E5 ENCOUNTER AT NEON

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[googlefont="Kanit"]OCT 27 - NOV 25

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INTRO   ★ TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS ★ CHAT EVENTS MAP  ★ PROMPTS

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[googlefont="Lato"]INTRODUCTION

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From the efforts of the Printians in recovering their loved ones, infiltrating the ship, providing support back on the surface, and negotiating with the alien leaders, Njorne has officially been driven off of Yrk’s ship--but has not taken back to their own just yet. The FBI, following the interviews of Printy citizens, stands guarded and remains on high alert, with agents taking into the streets in Null suits to continue to better assess the situation and try to keep things under control, while Yrk remains in hiding as they continue to be hunted.

And so Njorne has now taken to Larkspur in pursuit of Yrk, where they have induced an unusual condition upon it--in a bubble, similar to Acacia’s bubble of night; however, the effect has been rather unique. The city appears deserted--no people, no life, aside from those that enter it; it seems as though all of the people living in it simply vanished. But they’re still around--the city just has to be accessed from somewhere else.

That’s because there’s a new access into where the city has really gone: a strange portal, found out in the alley behind the base of Silo Tower against a brick wall. Stepping through feels almost as if it’s reversing gravity, and the world changes drastically, colors dying black as everything is outlined in bright neon glows. It almost feels strange to walk, as if you’re stepping with the opposite foot you normally do; even some words sound jumbled or backwards, though you can still understand them perfectly. Nothing about this feels quite right.

Ulkrpao ts Cwoelm

Elocmew ot Prkrlaus

Wceoclem to Rskuplra

Njorne’s city now.

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[googlefont="Kanit"]BOSS EVENT
Boss Events are major battles between Printians and their chosen foes; during these events, members can interact with bosses via attacking them or aiding them, using a daily point system found within our Discord server. It is entirely up to you to decide how your character participates in the fight!

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[googlefont="Lato"]TRANSMISSION

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[ INCOMING TRANSMISSION INTERCEPTED ]

A̶̹͑t̷̳̽t̵͉́ention. Attention Spaceships Aquila and Lyra. Spaceship Cygnus has been deployed from the Mothership and is heading towards Planet Earth of Year 2018. Docking will occur at Saturn’s Rings for inventory check before finalizing its journey in the destination’s thermosphere. Please make the appropriate preparations for the Queen’s descent into the Troposphere.

Commander Njorne and Ambassador Njoyiyrkë have been requested to greet the landing party. Please pass on the following message to both:

    I am disappointed in you.

All threats that have not been dealt with will be neutralized upon arrival. Ple̶͉͌a̵̲͘s̷̬̈́e provide a full report of the situation at hand as soon as possible for the Council to asse̵s̷s̷.̸.̸.̴.̷͖̅.̴͓̓.̸̟̿ ̶̜͛.̵̖̍.̴̳̂

Glory to Ambassador Njoyiyrkë.

Glory to Commander Njorne.

Glory to Queen Njn̸f̴g̷h̶j̶ģ̷̡͍͈͚͖̘̳͛́̊̑͝h̸̢͉͉̹̟̻̹͎͋̈́f̵̧̧̼̘̰̃̈́͋̌̎̚j̴̞̫̟͈̐̆̔̅̈́̈́̿̕g̸̳͍̭͒̈́͂f̶̨͍͙͓̯̝͍͊̔̌͆̍͝ͅv̴̢̡̢̛̛͎͍͙̩̻͉͎̟̙̜̤̝͉̞̰̥̻̠̤̖̠̞͖̝͈͍͎͙̎̊̊̾̈́̐̎̈̒̈́̈́̀̔̎̈́̔̐͒̈̾̔̍̕̕͜͜͠͝h̴̨̧̛̺͖̜͎̘̭̱͎̫͎́̂̄̇̐͌͒̿̔͌̂̓̀͂̀͌͋̔̌̅̔̏̓̌̌́̌̈͊̅̓̂̑̾̒̆͐̏̾̈́͗̄͑̀͘͘͠͠͝ģ̴̡̢̨̧̧̢̡̤̪̩͈͚͔͈̬͉͈͓̲̩̙̩̥̺̱͚̙̩͖̩͍̦͎̝̦̱͚͖̮̳̤͉̱̼̻̠̜̭̲̯̞̪̳̟͉͍̟̩̱̥̘̼̻̼̹̳̦̞̑̄̈́͌̒̔̓͛̇̿̈̃̑̀̑̾̋̊̀̊̊̈̍̓̏̅̃̾̂̅̄̄̐̌͆̍̆̈́̉̄̓̊̋͋̏̂̾̈́̒͗̔͒̽̀͂̈́̅͒̂̈̑͑́̃͋͂̉̀̓̓̀̀̉̅͂̆́͐̎̎̎̕͘̚̚̕͘͘͜͜͜͝ͅͅ

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[googlefont="Lato"]DYNAMICS

[googlefont="Kanit"]There has been a great source of contention amongst Printy county, and a great question has been put to the test:

Where does your allegiance lie?

[googlefont="Quicksand"]HOW IT WORKS

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E5 is a boss event, which is a dynamic interactive event where small daily contributions can make a life or death difference. Two different “vs” chatrooms can found in the new Encounter at Neon category, each of which has a different boss: Njorne AND Njoyiyrkë! At the start of each day (4pm CST), your characters will have 2 points to spend each. These points can be used to fight your character’s chosen enemy forces, or, to support your character’s allies against from the other attackers. Your points can be split up for a support and an attack, or a double support on one boss, or a double attack on either boss! At the end of the each day, all actions distributed to both bosses will be tallied.

Each room will have a health bar, announced in #boss-announcements, for its respective boss. The health bar will reflect the npcs directly, and the future of Printy directly, so note that all parties will take notice of what Printy residents take up arms against. The FBI especially has their eye on what’s happening here in Printy, and their movements will be regularly updated in #boss-announcements as well. What will happen when the health bars of either boss is eliminated? What will happen if neither boss falls? What would happen if Printy citizens help BOTH? Do your best to support your chosen team and fight your enemy!

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[googlefont="Quicksand"]POINT MULTIPLIERS

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There are multiple ways to increase the amount of points earned in order to take a more definitive stand for or against a boss!

• Roleplay Prompts: Any roleplays completed using event prompts will be awarded 5 points, per member, per 1000 words! Prompts can be completed either as solos or with other members. Please note that this point system applies per-member, so solos will only be awarded the 5 points per 1000 words, where a rp with a friend would be able to get 10 points collectively for 1000 words.
• Submitted Art: Event art submitted with the ‘neon’ aesthetic of the event will earn character a 10 point super move to attack OR support a boss of their choice. The points for this bonus can not be split up into an attack and a support, however, and you can only submit art for this bonus up to a total of 3 times. Subsequent art submissions will net 5 points each, same as the roleplay prompts.
• Machina Raid: The item obtation events that drop fantastic items that can make or break a boss’s health bar. But what is a Machina Raid?

MACHINA RAIDS

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When one boss is clearly in an advantage over the other, a Machina Raid will likely soon follow! Commander Njorne has been successfully more or less driven off Njoyiyrkë’s ship due to the massive human interference, but it has sent the lone UFO into practical chaos. Neither boss inhabits the ship necessarily, and those on it are at a loss with the incoming news that their Grace, their Queen, will be coming to Earth. While the Gru that remain in the ship’s captivity are typically siding with neither party, in the event of a great power imbalance they will open the ship’s doors for infiltration once more.

Teleportation pads will suddenly open in Phlox and Acacia for us, as Larkspur city is now a Njorne-controlled area, that will take Printy residents to the ship. OOC, members will be ran through a short DND-esque dungeon, where potentially one to three items will be distributed amongst those who participate! There will be obstacles along the way, but the rewards are great: a Matter Dissipation Gun, an Advanced MediGru Ray, or an exclusive Fate Alteration Device. The effects of each item differ, but it seems there is a potential of a 20 point difference on a boss’s health bar per item used. Keep your eyes peeled for when these Machina Raids drop, and use these items to turn the tide of battle or finish your chosen boss off!

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[googlefont="Lato"]CHAT EVENTS

[googlefont="Quicksand"]A few chat events will pop up during the duration of E5, with many pertaining to the steady inhabitation of the FBI within Printy County, and the “disappearance” of Larkspur City. We will try to keep people notified in advance when these chat events will be occuring! We will also be wrapping up the last couple events from E4 in between. Events will range between new or unexpected NPC allies, to fights, to smaller slice of life circumstances.

[googlefont="Quicksand"]Informally, we have now created the #yrks-allies and #njornes-army rooms for informal chats for members to interact with their chosen bosses during the event. OOC and loose headcanons can be thrown around here if you’re looking to check in with your favorite boss during the event. Did Njorne get hit with a particularly nasty blow, so you want to check in with them? Do you want to headcanon how your character gave Yrk their support? Those are the rooms to head to! Occasionally, a roleplay may start from the headcanons listed here. Feel free to use these rooms to headcanon out interactions amongst the various characters allied under those bosses as well!

Aliens not your thing, or you’re impartial to all this fighting? The new room #fight-for-humanity may be the room for you. Quick headcanon interactions with our FBI cast, along with general human related comforts, will be relayed to this room for your ease of access. Do you want to date Agent Gray? Do you want to slap an agent in the face? Do you just want to plan with other nonviolent members with what stance you want to take in this war? It may just be worth checking out!

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[googlefont="Lato"]MAP 2

[googlefont="Quicksand"]We’re doing our second MAP! Short for Multi Animator Project, it’s a single music video divided into separate parts, which are claimable by members; everyone makes the video piece for their own part, and they make a completed video when added all together! We have a variety of longer or shorter parts for those that feel ambitious, those that want to try it out, those that don’t have a lot of time, etc.

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INTRO: Mods PART 1: Paps PART 2: Kya PART 3: sachi PART 4: Cann PART 5: Kris

PART 6: Kuma/Honey PART 7: Kuma PART 8: Beta PART 9: Papa PART 10: hour PART 11: jint

PART 12: Mazu PART 13: Mell PART 14: Ju PART 15: Cheri OUTRO 1: Pai OUTRO 2: Hat

[googlefont="Quicksand"]GUIDELINES

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• Make sure all art in the clip(s) is your own. Collabs also welcome!
• The deadline will be the end of the event. If you want to sign up, make sure you can finish your part! We won’t penalize you for not finishing (don’t stress yourself out about it!); if you don’t or have to drop out, Pai will take over your part (along with any unclaimed parts).
• If you’re feeling especially inspired, you’re allowed to take more than one part; just make sure there’s enough for everyone who wants to partake! If someone drops out and you’d like to take their part, contact Pai!
• The visual theme for this MAP is NEON LINES, the same aesthetic as this event. Lines (and optional fill colors or shading) should be done in Cyan, Magenta, and/or Yellow (with limited white) on black. You can go as stylized (or not) as you like! The idea is to keep it simple and easy/fun to execute.
• As far as conceptual themes go, we encourage you to get inspired by the lyrics of your part (if applicable) as well as the current IC happenings! Read along with the rest of the event for ideas.
• Parts DO NOT have to be animated; while you’re of course welcome to it, still images composited with motion are great too, as are long panned images. Your level of skill, ambition with, or familiarity in this kind of medium doesn’t matter, so don’t worry about your submission type if you want to try this out but haven’t done something like it before! We just want everyone to have fun.
• It’s okay if video editing isn’t your forte, either! You can submit just an image, and Hat (who is editing) will get it dynamically into the video.
• All submissions should be at least 1080 pixels wide (for that sweet HD).
• When finished, send your pieces to Hat!

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[googlefont="Lato"]PROMPTS

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• Larkspur has been inverted, and the world within it seems strange. How does it feel to you? How are you operating within it? Is it affecting you? Yes means no and no means yes and
• The war has finally begun. You’ve been hearing rumors of possible strife for weeks, ever since the arrival of Njorne and the intervention of the FBI. Now you have no choice - the county has been warped completely, and your only options are to pick a god and pray. Which side does your character choose? Do they choose a side at all? Or, perhaps the more important question, who will they fight?
• You noticed it first at the FBI Communication Centers, then while watching TV. Since your new mutations came in, the words of those less mutated have been… strange, almost foreign in nature. You miss a word here, can’t understand a word there. It’s a strange case of aphasia, but it’s slowly becoming something more. As the Gru’s speech becomes clearer and clearer, your ability to understand your fellow humans is weakening. How does your character react as they lose their native tongue, and in the process lose their humanity?
• You’ve gone through the challenges of the Gru spaceship and have come out worse for wear. Things happened on that ship, unimaginable things that you didn’t think were possible. How do you cope in the aftermath, knowing what you now know about the Gru?
• All of this alien stuff makes your head spin; there’s got to be some aspect of the normal life you remember that you still have a grasp on. Continue taking part in it--what is it? Does it help you deal with everything, or does it make the burden bigger? Have you changed too much as a person since this all started?

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• CRUs - a term that was coined more than half a year ago, back on that fated day when the visitors first arrived. They were meant to act as a safe space, a place where people could go to share their personal ideals and goals regarding the Gru invasion. Now it seems like they work to connect you with the only people you can trust. How does your Cru react to the ongoing fighting?
• You need a plan--you’re going to try and make a move. Whether it’s against one or more of the aliens, against the FBI, or even against your own fellow Printians. What’s your strategy? Who are you going after? What’s your end goal? Act now; this is a crucial moment for you to decide the path you wish to tread.

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[googlefont="Kanit"]ART THEME
Matching the aesthetic style of the event graphics, this event's theme is Neon Lines; try your hand at popping linework in CMY against K! You can add in some white and opaque or transparent fill colors too, where it feels like it works. Have fun with it, don't be afraid to get experimental!