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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!
nightchild: (when will i use this: never)

[personal profile] nightchild 2023-02-22 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
AMLFSDMFSLDSD STOP we au that kotegiri is a major fan of this drama so buzen has lots of merch for it for some reason
nightchild: (WHAT'S HAPPENING)

[personal profile] nightchild 2023-02-22 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
NIJI ARE WE STILL DOING FELIX AND ITSUKI AS SIBLINGS
hasteful: (➛ you keep it in your pocket)

[personal profile] hasteful 2023-02-22 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
ALSKJDFALSDJF STOP WE CAN'T MAKE KOTEGIRI'S AU FOR HIM but sure buzen has friensd who are into it so he met hsy when he was dating yoojin and asked for her autograph
pyojeol: (pic#16173892)

[personal profile] pyojeol 2023-02-22 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
WHO WILL APP KOTEGIRI PUNCHES THE GROUND but this is so cute let's do it. she pulls buzen in to do advertisements every now and then, like that one for Free! that spawned an anime, u know the one dana
hasteful: (73)

[personal profile] hasteful 2023-02-22 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
i was going to ask why you insist on putting buzen in these situations but i know why......... i know why.......................
pyojeol: (pic#15924956)

[personal profile] pyojeol 2023-02-22 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
YEAH!!! YOU KNOW WHY!!!!!! all i wanna do is love and protect buzen while sooyoung will probably play pranks on him and tease him all the time stop taking advantage of buzen's sweet nature and goodwill hsy
hasteful: (70)

[personal profile] hasteful 2023-02-22 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
it's fine...... he would take it in stride and he'd also tease and play around with her in return.... it's in his nature to be playful unfortunately
paraselenes: (93)

Dimitri

[personal profile] paraselenes 2023-02-22 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, imagine if i nerfed his normie name. Dimitri Alexander Bailey
Canon: Fire Emblem: Three Houses/Hopes
AU Occupation: college student, does odd jobs for too little pay. i might have him do volunteer work at the fire department because he'd die, which is my dream

AU Background: i'm going to wing details of this as i go! but here's my general idea so far:

  • he's half-siblings with toko because it's peak physical comedy. they share a mother with the weakest genes in the world, which was basically his canon mom situation anyway
  • his upbringing was... pretty normal! his middle-class parents are nice and alive! they invite people over for dinner and have hallmark decorations for holidays. he spent a lot of his life outside of crane city (some sort of canada expy) and isn't as acclimated to the city, but went to boarding school on and off and attends uni here now, for people who want the School Connections
  • here on a sports scholarship for sure. big jock energy. look at this man, he played lacrosse at some point, definitely does a different full contact sport per season and was captain of something or other. tried rotc but it wasn't his schtick. au where he isn't a soldier, babey
  • studying biology because his momma is sickly, but he's honestly better at the humanities
  • very boy next door energy, like if the high school quarterback were an introvert. you can probably meet him at volunteer events. did he start volunteering because he had a stint in juvie or something for a hot second? who can say
  • probably also went to church, i hate fire emblem. why are there so many catholics here

Looking For:

  • the stock anything and everything! i went with a more "happy" au direction but i'm very flexible
  • childhood friends... or rivals! maybe they did or didn't get along at boarding school or were roommates. uni connections, teachers, tutors, etc are good too!
  • he does a lot of odd work and volunteering for whoever, wherever, so they can have dressed up as bunny mascots on new years, etc
  • honestly feel free to ask for things more substantial like being au family, exes (lol), and what have you! i'm open to anything and love confusing family units
  • you could come up to me and be like, hey nu, what if X was there the one time dimitri did shrooms and thought he was dead, and i'd say sure, go for it

au memory outlook: practically, he won't believe this is "real." that said, he would treat the people in his au life as Real People, and will definitely have trouble sorting out how much better he has it here than in canon, so he'll be affected by what memories he has!
paraselenes: (70)

NOTES

[personal profile] paraselenes 2023-02-22 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
  • pls don't reply to this comment!
appeale: (and i wonder:)

[personal profile] appeale 2023-02-22 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
CATHOLICS..... what if they know each other through church and adults keep trying to set them up together and ""subtly"" suggest that they should date because they're both such nice young people
appeale: (take a breath my heart)

[personal profile] appeale 2023-02-22 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT IF... when they were younger and sooyoung was still getting dragged to Rich People Social Events by her parents, ruby used to follow her around like a puppy

and then they didn't see each other for several years once hsy escaped the social obligations and one day they bumped into each other and sooyoung was like "hey i remember you had a pretty natural talent for singing as a kid. do you want to hear about my cool talent agency"

and now every time they see each other around the city hsy tries to recruit her. and if you want it to be Soft also, hsy is actually hounding ruby bc she vaguely suspects her family situation is Not Great even if she doesn't realise how bad it actually is and is trying to take ruby under her wing, while also turning a profit,,
janescayre: (099)

Re: han sooyoung

[personal profile] janescayre 2023-02-22 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Comes in for the safer option, I'm having Fukawa be an assistant make-up artist in addition to being an unpaid (and disrespected) intern at a publishing firm, because it would make her the most miserable

So she probably works at HSY's studios sometimes and awkwardly tries to slip her a script or something, haha how'd that get there anyway i have a great pitch for a miniseries


**Also available for online rivalry OR friendship, she's a BNF on Ao3
Edited 2023-02-22 21:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it would be neat if they were childhood besties through their extremely wholesome middle-class parents, then met again at uni and became sports rivals until felix graduated… but I’m very open to thoughts expanded on there 🥹
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Very funny that as shift manager Felix is probably rostering him… I think he likes the jock energy.

ALSO track rivals TRACK RIVALS!!! They actually probably get on super well in that antagonistic anime rivals way, a complete understanding of each other as they improve each other… and Felix pretends like he doesn’t care when buzen shows up at meets to cheer, but he’s SUPER chuffed about it. ☺️
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I will absolutely absolutely go for this, just going to make itsuki Felix’s big bro EVEN THOUGH HES YOUNGER
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[personal profile] philandery 2023-02-22 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
jaeeeEEE what if... they volunteered at an animal shelter together!!!!!!! or maybe sylvain nearly pancaked him with his motorbike once, hmm
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[personal profile] hasteful 2023-02-22 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
SLKDHFSKLDHF yea!!!! buzen picks up on things fast so the jock energy will radiate as he also learns cafe skills.... absolutely hilarious

i love sports anime so much this sounds right to me. it's that kageyama and hinata dynamic where one's dour and the other's sunny but they're both idiots, and if they ever had to run a relay they had that one dramatic baton pass between each other as a sign of total trust.

HE'LL NEVER MISS ONE OF YOUR MEETS, FELIX!!!! and then he'll want to race him on the weekend just like the good ol' days hehe
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps their paths crossed one day while she was drifting, and . . . Help, Cal, fill in my empty head's blank.
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Omo!!

Both. The answer is both. Sylvain nearly pancaked Roland with his motorbike and then realized he volunteers at the same shelter as the guy when they met each other again later that day.
appeale: (but i've left a secret kept)

[personal profile] appeale 2023-02-22 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
HDKDHDJ FAMILY TRUTH OR DARE GAME..... they were trying to set ruby & felix up but to this day ruby thinks they were bullying her and she's like OH SO THE WHOLE FAMILY HATES ME I GUESS
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Before buzen dropped out they had a super dramatic relay where Felix passed the baton to buzen who was the anchor, and it did the whole slow motion pass, and their team ended up winning despite a rough start… the joys of trust and teamwork….🥹 it’s probably one of Felix’s fondest memories but he’d die before saying so

They are absolutely a kageyama and hinata do not separate
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[personal profile] duskspear 2023-02-22 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh . . . Oh, no, Felix . . . He's so cute. He can be the winner every day. I allow it. Roland's a loser, anyway.
hasteful: (➛ like you'd run from the law)

[personal profile] hasteful 2023-02-22 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
HELP EXACTLY THIS buzen's last meet before he decided that school wasn't for him anymore but even tho felix doesn't say anything, buzen will!!! he tells felix so sincerely and earnestly that some of his best memories were with him, and he wouldn't give what they've accomplished for anything. if felix doesn't punch him for it buzen would give him a hug






and the hilarity of felix and itsuki being brothers when buzen at some point dated itsuki, and then itsuki broke up with him, is insanely funny to me i cant' do this
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It’s ok because Felix also didn’t realize they were trying to set him up so he was just like wow that was weird………… (hangs out with Ruby more after that)
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[personal profile] boarwitness 2023-02-22 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It’s no fun if you don’t run as much as you can sempai……… (Felix respecting him so much)

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