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

[gainedlove]

[Pbbbbbbt.]

[No, they don't actually blow a raspberry. But they come close.]

I'm not gonna! If I run fast enough, I can get it!

[Frisk backs up a few careful steps, tongue stuck out as they judge the distance. If they're running, is it three strides or four before the branch gets too thin? Climbing in trees hadn't been a large part of their experience before now, but after a moment they think they have it.]

Here I go--!

[A quick launch of speed, and their steps are steady. They feel the branch start to bend and take the chance, leaping and stretching out their arms as far as they can...!]

[It's close, but Frisk gets one hand onto the branch and holds on tightly, startled shouts accompanying their bobbing as momentum takes it's effect on the flexible wood. Laughter soon joins, and they twist their head around to grin at Chara.]

Ehe, told you!

1/2

[inconsequence]

[It would have been an oversight to assume they would not interpret the challenge as precisely that. They've about as much self-preservation as a child with predisposition to chewing down buttercups. They even seem to fancy themself some sort of wild anime protagonist, running down the length of the branch as it begins to bend and their heart constricts painfully in their chest.

They're going to





It will be their fault.]

[inconsequence]

[But they don't



They don't fall.

They catch the branch and as haphazard as their landing is, they're clinging to the branch opposite, and a creeping breath hisses out from between clenched teeth, their smile only slightly unhinged, only slightly wavering.]

You should stop interpreting Alphys's animes as life advice.

[gainedlove]

[Frisk blinks and their expression goes blank for a moment as Chara's reaction really registers. They're just thinking about themself again, not considering how what they do could hurt others, just going forward because they can...]

[They glance away, then start wriggling their way up onto the branch, the creeping feeling of shame sticking thick in their throat.]

...jus' thought it'd be cool.

[Now safely straddling it, Frisk turns to Chara with an apologetic look.]

I'll be careful.

[inconsequence]

[Ha.

Look at what you've done now. Ruined their fun again. They were having a perfectly normal and fine time, and they aren't even hurt, and still - still! - their expression crumbles, and they come away thinking this is their fault.

They duck their head, gaze raking the ground in the absence of being able to meet Frisk's contrite stare.]

Do as you like, Frisk.

[gainedlove]

...not if it's gonna hurt you.

[They don't need to share a SOUL to know what's echoing in Chara's mind right now--they have a skill at finding ways to make every single thing their fault, blaming themself no matter how ridiculous the situation. They feel at a loss for how to convince them otherwise, but...they won't stop trying.]

'S it okay if I come sit by you right now?

[inconsequence]

Do as you like.

[They're not the one who would have been hurt, after all. Does Frisk imagine, what? Their pain is purely secondary to some sort of brief shrilling of alarm?

Absurd.]

[gainedlove]

[Frisk looks at Chara for several long moments before they carefully climb around and over to them, making sure to take a safe and steady path. They don't move too close, instead settling to sit a few feet away.]

[They...they're trying to be better. Really.]

[inconsequence]

[They're fine, see? You panicked over nothing. Freaking out, making a scene, pitching a fit because you weren't getting what you wanted. You've never been one to get what you want. Don't pretend as if anything's changed, especially now.

Lips twitch in a painfully, detestably natural formation. A smile, insincere.]

Well. This certainly was an adventure.

[They should take their leave now, should they not? Before they do any further damage, and ruin a nice thing more than they already have.]