PLOTTING POST ✨ Sun, Moon, Stone, Egg

[avalonmods]

QUICK NAV: LOGS ⚔️️ NETWORK ⚔️️ MEMES ⚔️️ OOC ⚔️️ NAVIGATION 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 July 19th, our first event extending the plotting post time to give adequate time for players to plot with each other and prepare. This was noted in an announcement post last month, and will be reflected going forward. Please use this post to plot with your fellow players and ask questions ahead of the event start.

 

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• 1st Prompt: --
• 2nd Prompt: No snakes, despite an item being called "Serpent's Egg," but because of that we wanted to note it in case anyone was worried. Actual warning for the possibility of altered states (mild).

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POST TYPE: Event
DATES: Prismagic - July 19th, Into the Light - July 20
PROMPT BRIEFS

Prismagic

• Paint Party - Everyone wears white or black, throws paint at each other. Have fun.
• Channel magic to light mages, who funnel everything into the spheres gathered in the TDM. Mega light beams go into the sky, light everything up.
  
• Ritual done? Total blackout time. Explore in the dark, try to get home, use magic. 
  
• Sun comes back at sunrise! So does the moon once night falls. First moon is full.

Into the Light

• Characters go into the Dusklight Forest as familiars, which allows them to be pulled into the mirrorverse of Camelot called the Lightdusk.
• Characters can find opposite versions of themselves to interact with (or other characters- players can play either version as they please).
  
• Different types of familiars can complete different tasks- Water dives for cresses needed to see invisible herbs, flyers carry characters over golden sleepy herbs, landbounds burrow out with the eggs.
  

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PRISMAGIC

Part of the reason that the ritual to restore Avalon’s sun and moon is done during the time of the summer solstice is because it’s an auspicious time that ambient light magic is stronger than normal, which allows for the rituals to be done without a more drastic act to increase magical potency. The magical spheres that were collected at the start of the month are part of this, and will be distributed to anyone with light magic on what would be the night of the full moon. Light mages are the ones who will lead tonight’s event, which will lead to an increase in energy and therefore, an increase in magical output.
Everyone is invited to Camelot’s town square to participate in what is essentially a paint party under the glow of the Calamity. You MUST wear all white or all black– there will be a few vendors selling simple outfits, since you can keep them after the ritual anyway. The town square has been magically enchanted to be covered with a thick layer of room-temperature snow to protect the ground and buildings. All around, there are buckets of different, vibrant colors of paint. There are water balloons you can dip in and throw at other people, paint brushes with which to fling or apply paint to other characters going as wild as possible to create a fun/high energy party, or you can just use magic to spread it far and wide. There are neons, pastels, saturated colors, and more. Those who have gathered spells like Pigmentia will find they can enchant the paint to change colors as they please, even creating multi-colored pigments. The point is to get as many participants decorated in a variety of colors, which will represent the different varieties and perceptions of light. After a fun evening of throwing paint at each other, everyone should hold hands with another participant and whisper the name of the nearest light mage to channel their magic to them as they pour every ounce of energy they have into the spheres, which will grow as bright as the moon and, when powered, will shoot a beam of energy up into the sky. When they are all lit, it will be as bright as if it were daylight even without the sun or moon yet visible in the sky. Do not look directly into the beams for more than 3 seconds or you may find yourself magically blind for the next week or so. (Don’t worry– it’s magic, it’ll go away after that or sooner with the help of a good healer, which can bring it down to 2 days with a few heavy healing sessions.) The instructions from here are similar to the original Celliwig ritual, sans lava: Turn to the person next to you and offer them a piece of yourself. It can be tears, blood, hair, a whispered confession made tangible with magic-- anything that is yours. That person must then throw it into the sphere’s light beacon and do the same in exchange. By giving part of ourselves to the fire and weaving that energy through those around us, we share the light with all around us.. This is where things get a little weird. Once everyone has filled the needs of the sphere, they will unleash a blast of light that covers all of Camelot in white light for a moment, then all light disappears. A total blackout. No electronics, no lamps, all fires are extinguished, glow in the dark sticks stop working, everything! And it’ll stay that way throughout the night until sunrise, when the sun will finally rise again. But you… may want to be careful trying to get home. There’s definitely no way to see unless you use magic to light your way. --------------------------------- INTO THE LIGHT
	King Arthur and the Fairy Queen have worked together to compose a plan that requires three items of legend, long lost to time: The Serpent’s Egg, Lancelot’s Ring of Dispell, and The Lapis Exillis. The first item of these is the Serpent’s Egg, something that Merlin had once found– a totem of wisdom that though it cannot predict the future, grants the ability to immediately see and understand probabilities of each and every action, live. (Among a number of other things to a well-versed sorcerer who knows how to extract all manner of wisdom from it, but Merlin’s head is big enough that no one should ask for the brag fest that will ensue on all the uses he got out of his long ago.) This egg glows like the moon and is left behind by a creature known as an ouroboros that lives within the Lightdusk: a long, medieval-style dragon that frequently chews upon its own tail.
No, that wasn’t a typo. When one enters the Dusklight Forest as a familiar at a time of twilight, they’ll be pulled into the forest floor and released within the “upside-down” of the Dusklight Forest, a mirror version of Camelot. The buildings are the same, the people are physically the same, the trees and water and air is the same. Mostly. There are mirror versions of every person who lives in Camelot, but the mirror version will behave in the opposite manner of their original. For example: a character who is virtuous, brave, and true in the true Camelot may be a conniving, cowardly liar in the mirror verse– which can be difficult to detect, given they may lie to act like their original selves to get what they want out of you. Which could be anything– Lightdusk versions of oneself may still like the same things, hobbies, people, and so on. On the other hand, the Lightdusk versions of characters who are less virtuous may be a big help to your quest if you’re willing to admit you might be the “evil twin” in this scenario. Which leads us to the goal of this venture: Finding the Serpent’s Egg. Different types of familiars will be of different help for this quest. Those of an aquatic nature will be able to explore the waters of the Lightdusk in search of a special type of vibrant green cresses that grow at the bottom of waters frequented by ouroboros during nesting. Collect the green cresses and share with others, which will give each person who consumes them the ability to see an invisible herb.  With the cresses consumed, the herb appears to be made of pure gold, sprouting from the ground. It emits a sort of happy feeling when you’re near it when it’s just one or two of them, but follow them to find a trail that eventually leads to a field of them. At the center of that field will be the ouroboros’s nest. Once you find the field, however, that is when familiars of the aerial persuasion will be necessary. After all, the golden herbs en-masse cause any who wander into the field to fall into a slumber, to be consumed as prey by the ouroboros. Oops. Those with flight will need to carry those without to the nest to avoid contact with the golden herbs. While that can be done to get in, magical creatures like the Ouroboros sometimes protect their nests with anti-traveling spells. Once you’re above the nest, the power of flight, levitation, teleportation (including personal magic, familiar magic, and totems) will be disabled. This means that the land-based familiars will need to use a special item Merlin will be providing to any who go on the quest– a special stone that will burrow into the ground and head out in a random direction, named after his trusty dog Glain who had found him his Serpent’s Egg back in the day. Glain Stones can’t really be directed, so while they will burrow under the golden herbs, they can’t be used to get into the nest as they just go down and out in a random direction. It should be large enough for most familiars to crawl through– but it’s recommended the land familiar go first, as many flying familiars don’t have good hands to clear the way if any debris is ahead. Be sure to help whichever friend flew you in get out safely! Especially be sure to watch out for Ouroboros barreling after you through the tunnels to get their egg back, as they are known to swallow more than just their tails whole and have a talent for nullification magic– meaning they can stop whatever spells you’ve got going just by being close, making them harder to fight in general. This is where some additional members to your party from the Lightdusk could come in handy, if you think you can trust them, as Lightdusk natives are immune to the Ouroboros’s nullification magic. Make it out safe and sound with a Serpent’s Egg and head back to bring your Serpent’s Egg to Merlin on the Edge of the Dusklight Forest. He can’t go in as his magic is bound to a familiar right now, so he’ll be collecting the Eggs to verify their authenticity and keep them safe until the other necessary materials are found. Oh, and don’t worry about accidentally activating their ability. It takes a lot of studying and time to figure out how to effectively use them, though you may get an inkling (thinking Spider-Man’s spidey sense) that something is about to happen while holding one.

 

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OOC Notes: Werewolves should definitely participate and will be encouraged to do so, as they are directly linked to the moon and will significantly increase the potency of this belated ritual. Those who are presenting their offerings to light mages who lit the spheres will find that they do not need to offer as substantial of a sacrifice. The full moon will rise the day after the ritual, out of its usual time to rise, as a reaction to the magic, but will return to normal afterward.The night of the ritual, werewolves will feel energized but will not transform without the presence of the moon. Players are welcome to play their character’s mirror version as a part of threads, with or without the original’s presence- have fun with it. Tay's laptop died so she doesn't have any of the graphics files until she finds her transfer wire haha what. So deal with text-only titles this time pls.

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

<br /><b>Player:</b><br /><b>Contact:</b><br /><b>Character:</b> | @username<br /><b>Familiar:</b><br /><b>Magic Disciplines:</b><br /><b>Event Plans:</b> What are you interested in doing? Do you want to make a top level or are you just tagging around? No idea what you want to do but you want to do something? Whatever it is, say it here!<br /><b>Other Notes:</b> Anything else you want to add?



Event log will be posted on the 19th.

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[avalonmods]

Shiranna and the five different plans

[saxsongs]

Player: Shiranna
Contact: sasageyo / PM

[phoenixwiz]

Player: Mari
Contact: mariscorner, Mariposa21 #4257

Character: Harry Potter & phoenixwiz
Familiar: Rose the pink Pygmy Puff
Magic Disciplines: Kinetic / Elemental
Event Plans: Harry’s got the Pigmentia spell from the beginning, so why not make use of it to clown around with neon colors? Will wear all black for the ritual. He will also offer a hair strand to the summer solstice ritual. Need someone to light up the way back home with fire? Fear not for Harry can make fireballs to help out.

He will try to help as a tiny Pygmy Puff and, since Rose is a landbound familiar, he is going to try pushing the egg through the tunnels with tiny legs and paws.

Mirror Harry is going to be a total jerk, a coward, and more conniving. The only things he and normal Harry have in common are a love for magic, a barista job and being very snarky.

Other Notes: When you realize that you can’t talk and use your hands in pushing the Serpent’s Egg as a tiny pink ball of fluff.

Mare - Rei Amayado

[groundzeroes]

Hi friends!! I meant to post on the CR meme too and then forgot so let me just add - if you want to handwave your character knowing Rei (or knowing Of him) after last month's event, that's totally fine! Hello fellow impundulu user, etc.

Ok back to this month. Mostly interested in the Serpent's Egg section of the event but might tag into the prismatic side for funsies too.
Rei will be available in two flavors (lol):

OPPOSITE REI
Camelot Rei is the evil twin! Mirror Rei is the good twin (well....maybe). Personality: Kinda Stupid. He's nice but the niceness is a bit shallow in the polite disinterest sort of way. Minds his own business, no ulterior motives. Oh god oh no, he's a himbo. Probably dressed in a sensible turtleneck or something lmfaooooo
Available for CR for weirding-out purposes, and for helping out anyone with the ouroboros. I'm also totally fine with him weirding out non-CR characters as well but it's probably less effective without the knowledge contrast LMFAO

ACTUAL REI (FAMILIAR FORM)
Peacock sized, flying Hou Ou. Herald of good luck (lmao). Capable of banishing curses. Probably going to treat the whole thing like an rpg fetch quest and make party-building jokes accordingly.
Available to help for any land/air excursions. Err but obviously he has a weight limit for carrying land-based familiars LOL

Schmittchen | Toshirou Hijikata

[mayoninofukucho]

Player: Schmittchen
Contact: This journal or schmoechen #2732 on Discord!

Character: Toshirou Hijikata | mayoninofukucho
Familiar: Crow Tengu (Arashi)
Magic Disciplines: Elemental & Death

Event Plans: Hijikata isn't much of a party person, but he'll participate in the Prismagic since it's ~for the greater good~! He'll actually get quite into it because play fights bring out his competitive side. If anyone would like to reserve him for hand-holding and part-of-yourself-sharing, please feel free! Also if any light mage would like him to channel his magic into them let me know (otherwise I'll roll the die for the ones he knows who are participating - it's not much to play out, but it's for the immersion!). He'll be careful to not look into the bright light, but if someone does and ends up temporarily blind he may look after them (he has a soft spot for blind people due to his Sad Backstory™). I'll also make a prompt for him trying to find his camp in the pitch black darkness, if anyone wants to help him with that!

Naturally he'll also go Into the Light in the body of his crow tengu (winged, crow-headed humanoid) familiar Arashi (I'll probably use a featureless icon for those parts since I've got no crow tengu ones!). Since regular Hijikata is a lawful, dutiful, brave (except when a ghost is especially scary) and violent person it stands to reason that Lightdusk Hijikata would be a lawless, lazy, harmless coward... if anyone would like to recruit the guy to come along with them, by all means, but will he be useful? Doubtful! Since crow tengus can fly someone in the body of a water- or land-based familiar can team up with Hijikata for the challenge of getting to the ouroboros' nest.

Other Notes: Since Hijikata is still a weredog I'll make a prompt for the full moon night after the ritual too!

Stephanie Brown

[ichoosefight]

Player: Alex M
Contact: flamingchemist
Character: Stephanie Brown | ichoosefight
Familiar: Spirit Bat
Magic Disciplines: Light, Healing
Event Plans: Steph is going to have tons of fun with the paint party. I'll have a toplevel of her hurling some sort of paint projectile TBD at people, but she is a social butterfly also so feel free to hit me up if you need somebody to force your character to have fun. She's good at that in ways that are less annoying than paint balls, I promise.
She will also be available during the blackout to help people stumble home, and she'll have used enough magic that it might be difficult for her to light up more than a flashlight. She can also be inspired to take your character up on the rooftops if you're so inclined, but I probably won't toplevel with that.
For Lightdusk she and her double with both be around, though I haven't decided on specifics for that yet. Mirror!Steph will either be evil or small and sad, we'll see.

Other Notes:

VG | Zidane & Naomi

[tantailizing]

Player: VG
Contact: demidemonLove
Character: Zidane Tribal | tantailizing
Familiar: Moguo the Moogle
Magic Disciplines: Kinetic/Bargaining
Event Plans: TOP LEVEL AWWWE YEAH! Throwing colors at people for a ritual? Let's gooo! He's wearing white by the way and no, your character is probably not safe. They said all the colors so all the colors...

Now onto the topic of Lightdusk and oh boy his opposite. If Zidane normally is Virtue and helping others no matter what, his opposition is Vice and way more keen on harming. Fortunately, nowhere near as social so avoiding him is very possible. Just don't get his attention. Meanwhile, actual Zidane will be a moogle and air-based to help carry folks over the golden herbs.

Character: Naomi Kimishima | chatwithdeath
Familiar: Eve the Snake Spirit
Magic Disciplines: Healing/Death
Event Plans: Normally, Naomi would avoid such a colorful festival, but she'll be found in all black participating because she was encourage to do so as one of the few werewolves. She'll give a significant portion of power to anyone with Light Magic and I'll have a bonus option of encountering her the next night when she transforms again. It's been a few months so she's more herself in wolf form... with the occasional bad habit.

Second, while I won't be making her opposite, Naomi will go into Lightdusk as Eve (her familiar). Earth-based, she can help dig up eggs... but someone help her, she is a smol snake.
Other Notes: I'm sorry! I'm trying to be better with RP, but I'm blaming the heat for this month!

[emet_sulk]

Player: Chips
Contact: This journal or PM ch1ps0h0y

Character: Emet-Selch & emet_sulk
Familiar: Shadow Gwiber
Magic Disciplines: Alchemy / Death

Event Plans:
I would like him to enter into the mirror world once I can figure out IC logistics, and of course I can offer the mirror version of himself for others. Emet-Selch's opposite would likely be: proactive, careless, and attention-seeking amongst other things. They wouldn't care much about the finer details and would also be horrible at strategising.

If it's only familiars who can wander the opposite realm, then his familiar is a flying type who can help transport other familiars.

Other Notes: Had a very busy week and then also fallen sick (again, yay winter??). I'm catching up on tags again so thank you for your patience.

Riddle

[cultivatingsin]

Player: Riddle
Contact: tiger_eyes/ madviolinist#5122
Character: Xue Yang | demonsandsugar
Familiar: Albino/White Raccoon Dog named Ying.
Magic Disciplines: Dark & Death.
Event Plans: Prismagic - This boy was born in the dark! He'll either be helpful in getting you home or be a complete menace. Whichever suits him, really, and if Xiao Xingchen is around, that will have a noticeable effect on him. He simps for Daozhang!

Into the Light - He'll travel into the forest as a...drum roll~...raccoon dog! A white one, of course. Got things that need to be dug up? No problem! Got a scent that needs to be located? He's pretty good at that too. But don't get on his bad side or those fangs will come out~

His opposite will be around too. Get ready to meet proper sect!Yang. Meaning he is was a fully trained Cultivator (no Demonic Cultivation) and since it makes the most sense, I will make him a Jin. He'll be well-behaved, still love candy and be knowledgeable about lots of things his other self missed out on.
Other Notes: