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February/March Event: Take Me Down to Paradise City/The Honk is Coming from Inside the Ship
Hello, passengers! You’ve survived the first month of Extremely Cursed Year v2.0, so let’s keep the momentum going. But first, a few quick reminders:
- Please remember to check in to AC for January no later than Friday, Feb. 5! The only thing required is a comment to say you’re still here in the game, but if you do submit a thread like normal, you can claim an extra specialty item from a future planet visit. Again, please please please do not make me sweep anyone, I will be very very unhappy.
- If you still have not done so, please claim your two specialty items from the Umora planet visit on or before Feb. 5. This month was Much, we understand that things might’ve gotten away from ya, so we’ve extended the deadline again.
Now, onward and upward!
First things first: partner pairings will get switched up on Feb. 6, and this set will last until April. Please take a look at partner pairing info, talk amongst yourselves, and decide if you want to request a pairing or leave it up to chance, i.e., let Rae pick for you. Pairing requests must be placed by end of day on Feb. 5, and the mingle log will go up on Feb. 6.
One of the little quirks about the multiverse is that it’s a finicky thing, full of wormholes and inconsistencies and soft spots where realities bleed into each other. Veer a little too close to one of those soft spots, and your world can get a little weird - or, in some cases, might become a world that is no longer yours. Sometimes, space voyagers accidentally cross into another dimension and become temporary residents there. Sort of like a vacation - fun, right?
On Feb. 20, our very own Navi will end up wandering too close to one of these interdimensional soft spots, and characters who opt in to this event will be swept from the ship and placed in a new location on the other side of the soft spot. Their new home? It’s a beautiful, perfect city called Xanadu. Welcome!
Characters who arrive in Xanadu will be officially welcomed to their new homes by the City Council, three elders who keep the city running in smooth order. New arrivals will be told that they are now dead and because they lived such exemplary lives, they have been given a place in literal paradise for the rest of eternity. As far as these folks are concerned, it must be true - they won’t remember dying or anything that has happened since showing up on Navi. Their memories have been effectively walked back to their canon exit point into Eyemind, so unless they knew each other before then, affected characters will be complete strangers to each other.
But hey, what a city! It’s massive, enclosed in a shimmering golden dome, full of glittering skyscrapers and lush public gardens. Soft rock music floats through the air via hidden speakers to set the mood. The weather here is always pleasantly perfect early summer, and the atmosphere is pristine - not a single trace of smog or other pollution. That’s because there are no manufacturing plants or vehicles to be found anywhere in the city. Modes of transportation in Xanadu are pedal bicycles, your own two feet, and roller skates. Yes, roller skates. Strap on a pair and roll around the neighborhoods, or to cover longer distances, head down to the electric rail station, where you will strap in and be pulled along on your skates at high speed. Whee!
There isn’t much in the way of technology here - no phones, no computers, and none of the stresses that come as part of the package. In fact, the entire city seems stuck in a glitzy late 70s-early 80s roller disco aesthetic, and if you haven’t seen the movie I’m ripping all of this from, please treat yourself to a couple of clips: one; two. All of your needs will be taken handled, of course - magic closets inside your home will produce clothing and whatever other items you’d like, though they sometimes glitch and don’t get the request entirely perfect. Ask for a new pair of pants, and you may receive a pair of lime green velour bellbottoms. Likewise, whatever foods you most desire will be found in the fridge or cooking in the oven whenever you ask for it. Both the closets and the kitchens run on tech that is new, and some of the kinks still need to be worked out, so again, requests may not be exactly as you asked for. Ask for pineapple and you may get a pine cone stuck into an apple instead.
The best part of Xanadu, however, is that soulmates are real, and you get to live with them forever and ever. Characters will be mod-paired and given a new home to share for the rest of eternity. Everything is Great in Xanadu!
By now you’re probably wondering What’s the catch?, and I’m glad you asked, because not only is this place the paradise it claims to be, it’s actually an elaborate torture chamber designed to make y’all miserable in the most subtle of ways. The City Council is actually a race of Infernals who just love torturing unsuspecting travelers who end up in their end of the multiverse. Sure, it seems like paradise on the surface, but that soulmate you’ve been assigned? They’re probably gonna drive you nuts, especially since you’re living together in close quarters. Those mixed-up requests? Yeah, those are intentional. Characters may begin to suspect that something is fishy for the first week after their arrival, but by the second week, they should know for sure.
After the first week of acclimatizing to their new home, all residents will be invited to a great welcome gala hosted by the city council. Everyone loves a good masquerade ball, right? This one’s got a twist - the dance floor is surrounded by a roller rink. You didn’t think you’d get away from skates so easily, did you? Towards the end of the night, the power goes out all over the city for a few minutes, and all residents except your characters will go entirely still until the power returns. Then, the residents return to life, with one very important change - they are now on a mission to murder all of the newcomers. As in your characters.
The truth is, these people are not people - they’re robots, designed by an outside force and given to the Infernals for use in their torture schemes. The murder is … not a bug, it’s a feature, but one that activated earlier than intended. Characters can spend the rest of their time in Xanadu running and hiding, fighting the murderbots, and/or investigating just what the hell is happening here. The tentative planned end of this world-slide is March 13, but it may be extended if it’s decided that the pacing is too fast to wrap this adventure in just three weeks. At that time, characters will be saved by the soft spot and swept right back onto Navi, where they belong. Missing memories will be restored, and they’ll have a fresh new set of traumas to navigate.
Now, what if you choose to have your character stay on Navi during this world-slide? Obviously they’ll notice that people have gone suddenly missing, and that’s concerning, but not as concerning as what’s appeared:
That’s right - there’s a horrible goose on the loose. This feathered menace is here to hassle everyone on the ship, steal things, and otherwise be an absolute chaotic dick. It’s in the vents, it’s in the common rooms, it’s in your cabins, and it’s driving Navi nuts. Navi will ask for everyone still on board to assist with Operation Goosehunt 2k21: capture the goose so it can be ejected out the airlock and into the void of space, where it belongs. This goose is WILY, so tracking it down should take several weeks, until the missing passengers are returned. Ideally, you’ll pair up in teams for this task; the winning team will be mod-chosen at random.
The rest of March will be left open for resting, processing these new traumas, and any player plots you'd like to run at this time.
Please comment below in the appropriate subthread to sign up for either type of torture!
- Please remember to check in to AC for January no later than Friday, Feb. 5! The only thing required is a comment to say you’re still here in the game, but if you do submit a thread like normal, you can claim an extra specialty item from a future planet visit. Again, please please please do not make me sweep anyone, I will be very very unhappy.
- If you still have not done so, please claim your two specialty items from the Umora planet visit on or before Feb. 5. This month was Much, we understand that things might’ve gotten away from ya, so we’ve extended the deadline again.
Now, onward and upward!
First things first: partner pairings will get switched up on Feb. 6, and this set will last until April. Please take a look at partner pairing info, talk amongst yourselves, and decide if you want to request a pairing or leave it up to chance, i.e., let Rae pick for you. Pairing requests must be placed by end of day on Feb. 5, and the mingle log will go up on Feb. 6.
One of the little quirks about the multiverse is that it’s a finicky thing, full of wormholes and inconsistencies and soft spots where realities bleed into each other. Veer a little too close to one of those soft spots, and your world can get a little weird - or, in some cases, might become a world that is no longer yours. Sometimes, space voyagers accidentally cross into another dimension and become temporary residents there. Sort of like a vacation - fun, right?
On Feb. 20, our very own Navi will end up wandering too close to one of these interdimensional soft spots, and characters who opt in to this event will be swept from the ship and placed in a new location on the other side of the soft spot. Their new home? It’s a beautiful, perfect city called Xanadu. Welcome!
Characters who arrive in Xanadu will be officially welcomed to their new homes by the City Council, three elders who keep the city running in smooth order. New arrivals will be told that they are now dead and because they lived such exemplary lives, they have been given a place in literal paradise for the rest of eternity. As far as these folks are concerned, it must be true - they won’t remember dying or anything that has happened since showing up on Navi. Their memories have been effectively walked back to their canon exit point into Eyemind, so unless they knew each other before then, affected characters will be complete strangers to each other.
But hey, what a city! It’s massive, enclosed in a shimmering golden dome, full of glittering skyscrapers and lush public gardens. Soft rock music floats through the air via hidden speakers to set the mood. The weather here is always pleasantly perfect early summer, and the atmosphere is pristine - not a single trace of smog or other pollution. That’s because there are no manufacturing plants or vehicles to be found anywhere in the city. Modes of transportation in Xanadu are pedal bicycles, your own two feet, and roller skates. Yes, roller skates. Strap on a pair and roll around the neighborhoods, or to cover longer distances, head down to the electric rail station, where you will strap in and be pulled along on your skates at high speed. Whee!
There isn’t much in the way of technology here - no phones, no computers, and none of the stresses that come as part of the package. In fact, the entire city seems stuck in a glitzy late 70s-early 80s roller disco aesthetic, and if you haven’t seen the movie I’m ripping all of this from, please treat yourself to a couple of clips: one; two. All of your needs will be taken handled, of course - magic closets inside your home will produce clothing and whatever other items you’d like, though they sometimes glitch and don’t get the request entirely perfect. Ask for a new pair of pants, and you may receive a pair of lime green velour bellbottoms. Likewise, whatever foods you most desire will be found in the fridge or cooking in the oven whenever you ask for it. Both the closets and the kitchens run on tech that is new, and some of the kinks still need to be worked out, so again, requests may not be exactly as you asked for. Ask for pineapple and you may get a pine cone stuck into an apple instead.
The best part of Xanadu, however, is that soulmates are real, and you get to live with them forever and ever. Characters will be mod-paired and given a new home to share for the rest of eternity. Everything is Great in Xanadu!
By now you’re probably wondering What’s the catch?, and I’m glad you asked, because not only is this place the paradise it claims to be, it’s actually an elaborate torture chamber designed to make y’all miserable in the most subtle of ways. The City Council is actually a race of Infernals who just love torturing unsuspecting travelers who end up in their end of the multiverse. Sure, it seems like paradise on the surface, but that soulmate you’ve been assigned? They’re probably gonna drive you nuts, especially since you’re living together in close quarters. Those mixed-up requests? Yeah, those are intentional. Characters may begin to suspect that something is fishy for the first week after their arrival, but by the second week, they should know for sure.
After the first week of acclimatizing to their new home, all residents will be invited to a great welcome gala hosted by the city council. Everyone loves a good masquerade ball, right? This one’s got a twist - the dance floor is surrounded by a roller rink. You didn’t think you’d get away from skates so easily, did you? Towards the end of the night, the power goes out all over the city for a few minutes, and all residents except your characters will go entirely still until the power returns. Then, the residents return to life, with one very important change - they are now on a mission to murder all of the newcomers. As in your characters.
The truth is, these people are not people - they’re robots, designed by an outside force and given to the Infernals for use in their torture schemes. The murder is … not a bug, it’s a feature, but one that activated earlier than intended. Characters can spend the rest of their time in Xanadu running and hiding, fighting the murderbots, and/or investigating just what the hell is happening here. The tentative planned end of this world-slide is March 13, but it may be extended if it’s decided that the pacing is too fast to wrap this adventure in just three weeks. At that time, characters will be saved by the soft spot and swept right back onto Navi, where they belong. Missing memories will be restored, and they’ll have a fresh new set of traumas to navigate.
Now, what if you choose to have your character stay on Navi during this world-slide? Obviously they’ll notice that people have gone suddenly missing, and that’s concerning, but not as concerning as what’s appeared:
That’s right - there’s a horrible goose on the loose. This feathered menace is here to hassle everyone on the ship, steal things, and otherwise be an absolute chaotic dick. It’s in the vents, it’s in the common rooms, it’s in your cabins, and it’s driving Navi nuts. Navi will ask for everyone still on board to assist with Operation Goosehunt 2k21: capture the goose so it can be ejected out the airlock and into the void of space, where it belongs. This goose is WILY, so tracking it down should take several weeks, until the missing passengers are returned. Ideally, you’ll pair up in teams for this task; the winning team will be mod-chosen at random.
The rest of March will be left open for resting, processing these new traumas, and any player plots you'd like to run at this time.
Please comment below in the appropriate subthread to sign up for either type of torture!
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