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duocaeli mods ([personal profile] gamedevs) wrote2023-01-08 07:20 pm

AU plotting post

au plotting post


Welcome to the Duocaeli's Plotting Post for OFFline world AUs! Rather than doing monthly installments to play with this optional mechanic, we've decided to use this permanently installed post for players to come in and engage with our AU mechanic as they please.

How does the AU mechanic work?
Upon arriving in the OFF world of Crane City, characters will find themselves encountering NPC residents and others who react to them as familiar citizens, friends, and family. While not necessary, there is an optional mechanic for characters to also suddenly regain memories of a life they had in Crane City, whether it be an entire lifetime or as someone who moved in and took up residence later on. However, all characters will intrinsically know that the Alternative Universe memories they have of the OFF world aren't their real memories.

In addition, while characters may have OFFline friends or family resemble canon characters that can be apped, they must also retain some differences. This is to allow for creative freedom for characters being apped in.

OOCly, Duocaeli puts a focus on canon personalities and histories of characters, but we wanted to have the optional AU mechanic for those who wanted to play with it! If you don't want to opt in, there is no requirement to have a top-level or entry in this page. If you would like to engage, please follow our example for organization's sake.

This AU Plotting Post will be linked on every monthly mod post as a reminder for those who would like to engage in the optional AU mechanic.

Player Name:
Player Contact:

Character Name: Feel free to also link to their permissions/info post if that's your jam!
Canon:
AU Occupation: Quick snapshot of what your character does.
AU Background: This can be as detailed or barebones as you want!
Looking For: Are there any particular kinds of AU CR that you'd like for your character? Childhood friends? Bitter academic rivals? It may also help to include your character's attitude on the AU memories - do they find them confusing and want to embrace them? Or will they ignore them to the best of their ability?

While not necessary, mods also encourage having a FROZEN "Notes" comment reply to your own top-level that lets you edit and include new AU details as you plot!



Otherwise, the entire post works like a general plotting area! Please comment under character comments to build AUs with each other. Don't be shy now!
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[personal profile] hasteful 2023-02-22 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
thanks :D roland has to sit in the passenger's seat while buzen tests the fucking speed limit
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
Terrifying, but exhilarating. He trusts Buzen not to get them killed. Too bad Roland doesn't know how to ride horses in the AU . . . or does he. What would be funnier—
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[personal profile] hasteful 2023-02-22 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
buzen is unfortunately probably an insanely good driver even if he thinks some traffic laws are suggestions.... but this is so funny LKSHDFLHKSDF. HIS AU SELF JUST FUMBLES ON A HORSE oh you former king.... embarrassing...
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
I'm crying. Please, Buzen, laws aren't suggestions.

Based on your comment I've decided that his AU self can't ride a horse to save his life, which means he has to live with those cringeworthy memories in all his time here. Roland's existence is an embarrassment, so that checks out!
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NIJI

[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: niji
Player Contact: DM or pp @ [plurk.com profile] nijikai
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FELIX HUGO FRALDARIUS

[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Felix Hugo Fraldarius
Canon: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
AU Occupation: cafe barista! probably the shift manager, despite moaning about the responsibility, he's actually super good at it? his coffee is also pretty good? so what's with his terrible customer service attitude?? is he writing everyone's names wrong on the cups on purpose??? (yes)

info post is here!

AU Background:
  • grew up in a big, kind, loving and supportive family—truly good parents, cooperative siblings, extended family always over and hanging out in the big family house. the kind of family that adopts other kids in the neighborhood and always has a place for a surprise visitor at dinner.
  • and they all fawn over felix, the youngest sibling, who was really the ultimate youngest sib as a child, cute as a button and crying all the time, always wanting to play the games with everyone else, regardless of what it was. he had no real pressures on him, and grew up with a lot of friends of different ages, thanks to cousins and older sibling friends coming over too.
  • "do you have games on your phone" kid
  • hit puberty like a truck, and started receding into a bit of a misanthropic state, during which he spent a lot of time on /r/teenagers. still came down to dinner every night though (parents love too strong...)
  • got really into minecraft, fortnite, overwatch, apex legends, etc, and developed a small streaming following in his early teens. had a dream of going esports pro for a while, but ultimately decided it was stupid. has a top of the line gaming rig and a full streamer setup (his parents bought it for him to support his passions). has recently started dabbling in mmorpgs. still makes decent pocket money off his game stream ad revenue, but not enough to live on.
  • track team throughout middle school, high school, and varsity. family is always there in some capacity to cheer him on. usually one of the fastest runners on the team, unless he's slacking to stream more. goes for a run every morning, even now that he's graduated university.
  • liberal arts major at a relatively well-known university, which he got into on a sports track scholarship. kinda just coasted through the classes as his attention was mostly on games and running. graduated in a "Cs get degrees" kind of way.
  • has a collection of game sword replicas mounted on his wall behind his streamer setup.
  • couldn't get a degree-related job out of university, so took a shift at a local coffee shop, and found that it suited his schedule well, and hasn't looked back since. only recently promoted to his managerial position, which he accepted begrudgingly. (new shifts sometime eat into raids a little...)


Looking For:
  • Felix will be utterly perplexed by the AU memories, but ultimately any involvement in his AU life will give people a kind of wedge into worming their way into felix's heart, even if it was an antagonistic relationship. the sort of "oh we're both in this together" mentality counts for something!!! for all AU memories, he'll definitely unconsciously be affected by them, even if he wants to push them away. soft memories will definitely unlock a softer felix... how rare...
  • Family! come be one of felix's older siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins... parents?! I'm open to anything. keep in mind if you take on an older sibling role, this will prime you for a lot of messy felix feelings. :') do it do it doit
  • Childhood friends in general! older sibling's friends, kids in the neighborhood, school relations! he went to public school, maybe you bullied him??
  • SITUATIONSHIPS! PLEASE have felix have accidentally said something insanely flippant yet sweet off the cuff, leading your character to believe that maybe... they were a thing? messy! nobody acknowledged it! maybe they just made out at a party and never talked again. or talked every day!?
  • RELATIONSHIPS!!! they WERE a thing!!! AU felix had incredible accidental game, and dated throughout schooling. were they childhood sweethearts? varsity dating? the only stipulation i have here is that they already broke up.
  • Track team buddies/rivals! would love for felix to have his sports anime besties and enemies on track team. enemies to lovers arc......???
  • Streaming/online buddies/rivals! did they play games online together, and met once or twice? maybe they collabed on a stream? maybe they still talk in a chat server and meet up to talk about game balancing. or maybe they have a super antagonistic relationship and do raids on each other's streams...
  • Coffee shop patrons! you come here every day and he still spells your name wrong on the cup. once you saw him twitch a smile about it and you've been mad ever since.
  • Coworkers! come work in the st*rbucks coffee mines or wherever he's at!
Edited 2023-02-22 10:38 (UTC)
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[personal profile] appeale 2023-02-22 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
DANA I WANT DOUBLE CR rin & ruby should be childhood friends due to their families having connections to each other so they got shoved together for playdates.... and then drifted apart sometime in their early teens so now whenever they run into each other it's that awkward "we WERE close but literally don't speak anymore for no particular reason so we'll talk like we're friends but know nothing about each other's lives now" kind of conversation
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
/shakes tin can

Jock friends? Track team buddies pre-varsity unless something else tickles your fancy? I want AU CR with Niji, okay.
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
Would being friends with Buzen starting from their college years have put Roland within proximity of Matsui . . . My greedy hands reach out to you.
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
jock friends!!! hitting the gym together... going on runs together... was roland his high school run sempai????
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NOTES OK DON'T REPLY TO THIS OOPS

[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
  • EX"""THING""" WITH RIN
  • ROLAND-SEMPAI TRACK TEAM BUDDY
  • HAD A WEIRD GAY CHICKEN DATE AND MAKEOUT WITH SHALEM
  • CHILDHOOD FRIENDS WITH SYLVAIN AND DIMITRI
  • WORKS WITH (MANAGES??) SYLVAIN AT A C*FFEE SH*P, TRYING TO MAKE HIM BE A GAMER...
  • JOGS WITH ALFRED EVERY MORNING, ALSO TRYING TO MAKE HIM BE A GAMER...
  • SUCCESSFUL GAMER CONVERSION FOR RIKU, A STREAMING BUDDY (HAS GONE HIKING WITH, WILL AGAIN)
  • HONORARY BIG BROTHER OF HONORARY LITTLE SISTER SOPHIA
  • ITSUKI'S LITTLE BROTHER (SOMEHOW)
  • ACCIDENTAL FRIENDS WITH MATSUI
  • CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND FAMILY FRIENDS WITH RUBY
  • EXES WITH BRAKKA
  • EUSTACE'S LITTLE BROTHER
  • GARAGE BAND WITH CHAI
  • COUSINS WITH KAITO
  • EXES WITH TSURU
  • EXES WITH TOKO
Edited 2023-02-26 12:50 (UTC)
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[personal profile] appeale 2023-02-22 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
god their AU lives have literally no overlap BUT I WANT THEM TO HAVE SOMETHING SO BAD......
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 11:00 am (UTC)(link)


And he definitely thought Felix was a cute kid.
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
next door neighbors???
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
HEHE!!!

felix's voice probably cracked when he said goodbye to him when roland graduated... he was a great sempai and gave him a lot of good anime energy
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
Oh . . . Felix, hon . . . What a lovely kouhai.

It's okay! They can still go on morning runs together when their schedules align! The bond doesn't have to be broken . . . ! (It's already broken. Their OU selves break it by existing.)
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[personal profile] prozaic 2023-02-22 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
points at

A ONE-OFF SITUATIONSHIP
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
heh... he's getting pretty fast now, sempai... can you still keep up.......

imagining them both feeling compelled to go for a run and succumbing to the urge out of curiosity on the same day... and them both just... getting all these memories of their team sports time together but just jogging in complete silence.
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
HOW DID IT HAPPEN
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[personal profile] prozaic 2023-02-22 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
shalem can visit his off-brand starbucks and then they get into a hatemance

then shalem asks him out once
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
I'm in tears. Help.

Felix probably does outrun him. He can take pride in that fact while memories of a time when they were both so genki settle between them. Roland would bring them up after the run if Felix lets on that something is different, because he loves to make things awkward.
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
ok so:

he got sick and tired of shalem's overt hateflirting and decided to play chicken with it and said yes, but only if shalem paid for everything.

and then they had a weirdly aggressive date at an expensive restaurant (felix picked it on purpose) and after glaring at each other over dessert, walked out of the restaurant and made out in the alley next to it.

then before anything else happened felix just immediately left without saying another word, and went home and pretended like nothing had ever happened. next time shalem comes in for coffee he just outright pretends like he doesn't know him. it's fine!
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[personal profile] prozaic 2023-02-22 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
EXACTLY

and shalem would just be like ok i'll just find someone else.......... a situationship that wasn't complicated at least
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
ROLAND STOP felix just digging his feet in that the memories are fake and stupid (so why are you out running felix) and that roland is a guy he's never known before (so why did you get a little burst of excitement when you outran him felix...)
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
it's fine!! it's not like he messed up gay chicken with a regular customer!! why is HE the one who feels weirdest about this??

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