HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, TEN FORWARD! + Game Events for June!

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That's right, 1 year ago TODAY Ten Forward officially opened its doors. Thank you all so much for a great year, for giving us so much to be excited about, and for playing with us. Each and every one of you mean the world to us, and we couldn't have done it without your characters, suggestions, input, and especially your patience. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Here's to making the next year even better!

Oh-ho, but how will we make the next year better, you say? Why, what a marvelous question! How about we start off with some Event Announcements? :O

As part of our new monthly small plot initiative as voted into effect by you guys, some visitors are about to arrive on the Enterprise. Following April's Mirror!verse shenanigans, Starfleet Command has begun to lose faith in Captain Picard's ability to keep Q under control. Representatives from Starfleet and The Department of Temporal Investigations are about to join the Enterprise in a big way, and Q is none too happy about that!

So what does that mean for you? Starting this weekend, you'll start seeing some small, pre-threaded posts popping up in the IC comm. These will set up small events that will occur at an easy, staggered pace for the next several months. These will come with their own OOC plotting & sign-up posts, since they'll be handled by a variety of different players. For now, I'm going to let you know about two of them.

The representatives from Starfleet Command and Temporal Investigations will be arriving on the Enterprise on May 24th, and will spend the next few weeks poking around the ship. During this time, they'll be very interested in the guests aboard who come from strange universes or who possess strange abilities. If you would like your character to have an encounter with these officers, let us know! By interviewing and questioning Q's guests, Starfleet is going to start building a response to the Enterprise's situation, which, of course, is not going to make Q happy. And that means one thing ..... shenanigans.

In honor of our 1 year anniversary, we have chosen the most popular plot as requested by you! Drum roll, please...



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WHAT: An Age Regression Plot, based on the episode "Rascals"
WHEN: June 1st - 20th
WHERE: The whole ship
WHO: Opt-in/Opt-out
HOW: Q introduces a strange virus that spreads by physical contact...

Have you ever wanted to relive your childhood? Well now you can! But perhaps not in the way you always imagined it.

While Starfleet reps are poking around the ship, Q is going to act out in his usual fashion and cause some drama. With a sudden click of his fingers, the representatives have now been infected with a virus that affects them all on a molecular level — and what is worse is it's contagious. Within 24 hours of contracting the virus, each character regresses to a physical age of about 12 years. Characters retain their memories and can still reason as adults, but for all intents and purposes they're children again.

Anyone the Starfleet representatives come in physical contact with after Q infects them will also contract the virus. From there, they will be contagious and anyone who comes in contact with them will contract the virus, and so on and so forth. The virus is only passed through physical contact, not through food, water, or breathing in the same air. The infected will appear fairly normal for the first few hours after contact. They will eventually feel very tired and run down, which will likely make them want to go lie down. When they wake up, the physical regression will be complete.

While people all over the ship start turning into children, it is now up to the unaffected to diagnose the problem, develop a vaccine to stop the virus from spreading, and eventually find a cure. Volunteers who are good with medicine, science, and technology will be needed to assist with this process. And what about the infected? Small plot settings and kid-friendly holodeck programs will be provided for maximum playtime shenanigans. Hey, if you're going to be a kid again you might as well take advantage of it, right? And don't worry, the kids can also volunteer to help out and save the day, just as it should be. There are those grumbly Starfleet reps to take care of, after all...

Patient Zero will show up in the Ten Forward lounge on May 31st, with the first few infected with the kid virus showing up in-game on June 1st. The last day you can infect your character with kid virus is June 20th, after which point the volunteers will have found a cure and start administering it to the whole ship. Any fallout from the plot will continue into the following week.

>> QUESTIONS
>> VOLUNTEER FOR AN ENCOUNTER WITH STARFLEET
>> VOLUNTEER TO STOP THE VIRUS
>> PLOT WITH OTHER PLAYERS

Comments

PLOT WITH OTHER PLAYERS

[ten_fwd_mods]

What will YOU get up to during the kid event?

Sneak through cubby holes into restricted areas?
Stage a coup and take over Ten Forward for justice and ice cream for all?
Plot your great escape?
Make Starfleet's lives miserable?
Or maybe just fingerpaint with your bff?

If you're not getting involved but would still like to encounter participants, let us know where your character will be hiding out!

who wants to deal with a 12yo Natasha

[fallaces_sunt]

Stage a coup and take over Ten Forward for justice and ice cream for all?

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

Nat's being 12. This is the extent of my plottings so far, so.

:D?

[fishermansweater]

bb!spy shenanigans y/n?

[caelus]

let's see what kinds of awful they can get up to y/y??

also does gaila want to tease the hell out of bitty jim cause lol that floppy hair. he's not going to enjoy being a child again. cause ha, his childhood. so any kind of distraction is welcome.

I DO I DO

[magnetic_magpie]

Magneto also being 12. Nat might actually be taller.

Re: who wants to deal with a 12yo Natasha

[abyssum_invocat]

For great discussions of 'socialism is stupid, comrade', of course.

[fishermansweater]

You all want a cocky as hell little pain in the ass of a prettyboy trainee killer, right?

Right.

De-aging Finnick who wants to play with him?

[treadswater]

Annie is so unimpressed. He was a pain in the butt the LAST time he was twelve.

[caelus]

yo, i'm totally here for this.

distract jim from this bs pls. they'll go eat ice cream until they can't move.

PLOT

[midnighthour]

Yuna will definitely be a kid during the event. As a young girl we was adorable but she lost her parts pretty early so she will probably wonder around and potentially get in trouble. She was overly curious and used to being able to do whatever she wanted because he father was important before he died. Over all she will just make anyone who encounters her worry by jumping off of things, climbing on things, crawling through small spaces, maybe even getting stuck and then doing all that again just for fun. 12 around the age that Yuna started showing her rawr magical talent so that might come up as well.

Ellie will not be in this plot because once she hears virus she will be locking herself in her room and not touching anyone. Some habits die hard.

Kitty is new to the game so I don't know what I'm doing for her just yet. She is a young werewolf so if she turned into a kid she'd just be a regular snarky kid who's into being a DJ. I imagine as a child she liked breaking rules but suddenly not being a werewolf again will throw Kitty for a loop.

[bob_fraser_rcmp]

Chang is NOT copacetic with having transformative viruses around. It was bad enough getting a smooth head! So he'll be acting more grumpy and misanthropic than usual.

Bob however will be SUPER STOKED to be alive again. And helpful and earnest, because you can't help that when you're twelve. And also have Northern tales to tell.

you know that history book of yours?

[caelus]

throw it out the airlock. ever wanted to see the 12 year old version of a starfleet legend? y e p. /chinhands

he won't much care for being this age not the best time of his life lbr but he'll totally be up for shenanigans if it distracts him or helps fix it. or both.

[magnetic_magpie]

At least you'll still be able to REACH things Jim.

Flotter Funtimez!

[captainproton]

Tom will be trying to corral the kids (and make sure AOS Kirk doesnt get himself killed).

Who wants to play Flotter!?

Re: PLOT WITH OTHER PLAYERS

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

Liz is getting de-aged. She'll be so annoyed until she realizes she can act out again.

Emma will also try to corral the kids. She will enjoy it way too much.

Who wants to deal with preteen Magneto?

[onlyheremains]

Look at him.

Isn't he cute?

Oh and being twelve...his powers will be showing up. So not only will he be getting into everything he can but um. Very possibly breaking thinks on accident.

Re: Who wants to deal with preteen Magneto?

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

Lorna wonders what she did to deserve this. Cleaning up after her father is hard enough when he's an adult.

Re: Who wants to deal with preteen Magneto?

[element_wizard]

*raises hand* Not that Alec would be helpful in anyway... even if he is still an adult.

Re: Who wants to deal with preteen Magneto?

[ten_fwd_mods]

Ahahaa! That sounds like fun!

If you want to play around with him breaking stuff, just poke us and we'll let you know when/where works. :)

[sizeofyourbaggage]

So Sam is totally going to be a 12 year old! He's just entering his cocky questioning everything risk taker phase, but he's still a really sweet kid. And also he talks to birds. Is he serious or is he just being weird, who knows.

Who wants a new friend?

Re: PLOT WITH OTHER PLAYERS

[makesbettermouth]

Amy shall be an adult - but is availible for all the kid wrangling (though canon's informed me that she's kinda awkward around them).

A 12yo 1st Class SOLDIER present!!

[lil_rhapsody]

How can you resist this face? :3

JACK WILL JUST BE HERE, BABYSITTING EVERYONE :D

[frostedoverland]

Y/N?

LATE BECAUSE I SUCK

[magnetic_magpie]

So I'm evil. Mags is going through Mutant puberty. So his powers are going to begin to manifest. Here is a link to temporary permissions for this event.

NOTICE. I'm playing with an old, old, Marvel thing that Magneto has some latent telepathy which is going to bite him in the ass. If people want to give him issues with this, please do so! It's only for the event, things will go back to normal when it's over.

Re: PLOT WITH OTHER PLAYERS

[will_be_worthy]

Slipping in very late. Thor and Merlin will be kids during the plot. Just for fun! Merlin will be about the same, but look much younger, and Thor will just be amused by it.