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lostcompass2021-09-01 06:41 pm
groundrules) wrote in lostcompass2021-09-01 06:41 pm
Entry tags:
activity + state of the game
Hi everyone! Welcome, officially, to………… autumn. Monthly wrap of admin trinkets below!
Hi guys! The activity check (AC) is handled in-house, and you do not need to do anything unless your character is listed below. Please remember to use character tags for posts and logs you tag into — there’s been a bit of a decline in that, and it makes it difficult to hunt down your activity. If you’re uncomfortable tagging all the time, just doing so for posts/threads where you’ve met activity requirements is a-okay!
Regular activity requirements are one of the following during the AC month:
■ a network post
■ OR 10 text/network-style comments across at most two threads
■ OR five log comments across at most two threads
Activity can be carried out on either the game communities or character inboxes.
In August, I couldn’t find sufficient activity for...
- Lee Chang | jeoha | RECLAIMED
Winnifred Prismall |soulsrob | RECLAIMED
Catra |plentystrong
Vanya Hargreeves |remugient | RECLAIMED
Jiang Cheng |consignation | RECLAIMED
Comment here or PM @
groundrules until 5 September if you’d like to reclaim your character, or if they have August activity that was missed!■ Our resident Sith Lord Archeval (
darkeststars ) will be out of Taravast in September on a plot-linked assignment that will span a mod-agreed hiatus. But! He remains reachable for light threading at his inbox.■ The Story So Far page has been updated with a summary of the Taravast plot covered so far, if you need to catch up!
■ As characters are still working in the background to chase a poisoning cure, the next event write-up will go up on 4 September. The calendar page will be updated at that time. You can do last-minute prop/plotting for the very real poison antidote hunt here.
■ An informal discord server has been set up for Eastbound — you should have been PMed a link by now, but please drop a line if that hasn’t been the case, and you’re interested in participating.
■ For a refresher on who's on #TeamVannozza or #TeamMacaluso, the list lies here.
■ GAME VIBES |
eastbound has been alive and somehow still kicking since late March, and now’s a good time to check in on how people are still feeling about the game momentum. If we’re all at the end of our rope, we can plan for a wind-down after Arc II. This is not an endgame announcement — just asking how everyone is enjoying the game! If you don’t mind just dropping some thoughts here, that would be helpful!■ BLOOOOOOD | The game was set up as invite-only while I befriended the modding ropes, and I’m humbled it’s more than tripled in size since. There are player-felt advantages to a larger playerbase (variety in characters/speed/ideas), but speaking from the mod point of view — a larger number of players makes it substantially easier to drive the plot forward, mod-side.
With that in mind, I wanted to ask how everyone would feel about making the game public / removing the invite-only status, provided we kept
eastbound capped, with app sessions absorbing new players in small increments. If you can all leave some feedback here, that would be great! This is likely to be a more sensitive topic for some players than others, so please only respond to the main comment.Minor organic follow-ups or wrenches thrown in, based on recent plot developments or character actions. If you want a character roll, comment here. But please act on designer plot rolls! No handwaving.
■ Over the course of September, the grumpy ghost residents of the haunted house "inherited" by Lily and Wei Wuxian will mention that several necromancers and other magic users keep barging in and ruining their peace and quiet. They never stay long.
■ Wrath obtains two more disciples, also paying their learning fees. In mid-September, they will mention that donna Vannozza has sent out word in the necromantic districts asking for practitioners to carry out a special summon/exorcism rites. They will ask if their master is participating.
■ Diego Hargreeves' suit with Macaluso continues, now with Vannozza's approval and with less competition*. He will receive multiple invitations to various higher-level functions. He and his wolves are accommodated in a separate part of Macaluso's wing of the Spina palace.
■ *following Alina's anonymous reveal to the Piazza, negative sentiment bolsters against Lady Odile, who ultimately abandons her suit and Taravast. Knowing she was likely betrayed by one of the very people she sought to warn, she repays their 'kindness' by inciting all her local acquaintances against them. Throughout September, Fox, Mingyu, Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu, Xie Lian and Alina will be subjected to repeat instances of court bullying (rumours, fewer event invitations, their rooms raided), also finding they enjoy a frostier reception from sorcery schools.
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Okay, so from what magic Lily knows this might be handy for protecting whatever books Wei Wuxian wants to read before burning.
This might be useful for protecting the house itself, but I don't know if Wei Wuxian would also be subject to it. He is pretty magic!
If we're going for spying on these mofos outright or trying to get more intel unseen this is a zesty option
Hearing all this tea Lily would also point out that it's awfully unsettling that people are here digging for info on enslaving the undead right after that poison cure business that required people offering up a vial of their blood. The timing isn't great.
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Muggle-Repelling, is it magic dependent, because I presume most the necromancers are magical enough they'd read as not-muggle, in that sense? Though frankly he's not opposed to setting up pranks of annoyance on these feels while they figure out what's going on for why they want this
Which! If they can tag one to track? Because yeah the timing is nooot great but also: there are some flavours of undead in city already, are they having trouble with the knowns in the necro district, does someone want to poach from Deadly Forest, is this against outside forces? Etc etc
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If it's pranks you want there's always some good old fashioned horrible screaming and the slippery jinx which could be fun to cast on stuff.
...Also can Lily get those romance novels when they're done being decoys, asking for a friend
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Also of course she can why not