thisavrou_ooc | State of the Game 2

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Hello Savrites!

We had originally intended this to be a normal mod update type of post, but we decided to do a State of The Game update instead. Mostly to let you know what's going on, where we're going, and where we'd like to end up.

First, let's talk about apps! As per the calendar, applications will be opening up again on October 16th. We have changed some of the rules regarding apps to (hopefully) make it easier on both new and old players as well as the mods. They are reflected on the individual pages, but here is a summary:

☄ A reserve is now required for all applications.
☄ There will be an application cap.
☄ Any current player who officially drops may re-app a new character at any time, but only once every 2 months.

The application cap will be set to 15 applications for new players and 15 applications for current players. This means we will have a total of 30 app slots open during October. Whichever slots are not filled will then be opened as a "free for all" on the last day of the cycle (October 22nd).

Two Page Updates: Mini Games & Jobs

TIMELINE:

October - Mini Colony * see info below
November - Ship Month
December - Midway Hub
January - Midway Hub
February - Arc II Thisavrou

Plot Specific Sign Ups Are Now Closed

In October the ship will be touching down on the Runoff's Mini Colony. This is a mecha of trade and commerce, which is something we want to do a little bit of world building with. There are three sections below that players should participate in. The first is a sign up for location specific plot; take a look at the linked map and respond with your character's name and the corresponding number. Once all the numbers have been taken, we'll double them over for anyone else that signs up. The second section is to 'create a business'; in this section players can build a business and then NPC it during the event. The third is suggest something that occurs on the mini colony; you list it and if it fits, we'll approve it. All of this stuff will be built into the event logs when they come up. We'd really like our players' input.

If anyone has questions about the upcoming event(s), Arc II, or anything else, let us know below. Thank you all for being amazing players.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Character: Lúcio
Number: 41

Section forty-one of the mini-colony is a small set up of beautiful homes, where the house at the center is clearly the focal point. The owner, a seemingly kind and generous man, lives in the middle, and all of his employees and slaves live in the houses around. All are well-dressed and well-kept, and his staff numbers into the hundreds. Visitors are allowed to walk through this area and enjoy the view. If your character chooses to walk by the main house, they’ll see a kind, older gentleman working in his garden. Will you approach him or keep on your way?

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Lúcio ends up around that way if only because the general area causes him great unease. It seems so... clinical. Sterile.

He can't help but have vague distrust of set ups like this after Vishkar.

Lúcio will approach the gentleman and watch him for a couple of moments before asking if he lives here, his name and how long he's been living here.

☄ The gentleman will introduce himself as Lúcio, that he's only just arrived here, and that he does live here. Lúcio will ask Lúcio if he would care to join him for a drink in his gardens. Will Lúcio join?

Lúcio laughs a little awkwardly at them having the same name, making a little joke about it.

He accepts the offer for a drink.

Does this other Lúcio look similar? If he does, it'll only make Lúcio feel a little weird. If not, he won't really think much of it.

☄ The man doesn't look like him, but the longer they speak to one another, the more it seems that he knows. He lets little things slip, here and there, that are personal about lucio and that the man shouldn't know.

Lúcio will absolutely pick up on the personal details and immediately ask how he knows them.

He's a good listener like that.

☄ Lucio will tell him that he was born this way. He isn't himself ever, but the people that he meets. He's not him, he's Lucio. He'll ask Lucio if he wants to be himself or if he wants to be someone knew. If Lucio says someone new, the man will become angry and have his guards come to escort him away. If he says himself, he'll offer Lucio the ability that he has. All they have to do is touch hands and Lucio now has the ability to 'know' people better the longer they are together. The power is completely controllable and Lucio will be able to decide if he wants to use it on others or not. The only way to get rid of it is to give it away.

Lúcio tells the man that he wants to be himself, and no-one else. That being said, Lúcio declines the power and tells the man there must be some way for him to be himself, instead of picking up who other people are.

Does the man tell Lúcio it's controllable? If he does, Lúcio will ask how he feels about it. Does he know how uncomfortable it would make people?

He's being a little harsh, but he doesn't like the general set up of the area. He can't help it.

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☄ The man would tell him that the power is controllable. He knows it makes people uncomfortable, but would also say that it is useful. He's finished with the ability though, which is why he wants to offer it to someone else.

Lúcio is quiet for a long few moments as he considers this.

Eventually, he agrees to take it. The guy is going to be on the other end of a lecture about consent for powers after he gives it over, though.

That man will listen and then usher Lucio off the first chance he gets, saying that he has more gardening to do.

The ability is an 'intuition' that if Lucio chooses to use it, he'll simply know things about other people. It's not mind reading or anything like that, he'll just be suddenly aware of stuff the person may or may not want him to know.

Lúcio isn't pleased to be ushered off, asking him about his employer. Is he happy working for him? Why does one person need so many people working for him? Are they treated well?

Passive aggressively, Lúcio does not use his new power to find this information out.

He won't get much out of anyone he asks - they don't show fear, just that they don't gossip about their employer.

Lúcio decides he was maybe being a bit too judgemental and aggressive about it. He tries again, this time just asking if he can meet the owner, just to say hi. He's an off-world traveller and has taken an interest in the set up, after all.

☄ They still won't take him to meet the owner, citing that they're busy and private. Also, that it's not worth the trouble to do interrupt them. They do tell Lucio that if he was able to meet the owner, he wouldn't be asking them to set it up.

Lúcio is definitely going to protest this.

What would he find out if he did use his new power?

State of the Game 2

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horror :3c

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SO SORRY TO THE MOD DEALING WITH THIS DISASTER FROG