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TRANQUILIZERS ([personal profile] robbies) wrote in [community profile] dullsville2020-11-30 02:58 pm
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EVENT 01 RUNDOWN: A HOLLY JOLLY HOLIDAY

CHAPTER ONE, PART 1: A HOLLY JOLLY HOLIDAY

Event rundown and OOC plotting


Hello, neighbors! Tomorrow is the day our happy little town opens its doors to the public, which means it'll be December 1st, which also means—



Obviously, celebration is in order.

As mentioned in our first OOC mingle post, December will be a plot month with an event that's split into two parts, the first of which begins tomorrow and runs until the 15th. This will be the more plot-heavy portion of the event, with the one following being lighter on plot and heavier on action. This can be a busy time of year and we want to ensure players don’t miss plot-important events. We’ll discuss this more when the time comes, but for now, here’s what to expect for the first half of the month.

Our first event will go up at 6 pm EST on December 1st. That is when We're Still Here officially opens, and when players can start playing in the communities. After 6 pm EST, you can get out of the (fictional) house and be (fictionally) social!

On the evening of December 5th, Santa Rosita will hold its annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in the center of North Santa Rosita. There, Mayor Philip Clarke (Phil to his friends) will be present to give a small speech to the town and officially announce the start of the holidays, as is tradition. Also present will be Chief of Police Dale Harding and a representative of the HHA, who will be selling Christmas trees to the hardworking people of Santa Rosita. If you’d like to get to know your new town’s government and get your very own tree to round out your holiday decorations, stop by!

Then, on December 6th, a strange new location will open up in Santa Rosita. As characters go about their day, they will run the risk of opening a door that will take them out of Santa Rosita and into a magic Christmas village. This village will be packed with holiday-themed activities open to all characters, from ice skating to wreath crafting and other fun and festive things. Characters can leave the village at any time, but the portal to the village will bounce around Santa Rosita, meaning that any door characters enter in any building in town has a chance of transporting them to the village. The village will be open to exploration from December 6th until December 15th.

Finally, on the evening of December 15th, Mayor Clarke will be hosting his yearly Christmas gala at Town Hall. Everyone in town knows that the Mayor’s parties are the highlight of the year, and the one he has prepared for everyone tonight is no laughing matter. Food, song, and drink will be available in large quantities, and fancy dress is mandatory. If you don’t have anything appropriate to wear to the party, don’t fret! Your friends at the HHA will have a few extra outfits on loan available for your characters to deck themselves out in.

While the event will have NPC presence in the sense that it will establish some of the major NPCs of the game, these NPCs will not be available for personalized interaction for the duration of the event. They will simply be there to set the stage and introduce themselves so that you may have some names and faces for the heads of the town — and, with any luck, give you all something to think about on these cold December nights.

This OOC post will also function as a catch-all plotting post! Please feel free to use the space below to connect with other players for potential meetings and CR. We will be following this format for the second part of the event, which will go up on December 15th.

If you have any questions, please direct them to the FAQ top-level below or reach out to us on the Mod Contact page!

QUICK NOTE: We see some players with the assumption the Christmas Village is in a pocket dimension. This is unclear wording on our part, so we want to clarify: the village is outside of Santa Rosita but still very much on the same plane of existence! It is located on the outskirts of town and characters can return to Santa Rosita's main streets on foot. It is magical in the sense that you can be teleported there. More information will be in tomorrow's event post, but we wanted to clarify our vague wording!

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[personal profile] interdicted 2020-11-30 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
um. YES???? he may be a grumpy jerk but he wants to know everything about everything still. he just may be a little sarcastic about it as he listens intently and memorizes everything Wrathion's saying :')
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[personal profile] fanoperator 2020-11-30 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Get ready for this skittish Chinese person to try to make Wolfe's acquaintance with aggressive friendliness. Maybe at the Christmas village? Huaisang's going to try to snoop as much as possible, and if Wolfe makes any out-loud comments about wanting vodka, Huaisang will propose a quest for intoxication. (Surely there's mulled wine around this holiday village somewhere? If so, Huaisang will find it.)
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[personal profile] blackscales 2020-11-30 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Wrathion likes the sound of his own voice tbh so he's happy to Talk At Length
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[personal profile] blackscales 2020-11-30 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
So when do we want this face off to happen

Since it'll be An Event all over again
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[personal profile] shalamayne 2020-11-30 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh lordie. How about they cross paths on the ice rink, then they can snipe at each other AND try to keep balance and not break their backsides?
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[personal profile] blackscales 2020-11-30 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm I don't know that he'd go on the ice on his own but

I) he would if an NPC implied he was resisting because he couldn't do it

Or

II) he would if he was watching and Anduin sniped at him that he couldn't do any better
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[personal profile] undiagnosed 2020-11-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
delighted to report that archer doesn't have great experiences with christmas eve!, so on top of the shitty mood arriving in the town in general will cause everyone, his mood will get significantly fouler when he realises the date. he won't spend much time at home and will spend the first week or so "exploring" the town.... so if you want him to break into your character's house in a drunken stupor to kick start some cr... you let me know.

-he will be present at the tree lighting ceremony entirely by accident, will be incredibly rude to the townspeople there, and heckle the mayor and the police chief. maybe also attempt to find a wood axe in the tree selling place to steal out of spite. if you can't guess, the theme for his first month will be unrelenting drunken bitchery.

-archer will respond very, very poorly to stumbling into the Christmas Shadow Zone™, as his canon point means that situations that seem to be very unrealistic cause him to suffer PTSD from being in a coma. this isn't an entirely edgy option, though! he won't have a breakdown or anything, he'll just break some of the decorations and activities like a shitty cat until he realises he can make more peppermint patties which, predictably, he'll get drunk off and then be in a more amiable mood because he loves them that much.

-for the gala, archer will be rocking his dreamland style, which i know is more 1940s, but it's his best look, fight me, please and thank you. archer will be committed to being a grinch, expect to see him pocketing the free food and hogging all the bottles of champagne at the gala. he will, again, be very unpleasant towards the townspeople though will actually use this event to... sort of do his job of intelligence gathering. very poorly.

just a heads up that archer will think that most people he meets are townspeople unless they make it clear that they're in the same situation as him, even if your character looks out of place and is actively confused about what's going on. he's a dick.

please remember to check out my opt out and permissions posts as well!
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[personal profile] fanoperator 2020-11-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Huaisang's fan didn't come with him, though it'll probably be his first regains item. He can't stand being without a fan, however, so he probably found a replacement in the local department store, and he'll be working on painting and crafting some of his own as soon as possible. He will be very interested to hear about war fans from other cultures!
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[personal profile] fanoperator 2020-11-30 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Please introduce Huaisang to your futuristic alcohol chocolate peppermint drink. Let's made irresponsible alcohol decisions together!
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[personal profile] blackscales 2020-11-30 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
There's ice skating, but on the whole in Santa Rosita how cold is it actually? Asking for a friend who's previously been a dragon inside and thus always been warm.
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[personal profile] shalamayne 2020-11-30 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Both work to be honest, though the first one more probably lmao.
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[personal profile] blackscales 2020-11-30 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Fascinating, Winter Veil is so different here!

The last thing Wrathion knew, he was going to be facing off against an Old God that specialises in things like... say... messing with your head and making you believe/see things that aren't real.

So he'll be a little on edge, obviously, for reasons beyond 'Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Azeroth anymore.'

That said, he will attend the tree lighting ceremony since he's curious to see what counts as a formal ceremony here and who the important representatives present are. It's good to learn this sort of thing! Are they agents of N'Zoth?

Equally, he'll investigate the village. He'll be trying to make an attempt to blend in, but there's a high chance he has absolutely no experience in most of the seasonal activities. Which he will not want to admit too easily, and thus no doubt he might make a meal of some wreath making trying very hard to seem normal. Do not laugh.

He will turn up to the Gala though. Wrathion loves showing off and he loves drama so why wouldn't he attend a gala besides, perhaps this is where N'Zoth's trap finally plays out -- no? Just a gala? Well... He will be ready next time.

ETA: Also he'll be cold, since it is cold and he's normally a dragon who breathes fire. He isn't anymore. Being cold is awful.
Edited (also, cold) 2020-11-30 23:36 (UTC)
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[personal profile] shalamayne 2020-11-30 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no, not the fans! Hopefully Nie Huaisang gets them back soon! Anduin can commiserate since he won't have his sword and it's also an heirloom from his father so that's a bit of a pain. And yes! Some of the fans are even on fire but don't burn! Anduin will be happy to talk about them.
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[personal profile] demonicmiracle 2020-11-30 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
unsurprisingly, the demon isn't a big fan of christmas, nor is he going to be a big fan of this "perceiving the ambient temperature" thing that he has to do now he's human. that said i'm a menace and will continuously toss him into the christmas village, he'll scowl at most of it, but will get a little ice skating in because that has nothing to do with god and it's fun, okay.

may also try to convince people to lick any icy poles, just to see if they will

i'm 110% down for him leaving the christmas village into someone's house/workplace/etc for a fun start to cr, or to have people randomly turn up in his house. he wont be pleased about it, but that's his problem.

the gala is more up his alley, bitch loves a party, so he'll be drinking and doing a lil schmoozing until it all likely goes tits up. once he hears about the event he'll be spending at least the week leading up to it shopping in various places for The Perfect Look if anyone wants to run into him there
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[personal profile] the_caped_crusader 2020-11-30 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
YOU WILL DO AS YOUR FATHER COMMANDS, CHILD.
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[personal profile] the_caped_crusader 2020-11-30 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
batman doesn't like the holidays. they are notoriously Bad Times in gotham, so he's bound to be unhappier than usual! he'll be hard pressed to take part in literally anything, considering his suspicion, but he will absolutely be at every single gathering to gather intelligence and get a feeling for the lay of the land.

you're bound to run into this stupid asshole. if you'd like to do anything in particular though, feel free to hit me up on [plurk.com profile] BATGUY or pm me.
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[personal profile] ribticklers 2020-11-30 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Sans is willing to do some magic Christmas village activities with Kipo, but he will deliberately do them incorrectly.
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[personal profile] monomachy 2020-11-30 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
i would love to try and establish some gen cr for diana before the village appears! she'll be out and about, trying to talk to the locals and figure out what's happened. she can be found in any public building, looking for clues. she'll try to be low key about investigating, but she's a 6' tall amazon so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ upon arrival besides being bewildered, she's going to try to find out where her powers have gone, which might include her doing some sketchy stuff in her back yard like trying to tear down a tree with her bare hands or jump to the roof. just neighborly things.

she'll attend the tree lighting ceremony and mingle, and diana will be absolutely suspicious of the christmas village, but that won't stop her from ice skating and taking part in other holiday-esque activities. she likes the christmas vibe ok c: if you want her to somehow teleport out of the village and into your character's home, lmk!

for the gala, she's going to go all out with her dress and snoop around the npcs as much as she can. she'll be reserved with food & drink, but it's hard not to party at a party. feel free to reply to me here or hit me up on plurk at [plurk.com profile] watchet for anything specific!
Edited 2020-11-30 23:43 (UTC)
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[personal profile] 13thcommander 2020-11-30 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
He would totally be able to con Erwin into helping with that tree.
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[personal profile] 13thcommander 2020-12-01 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Diana is now married to Erwin’s Most Important Person, so they absolutely should get some gen cr going. I would love to get into some crazy neighbor antics with them.
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[personal profile] ribticklers 2020-12-01 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Perfect. Thank you for helping Sans with his incurable laziness disease, Erwin.
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[personal profile] interdicted 2020-12-01 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like a delight. Please, give him the wine. He needs it to deal with this nonsense. He may not delight in it being a quest, but he'll certainly stalk around menacingly to find it!

On a somewhat-but-not-quite-related note, Wolfe here actually speaks Chinese! I'm not sure if it'll come up in conversation at all (esp since according to the FAQ there's no innate barrier so characters only choose to change languages if they're multilingual? So. Idk!!) but he might be able to relate to any turns of phrase a bit easier.
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[personal profile] interdicted 2020-12-01 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
........Wolfe already likes her. Smart girl, taking stock of all of that and being prepared for the worst. Let them bond over constantly being on guard?

And if they do, Wolfe may be able to try and convince her to go to the gala! He doesn't want to go either, but if it's as big as everyone's making it out to be, they'll be able to get important reconnaissance info without being too conspicuous...
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[personal profile] spaghettimonster 2020-12-01 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Sans.

Sans remember the zombies.

Sans please.

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