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Starseeds!

There have been many different events and individual rps that have treated the eating of starseeds differently. We know they can heal injury/speed up healing and replenish the pool of energy a character has to keep going/fighting/running/be able to teleport again/etc. So, questions -

1- For a negaverse officer, does eating a starseed boost their strength, speed, or agility at all or in addition to the benefits of healing?

2- While events might involve leeway for mechanics, how much does consuming a starseed heal an agent (light scratches and bruising disappear? one broken bone heals? many breaks and lacerations heal? etc)? Or if it doesn't act as a cure light wounds outside of approved event mechanics, how much does it speed up their healing?

1) Eating a starseed can do any of those things; if the Negaverse Officer is injured, the starseed's energy will be distributed more towards healing them; if they are healthy and just looking for a boost then it will spread evenly to boost their other stats.

2) Starseeds can heal just about anything, however the more starseeds consumed, the more danger of youmifying. A single starseed might heal light injuries but it may also provide partial healing for more major injuries like broken bones or lacerations; multiple starseeds could heal broken bones or near-death injuries fully. The number of starseeds and general effects are usually determined on a case-by-case basis by the player, however to save a character from a near death situation, multiple starseeds would need to be used; enough could be used to return them to stability but even then, too many could result in a youmification.

On the Negaverse/DMC alliance -

I have a few questions surrounding its state! Firstly, does it still exist? The Negaverse Training Manual states that it does - But there are some characters that acknowledge it does not exist any longer. Was there any official announcement or IC dissemination that the alliance has dissolved? This might be a view that transpired from the White Phoenix events, but I am not certain. It may also have transpired from collective dislike of the alliance's existence in the Negaverse Feedback Thread.

Secondly, what are the Negaverse's and the Dark Mirror's respective political stances on this alliance? For example, assuming the IC information guide is up to date, the Negaverse views it as a strained alliance. Does the Dark Mirror have an official Court stance on it? This question asks for the faction's political stance - individual views may differ or clash, but it's aimed toward any Royal Decree possibly released by the faction heads.

Alliances come about for mutual benefit (or forced hand) of the parties involved. As the Negaverse is the far larger party, it does not need to form an alliance with the DMC. As they have done so, I figure there must be either a benefit to joining with the DMC or a serious detriment in not joining with them. For benefits to the Negaverse, I've considered extra magical power brought from the Dark Mirror, added forces against the enemy. For detriments if the Negaverse doesn't agree, I figure there's adding a second front to the war. (Leto knowing Zinkenite's identity is a neutralizing factor, with Zinkenite having the benefit with instant teleportation if a war was declared between them).

For the Dark Mirror, the benefits to the alliance are pretty obvious by having a far larger force for protection. The detriment, however, is that the force contains a lot of loose cannons and people just gone weird from that chaos energy.

The point of all this is that, for an alliance to continue and not become nullified, there has to be a more powerful force against that nullification. The DMC are not in a position of power within the alliance, so it must persist due to Negaverse decision. If the alliance is still in effect, what reasons are there for keeping it? How do those reasons outweigh dropping the Mirror Court altogether and leaving them a neutral party, especially if the alliance is legal fiction?

And what were the reasons for originally forming an alliance?

Edit - IN ADDITION to all of this, there was an announcement posted august 7th, 2013 stating the alliance was dissolved. Three days later, the Negaverse IC Information Guide was posted stating the aforementioned strained alliance. Which one is correct?

The DMC/Negaverse Alliance exists between characters, not the faction. The two factions tolerate each other, however they are no longer bound by any political promises they made between each other. Because it us up to the individual characters, there are some characters who will choose to honor the previous alliance and those who don't care for it. Both factions were given information on it ICly:

The Dark Mirorr Court (Sent by Leto through Communicators):



The Negaverse (Told by Laurelite in a Public Meeting):



This dissemination dissolved well before the White Phoenix and occurred after Ares disappeared and the Mirror Wraiths begun to go crazy. Though the Mirror Wraiths are no longer under control, neither faction attempted to rekindle the Alliance in an official capacity; they both have their rules on how to deal with the other faction but it is left to individual characters/players to determine how their character acts.

The official IC stance on the alliance can be found in the quotes above.

OOCly, the factions have no reason to be enemies, but they have elected that they no longer need to stick out their necks for one another. The Negaverse was the deciding factor in this; Laurelite had a meeting with Leto where she explained why the Negaverse would no longer be supporting the Dark Mirror Court. A link to this roleplay can be found in the August 7th link you provided. OOCly, it would negatively impact all Chaos players whose characters have formed close bonds with other members from the other Chaos faction. There is no reason for the DMC and the Negaverse to be enemies, and though their political alliance is dissolved, neither faction has encouraged attacking the other. Players may elect not to heed this instruction (As in the White Phoenix Event, where these players were later punished). Both Factions prioritize their own above all else, but see the benefits of having allies from the other faction. If you have further questions or require more clarification, please let us know, but the official ruling on the matter is that the Official Alliance is no longer maintained, members of both faction are expected to play nice (unless a direct threat or impeding of a goal occurs).

There's been more body variation on the male powered templates lately, but will there ever be any varied female templates aside from f17 -- i.e. muscular, or chubby less-so than F17?

It's possible! Our artists will work with players to help make sure the templates reflect the characters our players want to introduce to the shop, but this often means that a template might not be edited until someone requests it. Some artists may not be able or willing to do the specific template changes, so sometimes multiple artists have to work together to introduce these new or tweaked templates. If there is a template that you want for your character, the best thing to do is work with your artist! You can double check who might be willing to do what!

Can a Negaverse Agent reach into a chest and push tiny amounts of Chaos into a starseed for the sake of pain/torture/etc. without turning said person into a youma/upgrading them?

Like... They pull their hand out and stop after a few seconds of it? >>"

To a degree, yes; the body can only take so much before it would start to build up, but you would work with the player (or staff) to determine what was a fair limit. If you wanted to use Chaos for the sake of torture, this could definitely work. Youmification might only occur after an extended period of time, so there is definitely a lot of wiggle room in how much a character could take before they youmified. Torturing with bursts of Chaos for a short period of time/nothing too extensive would probably be fine!

Another player and I are discuasing the merits of a 'past-life kingdom' that would form a present-day team. All we have come up with so far is that it would be Egyptian themed and might be called the 'Nile Kingdom'. I'd to know what this would entail.We're not sure how far this would go, whether it would be just a tiny group that would not effect others or bigger.

Current day Senshi teams can indeed be influenced/based on a past life team that the players were once apart off. This can be done, if you want, through visiting your home planet and finding information based on this team and with help of other players be able to create it in present day play with your characters. We do ask though, that you stay clear of calling it a Kingdom, as that implies the team was built on a very large scale encompassing something far greater than we can accept without a fully formed plot and further details. Also based on you imposed name for this group, we would like to advise you that the name Nile is already a claimed Wonder for a character and would not be applicable for your group to claim for their Senshi team, sorry!

I've been seeing in some rps recently writing characters as recognizing each other by aura alone, or individualizing descriptions of auras like: "Senshi A feels bubbly like champagne.", "Senshi B feels like warm honey and cream."

Some descriptors can be chalked up to writer's license and style, making the text more appealing to the eye, or intended to show the interpreting character as creative or imaginative. Recognizing specifically casual acquaintances though as individuals had an old ruling- pg. 15 of the old MQ&A, and I wanted to get a current-team clarification on whether it still stands that it is only under extenuating circumstances that characters recognize each other by aura alone, and that the most that is actually different/discernible is the rank and affiliation (thus reinforcing that flowery description is just individual character interpretation rather than actual difference in the auras). Since sometimes rulings change (like the existence now of 3-faction swaps)!

So, does this chart still stand, or are characters allowed to recognize each other more casually based on individual color/feel to their aura similar to their magic/starseed individualization?


For simplicity, here's the old ruling:


The old ruling is still in place on that one! Characters do not have unique flavors to their auras, however if you have a close bond to someone you may find yourself more able to distinguish their specific energy signature. This is something that would be developed over time and would occur because of your familiarity with the character and their energy signature. In these instances, the character might feel as though there is something unique or special about an aura, however it would only be because they are familiar enough with it to have developed some recognition of it. While they may be able to tell if a close friend is in the area by the familiarity to the energy signature, they might not be able to distinguish between the close energy signature of different friends; this is somewhat up to player choice, but it should not be assumed that you can always tell who someone is (aside from their faction or rank).

I've got two~

1) About Senshi catch-phrases/challenges:

In the canon Sailor Moon Anime, when Sailor Moon first transforms, she finds herself saying her catchphrase to the enemy, without having any control over what she was saying. Only after she finished her catchphrase did she seem to get a reality check and realize what she had just said. Does the same apply to shop sailors? As in, senshi involuntarily say their catchphrase when they come upon an enemy, with no conscience as to what they are saying until after the phrase is said. Or, do they have complete control over what they are saying?


2) About Names:

If a wonder/celestial object is claimed by a player for past life rp, does that mean it is no longer questable by any other players? What if the wonder is being actively quested by Player A at the time the same wonder is applied to a different character as a past life by Player B? What is to happen? Who has priority over the existing Wonder?

1) You do not have to say your catchphrase to the enemy (it is a player choice!); we only ask for it for cert purposes!

2) If a wonder/celestial body is claimed for a past life, then it is no longer questable. If two players are questing for the same thing, whoever wins the slot first may claim it, regardless of if it was intended to be a present wonder or a past life wonder.