The Chat Thread

[+Sorana she/her]

2 hours ago, 18th Shard said:

I think (and @Sorana chime in if you think differently) Mike and Xanas could wind up whenever necessary. I vote go ahead with the Fatebreaker Era.

I agree. Actually it would be interesting to have them experience it where they are.

3 hours ago, SingingMosaic said:

I think the conversation Nnimm is in at the moment is probably flexible and then I'm just going to have them wander over to the Scholar's Guild. That won't take long if everyone's still around over there, like a couple days, but they're not involved in anything yet so I'm just kind of winging it. I don't know what's coming up, is there anywhere to read about it or is the buildup spread through the recent threads?

There is a little buildup spread through the recent threads, but it's mostly hidden. We agreed on Fatebreaker's idea to respike the world. So certain events won't have happened, and in general everything will look differently (very short version). If you want to, you could also edit your character, like change their power and things like that, but you don't have to. The main idea was, to find out what happened, and try to undo it.

Other plot ideas, especially for sideplots are of course always welcome. This event can cause a lot of different things, so if you have any idea, feel free to post it.

[SingingMosaic]

Hmmm. I feel something simmering on one of the shadowy back burners of my brain, I'll sleep on it and music on it for a couple of days. It's to do with how the character senses the world but as it falls into place I'll put it forward and see if any ideas spawn off of it. Does it have to be ready by the time the plot starts?

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

@Voidus and I should probably finish our conversation with Fatebreaker but once that happens we could probably skip forward as needed to the era change - what say you Voidus? At least when it comes to Lita, I’ve got a basic idea for what I’m going to change. Poor thing is going to have a massive chunk of her mind edited, that should be fun  

Edited April 15, 2020 by ZincAboutIt

[kenod]

Hmm, depending on where Ark's thread is I'd personally like to see if we can wrap that one up before the change, but if we do that it can't last for too much longer, or we'll be holding up everything else, which will cause trouble. We might also want to discuss a few side-plots for Era 5 too, so we have something to start off with.

As for plots, maybe we could have a smaller-scale guild conflict? The drops in general guild power should allow for a sub-plot focusing on it without the conflict destroying the entire city, instead having it more in the background, with small-scale clashes, perhaps also with the guilds hiring mercenaries/muscle because they don't have much in the way of soldiers, which would also give an excuse for characters who aren't officially involved with the reductions in guild power to get involved.

Also, as a question for the guild leaders, would it be possible to have characters switch guilds for the duration of this? I have a couple characters who'd work quite well in different guilds while this is going on.

[mathiau he/him]

14 hours ago, Sorana said:

I agree. Actually it would be interesting to have them experience it where they are.

There is a little buildup spread through the recent threads, but it's mostly hidden. We agreed on Fatebreaker's idea to respike the world. So certain events won't have happened, and in general everything will look differently (very short version). If you want to, you could also edit your character, like change their power and things like that, but you don't have to. The main idea was, to find out what happened, and try to undo it.

Other plot ideas, especially for sideplots are of course always welcome. This event can cause a lot of different things, so if you have any idea, feel free to post it.

Would any of that affect people outside of the alleyverse? Or resurrect people killed during the erased events?

[+Ark1002]

On 4/9/2020 at 4:22 PM, The_Archivist said:

Thank you do much!

 

On 4/9/2020 at 2:40 PM, mathiau said:

The main plot is in this thread, basically, a cave system has been found under the city and some people are exploring it, then they found atium. It's probably too late to join it but I would advise you to follow it because in the last pages  @Fatebreaker has been preparing things for the next era.

For the other eras you have the wiki https://alleyverse.fandom.com/wiki/Alleyverse_Wiki

So, uh, little inaccuracy here. While that thread is the most prominent one this era, we don't have a main plot for this one.

 

In terms of next era:

I'm hoping to wrap this plot up quickly, we'll try not to hold you all up.

 

I would also like to publicize a little bit of ghostblood planning.

Next era, our plan is that the ghostbloods will be much more criminal, less public. A secret organization of spies, assassins, and the 'cleanup crew'. Oasis will be more a secret smugglers den, a den of thieves, if you will.

 

Also, I would assume, as our policy has been lax recently, characters would be able to switch guilds.

[AonEne he/him]

12 hours ago, kenod said:

Also, as a question for the guild leaders, would it be possible to have characters switch guilds for the duration of this? I have a couple characters who'd work quite well in different guilds while this is going on. 

I plan to have one of my characters switch, myself  So I’m fine with it if anyone wants to temporarily join or leave TUBA. I’d assume that everyone else is fine with it too. 

I think Storm might not be able to attempt the murder of Deteca like we planned. I’ll check with him one more time, but unless we can get this interaction out in a couple days (possible but improbable, unless maybe we RP it on Discord and I post it to the thread? Will inquire), that conversation will probably get abandoned until a later date. 

[+Sorana she/her]

13 hours ago, kenod said:

Also, as a question for the guild leaders, would it be possible to have characters switch guilds for the duration of this? I have a couple characters who'd work quite well in different guilds while this is going on.

Everybody who wants to play a GB character is welcome to do so! There is no need to join the guild, and it can be revised afterwards of course (but doesn't need to).

6 hours ago, mathiau said:

Would any of that affect people outside of the alleyverse? Or resurrect people killed during the erased events?

Mostly it will affect people within the alleyverse, as we don't want to mess with the official Lore too much.

19 hours ago, SingingMosaic said:

Hmmm. I feel something simmering on one of the shadowy back burners of my brain, I'll sleep on it and music on it for a couple of days. It's to do with how the character senses the world but as it falls into place I'll put it forward and see if any ideas spawn off of it. Does it have to be ready by the time the plot starts?

Take you time! The next era won't start in a few days, and we will announce a fixed date once we get a better feeling for how many things need to be wrapped up. You idea should more or less be ready, but if it isn't don't worry, then we can find a good workaround.

[little wheel he/him]

I claim next Era's bar/pub/tavern/whatever as mine. fite me bro

[kenod]

52 minutes ago, bees? said:

I claim next Era's bar/pub/tavern/whatever as mine. fite me bro

Anyone taking bets on how quickly it will be destroyed? You're not allowed to cheat and destroy the place yourself.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

1 hour ago, bees? said:

I claim next Era's bar/pub/tavern/whatever as mine. fite me bro

There's definitely room for more than one tavern thread, and Sorana already has the boarding house. 

[mathiau he/him]

On 16/04/2020 at 9:00 AM, Sorana said:

Mostly it will affect people within the alleyverse, as we don't want to mess with the official Lore too much.

NullBlade has a sister I intend to use at some point and she's currently on earth, would her memory be affected? If her brother is changed, would she realize it?

@Fatebreaker

Edited April 17, 2020 by mathiau

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

7 hours ago, mathiau said:

NullBlade has a sister I intend to use at some point and she's currently on earth, would her memory be affected? If her brother is changed, would she realize it?

That's probably a good question for Fatebreaker.

[Fatebreaker he/him]

The Shift is mainly going to affect memories and perceptions of the Alleyplanet and the Guilds, especially the DA, so it would depend. If the character was in constant communication with the sister then she might realize their perception of time could be a little wonky, or that they there seems to be weird gaps in their memory.

[+Sorana she/her]

Hello everybody,

we decided to start the next era on

May 15th

That should give everybody ample time to finish current plots.

Please leave us a note in the character thread which characters you would like to use next era. If you neccessary, please update your character sheets so that we can look them over.

Thank you!

[The_Archivist he/him]

As a copper compounder, will my character notice that there are differences?

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

1 hour ago, The_Archivist said:

As a copper compounder, will my character notice that there are differences?

I would think initially, no. Since the entire timeline will have shifted, any stored memories will also be altered because history literally happened in other ways. However as things begin to leak through your character might be in a better position to realize that something weird is happening. This is just my guess however.

[mathiau he/him]

On 20/04/2020 at 8:24 AM, Sorana said:

Hello everybody,

we decided to start the next era on

May 15th

That should give everybody ample time to finish current plots.

Please leave us a note in the character thread which characters you would like to use next era. If you neccessary, please update your character sheets so that we can look them over.

Thank you!

Is there any time-skip between era 4 and 5?

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

13 minutes ago, mathiau said:

Is there any time-skip between era 4 and 5?

Technically the time-skip is infinite  

[mathiau he/him]

1 hour ago, ZincAboutIt said:

Technically the time-skip is infinite  

I mean, do we get struck by the rewrite  right now or later in-universe?

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Just now, mathiau said:

I mean, do we get struck by the rewrite  right now or later in-universe?

Ahh, now that I do not know. I'd guess sooner than later but I have no idea.

[Rushu42 she/her]

So how is the Guild power reduction going to affect the Scholar's Guild? It's not super powerful now, but will there be any changes I have to make? 

Also, will the PlasmaCore plot have happened? And how drastic can character changes be?

Sorry for all the questions - I'm trying to figure how much to alter Aln's timeline.

[Voidus]

On 26/04/2020 at 1:19 AM, Rushu42 said:

So how is the Guild power reduction going to affect the Scholar's Guild? It's not super powerful now, but will there be any changes I have to make? 

Also, will the PlasmaCore plot have happened? And how drastic can character changes be?

Sorry for all the questions - I'm trying to figure how much to alter Aln's timeline.

None that are mandatory other than their knowledge of events changing due to the events themselves changing. Other than that you only have to change what you want to.

I believe the Plasmacore incident is being removed in its entirety, but I could be mistaken. At the least it would have been drastically altered to be of smaller scale. Character changes can be as drastic as you want, some characters are swapping guilds entirely, opportunity for deceased characters to return, pretty much anything is technically possible.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Hello everyone! I'm getting excited for the new Era, I don't know about you all. Now, we've got the talented Fatebreaker working on the big, large-scale plot of Era 5 with the world shift and the re-spiking, but I've been wondering what the more tertiary "initial" plot is going to look like. What will everyone be doing with their time before realities begin warping and people start having mental breakdowns remembering alternate timelines? Will it be something similar to this Era, where we have a few side plots going that all eventually converge on a single point? Does anyone have any ideas for things they'd like to pitch as side plots or guild plots, etc? I know there are still some unknowns but the sooner we nail down what kinds of questions everyone has, the sooner we can find out the answers and get things smoothly running on the 15th!  

[Grey Knight]

I, personally, plan to be in space when it all goes down.