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PLOTTING POST ✨ Be Careful What You Wish For


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This is the plotting post! Ask questions in response to this comment HERE. Click here to view top-level comments only. The actual event log will be posted on Feb. 18th, please use this post to plot with your fellow players and ask questions ahead of the event start.


It's a lovely winter's day. The rain is a light sprinkle, periodically the sun peeks out and forms a rainbow across the sky, and it's not even too cold to go out. The perfect kind of day. "Nothing could possibly go wrong!" is what someone said right before things started to go awry. All throughout the town, strange happenings began to occur... people began to experience odd effects, and though it was clearly magic, most of Camelot City's residents didn't seem to have an immediate understanding of what had happened. In fact, much of it seemed somewhat.. random.

Characters will optionally be able to experience the following during this event (player's choice; characters may experience more than one):
    • Constantly bombarded with random flashes of what your friends are doing or are going to be doing later at inconvenient times during the day.
    • Uncontrollable super strength. Like go to open a door and it comes off the hinges or push someone and they fly through the wall level.
    • Being able to sense and feel the air around them. All of it, at all times.
    • Physically not being able to walk into any building without an invitation from the owner, including your own.
    • A part of your body grows in size.
    • Unable to be touched by anything, to the point that objects will move away from you as you try to pick them up.
    • Start seeing people you know from back home, but only you can see them.
    • Your technology falls in love with you and tries to keep you from looking at other pieces of technology.
    • You gain a canon magic! The only problem is, it was never yours to begin with. You gain someone else's magic/powers for the duration of the event.
    • You turn into whatever your zodiac sign is whenever someone touches you.
    • Emotions cause an immediate physical response regardless of strength; so if someone is even slightly sad, they'll start bawling. If anyone is happy, they're ecstatic and beaming.
    • Objects turn into your favorite thing when touched.
As you can guess, chaos is ensuing because of these strange effects, and counter-curses don't seem to be doing anything about it. Unaffected people are being offered the chance to quarantine behind the castle walls in the castle's guest rooms-- a huge upgrade from the inns in just about every way (it's royal opulence, after all, enjoy the stay and the amenities!) or being told to find another location to spend their time other than the close-quarters of the city, in case it is some kind of magical disease that's spreading. The town criers (read: social media news outlets) who are sharing this information will also be gathering volunteers may be conscripted by King Arthur on a trip to the edge of the Forest of the Fisherking to seek the help of a magical archivist that might be able to help them identify the cause of this clusterfork.


To get to the Forest of the Fisherking, the safest path is the pass between the Land of Rot and the water. It's a dangerous journey. The Land of Rot itself has the stench of death about it, and in the distance, anyone traveling with the party will once in a while be able to see a lone member of the undead traversing what appears to be barren, dying lands-- be they a walking skeleton or a rotting corpse of a zombie. The skies above are filled with vulture-like creatures that pick the flesh off of those who wander in and don't wander back out. Anyone who tries to go toward it will be warned that it's a bad idea or stopped by someone else nearby, as though one alone may look like a single creature, they can call a horde at a moment's notice. The camp could be overrun within moments and none of them are equipped to fight the undead right now.

The pass itself doesn't appear to have many creatures to fight along the way- most don't want to be near the Land of Rot longer than they have to, and it's dead silent at night, except for the periodic shrill scream from the Land of Rot in the distance. In fact, if you wake up past midnight at the camp, you'll find that even the camp itself seems to have all of the sound sucked out of it. When you try to speak, no sound comes out. There is a reason that this little stretch of land between the lake and the rot is called The Silent Shore by the water creatures and fae who live just offshore... though since they aren't the ones making the maps, it's not common knowledge in Camelot City. There's no way for anyone to have known ahead of time that everyone in the camp would be silenced.

It's also why orc bandits attack the camp in the dead of night, as they know that no one will be able to let out a scream. Try to get to your friend's tents and alert others as soon as possible, get help, and stop the bandits from stealing all of your possessions or hurting someone... you know, without a peep. Good luck.


Once the arduous journey through the Silent Shore is finished, the party arrives at the Forest of the Fisherking. It's quiet, but not in the same way the shore was silent. In fact, it's a rather serene location. The sunlight peeks through the leaves of the canopy, and small bugs and butterflies and pixies and other strange things dance through the air like they're under an enchantment of their own. Eventually, the party finds the home of the magical archivist. On the surface, it looks like almost an abandoned steam-powered traincar. There are gadgets and gears and clocks in the first room, little experiments here and there, and at the end of the car is an elevator. The elevator only fits two at a time, so you'll need to take turns going down. And down, down, down it goes. The elevator itself is a little rickety, so it may stop and stutter and you may be trapped in an elevator for any amount of time, alone in a small box with another person. When you get to the bottom floor, a pocket-sized steampunk-dressed gnome will appear on the elevator railing in a poof of smoke.

"In order to pass my door, you must answer my questions three."

The first question will always be your character's name. The second question will always be what your character seeks. The third question can be anything the player wants no matter how serious or ridiculous you'd like, but both characters will have to answer all three honestly, or the elevator will go back up to the top. Should they answer truthfully, the gnome will disappear in a puff of smoke and the elevator doors will open to reveal a dusty, underground library, filled to the brim with books and references.

The archivist appears, pulling up a helmet of variable magnifying devices from over his head, and tells everyone to look around, but they're not allowed to take anything. Anything truly dangerous is locked up, but characters may be able to find information on magical creatures, tips and tricks for different types of magic, or different accounts of Arthurian legend, and more. King Arthur himself goes to speak with the man after this, so they can talk about what exactly is happening in Camelot City.

When Arthur returns, he tells everyone the following information: Apparently, those fireflies people were wishing on at the bonfire normally gather their ability to grant wishes from the stars, which are currently frozen in time. As such, the power they drew upon to grant wishes went absolutely haywire and granted messed up versions of wishes for all kinds of people, including the people who didn't make them. They are wishes and not curses, which is why no one's counter-curses worked. Fortunately, the fix is rather simple, and upon returning home, anyone who stays out of the sunlight for at least 24 hours straight will return to normal. As the sun is the only functioning star and it's supporting the use of the fragmented star power the fireflies use, the magic of the wish will dissipate. As this is an unprecedented situation, no one knew this would happen. He asks that those here on this journey take to spreading word and ensuring it be done.



NOTES:
  • See which effects correspond to which wishes here.
  • If someone's wish is not broken because your character likes whatever is happening for some reason, here's the incentive to avoid the sun: after a while, they will find their magic stops working properly and becomes rapidly dangerous to themselves and others because of interference from the time-fragmented wish magic.
  • If your character tries to take something back up through the elevator, the elevator will plunge down and down and down until it enters into a room that looks like a room filled with magma, which it will slowly continue to drop you down toward outside of the elevator shaft, using magic to suspend it. Give up whatever you took, and it will take you right back up, no fuss, no muss. Or you could die-- all the books have an anti-magma enchantment on them, after all.
  • After this event, The Silent Shore and part of the Forest of the Fisherking will be added to the location pages.
  • Arthur will have a top-level for the trek there and will be available for chats.



  • Now then.. for your convenience, a little form for plotting:


Event log will be posted on the 18th. The event itself starts IC on the 18th and goes through the 23rd.
zunge: (save it for another day)

[personal profile] zunge 2021-02-17 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Numi
Contact: [plurk.com profile] inthetatras

Character: Noiz & [personal profile] zunge
Familiar/Magic: Milk Rabbit, Healing Magic
Event Plans: Noiz is going to wind up turning things into pizza, pasta, or rabbits from touching them carelessly. Oops. That's uh... more pizza and pasta than he can eat. And he doesn't have the room to care for all those rabbits and he wouldn't have any sort of control over them in the first place. Halp. I'm also interested in him getting someone's canon powers. HMU if you're interested! Lastly, he'll be seeing people from his homeworld here and... being the only one who can see them. Joy!
Edited 2021-02-17 07:11 (UTC)
victorytune: (pic#14670165)

Bee 🐝 | Ichiban (Yakuza)

[personal profile] victorytune 2021-02-17 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Bee 🐝
Contact: PM/ itsabee#1072

Character: Ichiban & [personal profile] victorytune
Familiar/Magic: Shiba-Inu (Sir Peanut) / Animal
Event Plans:
Wishes
* Turning into Capricorn; enter sea goat.
* His dumb hair getting even bigger.
* His dumb emotions getting even bigger and dumber.
* It would be cute to have things he touch turn into slime plushies. (For Dragon Quests: I have nnno desire to break your 4th Wall, so we could decide whether to talk around it or just ignore it.)

Adventure!
* Here for battling orc bandits! It will probably be easier to coordinate when TLs go up, but he will try to help whoever needs it.
* Ichi will be delighted with the Questions 3 nonsense, please expect his childlike enthusiasm.
* He's definitely going to break something and get his ass kicked out like immediately.
Other Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HjviSmv1Tc
summonere: <lj user="frostedknight" site="tumblr.com"> (pic#13917583)

Bee 🐝 | V (DMC)

[personal profile] summonere 2021-02-17 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Bee 🐝
Contact: PM/ itsabee#1072

Character: V & [personal profile] summonere
Familiar/Magic: Arachne / Dark
Event Plans:
Wishes
* V can get a devil trigger for this event: image
* Everything he touches turns into books.
* Vampire rules ;)

Adventure!
* Magical archivist is his jam, he's coming for sure.
* Please don't mistake the vulture-like creatures for his vulture-like creature.
* Not very helpful in a fight! Maybe I'll have him try some spell-weaving since his familiar is an Arachne.
* Will actually struggle with that 'what is your name' question. Who wants to coach him through it?
* Here to learn some magic tips and tricks!
Other Notes: What if Griffon got accidental super strength?

Edited 2021-02-17 07:36 (UTC)
asano_san: (fighting spirit)

[personal profile] asano_san 2021-02-17 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Lorie
Contact: [plurk.com profile] nolno

Character: Keigo Asano & [personal profile] asano_san
Familiar/Magic: small lizard Hollow/Cognitive
Event Plans: I don't know if I'll top-level or just tag others (although this seems like an ideal time for crying on the network), but I'm all about making Keigo experience awkward event effects. Some possibilities I have in mind:
  • making him turn into a ram (Aries)
  • I thought about only bringing up "A part of your body grows in size" so I could have an immature giggle over it, but really, Keigo walking around with one giant foot or saucer ears or whatever could be funny.
  • Jealous technology
  • Gaining a canon power
  • I'm unsure on the extreme emotions one because his emotions are over-the-top to begin with. He might injure something if they get more extreme.

Keigo's new and not naturally inclined to adventuring, so I probably won't do anything with the questing portion of the event. Someone would have to be really pushy about dragging a stranger along with them for him to join in. Which I'm not opposed to! Just not sure how feasible it is.
Other Notes: I love silly things. Come to me for your event ridiculousness.
pidgewidgeon: (Default)

Pidge | Voltron Legendary Defender

[personal profile] pidgewidgeon 2021-02-17 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Player:Cat
Contact: [plurk.com profile] queensassycat

Character: Pidge & [personal profile] pidgewidgeon
Familiar/Magic: Space Caterpillar/Light Magic
Event Plans: Pidge won't be suffering any random effects, but also won't be taking refuge in the castle. Instead she'll be trying to help people to the best of her ability, either providing food or shelter, or providing distractions if someone needs to keep their mind occupied.
While in the Land of Rot, she does have combat training and experience and wouldn't be too incapacitated by the Shore of Silence, especially since her light magic could help wake people up and illuminate the attackers.
She's also going to want to go into the archive, and I'm all for forced bonding via stuck elevator, and depending on who's with her she may or may not be able answer the third question from the gnome. If she does get in she's going to lose herself in researching both magical effects and also the new world she'd found herself in.
Other Notes: I'm always up for shenanigans, so if you want to get up to something with Pidge just let me know.
Edited 2021-02-17 19:26 (UTC)
shiliu: (boundless)

beren | gu yun

[personal profile] shiliu 2021-02-17 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: beren
Contact: [plurk.com profile] tinuvielberen

Character: Gu Yun & [personal profile] shiliu
Familiar/Magic: qilin/kinetic
Event Plans:

What the f—
In addition to being unable to enter buildings without permission, Gu Yun is going to acquire Walter Dornez' dangerous canon powers, that include summoning and control (?) of multiple wires that can cut through most things, including metal, wood, people, etc. He will probably (probably) be able to keep from seriously injuring anybody, but it will be a near thing. Anyone up for an accidental battle? Healers or defensive shield users would also be super useful, oops.

He'll immediately quarantine himself in the woods, the instant he figures out what's going on. Sorry about all the inadvertent tree felling. Uh, free firewood?

The silent shore
He can't enter tents either, without an invitation, but it's fine. He's a soldier, sleeping outside is no big deal; besides, it's probably safer that way, for everyone. He will definitely help dispatch the bandits, and try to rescue people.

Gnome more problems
With any luck, by this time he's gained a bit more control over his borrowed canon powers, so getting stuck in an elevator with him will only be awkward rather than lethal. He has trouble with the truth, especially if the questions are personal, so it'll probably take him several attempts to get down.

Other Notes: January was a difficult month for me, and I went on a bit of an unofficial hiatus for about six weeks, but I'm back in the rp saddle again! Also, if none of the above prompts tickle your fancy, please feel free to contact me directly for a custom starter.
corpsewarblade: (Well duh (as Junko))

[personal profile] corpsewarblade 2021-02-17 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Amy
Contact: PM or ArchangelAmy#4540 on Discord


Character: Caster & [personal profile] colchismagecraft
Familiar/Magic: Skeletal Dragon / Dark
Event Plans:
  • What the F-: Torn on exactly which effects to give her - probably seeing people from home (either her current spouse or her ex-spouse probably) and/or emotions showing immediate effects because that would annoy her senseless.
  • The Silent Shore: She does not want to go on dangerous missions, but she does want to explore the archives! As most of her magic uses incantations she'll be less than happy to find it doesn't work, and will probably be sticking to people who know how to fight rather than getting her own hands dirty.
  • Gnome More Problems: She'll be very salty about the whole elevator situation - especially as it will mean revealing her true name, Medea. So have fun whoever gets stuck in an elevator with her.
Other Notes: Anyone's welcome to borrow her powers if they like! Nothing like barrages of magical laser beams right?


Character: Mukuro "Junko" Ikusaba & [personal profile] corpsewarblade
Familiar/Magic: Hellhound / Animal
Event Plans:
  • What the F-: Like with Caster I'm torn what to give her - but the whole wishing to cause despair was her fault, so at the very least emotional fluctuations. Plus, probably, things pushing away from her because that would annoy her.
  • The Silent Shore: Dangerous mission? Sure she's up for this. And will definitely volunteer for watch against pesky Orc attacks.
  • Gnome More Problems: So when it comes down to actually answering her real name, she'll be insisting that it's Junko and having a minor breakdown that this isn't the correct answer. Because guess who's desperately trying to keep up the whole Junko act and will get very worked up at not being able to. It...might take a while to get that elevator moving.
Other Notes:
resistetmords: (Fortis)

Belgium | Hetalia

[personal profile] resistetmords 2021-02-18 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Alex
Contact: pm

Character: Belgium || [personal profile] resistetmords
Familiar/Magic: lion spirit/alchemy
Event Plans:
I was planning on having her be one of the unaffected here and trying to deal with whatever chaos is going on around her. Having just arrived off the boat so to speak, she is currently trying to get her bearings around Camelot. That said, I would also be up for her to join some of the volunteers traveling to the Forest of the Fisherking. Because of this I was going to kind of leave any plotting relatively open and am more than willing to do closed threads with anyone that wants.
Other Notes: Her intro log/network post. For those interested in replying! Again I’m totally fine and open to do whatever and plot out whatever.
angel_of_death: (Cheerio here I go)

[personal profile] angel_of_death 2021-02-18 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Player: Valour
Contact: PM [personal profile] angel_of_death. You can also ask for my Discord!

Character: Walter C. Dornez <[personal profile] angel_of_death>
Familiar/Magic: Black Dog/kinetic magic
Event Plans: Probably tagging around because I have had power for a combined total of about 10 hours over the stretch of the last several days.

I plan on having Walter feel the air all around him and to possibly have problems sleeping because of that. I may also have him see people from 'home'.

He will be travelling to the Forest of the Fisherking and, being his nocturnal self, will be up and about when the orcs attack (so anyone who needs to have their character roused for that is welcome to request a nice, rude wake-up call).

His choices for reading oncw they get to the underground library will be magic and magical creatures. He might also comment offhandedly about it being interesting to see another place with an underground library (he lives in a manor that has one, back in his world).
Other Notes: Gu Yun is getting his canon powers for the event.

I haven't decided if Walter will be getting someone else's canon powers yet, but I am open to the idea! I'd like to give him the opportunity to marvel at or struggle with something!
secondedenic: (pic#14556207)

[personal profile] secondedenic 2021-02-18 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Joy
Contact: [plurk.com profile] Kanetsugu, Discord: Joy#8142 or pms to this journal work fine.

Character: Joshua Edenic & [personal profile] secondedenic
Familiar/Magic: Kelpie and Light Magic
Event Plans: I'm torn between having Joshua get hit by a negative effect or being spared, so I might take some time to settle on a plan.

Effects I am interested in if he's hit by it:
-Feeling all the air because what the fuck?
-Emotional overload from a man who still barely knows how to emote so that Joshua can die inside after it's all over? Tempting.
-Someone's canon powers? I mean yes that could be cool.

If he's spared, he's probably going to try and just hole up from all the insanity. He's not going to just jump on the chance to go adventurering because that's going to be miserable for him on a physical level, but if someone wanted him to come along, he'd probably grudgingly go. He's still learning to use his magic, but he also has a knack for it and is innovative under pressure.

Other Notes: I'm recovering from a week and half of rl!hell, so I've been slow and I'm still gathering my thoughts! So bear with me!
Edited 2021-02-18 19:17 (UTC)
scarredhorns: (Use the force)

Mari | Lucy/Nyuu - Elfen Lied

[personal profile] scarredhorns 2021-02-18 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: Mari
Contact: PM or discord

Character: Name & [personal profile] scarredhorns
Familiar/Magic: Hainu / Animal
Event Plans: I'm mostly going to tag other people's top levels, but I'll put one up just so it's there for whoever. Lucy will have uncontrollable strength and won't be able to get into any building without an invitation. I'd be down for someone to have her canon powers, so let me know if you'd like to do that!

CW: Violence
She'll be killing orcs when they attack, and her super strength's going to come in handy for that.

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