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 Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:38 pm
The METAPLOT
Dates :
Tuesday, January 18 Time: 1PM EST to whenever Place: Metaplot forum
Wednesday, January 26 Time: 1PM EST to TBA Place: Metaplot forum
Yes, two more dates. Each metaplot date is a one day only event that lasts at least 12 hours long but may be extended. Then you will have several days before the next section of the metaplot begins. This is so that if you cannot make one date, there is perhaps another you can make.
It also gives time for a new thread to be prepared for each section of the Metaplot. Anyone will be able to jump in at any point without reading the previous threads. You miss half the story, but you could still play with some minor reading.
The metaplot is for everyone, including Lurkers, Owners, and Staff.
So please join in for fun and a chance to win a rare ghostling.
Posting Rules
Each post (2-3 short paragraphs) will be a chance encounter with a ghostling. Perhaps one from the previews that have been dropped into the thread, perhaps one never seen before. Those who finish their premeta quests before the metaplot starts will have a serious advantage on these encounters. So get those quests finished.
Times are tentative and may run longer than 1 AM EST if the activity is there. Please read all the information when joining in to make it fun for everyone.
How To Play:
1. Write an RP post of at least 2-3 paragraphs like you would any other RP. Turns do not matter but do not post one right after your own. Let others take a turn before you reply again.
2. WHEN you post, roll 1 -100 sided dice. That gives you one chance per post to hit a number on the list below. If you do roll one of the numbers, that gives you an encounter. For courtesy, the story stops during an encounter until either the creature has escaped or been captured. So be aware of the other players, please.
3. For those who completed their metaplot quests, you will have an increased chance at getting an encounter. You will roll 2 -100 sided dice giving you two chances per post to get a correct encounter number. You will also get a perk on catching the ghostling. To be named when the metaplot starts.
4. More than one number rolled during a post does not mean you get more than one encounter. You are rolling for one encounter per post no matter how many chances you have to hit a number in that post.
5. Have fun! There will be a METAPLOT NPC post whenever I need to move the story. This NPC may reply between as part of the story and interact with you. You will know the metaplot reply because it will be colored RED. Any NPC interaction will be in RED.
6. Do not edit your posts. You need to write your rp and roll at the time you post it to the thread. These are attempts for encounters and what you post does not matter except whether you get a number that gives you an encounter.
Encounter list: (25 numbers total that can be an encounter)
2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 24, 29, 34, 37, 41, 46, 50, 52, 62, 65, 73, 76, 83, 85, 88, 92, 97
Encounter Rules
After you have rolled a number that matches the above list, post this form to stop the metaplot.
I needz to capture this sucker!!! Stop!!
[color=red][size=18][b]I needz to capture this sucker!!! Stop!![/b][/size][/color]
This will stop the metaplot exactly where it is. Someone (Eftemie most likely) will then post your encounter after checking. You will get one chance to catch it or it will escape. Those who have perks will have an advantage. But don't worry, if not caught, it simply appears again later. XD
To catch a ghostling, you RP out your attempt whether it is coaxing it to you, trapping it in a cage, or trying to rope it, bribing it with sweets. The action is yours, but the success depends upon a roll. As you post, ROLL 1 -10 sided dice. If you get a 6, you have successfully trapped it. If you roll a perfect 10, you get to retry.
For those who have perks... You get to ROLL 2 - 10 sided dice. If you get either a total of 6 or 13, you have successfully trapped your ghostling. It is their badluck, not yours. XD
IF Total 10 or 20 (for perks) is rolled, you get a second chance to try.
The short version....
If you roll One dice
2, 6 = capture
10 = retry
If you roll Two dice
double numbers like 1, 1 or 2, 2 = capture
total 6 = capture
total 13 = capture
total 10 = retry
total 20 = retry
Everything else = fail
Again do not edit your posts unless asked to do so.
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Perk List
Only those listed below are able to get the added benefits.
Cricket - all 4 events 2 100 sided dice for all rolls.
Those below please PM which ones you want to use your perk for, so I can mark those threads when created.
Sadi Sidhe - 2 events 2 100 sided dice for all rolls.
Malia Librarian - 1 event 2 100 sided dice for all rolls.
I rolled for those active in event #2. The winner is :
A.V. You get to roll 2 100 sided dice for this event only.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:39 pm
Area Information
The major areas can be broken down in this way:
Docks, ships & warehouses
Marketplace shops
Town Square
Clocktower - Safety
Town Hall
Moon Church
Mayor's residence
Residences - in the process
School
Park - Safety
Juska/Seska's Church - Safety
Places striked out have been or are in the process of being destroyed.
Places of safety can be used once they have been opened up in the RP. The clocktower opened in the first event so it will be open in all 4, but the other two can only be used once an NPC has used them in one of Efte's posts.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:45 pm
Valkon moved quickly down the street looking around. He could start on the residences, but the point of this was not to kill everyone. It was to drive them away from this town. It would be forgotten. Ruins and only the most brave would come here to face the challenges that would arise from its rubble.
The school was active. Lots of parents rushing to get their children to safety. He would allow them to do as they wished but he moved towards the building anyhow. They'd better run quick.
The first thing he did was shove his entire body against the flagpole knocking it over. Several children ran screaming and crying as their parents grabbed them and fled.
Navers was in his classroom, talking to the children about staying calm and walking out in an orderly fashion. He stared out the window in awe at the dragon. He had never seen one before and it fascinated him. All he could do was move closer as if captivated by its actions.
"Mr. Navers, should we run?" one student asked, blinking in fear.
"Run?" the teacher repeated. "No. No. Walk in an orderly fashion until you get out the back door. Just do it quickly but no running in the halls." He was a stickler for rules after all.
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Chibi_Kokoro143 rolled 1 100-sided dice:
30
Total: 30 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:57 pm
((Picking up where I left off))
The shy ghostling huggled the new fox lore and then turned towards the others.
Gya looked at the shy ghostling that joined him first and saw that she had, what he couldn't believe. A Fox Lore.
"Hey, that's awesome. Gya bent down and looked at the Fox Lore, careful on not getting too close."
Gya then turned towards Athena. "Do you think we can some how use him to our advantage?"
The Shy ghostling huggled the Fox Lore a little closer, thinking the fox was going to be used as bait. Gya held his hands up. "Not like that. Just to use it's abilities to help us get the dragon."
The girl relaxed a little and pet the fox.
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[A.V.] rolled 2 100-sided dice:
12, 32
Total: 44 (2-200)
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:38 pm
Pondering what Gya suggested, Athena looked at the fox lore, rubbing her chin.
"Yes, thy fox lore shall cometh in handy, with thy cunning mind and silent paw."
She then turned to the young oversoul who had bonded with the fox spirit.
"Little one, may we borrowth thy spirit? It shall prove useful in distracting thy dragon."
She turned back to Gya.
''It is besth we strike now, or there shall be no town left to protect. More shall cometh in time."
Bow and arrow in hand, the arrow began to crackle with electricity again, and split into 3. She let them fly, and they zipped by, making their way towards the dragon's wings.
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:18 am
The little shy ghostling looked at Athena. "You won't hurt him will you?" The little ghostling was afraid of the fox lore getting hurt. But she was also afraid for her new friends and family getting hurt too. What to do...
Gya nodded. "But what shall I use to fight with?" Gya looked around trying to think of a strategy.....
"OH!!!!!" Gya shouted. He went near Athena to whisper in her ear. "A dragon's weakness is water right? We have to find more ghostlings first. We have to drive the dragon towards water some where. And in the process, we have to destroy the wings, at all cost. We may be able to weaken or defeat it that way."
The judge who was silent for the whole entire way spoke. "And if that doesn't work?"
Gya's face looked grave. "The 2 churches. They are holy places is it not? But that's a last resort. We may get hurt in the process. I've never been close to one cuz it was too risky. All we have to do is keep the cloack tower and residences safe."
((I was hoping to use the docks since no one will be there and it's the closes source of water. But I don't know.))
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Chibi_Kokoro143 rolled 1 100-sided dice:
19
Total: 19 (1-100)
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:19 am
((Shoot. Forgot to roll. Ignore this post if it doesn't count))
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Cricket2008 rolled 2 100-sided dice:
61, 73
Total: 134 (2-200)
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:55 pm
 Winchester watched the girl flee, swatting at things around her head as if she was batting at a swarm of bees. "She'll never be the same," said a soft voice beside him.  Winchester glanced at the pale blue-haired Spectral watching Sarah stumble erratically in her efforts to escape the terror around her and in her head. "It's all her fault," he replied. "I'll never be the captain of my ship, never feel the roll of the deck beneath my feet again." Winchester clenched his fists. Dreamer watched the newly dead sailor. Many new ghostlings went through an anger phase when finding themselves deprived of their tangible aspirations. Watching the anger build, Dreamer expected a tirade of everything that had been taken from him to begin at any moment. "It's all her fault," Winchester exploded, whipping his arm out in the direction that Sarah had run. A tiny ball of flame lept from the palm of his outstretched hand and quickly fizzled a few feet away. Dreamer's eyebrow's raised in surprise. "That was interesting."Winchester stared at his hands, the girl now forgotten. "You know...," Dreamer drifted closer to the sailor, "if you want to wreck havoc with the cause of your demise, why not look to the one that actually took your life."Winchester looked up, quickly spotting the dragon menacing the school. "Your powers are still new, but I can help you," said Dreamer. "I can add strength your fire and give you the range you need." Dreamer didn't expect the new ghostling to have much effect against the dragon, but she could turn his anger in a different direction and spare one life in this mass destruction. Feeling only anger and the desire for revenge, Winchester headed towards the dragon. "He will feel my fire," he said with clenched teeth. Dreamer followed closely, amused at the venom of the sailor ghostling. She whispered reminders of what the dragon had done, of what he had stripped away from Winchester. She watched the anger build within the sailor. When the two ghostlings, too insignificant for the powerful dragon to pay heed to, were close enough, Dreamer wrapped her aura of strength around the ghostling sailor and egged him on until he shot out his arms towards the dragon's wing. Two tiny spurts of flame shot out, joined together into one ball and hit the thin membrane of the dragon's wing.
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:56 pm
I needz to capture this sucker!!! Stop!!
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:48 am
Valkon barely noted any of the ghostlings. Even when hit with the arrows, he barely turned his head in curiosity. It was the same ghostling as before. He wondered what they would do if he scooped them up, took them back to the castle for Chronos to enslave and then returned here to finish off what he was doing.
His claw slapped through the side of the building as his tail swung around breaking through the side of a classroom at the bottom. Children and teachers ran out the back, all looking for safety except Navers. He was so curious about what he saw that he never noticed the ceiling and roof were caving in until too late.
He rose upwards staring around him in confusion, but no less curious about the dragon. When he slipped through the side of the building hovering in the air, he ignored or did not know he was dead. But what was this stick with a light on it for? He had no idea, but he would worry about that later.
The fireball hit him causing Valkon to shift his attention. It was not that it hurt but that it was unexpected. A wide smile on his dragon's face looked more like a predatory grin as he turned to face the sailor and the one with him. His tail once more took out part of the building causing the end to fall completely to the ground. He could do this and still destroy the school.
His lips curved upwards as he sucked breath in. He would show them what a real fireball was. For a moment he held his breath instead of released the flame. Then he let it go, opening his mouth wide. The fireball burst forth nearly the size of Valkon's mouth. It was easily larger than the ghostlings and aimed directly for them. It flamed like a meteor headed for them, leaving a trail of fire dropping off and catching things on fire.
Now that was a fireball, he would have smirked if he were in his legend form. The sailor just might be interesting to play with.
(( Okay, Cricket, this is for you only.... Roll your 2 10 sided dice to catch him. Navers will disappear but show up later if you miss.  If you roll One dice 2, 6 = capture 10 = retry If you roll Two dice double numbers like 1, 1 or 2, 2 = capture total 6 = capture total 13 = capture total 10 = retry total 20 = retry Everything else = fail
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Cricket2008 rolled 2 10-sided dice:
9, 8
Total: 17 (2-20)
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:59 am
Dreamer saw the dragon gather himself. It was easy to see what he planned in retaliation for their feeble attempts.
"We must go NOW," she told the sailor.
"but..."
"No buts! Go NOW!"
Winchester scurried away as fast as he could. Dreamer dissipated and reappeared closer to the school. A purple shadow carrying lantern drifted by appearing to be lost. Not another one, she thought. Is she to be plagued by new souls crossing her path tonight?"
Gesturing to the purple shadow, "Come with me," Dreamer said urgently. "This place is not safe."
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Rikku Takanashi rolled 1 100-sided dice:
95
Total: 95 (1-100)
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:45 am
Hikaru had been trying to help sally when the dragon attack and destoryed the shop Hikaru had almost made it out but was buried by the rubble which sense she was a Ghostling didn't hurt her like it would someone living but it did trap her for a bit
Hikaru using her powerful water attacks blasted the rubble off of her and climbed out she found most of the market was destoryed and a good portion of the residence was to including the mayor's house she looked down under some of the rubble to see sally and sighed saddly she then looked around and realized that sally wasn't anywhere near which made her fear for her friend she didn't know if the dragon had captured her or she had just wandered off or what and so she set off looking for sally hoping she was alright
Hikaru followed the sounds of the destruction to find the dragon steadily destorying the school Hikaru growled and hoped that the children had gotten away thats when she noticed the lightning arrows strike the dragon which surprised her greatly she followed the source of the arrows to a charm dragon that had a strange looking ghostling with her thats when she realized it was sally and excitedly called up to her waving her hand happily glad that her friend was ok
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:11 pm
(( Oh well. Better luck next time. He'll be back around again or perhaps another one will be. )) He continued to drift nearby, just watching Dreamer and the others with the dragon. Go with her? Shaking his head, he looked towards the dragon. Then he vanished.
Valkon lashed his tail back and forth. The bricks in the building were taking a beating and slowly the entire front side began to cave in. The roof of the building was sliding down behind the dragon to hit the ground. His tail continued to thump much the way a dog's tail did when he was playing. Of course the dragon was much larger and he was wanting destruction.
He was getting it too since none of them seemed to be able to stop him. Yet.
In amusement he blew smoke rings around Winchester, taunting the ghostling. What would happen next? Would the sailor have the courage to continue even when not making a dent in the dragon? Maybe when all was said and done, he would tell them their mistakes. Maybe. At least they had the bravery to try when others ran in fear.
(( Now for some added fun... The next person who rolls anything that has a 5, 6, or 7 in it, gets a chance at Mayor Thimbleditz. Roll your 100 sided dice for this... IN other words... 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 27, etc.. to 97. Just remember it has to be an RP post also. 
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[A.V.] rolled 1 100-sided dice:
25
Total: 25 (1-100)
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:45 pm
((EDIT: Sorry, forgot I could roll 2 dice. I'll do that next time, I guess. ^^''))
Seeing her arrows barely phase the dragon, Athena bit her lip in frustration, trying to figure out what she could do. They were but mere ghostlings against a legend, but heaven forbid that she would back away. No! She was no coward. She was the goddess of war! SHE should be the one to wreak havoc!
Turning towards the young oversoul and nodded, trying to keep her anger suppressed.
"Of course, young one. Thou shalt not worry for thy spirit's safety. I simply ask thou spirit distract thy dragon as we seek thine weakness."
Hearing Gya's comment, a smile lifted on her face, as an idea stirred within her mind.
"Thy idea may work. If thy water proveth no affect to thy dragon's flame, mine thunderbolts shall at least give him a bit of a shock."
Using her arch-devil abilities, she teleported a close distance behind the dragon, and aimed a bolt towards his tail. She may not be able to do much, but she could at least hope to somewhat delay his trip, and if she was lucky, provoke him. Nothing would please her more.
She sighed. If only her father was here. She may have his gift of thunderbolts, but only he could harness its true power.
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Hearing someone calling her name, Sally looked around until she saw something waving its hand at her. Blinking, she tried to remember. Who was she again? What was happening?
Tentatively, she raised a hand, not knowing whether to ask who she was and how she knew her. Yet a familiar feeling kept tugging at her, and something told her that what was happening now, was only going to get a whole lot worse.
She shivered, not knowing what to do.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed movement, and turned her head towards the rubble. Something seemed to rise out, and Sally stared wide-eyed, shocked.
Floating over to him, Sally stared, as it seemed to be another creature like all the others... what were they called, ghostlings?
"W-Who are you?" she stammered, staring at the creature.
Something inside told her she knew him... but who was this again?
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:58 am
(( Congrats A.V. It is your encounter to try to capture the Mayor.
Since you are rolling 2 10 sided dice this event...
2, 6 = capture
double numbers like 1, 1 or 2, 2 = capture
total 6 = capture
total 13 = capture
total 10 = retry
total 20 = retry
Everything else = fail
The mayor stared at the ghostlings. "What happened to my beautiful house? It was the finest in the city." He growled, folding his arms. "Well, speak up. I don't have all day. I'm a busy person."
Valkon grinned as Winchester slowly began to turn black. The soot from the smoke rings was continually covering him with the black stuff. Soon he would look nothing like he had. It was amusing to say the least.
The dragon's tail continued lashing back and forth and soon the school was nothing but rubble. Valkon watched the ghostlings around him for a few moments. Then he shook himself as if to say, he was getting bored with this and moved towards the park. A quick nap might not hurt. He still had much to do.
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