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Soul Campaign Moderation Journal ([personal profile] soul_mods) wrote in [community profile] soul_ooc2013-10-14 08:07 pm
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Event: The Great BREW Malfunction

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!
feelsgoodinyou: (what?)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2013-10-15 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Do all Meister<->Weapon swaps have to happen at the same time? I'm asking because I and Drea cooked up a fun plot we want to do with Atem and Yami Bakura which'd require Yami Bakura to not change, but I'd love to still get him somehow affected later on! Is there a chance that'd be possible? I suck at planning, can you tell? (D;
fujigglephysics: There isn't one under the dining table. Totally. (Dead body? What dead body?)

Re: THINGS FROM CANON WORLDS

[personal profile] fujigglephysics 2013-10-15 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Character: Fujino Asagami
Canon: Kara no Kyoukai
Is this character participating in the swap?: Yup!

Monster/Object: Fairies
Description: Here,but for simplicity's sake, KnK fairies are basically pseudo-fairies.
Effects: They steal people's memories- generally nothing too important like remembering to take out the trash and stuff, and they've been known to re-enact the scene of the memory they stole on occasion.
Weaknesses: Easily squashable and also easily flammable.
Any additional notes: If it's okay and to make it easier for everyone, they'll be able to be seen. Also, they can take away important memories as well, but would be alright to have the option for the player to decide for themselves if it can happen or not?

Monster/Object: Projection Machine
Description: Here!
Effects: They attack very quickly and can't be killed. Yeah, that's pretty much it.
Weaknesses: The suitcase they come from can be destroyed, so if one destroys it, they'll manage to destroy the creature too.
Any additional notes: N/A
Edited 2013-10-15 03:46 (UTC)
recitings: (A Nobleman)

[personal profile] recitings 2013-10-15 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
The Tonberry can first start appearing around residential areas. The more likely it is for people to think it's a lost cuddly stuffed creature, the better. :D

As for the Cactuar, can it show up at the park during morning training? It might not really be effective if it was kept in the desert.

Also, are we limited to just one of these, or can several appear during the course of the event?
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[personal profile] 00110010_00110011 2013-10-15 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Character name: Psii!
Meister ability: Soul Telekinesis: The ability to manipulate inanimate objects by moving them or changing their shape. They need to be in line of sight--even within a few feet, until he gets some practice--and the duration and effectiveness of the manipulation will depend on strength of resonance.

(If this is what Soul Animate does, he can just have that! But they seemed different enough to make a different ability.)
want_the_world: (chocolate)

[personal profile] want_the_world 2013-10-15 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
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
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[personal profile] diedforyoursins 2013-10-15 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
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: art from demotoro.hiho.jp (got mah violin)

[personal profile] the_great_hero 2013-10-15 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
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)
Edited (fixed the time so it would fit with chariots of fire) 2013-10-15 08:37 (UTC)
dead_black_eyes: "White Rabbit" (Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall)

[personal profile] dead_black_eyes 2013-10-15 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
Character name: L Lawliet
Meister ability: Soul Trap
dead_black_eyes: "Read My Mind" (It's funny how you just break down)

[personal profile] dead_black_eyes 2013-10-15 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Character: L Lawliet
Canon: Death Note
Is this character participating in the swap?: Yes! http://soul-ooc.dreamwidth.org/1211239.html?thread=34100839#cmt34100839

Monster/Object: The handcuffs L and Light used during the investigation
Description: http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/0cac072d13baa176ff338860d9d365c7/http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l419/hinamori-amu-girl/Anime/Light-and-L-fight.jpg
Effects: Well, they only open with a key. L has nothing magical or extraordinary; he has few possessions and they are all *relatively* mundane.
Weaknesses: extreme heat and chain cutters.
Any additional notes: None that I can think of, haha.

Monster/Object: A dingy pillow, dressed in children's pants and shirt
Description: None... I cannot for the life of me find a picture of a pillow wearing clothes.
Effects: Probably unnerving L significantly, as it is a relic from his childhood (headcanon, as he has no... Real significant canon possessions that aren't either edible or immediately replaceable.)
Weaknesses: Arrows, fire, knives, pillow fights
Any additional notes: just a creepy childhood relic of a very, very lonely boy.
prosecutory: (♙ please don't)

[personal profile] prosecutory 2013-10-15 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Can we request items that belong to another canon character?
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[personal profile] timelessummoner 2013-10-15 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Since I've been planning to canon update in near future anyway, would it be cool if I had Raidou disappear a bit earlier (say, this week) and return along with everyone else in time for the event? That way I could get the update done and also have his high-level demons hanging around confusing people for a while.
cardtrick: (( everyone says it's so cool ))

[personal profile] cardtrick 2013-10-15 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Character name: Trucy Wright
Meister ability: Soul Wild Card
holdmydumbbell: (And shine!)

[personal profile] holdmydumbbell 2013-10-15 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
hedgehogsdilemma: (I'm not gonna wear a ladies wetsuit)

[personal profile] hedgehogsdilemma 2013-10-15 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Character name: Shinji Ikari
Meister ability: Berserker Soul. When the Meister is in a state of heavy or critical injury, the ability manifests as a massive increase in strength and agility, with a drop in finesse and skill. During resonance, some injuries may also be healed while in this state at the cost of the Weapon's energy. The duration of the berserk state lasts only between 1-3 minutes, with time varying on things such as the Meister's physical state, the presence of enemies, and how practiced the ability is.
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[personal profile] wearspurpleclothes 2013-10-15 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Character name: Johan Andersen
Meister ability: Soul Excitement
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[personal profile] tauborn 2013-10-15 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Character: Takuto Tsunashi
Canon: Star Driver
Is this character participating in the swap?: Yes.

Monster/Object: Vice President
Description: An adorable fox.
Effects: Vice sits on people's shoulders, though if a person has an exceptionally good heart, he might jump on their face as a greeting. He can be an accidental troublemaker, especially when around other animals. He will run away if chased.
Weaknesses: Vice is very small and kind of the shape of a football. Also very squishable.
Any additional notes: Vice can talk, but very rarely does so. His voice sounds like a child's, and he will only speak when no one can tell it is him. This way no one will know what the fox says. He will probably remain silent except for normal fox noises while in Death City.

Monster/Object: Kanako's cruise ship.
Description: It's cruise ship. With a large deck, lots of rooms and large tvs, and a swimming pool with an alligator.
Effects: The alligator will attack if provoked. The rest of the boat is just in the way, though it might be fun to explore. Supposedly there is a boxing ring in there somewhere.
Weaknesses: The ship is meant to be in water. So obviously it can't move, and it might be tipped at an angle. The alligator will get hungry, though I'm not sure if that's really a weakness....
Any additional notes: I know it is very very very large, but if larger objects are allowed towards the end of the event, I'll just throw it out there as a possibility if the mods want to use it. It would probably fit in the park or awkwardly at the top of the Shibusen stairs. Or lengthwise on the Shibusen stairs..... If it needs to be smaller, I think it would be more interesting to bring just a chunk of it, rather than shrink it down. I vote for a chunk that includes the alligator, though.
prosecutory: (♙ please don't shake me)

[personal profile] prosecutory 2013-10-15 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
cardtrick: (( i've got no credit on my telephone ))

Re: THINGS FROM CANON WORLDS

[personal profile] cardtrick 2013-10-15 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Character: Trucy Wright
Canon: Ace Attorney
Is this character participating in the swap?: Yarp

Monster/Object: The Gavinners' Discography (or at least an album)
Description: A bunch of CDs and videos:
Trucy: I bought all their stuff on the way home from the trial! I got twelve Gavinners albums, and fifteen concert videos!
Effects: If played, they'll blare at full volume and can't be taken out of the CD player/Video player.
Weaknesses: Easily broken.
Any additional notes: None that I can think of! If the whole discography is too much, just one album will do!

Monster/Object: Mr. Eldoon's Noodle Stand
Description: A big ol' noodle cart
Effects: It'll be rolling all the way down death city in a mad dash because it has no brakes.
Weaknesses: It's a bit rickety, can be destroyed with a few hits, will remain stationary if it reaches a stopping point
Any additional notes: Nothing that I can think of!
Edited 2013-10-15 15:27 (UTC)

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