_falchion]

Participating Players: Allen, plus anyone who'd show up in the open section of the log
Participating Characters: Lucina, anyone who'd show up in the open section of the log
Requested Plot: Sometime during the week of Nov 1st, Lucina is going to be leading a caravan of 30 or so refugees from Ylisse to Union to request that they be allowed to live there. The mentioned open part of the log is going to be taking place just outside the entrance to the city. As for the solo part, Lucina will be requesting to meet with the council in order to discuss everything, and hopefully convince them to allow the Ylisseans to stay.

[bravenewmods]

Hello! After taking a look at this, this probably doesn't need to be a player plot. You can just go ahead and run the thread normally with others. The 'solo part' is also just something we normally handwave as Union accepts all refugees and generously gives the important ones Warp Bands.