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Taako ([personal profile] spellslots) wrote in [community profile] riverviewooc2017-06-04 10:15 am

PLAYER PLOT: BUTTERFLY EFFECT

Good mornevening, Riverview, welcome to baby’s first player plot! Which I’m putting as a disclaimer so when I make a mistake somewhere we can all blame it on that.

As per the little sneak peak on the calendar, this is a timeline and AU shenanigan related plot, because every game needs one, and I’m here to provide you with the perfect excuse. “So what exactly is going on, Justine?” I hear you ask. Lemme tell you. After the cut and this fun gif.




On the 10th, the portal is going to make the mistake of trying to bring through an object from Taako’s world, namely the Temporal Chalice, which allows its wielder control over time. Due to the nature of both the chalice and the portal, the former is going to get stuck in the latter, resulting in some interesting effects for characters in game. Namely that they’re going to be able to come from a different point in their timeline, or from an AU version of their life.

The main restriction on the AU section is that the alternate timeline needs to be based around a choice that could be made differently by the character or someone character-adjacent. For example, you can’t have a Batman AU where he goes to Hogwarts, but you could have an AU where Bruce’s parents decided not to go to the opera/movies/theater the night they were murdered, and are therefore still alive. We’re (being me and our dear mod friend) aren’t going to police anyone’s AUs too heavily, just try to be reasonable!

The second option available is that the character simply comes from an earlier or later point in their timeline. This is open to things depicted in canon, implied in canon, or things that aren’t implied in canon but can be reasonably assumed. The restriction on this part is to not go crazy with it, to use the Batman example again, you could pick a point from his travelling the world days that aren’t explicitly shown in canon but are implied, or a future point where he’s retired from being Batman, but not a future timeline where he’s been bitten by a vampire and decided to take over the world.

We’re trusting you guys to be sensible with this, so don’t get weird.

The other few things of note are important but I’ll sum them up in dot points below:
  • Characters can switch to their temporary timeline at any point during the plot, it doesn’t have to start on the 10th, but once they’ve switched they’ll be stuck that way until the 24th
  • Characters can have memories of Riverview, to avoid the “where am I” song and dance - you can be as general or specific with these memories as you’d like
  • If you want to use an alternate journal for icons or whatever reasons, that’s fine, just request comm access with that account and fill out this form.
  • ETA: If you're taking a character from a future canon point, once the event is over they can remember their time in Riverview and that they were from the future, but they won't remember specific details of their canon future, since this crosses the line into a canon update.

And now for the solution to the plot, which is another interactive part of this! On the 10th, I’ll be posting a mission that multiple teams/characters can sign up for, with the aim of returning the chalice through the portal. ICly, characters will find out what the problem is on the 12th, when Taako makes a network post explaining the situation.

I have no particular solution in mind for this, and you don’t need to actually come up with a reasonable explanation for how characters do it, the mission is there to be used for CR building, mostly. If there are multiple teams that sign up (which is allowed), the solution that works will be decided by RNG. As a note, Taako does not need to be involved in this solution process at all, or his involvement can be handwaved, but if your character would want to talk to him and you wanna thread that out, just let me know.

So, in summary: alternate timelines/canon points, and an optional mission if people want to develop CR.

If you have any questions, there will be a thread below where you can ask them, and this post is also the spot to do any OOC planning if you’d like!

I don’t know how to end posts like this so C: HAVE FUN NERDS C:
 
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
... Aww. That's almost touching.
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It will be a very sensitive, loving brawl.

http://riverviewooc.dreamwidth.org/34598.html?thread=3565350#cmt3565350 FYI!!!

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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Man... this is the kind of guy Spike could ALSO have a lot of fun with. You make my life choices so hard.
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
A slap, then a hug. Then a whining push, then a cuddle.
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm struggling so hard...

I want the emotional stuff of normal John helping Spike with a Soul, but I also want the hilarity of two bad boys painting the town red being each other's bad wingmen...
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
People like, are they killing each other???

No this is just MMA cuddling.
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, right?
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, MMA Cuddling.
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The loving sleeper hold.
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe emotional times with Spike, and bad boys on the town with Lucifer?

Where is Lucifer going to be coming from?
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The bro slap.
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[personal profile] mysophobic 2017-06-04 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Bad end Shigeru won't hurt people unless they piss him off. Dodger is probably the only person in jeopardy at the moment /sweats
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
A kiss with a fist is better than none?
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
That can work to a point. Lucifer will be taken from just after the finale of S2, so... yeah. As long as John doesn't kill anyone in front of him. He'll have to punish him for that. Or like, show him his face.
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[personal profile] mysophobic 2017-06-04 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw yis. I like this plan a lot!

I am! I'm probably gonna write up a log for him actually. So if you wanted to do a closed prompt for that we totally can!
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
You gonna set fire to their bed?
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[personal profile] finethanks 2017-06-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm down for that! Eichi can be pretty much anywhere you want (he works at 4 night clubs during the nights, likes to walk around the city even tho he's sickly and then can end up in the hospital for it too) but if you want any more info or to plot with me you can add me on plurk too! [plurk.com profile] zeloser
Edited (I forgot I changed my plurk name after like 7 years) 2017-06-04 21:39 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bestrobin 2017-06-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Pants, Richard.

Damian will find you some pants.
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
No promises? I mean... What if someone steps on his shoes?
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Anything's possible with these two TBH.
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Bad Ending Gladiolus

[personal profile] leatherdaddy 2017-06-04 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't too sure if there would be any interest in this since it's kinda dark but there's probably going to be few chances to do this again outside of PSLs so...

Basically the worst possible outcome for FFXV.

After 10 years of darkness (we're talking no sun, no stars and pretty much non-stop monsters/demons running rampant over Eos) Gladio's undergone some significant changes - some of which are only insinuated and not well explained. He and the other Chocobros initially stick together but eventually go their separate ways - effectively joining the hunters in protecting the last bastions of mankind.

  • He's 33 years old, his skin is paler, his tattoos slightly faded in parts, his hair is blacker and longer, tied into a half ponytail.
  • The portal pulled him shortly after the sun returned; as dawn broke, it revealed that he was the last man standing... his friends dead.
  • For those who know him, he is notably less easy to smile, tends to slip into quiet brooding or stoicism.
  • The loss of his friends hit him very hard, but not so hard as his loss of mission/purpose - without a King to be Shield to and without anyone to protect, he's completely lost. He doesn't know what to really do with himself, since Demon Hunting is all he's known for the last 10 years.
  • He engages in more risk-taking activity; harder missions/hunts, heavy drinking, sex. He's not a train wreck of self-destructive behavior but for anyone who knows him it's a pretty stark change and hints that he's a man who has nothing else to lose (except his sister).
  • He still cherishes and dotes on his sister, but she's busy doing her own thing as a Hunter and doesn't want to burden her with his baggage.
  • He's no longer able to use his arsenal or hammerspace, this power was lost with the line of Lucis. He still carries his best weapon and shield, although he has to lug them both around now.
  • THIS IS A LOT OF ANGSTY HEAVY STUFF but really this just means he's less boisterous, less inhibited. He's almost out of out of fucks to give. That said, I won't just have every thread be sad and upsetting, he's fully capable of experiencing joy and amusement, he's SEEN SOME SHIT and obviously this has diminished him quite a lot.


TL;DR let me know if you want a drinking buddy, someone to take home/get into a fight with (he's pretty much a sellsword now) or just plain old stare in abject horror at the gritty sad dad gladdy's become. You can PM this journal, tag me here or hit me up on [plurk.com profile] dormiveglia or Discord: saudade#6202
Edited 2017-06-04 21:43 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
No, John. The punishment has to fit the crime. >| Don't make him go medieval on your butt.
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
This is kind of true, yeah.
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[personal profile] adiuvio 2017-06-04 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Listen, that sounds like it could be a good time.
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[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-04 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
/sits on John until he smartens up.

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