Event: The Great BREW Malfunction

[soul_mods]

Hello, Soul Campaign! Halloween is coming and we have some treats (or should that be tricks?) in store for you! Here is the information for our next event, designed based on ideas suggested by players! This event will take significantly more advance planning than usual so we're posting this early to give players extra time to plot and to give ourselves adequate time to handle the additional mod work.


The first part of this event will be a Meister/Weapon designation swap caused by BREW. Since there have been cases of people being switched before, it might not be obvious something is seriously wrong at first. On the morning of July 14th (October 25th OOC), characters will briefly disappear from Death City, sent home by BREW for a split second and without any canon updating. A few minutes to a few hours later, they will reappear in Death City, changed to the opposite designation. This will last for approximately a week IC. The swap is opt-in but part two of the event will include an extra incentive for those who participate!

For Weapons switching to Meisters, you may choose an ability from the list of existing Meister abilities or propose one of your own. Choices are subject to approval and should be submitted here.

For Meisters switching to Weapons, you should choose a Weapon form and ability. The usual guidelines for Weapon forms and abilities apply, such as all Weapon forms needing to be in one continuous piece. Choices are subject to approval and should be submitted here.

Players are encouraged to be creative and have fun with their choices! Since this is intended to be a light-hearted event and BREW is malfunctioning, it is completely fine to choose Meister abilities and Weapon forms less seriously than you would for a real app! (For example, Morgan LeFlay the pirate hunter might turn into her sword if she were apped normally as a Weapon. But for this event, she might transform into a cannon. Or, even sillier, a glass for a Blood Island Volcano Shot that fills with scalding soul wavelength to be flung at enemies!) It is also fine to choose seriously and as if you were writing a normal app if you wish!

To allow characters to try out combat in their swapped forms, characters are still allowed to sign up for missions during the event. Results will be calculated using their normal modifiers and souls/points will be rewarded for successful missions as usual. Because of the strange situation, Shibusen might ICly advise the new Weapons to hold off on eating any souls and offer to hold them for safekeeping; they'll be given back after the swap ends so the regular Weapons can eat them. (If someone wants to make their Meister turned Weapon temporarily eat one though, we could probably have Kid pull it back out with his shinigami powers.)

After the event, all characters will return to their original designation as Meister or Weapon with all abilities, souls, and Meister points they had prior to the event restored. Possibly with a better understanding and appreciation of what the other does. Or maybe just some funny stories and extra hate for BREW’s shenanigans. But before that happens, there’s part two of the event…


The second part of the event will involve BREW continuing to malfunction and gradually bring in objects and creatures from characters’ canon worlds. This will start slowly on July 16th (November 1st OOC) with small items and get worse over the course of a few days until creatures are running amok all over the city, becoming obstacles, causing mischief and making trouble. Think things like a character’s car blocking the base of the Shibusen stairs, a three-headed monkey stealing all the bananas it can find, a demon taunting people. While some danger can arise out of this, we’re looking more for things that will create chaos rather than a serious life or death battle situation. Characters participating in the Meister/Weapon swap may request two things from their world. Those not participating in the swap may request one.

There are a few restrictions on what can be brought in for this event:
-Nothing with enough personality to be potentially appable as a player character. This is so characters can talk about or encounter creatures from other worlds even if the player isn't canon familiar.
-Nothing that will cause widespread damage. We’d like Death City to still mostly be in one piece after this! BREW can help with this though by weakening monsters. And while creatures characters normally have the ability to summon in canon (Final Fantasy summons, Personas, etc.) can be requested, players should keep in mind that their characters won’t actually be able to summon them here; any such creatures will just be hanging around and doing their own thing.
-Nothing extremely oversized. However, BREW can shrink things such as mecha and giant monsters down to a more manageable size, like the height of an average house. The largest objects and creatures won't show up until near the end of the event.

Requests for things from canon are subject to approval and should be submitted here. Please note that these requests will likely take longer to process because how many things a character can request depends on whether they’re participating in the swap. Therefore, swap requests will have to be handled first. For item/creature requests, feel free to add in your comment if there is a particular place you'd want it to appear!

For reference, lists of everyone’s temporary Meister abilities/Weapon forms will be compiled after approvals and will be posted before the start of the event. A similar list of objects and creatures from canon worlds plus a schedule of when they show up will be created and posted before part two of the event.

Any questions or concerns can be addressed in the Questions thread here. Also, feel free to use this post to coordinate with each other!


ADDENDUM: For item/creature requests, feel free to add in your comment if there is a particular place you'd want it to appear!

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MEISTERS BECOMING WEAPONS

[soul_mods]

For Meister characters who wish to switch to Weapon during the event, please fill in the following form:

<b>Character name:</b> <b>Weapon form:</b> <b>Weapon ability:</b> What is the Weapon form's special ability?

[heavenly_earth]

Character name: Hyuuga Neji
Weapon form: A pair of Shuko connected by a length of chain
Weapon ability: Neji's Jyuuken, his canon version of Soul Menace, inflicting damage to internal organs.

This is so ridiculous, forgive me.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Character name: Akiha Tohno
Weapon form: Credit Card
Weapon ability:

“Charge It!”

Every credit card has a limit, and Akiha is no different; her credit limit is 1000 death dollars. A resonating Meister can place any combination of charges upon the credit card during the course of combat until the card's limit is reached. The higher the charge, the more potent the effect as the more money Akiha is 'throwing' at a problem. The charges available to the Meister are as follows:

100 DD - 'Where's that Exterminator?!': A vermilion colored 'spectral' cat runs under the feet of one target to distract it.

200 DD - 'Chauffeur': Target is knocked back as if hit by a strong force.

300 DD - 'Get it Gift Wrapped' : Target is restrained for a couple seconds.

500 DD - 'Pharmaceutical Powerhouse': The Meister is healed of one serious wound.

700 DD - 'Sabotage': Target's next attack damages self aka 'Stop hitting yourself'

1000 DD – 'Call Kouma': All visible targets are lit on fire. The fire can be put out by normal means.

[gonext]

Character name: Karina Lyle
Weapon form: Water Gun (specifically the super soaker with a blue/light blue color scheme)
Weapon ability: Water freezes what comes into contact with it, whether it's the floor or an enemy

[topgun_textiles]

Character name: Kanji Tatsumi
Weapon form: His shades.
Weapon ability: With the standard boost to the Meister's ability comes the knowledge of street-fighting and how to use your environment to your advantage (using a chair to beat the crap out of someone for instance). But the special ability comes in the lightning-augmented punches, turning the fists into literal stun batons.

[nolicenseyet]

Character name: Eve
Weapon form: A scarf
Weapon ability: The ability to change its state, becoming hard so it can be used as a slicing weapon (albeit one that isn't very sharp) or as a bat/shield. Of course, she can still move as all weapons can.

[atleast80]

Character name: Hyoubu Kyousuke
Weapon form: spoon. A normal sized spoon.
Weapon ability: As long as they are resonating, the Meister can use psychokinesis which includes creating psychic shields, picking up things, and picking themselves up to fly and...others. It's basically just moving things in the real world with their minds.

[tauborn]

Character name: Takuto Tsunashi
Weapon form: a golden mask shaped like Tauburn's face, with a poofy blue feather coming out the top of the left side.
Weapon ability: "One sees clearly only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eye." Any meister that wears Takuto can "see with the heart", which allows them to see what Takuto considers essential. What is essential changes according to the situation--it may be an enemy's weakness or the bonds of friendship or... or the ability to see right through people's clothes. Takuto does not necessarily know what it is the meister sees, either.

With good resonance, the meister can also trigger a magical boy transformation sequence. However, for the transformation to be complete, the meister has to follow the Star Driver rules--he or she has to shout "Apprivoise!" followed by a catchphrase, followed by the proclamation of "Galactic Pretty Boy!" (even girls are Galactic Pretty Boys), and then shout either "Takuto!" or "Tauburn!" and be striking fabulous poses while shouting. A complete set of armor will make the meister look a lot like Tauburn. An incomplete set of armor will make the meister look ridiculous, like having just the helmet and the high heels, or only the large thigh shields.

[motherofthesun]

Character name: Amaterasu
Weapon form: Calligraphy brush. Six feet in size, handle made of stone with ornate carvings, and the bristles look like Amaterasu's tail with swirls and black tip.
Weapon ability: Soul energy becomes ink. By drawing certain symbols in the air, they result in various attacks. IE, she's a watered down version of her Celestial Brush from her game. Includes ability to ink people... not sorry no.

[want_the_world]

Character name: Mihael 'Mello' Keehl
Weapon form: Demon handgun (Specifically, a 9mm Sig Sauer P226, with a small cross charm attached to the grip. The charm doesn't do anything; I just want it to be his gun!)
Weapon ability: Fire! Sort of. Along with the usual soul wavelength bullets, the gun will be able to blast soul wavelength like a flamethrower. It will take some practice before Mello will be able to control this ability or sustain a blast for very long.

If Weapons could break into pieces, he would totally have been a chocolate bar whose pieces would explode when snapped off and thrown. XD

[diedforyoursins]

Character name: Kaworu Nagisa
Weapon form: The Lance of Longinus
Weapon ability: Can pierce through anything, even the strongest of force-fields, and with good resonation, can immobilize enemies pierced by it.

[the_great_hero]

Character name: Hamel
Weapon form: Conductor's Baton
Weapon ability: Symphony Soul Master

The user must be able to keep time with the baton and stay within range of the person/thing they are attacking (the standard size of a symphony stage 65'w X 38'd X 15' h)

2/4 time - makes the receiver strip naked and dance until the die of embarrassment (dying of embarassment taken literally - for Kishin eggs only, taken metaphorically - for anyone)
3/4 time - makes the receiver move in the direction the Meister chooses (including right off cliffs)
6/8 time - overcomes the receiver with whatever emotion the Meister directs their way
4/4 time - enhances a Meister's natural abilities (as though playing Chariots of Fire in the background, in fact it would make my day if this literally happened and it makes everyone who can hear it go in slow motion)

[holdmydumbbell]

Character name: Mondo Ooawada
Weapon form: Pickaxe (The one pictured here, specifically!)
Weapon ability: Wounds inflicted with his weapon form begin to slowly create a butterization liquification effect, essentially melting adversaries starting with the injury point.

[prosecutory]

Character name: Miles Edgeworth
Weapon form: A thin, three-foot rapier with a handle shaped like the king chess piece, a large round red pommel, and an intricately carved golden basket hilt partly covered by a...cravat. Yeah, sue me. /BA DUM TSH
Weapon ability:

Low to medium resonance: Each strike of the rapier increases the chances of the enemy making mistakes in battle (not fatal ones, but mistakes nonetheless) by confusing him and numbing his critical thinking skills. The strike doesn't have to draw blood but it does have to be a strong one, not just a gentle tap or bump.

High resonance: Precognition. At random intervals during the battle, the Meister will be able to predict the enemy's possible next moves, or zero in on a weakness or opening in their defense. It won't be highlighted in the Meister's or Edgeworth's vision but they'll know where it is or what the next moves are. Edgeworth, however, will be able to sense where to strike or how to move if the resonance is strong enough. This does not automatically translate to movement; this does not prevent the Meister from fumbling his or her next move when taking advantage of this.

Re: MEISTERS BECOMING WEAPONS

[nofarplaneyet]

Character name: Auron
Weapon form: A jug of sake, hard as a club
Weapon ability: What is the Weapon form's special ability? -- Instead of stinging alcohol, pours out BURNING SPIRIT.

[pirateninja]

Character name: Morgan LeFlay
Weapon form: An insulated glass for a Blood Island Volcano Shot. One of the glasses that Club 41 uses to serve their Blood Island Volcano Shots. Hewn from molten lava, they’re said to be capable of keeping hot liquids hot for a week.
Weapon ability: For a regular attack, the glass will fill with scalding hot soul wavelength that can be flung at enemies to cause burns. But if the Meister drinks from the glass instead, they’ll be able to use a special effect based on how strong the resonance is. Low resonance will allow them to stun foes with their breath while good resonance will allow them to breathe fire. This lasts for 30 seconds per shot drunk.

[innocent_blue]

Character name: Mizuno You
Weapon form: A baseball bat
Weapon ability: With proper resonance, she can cause an illusion that makes it seem like there are two sets of meister and weapon attacking, thereby confusing the enemy.

[kuriboh_boy]

Character name: Judai Yuki
Weapon form: the Spark Blaster
Weapon ability: Judai can shoot bolts of electricity, as a spark gun is wont to do. On top of that, he has the ability to fill his meister with more courage and determination than they would usually have.

[niptuck]

Character name: Valentine
Weapon form: Medical Pack
Weapon ability: Resonation allows individuals to draw tools formed by soul energy from the pack. Low resonation keeps them simple to scalpels, needles, and thread. Better resonation can draw out bigger tools from defibrillators to IV poles and maybe even a fake cadaver. Unconventional weapons go.

[feelsgoodinyou]

Character name: Yami Bakura
Weapon form: Duel Disk
Weapon ability: Once a turn the Meister is able to draw a card made up from soul energy from the deck that comes with the Duel Disk after declaring a loud “DRAW!” (Enough flourish must be used to exercise said draw or you must try again.)

The drawn card can be either a TRAP, a MAGIC or a MONSTER card and will summon an according thing from Yami Bakura’s deck for either the following turn or the rest of the battle. More cards can be drawn and combined if the Meister manages to go unarmed for the time it takes them to get them.

In rare cases the Diabound Card can be drawn and used to summon a nerfed version of said monster. Attacks on Diabound are directly passed on to Yami Bakura.

[evokes]

Character name: Minako Arisato
Weapon form: an evoker
Weapon ability: By firing a blank at one's self, they'll summon a giant hand from the sky to punch things. (Basically the skill God's Hand from Persona.)

[theworstcrimeofall]

Character name: Clopin Trouillefou
Weapon form: Demon Handpuppet (basically a little puppet of himself that goes over the Meister's hand)
Weapon ability: Laughing so Hard that it Hurts- putting on a humorous puppet show with Clopin causes internal damage, as if the Kishin Egg is literally splitting its sides laughing.

[ferroustigmata]

Character name: Aleksandr "Sasha" Nikolaevich Hell
Weapon form: Amorphous iron
Weapon ability: Sasha can turn into any weapon as long as (a) it follows the "one continuous piece" rule and (b) it can be made of only iron. The shape is dictated either by the Meister's demand or his own emotions -- a good Resonance makes this possible without any conflict, but a bad Resonance renders him a useless chunk of metal.

[scatterflower]

Character name: Chika Daimon
Weapon form: Digivice iC
Weapon ability: Digisoul - When activated, the meister's fist is covered in a glowing orange aura that flecks off as square shaped pieces of light. When active, the meister's strength is increased, and at higher levels of resonance the digisoul aura expands to cover the meister's entire body, greatly increasing the meister's strength.

[vintage_magic]

Character name: Lily Ivory
Weapon form: Lily’s Book of Shadows. A slightly musty spellbook bound in red leather and with pages that have become soft as cloth from repeated readings.
Weapon ability:
Witchy Magic. Resonating with Lily and reciting the incantations found in the book will allow the Meister to cast magic based on Lily’s canon witchcraft. The book must be open to the spell the Meister wishes to use, which can be a bit tricky because it’s a thick book and there are a lot of other spells which wouldn’t really be useful for battle like how to make love charms or creating homunculi out of mandrake roots! More practical options are:

Protection spell. A magic circle appears on the ground around the Meister and creates a protective barrier that deflects magical attacks. This lasts for half a minute.

Healing spell. This causes a wound to heal rapidly but not instantaneously. A small cut might take a minute while larger injuries will take proportionately longer and use up more soul energy.

Goofer balls. Normally hexes made out of black wax, they take the form of large gumball sized balls of soul energy here. Tossing these within ten feet of an enemy will cause its next attack to reflect back on itself.

Living Things in You spell. Instead of a brew of snake ingredients to make the victim think they have snakes inside them, this will create snakes out of soul wavelength to attack enemies. Bites will cause the enemy to be poisoned and if a snake is able to enter the foe’s body through its mouth, it will cause internal damage.