in Soviet Russia, monkeys evolve from you
Through the power of monkeys, we're going to introduce an aspect of gameplay that used to be part of the game but which was taken out. As it is so much fun, however, it should obviously be brought back in. What is it?
SO YOU WANT TO BE IN TSUBASA: RC...
This time, with extra eyeballs! We are reintroducing the ability to drag other people into your world. The method is actually pretty simple: it works the same way it works when you drag objects back home from the Plane. Just grab hold of someone and pull, and they'll pop up beside you in your world. The people around you might wonder how someone appeared out of nowhere, but they'll just have to cope.
And that's it! Easy and simple and fun. Well, moving between worlds is easy and simple and fun. Finding out you can do so...
MONKEYS IN THE LIBRARY
Do you remember Meredith's warning about the library? She wasn't just screwing with your head. Starting on the the 26th of January and ending the 1st of February, the library will not be safe. Anyone who was inside will wake up outside of it as if having been drugged. The library is the not the one they knew before their induced sleep. It looks the same. Everything is as still and calm as ever. But it’s quiet. Too quiet. In all seriousness, you can feel the silence pressing down on you. And then you hear the growls. The little shuffles. And turn down the wrong aisle and you’ll see a mutated, bloodthirsty creature staring at you with what could be called, in some disturbed world, a grin.
Your task is not an easy one. The Librarians demand quiet and you're simply too noisy to live. Too delicious, even. Librarians might have been gorillas once. They're built like a gorilla from a nightmare. At least nine feet tall, they have intelligent eyes and a sinister mouth, skin pulled back and fangs bared in a grotesque grin as they watch you. Usually you'll see them huddled down, slamming their strange, long three-fingered hands on some poor zombie or other that they're eating. If you're really quiet, they might not even see you're there.
But one sound and they're on to you. They are extremely fast, strong and difficult to kill. Several rounds of bullets might bring one down. If you keep eye contact and constantly move backwards, they'll only follow you slowly. But lower your gaze for a moment and prepare to have cracked ribs if you're lucky.
They might jump down or up a floor but they'll keep tracking you. A decent meal is hard to get on the Plane and you're mighty fine looking. If you can make it out of the library, they won't follow you, content in their new home.
That's if you make it out.
Good General Run-Through
Extra long clip
Bonus: Donkey Kong hates Soviet Russia
BUT MODS...
“But, Mods,” you may be asking, “Why on Earth would any non-suicidal character jump into the library when Russian Donkey Kong is in there willing to kill them for overdue fees and getting crumbs on old books?”
“First of all,” we say, “don't underestimate a character's willingness to jump into danger. And secondly...”
As you may have noticed, the assorted characters running this place really like mysteriously delivered letters. Maybe they don't know how to text. The letter that will appear in everyone's hands on the 26th is as follows:
If you want more control over your surroundings, find these books:
The Library of Babel
Call Number: PQ7797.B635 B5213 2000
Physics of the Impossible
Call Number: QC75 .K18 2008
Aren't you glad the library is organized properly?
If your characters manage to retrieve The Library of Babel, they will find a brief outlining on how to drag people between worlds. And someone was nice enough to not even put it into code.
If your characters manage to retrieve Physics of the Impossible, they get a blank book. For now. But those who found this book will begin to have lucid dreams, where they can control what happens.
NITTY GRITTY
There will be multiple copies of each book, so they can be taken by several people. However! We strongly encourage you team up in your quests. Monkey-battling is ten times more fun when done in groups. A group can manage to get one book or both, either is good. Just beware of monkeys.
While inside the library, characters will not be able to drop off of the Plane to escape monkey paws. Indiana Jones couldn't port out, so neither can you.
Teams can use log posts or closed main-comm posts to quest, if they want to use spam-style instead of log-style. Log-style will probably be easier.
Feel free to use this post to plot! Discuss who you want to throw in, how many people you want on your team, what skillset your character has to offer, ideas about team-ups, what format you want to do it in, if you want your character to die nobly in the fight against librarians, if you'd want to be a monkey, which book you want to go after, et cetera.
NPC Monkeys:
We are going to let people play the monkeys if they want. For the sake of keeping it so one player in a group doesn't have to do two roles, we're having sign-ups so we can put players NPCing monkeys with groups that don't have one to their characters.
So, on Monday, we'll make a post asking for a list of groups that are involved. Groups make a comment that says, “Our group is David Bowie, Buddha, and Queen Elizabeth.” Then, say if you a) are in need of a monkey NPC, b) already have a monkey NPC (and who it is), or c) are going to all share the duty of NPCing the monkeys by just writing for them as you would the NPCs in your home universes. Or if you don't need a monkey, you can obviously not comment, since you don't need to be paired up. But you might want to use that post for further plot discussion, so it could be really helpful to tag in.
To that same post, players can comment saying that they want to be monkeys. Presumably like this: “I want to NPC monkeys!” If you already have a group, you can say you're attached.
We'll pair each unattached monkey-NPCer to a group. The NPCers will be given the journal realitymonkeys with which to tag in and terrorise the players.
And of course you can use that post for further plot discussion, or you can make new posts in the comm, or IM, or email, or whatever, as you like.
Comment/Questions/Concerns/Cookies
You know the routine. And please, plot away!
SO YOU WANT TO BE IN TSUBASA: RC...
This time, with extra eyeballs! We are reintroducing the ability to drag other people into your world. The method is actually pretty simple: it works the same way it works when you drag objects back home from the Plane. Just grab hold of someone and pull, and they'll pop up beside you in your world. The people around you might wonder how someone appeared out of nowhere, but they'll just have to cope.
And that's it! Easy and simple and fun. Well, moving between worlds is easy and simple and fun. Finding out you can do so...
MONKEYS IN THE LIBRARY
Do you remember Meredith's warning about the library? She wasn't just screwing with your head. Starting on the the 26th of January and ending the 1st of February, the library will not be safe. Anyone who was inside will wake up outside of it as if having been drugged. The library is the not the one they knew before their induced sleep. It looks the same. Everything is as still and calm as ever. But it’s quiet. Too quiet. In all seriousness, you can feel the silence pressing down on you. And then you hear the growls. The little shuffles. And turn down the wrong aisle and you’ll see a mutated, bloodthirsty creature staring at you with what could be called, in some disturbed world, a grin.
Your task is not an easy one. The Librarians demand quiet and you're simply too noisy to live. Too delicious, even. Librarians might have been gorillas once. They're built like a gorilla from a nightmare. At least nine feet tall, they have intelligent eyes and a sinister mouth, skin pulled back and fangs bared in a grotesque grin as they watch you. Usually you'll see them huddled down, slamming their strange, long three-fingered hands on some poor zombie or other that they're eating. If you're really quiet, they might not even see you're there.
But one sound and they're on to you. They are extremely fast, strong and difficult to kill. Several rounds of bullets might bring one down. If you keep eye contact and constantly move backwards, they'll only follow you slowly. But lower your gaze for a moment and prepare to have cracked ribs if you're lucky.
They might jump down or up a floor but they'll keep tracking you. A decent meal is hard to get on the Plane and you're mighty fine looking. If you can make it out of the library, they won't follow you, content in their new home.
That's if you make it out.
Good General Run-Through
Extra long clip
Bonus: Donkey Kong hates Soviet Russia
BUT MODS...
“But, Mods,” you may be asking, “Why on Earth would any non-suicidal character jump into the library when Russian Donkey Kong is in there willing to kill them for overdue fees and getting crumbs on old books?”
“First of all,” we say, “don't underestimate a character's willingness to jump into danger. And secondly...”
As you may have noticed, the assorted characters running this place really like mysteriously delivered letters. Maybe they don't know how to text. The letter that will appear in everyone's hands on the 26th is as follows:
If you want more control over your surroundings, find these books:
The Library of Babel
Call Number: PQ7797.B635 B5213 2000
Physics of the Impossible
Call Number: QC75 .K18 2008
Aren't you glad the library is organized properly?
If your characters manage to retrieve The Library of Babel, they will find a brief outlining on how to drag people between worlds. And someone was nice enough to not even put it into code.
If your characters manage to retrieve Physics of the Impossible, they get a blank book. For now. But those who found this book will begin to have lucid dreams, where they can control what happens.
NITTY GRITTY
There will be multiple copies of each book, so they can be taken by several people. However! We strongly encourage you team up in your quests. Monkey-battling is ten times more fun when done in groups. A group can manage to get one book or both, either is good. Just beware of monkeys.
While inside the library, characters will not be able to drop off of the Plane to escape monkey paws. Indiana Jones couldn't port out, so neither can you.
Teams can use log posts or closed main-comm posts to quest, if they want to use spam-style instead of log-style. Log-style will probably be easier.
Feel free to use this post to plot! Discuss who you want to throw in, how many people you want on your team, what skillset your character has to offer, ideas about team-ups, what format you want to do it in, if you want your character to die nobly in the fight against librarians, if you'd want to be a monkey, which book you want to go after, et cetera.
NPC Monkeys:
We are going to let people play the monkeys if they want. For the sake of keeping it so one player in a group doesn't have to do two roles, we're having sign-ups so we can put players NPCing monkeys with groups that don't have one to their characters.
So, on Monday, we'll make a post asking for a list of groups that are involved. Groups make a comment that says, “Our group is David Bowie, Buddha, and Queen Elizabeth.” Then, say if you a) are in need of a monkey NPC, b) already have a monkey NPC (and who it is), or c) are going to all share the duty of NPCing the monkeys by just writing for them as you would the NPCs in your home universes. Or if you don't need a monkey, you can obviously not comment, since you don't need to be paired up. But you might want to use that post for further plot discussion, so it could be really helpful to tag in.
To that same post, players can comment saying that they want to be monkeys. Presumably like this: “I want to NPC monkeys!” If you already have a group, you can say you're attached.
We'll pair each unattached monkey-NPCer to a group. The NPCers will be given the journal realitymonkeys with which to tag in and terrorise the players.
And of course you can use that post for further plot discussion, or you can make new posts in the comm, or IM, or email, or whatever, as you like.
Comment/Questions/Concerns/Cookies
You know the routine. And please, plot away!