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End of March Plots!

It's the Spring Equinox for many of us in the northern hemisphere, and you didn't think we'd let March go out like a plotless little lamb, did you? ;)

ETA: An IC kick-off post is now live in the main comm!

Happy ~~Father's~~ Alien Abduction Day!

Today, March 20th, is International Alien Abduction Day, and with Father's Day having just passed (in parts of Europe and South America, don't worry America you still have 3 months to pick out the perfect tie for your pappy), Q has decided to show how much of a loving and kindly individual he really is ~~and to get people to stop grumbling about how they miss their families~~.

For one week starting today and ending next Sunday, characters will have the chance if they so choose to talk to their fathers, or father-like figures. This can either be done using the comms system (pictured above), rather like a Facetime or Skype (or universe equivalent feature) conversation, no matter where or when the father exists. Why? Maybe there's some unresolved business between your character and their father. Maybe your character just wants to talk to them one last time...

For characters whose fathers are dead or don't exist in a time period with such technology, the holodecks will create a simulation of their father to interact with. (This will be a real conversation and not just a ghostly apparition, much like in the Superman franchise when Kal-El and Kara are allowed to talk to their deceased parents via hologram).

If your character has absolutely no desire to speak with their father, they may be treated to another glimpse into Father's Day... of the future... by speaking to what could be your character's future child. Just call Q the Ghost of Christmas Future. Possible future children will likewise appear to interact with your character via the holodeck simulations.

When this is done, characters who decide to give Q a Father's Day gift in return will be granted one wish, as long as it's a reasonable wish. So that means no wishing to return home, having someone else show up on the ship, deadly or rule-breaky items. This post is where your characters can make their Father/Aliens's Day wishes, and if Q deigns to grant their wish it will come true next Sunday, March 27th.

Two important notes: 1) since it is a Father's Day phone call, your characters will only be able to speak with their fathers. 2) once the comm/holodeck simulation ends, your character will not be able to bring it back up again. Q is bending the rules of space and time just for this one week.

WHO: Anyone can participate or not, as they choose!
WHAT: Q enabling daddy issues!
WHERE: The entire ship, including personal quarters and holodecks (or anywhere comm systems can be accessed)
WHEN: From today (20 March 2016) to next Sunday (27 March 2016)

Spring Equinox, Planetside!

Spring is in the ~~vacuum?~~ air! Flowers are blooming, birds are calling, all those pesky pheromones are in the air - but not all is hunky-dory for the Federation. Tonight, the Enterprise will receive a call for assistance from a Federation colony whose crops are failing, and who need the help of the ship's complement to recover before deadly consequences ensue. Luckily, the Enterprise just stopped at Pacifica on that botany mission, and happens to be carrying many seedlings, seeds, and helpful equipment the doomed settlement desperately needs. Not to mention, most importantly of all, people with skills and interests in planting.

The timeline will look something like this - the Enterprise will make landfall tonight, and the first characters who wish to help will be beamed ashore in the morning. With this plot, characters will be helping out with manual labor - tilling soil, maybe pulling weeds, et cetera. Anyone who decides to do so will be given an equinox-themed gift at the end of the plot - like a plant they helped grow, a basket of chocolate eggs, et cetera. What your characters end up with is up to you - so long as it's Spring-themed!

All volunteers who choose to spend the week helping in whatever capacity they can will receive their gift at the end of the week, before the Enterprise shoves off to commence with April's plots. Whatever healthy plants are left will be brought to a nearby space station to supplement their greenhouses, and while there the Enterprise may be picking up a few more things...

WHO: Anyone can participate or not, as they choose!
WHAT: Good Samaritan-ing, with gifts for their good behavior
WHERE: All happening in one settlement on the planet, free rein in the botany labs is granted!
WHEN: From tomorrow (21 March 2016) to next Monday (28 March 2016) with a few days buffer to wrap things up before April

>> QUESTIONS?
>> FATHER'S DAY WISHES
>> PLANT/PLANET PLOTTING

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Questions about either of these plots can be left right here!

Sooooo...

Can the guy on the other end hang up on this phonecall? And if he does is there a way to reconnect?

Since this is a Q-arranged, space/time-breaking setup, Q would be pretty disappointed if someone decided to take his magnanimous gift for granted.

That being the case, we say it'd be hilarious if someone tried to disconnect and couldn't because of Q interference. If they were particularly stubborn about it, they may even get an invisible thump to the back of the head by the alien himself.

Ahahahaaaaa, oh that'll be brilliant. Thank you!

How long do the calls last? Is there a post going up about it? Do we write our own? Handwave it since the Fathers are probably not on the ship?

The calls last as long as your character wants them to!

There will be the standard kick-off post that ICly explains what is happening, and the conversations themselves are up to the players to log.

The fathers not being on the ship is the draw of the plot! This is your character's chance to have a conversation with someone they may be afraid they'll never see again. As such both sides of the conversation can be written by you or threaded out with a willing party whether or not that character is in the game - this is just for personal logs, and only for the duration of the plot. :)

Edited 2016-03-21 01:19 (UTC)

What happens when a character doesn't have a father? For example, Olan'atar belongs to a genetically engineered species, would they meet the particular person who created him, in this case Odo?

Characters who do not have a traditional father figure will have the opportunity to speak with whomever they view most like a father to them. This could be the uncle that raised them when their father died, the kindly man who adopted them, or yes even the man who created them. :)

Thanks! Is it possible for a character to speak to several of them?

Re: Can a character speak to more than one father figure

ten_fwd_mods - 2016-03-21 01:30 (UTC) - Expand

Re: No genetic father for Father's Day?

redarrowqueen - 2016-03-21 01:25 (UTC) - Expand

Re: No canon father for Father's Day?

ten_fwd_mods - 2016-03-21 01:31 (UTC) - Expand

Re: No canon father for Father's Day?

redarrowqueen - 2016-03-21 01:33 (UTC) - Expand

So to build off of Henry!mun's question up there, if we have an account for a character's father (like the account I have for Henry's father) can we use that account to thread with them, even if the character's not in the game? Or would you prefer the interaction to happen some other way?

Just for the duration of the plot, journals that are not members of the comm can be used to thread out the Father's Day conversations.

How? The character who will be seeing their father creates a Personal Log setting up the phone call/holodeck simulation. The account belonging to that character's father may tag in to this log. From there the conversation may be threaded out like any other conversation.

This is just for the Father's Day plot logs, obviously the non-member character can't tag around posts in the main comm or stay once the plot has ended.

Can the character talk to their future child[ren] if they actually will have children in canon?

Yes! This plot is based on the "infinite universes, infinite possibilities" science fiction principle. Basically what that means is a character can see any number of possible futures; if they turned right and met a girl and had a beautiful boy, if they turned left and didn't marry but adopted a young girl, etc and so on.

So characters may see any possible future offspring, whether they're canon or a "turned left when I should have turned right" alternate future.

Quick question about Father's Day! Since Finnick and Annie are ~~joined at the hip~~ rooming together, would it be allowable for them to participate in each other's calls? Like, would Finnick be able to be there to say hi to his father in law while Annie is talking to him, and if Annie happened to be with her husband when he went to the holodeck would she be there when he was talking to a simulation of his father?

Just mulling over ideas <_<

Absolutely! Anyone present at the time the program initiates can stay to be a part of it.

Re: Can other characters join my character's conversation?

fishermansweater - 2016-03-21 06:52 (UTC) - Expand

If we use a journal to play a character in someone else's personal log conversation, and we are apping them later, would we have the option of having them remember the conversation? Either way is fine, I was just curious.

If all parties involved are on board with it, there's no reason the other half of the call shouldn't remember the conversation.

That having been said, if the character is deceased, from a different point in the timeline, or an Alternate Universe, they may not remember the conversation. But given, holodeck sims aside, that Q is connecting the PCs to the actual person through time and space, that conversation is really happening and therefore can be added to those characters' game canon if desired.

Okay, so the it doesn't have to be genetic and no biological father questions (and the multiples) were all answered, WHEE! I do have one more....

Kaylin got a mirror from home from Q, and in her world, mirrors are how they communicate over distances. Would Q actually let her "call" come through on the mirror instead of a more trek like place? Since it's actually her mirror where he usually calls to wake her up?

(where waking her up occurs hours after she is due in and involves swearing, snarling and threats, of course.)

ALSO: give what to Q how? I know Ailyshia will have a gift for him, though it is one that might kill some mortals. (she will NOT be pleased at having seen her father)

Okay, for your first question: for the way this particular plot is set up, only the comms and the holodecks will receive the time/space calls. However, given that the tech in Kaylin's world works differently, we're inclined to say that even though the call is coming through on the comms, her father is using his mirror on the other line. If you want to say Kaylin's mirror is lit while the conversation is happening, sort of like how a cellphone stays on even if you're talking on bluetooth, then it can be handwaved that Q just sort of re-routed the mirror for his own means.

Regarding gifts for Q, at the end of the week there will be a post where gifts can be left and Q's presents in return will be sent. What your character leaves for Q is entirely up to you. It can be something meaningful to your character, something your character genuinely thinks he'd like, socks, a tie... let your imagination be your guide, so long as you're prepared for him to grouse if the gift isn't up to his standards. ;) Bear in mind that these gifts can't break the in-game rules!

Re: Can calls be placed on other devices? What sort of gifts can we give?

agathaheterodyne - 2016-03-22 04:03 (UTC) - Expand

I'm not sure how to tag the post. Is it an interaction we write ourselves or do we tag the post and someone will act as our character's dear old dad?

Your Fathers Day conversations happen in your own logs. They can be completely written out by yourself, either in log form or thread form, or you can have someone NPC your character's father (or child) for the thread.

Characters who have in-canon fathers are mostly arranging with other players of those characters, but if a mod NPC is desired one can be provided for Derek's conversation!

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derek_morgan - 2016-03-21 17:01 (UTC) - Expand

Are current children a possibility?

Say our character does have a biological father, but was raised by someone else and sees them as more of an actual father (in Luke's case, Uncle Owen) can they talk to them instead?

Is going the aftermath route an option (with a highlights reel version of what would have happened during the call) if someone is not at ease with writing a certain character (in this case its Malcolm, I have ideas but know I could not pull him off. But given the world of Arrow Thea will be upset either way)

So what if someone would rather talk to Q than their father especially after he mentioned that feeling like a father thing?

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