End of March Plots!

[ten_fwd_mods]

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

Comments

Make a Qwish...

[trial_never_ends]

If you wish upon a star.....


maybe I'll decide it's worth my time.

So, tell me. What does your heart desire?

[tactlenecks]

dank kush

[trial_never_ends]

You know, it would only take a flick of my finger to remove you from this mortal plane.

[tactlenecks]

I have breast cancer, you ass.

[A beat.]

Well, okay, had. But the doc says I'd be prone to remission.


-you hook me up with some space-chronic and I'll teach you how to roll a joint.

[Deal?]

Re: Make a Qwish...

[southernreaper]

My powers to work. I don't mind being a pariah, but at least make it so I know what's going on with them.

[do_your_duty]

The only thing Aeryn wants aside from "to go home" (both universally, to her universe, and socially, to her people without basically having to die the next second, and we all know neither of those are happening....) is her prowler.




Bbbbuuuuuutttt, honestly, if this becomes the Talyn show, I could totally see this turning into asking for her prowler, but getting a small model of Talyn, too >_>

[seekingcrocodile]

Can I get my hand back? It's kind of hard to change diapers with a hook...

I know this one either wont be granted, or he'll lie and say it is but....

[agathaheterodyne]

"I want to retain all of my memories of this place, all that I learn here, when I do return home finally."

Re: Make a Qwish...

[the_blood]

Ailyshia:

While her thoughts towards him were running towards the murderous, there was something she wished for. An Arcerian cat who wanted to stay with her, or a unicorn. They didn't have to be Kindred, though she would love if they were.

(arcerian cats are 800+ pounds and look a bit like white tigers might if their stripes were almost non-existant. I would not be apping any of the named ones, but would take him (or her) as an NPC. If Blood is acceptable, it would be a him, and I'd keep the personality minimal, and he'd have the basic package for the Blood of his race of invisibility, air walking, and aural shields. Basically they rarely interact with anything other than prey anyway. If a half-blood, it would be more like Prim's cat had been, and would probably be female. Basically it would be a very large cat that Ailyshia would have in some of her posts, that she would often be curled against. Because 800+ ponds of furry muscle makes her feel a whole lot safer than the proximity to any vaguely human looking male.)


for Theiorn - since what he wants most is a brother of the court, and he doesn't have any here. He'd love a set of rings (To be worn on a chain around the neck, despite where canon would have it) that would let anyone who agreed to help protect the queen have an awareness of her, and the ability to communicate with each other mentally. Something similar to this exists in his canon, and he is aware that it does.

Re: Make a Qwish...

[techno_galen]

What Galen most wants is too game-breaky for Q to grant. But he would like to know what it is that's preventing his tech from working properly all the time. Thus giving Q an opportunity to brag about it being him...

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[kaylinneya]

How I had anything in before this, I have no clue. Wings. Kaylin wants wings. More than anything else.


A new throwing dagger to replace the one Kylo Ren melted. That's... pretty much all Kaylin wants. Well.... that and money. Even if it is more useless here, she'd like to have a day in her life where she isn't nearly beggar level poor.

Re: Make a Qwish...

[ro_laren]

Her own age, her own body, her own uniform, thank you very much. (Of course the medical team could do this as well. Aka, I'm willing to update her images and profile stuffs, and am fine with him taking the credit for it, or doing it through the medical muns. Either way! :whee: )

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[professorsong]

What does River want? Oh sweetie.

Blasters. She clearly needs more guns of every type.

(Since I know that's not terribly likely to happen)

Her vortex manipulator.

(did I mention things not likely to happen?)

[derek_morgan]

You have another passenger on board who has a terminal illness. I'd like it cured. Permanently, not just for her time on here but overall and every version of her there might be out there.

[impossibilities]

I'd like to be human again, to dream.


[And her gift to Q? The brightest, most garish mock tartan knit sweater. She thinks it's pretty.]

Re: Make a Qwish...

[itmeanstruth]

Minoru's Q-wish would be something akin to a breakthrough in how to guide a departed soul into its next reincarnation. In theory, it should be possible with his sage training eventually, but he isn't sure how the jutsu would work, and while he can cross over into the 'world between worlds' in a meditative sense, he hasn't been able to do much there. His intent has nothing to do with any game-breaking mechanics, just to help fulfill his mother's dying request - that the entire family could be reincarnated to be with each other in their next life.

Kylo Ren's Q-wishes would never be granted. He'd want his Force powers back, the Supreme Leader's voice back in his head, his lightsaber in his hands, his authority back, etc... Things that would not be permitted or would just be plain bad. So I have a crazy idea. Would it be possible for Kylo to be granted his full powers back for a fight log against Q with the stakes being to get them back permanently if he wins but has them permanently blocked if he loses? The catch, of course, is that he can't win. It would be debilitating for Kylo, but would help him adjust faster in the long-run, since he'd be forced to give up on the past and try something new. As he is, he's trying desperate things to tap into the Force, and will only get more desperate.

Re: Make a Qwish...

[engineermage]

Doing for Trever and I:

1. The sword named the Raven's Wing, that my Uncle Dara took into fairy with him when he went to the Clutching Grove and was subsequently lost.

2. My laptop, with all the files, programs and other information on it such as my schematics for various weapons and equipment, as well as access to the University of Dublin's Database of Rituals including the restricted ones - without needing the passwords to get into the database.

[If it seems like he's being a bit over specific, Kale and Trever have decided to treat him like a high fey who can be obnoxious about loopholes and exact language. Veena would like her kittens back.]

Re: Make a Qwish...

[kittened]

Peace and happiness is kind of a little vague for you isn't it?

Can you make pain and bad things easier to deal with?

Re: Make a Qwish...

[redarrowqueen]

Thea: a scrapbook from home but not just any of them. I want one with happy memories of everyone from mom to the team (plus people like Ray and Sara) to our friends in Team Flash.

Kristen: its simple but I would like my journals from the drawer in my apartment back in Gotham.

Ed: TBA

Luna: the sketchbooks from my room at home.