Powerswaps and Contaminants: the OOC post!

[savmods]

Hey, Savrites! The log is up, and with it, extra plotting options. As usual, players are free to run with the provided prompts and missions on their own direction. But for those who are looking for more guided options...

Powerswaps

From May 9-13, it's time for a power swap! Or rather, a power duplication. Players are free to have their characters suddenly be gifted (or cursed) with any special power possessed by a character who is now or has ever been in the game or by a character who has never been in the game but is from the same world as a player character. (For example, someone could develop the same powers of Kitty Pryde from the X-Men movieverse.)

Existing powers are not taken away unless players wish that to happen; if Player A wishes their character to be able to summon teddy bears at will and Player B plays the only character around who can summon teddy bears, that just doubles the number of characters who can summon teddy bears for the duration of the event. However, those of you who would enjoy a one-to-one swap can sign up using the form below, and we will RNG this for you.

Signups will close on May 9th, 12:00 p.m. EST, and results will be announced shortly after. Characters are welcome to arrange powerswaps after that time-- they just won't be entered in the RNG pool.

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(De)Contamination

For the most part, the immediate effects of the outbreak will be limited to those described in the log. However, players are both welcome and encouraged to follow up with their own posts or investigations-- or reach out to assist others who are. As with Asteroid 276, the information dispensed to both players and characters depends largely on the interactions with the setting, and can very much affect the direction this narrative goes.

Of course, your characters aren't the only ones who are looking for information. The Department of Ingress Contingency Coordination is attempting to log all cases of exposure to the contaminant-- which, as previously described, includes all PCs who set foot on Asteroid 276. Are you coming forward to mitigate the risk to others? Reporting your friends to mitigate their risk to you? Or keeping your exposure secret to avoid the suspicion (and bi-weekly chemical stain) from your peers? Think about it, and if you'd like to keep us updated, please toss a comment under the header below.

Logged Cases

Ema [NPC] (Self-reporting) Nihlus Kryik (Self-reporting) Angel (Self-reporting) Mei-Ling Zhou (Self-reporting) Asriel Dreemurr(Self-reporting) Sideswipe (Self-reporting)

Shiro (Self-reporting) Jane Shepard [[Cloney]] (Self-reporting) Alan Bradley (Self-reporting) Frisk (Self-reporting) Yori (Self-reporting) Saren (Self-reporting)

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Clearances

As you may have noticed, clearance is beginning to become a factor in the missions posted on the monthly log. While ICly, the increase in regulation is a response to recent events, the OOC goal is to facilitate plotting and CR between new and old players. A new CR meme has gone up, and as clearance listings are a part of that, we'd like to encourage players to keep an eye out-- whether for new characters who could use a traveling assist, or older ones who might be able to work with you.

Thanks so much for your continued awesome. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to comment below!

Comments

Questions/Comments

[savmods]

Powers from CRAUs

[ascendit]

Nate is from a CRAU. Can people acquire powers of characters who were in his last game?

[savmods]

Nate's previous game can function as his world of origin, so yes, he could have powers from the characters who were in it! However, the effect would only apply to characters who were in that game and not characters from their worlds.

[ascendit]

Heehee. Thank you!

Re: Questions/Comments

[witchweird]

Is there a list of the fandoms that have had characters from them in the game in the past?

Also, do you know why many (but not all) of the things you post show up pretty far down on my reading page, and if there's anything I can do to have them show up at the top so that I will see them?

Re: Questions/Comments

[witchweird]

Never mind, I think I have an idea for the power thing.

[savmods]

Apologies for the delay on your previous question! As for your reading page, could you share a screenshot so we know what you're seeing?

[witchweird]

No worries, I should have known an idea would occur.

For the posting order, it's the same logged in or logged out so I think you would see it too, but the weird thing isn't what it looks like, it's that stuff keeps showing up nearer the bottom rather than at the top. (The activity check showed up most of the way down the page, and I only noticed it because I was specifically looking for it after not seeing it the day before. The CR meme showed up on the second page and has since fallen off the reading page altogether...but I see now that I look closer that it was posted sometime in April, so I guess that makes sense.)

So umm, I now realize that you must be posting things private and then making them public later on (I didn't know you could do that in communities) and that this is the expected behavior. Sorry!

[savmods]

Yep, that's right! Don't worry about it.

[witchweird]

Hmm, yeah, it does make things easy to miss though. But if that's how it has to be, then that's how it has to be.

Powerswap RNG

[savmods]

Fill out the form below, and comment here! As a reminder, signups will close on May 9, with results provided shortly after.

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Character Powers:</b>

[brokencode]

Character Name: Angel
Character Powers:

Perception Alteration Alters the area around her and whoever they are talking to, usually defaulting to an area of emotional importance/distress though this can change if user puts their mind to it.

Technopathy: Angel is capable of accessing and interfacing with a number of technological features. Now you can be too!

Overloading and glitching: Angel's powers can be notoriously unstable, a fact that can be transferred to the new user. Interactions with whoever has these powers could possibly result in technology freaking out around her conversation partners. This could potential result in things such as robotic arms malfunctioning, though not to a critical degree.

[savmods]

Angel will have Neriel Lavellan's powers!

[notglitching]

Character Name: Rinzler
Character Powers:

• Superstrength: Enough to haul around grown men with one hand and no effort, or jump a good 15-20 feet off the ground.
  
• Superspeed: Not quite Quicksilver-level, but he can match speed with a motorcycle and flip over most projectiles in the time they take to pass.
  
• Tracking: As a security program, Rinzler can track just about any living creature: calling up glowy "footprints" that mark out the trail their energy signature has travelled.
  
• Disk Use (SPECIAL): Rinzler possesses two joined identity disks (laser frisbees) that can cut through just about anything and split or merge at will. These are a part of his "biology" (literally his code on backup), and won't be given to anyone else. However, whoever he swaps with will have full weapons permissions-- capability to activate and use his disks, should they end up in their possession.

[savmods]

Rinzler will have Solas' powers!

[redshitlord]

Character Name: Sideswipe
Character Powers:

>> He turns into a car

>> He is a robot

Both of these things are ... pretty self explanatory. He is a 15' robot who turns into a racecar. Which makes him faster and stronger than a human. He's made of metal.

[savmods]

Sideswipe will have Angel's powers!

[dirth]

Character Name: Solas
Character Powers: Mage stuff. More details over here on his app, but he has ice, protective and rift magic, can view memories in Dreams (as well as be conscious and drag other people into dreams) and has some crazy strong "can turn people to stone" powers too.

[savmods]

Solas will have Sideswipe's powers!

[lavelly]

Character Name: Neriel Lavellan
Character Powers: ~Magic~, including but not limited to: fire/ice/lightning generation, barrier magic, knight-enchanter spec including MAGIC SWORD FROM NOWHERE. More details here!

[savmods]

Lavellan will have Rinzler's powers!

(De)contamination

[savmods]

Please note that signups here are optional. As referenced in the log, patients flagged as contamination risks will be required to report to testing centers twice a week, and will be sought out by the intermediaries if they fail to do so. The list is largely for player plotting, and it is possible to conceal exposure. But, for those dutiful citizens out there...

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Logged through:</b> Self-reporting? Detected in the labs? Or did your neighbor rat you out for those 300 sencs? <b>Anything to note?:</b>

[brokencode]

Character Name: Angel
Logged through: Self-reporting
Anything to note?: Probably very shaky and terrified during the process.

[frostedplum]

Character Name: Mei-Ling Zhou
Logged through: Self-reporting
Anything to note?: She's a pretty willing volunteer and optimistic that she'll stop feeling weird after this.

[pleasereset]

Character Name: Asriel Dreemurr
Logged through: Self-reporting
Anything to note?: He'd be incredibly scared, and maybe a little difficult to deal with through some of the medical procedures.

[shiro2hero]

Character Name: Sideswipe
Logged through: Self-reporting. Loud, shrieking reporting.
Anything to note?: ... he's a giant robot. Who probably yells and flails around a lot the entire time.


Character Name: Shiro
Logged through: Self-reporting
Anything to note?: Any medical procedure required will result in poorly hidden anxiety.

[petridish]

Character Name: cloney
Logged through: Self reported
Anything to note?: Accidentally gave a different name to the DICC to the one she gave on the Asteroid.

[savmods]

The DICC checks names against what the characters reported on entry-- and the ID registered to their TAB. Cloney wouldn't necessarily get in trouble for the mismatch, but she would be questioned about it. Would she state an intent to change her name on file? (And if not, she's currently down as "Jane Shepard", right?)

[petridish]

Yes and yes! She wouldn't change it right there, though. "weh I'm still deciding"

(with less weh)

[savmods]

Got it! They'll keep her down as "Jane Shepard" for now, but if she decides to change her name, she can report it to their office and they'll include that in the notes.

Re: (De)contamination

[alan_1]

Character Name: Alan Bradley
Logged through: Self-reporting
Anything to note?: Alan will be cooperative with all procedures, though he will repeatedly ask if the personnel if they've noticed any patterns among the nightmares of those afflicted and will suggest that it might be something to be looked into.

[gainedlove]

Character Name: Frisk
Logged through: Self-reporting
Anything to note?: Casually dissociated through the whole procedure like a champ

[yorisearching]

Character Name: Yori
Logged through: Self-reporting.
Anything to note?: Asks if she can schedule her decontaminations at the same time as Alan Bradley. Has purchased blue armor and a helmet, which she will be wearing a lot more often over her green-stained hair, even at work. It makes her feel safer.

[savmods]

She's welcome to come in at the same time as Alan! However, due to their different physiology and medical needs, they will be in different rooms, and receiving partially different treatments.

Re: (De)contamination

[indoctrinated]

Character Name: saren arterius
Logged through: Self-reporting
Anything to note?: nihlus made him do it