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RETIRED PLOTTING & ENGAGEMENT

This plotting post exists to serve as a hub for players to confer with the mods about running a plot for their characters, be it personal or game-wide. The goal of this post is to facilitate player creativity, and the best way to approach these requests is for players to convey to the mods what the intended outcome/result of the idea is so that the mods can collaborate with players on a way to make it happen within the context of the setting.

There are three primary ways for players to bring plots to this post: to brainstorm, to seek approval for wide-reaching player plots, or for players to report their own character's IC actions to discuss consequences.

BRAINSTORMING

Players who have an idea of something they want their character to do but don't know the best way to go about it or who don't have enough information about the setting to act upon it may make submissions here seeking mod guidance and support in the brainstorming process. Often, this takes the form of a player sharing a goal or plot point of interest and asking how to make it happen.

These requests are less formal and more freeform, acting as the start of a collaborative discussion about engaging an element of the setting. Submitting a brainstorming request does not mean committing to the IC actions being discussed, so this is a good way to explore possibilities.

Examples of brainstorming requests:

If my character robs a bank, how much money can they get away with?

What would the happen if my character tried to hack the Guardian Alliance's databases?

I'd like my character to get employment in a Guild-run organization or a job that would give them substantial influence in the form of power or money. Is that allowed?

I want my character to run for mayor of Sunset Falls. How do I make that happen?

I really want my character to forge a telepathic bond with someone, but I don't know how to do it.

What would happen if my hero stole every hero's left shoe?

PLOT APPROVALS

Plots affecting only a few characters, or those which cause minimal damage and no casualties, do not require mod approval. These plots only require information that players already have about the setting and do not involve and mod NPCs. Players may invent throwaway NPC villains for characters to fight or have characters use their powers in fun and interesting ways. When in doubt, players should reference the FAQ regarding what breaks the setting.

Plots that need approval by the mods involve any of the following:

Affect 8+ player characters;

Alter, threaten, or damage the setting in a large-scale or notable way;

Result in multiple casualties;

Change the setting in some way;

Or involve mod-established NPCs or NPC organizations.

Essentially, no submission is required for fighting Dr. Doofenschmertz, but the mods need to know when someone would notice a character fighting him, such as if said fight causes significant property damage. Likewise, the mods don't need to know if villains are running around causing trouble, only if it's noticeable trouble or would lead to a potential reaction or fallout from an element of the setting, such as an organization or mod NPC.

These plots cannot be implemented until approved. If a player wants their plot to be a surprise to the rest of the game, they can feel free to bring it over to the MOD CONTACT post.

DO NOT REQUIRE MOD APPROVAL:	REQUIRE MOD APPROVAL:
A character encounters a player-developed NPC villain with a baby ray! They're now de-aged. A character uses their powers to heal or change another character. Your character invents a tiny teleporter that jumps between their house and their friends house.	A character or group of characters stage(s) participate in a conflict that destroys a city block. A character or group of characters engage with a mod-run NPC character, guild, or business. A character uses a baby ray on important political figures to take over the tri-state area. A character is revived more than two hours after their death.

REPORTING CONSEQUENCES

This post is also for reporting character actions that might result in IC consequences within the setting, such as characters destroying property, committing crimes, causing casualties or taking actions that might affect more than 4 characters. These plots do not need to be approved; however, the mods ask players to wait for mod acknowledgement before making wide reference to these events, as we may request additional information and clarification. Please report these events as soon as possible so that the mods are aware of what's going on, and bear in mind the FAQ guidelines on death.

HOW TO SUBMIT

After reviewing the information above carefully, label your request type in the subject line with "BRAINSTORMING," "PLOT APPROVAL," or "REPORTING CONSEQUENCES," and post your response using the following form:

Name(s) of Character(s) Involved: (and usernames)
Summary of Plot: (if reporting, please include links to relevant threads)
OOC Goals: (what do you want out of this idea, plot, or consequence?)
Intended Personal Outcome/Consequences for Characters: (how do you want this to affect the characters involved?)
Impact on the Setting or Mod NPCs: (how will this affect the game at large? how do you see people — including mod-run NPCs — reacting?)

Examples of plots to report:

A character opens their own business.

A character destroys a building in a fight.

A villainous plot leads to the death of civilians.

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As players post their brainstorming questions and setting questions to this post, the mods will upkeep this comment as a link to the various threads to make them easier for mods and players alike to navigate.

New brainstorming, plot approval, and consequence reporting requests should be made as new top-level comments in reply to the PLOTTING POST, not in response to this comment.

Name(s) of Character(s) Involved: Alina Starkov (

sunmon)
Summary of Plot:

My basic thought is this:
- Getting recruited by some predatory PR person after her light powers come out in the haunted house event (she had been hiding them).
- Winding up in some weird talent audition thing going "but I can't sing."
- Being used for Hannah Montana-style "hero idol" branding as a prop and winding up in the super fake world of Performing Heroism without the actual violence that she's been shirking (she doesn't want to fight battles for other people / be used as a weapon like she was in Ravka).

OOC Goals: I want Alina to become a popstar/idol for the Guardian Alliance. Is there anything I need to know about timeline limitations on scale?
Intended Personal Outcome/Consequences for Characters: Alina has an unhealthy relationship with wanting lots of attention and not wanting to be dehumanized by it. Since she's not a saint here, I wanted to find a good substitute that's setting-appropriate that helps engage that conflict and responsibility.
Impact on the Setting or Mod NPCs: This would involve her joining the Guardian Alliance and probably gaining financial resources, but people would also be invested in restricting her movements/behaviors for PR reasons. A setting impact would be making her chosen idol name a household one.

Name(s) of Character(s) Involved: Tony Stark (

voicelog)
Summary of Plot: Tony wants to start up a nonprofit business. It is going to be focused on giving back to the community through volunteer work, free technological and engineering-related assistance from simple repairs to construction work, and a pseudo-workshop for innovative projects/ideas/inventions that can provide support and better communities as a whole. It is also an unofficial mentorship for any aspiring engineers/inventors who wants to learn from him. He doesn't want to rely too heavily on the GA, so depending on how hard it is for him to find investors, he might start a for profit business to fund it first. He figures that a for profit would garner more immediate interests since he is relatively unknown on this Earth and investors aren't going to throw money at him to do nonprofit work. In any case, would it be difficult for him to find investors/suppliers without GA assistance overall?
OOC Goals: I just want him to get back into the business game. He's left it for too long.
Intended Personal Outcome/Consequences for Characters: It will give him something substantial to focus on while he tries to work through all of his issues. Something to keep him stable, busy and sane if you will.
Impact on the Setting or Mod NPCs: His nonprofit business will have a positive outcome for the setting as a whole since it is all about giving back and helping out. It will also offer job opportunities for interested characters.

Name(s) of Character(s) Involved: Stephen Strange (

rehandle) & whoever wants to play?
Summary of Plot: Okay so quick background:

- Rich family has big old house in Sunset Falls
- House has fallen into disrepair and become the spot all the local kids go to start testing out their magic and wreaking havoc in a contained space. Instead of drinking and graffiti we've got blood pacts and summoning circles cast by magically talented under 21s, so it's kind of just heavily cursed
- The owners have put out an ad locally for someone to clear the place out and de-curse it
- None of the locals really care to get involved because the owners abandoned the area and while the kids are using that one house they're not out menacing the rest of the neighbourhood

Some of the PC kids have heard about this place through the grapevine and decide to go there to practice some cool (shady) magic stuff they found tucked away at the back of the school library, and end up causing an even bigger mess than any of the local kids have because they have 0 idea what they're messing with. (Possibility for establishing a bit of ongoing continuity here if the book they pick up is a plant by an as yet unspecified NPC.) -- it doesn't necessarily have to be PCs but I think it would be cooler to hold off until there are some PC kids interested in this role.

My thought for this is maybe the spell, fuelled by the aura of Sunset Hills and the Cursed Vibes of the house itself and the energy of meta kids and how broken dimensional magic is at the moment, turns the inside of the house into a House of Leaves style yawning, shifting, bad energy maze and the mission becomes to get everyone out so they can seal up the rift caused by the spell. Time sensitive on account of the magic being wildly out of control having been cast by inexperienced practitioners in a place imbued with too many years of chaotic power, and the spell therefore seemingly being on a trajectory of exponential growth.

The kids are trapped inside, Stephen who is headed to the house to magically decontaminate it for the rich owners and whoever he brought along to help him are then instead confronted with a Big Magical Mess they need to fix and some kids that need rescuing.

Could potentially be extended to a bigger plot depending on how many people want to play with it, ie the house could start dragging random metas from wherever they are into the maze and those outside would need to pile in to help retrieve them while magic folk work to contain the spell.

The plot would end once those trapped inside are rescued with Stephen (and any other magic folks?!) binding the spell to the house.
OOC Goals: I want Stephen to have a big cursed spooky house in Sunset Falls... the dream would be for Stephen to move in as caretaker to maintain the safety of the binding spell keeping the house mostly in check and to stop people from blundering into or intentionally disrupting what is now an even more cursed, but at least contained, property.
Intended Personal Outcome/Consequences for Characters: He might be putting a fairly significant dent in any anonymity he could've had with this one, which isn't ideal when he has no intentions of keeping separate identities. It's also going to be a pretty rough few days at the office trying to keep the spell from expanding while waiting for the rescuers to do their thing. also maybe? accidentally becoming a teacher when he goes to complain about the book after the whole fiasco's over? whoops
Impact on the Setting or Mod NPCs: Depends on the scale really! At the very least our flying high school should probably hire a more attentive librarian

Name(s) of Character(s) Involved: Balthier

portolan and anyone who wants to play
Summary of Plot: Balthier accidentally releases or activates a curse that causes people's worst fears to literally manifest. The spell may cause objects or even people to exist temporarily (ex: supervillain or ex-lover who isn't here on this world). These objects, people, etc. CAN interact with the environment, and depending on the fear, others can see and interact with the person's fear manifestation. The fear manifestation goes away when the person either surmounts their fear or gives in, or the curse is contained.
OOC Goals: I want player characters to deal with fears literally manifested and rattle them about things they thought they were safe from here. I also want others to be able to see their fears. I'd probably contain it to a specific city so people can physically opt in/out. I specifically want Balthier to have a meltdown about his worst fears and figured hey the more the merrier.
Intended Personal Outcome/Consequences for Characters: This can potentially rattle characters due both to the fears manifesting, seeing things they don't want to, and having their vulnerabilities exposed, but also has potential for bonding or healing in overcoming them.
Impact on the Setting or Mod NPCs: This can have some setting impact, if people choose to have the fear manifestations be physical. I imagine it would put people on edge because they aren't sure what's real for a little while, and for fear that a lot of Bad Things have suddenly appeared. I could also see the guilds wanting to control this object or curse source.

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We love this idea, Gee! We agree that it would benefit from a clearer way of getting other players involved, so perhaps any door in Sunset Falls might lead into the maze of the house and trap them, further playing up the eldritch/psychological horror elements. We're interested in helping you develop it further for a March event, if that works for you.

The first step to this would involve drafting up a post pitching your plot to the OOC community and asking for teen volunteers while people are touring the cities on the Guilds' dime — especially in Sunset Falls. This will be really good timing to give people a good reason to be there in anticipation of a March event.

Once you've got volunteers, we can make further decisions on timing and duration. Let us know if you're interested!

Hey, Laws! We love this idea.

The fastest option for Tony to get his nonprofit off the ground is to take advantage of the doors that his membership in the Guardian Alliance opens for him. The Alliance name carries weight, providing him with the permits and funds to pull something like this off. Their credentials and reputation mean that his nonprofit will have many eager donors, and they'll easily be able to secure a space with a workshop for his nonprofit to operate out of. Despite this, it might take a few months before he has sufficient donations to his workshop to accrue the high-end equipment he's used to. Another limitation of this option is that the nonprofit would be intrinsically associated with the Alliance in public opinion, which means they'd have some stake in its operations.

If he doesn't want to rely on the GA and its name whatsoever, Frances Starling will assist him as best she can. Frances is an incredibly overworked lawyer who has no time for heroes but significant investment in making the world a better place without relying on the Alliance. She can put him in contact with other human and metahuman rights associates, and they may be able to assist him in getting his company off the ground — provided he presents a thorough business model and is able to offer services beneficial to their causes. Under this approach, he may need to open up a for-profit business to fund the nonprofit until the nonprofit is able to stand on its own, and he'll likely spend more time waiting to accrue the finances to secure high-end equipment. If he starts small, visibly doing charity work and selling his services to existing groups, he may be able to quickly secure the connections needed.

Let us know which option is most interesting to you and/or if you have any further questions!

Hey, Tifa!

Great (?) news for Alina: The Guild is absolutely starved for new heroes with flashy powers and talent and there's a sharp uptick in metahuman interest due to the Confluence. This means that Alina can be fast-tracked to stardom within a few months if she plays her cards right.

There are a few options for how this could go:

LIBERTY SPARKS, talent manager and retired teen hero, would gladly scout Alina and take her under her wing. Liberty believes in the power of heroism and that heroes have an obligation to be good influences. Alina and Alina's well being and health will be her priority over a career.

KEVIN DE VERE, a talent manager who has never been a hero himself and only wants money, believes only in the power of cold hard cash. He's more cut-throat and controlling, and though he says all the right words about heroism and doing a service, he doesn't really believe in them. Alina will be more of a product than a person under his management.

You're free to rename/reimagine these NPCs!

Alina may also find she's slipped a card from MORTICIA GRAVES of UNEARTHED TALENT, who is not Guild-affiliated but has a number of metahuman talents. She has a reputation for turning messy, chaotic celebrities around and reviving their careers.

Let us know which (if any) of these sounds interesting to you!

Hey, Taylor! We love this idea, and we'd love to help you develop it into a game-wide player plot. How do you feel about running this in May?

The first steps to fleshing this out would involve deciding what triggers it — is the curse cast by a villain NPC? Is it deliberately set up for Balthier to trigger? Is it just a leftover curse from some Old Magic^TM?

We can use this to decide on the tone of the event and what city might be best for it (e.g., spooky/mystical emphasis in Sunset Falls, grimdark inner demons in Central City, pastoral horror in Little Love; it sounds like Excelsior is probably out).

From there, we'll want to expand on the specific ways the fears will present. What determines whether they are hallucinations or tangible? To what extent can they influence characters who aren't the ones who manifested them? How must characters overcome them? What would break the curse? Additionally, you might consider what's stopping the manifestation of these fears from leaving the city limits.

If we schedule this for May, we'll have plenty of time to take these steps in slow stages. Just let us know what you think.

hi mods!

tony doesn't mind going the harder route. he wants his businesses to be free from guild influence, so he is more than willing to work with frances starling. he should have a business model for both the nonprofit and for profit at the ready to present to potential investors. since the nonprofit won't be an immediate venture, he will focus his attention on getting the for profit off the ground first.

he isn't too interested in competing with the tech startups in excelsior (and he's only using the for profit as a stepping stone for the nonprofit), so he will be aiming to break into a more niche market. i had the idea that he could target the sex industry with innovative technological sex toys and products, so let me know if this is something the game is open to. it won't be a major focus, but i thought this would be a very tony stark thing to do with his reentry back into business.

plus, sex sells. it would be a harmless and easy way to make a fast profit and hopefully gear him towards starting up his nonprofit.

Hi mods!

May sounds great and I will ponder a little more on the source and the rules of this fear manifestation. I am tentatively a little more into the "inner demons" or "reflection of inner fears" part. I have some ideas on Balthier's civilian/Society job that may line up w/source too:

I want Balthier to take over a Society-aligned antiques + magical items store (or something adjacent depending on your input), preferably in Excelsior but if he can keep teleporting he can commute to another city. I was leaning toward Excelsior or Central b/c these would have clients with Money. I am thinking that this plot could potentially be related to either him trying to source an object for the business, an old client from before he started who is testing/messing with him, or maybe he gets on the wrong side of a villain at a future Confluence (like the Vloggers this time) and so this is directed to make him look bad. Balthier is dating someone in the Alliance, so it could also be some kind of "don't cross party lines" threat from within the Society too.

For him having this kind of job, what would be the best way to go about implementing it? I'm thinking it fronts as a regular antiques and jewelry store but he has magical stuff in the back and can do black market acquisitions specifically for society members + clients. I'm thinking the society would be interested in him for this role because he's an experienced thief, and he's capable enough at antiques and smooth talking to sell things and keep things out of the wrong clients' hands. My hope too was this kind of business or location could be good for other characters in the game needing to acquire or sell things.

Let me know what you think and I'll refine ideas from here to bring back to you!

Name(s) of Character(s) Involved: Sasuke Uchiha + Peter Parker (the

interloping one)
Summary of Plot: I wildcarded Zelly with a bigass snake. They're in some sort of kinda run-down but not-quite-abandoned skid row sort of warehouse-y place. Aoda (Sasuke's main summon, who is Giant Snake) might eat a villainous henchman, not sure yet.
OOC Goals: not really anything intended except 'what can i do in a wildcard that's interesting enough to have fun with'. If it results in consequence or not is fine, he tried to do it away from others but also isn't... hiding it... he IS hiding his identity tho (trying... to?)
Intended Personal Outcome/Consequences for Characters: Sasuke's an asshole. ICly he won't respond to any sort of consequence with grace. If he lands in jail he's going to dig his way out with a spoon.
Impact on the Setting or Mod NPCs: Not massively? Possibly a henchman won't be returning home for dinner.

This idea sounds great to us. The game is absolutely open to Stark-branded sex toys, and you don't have to worry about the level of focus it receives as long as NSFW warnings are supplied.

If you have any further questions or would like any further guidance regarding timeline of his business turning sufficient profit, just let us know! But as far as we are concerned, you're welcome to move forward with this.

awesome ty mods!

he ideally wants to get it off the grounds as quickly as possible and start making enough money to begin funding his nonprofit, but he is also aware that it most likely won't be a speedy endeavor. it would be great if you can provide me with a general timeframe of how long it will take him to establish it and start earning sufficient profit so i can use it as guidance.

Hey, Rhys!

The henchman's family will be compensated for their loss, no one will otherwise be doing much about the death. When they sign on, henchmen knows the cost of doing business! To that end, Sasuke is free from legal repercussions in this instance.

However, the Society will take an interest in him for being a wildcard. They will want to know what he's up to and what he's after if he's willing (and able) to have a snake devour one of theirs. They will approach him with a renewed offer of membership in exchange for information (and if he refuses, make a threat that he should keep his nose clean).

Let us know if you have any questions about this!

Hey, Taylor!

Because Excelsior is very science-oriented, they're unlikely to have a magical antiques store (mostly, it wouldn't be profitable). In Central City, such a shop might run afoul the negative attitudes towards metas and become vandalized or broken into. However, in either location, Balthier might be able to take over an ordinary antique store (or a pawn shop or other consignment store) where he could provide specialized finds to the right clientele under the table. In addition to magical antiques, we encourage you to consider strange technology from other dimensions or planets.

In terms of timeline, the Society can place him into a position in an antique store this month before the owner mysteriously dies, willing the shop to Balthier and allowing him to take over management and ownership completely in April. That should give plenty of time for him to get the spirit of things and set up his black market magical goods before the May event.

We suggest having a client sell him a cursed antique (perhaps deliberately, if it's in Central City) that either Balthier activates either through testing or that a customer accidentally activates.

Let us know what you think!

Hey, Laws!

In general, it should take about three months before he sees real profit, but we can give you more specifics (or adjust that timeline) if you tell us more about Tony's plans.

Primarily, we're curious about his general business plan and the product strategy. Will he make a whole line of novelty hero dildos or will he be focusing one one vibrator to rule them all? Will he be sending the product to as many vendors as possible or will he be operating his own point of sale?

WELL poor Henchman Joe may... not die... it's going to depend, Spider-Man might save the day!! you never know, but i'll report back once the thread gets to that point.

but in any event, the Society's query will be met with Sasuke flipping them off while he backflips off a high rise (metaphorically, but still. in reality he's just going to tell them to fuck off by whatever means they reached out to him. nice hand written letter? thrown in the trash without a response. person meeting him IRL? 'fuck you' and walking away. a phonecall? hung up on. etc.)

y'all ain't got shit on akatsuki thank u goodnight!!!

and he told naruto to behave... what a fuckin' hypocrite.

cheers mods! ♥

Hi mods!

I like the store being upright and magic/weird tech stuff on the down low. I also like the timeline and plan for him taking over.

I do want him to work with higher end objects, and I like the new money aspect of Excelsior. What do we think of this being a more art gallery + "art" antiques space ( then the magic / tech on the down low). An example I'm thinking of is the West Chelsea Contemporary gallery which shares a space with two or three VERY upscale antiques stores. I'm find with Balthier being specifically on the antique side or part of the overall business, but I realized I was leaning toward upscale and wanted to know what you thought.

Name(s) of Character(s) Involved: Aleksander Kirigan (

morozova)
Summary of Plot: Aleksander wants to join the staff at Lofty Heights, particularly if he can be involved in training kids in the use of their powers. He has some experience in this, particularly with children with elemental focused powers.
OOC Goals: More or less exactly what I stated above. Since he's new and untried I'd definitely understand if he were to have to work up to it or be supervised, etc. This is a good way for him to invest in the setting but also puts him in contact with some ~~vulnerable~~ promising young minds that he can help mold, etc.
Intended Personal Outcome/Consequences for Characters: He has to learn to work with people toward a common goal while not being top dog anymore. Fun times for him.
Impact on the Setting or Mod NPCs: The school gets a new teacher.

While I'm here, and related to this, could you please also tell me:

- is the school year-round? what is the schedule like?
- what, if any, exams/qualifications are done for kids with powers?

Hey Mal!

Because the United States abandoned its democratic ideals by gutting its public school system, schools strapped for personnel and resources are emergency certifying instructors to fill positions. Lofty Heights is under particular stress, its staff stretched thin by the recent Confluences and the resultant influx of metas.

Therefore, with Alliance support, Aleksander can easily secure an emergency certificate as a "kinetic wellness instructor" (good for one year and renewable based on the interim completion of certification coursework). For one month, he'll act as a student teacher under Roland Embers, department chair of Physical Education, who will help teach him the basic pedagogical principals of the 21st century. Following that, he will be free to independently run his powers training class as he sees fit — for about 150 students.

School is indeed year-round, so he'll have time to get to know his pupils. While there are short breaks between marking periods (in March, June, September, and December), additional extracurricular opportunities are offered to kids to keep them out of trouble. As faculty, Aleksander may be invited to oversee (read: chaperone) some of these and other school events at your convenience.

In addition, you can expect Aleksander to proctor the PWRS test (Power Work-Readiness Survey) in September, which involves stress-testing students' metahuman abilities to evaluate their fitness for powers-based careers. Other basic nation-wide standards-based tests on curriculum are also conducted during the school day.

Being federally funded and a higher risk job, Lofty Heights will offer its faculty better benefits than the average teaching gig in the United States. If you would like Aleksander to move to a position of higher authority in the school at a later time, please reach back out.

Let us know if you have further questions.

Hey Taylor!

We're fine with Balthier's under-the-table antique work sharing space with a trendier, higher-end gallery like the one you referenced. In Excelsior, new fads are old by the time anyone has heard about them, so expect high turnover and a need for Balthier to track business trends to keep up with the competition.

In addition, when it comes to bumping elbows with the bourgeoise, he will want to network early on — just like trends, he's only new and shiny for so long. If he makes a good first impression during his first few weeks operating the store when he takes it over, he could get some lasting connections out of it. However, the people of Excelsior are as fickle as their trends, so it falls to him to keep up if that's a society he wants to navigate.

Is there anything else we can help you get going to start brainstorming through an outline for the May event related to this position? We're here if you have questions or need support.

Thank you guys, this is excellent.

I do have some follow-up questions:

- what are the extra-murals like?
- is there a library? how extensive?
- will Aleksander be given, at any point, some kind of talk about the fact that he's currently holed up with a student? will there be an awkward seminar or five in his future?

Name(s) of Character(s) Involved: Drift (

fastandcurious), Spinister (

optionwhatever)
Summary of Plot: The area around Excelsior, WA, has seen a weird rise in an extremely odd category: fuel trailers, the sort that are so often used to refill gas stations or airport fuel stocks, have been going missing lately. Some of them been found on the outskirts of the city after the fact, but mysteriously drained of their contents! Someone (or something) is targeting the local fuel supply and the price at the pump has been going up, leaving locals disgruntled and demanding action of some kind!

The culprits of this caper are none other than Drift and Spinister, who are in the midst of some sneaky thefts to make sure they have enough of the local fuel sources to last them through lean times in the future. While Drift is more amenable to following local laws than Spinister, he's also not the type to let himself starve if he can help, even if the local stuff is really gross.
OOC Goals: I'd like to have Drift and Spin cause some trouble and ideally I'd like to recruit some other PCs to do the investigating, maybe some player conflict that brings Spin and Drift into contact with either of the guilds who might be interested in recruiting giant robots or stopping them from casually breaking Earth laws.
Intended Personal Outcome/Consequences for Characters: Drift and Spinister end up with a less onerous source of fuel that helps get them off of local supplies, though the source may still be of dubious legality if a baddie decides to pay them off or what have you.
Impact on the Setting or Mod NPCs: Maybe some of the fuel that's pilfered belongs to someone important (private source of jet fuel meant for a private plane, local businesses having to pay more to ship things in the local area, etc.). Basically I want people to get annoyed and give them a reason to want to either hire, pay-off, or go after the resident Cybertronians.

Spinister is going to think to borrow people's likenesses to use as his holomatter Avatar. So, pending opt-ins, any players can choose to get their characters in some trouble by being 'spotted' at these very inconvenient crime scenes even if they were never there.

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