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Newcomb Mod ([personal profile] newcomod) wrote in [community profile] newcombers2024-06-14 10:27 am
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Event 1 Plotting Post


Plotting Post
Welcome to our newest event! Feel free to use this post to plan for this month's event.
This is an optional post to engage with.

We apologize for the delay due to mod moving locations. You can anticipate the event to be up by the 16-17th. Regular scheduled events will resume in July!

Plotting Forum
Prompt One
Content Warnings.
Body horror, violent clones, memory theft, parasitic horror, reanimation of potential dead characters, monsters.
Summary.
The black goo from the TDM has soaked up character DNA and memories alike, transforming itself into violent versions of characters present in-game or characters from various canon. These copies are violent and may deal in body horror per player choice. Fire and ice are equally effective in destroying these copies.

The black goo is sentient and seems to have been able to replicate any organic being from your character's world or past. The only thing it cannot replicate is abilities. So, for example, if your character remembers Superman, the goo could replicate his appearance, voice, and general personality, but it could not replicate his abilities. The goo is otherwise impervious against damage that is not ice or fire, and will either take violence with simply a grimace or have to restructure itself into a new form.

The black goo can use personal information against characters, but only whatever the character may already know from their own canon. For example, just because the goo transformed into Superman doesn't mean he has Superman's memories, just whatever memories someone else had of Superman.

This may also make the copies more or less violent depending on a character's relationship to them or memory of them. After all, if someone sees Superman as evil, then the goo will take that and run with it.
Prompt Two
Content Warnings.
Forced memory sharing, probable spoilers for certain canons, found footage style horror.
Summary.
The black goo has also impacted some nonorganic items but only items that may serve as primary sources to past events: pictures, videos, phone calls, recordings, journals, etc. The black goo has taken whatever memories characters have (whether they currently remember them or not) and manifested them across campus in the form of primary sources.

Of course, these aren't ordinary pictures or recordings. The moment multiple characters interact with the same primary source, they will be "pulled" into the memory, and essentially have to live through it. This functions similarly to games like Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Your character will take the role of whoever is experiencing the memory, and other characters can participate in the memory as secondary characters.

You can "die" or get "injured" in these memories and it will feel real, but you will not maintain these deaths or injuries in the real world of Newcomb. Instead, when you die, you may be ejected from the memory and have to start all over again (if you even want to). The memories must be of specific incidents that stand out in your character's mind as formative experiences.

If you do not want to use a character's memory, you're welcome to use the "plot" or "memories" from any published found footage genre movies or games.

These memories can be accidentally broadcast through the network. Once a memory has been "completed" then you can leave the memory and keep the primary source as an interactive relic. The memory can be experienced again, but only if another person is with you to interact with it. Otherwise, these relics will just remain as photos, videos, etc.

"Interaction" can be up to player decision: touching pictures, talking about the picture, etc. Whatever it is must include at least two or more characters. This can be as accidental and simple as someone picking up a picture and asking if it belongs to someone else or if they recognize it.
Prompt Three
Content Warnings.
Forced bonding and bondage - but not the kinky kind. Black outs.
Summary.
Characters will experience brief blackouts and when they wake up, they will be chained to another character (or more) that they may or may not know. The characters will only be able to be freed from their chains after solving a few campus riddles.

This serves as a scavenger hunt for characters to familiarize themselves with the campus and each other. Characters will get to learn about certain qualities of the campus such as the crocodiles and basilisk statue. This will be done through characters having to solve riddles presented to them by Cassandra.

This can occur multiple times and if a character keeps getting the same riddles, you can feel free to mix it up a bit to increase the difficulty.
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richard campbell gansey iii | raven cycle | ota

[personal profile] lamiaceae 2024-06-14 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: rui
Player Pronouns: she/they
Player Contact: meta.rui on discord
Permissions: bam

Character Name: Richard Campbell Gansey III Gansey
Character Pronouns: he/him
Interest in these prompts: memories and scavenger hunt
Uninterested in these prompts: goo-clones (at least as regards his own people/trauma)
General Limits: I'd prefer Gansey not get killed or maimed yet, or witness the death of other characters. (give him a few loops)
Desired Outcomes: Gansey learning things about people and/or Newcomb. Overcoming adversity on a level he can handle as he is and doing some trauma bonding.

General Prompt Plans: I am very much up for riddles and scavenger hunting! That's where I'd like to have Gansey for the majority of the event. Memorysharing is great and so are friendships forged in trauma so I'm open to that with people Gansey's established some CR with.

He's likely to seek out people like Claudia, Caleb, Steve and possibly Eddie and Iggy for riddles, but give me all the delicious CR! If anyone is interested in witnessing formative events in Gansey's life I'd love to know ooc so that I can put up prompts that others are interested in. There are options such as: incredibly beautiful magical forest; incredibly beautiful magical forest Nightmare Corruption edition; Gansey also enjoys fire; bees are the Actual Worst; and what happens when your friend is a ghost that resists passing on.
Edited 2024-06-14 16:45 (UTC)
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[personal profile] lamiaceae 2024-06-15 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
I rang! Here's a handkerchief to tie our legs together let's goooooo!

More seriously, let's defeat riddles and banter like weird siblings.
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[personal profile] beingawesome 2024-06-15 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Seems like a recipe for a fun time. At least as long as they stay away from the other two event elements.
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[personal profile] abit_ofboth 2024-06-16 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Despite being an overall jerk so far, I like the idea of Loki seeing some of Gansey’s past. Possibly beautiful magical forest Nightmare Corruption edition? That sounds fun.
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[personal profile] lamiaceae 2024-06-16 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be fun, let's do it! Gansey is one of those people best understood through the things he values, and a bit of that could lead to some interesting CR. A magical forest loves him, there might actually be something to this kid.
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[personal profile] abit_ofboth 2024-06-16 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! I look forward to it!