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songerein_ooc2022-08-31 09:57 pm
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Player Event: "Imbalance" Info & Plotting
Ollo, Songerein! Happy (almost) September! For the new folks coming in soon, I'm Ami or Donut! Either one works, it's fine. Got a player plot dreamscape idea cooked up, so I'm going to go ahead and unleash it upon the masses. Let's get started with the context and follow with the details:
Madhuri has been working on her dreamwalking abilities for a while, and has discovered that- if she can recite a song she'd heard via her Echo- she gains a magical girl costume of that particular opponent she had faced as well as a facsimile of their elemental powers to aid her depending on the situation.
Recently, she has been dreaming of a strange palace and a strange song... one that she feels compelled to try out and see what happens.
The problem is thus: Not only is Nald'thal, the subject of the tune, a major deity as opposed to the minor primals she'd defeated before, but they are twin gods representing a balance, keepers of the realm of both the living and the dead. How does a girl dress as two at once?
Simply put, she can't. The result is a dreamscape resembling a sprawling ancient temple lit by red-gold sunset, lined with torches of orange and blue. Crystal lanterns all through Reverein will glow and draw dreamers in (if you'd like to participate, of course).
What's the catch? Gimme the gimmick.
Dreamers brought into the dreamscape can be split into two, becoming two individuals holding half of their personality. For example, someone that has been split can have one of them bearing all their positive personality traits while the other bears all their negative. Two halves of a whole. Or, if you're nasty, one can be how they are publicly, and the other can be something akin to a shadow, of traits they aim to keep to themselves or deny.
In short, you can easily treat this as a soft Shadow event, for you Persona kids out there. The appearance of each half of your character and what personality traits reside in which is entirely up to you.
To fix the problem and restore a character in full, dreamotion is key. Positivity, acceptance or simply kicking their butt to show you care is enough to have two halves combine and become the whole person again.
This dreamscape will occur over the course of one in-game night on September 10th, when the log will go up, to facilitate lots of time to plot out or finish threads by month's end. This is a fabulous opportunity for new friends to reveal their uglier or even softer sides, or for one to face their inner demons.
Any questions? Feel free to leave them beneath the handy-dandy "Questions" toplevel within and I'll answer as quick as I can. Otherwise, feel free to use this entry to organize plots.
Madhuri has been working on her dreamwalking abilities for a while, and has discovered that- if she can recite a song she'd heard via her Echo- she gains a magical girl costume of that particular opponent she had faced as well as a facsimile of their elemental powers to aid her depending on the situation.
Recently, she has been dreaming of a strange palace and a strange song... one that she feels compelled to try out and see what happens.
The problem is thus: Not only is Nald'thal, the subject of the tune, a major deity as opposed to the minor primals she'd defeated before, but they are twin gods representing a balance, keepers of the realm of both the living and the dead. How does a girl dress as two at once?
Simply put, she can't. The result is a dreamscape resembling a sprawling ancient temple lit by red-gold sunset, lined with torches of orange and blue. Crystal lanterns all through Reverein will glow and draw dreamers in (if you'd like to participate, of course).
What's the catch? Gimme the gimmick.
Dreamers brought into the dreamscape can be split into two, becoming two individuals holding half of their personality. For example, someone that has been split can have one of them bearing all their positive personality traits while the other bears all their negative. Two halves of a whole. Or, if you're nasty, one can be how they are publicly, and the other can be something akin to a shadow, of traits they aim to keep to themselves or deny.
In short, you can easily treat this as a soft Shadow event, for you Persona kids out there. The appearance of each half of your character and what personality traits reside in which is entirely up to you.
To fix the problem and restore a character in full, dreamotion is key. Positivity, acceptance or simply kicking their butt to show you care is enough to have two halves combine and become the whole person again.
This dreamscape will occur over the course of one in-game night on September 10th, when the log will go up, to facilitate lots of time to plot out or finish threads by month's end. This is a fabulous opportunity for new friends to reveal their uglier or even softer sides, or for one to face their inner demons.
Any questions? Feel free to leave them beneath the handy-dandy "Questions" toplevel within and I'll answer as quick as I can. Otherwise, feel free to use this entry to organize plots.
It's time for round two. (Shadowbringers and Endwalker Spoilers)
The catch, of course, would be that the half of him which reflects his usual and more widely-known appearance in Reverein is actually his not-so-nice half. That's an understatement.
Spoiler-heavy, but my general idea would be to have Emet-Selch realize and confront the fact that he's quite literally become the sort of person he would have utterly detested some short millennia ago. Whether any character growth will come of this is anyone's guess, but it will definitely be a sight to see. I've also received permission from Hayley and Gen to delve into Sundering and Final Days themes as needed.
Emet-Selch A will reflect Emet-Selch as he was before the Sundering in both appearance and personality. Still much the same: grumpy, stern, a textbook "tsundere", but overall a decent enough sort with the dignity to do the right thing for the greater good of creation despite his grumblings about it. The kind of person claimed to have leant his aid to people near and far. He takes his duty quite seriously and has no small amount of curiosity about magicks and abilities he's never seen before. This Emet-Selch will be able to provide additional information about the myths and legends surrounding the Twelve as well as those who worship them.
Emet-Selch B, on the other hand, is the man you know but far worse; the kiddie gloves are off. He looks the same as always, if perhaps exuding an aura of unmistakable danger. This half would lean heavily into his single-minded goal to rejoin the world, looking down on all other lifeforms as inferior and incapable of reaching the heights of Ancient civilization, boiling in resentment over all he has lost. Cunning, ruthless, larger-than-life - willing to raze empires and manipulate the twisted and the innocent alike if it will further his own ambitions. It isn't so much about sentimentality anymore, it's about success - he's been at this for far too long and any means will justify the end result. A "megalomaniacal madman" indeed, deaf to his own morals and his better emotions which have all but been sealed away. Still, he might as well at least make this descent into calamity fun.