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flamekthunder) wrote2022-07-29 01:17 pm
flamekthunder) wrote2022-07-29 01:17 pm
Entry tags:
{ player plot: noctaere eustace }
What: Eustace turning into a noctaere
When:Early September (first week??), would ICly only last like a day sometime between last few days of August (post event) and first couple of days of September
Where: Isolated to Cliffside or Outer Range (will not impact the town)
Who: closed to CR but thinking of ways to involve others without this blowing up too much
Backstory:
Eustace and Tifa are out on a fun excursion trip when bad things happen that cause Eustace to lose it and turn into a noctaere (spoilers: involves lindworms), taking on the form of a giant wolf. He encases Tifa in ice and takes her to some cliff/mountain caves to isolate themselves and will protect her from anything.
The only thing that might give them away from all the way to the town would be a brief blast of cold wind and rumbling thunder and lightning in the far distance. At the location where Eustace is holed up, it is covered with ice and snow, thunder and lightning right above it.
As to how anyone will actually know for sure that something is up and not just Songerein having weird weather somewhere out there, Tifa will manage to make a dream call out for help.
What to do:
STILL A BIT FUZZY HERE so will update once finalized, but general ideas:
It's a mostly pretty straightforward "your friend turned into a noctaere turn him back" plot which is why I think it's best to keep this closed to their immediate CR. His nightmare energy has been building up for a while so he'll need at least a few strong peeps to subdue him and then purify him. I mention the necklace because it has a special charm infused with ~love~ and that will go a long way in bringing him back. The site will be completely blasted so it'll be relatively easy to find but have fun with residual nightmare energy.
Rescuing Tifa will also be an option and it would mostly have involved parties try to sneak past Eustace, either by a different entrance of the cavesdig a tunnel or if those dealing with Eustace is able to draw him out then they can sneak in then. FOR SIMPLICITY'S SAKE, unless someone wants to get caught and wrecked by Eustace, we can say infiltration is successful. Tifa's dream call for help might also be handwaved for ease, or incorporated in the log itself especially as her communication would be limited.
I could throw in other options for those who like want to help but would like to have fun with Eustace's despair energy flowing out, or becoming victims themselves and become frozen in the ice.
The doggos may also be incorporated if only to help handwave a way to guide people to where they are. Maybe some doggos are hurt/frozen, too?? Eustace is going to be devastated after either way let's just keep making it worse—
It'll be either right before apps are processed and game log is posted, or it might be a few days after but definitely early as I think there are some other player plots that might be happening and I'd rather get this out of the way sooner than later. Anyone involved and gets injured should also be able to be treated fairly quickly, too, and anyone who does get influenced by Eustace's nightmare energy should also be treated fairly quickly—unless someone wants to have deep nightmare issues lol.
But I wasn't really thinking of anything too complicated?? Mostly because not sure how many would be interested in so—
Interest check:
For those interested, go ahead and comment here if want to help in some way! It's not until September and there's no real deadline, but the sooner I have a head count the better. Anyone is free to chip in with ideas or what they'd like their character to do, too!
Extra notes:
Just random note about scheduling—SEPTEMBER IS GONNA BE FULL OF STUFF and I don't want anyone to feel any tag stress or pressure SO I'm thinking of posting the log sometime over the last weekend of August, like Saturday 8/27? Maybe Friday? ICly I'm also considering having it occur on the 30th or 31st to give a couple more days of buffer room for characters to ICly recover before September stuff happens. As said before, we can of course handwave everyone being physically healed within a day unless someone really wants to get wrecked by Eustace LOL but in terms of emotional health with all the nightmare stuff, I want to be sure players feel there's a comfortable amount of time for their character to swing back into positive stuff! So if have any thoughts lemme know.
I'll also be coordinating via plurk cos I think that's where I have most everyone already, although if you prefer discord I can whip up a chat for everyone there too.
When:
Where: Isolated to Cliffside or Outer Range (will not impact the town)
Who: closed to CR but thinking of ways to involve others without this blowing up too much
Backstory:
Eustace and Tifa are out on a fun excursion trip when bad things happen that cause Eustace to lose it and turn into a noctaere (spoilers: involves lindworms), taking on the form of a giant wolf. He encases Tifa in ice and takes her to some cliff/mountain caves to isolate themselves and will protect her from anything.
The only thing that might give them away from all the way to the town would be a brief blast of cold wind and rumbling thunder and lightning in the far distance. At the location where Eustace is holed up, it is covered with ice and snow, thunder and lightning right above it.
As to how anyone will actually know for sure that something is up and not just Songerein having weird weather somewhere out there, Tifa will manage to make a dream call out for help.
What to do:
STILL A BIT FUZZY HERE so will update once finalized, but general ideas:
- Need to find Eustace's necklace that was dropped at the site of catastrophe. It has a charm that will be the final nail to turn him back
- Rescue Tifa
- Deal with Eustace good luck—
It's a mostly pretty straightforward "your friend turned into a noctaere turn him back" plot which is why I think it's best to keep this closed to their immediate CR. His nightmare energy has been building up for a while so he'll need at least a few strong peeps to subdue him and then purify him. I mention the necklace because it has a special charm infused with ~love~ and that will go a long way in bringing him back. The site will be completely blasted so it'll be relatively easy to find but have fun with residual nightmare energy.
Rescuing Tifa will also be an option and it would mostly have involved parties try to sneak past Eustace, either by a different entrance of the caves
I could throw in other options for those who like want to help but would like to have fun with Eustace's despair energy flowing out, or becoming victims themselves and become frozen in the ice.
The doggos may also be incorporated if only to help handwave a way to guide people to where they are. Maybe some doggos are hurt/frozen, too?? Eustace is going to be devastated after either way let's just keep making it worse—
It'll be either right before apps are processed and game log is posted, or it might be a few days after but definitely early as I think there are some other player plots that might be happening and I'd rather get this out of the way sooner than later. Anyone involved and gets injured should also be able to be treated fairly quickly, too, and anyone who does get influenced by Eustace's nightmare energy should also be treated fairly quickly—unless someone wants to have deep nightmare issues lol.
But I wasn't really thinking of anything too complicated?? Mostly because not sure how many would be interested in so—
Interest check:
For those interested, go ahead and comment here if want to help in some way! It's not until September and there's no real deadline, but the sooner I have a head count the better. Anyone is free to chip in with ideas or what they'd like their character to do, too!
Extra notes:
Just random note about scheduling—SEPTEMBER IS GONNA BE FULL OF STUFF and I don't want anyone to feel any tag stress or pressure SO I'm thinking of posting the log sometime over the last weekend of August, like Saturday 8/27? Maybe Friday? ICly I'm also considering having it occur on the 30th or 31st to give a couple more days of buffer room for characters to ICly recover before September stuff happens. As said before, we can of course handwave everyone being physically healed within a day unless someone really wants to get wrecked by Eustace LOL but in terms of emotional health with all the nightmare stuff, I want to be sure players feel there's a comfortable amount of time for their character to swing back into positive stuff! So if have any thoughts lemme know.
I'll also be coordinating via plurk cos I think that's where I have most everyone already, although if you prefer discord I can whip up a chat for everyone there too.
Oriphi
Ahem, I mean. Ori can help deal with Eustace and be on-hand for healing any injuries as well!!