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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] unalign 2023-04-12 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
so i was just saying the other day how lumine and kaveh look like long-lost relatives ...
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[personal profile] ohthehumanities 2023-04-13 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
GRABS YOUR HANDS BUT WHY DO THEY LITERALLY LOOK RELATED THOUGH!!!!! clearly hyv did this for us hehe
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[personal profile] unalign 2023-04-13 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
i'd offer a distant relative whose parents would've adopted kaveh if it weren't for the fact that they travel a shitton so they're denied by the system ...

or a drinking buddy whose drinks is constantly being added to her tab bec the bartender thinks they're related after she found him passed out one day in a bar and helped him out, lmao
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[personal profile] ohthehumanities 2023-04-13 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
HELP THAT WOULD BE SO FUNNY them just constantly getting mistaken for relatives for ages before they actually met in person... kaveh would definitely find it funny but also be extremely embarrassed LMFKDJHGK
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[personal profile] unalign 2023-04-13 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
the both of them keep getting told, "i saw your brother/sister" and they're both like ?????? who
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[personal profile] ohthehumanities 2023-04-13 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
the funniest thing about this is that something very similar to this happened to my irl friend for like 10 years before they finally met each other
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[personal profile] unalign 2023-04-13 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
kaveh keeps questions like "i didn't know your sister enrolled in uni this year" and he's just utterly confused

lumine's also getting questions about her "architect brother"

and then they met in a bar and be like oh ...