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ximilia mods ([personal profile] ximilian) wrote in [community profile] ximiliugh2023-08-04 08:32 am
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MISSION [ gold sails, red skies ] + plotting post

OVERVIEWOBJECTIVELOCATIONSPERSONS OF INTERESTOOC NOTES


OVERVIEW

The continent of Hhial, divided into three separate countries, has seen a rapid evolution of technology during the industrial revolution, and steam power has made aerial travel possible — a fact that has then given rise to a number of crews calling themselves “sky pirates”, divorcing themselves from the rule of any of the nations and following their own paths. Many of them have taken to the skies to chase after a mythical sky island, Dracness, where riches are said to await those who can find it.

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OBJECTIVE

The team’s objective is to find the orb. Viveca has traced the orb to somewhere around the Hhial region, but its exact location is something the team has to find out on their own.

In order to have the best chance of finding information, the team will infiltrate three different sky pirate crews. Viveca and Degar will make it so that it is possible, and the crews are divided as follows:

On The Blue Dawn: A2, Alina Starkov, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Clarke Griffin, Daisy Johnson, Gamora, Hibiki Fujiwara, Laurel Lance, Lúthien Tinúviel, Marta Cabrera, Natasha Romanoff, Rey, Sabriel, Yelena Belova, Yennefer of Vengerberg, Yuri Egin, Ziggy Berman, Zoya Nazyalensky

On The Hawking: Dante, Finn Mertens, FitzChivalry Farseer, Iris Black, Kazuma Asogi, Lan Sizhui, Malyen Oretsev, Minimus Ambus, Newton Geizler, Nico Robin, Noah, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Phoenix Wright, River Song, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, Sean Diaz, Shuntaro Chishiya, Stephen Strange, Thistle, Tianyou Zhao, Wei Wuxian, Yujin Mikotoba

On The Silent Plunder: Anakin Skywalker, Andromache, Alucard, Cal Kestis, Felix, Guillermo de la Cruz, Itachi Uchiha, Jake the Dog, Joric, Kylo Ren, Leonard McCoy, Lillium White, Nie Huaisang, Nikolai Lantsov, Peter Quill, Poison Ivy, Prince Arctic, Takeshi Kovacs, The Darkling, Tony Stark, Vash the Stampede, Yzak Jule

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LOCATIONS

The country of freedom and innovation, of artists and creators and writers and inventors — Kellir touts itself as a celebrator and patron to the arts and sciences and their advanced technologies boast as much. The city is made up of beautiful and detailed architecture, and the most fashionable individuals walk the manicured streets of Kellir’s downtown core.

Towards the northernmost point of Hhial, shielded by a range of snowy mountains with access to mines, lumber, and fresh water, lies Muchter, which takes pride in their technology to harvest raw materials, exporting them as supplies and goods for the other two countries and establishing a very strong economy as a result. Flourishing in jobs and currency, Muchter is arguably the most affluent country in all of Hhial.

Just a little west of Hhial is Zefindam, which boasts a more indulgent lifestyle. Filled with some of the best places for truly transcendental food and alcohols, gambling parlours, and substance dens, the people here truly live their lives as though it is their last. The cities never sleep, and much of their economy is generated through their casinos and love hotels, of which there are many.

With its lush, hilly landscapes and a single dormant volcano, the Golden Haven is an island past Hhial surrounded by crystal-blue waters and white sand beaches, and does not answer to any of Hhial’s known governments. It is instead governed by its own set of rules, something a little more akin to a ‘code’, and any sea or sky farer is welcome — so long as they respect that code. Reachable only by ship, there are transitory residences and commercial venues for trade, and the only real permanent establishment is a pub at the core of the island that has existed ever since the Golden Haven was made a pirate’s place of refuge.

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PERSONS OF INTEREST
JILLEH "THE OCEAN QUEEN" RAHTAR
The captain of The Blue Dawn, a ship that has an all-female crew. Jilleh is well-known for recruiting women who are on the run or otherwise want to leave their circumstances behind, and the crew has gained a reputation for ruthlessly taking down many fellow pirates. No one, except for Jilleh’s first mate Lai, knows how she became a pirate, but everyone knows she is the queen of the skies — Dracness, too, if she can find it.

THE HISTORIANS: BESS AND BOWIN
The twins who are co-captains of The Hawking. Instead of chasing riches, they are focused on historical artefacts, books and documents — their crew is on the more peaceful side, but they will not hesitate to defend themselves, or resort to tricks when trying to find a particular item on their list. Bess and Bowin have long searched for the lost history of the continent, and believe the answers they seek will be found on Dracness.

EDIL "GREYBEARD" HAMM
The captain of The Silent Plunder, Greybeard is both charming and cold, jovial and cruel — those in his crew are absolutely loyal to him, and he in turn to them. Together, they are known as the Scourge of the Sky, attacking not just other pirates but also ships belonging to the governments or merchants, taking what they need from those who already have too much. Greybeard is determined to find Dracness, and has promised to share the riches with his crew once he does.

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OOC NOTES

This mission will span the months of August and September.

The team’s main objective is to find the orb and retrieve it. To do that, they will have to learn where the orb is located and who might be in possession of it.

Characters will be sent out as three separate groups, each being taken on as crew of the pirate ship that they have been sent to.

Though magic does exist in the continent, those not in humanoid form will have to take a potion that will either make them look humanoid, or alter their features in a way that will make them seem like one of the more alien-looking races on Hhial (some even look like animal faces but on humanoid-shaped bodies). Which one it is is up for the player to decide.

For any questions about any of this, feel free to ask HERE.

As always characters are encouraged to share their findings and information through the network, and a mod-provided voting post will be posted later on in the month to prepare for the conclusion.

The personal goals have been assigned, and can be found HERE. If you have any questions about your goal, please ask us HERE! In the same comment, there are instructions for what to do if you are unhappy with the task your character has received.

Please use this post to plot for the mission and make your own plotting comments. You can use the form below as a guideline:

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yennefer of vengerberg | the witcher (netflix)

[personal profile] choicely 2023-08-04 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Carly
Character: Yennefer of Vengerberg
Personal task: Get information using seductive means. This made me LOL because Yen probably has not had to play the role of the honey-pot in quite a while, but on the other hand... maybe it's worth trying to see if she can cozy up to the captain (or her first mate?) to get some more insight on Dracness and where they're headed/what sort of wealth they're looking for.

Crew: Blue Dawn! GIRL CREW GIRL CREW — definitely hit me up for some crew threads, for sure; Yennefer will partly be keeping an eye on Ciri but I'm also here for downtime interactions as well as potential investigation routes.
General plans for the mission: Well, apart from potentially using a more seductive route to garner information, I'm open to just about anything and everything here. It's been a while since Yennefer has had to do anything resembling manual labor, so she might try to find other ways to be useful to the crew (maybe making herself available as a healer on the ship) or position herself as part of the group during any docking time that they happen to stop in certain locations.

ETC: Feel free to hit me up on either [plurk.com profile] favoritings, Discord @ the same username, or DW PM for plotting!
evicerated: (flummoxed)

[personal profile] evicerated 2023-08-04 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
For the humanization: if I put Arctic in scaly alien mode, is it ok for him to keep his wings à la the Sargorn in Jupiter Ascending? Or should he be ironically grounded for this sky pirate mission?

(I'm fine with either, just want to know what my options are heh)
ananym: (As one smells in blood)

[personal profile] ananym 2023-08-04 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Would powers that allow you to shapeshift work?
laviny: (022)

[personal profile] laviny 2023-08-04 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Jess
Character: Yelena Belova
Personal task: Dress three teammates in outfits outside their comfort zone

Natasha and Daisy are definitely being subjected to this, so there's room for one more. And honestly she’d be willing to do this with more than 3 people, it seems like a good time. Come to her. She will dress you in bright colors.
Crew: The Blue Dawn. Lady crew!!
General plans for the mission: I am notoriously bad at plans until the log goes up, but she will be inclined to have fun with this. Being a pirate sounds awesome. And so does giving people make overs.
ETC:

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[personal profile] dispassioned 2023-08-04 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Jess
Character: Shuntaro Chishiya
Personal task: Follow a teammate’s every command for 24 hours.

Idk, does anyone want to try to herd a cat? He will be inclined towards malicious complaince if he actually attempts to do this.
Crew: The Hawking
General plans for the mission: once again, I am bad at this until the log goes up. But, I think he’ll be most drawn to Kellir for the arts and sciences and possibly Zefindam for game playing.
ETC:

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joric | original character

[personal profile] drawsblood 2023-08-04 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Contessa
Character: Joric
Personal task: Speak your every thought for 24 hours. Probably not bothering because it would be impossible for me to remember to thread this out correctly.
Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission: He will love flying through the sky for sure but he'll also spend a ton of time at every port they make to properly question people or search suspicious locations! I'll know more once the log is live but expect him to be checking out seedy areas.
ETC: I've been wanting him to get in a fight/hurt defending crew for awhile now so if there's an opportunity to facilitate that while questioning dangerous individuals/in a sky battle/etc. I want to take it. Fuck him up!

Edited (nearly forgot obligatory image! ) 2023-08-04 15:30 (UTC)
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[personal profile] heroooic 2023-08-04 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Are characters able/allowed to interact with members of other crews (easily or otherwise)?
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jake | adventure time

[personal profile] doooooog 2023-08-04 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Em
Character: Jake the Dog Human (he is back, baby - like he never left!)
Personal task: Obey a teammate's every command for 24 hours.

Jake cares absolutely zero about completing his personal goals. Living with your regrets is kind of his personal philosophy... which begs the question, WHY ARE YOU HERE? I'm thinking this might be a good opportunity to dig into that question, maybe over the process of generally discussing goals generally? He has an answer, but not one he's ever talked about aloud. Food for thought!

Crew: The Silent Plunder, SCOURGE OF THE SKYS BABYYYY
General plans for the mission:
turns the pirates of the caribbean soundtrack to max. who else is freaking excited for this mission. Gonna split this up into categories and randomly bold a few sentences to try and make it easier to read:
GENERAL VIBE: Jake was a very prolific thief in his younger days. He headed up a gang of his own and knows how to throw his weight around and get his hands dirty. Expect immediate crew-loyalty setting in a la Color War at camp. Y'all drool, Edil Hamm rules. Also, expect a lot of really immature jokes on their ship's name. The Silent Thunder is right there mods, you shouldn't give him this kind of low hanging fruit to bite).

PIRATE MORALITY? Hanging out with a bunch of ne'er-do-wells is right up his alley and he will definitely getting a little too into it, both in a comedic sense and a less funny sense. Jake is the kind of person who has to choose to be good every day and defy their more natural inclinations towards hedonistic desire (counteracting that is why he got into Buddhism). Giving into that in a roleplaying-for-the-mission context might start to blur the moral line in ways that go beyond pure roleplaying, and I am HERE for consequences of that. Be they corruption of others, being called out, or just meaty talks on the subject.

APPEARANCE: Jake will be human again for this mission, which I'm interested in exploring further! He only had to be human for a little under a week in Ankata, and was very compelled by the novelty. Two months as a human is going to start feeling weird fast. I would love to play with the growing malaise of human anatomical limitations + discovery of human anatomical improvements (i.e. your noses suck hard, but the colors y'all can see is pretty amazing, along with weightier observations).

BACKSTORY: I would love to link up on backstories with someone and build a fun narrative for our characters to roleplay together. If left to his own devices, Jake will probably just use his own actual criminal background with some setting-specific tweaks. Substitute 'stealing bikes/mugging sweet old ladies/robbing banks/running cons' with 'smuggler/pickpocket/plunderer/fraudster'.

MISSION STRATS: In true Treasure Island/Planet fashion, Jake is going to attempt to get hired to the Plunder's crew as the ship's cook. If that position is taken, he'll settle for any other crew position provided it does not require he do any work he finds boring (lol). If his desired job isn't available, he'll probably spend most of his time cozying up to the crew with a charm offensive.

FUN FACT: Sailing and navigation is actually a hobby of Jake's! This dog carries a pocket sextant with him at all times in canon and can do navigational math in his head to plot courses, etc. We're subbing sea for sky, but it could come in handy!
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Edited 2023-08-04 17:21 (UTC)
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mal oretsev ‣ grishaverse

[personal profile] tochnyy 2023-08-04 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Grimm
Character: Mal Oretsev
Personal task: Be brutally honest to three different teammates.

More than happy to do this with more than three people!
Crew: The Hawking
General plans for the mission: Mal's about to be in his element on this one. He's been on the seas a privateer for months (He learned that means being a legal pirate!) and the ship he's on can both sail and fly. So he's going to be trying to work closely with the crew as he can and get information that way.

Other than that, I'd love to do a backstory with him and anyone around. I think I'll have him be from Muchter originally but that's up for change for a good fake family moment.

ETC: Feel free to PM or reach out at [plurk.com profile] spinaltap for plotting!

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sean diaz | life is strange 2

[personal profile] wolfbrother 2023-08-04 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Em
Character: Sean Diaz
Personal task: Hurt a teammate's feelings. - Sean is ride or die for completing his goals, his regret is super important to him, sooooo get ready to be read 'cuz the library is now open.

I'm choosing to interpret this as he needs to successfully hurt someone's feelings, not just say something shitty to someone. I'd love to have him fail with several people before succeeding with one!

Crew: The Hawking
General plans for the mission:
Build CR! Please partake of this organized list:
GENERAL VIBE: This will definitely be the first mission where a sense of wonder really takes hold for Sean about where he is and how incredible it is to see. I'd love to have a moment like that of just, wow this is really happening. He's a normal-ass kid from normal world with a brother who loves pirates, and this whole thing would just make his day. I feel like Sean would be obsessively trying to soak it all up in some urge to be able to tell his little bro about it someday. He misses him a LOT, okay.

APPEARANCE: Sean has an eyepatch so like, that's gotta come up. Please feel free to have your character make the joke to him. It'll be like playing roulette where instead of money you get a teenager exploding on you disproportionately.

BACKSTORY: Sean's mind will be so blank on this. Someone with better improvisational skills, please assist him.

MISSION STRATS: Much like on Ankata, Sean will feel more focused on his personal goal than on the mission. I'm looking to dig into why he feels disengaged from the orb collection side of things and add some texture to his journey here.

FUN FACT: Sean made up a pirate-themed game called Ship, Captain, Crew to pass the time for his little brother while they were homeless. It is a real game that is genuinely pretty fun, please let him teach it to you.
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[personal profile] dispassioned 2023-08-04 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Go ahead and try to hurt Chishiya's feelings
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[personal profile] wolfbrother 2023-08-04 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
he will try and he will Fail, of this i am sure
dispassioned: (pic#16255341)

[personal profile] dispassioned 2023-08-04 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Chishiya will be deeply amused that he tried it
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[personal profile] softshoes 2023-08-04 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi mods! Requesting a new goal please ❤️
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Ryunosuke Naruhodo | The Great Ace Attorney

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2023-08-04 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Possum
Character: Ryunosuke Naruhodo
Personal task: Confess to a teammate a quality you most admire about yourself. Ryunosuke never does his personal goals but there's a chance he could complete this one by accident? Then again, maybe not. He's too humble for his own good sometimes.
Crew: The Hawking!

General plans for the mission: Probably won't be making any SUPER specific plans until the log goes up but I will note for the record that Ryunosuke is fucking terrified of heights and he's going to be VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THIS SITUATION. Which works out because honestly he got so much to do investigation wise in the last event, this is a good excuse for him to take a backseat for a bit and let me focus on establishing my new character. Still absolutely up for threading dumb shenanigans and interpersonal drama though :3b

ETC:
Help Him

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Beck's Dudes

[personal profile] homeostatic 2023-08-04 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
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Leonard McCoy

[personal profile] homeostatic 2023-08-04 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Personal task: Write three sentimental letters to significant people in your life but do not send them. Get ready cuz he's gonna be a sad sentimental bastard without the additional motivation.
Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission:

Ideally he'd plan a fake background, as being from Kellir would make perfect sense, but his BFF boyfriend Jim also just departed and he's not feeling super creatively inclined at the moment. He is also not great with heights, with anything flying that isn't to Starfleet-level engineering standards, and he gets air sick. 🫠 He's planning to self-medicate so he's still of some use on the medical end of things, but if anyone wants the cr equivalent of coaxing a stressed out yowling cat down from a tree, let's do it.

Also? Let's drag him into a fight, forreal.

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[personal profile] wolfbrother 2023-08-04 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
i hope you're ready to get called out for that amusement in spectacular teenage fashion, buddy
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[personal profile] dispassioned 2023-08-04 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, he's just going to find it funnier and funnier
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Prince Arctic | Wings of Fire

[personal profile] evicerated 2023-08-04 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Possum
Character: Prince Arctic
Personal task: Confess to a teammate an unachieved dream of yours. I have to think a little bit about what his unachieved dream actually is, because he's sort of a 'no hope remaining' kind of shithead. It does just say an unachieved dream so he will probably avoid jumping to any of the big soul-bearing subjects, because he doesn't trust anyone yet!!! Maybe he'll talk about wanting to go back to the Ice Kingdom? That's still a touchy subject for him, but it's better than talking about anything related to the powers that he's trying to keep secret.
Regardless, if you've got someone nosy and kind enough to be a potential recipient of some Tragic Dragon Backstory, hit me up!
Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission: This is Arctic's first mission, so he's going to be doing a lot of adjusting. Like, a LOT of adjusting, considering he has to get transformed into a humanoid to fit in, which is going to both freak him out and make him extra grumpy! I'm going for more of a Space Furry vibe than strictly human, so he'll still have scales and claws at least. And MAYBE wings? We'll see. If he DOES have wings, that will probably be useful for people who might need flight related assistance on certain investigative endeavors! If he DOESN'T... He's going to be EXTREMELY grumpy, which will be hilarious.
ETC:
This fandom doesn't have any funny memes for me to link 8'(
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[personal profile] wolfbrother 2023-08-04 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
i think it is only valid that if one my characters gets to be chishiya's friend, the other should immediately decide he's an asshole who thinks he's way cooler than he is. that's just balancing the scales of the universe, okay.
irondad: AoU (Congenial)

Tony Stark

[personal profile] irondad 2023-08-04 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Personal task: Do not tinker for a month. Fastest insta-fail in Ximilia history. He'll try, he'll try so hard and it'll actually be good for him, but he's gonna have a difficult time.
Crew: The Silent Plunder. Y'all he's gonna lean into this.
General plans for the mission:

Generally just finding his feet and making himself useful. The whole being-transported-to-another-world will in itself be immediate and hellaciously stressful exposure therapy so he'll be a ball of manic energy for a while. If he isn't tossed in the ship's brig at some point, maybe even beside Bones, I'll be shocked.

Other than that, I think he may say he's from Kellir too, and he'll be interested in knitting together a cohesive background with other folks.

ETC: Is he absolutely bringing the suit? Yes. While he's just gonna casually wear parts of it under/over whatever steampunk attire he's dressing in, he will def make it Aesthetic to avoid questions.

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[personal profile] doooooog 2023-08-04 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I want to continue this nice little established CR beat of these two not hanging out for a long stretch and then sitting down and talking for like five hours. This time: pirate edition (and i guess jake-is-human edition). He's gonna need her to submit the dirty deets on her seduction efforts for him to provide running commentary over, thank u

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