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daybreakooc2019-03-26 04:23 pm
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Playerplot Planning for April(?)! (When You Made Wishes)
Hey, guys! It's me, Goblin, your resident, uh...goblin, really, and today I'm finally getting off my butt and getting an ooc announcement up for the event I want to run, which I've called "When You Made Wishes"! But for the times I don't feel like being pretentious, I've also been going with kidplot and inner child thing!
For this event, OOCly:
Due to a magical spell, a childhood version of your character will manifest in the world alongside their usual self, should you choose to have them affected! They will both exist, and so when all this is over, there's potential for your character to remember what not only they experienced, but what their kidself experienced while they were separated as well.
The fey that caused this mess will also have to be dealt with in some way. Exactly how will be left up to you! A preliminary interest check for who would like to be on a team that confronts Wist can be found HERE! Once decided, that group will get the final say of what will happen to our tricksy npc.
For this event, ICly:
A fey by the name of Wist wants everyone to take a break and remember what having fun is really all about -- because being an adult doing adult stuff, stuck inside boring walls all day every day, sure isn't working out great for anyone! They're casting this spell to do everyone at Daybreak a huge favor. Dig down deep, confront your real feelings, and let loose! Be a kid again, because everything was better when you were a kid, back when you made wishes.
Does it make you mad? Terrified? Maybe you wish it could last a little longer. After all, yours isn't the only memory manifested -- your best friend you've grown apart from is there, same as ever, the roommate you've been struggling to get to know, is suddenly small and demanding your attention... Well, a version of them, anyway. For some, there are benefits to this tiny magic quirk that might outweigh the much more obvious detriments. For others...it may not only be their public image at stake, as fey magic is known to come with chaotic consequences, and this particular spell is tampering with something delicate and precious. Thanks for the memories...!
And now for a Q&A, but I'll get the all-encompassing answer out of the way right now: I want you to have fun. If there's a way you can interpret the effects of the event to maximize your fun, go for it! If you're still unsure, feel free to ask me anything UNDER THIS COMMENT or through direct communication (PM,![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
goblinhood, or giveupgoblin#1469 on discord). Outside of that, feel free to toplevel to discuss potential plans or show off how cute your character was as a kid on this post!
Q: But I had plans! Does my character have to do them as a kid, now?
A: Not at all! If you choose to participate in this event, you will not be stuck playing a kid version for its duration. Both the inner child/copy and your character at present will be up and around, independent of one another. If you don't wish to play one or the other, that's okay, too! But know that this is not a typical ageswap event that alters the existing character, it is a spell to bring out someone's inner child for a reminder.
Q: How does the spell work?
A: Over on the plot submission post, I have a rundown about its stages, written from a basic pseudoscientist perspective.
To sum things up, the affected characters will begin to feel odd, like they're beginning to get sick, maybe, until the magic has built up enough inside them to completely copy their memories up to a point. The copy splits off from the original with that memory point deciding their age, causing a younger version of the character to be free to do as they will separate from the character. At some point, it is intended for the magic to burn out or concluded and for the copy to return to the character's soul, new memories (of all that fun!) being added when the two parts are joined together.
Q: Do characters know they'll be getting the inner children's experiences as new memories when it ends?*
A: Probably not, but conjecture about the possibility is of course welcome. If your character is particularly well-versed in fey magic, they might come to the conclusion it sooner.
*unless decided otherwise, due to fey complications or inner child death.
Q: How accurate is the copy? What all do they know?
A: Usually, very accurate! This is a being created from the soul's memory, so people that have memory issues are more likely to stray from the norm, but typically it would be visually and mentally indistinguishable from what the character was like from the point at which the memories stopped duplicating. It will, however, have a different magical resonance, however you want to interpret that. A ten-year-old copy of Professor Jill, who is 34, would have memories up to some day when she was still ten, have her ten-year-old looks, and act as if she was waking up like any other day. In most cases, the copy wouldn't remember that thing that happened when Jill was sixteen or who one of Jill's students is, and wouldn't act out of the ordinary for the projected age.
Q: In most cases...? Typically?
A: Fey Magic sure is a whacky thing sometimes! Almost anything goes, but feel free to ask about your plans or potential complications if you're still not sure!
Q: What age should I consider valid for an "inner child"?
A: hey man, if you can argue that it falls under some weird fey's idea of what counts as a past self from a simpler time that would have possibly been more likely to make wishes, go for it, my dude. Fey magic!!!
Q: What if my character is already a kid?
A: Up to you! You could have their inner child be a younger version of them, duplicate them as they are, or simply have the spell not take effect.
Q: Can the copy be injured? Killed?
A: bruh you can't kill a kid..........
But more seriously, yes. Copies will regenerate faster than their original selves if harmed, at the cost of causing ill effects (fatigue, in most cases) to the original when the two parts rejoin. The more severely the copy is injured, the greater the effect, with death of the copy even resulting in those copied memories becoming corrupted or lost.
Q: Goblin, WHEN WILL THIS BEEEE?
A: I...don't quite know! I'm putting this up to help figure that out! I know things are getting going with some other player plots and I don't want things to get too crammed. Feel free to let me know if there's a time that's no good for you, and I can try to pick something that works best for as many people as possible.
***EDIT: Potential thoughts atm are having it all throughout April and concluding at the start of May. (note: inner children would not have to be around for the entire event.)
For this event, OOCly:
Due to a magical spell, a childhood version of your character will manifest in the world alongside their usual self, should you choose to have them affected! They will both exist, and so when all this is over, there's potential for your character to remember what not only they experienced, but what their kidself experienced while they were separated as well.
The fey that caused this mess will also have to be dealt with in some way. Exactly how will be left up to you! A preliminary interest check for who would like to be on a team that confronts Wist can be found HERE! Once decided, that group will get the final say of what will happen to our tricksy npc.
For this event, ICly:
A fey by the name of Wist wants everyone to take a break and remember what having fun is really all about -- because being an adult doing adult stuff, stuck inside boring walls all day every day, sure isn't working out great for anyone! They're casting this spell to do everyone at Daybreak a huge favor. Dig down deep, confront your real feelings, and let loose! Be a kid again, because everything was better when you were a kid, back when you made wishes.
Does it make you mad? Terrified? Maybe you wish it could last a little longer. After all, yours isn't the only memory manifested -- your best friend you've grown apart from is there, same as ever, the roommate you've been struggling to get to know, is suddenly small and demanding your attention... Well, a version of them, anyway. For some, there are benefits to this tiny magic quirk that might outweigh the much more obvious detriments. For others...it may not only be their public image at stake, as fey magic is known to come with chaotic consequences, and this particular spell is tampering with something delicate and precious. Thanks for the memories...!
And now for a Q&A, but I'll get the all-encompassing answer out of the way right now: I want you to have fun. If there's a way you can interpret the effects of the event to maximize your fun, go for it! If you're still unsure, feel free to ask me anything UNDER THIS COMMENT or through direct communication (PM,
Q: But I had plans! Does my character have to do them as a kid, now?
A: Not at all! If you choose to participate in this event, you will not be stuck playing a kid version for its duration. Both the inner child/copy and your character at present will be up and around, independent of one another. If you don't wish to play one or the other, that's okay, too! But know that this is not a typical ageswap event that alters the existing character, it is a spell to bring out someone's inner child for a reminder.
Q: How does the spell work?
A: Over on the plot submission post, I have a rundown about its stages, written from a basic pseudoscientist perspective.
To sum things up, the affected characters will begin to feel odd, like they're beginning to get sick, maybe, until the magic has built up enough inside them to completely copy their memories up to a point. The copy splits off from the original with that memory point deciding their age, causing a younger version of the character to be free to do as they will separate from the character. At some point, it is intended for the magic to burn out or concluded and for the copy to return to the character's soul, new memories (of all that fun!) being added when the two parts are joined together.
Q: Do characters know they'll be getting the inner children's experiences as new memories when it ends?*
A: Probably not, but conjecture about the possibility is of course welcome. If your character is particularly well-versed in fey magic, they might come to the conclusion it sooner.
*unless decided otherwise, due to fey complications or inner child death.
Q: How accurate is the copy? What all do they know?
A: Usually, very accurate! This is a being created from the soul's memory, so people that have memory issues are more likely to stray from the norm, but typically it would be visually and mentally indistinguishable from what the character was like from the point at which the memories stopped duplicating. It will, however, have a different magical resonance, however you want to interpret that. A ten-year-old copy of Professor Jill, who is 34, would have memories up to some day when she was still ten, have her ten-year-old looks, and act as if she was waking up like any other day. In most cases, the copy wouldn't remember that thing that happened when Jill was sixteen or who one of Jill's students is, and wouldn't act out of the ordinary for the projected age.
Q: In most cases...? Typically?
A: Fey Magic sure is a whacky thing sometimes! Almost anything goes, but feel free to ask about your plans or potential complications if you're still not sure!
Q: What age should I consider valid for an "inner child"?
A: hey man, if you can argue that it falls under some weird fey's idea of what counts as a past self from a simpler time that would have possibly been more likely to make wishes, go for it, my dude. Fey magic!!!
Q: What if my character is already a kid?
A: Up to you! You could have their inner child be a younger version of them, duplicate them as they are, or simply have the spell not take effect.
Q: Can the copy be injured? Killed?
A: bruh you can't kill a kid..........
But more seriously, yes. Copies will regenerate faster than their original selves if harmed, at the cost of causing ill effects (fatigue, in most cases) to the original when the two parts rejoin. The more severely the copy is injured, the greater the effect, with death of the copy even resulting in those copied memories becoming corrupted or lost.
Q: Goblin, WHEN WILL THIS BEEEE?
A: I...don't quite know! I'm putting this up to help figure that out! I know things are getting going with some other player plots and I don't want things to get too crammed. Feel free to let me know if there's a time that's no good for you, and I can try to pick something that works best for as many people as possible.
***EDIT: Potential thoughts atm are having it all throughout April and concluding at the start of May. (note: inner children would not have to be around for the entire event.)