AUGUST CR MEME

[larkers]

> AUGUST CR MEME

It's heatwave weekend, friends! Welcome to early August, welcome to Meadowlark's second anniversary, and so forth! Your arrival log is now live, and here's our usual CR meme rundown.

So, here we go!

◉ Here's the August calendar, which provides a quick rundown of the month.

◉ Our most recent event aftermath is here! Check out our "Potential Paths/Plots" section for inspiration.

◉ The Arrival Log is up over here! Welcome our newbies. In addition, keep in mind that there isn't a safehouse, so you might want to plot some herding of new cats.

◉ For a rundown of everything that's happened so far in game, check out our The Story So Far page. This guy is your big ctrl+f friend. It hasn't been updated with the most recent event, but that'll be done soon!

◉ Check out our Setting Page for any ideas you might need about the world at large!

◉ We also recommend that you look over our JOBS PAGE and LOCATION PAGE to get the brain moving. As a quick note: everyone can add and create new locations for New Amsterdam (and develop other megacities)! We'll always review them and reach out to you if any changes need to be made.

Now, the form!

<div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0"><h2 style="padding:3px; background-color:#000; color:#fff; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font: bold 18pt courier new;">> PLAYER</b></h2> <b>NAME & PRONOUNS:</b> <b>CONTACT:</b> <b>AREAS OF INTEREST:</b> What fun things are you into that may not be reflected in your characters? What do you plurk about or love to chat about? This is optional, but here for the friending purposes! </div> <div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0"> <h2 style="padding:3px; background:#000; color:#fff; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font: bold 18pt courier new;">> CHARACTER</h2><b>NAME:</b> <b>CANON:</b> <b>JOURNAL:</b> <b>POWER:</b> <b>JOB:</b> Either their current job or where you'd like them to go! Do you want work CR? This is our all-purpose "Job" section! <b>SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH:</b> If you were in game, of course! <b>PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH:</b> <b>AREAS OF INTEREST:</b> What things are you interested in or what would you like to get your character into in the future? <b>HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES:</b> This could just be ways for characters to meet up, pass through the intro opportunities, and get to business! Or it could be that Finn the beautiful fluffy black kitten is saccharine and sweet to everyone who pets him so he could dart out between their legs into the hallway, that jerk. <b>OVERALL GOALS:</b> Either IC or OOC! <b>ANYTHING ELSE:</b> Insert gif here! Or a witty comic book panel. </div>

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[larkers]

Got any questions for the mods? Feel free to hit us up here as it pertains to the CR meme! The Arrival Log tomorrow will have a questions header, as well.

iola

[monomachy]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: iola | she/her
CONTACT: pm or watchet
AREAS OF INTEREST: video games (final fantasy, ac:nh, various other rpgs), my dog, cooking and baking, my job, my upcoming cross-country move from el paso to cleveland, and various other things!

[cetra]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: steph she/her
CONTACT: violentwords
AREAS OF INTEREST: I tend to ramble, do tag plurks, and generally just pop up every so often when i come across an old song or movie I forgot existed.

> CHARACTER

NAME: aerith
CANON: ffvii
JOURNAL: cetra
POWER: plant manipulation!!
JOB: working at vertmer gardens
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: she helped patch up/care for wounded and such
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: help out with cleaning up. i am posting a general log for august today that will have a couple of open prompts, i am always happy to do other stuff too! scratch that, forgoing the log this month will just tag out!
AREAS OF INTEREST: getting more interested in morning star
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Aerith is friendly and can be found at her new favorite place (aka the gardens she works at)
OVERALL GOALS: discover power is pretty high on the list
ANYTHING ELSE:

[gravemistake]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Whit, She/Her
CONTACT: whitticus OR disco at whitticus #8139 OR just PM this account.
AREAS OF INTEREST: I mostly use plurk to talk about work and rp and vidya, you know, the usual. Very rarely I draw a thing. Sometimes it is an rp thing. I like old school Nintendo garbage, new school nintendo garbage...elder scrolls. overboops. I play smash bros, splatoon 2, elder scrolls online...animel crossing....if you friend me we can play video games together.

> CHARACTER

NAME: Gabriel Reyes
CANON: Overwatch
JOURNAL: gravemistake
POWER: Dematerialization aka he turns into a ghost fart…..
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: Oh you know just went to Antarctica and had a bad time and then came home and fought monsters and had a bad time.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: WELL Jack knows the secret of his magical secret powers now so he’s less incentivized to keep them secret and probably should improve them at some point. Who wants to fight a ghost fart???
AREAS OF INTEREST: He's got some sweet deets on ALIGN and is currently working on chasing those leads. His niche in the game seems to be solving the mysteries of the implants while continuing to force Cassius to be his friend.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Gabriel doesn't have a real job, per se, but he does some freelance bouncing at bars and clubs here and there (he's very buff) and also is the bookie's worst nightmare at fight club, betting for and against people and very rarely fighting himself. You might run into him there! He lives with Jack in a shitty apartment and is otherwise a serious soldier-type with a few decades of experience in black ops so if your character needs any kind of training he's a good guy to hit up. You can read more about him here to see if anything strikes your fancy!
OVERALL GOALS: Continue poking around the seedy underbelly of New Amsterdam to see how many crimes he can get away with. GOTTA SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF ALL THIS, maybe. He doesn't trust Morningstar or the other displaced or anyone, really, so I'm interested in having him get his hands dirty as he tries to figure out what's going on and what he can do about it. He wasn't a huge fan of the UN back home and he likes them even less now that they rule the world! He’s VERY pleased that they’re so kneecapped right now.
ANYTHING ELSE:

Brandon

[slavophile]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Brandon | He/Him/His
CONTACT: manipulative
AREAS OF INTEREST: Considering the Pandemic, I have been watching a lot of TV. Obviously, I like writing! But, I also like musical theatre, the arts, and reality TV. I have become the best version of myself, obviously. Living in CA. Mostly discuss RP, but sometimes RL.

dove.

[withmeinparadise]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Dove (Miss Dovington if you're nasty), she/her
CONTACT: PM this journal, pp prettydoes
AREAS OF INTEREST: My plurk's a mess of memes, rl bitching, cooking/baking (not much ice-cream making atm), pirate stuff, and books/comics. I love the detritus of history, especially when it's terrible (let's talk about aspics), and have two cats. I prefer to keep my plurk list small, so while you're welcome to friend, please don't feel like you have to just for plotting stuff--my PPs are always open, and I'm happy to discuss things wherever!

> CHARACTER

NAME: Sam Drake
CANON: Uncharted
JOURNAL: withmeinparadise
POWER: Probability observation - he can get a sense of likely outcomes that he's going to be assuming are just ~feelings~ at least to start with.
JOB: Still gotta find one, soooooo. Crime? He's mostly good at crime. He's also good at puzzles, world history, and doing undercover nonsense. And maybe sponging off his baby brother.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH:
• Get settled, get work, get laid? The usual needs
• FIND A CIGARETTE REPLACEMENT ASAP
AREAS OF INTEREST: My favourite things tend to be building up complicated CR, interpersonal drama, arguments, finding ways for characters to shoot the shit in dynamic ways, dramatic irony, &cet. I'm also fine with action scenes and other more running-jumping-climbing-trees kinds of focuses, but if I'm playing to my own strengths, they're gonna be on the more talky end of things.

I've found that Sam tends to be a lot of fun when dealing with younger characters, especially scrappy ones that might hit the "you remind me of my baby brother" button in his subconscious, but he's also great with other People With Questionable Morals, men of a certain age, women who don't mind an aging ladies' man hitting on them (or who do, I'm into both). Honestly, let's try whoever and see who sticks.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: This, I think I'll have better answers for in the future--let's establish some unwavy CR first. ♥
OVERALL GOALS: Make Sam deal with his brother issues and make some friends. I don't have very Important goals for him atm, because I wanna see how he starts fitting into New Amsterdam and maybe come back with Further Ideas in future CR memes. :D
ANYTHING ELSE:

William Clayton-Queen

[slavophile]

> CHARACTER

NAME: William Clayton-Queen
CANON: Arrow
JOURNAL: 2040
POWER: Glamour.
JOB: He was working low-level at Vyonation in tech. We shall see, now? He's a little more famous and he did a bad thing.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: After surviving Antarctica, William hemmed and hawed at releasing found information of the scientists' research before ultimately deciding to. Early into the event, he was possessed by a slug. After, he, Kyna, and Ian captured one of the bats. He spent his time doing science and solidifying some friendships.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: Exploring this new world and who William is in it. It's his first taste of what he used to be in notoriety. And not the good kind. But, that's nothing new. He's also displaced, housing-wise, and staying on Drake's couch.
AREAS OF INTEREST: William needs more allies and needs to find a real purpose in this time. He's going to definitely hack more and build up that skill. Also, opportunities to use his power! They come few and far between.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: William spent time in the fight club his first month or two, observing first, then joining the fray. He was around the safe house as well and totally affable. Now, his name is synonymous with Antarctic research he's leaked.
OVERALL GOALS: Establish more and gain more roots. Immersing William in the world more than I have been.
ANYTHING ELSE:

Scott McCall

[commend]

> CHARACTER

NAME: Scott McCall
CANON: Teen Wolf
JOURNAL: commend
POWER: Persuasion
JOB: He was helping board animals, cleaning up after them and playing with them when the job called for it. He was a temporary ambulance during the monster attacks. He might find a new avenue if it naturally comes up.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: He helped in the monster attacks! He had a very low key month but reached out to the cause and helped with where he could in transporting the injured. And also got some notoriety for it. He also moved in with Gene who offered him a couch.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: Just reaching out and helping where he can. He'll help rebuild Red Wings and anybody's homes if they were damaged. He's very open right now in plans, but I want to find a good direction for him.
AREAS OF INTEREST: He needs to use his power, too... But, other than that. Scott just wants to be of help. And that's in any way he can be. He's stepped back from being a leader being so new, but he wants to get his feet better acquainted. He'll be standing taller.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Scott was a part of the welcome committee the last month of arrivals. Without that tethering him to a safe house, he'll still meet new people and help where he can! So, he definitely introduced himself to any member of Displaced and offered literally anything he could do. He helped at Red Wings, first as triage, and then as an ambulance driver. So, you can hand wave he transported you. Also, any empathy bond moments. Scott wears gloves now because of it. And he was recognized for his help in the monster attacks. So, feel free to recognize that.
OVERALL GOALS: Just better establishing him. Getting him good foundational CR.
ANYTHING ELSE:

Ami

[lifetothefullest]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Ami, she/her
CONTACT: amiasha, Discord at #Ami8741, or PM!
AREAS OF INTEREST: I'm an astrophysics grad student so I spend a lot of time crying about school, but I also rock climb, do some low-level music production, make graphics/crafts, etc etc. My plurk usually has self-contained contained rp and rl/misc plurks on it for easy muting.

> CHARACTER

NAME: Dr. Lance Sweets
CANON: Bones
JOURNAL: lifetothefullest
POWER: Sound/Pressure wave manipulation
JOB: He still doesn't have one because monsters happened. I do have a far off job planned for him, but right now he might be just getting by on odd stuff like helping Nate clean up at a gambling den at some point soon.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: Lance spent most of his time trying to help people not die to monsters, and also not die himself. He did that generally by playing medic at Red Wings, but also went with Gene and some others to rescue civilians in the caves and did assorted other nonsense.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: Continuing to slowly involve himself in anything and everything like the nosy menace he is. He's not hiding the whole 'was in another terrible place like this one before coming here' thing anymore, and so feels more confident giving his input on things, so expect him to be interjecting OPINIONS wherever warranted or not warranted. Also I want to keep developing new CR and strengthening (or otherwise, depending) current CR.
AREAS OF INTEREST: I love plot, but I particularly love plot because it's such a great gateway to really dynamic CR opportunities. I love complicated CR, relationships that go awry, plans that mess up, all that; it's super fun and interesting to play stuff out how it just naturally goes.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: If your character was injured or just resting at Red Wings for a bit during the monster attack, they could easily have had a conversation.
OVERALL GOALS: Just see where the plot and CR takes me!
ANYTHING ELSE:

[commend]

Scott also helped with Red Wings triage and drove the ambulance, so I'm all for foundational established CR going into the month.

Re: dove.

[chaire]

Hi, I love Sam. I don't got anything right now specific, but I could toss Kass at him and see what sticks?

[wittingly]

I think it is time

is it time

trace

[heliophilous]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: trace | she/her
CONTACT: spoonishly
AREAS OF INTEREST: video games, reading, sleeping, my nephew, food, whining about work, whining about hurricanes right now, diet coke and such. i mostly talk about rp with a slice of rl here and there.

[lifetothefullest]

Sounds good! Wanna assume just some basic stuff like names, how long each other has been in ML, and that that they were both helping out during the event?

[lifetothefullest]

it's so time

[commend]

Yes. And maybe where they were from. That Scott was helping homeless kids back where he was from when not going to school. He's a good egg, basically.

marcos diaz ( the gifted )

[heliophilous]

> CHARACTER

NAME: marcos diaz
CANON: the gifted
JOURNAL: heliophilous
POWER: fear manipulation
JOB: lab grunt at pulsar though he does a lot of other things on the side.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: marcos mostly concentrated on outreach when it came to the event. he transported people to safe places, brought them resources, protected them, and tried not to die himself.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: after a few months of just establishing himself in new amsterdam, making connections, and making money, i think i'm going to check into marcos looking for a spot that's for sale to possibly establish some kind of center for the disenfranchised, the homeless, the sick, the abused, that sort of thing where they can come and be safe for awhile. i have to ask about the specifics here but it would be something marcos would really want to dig into and work at.
AREAS OF INTEREST: really, marcos is just big into helping those that can't help themselves because he's been there, done that.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: because of some past losses, you'll likely see marcos at pulsar for long hours if you work there because he's been throwing himself into work. he's oftentimes out in new amsterdam, bringing supplies and food to those that need it, making connections, meeting with other agents, and just trying to make sure people are protected.
OVERALL GOALS: as stated above, i think working towards something solid and tangible is my goal for marcos. he's been more nomadic with his endeavors but i do want to have him get something going to give people a safe space.
ANYTHING ELSE:

penny — the magicians

[delayable]

> CHARACTER

NAME: william 'penny' adiyodi
CANON: the magicians
JOURNAL: delayable
POWER: emotional attack
JOB: tba! who wants to hire a cranky jerkface?
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: this month will mostly about getting penny settled and also easing into a new character, which is something i haven't had in meadowlark in awhile! he'll probably be drinking a lot, hunting for drugs, trying to figure out what the hell's going on and being blessed that he can't hear your thoughts.
AREAS OF INTEREST: he'll want to explore new amsterdam and various other cities, he'll want to party a bit, he'll want to be a jerkface to people, but i'm not sure what he'll take to in the city just yet.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: you'll see him around the safehouse until he finds the other magicians and probably goes home with them like a lost puppy. after that, he'll probably be in bars and then out at night, trying to forget that he's stuck in a futuristic black hole. you'll probably see him around the other magicians cast too.
OVERALL GOALS: right now, just get him settled, grow some cr, get him into things, that kind of thing.
ANYTHING ELSE:

[withmeinparadise]

Sure thing! I'm hoping to have a top-level for him on the arrival log sometime today, and we can figure things out from there. :D

[lifetothefullest]

Sure thing! If asked about what he did back home, Lance would go with that he was an FBI agent since that's the simple answer he's been using for the most part. He wouldn't bring up having been in another place before ML unless it actually came up in conversation, but if it did he'd mention that it's been two years since he was at home for that reason.

Dee

[filloryfanatic]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Dee / She/her
CONTACT: waftingcurtains on plurk!
AREAS OF INTEREST: I frankly have too many hobbies. I love video games on every platform, reading, doing jigsaw puzzles, doing screencaps for iconners, watching tons of TV, and snuggling with my four kitties. I work for a college and am basically doing three jobs now at the same time so that's fun.

[commend]

It probably didn't come up right then. Then.

Q

[filloryfanatic]

> CHARACTER

NAME: Quentin Coldwater
CANON: The Magicians
JOURNAL: filloryfanatic
POWER: Reflection manipulation
JOB: He works at Red Wings doing marketing/pr although that's hardly needed now as everyone already wants to be at Red Wings so he'll be doing other things lol.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: Quentin did a shitton in the event! He ran around the city and hid a lot, he saved a lot of people, watched some people die, almost got possessed but used his relic, informed people of relics and monsters he saw, and helped close the New Amsterdam gate when all the madness was going on. He is very tired. Also he FINALLY FIGURED OUT HIS POWERS.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: Two more of his friends are here which is very important to him, he'll be focused on getting them more comfortable here. He's going to be very interested in helping people in the aftermath of the event and offering resources. He also will be very intrigued by this PM person.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Quentin's been community based more recently so he'll be looking into doing more community outreach and help. Also he is the conspiracy theorist so the mystery of PM and what this all means will very much be on his mind.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Quentin's a nice guy and he's friendly! You might've talked to him at Red Wings or during this event where he was covered in dirt and blood so that was fun.
OVERALL GOALS: Reuniting with his friends, following the mystery, and helping others.
ANYTHING ELSE:

Re: penny — the magicians

[filloryfanatic]

Hawke

[championofsnark]

> CHARACTER

NAME: Marian Hawke (just Hawke)
CANON: Dragon Age
JOURNAL: championofsnark
POWER: Blood Manipulation
JOB: Hawke has started working at BLOK but she is likely to be joining Morningstar soon.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: WELL LET'S SEE. She killed a whole lot of monsters! She met some people while killing monsters! She led a fighting ring group into the fray. She used her blood bending in fighting and then Cecily and Cassandra caught her doing it, and Cassandra nearly cut her head off. Good times.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: If all goes according to plan Hawke will be joining Morningstar. She wants to get more directly involved now that she's involved. She also is on team 'go public, fuck it' and is volunteering as tribute so. Also deepening CR and the like.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Right now Hawke's finally heard the call to be an active participant in the city rather than chilling out punching people. So figuring out her place from there will be great.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Hawke is very, very friendly. Super friendly. You might want to hit her friendly. Anyway she's probably chatted with your character if you want your character to chat with her.
OVERALL GOALS: Go fight win. Also everything up there plus friendship is magic.
ANYTHING ELSE: