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rubycity_ooc2014-08-15 08:52 pm
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[Event] // [New Maps!!]
So, we've kept you waiting on this for far longer than we wanted to, but we finally have everything straightened up and ready. Please read everything in this post so there's no confusion after the switch!
THE PRELUDE
On Monday, August 18th at midday, the clock tower will chime as it always does, but residents may notice that it doesn't sound normal. The noise is oddly hollow, as if it were ringing from inside a cavern.
At 12:01, after the last chime dies off, the city will be plunged into darkness. This will not be something as simple as all the lights going out, but a thick, heavy blackness that descends between one moment and the next as if sight has been robbed from everyone in the city and the lands surrounding it all at once. At the same time, the network will disconnect entirely. Attempts to create light sources using candles or torches will only partially succeed - it isn't that the lights don't work, but it doesn't seem that there's anything for them to fall on.
It will be possible to find other people stumbling around in the dark and to feel your way around familiar areas.
At 12:05, a sudden noise will erupt from every corner of the city and the area beyond. It will sound like a hellish mixture of tearing metal, shifting stone and all manner of other shrieks and bone-shuddering creaking. The floors inside the buildings and the ground outside will shake in addition to the continuing darkness. At this time, the network will flicker on and off with a spotty text service only, if you can see well enough to use it.
At 12:10, the noise will abruptly stop. A few moments later, the lights will flicker back on and, while no one seems to have moved from where they were before, the city itself has certainly changed.
THE SWITCH
So, what's new?
Also, please let us know if we missed anything!
In addition to this, there is now also a map available on the locations page. The shake-up did much more than just shuffle the city around.
Okay, so what's new here?
The shaking up appears to have shaken a few things out of the proverbial rafters to be discovered after everything settles. Underneath one of the pews in the cathedral, an old iron cross pendant can be found with 'U. Vale' etched into the back, as well as an old Bible with notes scrawled in the margin in rough, spidery handwriting.
In the clinic, there are two grey, cardboard files pushed under a cabinet, the corner of one just poking out enough to be seen. They appear to be medical records for an 'L. Barrows' and 'H. Lear'. Both describe the patients as 'subjects' and speak of them using detached, neutral pronouns, as if they weren't people at all. 'L. Barrows' is listed as aged eight, while 'H. Lear' is noted to be of indeterminate age, but presumed in his late twenties.
At the back of the theatre, there are a few pages of sheet music by the composers Chopin, Brahms, and Liszt with 'Landry' written across the top in careful script. These can be found with the rest of the sheet music. The name is written in pink.
We will need a few volunteers to find these things! Please put your character/s forwards under the relevant comment below. If there are a lot of volunteers, we'll use an RNG (or you can organise into groups!). There's no time limit on discovering these titbits, but please bear in mind that they are relevant to the NPCs and, depending on how they are used, the plot of the game as a whole.
Please use the relevant comments below for questions, volunteering and plotting! Thank you c:
THE PRELUDE
On Monday, August 18th at midday, the clock tower will chime as it always does, but residents may notice that it doesn't sound normal. The noise is oddly hollow, as if it were ringing from inside a cavern.
At 12:01, after the last chime dies off, the city will be plunged into darkness. This will not be something as simple as all the lights going out, but a thick, heavy blackness that descends between one moment and the next as if sight has been robbed from everyone in the city and the lands surrounding it all at once. At the same time, the network will disconnect entirely. Attempts to create light sources using candles or torches will only partially succeed - it isn't that the lights don't work, but it doesn't seem that there's anything for them to fall on.
It will be possible to find other people stumbling around in the dark and to feel your way around familiar areas.
At 12:05, a sudden noise will erupt from every corner of the city and the area beyond. It will sound like a hellish mixture of tearing metal, shifting stone and all manner of other shrieks and bone-shuddering creaking. The floors inside the buildings and the ground outside will shake in addition to the continuing darkness. At this time, the network will flicker on and off with a spotty text service only, if you can see well enough to use it.
At 12:10, the noise will abruptly stop. A few moments later, the lights will flicker back on and, while no one seems to have moved from where they were before, the city itself has certainly changed.
THE SWITCH
So, what's new?
- More houses
- An observatory (in dire need of some fixing up)
- New stores (inc. a bike shop)
- A specific store for home regains (marked with a star on the map), this will be put into proper operation asap
- Space for a greenhouse and an old apothecary store
- The rebuilt Hotel ShinRa
- The stores now stock less ready-made goods and more raw materials (such as ingredients and cloth)
Also, please let us know if we missed anything!
In addition to this, there is now also a map available on the locations page. The shake-up did much more than just shuffle the city around.
Okay, so what's new here?
- To begin with, the void that previously surrounded the chunk of land on which the city sat has been pushed back to make way for an ocean. The void is still present, but being utilised differently. More information on this can be found in the locations entry here.
- There are two beaches, one well within walking distance of the city.
- The hot springs are now located outside the city walls.
- Travel distances and likely creature encounters are now on each entry, with the former added to the locations outside of the city.
- There are a number of new locations -- we advise that you read the location page entries thoroughly!
The shaking up appears to have shaken a few things out of the proverbial rafters to be discovered after everything settles. Underneath one of the pews in the cathedral, an old iron cross pendant can be found with 'U. Vale' etched into the back, as well as an old Bible with notes scrawled in the margin in rough, spidery handwriting.
In the clinic, there are two grey, cardboard files pushed under a cabinet, the corner of one just poking out enough to be seen. They appear to be medical records for an 'L. Barrows' and 'H. Lear'. Both describe the patients as 'subjects' and speak of them using detached, neutral pronouns, as if they weren't people at all. 'L. Barrows' is listed as aged eight, while 'H. Lear' is noted to be of indeterminate age, but presumed in his late twenties.
At the back of the theatre, there are a few pages of sheet music by the composers Chopin, Brahms, and Liszt with 'Landry' written across the top in careful script. These can be found with the rest of the sheet music. The name is written in pink.
We will need a few volunteers to find these things! Please put your character/s forwards under the relevant comment below. If there are a lot of volunteers, we'll use an RNG (or you can organise into groups!). There's no time limit on discovering these titbits, but please bear in mind that they are relevant to the NPCs and, depending on how they are used, the plot of the game as a whole.
Please use the relevant comments below for questions, volunteering and plotting! Thank you c:
PLOTTING
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Other than that, however, I haven't got any definite plans for either the sudden darkness or the various things afterwards.
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Re: PLOTTING
So.... plot with me? IDK.
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But I am definitely interested! I'd love some new CR.
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Because even though she's really only Victorian, she knows a thing or two about medicinal plants. Because doctor with strange patients and a definite need for the occasional alternative to modern medicine.
PLOTTING
Rosalind will be absolutely interested in the bike shop.
Dimitri will be checking out the greenhouse.
Anyone want to join me~?
Re: PLOTTING
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HOTEL SHINRA
Elena is obviously going to be relocating. Plans for the hotel include:
- Creating temporary housing for new arrivals
- Creating laboratories for in-house work
- Offering housing to current residents who'd like to come (aka NotTurk!Family and
ShinRa!Family)
Also considering a small party to welcome back the Hotel. More to come if this becomes a thing or not.