somarium_ooc | Moon Cycle 104: 3/1-3/10 (Reply)

AC: LAST CALL

This is the last reminder that the Activity Check ends TONIGHT, Thursday, March 1, 11:59 PM CST (GMT -6). Please refer to the Danger List to make sure you're not on it!

❖ MOON CYCLE 104 ❂ 3/01 - 3/10

Phase: 3/4 waning. Nothing too special happening in the night sky.

Weather: Warmer temperatures, but there are also more showers throughout the next several days. A few scattered evening storms will also roll through Somarium, but there are pockets of sunshine to help balance it out.

THURS	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUES	WED
⁰¹ 74/65°F 23/18°C ☀☂	⁰² 76/65°F 24/18°C ☀☂	⁰³ 76/66°F 24/19°C ☂	⁰⁴ 75/65°F 24/18°C ☂	⁰⁵ 74/65°F 23/18°C ☂	⁰⁶ 76/64°F 24/18°C ☂	⁰⁷ 77/64°F 25/18°C ☀☂

THURS	FRI	SAT
⁰⁸ 78/65°F 26/18°C ☂ ☀	⁰⁹ 78/65°F 26/18°C ☂☂	¹⁰ 78/66°F 26/19°C ☂☂

Legend:
☀ - Sunny/Clear | ☁ ☀ - Sunny but cloudy | ☁ - Overcast | ≈ - Windy | ☂ - Rainy | ☂☂ - Stormy | ☃ - Snowy | ❇ - Ice | + any other combination

Effects: No dream effects this time!

Notes: This plot basically has two parts running simultaneously as they are actually connected to each other. One part is directly to the kidnapped victims. The other part involves a few recent discoveries. We're still continuing with last month's kidnapping plot as well as following up on what our brave tunnel explorers have discovered.

We'll be asking for a lot of volunteers as well as recruiting a mini mod to help with the upcoming plots. Thus the next few weeks won't have much happening on a grand scale, but players can still find themselves occupied by the more various isolated plots we have going on. Read more for the details!

Applications open. They close on Saturday, March 10 11:59PM CST. We'd also like to make a quick shout out that villain type characters are encouraged to appear between now and May, especially before May. Plot things are afoot and what better way to create an interesting dynamic than have players involved on the dark side?
Official Mod Plurk. For those of you who use Plurk, we've made an official mod plurk to help with spreading official mod announcements. For those who don't use plurk, you can still bookmark the page and check it every now and then. The plurk is somlords.
Event recap. To get everyone up to speed, here is a quick recap of the most recent events to note:
- 1/25: Teviel Troupe arrives into Somarium. They were pretty quiet except for the general antics that happened through the month (V'day for instance) until...
- 2/24: Parade. During the parade, two people were taken: Tsubomi and Jubei.
- 2/25: A few gypsies entered the tunnels and were up to no good.
- 2/26: The circus opened up, but during the main event, two more people were taken through a sudden seat drop: Stitch and Vanessa. Along with the two victims, several more found themselves underground and in some tunnels. Each one led into different locations.
- 2/28: Tsubomi made a distress call
- 2/29: Vanessa had a nightmare.
That's everything that's happened so far, but there are a few more posts that will appear within the next week. Most of them will be player made, and we need some volunteers from Option 1 groups.
Teviel Troupe vanishes. By Friday morning, the whole circus grounds will be completely clean and all traces of the troupe will have disappeared. It was as if they were never around.
RE: Kidnapping. Here are the quick details you need to know about the kidnapping plot.
- NPC Interrogation. Sometime over the weekend, the NPCs will be interrogating one of the circus people. It won't be public, but the Police Force will get the results.
- Search for the victims begin. Although other characters are completely free to make the connections, we will contact the Police Force members to coordinate some official statement to be announced over the network over the weekend. This will correspond with the NPC interrogation and basically serve as a separate search.
  
  For those who would like to help with the search and investigation, either through the Police Force or on their own, comment to this thread so we can have a general consensus. This includes those who would work on their own or with a group.
- Leads. We'll drop some clues and potential leads involving the kidnapping. We need three volunteers to be directly in charge of finding and contacting relative parties.
- Victims return. The victims will be dumped back into Somarium throughout March 7 and March 10 at different intervals. They will make posts as they appear.
Those who sign up for helping with the investigation effort can still participate in the following groups, too.
RE: Recent discoveries. The three groups in the tunnels made three key findings: a broken but repairable portal, a tunnel that leads out to the desert, and an old research lab filled with notes about nightmare energy.
- Virus alert. There will be an announcement by Jensen alerting everyone about a virus on the computers. Details as to what has been affected will be entailed there.
- Tunnel findings. We need someone from the Option 1 Groups to make a broadcast about their findings in the tunnels. It can be from any of the groups, but this post is to essentially serve as a "regroup" for all three groups to compare notes and then share with the rest of the community. Edit: Option 1 group, gather in this thread for more info about this.
- Portal repair team. We'd like a small group (3-5) who will work together to try and repair the portal. Only those who are skilled in technology should volunteer. This team will last for over a month, but the formation of it should start this week. The actual repair will be slow, but there can be several attempts made as well as false starts. But don't worry. That portal will work again in the future. NOTE! We say 3-5 members, but this is only for the dedicated core team. Other characters can still assist this group and participate in this project. If you are interested, comment here.
- Lab research team. We'd like a small group (2-4) who will investigate and look into the research documents. It's basically all about drawing out dream and nightmare energy and how to utilize them. Experiments are A-OK and if anyone has an idea, feel free to throw it at us. NOTE! We say 2-4 members, but this is only for the dedicated core team. Other characters can still assist this group and participate in this project. If you are interested, comment here.
- Explorers. That secret exit actually leads to somewhere. We'd like a small group (2-4) who will go out into the desert and locate an abandoned base. Details will be given out later, but they will find a lot of military equipment as well as more records. Because of the nature of this, we have to restrict the exploring group to this number. However, others can join in afterward to discuss findings and go on their own excursions. If you are interested, comment here.
- About the groups. The above groups will be ICly chosen by the NPCs. So if you're wondering how your character could be picked, no need to worry whether they would voluntarily sign up or not. Also, groups are free to come up with their own ideas, so feel free to toss them at us!
  
  We're trying to keep the groups small to make threading and organization easier for everyone. Thus we would like it if a player only directly participates in one core group. This will allow maximum player diversity all around.
  
  If more than the allotted number of people sign up, we'll do another random selection to see who will be part of the main team. But, even if you sign up and are not chosen as part of the main team, as said before your character can still be part of the group and help out. You can also at this time then choose to participate in multiple groups if your character would ICly do so.
  
  We would also like to stress that each group will be involved with a major plot point. More details will be given out on a later date but consider this as a heads up for now.
- Keep in touch. Once the groups have been set, we're leaving it to you guys to stay in contact with one another. We've noticed there's been a lack of communication in past group plots, so we'd like to stress that the groups should stay active with one another over this long period of time. Deciding who should be "head" of a group to help keep everyone in touch with one another will help.
As a quick reminder, this portion of the plot will stretch out over the next few weeks, with the portal playing a major role in an upcoming event. So all of this right now is setting the ground work to get the giant ball rolling.
Recruiting a mini mod for plotting! And finally, we'd like to recruit a mini mod to help us with all this plot stuff. The "plot mod" will basically help us create the necessary plot posts, come up with ideas, and help with the organization. They will have no admin duties, so no worries about that. We just want your mind. So here is what we're looking for:
- Active players
- Must have plenty of time available or can be flexible timewise
- Good with coming up dark plots and playing evil people
- Will be available for NPC work
- Have a lot of creativity
- Will not mind being constantly pinged by the other mods (especially Laena)
That's pretty much it. We are only choosing one. If you're interested, just visit this post to fill out the official form. Deadline is March 7

And that about wraps it up. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns comment to the Questions thread.

Moon Cycle 104: 3/1-3/10

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