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erku mods ([personal profile] erkumods) wrote in [community profile] parz2020-08-03 08:43 am
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PLOTTING POST: EVENT 003

EVENT 003: INAUSPICIOUS TIDES



I. Swap til you drop





With the abundance brought forth by the influx of Eros energy in the world, the Augur has blessed the world's new organic inhabitants - past and recent arrivals both - with personalized welcome packages. Overnight, these goody bags have been quietly delivered to the doorsteps (or dirty hovel floors, Gundams, tree branches, etc.) of each Island resident. Open them up to find a supply of basic hygiene necessities perfectly suited to your tastes, as well as a small selection of fun extras: good quality clothing, beachwear, fancy soaps, "necessities" to complete an Auspicious Act, and maybe even a surprise from home.

Unfortunately, not every item is yours. In their haste to please their guests, the robots might have mixed a few items up, switching up favorite colors, smells, lingerie sizes, and preferred condom flavors - among other things - for someone else's. What’s more, a tiny glitch in the Augur has also beamed some inventory items directly from their owners' homes and placed them right in a stranger's welcome bag!

The robots catch on quickly to the problem. By afternoon, they have hastily set up a swap meet on the beach for residents to trade, sell, or barter their unwanted items.

"̷T̶r̷a̷d̴e̵ ̷a̴u̸s̷p̸i̶c̸e̴s̶ ̵a̴n̷d̴ ̶b̵e̶ ̷t̶w̸i̴c̵e̴-̴b̸l̷e̸s̷s̸e̸d̵!̴"̶

As a special event, the robots on site are also facilitating square swaps for consenting parties, and will upload the appropriate app to the devices of interested residents. Use your wrist device to project your A5 card for all to see and get swapping! Simply by tapping each other's card displays, you can easily switch squares between yourselves. The robots have authorized one square swap per person.


II. Treasure Island





i̶n̴o̶r̷g̷a̷n̷i̵c̷ ̸m̷a̶t̵t̴e̶r̴ ̶d̵e̵t̵e̶c̷t̵e̶d̶.̶.̷.̴

All of the activity on the beach has kicked up something beneath the sands, and as you make your wait through the festivities you may notice something glittering and gold on the sands. Mysterious treasure has begun to wash up from the seas - from large chests (ahem) to small statues, from ornate jewelry to faceless coins of indeterminate origin. You may not be the materialistic sort, but the treasure almost compels you to pick it up. Once you find something, you'll be hungry to unearth more.

When questioned about the treasure's source, the robots appear stumped. Jewels and gold have no worth to them, they explain.

h̶o̸l̷d̶ ̴o̵n̵ ̷t̶o̶ ̴w̶h̶a̶t̸'̸s̷ ̵p̸r̶e̶c̸i̶o̶u̴s̶.̴.̶.̴

Time will reveal that this is cursed treasure. The treasures on the beach inspire feelings of not only jealousy, but also the desire to flaunt what you do have. You find yourself craving what belongs to others - be it food, items... or even lovers. Those under the treasure’s spell are attracted to even more treasure; a flash of shiny new gemstones may be all it takes to entice even the most loyal to your side.

Anyone who can sense magic will notice a faint green aura around a cursed item, but little else can be determined. Incorporating an item into your Auspicious Acts - be it coin to trade for the pleasure of their company, or if you'd prefer to be taken wearing nothing but decadent pearls - seems to lift the aura and alleviate those strange feelings of envy and vanity.


Inauspicious Tides





The lucky few who discover how to cleanse the treasure of its aura are not enough to stop the rightful owners from coming to claim what’s theirs. From the deep, they rise. A flash of lightning illuminates the dark sea. A horde of bodies begin to walk out from beneath the waves. They range from monstrous to humanoid, but a commonality they all have is decay.

"Our treasure..."

Some are completely inhuman, covered in bone and debris, flailing slimy limbs or tentacles at anything that moves. Others seem half-person, half-shipwreck, with bodies mutating around pieces of driftwood. While the largest of them threaten to wreak havoc on the beaches from the shallows, their long tentacles reaching for any buildings within their grasp with destructive intent, the smaller and more human-looking of the invaders march in droves towards land. The robots rally to defend the Island, but it soon becomes apparent that they are no match for this threat.



"Give it back..."

When the horde makes it ashore, they may attempt to fight the residents of the Island - but they seem far more agitated by the appearance of any native 'bots, attacking them maliciously. They are impervious to gunfire, they feel no pain, and their waterlogged bodies make them resistant to flame. They spill over all corners of the city as they make their way to the hospital.

Should any of these creatures make it inside, they will head for the Augur first and foremost.

And though the sun's rays will peek through the windows and turn them to ash come daybreak, their damage is done. The Augur will go offline for repairs; the robots will dedicate themselves to tending to it for the next month.



N A V I G A T I O N



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John Constantine | DCTV

[personal profile] conjobs 2020-08-04 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Kind of only interested in the swap meet event this time around! Open to someone else getting John's clothes and John getting someone else's stuff. He could have also lost a hip flask and a photo into someone's welcome pack if anyone's interested in that. He wouldn't mind swapping his wrongly received floral soaps for something more masculine either.

If anyone wants mustard he still has 20+ bottles to give away... 😭

I don't feel one way or another about the A5 card kinks, but I don't mind to trade away one of mine; I will likely just reply to people for this.

As always John is a disaster pansexual open to sexy times all the time so outside of event stuff he's available for gen/smut shenanigans.
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[personal profile] takeroot 2020-08-04 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
concept: two constantin(e)s definitely would get their stuff mixed up, right... is it too on the nose to mix up a hip flask and a bottle of extremely ye olde wine
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[personal profile] conjobs 2020-08-04 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean. Would it also count as masturbation if they hooked up? 🤔

I am down for this although he'll have to find John quick if he wants to get it back before he's drunk it all... If it looks fairly ornate he'll try and leave it alone.
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[personal profile] takeroot 2020-08-04 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
life's burning questions that definitely have to be asked tbh... is it narcissism to hook up with a dude with kind of the same name as you? maybe so

i would say that it looks Old and Fancy but not particularly ornate... he'll zoom to it asap because who wouldn't immediately drink a whole bottle of strange wine they found? makes sense
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[personal profile] conjobs 2020-08-04 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Surely they shouldn't be judged for a bit of passing curiosity...

Giving an alcoholic an old bottle of wine is just flirting with trouble but he'll reluctantly trade it back for his flask for sure :3 I'm sure they'll want to know more once they meet. Especially since for him it's not like meeting one of a million other Johns.
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[personal profile] takeroot 2020-08-04 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
it's for the pursuit of knowledge and must be rigorously tested...

if he asks nicely he can have one (1) extra sip... maybe.... the charm of almost-the-same-name will make up for the loss of wine, for sure
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[personal profile] conjobs 2020-08-04 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Well I don't know about asking nicely but he'll try to be on his best behaviour if there's wine on the line!
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[personal profile] takeroot 2020-08-04 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
perfect tbh, good behavior with a healthy amount of rowdy never hurts
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[personal profile] takeroot 2020-08-06 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
scoots back in here to check now that the event log is up--! are you planning on topleveling or would you like me to toss a starter somewhere? i'm good with either!!
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[personal profile] conjobs 2020-08-06 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
oh my god it's up already, I haven't even tagged around the plotting post lol

I have just put up a top level here but I didn't do anything specific for them - would you like me to?
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[personal profile] takeroot 2020-08-06 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
that'd be perfect, if you don't mind!! 👀
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[personal profile] conjobs 2020-08-06 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
OK how about this?
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[personal profile] takeroot 2020-08-06 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
superb, thank you! i'll hit it up asap
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[personal profile] vegalthon 2020-08-05 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been 100 years since I've read the comics (and I haven't seen the show adaptation) but didn't Constantine have some beef with demons? Does that extend to part-demons?

Because Oran would be happy to snag a bottle, and he would also be happy to trade his basic soaps for something floral.
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[personal profile] conjobs 2020-08-06 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah he's like an occult magic warlock that does exorcisms and banishes demons and stuff. He is very 'I'm not a hero, fuck off' but saves the day type.

He won't be hostile unless Oran strikes first so no worries on that, basic soaps and getting rid of more mustard is a go :D I have a top level at the event here but it's quite generic, if you want me to put up something more specific for them let me know!