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Metaplots and Mindscapes!
Sep. 29th, 2013 03:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madmaninaboxHere comes a plot, du-dn-du-du...
Although so far we've handwaved the beginnings of this, Bowtie and Spock are currently looking into the question of hacking the Network. Because if the Nysgods are gonna keep being all all hush-hush, they're gonna go after the information about What's Going On themselves.
The Good News: this is going to work!
The Bad News: ...for a short period of time. After which the Network will bite back, causing people who are wearing their earpieces to temporarily black out and go roaming through each others' minds.
What's this mean for you?
This is an opt-in plot, on two levels:
ONE: Other scientists and magic-types are needed to help out with the hacking! The Doctor has a post up here for people to sign on. (Other characters, if they can't help out, are welcome to set up any future 'I told you so's.)
TWO: The second part will come sometime in the area of Day 190-192 (October 17-25), final decision to be made by the mods. This is the part where anybody can participate, as long as you say the character was wearing their earpiece at the time. And this is where we get to play with mindscapes: what would your character's mind look like, if it were a physical location? What sort of scenes might play out there? Would strangers be welcome, or would intruders be attacked? You can take a look at this meme if you want/need inspiration.
And there's the gist. It's a few weeks out yet, but I wanted to give people plenty of time to be creative!
Edit: Adding on a question that came up in the comments: Should my characters be present in their own mindscape, or is it an empty space?
That's up to you! It could be empty, the host character could be there, or there could be some completely different entity/entities that act(s) on behalf of the host's subconscious. Whatever you think makes a more interesting scene.
Although so far we've handwaved the beginnings of this, Bowtie and Spock are currently looking into the question of hacking the Network. Because if the Nysgods are gonna keep being all all hush-hush, they're gonna go after the information about What's Going On themselves.
The Good News: this is going to work!
The Bad News: ...for a short period of time. After which the Network will bite back, causing people who are wearing their earpieces to temporarily black out and go roaming through each others' minds.
What's this mean for you?
This is an opt-in plot, on two levels:
ONE: Other scientists and magic-types are needed to help out with the hacking! The Doctor has a post up here for people to sign on. (Other characters, if they can't help out, are welcome to set up any future 'I told you so's.)
TWO: The second part will come sometime in the area of Day 190-192 (October 17-25), final decision to be made by the mods. This is the part where anybody can participate, as long as you say the character was wearing their earpiece at the time. And this is where we get to play with mindscapes: what would your character's mind look like, if it were a physical location? What sort of scenes might play out there? Would strangers be welcome, or would intruders be attacked? You can take a look at this meme if you want/need inspiration.
And there's the gist. It's a few weeks out yet, but I wanted to give people plenty of time to be creative!
Edit: Adding on a question that came up in the comments: Should my characters be present in their own mindscape, or is it an empty space?
That's up to you! It could be empty, the host character could be there, or there could be some completely different entity/entities that act(s) on behalf of the host's subconscious. Whatever you think makes a more interesting scene.
