february player plot log

[savmods]

Who: Everyone
When: February 20th to February 28th
Where: Thisavrou
Warnings: death, blood, murder, and sweet sweet love

thisavrou monthly info ( the tmi )

⋆ All information is current as of day 51 ( there are 100 days in a cycle, which started on January 1st).

⋆ Other information about the state of Thisavrou can be found here.

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savrii traditions

⋆ With an increase in visitors this month, the Savrii have made several attempts to ease the transition by researching particular activities that their guests might be familiar with. However, due to the lack of proper information provided on some of these, the rest has been filled in with variations of known Savrii traditions as well as those from other worlds. Beginning on the 20th, everyone who visits the Ingress Complex will be given small capsules with very specific instructions of do not ingest. These small things can be planted in soil and yield unexpected results! Other noticeable differences across the planets will vary from fliers and other sources of advertisements depicting an odd-looking and very tentacle-like infant denoting this month as “Sweets and Sweeter”, gifts of tiny chocolate hearts that are literally chocolate-coated meat hearts made from a common lizard found on Chioni, and commemorative glasses with a special drink inside that compels one to speak a blunt and possibly uncomfortable truth to the person they’re with.

⋆ Located in R3, the natives of this region have filled the air with love—quite literally. A special chemical released from the rare flowers that sometimes grow in the trees has bloomed, causing the moods of those who breathe it in to lift and their inhibitions to lower. The effects can range from causing someone who isn’t normally open to be very flirty to incensing an individual to make the worst decision of their life. Once an individual leaves R3, the effects of the gas will subside after about an hour. While visiting, however, join the natives in their annual Golden TangleSnake Hunt in an attempt to catch the yellow-tailed Tanglesnake and win a prize for your sweetheart!

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the prompts

⋆ Love Is Forever. To help all new visitors acclimate to Thisavrou and its Sweet Month, a few long-time residents bring out their own traditions in hopes of garnering enthusiasm and promoting kind, loving acts. On the morning of the 21st, every person (no matter where they live on Thisavrou) will find a heart with a pleasant message by their door. There’s only one problem; the hearts aren’t made of paper, they’re real (some form of alien animal hearts not native to Thisavrou). That very same day, a married couple is found outside their home with an arrow (a big one) shot through their chests, pinning them together. This occurs three more times before it is reported to the Savrii - intermediaries are dispersed to help find any information, and anyone looking to help stop more deaths from happening can ask an intermediary for facts. Characters can investigate to find the culprits and learn their motives.

( OOC Info: If you thread out the investigation and you get to a point where you need clues or direction, then please PM savmods and we’ll give you some plot! This goes for both the heart and arrow sections of the prompt. )

⋆ Four Minutes. This one is what it says on the tin—a round of speed dating that occurs over the TABs and in-person. On the 20th, a notification pops up on all TABs noting a date and time (that evening) for all people to come to. At this event, TABs are synced up, and everyone who attends will be sat at tables with one other person. They will be given four minutes to get to know them. If you decide you want to see them again, mark yes on their profile on the TABs, and if not, hit no. Don’t worry though, whether you’ve got matches or not, the event-runners will be sending out random suggestions of who to go out with! If you accept, they’ll pay for a luxurious evening. At the end of the evening, all matches will be sent to your character’s TAB, and whether you pursue anything further is up to you.

( OOC Info: the speed dating event at the beginning is up to the player to decide the details. You can thread out random meetings or being matched up after or even a date that you arrange with a match a week from now. The sign-ups below are for the random match suggestions. If you sign your character up, they’ll be given a match and a date, completely paid for. )

⋆ Sleep On It. Even the Savrii seem to have an old wives' tale about finding one’s true love. A mixture of herbs were bundled together and placed under a pillow, allowing the person to dream of their soulmate that night. A Savrii, who found the tale romantic, synthesized a mixture of herbs that, when certain steps were followed, lets the user have a vision of themselves with the person that they can find the happiest life with. Step one: Take the herbs in hand and twist until the bundle snaps, it’ll smell of lavender and honey. Step two: Lift pillow and place bundle underneath. Step three: Sleep. Step four: Not all results are conclusive; you may have seen your soulmate, someone you hate, someone you have strong feelings for, or some might have dreams that make no sense at all. The only common thing is that the dream will only feature one other person. Step five: Go find that person and tell them what you saw! Whether something comes of this or not is up to fate.

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Thank you to Kitten, Jaina, and Hattie for these plot ideas!!

Comments

[krasnayapautina]

[The familiar sight and sound of Bucky might have been greeted with a small smile and friendly "hello", but his question stops that response from her before it has time to barely form in her head, let alone escape her mouth.]

I ... don't know if I want to know. [Okay, so she's seen more gruesome things than hearts on doors -- hell, she's done more gruesome things -- but that doesn't mean the surprise was a pleasant one to find.] Hopefully someone that can regenerate their heart -- or hearts, as it were.

[dislocked]

[ Natasha Romanoff.

Or, more specifically, Natalia Romanova.

Bucky knows of her (the Russians talk, especially so when they think their asset can't hear) -- hell, he'd tried to kill her a time or two. That she doesn't actually engage him in combat immediately is something new. Then again, he wouldn't have faulted her if she had done otherwise, either; he hasn't actually done much that's worth trusting. And so when she looks more troubled by the heart in the bag than him, he takes a moment to evaluate possibilities. ]

I'm assuming no one's seen any bodies yet?

[krasnayapautina]

[Yeah, after getting in another couple rounds of fighting him back home by her recent memory, she's alright for now on not going a few more so soon.]

If anyone I've spoken to has seen one, they aren't talking. Have you noticed anything else weird?

[dislocked]

Besides all of this?

[ You and him both -- Natasha's the type of person he'd much rather keep on his side, for as long as he can. Not that he particularly deserves that kind of mercy, considering everything that he's done. But sometimes Bucky can be selfish. ]

No. [ He regards her briefly. ] When did you get here?

[krasnayapautina]

Not long, actually. A few weeks. [She was told when she first got here that this isn't her first time here, but she doesn't remember that first time in this corner of the multiverse. but she doesn't say any of that -- at least not yet.] How about you?

[dislocked]

Too damn long.

[ He grunts. Almost a year now, is it? Time flies, and Bucky's not all that inclined to want to go home, all his griping considered. Here, he might have a double, but at least no one's trying to kill him.

This time, he looks at her. Studies her, frowning. ] You're not trying to kill me. Why?

[krasnayapautina]

[His answer of time is fair enough, definitely. As is the question he asks.]

I just got through fighting Avengers and some newly associated people. [Well. The only one on Tony's side that she fought against was T'Challa, at the airport, right when she realized she Might Have Screwed Up And Sided On The Wrong Side, and let Tony and Bucky flee.] I'm not excited for a repeat of that anywhere, but I'm definitely not excited for a repeat of it on a foreign planet. Plus, I don't want to ruin at least tentative alliances. [that's like rookie mistake #1, really.]

Plus, international political policy is probably even more of a bitch here. [A small smirk. That last sentence may have been a more teasing addition, but there is still some truth in it.]

[dislocked]

Fighting Avengers?

[ The insinuation, of course, that she's one of them (the last he'd glimpsed of her had been before the Helicarrier had been destroyed). He's aware that people come from different timelines, parallel worlds, but it still never ceases to surprise. ]

Why were you fighting them? [ He asks, blissfully unaware in his upcoming role in that particular clusterfuck. Her wry sense of humor doesn't go unnoticed, and he sees the truth in her comment, although his own personal knowledge of international political policy extends up to efficient defenestration of key political figures that stand in HYDRA's way.

He tries not to think about that. ]

[krasnayapautina]

The Sokovia Accords? [An eyebrow raised slightly.] Do you not know about those? [The tone isn't accusatory or demeaning, she's honestly wondering where and when he's from -- bonus hilarity points if they're form similar yet different universes -- or how much she should elaborate, or if he cares to hear it at all.]

[dislocked]

[ Bucky stares at her, mystified. He's heard of people coming in from different timelines, different realities; which one is this one? ]

No. Am I supposed to?