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**Though we decided that a plot of this scale is best run through the shop and shop mules, we would like to personally thank Lucifer Force for this event/plot! This plot was her brain child and wouldn't have been possible without her ideas and hard work!




On Eclipse Clones:
These are temporary characters players use during the course of the event.
If you want to play them do so now because their lifetime is limited. However, you only get one clone for the entirity of the event, so be aware you may not want to kill it right away if you want continual interaction.
After the conclusion of the event, all clones disappear.

The eclipse clones are called Shade Fairies, and these fairies take on the powered identity of the character they touch during the first night (if that character has one). They are, for most intents and purposes, exact copies of the character they are cloning with vital exceptions, detailed below:

• For characters without powered identities, the clones resemble the original, manner and personality included. However, they have one noticeable difference from the original - a slightly darker coloration, almost as if a gray filter had been placed over their entire form. They have a murderous intent about them and do not seem to care about much beyond hunting down and killing the person they are mimicking. Shades of civilians will not have any magical or physical powers of any kind. 'Shades will copy the form with the most energy, so though they have come in contact with the civilian side of a character, they will only be able to mimic the powered side and will not be able to sense that the civilian portion and powered portion of a character are the same. As such, a shade mimicking a powered character will never attack the civilian side of that powered character.

• For characters with powered identities, the clones resemble a 'shade' versions of the character. This tends to appear via a slightly darker coloration, almost as if a gray filter had been placed over their entire form. Shades will match the original in terms of rank/power (so they cannot outmatch their originals, the playing field is completely level.) Their physical strength, magical powers, or weapon proficiency are also mimiced.

Regardless of who they are cloning, when a Shade is defeated, it harvests some energy from the original and disappears. Since Shades are the originals' equals in most ways, players are encouraged to seek help from others to assist in the Shade's defeat.





On Their Purpose:
• All Shade Fairies serve Queen Finsternis' will; their main goal seems to be mimicking the Earth's populace, killing the originals and setting up a kingdom for their Queen to rule with a population under her express control. They do have rudimentary survival skills but not much beyond completing their mission and returning to their Queen. They are merely tools for a higher purpose.

On Their Physiology:
While in cloned form, Shades do require rest and therefore only appear during the nightly eclipses, allowing the populace some reprieve during the light of day. They look similar to, but slightly different from, the person they are copying. While they may look alike however Shades lack the ability of extended human speech. They may repeat things said to them and have a small vocabulary, but should not be giving any long speeches or anything. If/When they kill their target (NPCs only, unless you really want your character dead dead), and consume some of their essence they finally gain the power to be exact replicas, both visually and intellectually.

When defeated in battle a Shade Fairy will disappear completely, taking a small amount of your energy along with them. They do not appear again once defeated, and each person touched on the eclipse night only gets one.

On Civilian vs. Powered Identities:
When the fairies descended during the eclipse watching party the fairies touched anyone present take a sampling of their energy before disappearing. When they appeared once more the next night each Shade Fairy took on the most powerful form of the person they touched. If your character has a powerered form the Fairy would have taken this form, only perma civilians will have civilian clones. If these Fairies are clones of powered characters they will not know the civilian identity of their prey and will only seek out their prey when they are powered up. If the Shade Fairy's target powers down, the Shade will remain idle or will go hunting again to go find their target.


On Shades in Battle:
Eclipse clones do not assist one another and have no sense of teamwork - they are singularly dedicated to tracking down and defeating their counterparts. Shades will not get in each other's way on purpose though it is feasible that one Shade could be hit by another's attacks if things work out that way in battle.

Clones are capable of using the same powers and weapons of their counterparts.

On Shades and Special Powers:
Many characters in the shop possess abilities of movement: teleportation, mirror-walking, ascent/descent to and from the Moon City and/or their own personal celestial body. These safe havens will remain safe, as Shades cannot enter Mirrorspace, Negaspace/the Rift or visit the Moon, Knight Wonders, or a senshi's home planet. However, Dark Mirrors and Negaverse agent's Shades do possess the power to flicker and appear a short distance away. It is not that same as teleportation or mirror walking, just a weak mimic of it. They will simply move away a short distance and cannot under any circumstances get into safe havens accessed by players. Knight player's Shades also possess Aspects if the original has them.

This is more a series of questions about mechanics on my end.

• Would this mean that the mimic for my character Ellie/Sailor Iris would be appearing in Princess form, since that is technically the form that has the most energy? If Princess form, does that mean it would not recognize her unless she went into her Princess form?
  
  
• For Guardian cats present at the event, would this mean their clones show up in their humanoid forms? Does this extend to the cats who have not ICly obtained their humanoid forms yet? If the 'shades' are representing the humanoid form, would this mean they are unable to recognize the cat form they typically take on?

Thanks heart

The clones cant really speak to well unless they heard it yes? So for senshi does this mean if they cant use a senshis magic unless the senshi uses it first or is that an exception to the rule?

If a character upgrades during the event, say from senshi to super senshi, would the fairies upgrade as well, or will they have to touch them first? Or is it a done deal from the first clone attempt?

Are powered characters attacked every time they power up? Or is it possible to have three powered characters (who were at the eclipse/have clones), but only one or two shades be present in a battle?

Shades fairies have good tracking skills, but I think it'd be fair to say it's not an instant beacon and they come running the second you power up. If you're out patrolling for a night you're going to run into them eventually but it doesn't have to happen the moment you power up. So it would be alright if you wanted to do an rp where a group encounters some but not all of their shades. Especially since the shades don't communicate/send information to each other or anything with each other.

Is possible to have your character come across a npc character and their clone - e.g. if your character was at the event with a npc family member/ friend could you have them run into both them and their clone attacking them

Yes, you may rp as if your charcter's NPCs are getting attacked. Like usual you shouldn't play an NPC in an rp by itself, but the situation you described would work.