flamekthunder | { songerein player plot: permanent residency }

» ABOUT

Back in January, Eustace made a journal post regarding looking into finding a way to live in Songerein permanently. Whether that would be mean cutting themselves off completely from their original world or just being able to have more control in their connection to the dream world so they don't just randomly disappear against their will, that's something he's looking into. This is a project that is expected to span over several months, likely closer to the end of 2023. The actual result will require a lot of effort as it would carry over to OOC mechanics as well.

» WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Anyone, honestly! A general OOC post was made back in January for an initial interest checks and sign-ups. It would be preferred if those who have IC interest and plan to stay in game long term to sign-up, but it's not restricted to those requirements. Those who do not sign up can still assist those who do and receive credit for helping!

Anyone can sign-up and join in anytime. Characters do not have to have a vested interest in staying in the world themselves to assist, Eustace will welcome anyone. Characters can also change their minds and decide to pull out (the same is true in joining in later). I also have a discord server available to help with group plotting and coordination.

The current list of those involved are:

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Lyria (Kassie)
Phantom (Sept)
Rob (Kaito)
Alisaie Leveilleur (Tarei)
Lyria (Kassie)
Baldr (Yew)
Nuadha (Luna)
Trahearne (Unkie)
Sora (Mich)
Vanitas (Seraph)
Beat (Mart)
Anya (Mari)
Isabela (Mari)

Once I have tasks actually going, I'll update the list with who is doing what for record keeping!

» TASKS

So I have a general idea of what the end solution will be. The regain bauble will be a part of it, as well as needing both dreamotion and nightmare energy in some form. While there will need to be several physical items, they would also have a connecting theme. A character's will and personal trial will also be incorporated in some way. Whether the character must sever their connection to their home world or be able to keep it and maintain control is also something that can be (and currently is!) investigated. It's very likely I will end that as optional, but it will all depend on the input and IC results.

Of course, these are just my loose thoughts and I'll likely be changing or adjusting as time goes on.

For now, this is just a brief list of things I've thought of to try and divvy out to various players. It's not exhaustive, will be updated as specific tasks are given out and completed, and is just giving everyone an idea of what could be done.

Dragon Island. Get some tasty info from the dragons since they have cool magic and stuff. And other things. Some tasks could be dragons making a challenge to succeed, a quest or job fulfill, some problem that's come up that solving will help garner trust. Some possible rewards:
- Info: could be about magic, something about the world or dream connection the dragons might know
- Special item: dragon scale, dragon treasure, special jewel from the island, some talisman, fruit, endless possibilities
Other special locations. Other locations outside of town could be considered, too, if they appear. So mostly a placeholder here.
Library Dive. Aside from general research, go into certain books or stories that could relate to world traveling OR just a story that could have a spell or item that could be used for the final spell or however permanent residency is achieved. Perhaps the stories fit a different theme that is related to all this.
Monster Hunt. Take down a legendary beast that has a lot of dreamotion energy. Could need an item from the monster, or this could be part of the personal trial so need to collect something else, like one's dreamotion energy that manifests during the fight.
Item Fetchquests. Yeah gotta have the staple. It would likely be a chain of get items to create a new item, or could be necessary to unlock something else. Could also be just needing to go on a special treasure hunt to find a specific item. Either way, good fillers if needed.
General Research. Not the most exciting but gotta be done. Where most of the lore dump and discoveries will be found. Could find ways to spice it up, such as needing to curry favor to a certain fae to get answers or help librarians or researchers at the Observatory with something to unlock info.
Dreamotion Connection. Study and research needs to be done on how characters are even connected to the world. This part is a little vague for now...or rather I'm just not spilling the deets here fufu.
Dreams and Dreamwalking. Of course we're going to need a few of these!
Nightmares and Noctaere. This will also be required, but these will be done later in the timeline.
Player Suggestions. I am always open to other ideas, whether it's something not in this list or a special way to incorporate them, I am all ears!

Phew, as you can see I have several different categories and these can be tailored to fit the characters involved. Some of these could be random discovery, or they could be directed/discovered in research.

I also plan to have some general, public quests/tasks that will go up on the dream board that anyone can participate that would connect and help develop this.

» MOD DISCLAIMER

This is kind of lengthy so have a cut.

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Since I'm the head mod and all, just want to put a disclaimer that while it's true I have a lot of advantages and can pull strings to create events, situations, and tasks that would help further this along, I am still also operating this "plot" from a player level. This means I want to include as many players as possible so that it can be a group effort and everyone can get highlights and special credit. So while I have ideas, I don't have "set" path and will be adjusting and using things found and suggested by players!

That said I will also be taking advantage of this plot like I do with everyone else's to help enrich and advance the world lore and development. Nothing that would overshadow our (the mod team) events, just extra things that could potential bridge to bigger things. And again, when it does happen I will be having other players be able to discover and take credit for the findings rather than my own character involvement if possible. I'll just continue my role as the providing the scenarios for players to use, and Eustace as a character is just primary organizer.

As for how this will impact the game, there are several reasons why this "plot" will take several months:

so that players can adjust to the idea that characters could potentially remain permanently
I have time to decide/player check best way to incorporate characters, especially if players drop later
enough time to determine the OOC requirements along with the IC requirements

So far there haven't been any objections to incorporating this into the game, so at least as of now (March 2023), the plans to make this part of the game will continue. But I'm flexible and can always change if there are differing opinions.

» QUESTIONS/CONCERNS

If have any questions or concerns, feel free to comment here! Also free to use this post to sign-up or keep me updated.

{ songerein player plot: permanent residency }

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