MONTHLY PLOT POST - APRIL

[recollecters]

MONTHLY PLOT POST

PLOT POST - APRIL Welcome to our April 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! Please be certain to allow the mods time to put up the mod question thread, however, where you can direct any questions you have about the information on this post so that we can easily find it. IMPORTANT DATES 1st AC Results, HMD, Retrospec post 5th Player Plot: Romeo & Juliet Performances Log 10th AU Workshop 12th Player Plot: Food Truck Rally 13th Apprassage water balloon fight 17th Reserves Open, TDM 22nd Player Plot: Black Tie and Tails Charity Event 23rd Reserves Close 24th Applications Open 25th enablemeplz Post 31st Applications Close, AC Due see our calendar for a look at upcoming dates this month and further! WORLD CHANGES Starting on April 1st, some special kind of dolls will be appearing in toy shops and department stores all over the city! These knock-offs, cleverly named "Tokonunga", will be available for purchase at all big retailers. EVENTS This is our first non-event month, so instead of an event log on the 3rd of the month, there will be a Retrospec post on the 1st; it will go up at 9PM EST today (4/1), and the glitches will be in effect as soon as it is up. As you will see in the post, there are certain glitches going on around the city currently. These glitches include: -Usernames changing to a cat, dog, or bird pun. -The Retrospec application being changed into a neon color + animal theme of some variety. -Notifications going off at random and being unable to be turned off. -Various "special effects" crossing the screens when people comment. -Users having to beat a level of Pac-Man to access the application, and then being made to beat a new level every hour to keep using the application. -Thomas the Tank Engine memes being sent to users every hour for some reason. -Profile pictures being replaced by pictures of rabbits and easter eggs. -New creepy pasta stories appearing upon log-in, to be forwarded to someone before the app can continue to be used -Parental lock and auto-correct on cursing (i.e. fuck -> duck) -A parade of pixel Chocobos or dancing fruit scrolling across the screen after each comment posted There also appears to be a city-wide prank war bubbling, so you are advised to watch out - or to join in! These pranks include, but are not limited to: ► A spree of buckets of water balanced precariously over open doors ► Hand buzzers being given out in Tisse, because that's a good idea ►Post-it notes covering people's vehicles and the windows of their homes ►Air horns attached to the back of doors set to go off when opened ► A water balloon fight in Apprassage on the 13th which takes over mostly the entire district, from the elementary schools to the university proper. Some offenders may earn detentions or lectures, but mostly the faculty tries to keep well out of it. Or joins in, depending. (Note: A mini mod-posted log will go up this day for this fight.) As with the first Retrospec post in our opening month, NPC replies will not come to the post, but you are free to use the post as a sort of network mingle if you so choose. As mentioned above, please feel free to comment to this post (and to each other) with your character's plans for the month for some early plotting and CR building.

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[recollecters]

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[standalonehuman]

Hello! Agnes here with Togusa from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Togusa is a police officer with the Recolle Police, and, I will remind everybody that I have an opt-in post of sorts, if you want him to actually be using his police authority around your characters. Basically, I'm not going to have Togusa bust people or throw them in jail without OOC conversations happening first. I'm also readily available over plurk or PM.

Togusa has an interesting April ahead of him.

-The first week of the month (if I've counted my points right), Togusa will be getting back a physical regain, in the form of a scar from a bullet wound. Funny, he doesn't remember ever being shot. There will be panicking. Part of the post is going to be him trying to call out of work, and Retrospec will glitch his phone to your extension, instead of the RPD front desk, if you so choose. (Dave, I'm not sorry, this is why you are getting an inbox message from Togusa when the dust settles because you just asked about this.)

-Togusa will be trying to look into the origins of the packages that people have been receiving. This may or may not be going on throughout the month. He has gotten some interesting advice from Detective Gabranth (and some from a guy who he thinks is just a former supervisor of his, hunh, maybe he should think about that more) that'll be encouraging him to find solutions outside of the conventional way of doing things. How can he bring in his teammates at the RPD? Who else can he tap that might have skills that would help?

-And Togusa will definitely be attending the Charity Auction, maybe possibly on the arm of the loveliest lady in all of Recolle if she says yes?

-Prank Wars! I expect that the Precinct is going to be ground zero for this. Togusa calls not it on breaking up any fights. (Although he does have some primo pictures of Juzo from the Crossdressing Pageant, thank you mystery photographer whose identity shall be protected.)

-Togusa is still sitting on a copy of Catcher in the Rye dated 2028, and he is not freaking out nearly enough about this fact.

-Anything else? Just hit me up.

[me_matey]

PRANKS

semi-pro internet troll May will delight in the chance to revel in some easy laughs. if you want your character to end up a target of some of her web-based or irl mischief, lemme know! she's got a million and one ways to rustle jimmies.


as for Kasen, he's almost too perfect a victim for this kind of stuff, but he has a pretty quick temper, so fair warning and all.

[belligerentwarrior]

No big plans this month as I will be descending into Persona 5 hell though I thoroughly enjoy the idea of Freya spending the entire month with her name changed to animal puns on the internet, whenever I think of a good one. I'll mostly be winging it this month!

Although fuck yes water balloon fight FIGHT HER it will be glorious war. Who wants to be Those People that take the balloon fight to stupid levels?

[hjack69]

Ash here with Handsome Jack! I don't have much planned out for this month, but here's the bullet list:

- During April, all of Jack's cussing will be swapped for family friendly alternatives.
- Regains! I'm planning on going for Bunkers and Badasses, the Borderlands-flavored D&D knockoff, some personal effects (hello ratty Hyperion sweater), and/or possibly something appearance related?
- Relatedly, maybe a B&B campaign or two!
- Possible late April/early May mystery plot? :3c
- I'm pretty open in general!

[rhapsodeity]

sooo, hello! i did not get to an open post last month since jade's retrospec post got so much traction, but this month i do intend to get an open post up.

instead of jade's dog ears (i decided i'd like to push that back a bit, sorry!), jade's next regain is her lime green eyes. her eyesight in canon is pretty terrible if how magnified her eyes are is any indication, so my plan is to make her exist without glasses for a day or two. because jade is absolutely stubborn, she'll be wandering around town without glasses, completely determined to get through her day without being able to see clearly. THERE WILL BE SHENANIGANS. considering she can't see, i'm open to things like misfire texts (i'm unoriginal, sorry mods) or nonsensical texts, in addition to the predictable stupidity that will be in her open post. lmk if you're interested in any of those or would like a special prompt just for you on that open post!

THAT IS NOT ALL, however - jade's getting her teleportation back, i'll be buying them back as soon as i get the ok on my ac bonus points! i don't know the limitations yet but i'm up for plotting power shenanigans if you'd like. this will probably also happen while she's wandering around without being able to see, so uh. yeah! jade's in for a good month.

aaaand on that note, since jade's got memories of using her green text, and is getting her green eyes back, she may begin to use her green text. you can opt out or in here!

outside that:
- jade will absolutely be at the water balloon fight. she's going to be doing things like drawing faces on the balloons and chucking them at everyone; jade also doesn't play completely fair, so if you'd like to get up to something with her there, please let me know.
- jade wouldn't get in on pranking unless someone pranked her first, so lmk if you wanna get into a pranking war with her? she would, unfortunately. i am sorry.
- i'll have her check into the food truck rally probably, as well as the charity event since it loooooooks like it's for animal shelter? i think? i have a million tabs open. correct me if i'm not reading this right. but yeah, the animal lover will show if its for the animals!
- please send jade creepypasta. she is a massive weenie and might just continue what she did for that chainmail last month and rewrite it to be a lot nicer.

ANYWAY... i have noticed that i do plot a lot on plurk so my plurk is walpurgisnacht! please feel free to add me.

also i love this icon.

[spes_phthisica]

OKAY no super concrete plans yet but feel free to hit me up \o/

Things for this month (in ramble form):
- PRANKS I mean have you seen this manchild, he will be all about them. He will live to mess with people.
- He will find most of the glitches kind of hysterical tbh, will be excited about them. Apart from the notif thing, that's just obnoxious, why.
- So far he's regained memories suggesting that, a.) he used to sic his pig on people b.) as a small child he beat up a grown man c.) he used to stab people with sharp implements a lot. This is all v strange and confusing. Will try to get a network post up, he'll especially be interested in talking to other folks with memories of fighting or similar.
- I'm possibly considering a smaller object regain. Maybe his pig? It's a very angry pig who will probably not appreciate apartment life. OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE. Can he regain Hijikata's poetry? Souji certainly thinks it's about him and therefore considers it his...
- He's a weird extrovert with no social skills, do you need one of those? Take him.
- I will try to shape memory regains around whatever threads I have, so... keeping it loose for now.

ALSO, please feel free to add me on plurk, sweetjerry, for more plotting.

[sharplydressed]

Also no super concrete plans here, so I'm totally flexible! But these are the planned regains I have coming up so far:

- Probably some more serious memory regains since all of his so far have just been Ridiculous or Heartwarming. If you're aiming to regain some serious fighting/battle/war memories this month, maybe I can help you with that!
- His sword! It's the actual historical blade Kashuu Kiyomitsu, so if any characters might recognize that or you want to perhaps use it to trigger a memory or something, hit me up!
- Being able to feel with his sword, like it's an extra appendage basically. It's complicated, swords make no sense, but essentially if you drop his sword on the floor, he'll go "ouch".

As for the monthly shenans, Kashuu will not be willingly throwing himself into any pranks immediately! But if you prank him first he'll make it his goal in life to get back at you SO if you want a dedicated pranking nemesis who will make your life difficult and/or better... double fingerguns....... he's your guy.

[digthefuzz]

Hey everyone! Once again, here is the lowdown on Kurt if anyone wants to establish themselves as a classmate/fan/whatever.

This month, Kurt will be all about taking part in the prank war, definitely including the water balloon fight, so any potential victims/rivals can feel free to chime in! He'll be figuring out some regains and may even use some of them for pranks. He's already gotten back his X-Men suit plus his image inducer (which makes holographic disguises) and he'll be getting teleporation. So he'll have some accidental teleporting around as he discovers and tries to get used to that power!

I'll try to do some sort of a log sometime this month for pranks and/or regain-related things. I may finally move Kurt towards looking for a part-time job as well? Beyond that I'm winging it! Feel free to plot if you'd like!

[spes_phthisica]

Okay, Soujirou remembering that the sword Kashuu has broke before would be a bit early, but maybe something like, a.) Yoshida kicking him in the stomach and taking that sword like a rude punk, or b.) Hijikata breaking that other sword (that was probably supposed to be Kikuichi-monji) with a rock, because indirect association.

Also he will be pranked. HE WILL BE PRANKED.

[frostythehitman]

I don't have much in the way of concrete plans with James/Bucky, but here's what I've got so far:

- I'm going to try and have him regain a stack of old Cap & Bucky and Young Allies comics, I think. They're fictionalized accounts of his real adventures, all dated somewhere in the 1940-1945 range, and will be Extremely Confusing. If anyone's a comic book nerd or otherwise would find that interesting, let me know and we can work out some antics with this!

- Please, please prank him. Please. Tempt him to punch you in the face. He can't, he won't, but he'll want to, really badly. Please prank him and watch this angstbucket emo teen seethe with fury.

- He will 100% be in the water balloon fight. He will be ruthless and vicious in his water balloon warfare. He will also have eyeliner running all down his face. Who wants to come across this angry teen and his vicious war paint?

- He's still in the process of recording his album. It will be done in early/mid May, but if anyone wants to get involved with a teen punk/emo band, let me know because right now A Lyrical Assassination is a one man band and he'd love to angst around with other people.

- I don't have much planned in the way of memory regains (I'm gonna go with the flow based on thread content) but I am absolutely jonesing to have him vividly remember punching Nazis, with no other context. It's very important to me. Please help me make this a reality through some thread or another.

If anyone wants to plot with me over plurk, you can add me at CaptainPlanette!

[trueend]

Frisk » 10-years-old, elementary school student, distressed over smiling fruit forever and ever, au info over here.

» World changes: If you don't think Frisk is buying every single one of those dolls you are super duper wrong. Let them collect them? They gotta.
» Creepy pasta: Frisk already misfired a terrible creepy pasta chain mail last month so I guess it's time for them to do it again. Please let me know if you want Frisk to forward a creepy pasta story to your character's inbox! If they don't have CR together yet, we can pretend they accidentally forwarded to the wrong person.
» Prank war: Please let them prank you with a hand buzzer. Alternatively, let them smash a water balloon into your character's face. They are super duper down for pranks and will most likely be super duper hype over the prank war, even if it lands them in trouble.

Jason Todd » 18-years-old, college student/part-timer everywhere, silently yelling over serial killer hallucinations, au info over here.

» Food Truck Rally: Jason will be probably? Sharing a poster for this thing on the network?? Or something. He will also be working one of the food trucks and suffering through minimum wage hell, so please be a pal and put him out of his misery when that time comes.
» Glitches: Someome please suggest cat, dog or bird puns. "Jaybird" is too on the nose even for me, I'm sorry world. That said, you are super duper wrong if you don't think he's forwarding this Thomas the Tank Engine video. Let me know if you want it in your character's inbox or something.......... And it goes without saying that parental lock will be in full effect.
» Prank war: HE DOES NOT HAVE TIME FOR THESE SHENANIGANS which means that, yes. Please drag him into prank war shenanigans. He will be salty as fuck but he'll also enjoy it.

That said — I'm open for other stuff even if it's not stated here! Let me help you get those memory regains via buttfuck stupid shenanigans. It'll be fun. Probably?? You can hit me up here or add me on plurk (_ayato), since that is where I do most of my plotting.

[arahoushi]

PLANS.

➣ Hello, can you say "Everyone Toshi knows is going to be rickrolled in increasingly creative ways"? You can? Good. It's happening. Don't trust any links you see. Do Not. (Note: Non-rickroll links will definitely be Thomas the Tank Engine links. Seriously do not trust them.)

➣ On the in-person side of things, hand buzzers are definitely going to be a thing, so maybe be careful if he shakes your hand or pats you on the back because it's gonna be surprising.

➣ Toshi got a cute little regain thanks to last month's retrospec post, and now remembers that he had claws once upon a time. Growing his nails into claws is uh. Not practical for his job and also kind of weird??? So he's started painting his nails instead but he's bad at it. I request someone to help him do his nails. He will pay. Or bring you food.

➣ I think it's time for Toshi to get a couple kittens to foster since I haven't done much with that side of things yet, so brace yourselves for big man-tiny kittens, because it's happening.

➣ Other, non-plan info: feel free to PM me if you wanna hash out anything in particular, or comment at me or hit me up on Discord @ cantrips#9867

[arahoushi]

Kashuu

pls help

toshi is bad at painting his nails and he needs them to be painted pls

[trivialization]

I'm always amused by roleplaying within roleplaying. And who doesn't love Bunkers and Badasses?

[trivialization]

I think Catherine's arc for the massive water balloon fight is probably going to be something like 1) says it's stupid 2) gets ballooned, possibly by accident 3) goes full Rambo on everybody. Classic setup.

Similarly, while she's probably going to get pretty far acting like she's made of stone for the pranking, if anyone wants to be that person who cracks her calm and gets yelled at, that can happen.

Canonly as Evangeline one of her middle names is usually rendered as Kitty (thus Catherine) so she's probably actually going to get that as her username... and regain the memory of totally hating it.

[sharplydressed]

YOU KNOW I'M HERE FOR IT whichever you'd prefer for Soujirou, I can be here to help with it! The sword struggles begin...

And the prank struggles but lbr, being friends with Soujirou means accepting that possibility at any time of the year

[sharplydressed]

you say manicures HE'S ON HIS WAY

it'll be a refreshing difference after having to wrangle yamato into letting him paint his nails, please let him be the nail guru to toshi

[alienates]

absolutely nothing has pleased me more than a parental lock on cursing u don't understand.....

anyway! this is francia with karkat from homestuck. i only have a few things i have planned for this month so please tackle me to the ground if you want anything?? i'm up for any type of shenanigan. please let karkat scream DUCK!!! at you. also please prank him. seriously i am good with anything.

i am planning on regaining karkat's horns this month! i'm not sure exactly when, maybe closer to the middle of the month if not somewhat earlier. he is going to be wearing lots of hats and beanies and shit to hide them. i could also maybe do a gamzee memory with the air horn thing so... amazing. other plans include a d&d group but that one is still being figured out so i'm not sure how members are going to be found for it yet/other specific details like that so i am just tentatively putting the idea out there for now.

that's it! have a nice april everyone.

[arahoushi]

Yes, teach Toshi how to properly paint his nails or better yet just do it for him

he requests purple polish pretty pls!

[hjack69]

Jack can totally shoot Evangeline an invite, then! A few teachers are going to be in on it, she can totes hang.

[sharplydressed]

he can do both okay, he'll give toshi the best dang purple manicure ever. THE BEST. he probably has like 5000 shades of purple polish to choose from even though he never wears it, help him

[arahoushi]

Bless this small fashion buddy. Toshi appreciates Kashuu so much

[arahoushi]

tbh i'm just really excited to see what family friendly alternatives jack gets, please be extra foul-mouthed

[hjack69]

what the diddly dang heck did you just call me you big bootybreath

(don't worry it's going to be as painfully stupid as possible)