Monthly Rundown: August Edition

[hadrielmods]

July was a fun month to dip our toes into, both with plot and with some fun events that made you wish you were anywhere but here. With August heralding through the door, we're in for a little more plot at a little more relaxed pace, as well as a few additions to the city!

As always, if you ever have any suggestions or feedback you'd like to offer us mods, remember you can always drop us a line here! Also, please remember to hit up the Current AC post if you have AC for the month! Characters accepted in July do not require AC proofs, but we do require a check-in on the post!

AUGUST PART 1: TIME TO GET OUR CRAP TOGETHER

Following on the heels of a new NPC post, the gods will decide that it's high time that they weed out any dissenters in their ranks, as well as try to take further steps and figure out how the Null were able to locate them during the city split event.

To that end, there will be a vote on August 4th, on which pair of gods will be selected to lead an investigation here in Hadriel! This investigation will have several purposes: firstly, to determine if there is any kind of leak of information coming from anyone in the city, secondly to discern which player characters pose threats to the gods with the new coming of the Null, and thirdly to use Rage and Delight's spy information to try and figure out the Null's next plan of attack.

The investigators will not be playing judge, jury, and executioner- their job is simply to find potentially damaging information within the city and present it for the other gods and characters to decide what to do from there. Each pair of gods will have a potentially different way of obtaining their information, and yes, Delight and Rage will be in the running... their investigation would just start after they've returned.

Then, on August 10th, our new arrivals appear as the Door surges once more. Along with them comes some oddly robotic war... mollusks? These creatures are human sized, several feet in diameter, with a blend of organic and engine-powered parts. For those of them who have claws, their claws are capable of snapping off limbs- for others, they're powered with arsenals of musket-esque guns, launching grenades, and can shoot short bursts of flame from their husks.

They're very loud and not generally fast, so you can probably outrun them and hope that they run out of gas, but they're dangerous up close. Be careful when turning corners....

AUGUST PART 2: THE HOUSING CRISIS

Unfortunately, there's something not quite right about the Door- or maybe it's working as intended, but something about the recent events spurs Sorrow into deciding to work on the Door for an unknown purpose.

Whether intended or not, from August 16th-August 20th, there will be some fluctuations of the Door, bringing in strange objects, ranging from furniture, to random... stuff, to warped houses, dotting along the Southern half of the city. These houses will be permanent fixtures to Hadriel, with 3-6 rooms each! The locations page will be updated with the new housing during the event!

By the 20th, Sorrow will have apparently done what he set out to do, and the Door will revert back to normal functionality. Weird!

AUGUST PART 3/SEPTEMBER PART 1: TBA

The third event of August will be determined by who the characters select as the investigator! Much like in the previous vote, the "winners" will need all the energy they can get, and what better way to gather it all up than through a large event?

An OOC post will go up detailing the event when the results of the vote are in!

TO RECAP...

► August 4th: NPC post
► August 10th: Intro log!
► August 16th-20th: Housing Crisis Event
► August 24th-31st: Activity check
As a final note, our schedule for the month is viewable on the calendar!

Comments

[hadrielmods]

You can... but you'd have to separate the meat from all of the mechanical parts of them, and it might be slathered in motor oil with some rust flakes here and there. Perfect seasoning, right?

[circumitus]

Mmm, delicious rusty escargot.