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Ten Forward RPG mod account ([personal profile] ten_fwd_mods) wrote in [community profile] ten_fwd_ooc2016-03-20 07:19 pm

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
impossibilities: (Surprisingly)

Plotting

[personal profile] impossibilities 2016-03-21 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a bit torn on who to have show up for Grainne. There'll be heartbreaking no matter how it's sliced. Cormac mac Airt is her actual father but she's also often viewed Aengus Og as a sort of paternal figure, too. People invested in Irish legend might be interested in overhearing her conversation though!
derek_morgan: (hanging on every word)

[personal profile] derek_morgan 2016-03-21 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, ok! The NPC offer is awesome of you guys! Not sure how many are canon familiar so I'll probably log write it. Does anything get tagged to Q's post?
itmeanstruth: (Default)

Re: PLANT/PLANET PLOTTING

[personal profile] itmeanstruth 2016-03-21 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's being on a planet, Minoru is completely down with anything. He's great at manual labor, and has experience farming his own food. If anyone's looking to turn this into something really fun, let him hop in.
itmeanstruth: (Default)

Re: Make a Qwish...

[personal profile] itmeanstruth 2016-03-21 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
techno_galen: Galen with his hood down (Default)

[personal profile] techno_galen 2016-03-21 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That is very kind, thank you. I'm mostly expecting it to be unlikely there'll be anyone familiar enough with the books to do it, but we'll see. Is it possible to write it all myself and link it to the comm?
engineermage: (Hands together praying like)

Re: Make a Qwish...

[personal profile] engineermage 2016-03-21 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
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.]
bob_fraser_rcmp: (Default)

[personal profile] bob_fraser_rcmp 2016-03-21 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Are current children a possibility?
bob_fraser_rcmp: (Default)

[personal profile] bob_fraser_rcmp 2016-03-21 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Bob is definitely in on this. He's got a natural flair with plants.
bob_fraser_rcmp: (Default)

[personal profile] bob_fraser_rcmp 2016-03-21 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Bob will also be working with plants, discussion about plant inclined relatives?
ethnobotany: }{ insurrection ({ you don't seem to care)

[personal profile] ethnobotany 2016-03-21 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oo sure! That could be very fun!
bob_fraser_rcmp: (the great outdoors)

[personal profile] bob_fraser_rcmp 2016-03-21 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.

Re: PLANT/PLANET PLOTTING

[personal profile] magneticxman 2016-03-22 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Lorna is going to be planting, for sure. She loves the sunshine and being on a planet in general.
agathaheterodyne: (homg RUN)

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

[personal profile] agathaheterodyne 2016-03-22 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. Still trying, as usual, to figure everything out. Lol. As usual I am confused.
major_egret_msfsod: Jackal with a patrol cap (Deadpan)

Mechanical assistance

[personal profile] major_egret_msfsod 2016-03-22 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
Anyone care to run into Jackal down on the planet, assisting with maintenance on farming equipment? She doesn't exactly have a green thumb, but she has a fair amount of experience as a mechanic!
major_egret_msfsod: Jackal is really not amused (Scowl)

Father's Day Plotting

[personal profile] major_egret_msfsod 2016-03-22 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Jackal really doesn't want to talk to her father--but if someone wants to run into her after Q sets up the connection anyway, that could work! Definitely open to more than one thread, since she'll stay angry for awhile after any conversation with him.

Also I'm assuming no one is going to jump at the chance to actually play her father in that conversation since gen2 but feel free to poke me if I'm wrong!
redarrowqueen: (Default)

Re: Mechanical assistance

[personal profile] redarrowqueen 2016-03-22 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Ed's going to be working on greenhouse lighting if Jackal would like a run-in?
major_egret_msfsod: Jackal with a patrol cap (Default)

[personal profile] major_egret_msfsod 2016-03-22 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmmm yeah we could do that!
last_ofthe_jedi: (Default)

[personal profile] last_ofthe_jedi 2016-03-22 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
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?
not_the_question: The Pilot (Default)

So, this will be a disaster in the making...

[personal profile] not_the_question 2016-03-22 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
The Doctor: he sort of IS the father-figure in the show, and we don't know enough about his past for me to be comfy with threading this.

Islington: is an angel, so while he could talk to The Father, telephones aren't needed for such conversations. And what would he say anyway "Hahaha, I got out. What are you gonna do about it?"

Cridhe: While TARDISes are grown and not built, that doesn't mean she has a father and certainly no figure she'd be interested in talking to. That said, I do have a massive headcanon about her first Pilot (whom she may or may not have killed, depending on your interpretation of events), that could be some fantastic RP fodder.

Anyway, I'm open to any ideas if anyone has some.
tript: (Default)

Re: Mechanical assistance

[personal profile] tript 2016-03-22 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Trip is totally up for playing around with farming equipment especially if it has an engine and/or running into Jackal after she speaks to her father.
kittened: (Default)

Re: Make a Qwish...

[personal profile] kittened 2016-03-23 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
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?

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