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December 2022 Trial Event Plotting
Trial 8 Plotting Post
Welcome to our plotting post for this month's event! This plotting page doubles as our monthly CR meme. If you have questions about the trial, ask them below.
All the glitter from November has faded away, but the shinning stars remained, leaving the night sky bright all through the month. Kuma Lisa is still the current iteration of Thirteen, however characters will often see her in her Fox form that has now turned pure white to match the snow that covers most of the land (with the exception of Cruel Summer).
The nights are much longer than before and the cold outside makes Star Children want to cuddle up with someone to keep warm. Despite the cold, however, the night will feel always beautiful and peaceful, which the Star Children might find comforting. Every night paper lanterns will be released to light the streets and stores all around Folkmore; these will magically remain in place until the end of the night, rather than floating away. When the day comes, they will rise up and disappear.
The days, in contrast, will feel a bit more grey and listless. There won't be a lot of light and everything seems a lot slower than usual, lacking the spirit of the night. Star children may feel a bit more depressed than usual but if they reach out to others this feeling may be eased.
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Reminders:
🦊 As of this month, the CR Meme and Plotting Post are combined. The form above reflects that.
🦊 KARMA IS A CAT and ANTI-HERO prompts from last month's trial are still in effect. Read more here.
🦊 The game will alternate between high and low intensity events each month. December is a low intensity month.
🦊 KARMA IS A CAT and ANTI-HERO prompts from last month's trial are still in effect. Read more here.
🦊 The game will alternate between high and low intensity events each month. December is a low intensity month.
MIDNIGHTS
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The calm, cozy vibe that settles over Folkmore in December also encourages people to reach out to others. For some that might mean visiting a select few friends, for others it may mean throwing dinner parties or other get-togethers. Especially in the evenings, the urge to be with someone else is common.
And really, lounging around in a nice warm house with someone to talk to is such a lovely way to spend your time. Why, you might get to talking and the next thing you know the clock is chiming midnight.
What’s that? You don’t have a clock? Oh. Well. There’s a chiming noise anyway! Accompanying this is the sudden appearance of a full-length mirror. It may be suddenly hanging on the wall, or appear in the doorway when you get up to use the washroom. It’s somewhere, and when you find it you’ll see yourself smiling back at you. Even if you’re not a smiler.
Your reflection is obscured, however, by a powder blue post-it note stuck on the surface of the mirror. On the post-it, in your own handwriting, is a word, or a phrase, or maybe several thoughts quickly jotted down. It may even be a drawing. However it is articulated, the content of the note is very simply some personal issue of your own making, something that holds you back in life. It is, in words or pictures, one of your self-made cages.
If you cannot see any of this, that’s alright - your companion probably can, and will no doubt relay all of this information to you.
This could be awkward for you, seeing something so personal laid out so simply in front of someone else. Or maybe you’re at the point where you just don’t care anymore. Talking about it can be very beneficial - you will feel lighter, more free, and more emotionally stable.
When you pull the post-it off of the mirror you will feel an intense relief as some part of you accepts that it’s time to let go of certain behaviours or thoughts. This isn’t necessarily an instant cure, but it can be a very important first step.
And if you are lucky, your mirror self moves, holding out something from your homeworld to you. You may see as many reflections of yourself as you wish this month, but this gift from you to yourself happens only once. After you have removed the post-it and possibly received your present, your mirror self fades away and the mirror goes dark.
And really, lounging around in a nice warm house with someone to talk to is such a lovely way to spend your time. Why, you might get to talking and the next thing you know the clock is chiming midnight.
What’s that? You don’t have a clock? Oh. Well. There’s a chiming noise anyway! Accompanying this is the sudden appearance of a full-length mirror. It may be suddenly hanging on the wall, or appear in the doorway when you get up to use the washroom. It’s somewhere, and when you find it you’ll see yourself smiling back at you. Even if you’re not a smiler.
Your reflection is obscured, however, by a powder blue post-it note stuck on the surface of the mirror. On the post-it, in your own handwriting, is a word, or a phrase, or maybe several thoughts quickly jotted down. It may even be a drawing. However it is articulated, the content of the note is very simply some personal issue of your own making, something that holds you back in life. It is, in words or pictures, one of your self-made cages.
If you cannot see any of this, that’s alright - your companion probably can, and will no doubt relay all of this information to you.
This could be awkward for you, seeing something so personal laid out so simply in front of someone else. Or maybe you’re at the point where you just don’t care anymore. Talking about it can be very beneficial - you will feel lighter, more free, and more emotionally stable.
When you pull the post-it off of the mirror you will feel an intense relief as some part of you accepts that it’s time to let go of certain behaviours or thoughts. This isn’t necessarily an instant cure, but it can be a very important first step.
And if you are lucky, your mirror self moves, holding out something from your homeworld to you. You may see as many reflections of yourself as you wish this month, but this gift from you to yourself happens only once. After you have removed the post-it and possibly received your present, your mirror self fades away and the mirror goes dark.
I NEED TO FEEL SOMETHIN' ★
Content Warnings: Sensory deprivation/loss.
The calming atmosphere of Folkmore this month may encourage people to reach out to one another, but some people are just naturally more shy and prone to introspection. For some, the temptation to stay inside and just watch the snow fall down from the sky in silence might be too enticing to resist.
The more you go into hermit mode, however, the more you will notice the world changing.
It’s very subtle at first: smells seem a little less intense, colours more washed out, music quieter. It becomes harder to physically feel things and you will become prone to dropping objects. It’s almost as if your perception is being blanketed by snow, numbing your senses. Your body will grow gradually colder as you catch the slowest chill in history.
It is possible to get frostbite from this, and to lose all of your senses, but it takes a long time - you would have to ignore it for literal weeks.
So what’s the cure? Come on. You know by now: you need to be around people. It doesn’t matter if it is people you like - you can be around your sworn enemy and it will immediately and quickly begin to reverse the effects. By the time you’ve spent an evening with someone you will be back to your old self! Whether that evening is spent hanging out and having a good time or screaming at each other is irrelevant.
The calming atmosphere of Folkmore this month may encourage people to reach out to one another, but some people are just naturally more shy and prone to introspection. For some, the temptation to stay inside and just watch the snow fall down from the sky in silence might be too enticing to resist.
The more you go into hermit mode, however, the more you will notice the world changing.
It’s very subtle at first: smells seem a little less intense, colours more washed out, music quieter. It becomes harder to physically feel things and you will become prone to dropping objects. It’s almost as if your perception is being blanketed by snow, numbing your senses. Your body will grow gradually colder as you catch the slowest chill in history.
It is possible to get frostbite from this, and to lose all of your senses, but it takes a long time - you would have to ignore it for literal weeks.
So what’s the cure? Come on. You know by now: you need to be around people. It doesn’t matter if it is people you like - you can be around your sworn enemy and it will immediately and quickly begin to reverse the effects. By the time you’ve spent an evening with someone you will be back to your old self! Whether that evening is spent hanging out and having a good time or screaming at each other is irrelevant.
QUESTION...?★
Content Warnings: Mild stalking by cute monsters.
While the days are not particularly exciting, December evenings do hold more than just hot cocoa and conversation. Both Willow and Epiphany have public ice rinks open, and there are concession stands at both selling hot drinks. Wintermute has its hot springs, and at night they are lit up with hundreds of small twinkling lights. Cruel Summer, the least affected by the cold, has dance parties thrown around bonfires that last from sundown to sunrise. You won’t be able to wear your skimpiest outfits in the cold desert air, but you should be able to stay warm enough if you stay near the fires.
Whether you choose to attend a winter event or just stay in your home, you may find yourself haunted by a rattling noise. It sounds like someone shaking seed pods, or perhaps small stones. It starts soft. Solitary. Take a look around and you’ll find the source soon enough: a small white humanoid figure with an oversized head. It doesn’t have a proper face, just large black holes to vaguely suggest eyes and a mouth. As you watch, the creature’s head tits unnaturally far to one side and then snaps back into place, making the rattling sound.
You will find that more and more of these little guys start popping up, following you wherever you go. They don’t try to hurt you or get in your way, but they still seem to be herding you somewhere… or rather, towards someone.
Yes, once you find yourself around someone else (whether you know them or not) the creatures will more or less surround you both, their heads rattling and rattling. The only thing that makes them settle down is when you and this other person get closer, physically or emotionally. And the only way to make them go away for good? You need to share something. Whether a dance, a kiss, or a secret - there must be a personal exchange of some kind. Only then will the creatures wander off, seemingly satisfied with a job well done.
While the days are not particularly exciting, December evenings do hold more than just hot cocoa and conversation. Both Willow and Epiphany have public ice rinks open, and there are concession stands at both selling hot drinks. Wintermute has its hot springs, and at night they are lit up with hundreds of small twinkling lights. Cruel Summer, the least affected by the cold, has dance parties thrown around bonfires that last from sundown to sunrise. You won’t be able to wear your skimpiest outfits in the cold desert air, but you should be able to stay warm enough if you stay near the fires.
Whether you choose to attend a winter event or just stay in your home, you may find yourself haunted by a rattling noise. It sounds like someone shaking seed pods, or perhaps small stones. It starts soft. Solitary. Take a look around and you’ll find the source soon enough: a small white humanoid figure with an oversized head. It doesn’t have a proper face, just large black holes to vaguely suggest eyes and a mouth. As you watch, the creature’s head tits unnaturally far to one side and then snaps back into place, making the rattling sound.
You will find that more and more of these little guys start popping up, following you wherever you go. They don’t try to hurt you or get in your way, but they still seem to be herding you somewhere… or rather, towards someone.
Yes, once you find yourself around someone else (whether you know them or not) the creatures will more or less surround you both, their heads rattling and rattling. The only thing that makes them settle down is when you and this other person get closer, physically or emotionally. And the only way to make them go away for good? You need to share something. Whether a dance, a kiss, or a secret - there must be a personal exchange of some kind. Only then will the creatures wander off, seemingly satisfied with a job well done.
Mads
Player Name: Mads
Player Pronouns: they/them
Player Contact:
Preferred Tag Style: Action
Monthly Pacing: Planning to be around! After this week, most obligations are chilling out for the year, so excited to get back into rp
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: No romance outside of current ships.
Wu | Legend of Korra | CRAU
Character Name: Wu
Permissions: 🦊 PermissionsCharacter Role: Myth
🦊 Exploring ➟ Interested in exploring him being "bad". He's very soft and gentle, but has the capacity to grow with the right influences. I want him to find a way to explore his potential to be a stronger person, physically and mentally (he's a bit of a naive pushover).
Public Knowledge:
🦊 Relationship ➟ He's married and makes that pretty public knowledge, he likes to hang off his husband Mako.
🦊 Manner ➟ He also is not dangerous at all, and it's pretty easy to tell: he's twitchy, and shies away from loud noises.
🦊 Raccoon ➟ He also has a pet raccoon who he carries around on his shoulder.
General CR information
Wanted CR: Friends! He vibes well with people who:
- Are passionate about something. He loves helping other people succeed at their dreams.
- Tease him, take advantage of his naiveté.
- Brood, need someone to get them out of their shell. He loves making especially big, strong men feel their feelings. Need someone to take your toxic masculinity down a peg? Wu's your guy!
Mentors/people who can bring out the worst in him. Like I said about his role ^ I want him to figure out his "bad" strength, which can manifest in being mean or cruel. I sort of want him to over-correct before figuring out how to align this part of him with the rest of his softness. I refer to this as his Stede-arc if that helps.
Unwanted CR: N/A
Trial information
Trial Accomplishments: What are you interested in your character accomplishing in these trials? What are their successes/wins? How does this affect their potential as their role or their arcs? How might they help others?
If Wu gets a mirror, it will say "I don't need to hide behind people stronger than me", or something to that effect. He'll talk about his history of doing exactly that: hiding behind others at home, and in Deer Country.
🦊 Feel somethin' ➟ Could be combined with Midnights: let him take care of you! Wu could help people who are suffering from frostbite by welcoming them into his warmth. He also has a power of magic hugs that make people feel calm and safe, that could help here.
🦊 Question..? ➟ Let's meet cute Wu and your character with some little guys! He'll try to diffuse the tension of being forced together with humor, but will easily open up
Re: Wu | Legend of Korra | CRAU
Mayerling is broody mcbrooderson. Brooding is his default icon. He's so good at brooding because almost everyone he's ever met has tried to kill him, which makes him his own most regular conversational partner (aka brooding). He won't be too difficult to open up, but it will be DRAMATIC and a LOT.
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Mayerling also sounds p fun! Would love to hit up one or both this event.
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Awesome. Due to some processing issues, I'm generally doing TLs & pre-plotted or specifically linked tag ins. So either of us can send the other open prompts if that works for them.
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I put up a couple short open prompts for Wu here. Lmk if that works, happy to write something else if not
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Yuri Lowell | Tales of Vesperia
Character Name: Yuri Lowell
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions
Character Role: Familiar
Public Knowledge:
🦊 Manner ➟ Yuri tends to act very casual about everything, and could seem like he doesn't care at first glance, but he does care. Very deeply.
🦊 Pup ➟ Yuri recently acquired his animal companion, Repede, who goes most everywhere with him. Repede carries a knife and can fight, holds a pipe in his mouth, and is blue.
General CR information
Wanted CR:
- People who he can take care of
- People who want to take care of him (preferably in the same people, that's ideal!)
- People who sit in a morally gray space
- People who want to do good but aren't, or weren't always set up to get there
- Friends, buddies, people who want to invest in him and will let him cook for them, make sure they're okay, protect them, help them achieve their goals.
Unwanted CR: N/A
Goals For Your Character:
Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:
For his own mirror, he'll have some variation of being not worthy or love or affection, or a crude drawing of him stabbing someone, or someone stabbing him. Yuri's issue is that he uses himself as a weapon to do the thing that other people won't do, because he doesn't think his own health, happiness, and mental well-being are worth protecting. He won't want to talk about this at all, and will need it to be coaxed out of him.
🦊 Question..? ➟ Let's meet cute! I'm imagining the little guys like dogs in the park wrapping you and your buddy up. Yuri will get flushed and blushy and uncomfortable with all of it. He doesn't want to share intimacy, but I love the idea of forcing him to. Force intimacy with him!
🦊 PRESENTS ➟ Okay so Yuri has a stupid number of spoons, and he's going to spend literally all of them on gifts. He's going to buy a whole much of junk and wrap it all poorly and have a big old pile in the middle of Willow for everyone to take. He and Repede will be giving out the gifts. Happy to have this help with anyone's frost bite, etc. This will probably happen the week before Christmas (20th-ish).
Re: Yuri Lowell | Tales of Vesperia
Inanna also never does up his shirt. Like hey same shirt! He has really good intentions but still sometimes hurts people. Also the way Yuri views himself OOF hurts so good because that's really kinda like what Baal/Valentine did, and that could hit so hard and serious, and he SO WANTS YOU NOT TO SEE YOURSELF AS A WEAPON.
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Yeeeah low cut buds o/ a very important character trait, how few buttons you button. Could also be fun here with them!
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Yeah yeah! Inanna will definitely be invested in helping if he hears how Yuri thinks of himself. It ties into some of the stuff he's pondering.