SEPTEMBER PLOT POST

[recollecters]

MONTHLY PLOT POST

PLOT POST - September Welcome to our September plotting post! Please feel free to comment to these posts with your character's plans for the month or with what you would like to do for the month, and feel free to discuss those plans with everyone else! Here is the mod questions thread! MOD BULLETIN BOARD -As voted on by the game, the next application round will be in this month! Yay! New characters will arrive in-game in October, and our AU workshop and TDM will go up this month. -AU changes were due at the time of AC closing! Going forward, these AUs that have been re-submitted are now game canon, and as mentioned in previous plot posts, we will have an opportunity later on to "succeed" in recovering an old AU if that is something you wish to do! -We have changed the posting schedule for the game! Please be sure to read the calendar very carefully to know when each post will be going up! -Due to recent shifts in the playerbase, we are down a few AC helpers and would love to have more on deck! If you would like to help us process AC at the end of every month, please send us a PM or leave a note on the mod contact page.  -We will have an opportunity for a monthly freebie every month going forward! However, we would like to clarify that all freebie regains must be applied for before the end of the AC period! We do not accept freebies beyond this barring specific circumstances.  -While freebies can be submitted at any point in the month, we would like to remind players that per the regains guide, we do ask that the last tag from you on a thread submitted for regular memory regains be no older than 14 days. Please do not trigger your own memories without submitting them and getting them approved by us first! Please also be mindful and keep your registries up to date with both memories and abilities! -Additionally, please remember there is no limit to how many regains you can earn in a month! Though you need one memory regain for your AC, you're free to claim as many as allotted for the month so you have time to pick and choose which one to link for AC. Remember that a regain is only eligible for AC if it has been approved by us in the current AC month. Please be sure to turn your regains in early to ensure they are reviewed prior to AC!  -We would like to use this time to provide a friendly reminder to please use your character tags to tag yourself on posts and logs! This helps keep things organized not only for us but for your gamemates as well. In addition, if there is an error with your character tag or you need us to change anything, please let us know. -FINALLY, please see this comment to link us to any AU changes you will be keeping past August! IMPORTANT DATES 5th Event log Pt 1 at 9PM EST 10th AU Workshop 17th Event log Pt 2 at 9PM EST, TDM 24th Applications are open 29th EMP 30th AC Due, Applications close see our calendar for a look at upcoming dates this month and further! WORLD CHANGES • Housing itself in Enprise, a new shop called From Dust Til Dawn appears. Specializing in the distribution of dust, an element used as a fuel, energy source and munition supply, this shop is usually very quiet but the same shopkeep is always there to greet you. Be sure to check out our world changes page over here and our world regains page to track all changes and read up on our guidelines. Players are free to buy back certain aspects of their canon to help impact and change the world as well, though we may delay the installment of some features for plot purposes. Players may also contribute points toward bringing back world patches representing their canons that other players may explore outside of the city! Please see the world changes page for more information. Of note: players are allowed to help contribute to buying world changes not from their own canon. Players may donate up to 500 points to another player's cause. When donating points to a canon buyback, please put them on the same world change page here! Please note, these are only for world changes and not items/powers/personal locations/etc. EVENTS EVENT, PT 1 With the death of Zee and the loss of their liaison, Retrospec is in overdrive mode to stabilize everything, get the app back on track and fight outside sources that are seemingly meddling with their goal to revive the souls on the app itself. Retrospec will be unresponsive as usual as they continue to work to protect the users, but some of you may have heard the rumors by now. Magic appears to be interfering with the company's technology and changing the way things run. As per Joanne's message, unlike other app users Zee will not be returning back to life right away. His office will remain closed and his ID on the network has disappeared. There's a strange, almost electrical charge in the air and on September 1st, the Retrospec app goes offline entirely just as the timer on your hand hits zero. Oh. Did you forget about those? A sharp burst of static in your hands and ringing in your ears might be a friendly reminder. There's no post from the company. There's no warning. The app goes down and any attempt to open it seems to be broken. There will be no Retrospec post appearing on the 1st. All seems quiet after that and the static doesn't seem to go away. It dies down a bit to a more tolerable level, something annoying but not overall distressing. The scent of smoke slowly filters into the city, the smell of something overcharged and frying from working so hard but you can't quite pinpoint where it's from. It follows you everywhere though. On the 5th, however, the burning returns to your palm. A large red "A" or "B" appears in place of the timer branding yourself as an alpha or a beta. The moment you touch your phone for any reason… …your body begins to pixelate and disintegrate. Beginning on the fifth, all Retrospec users will find themselves disintegrating and filtering directly into their phone, landing themselves in a space very similar to their city albeit less…high-definition. The layout of the city remains the same, and there are even 8-bit versions of your favorite NPCs. Due to their programming, they can't leave certain areas! For instance, NPC family members will not be able to leave their job or their home, classmates will only be seen in class, etc. While the NPCs around are also 8-bit renders, characters will be their "high-definition" selves. Most importantly, characters will notice that while most NPCs are going about their day, spouting their pre-assigned catchphrases and dialogue, some NPCs are missing. All characters who were previously on the app and who have been rendered to NPC status will be missing! So where are they? Characters will have a chance to explore this digital construct to look for these people. New areas will be open to explore and characters will find that certain areas will appear to be "normal" in comparison to their new 8-bit landscape. There will be certain areas only Alphas can explore, and there will be certain areas only Betas can explore! Spread out, check things out, and see what you can find at the source of Retrospec. Take caution though! As characters spread out and begin exploring, they will also run into (cw: images of cartoon/digital bugs) a few viruses roaming around and eating everything in their path. This includes objects, buildings, characters themselves, and the files of new and old characters alike. Should a file be permanently destroyed by these bugs, that soul will be lost from Retrospec's back-up data. Good luck out there, and fight hard. More information will be available on the event log itself. EVENT, PT 2 Beginning on the 17th, characters will hear the sound of someone typing rapidly. Strings of code appear before their eyes and they'll find themselves blinded by a bright blue light. In front of them will appear a new central hub that acts as a data reserve. As characters approach the area, they will encounter layers and levels of glass cases containing all sorts of people. Some of these people may be recognizable to characters. Others may not. But each case will be labeled with one of the following: Projected Example Reboot One by one these prototypes will awaken, glass cases shattering and leaving them with many, many questions… OOCly, this will serve as our test drive! We will throw up a log for the TDM as usual, but there's a second and even more important portion of this particular TDM. September's TDM will also be serving as a fourthwall event! For those unfamiliar with the concept, a fourthwall event is an event where players may throw characters into a game's event without needing to test drive, app, or be a part of the game at all. In Recollé's case, we will be allowing for canon characters, characters from other games, and alternate AUs of characters to be thrown into this fourthwall event. Characters of this nature will be labeled as "projected examples." Players who are TDMing characters for the game itself will be required to play an AU as per the nature of the game, and they will be labeled as "reboot." In order to assure that players are not juggling too many logs and bouncing back and forth, we will be combining these two events into one log with instructions on how to label these character types. Labeling will help your fellow players know who is intending to TDM/app and who's participating for fun in the event. Additionally, this latter half of the event will allow an opportunity for a freebie. Please see the Freebie section for more information. RESTORATION QUESTS Zee Carlisle has not returned. Quests will not be given, and the automated quest hotline is down. FREEBIE -While we will not have a Retrospec-based freebie this month, we will be providing opportunities for multiple freebies in other ways! -Players may claim one (1) freebie by taking down a virus and eliminating it from the system. This thread must have at least five consecutive comments from you. -Players may also claim one (1) freebie by exploring an Alpha or Beta area only with another Alpha or Beta. This thread must have at least five consecutive comments from you as well. -Finally, for this month only, players may claim one (1) freebie by threading with a character that is test-driving, not fourthwalling! While we will allow all players to collect points for threading, we would like to provide a distinction between fourthwall and TDM. This thread, as you may have guessed, must have at least five consecutive comments from you. -For your reference, check out the plot clues/finds page found here! This is all for OOC knowledge, though characters have been spreading the information ICly as well. As of this post, this plot page is up to date. -Additionally, if you haven't yet be sure to check out the regains guide to help outline what kind of triggers will work for obtaining regains and memories in-game. As mentioned above, please feel free to comment to this post (and to each other) with your character's plans for the month for plotting and CR building.

Comments

MOD QUESTIONS

[recollecters]

Please leave mod questions here, thank you!

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[standalonehuman]

For people who at least partially succeeded and lost elements of their AUs from the last two months, do they still remember those parts of their lives that were changed? Does Togusa remember Hikari even though she is gone now? If he goes back and looks at moments from the last two months on his cyberbrain, is Hikari in them?

[recollecters]

Hey Agnes! If characters succeeded in regaining their original AU, they would remember parts of the "fake" AU and have a vague recollection of these people, events, etc. They would be on-par with Retrospec weirdness and they would be able to recognize that it's something in them that was changed but not a permanent change. If he goes back, he would see those memories though.

Hope this helps!

[standalonehuman]

Yaaay thank you!

[thebeastwithout]

Hey mods! Sorry if this has been asked before!
If someone has chosen to keep aspects of their new AU, how would other characters who knew them before remember them?

For instance, say that Gar and... Bob had important CR prior to July, but Bob chose to keep an AU where he became motorcycle rebel Bobberino while Gar retained his original memories. What would Gar remember? If Bob had an important presence in Gar's life as close friends or even a family member, but Bobberino is a different person altogether, how would that play out?

[recollecters]

Hi Wighty! If someone chooses to keep aspects of their new AU, people who were not changed by the AU would remember the old AU as it was!

Using your example: Gar would remember Bob as he originally was while Bob might have a vague sense that his relationship with Gar is different but would accept the new AU as true and what his real memories are! This could play out however the players wish, as the only characters affected by different AUs are PCs.

We hope this helps!

[thebeastwithout]

Thanks so much!

[floret]

Since the app will be offline, and then characters will be sucked into the digital world (presumably without their phones), does that mean all interactions will have to take place in person (i.e., all action, no network, all month)? Or will some form of network be available once they're inside the 8-bit city?

[recollecters]

Hi Rachel! With the app offline, we will be including information about how characters can use the network comm and a network alternative for this chain of events so people can use the network comm and IC inboxes.

Hope this helps!

[strawberrypunch]

Will characters still be able to get non-memory regains, like body changes/abilities/items? And if so is there any particular difference in how they receive them in the Digiworld 8bit land?

[recollecters]

Hi Dani! Characters will be able to regain non-memory regains during this time! The main difference will be how they're delivered in that they're more of a digital download than picking up an item/waking up with an item. Characters will be able to "see" the construction of these regains at the time of regain.

Hope this helps!

[strawberrypunch]

Thank you!

Also, regarding the 4th wall characters specifically: are we able to bring in characters from "trapped in an MMO" series in the forms of their avatars for this? I know it's case-by-case for actual apps, so I thought I'd check to be sure!

[recollecters]

You're absolutely free to do that for fourth wall!

[matchbreaker]

So when the AU of AUs end/the changes solidify, just because our timeline usually goes with the Retrospec post? Also when precisely does the network go down?

... Basically do those happen at the same time or is it like one is at midnight as it turns to the first and one is at 9PM or is it sort of vague handwaves sometime on the first for both?

... Forgive me if this is a dense question

[recollecters]

Hi Charles! These two events would follow the Retrospec posting timeline so changes would be reverted/solidified at 9pm EST on the 1st. We will provide a short ooc write-up about this as well since the Retrospec post itself will not be going up.

Hope this helps!

[matchbreaker]

Unrelatedlty, what about pets/other animals, are they NPCed into the digital world?

[alitaba]

.........so can necronomicon/Futaba hack + mod things (silly little fun things. not big gamebreaky changes) in the digiworld like she can with the metaverse or is that a little too much power in her hands

like, if i wanted an npc to speak in only in nyan haiku or look like giant cactuars in a thread. the sims pool of death, 16-bit sound effects and background music, etc?

[recollecters]

Hi Ari!

We're fine with this so long as they're small little things and not huge game-changers. If you're interested in a huge game-changer, please discuss with us first and we can go over options, etc.

Hope this helps!

[falsepretentious]

- I'm not sure if this has already been asked elsewhere, but are there any other details characters can ICly glean regarding Zee's death from poking around, such as the cause of death?

- Will the fourth wall allow doubles?

[recollecters]

Hi Gore! If this is something you'd like Byakuya or you + CR to poke around, please feel free to contact us with a general idea of where characters might look for clues, who they might question, etc! At first glance there's little information, but characters may be able to learn a few things if they take a second look.

And we will allow doubles for fourth wall.

Hope this helps!

[tarotcards]

hey guys, not sure if i missed this anywhere, but for those with new au changes, will they be able to remember their old aus or nah?

[recollecters]

Hi Ichi! We touched on this briefly in this comment but the long and short is they would vaguely remember pieces of the old AU at certain times, but they would write it off as something strange or false. You know, Retrospec weirdness.

Hope this helps!

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[justchords]

WILL THERE BE 8BIT BGM

[recollecters]

Erin this question cracks me up. HELLO! I have no idea if this is serious, but that is a surprise c:

[justchords]

it was going to be a joke at first but the more i thought about it, especially with the digimon moment there to describe being sucked into the phones... i had to know