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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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hikari ku

[personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: January
Player Contact: PM/[plurk.com profile] snowesque

Character Name: Hikari Ku
Canon: Octopath Traveler II
AU Occupation: University student | various part-time jobs... perhaps i will think of specific things later...
AU Background: oh god uhhh this is jan on need-to-sleep-brain but—estranged from his family who are involved in gang stuff! He grew up tangentially involved, his mom tried to keep him out of it mostly but he probably did a crime or two. And then she died, so he ultimately convinced his family to let him walk away from the life entirely, though the downside is that he's cut off from any financial support so he probably works several jobs to keep himself afloat through university as i try to figure out what he's studying sweats. Also probably does a lot of volunteer stuff.

Looking For:
  • Cop-out answer of anything tbh
  • Fwiends? Or the opposite too
  • If you want to be related somehow I am open........
  • People to recognize from the gang/shady life..... Hikari doesn't keep his family ties a secret because he has no sense of self-preservation, but he will politely pretend he's never met you under sus circumstances if you're trying to keep things hush hush
  • DO YOU HAVE VACANT JOB SPOTS... please hire him (or be colleagues)
  • Volunteer buddies
  • He probably doesn't have a ton of free time for extracurriculars but he can't not be a jock so he does some kind of martial arts or sport when he has time so athletic buddies?
  • He is going to be very weirded out by AU memories because he already has enough brain problems help but he will try to take them in stride! He generally defaults to politeness so he'll take cues from how other people react to him/treat the memories
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    notes

    [personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
    predispose: (pic#16307531)

    [personal profile] predispose 2023-05-17 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
    holds paw in volunteer buds.... yoojin job hops a lot too so !!!!
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    [personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
    this icon is so funny zetsu

    but ye...... multi-job buddies!! hikari is probably not very tech savvy so maybe yoojin could've helped teach him

    and then hikari followed his instagram and to be nice he tries to comment on every single photo yoojin posts of peace as you can tell he increasingly struggles to come up with something unique to say each time but can't stop now without feeling rude
    predispose: (pic#15852895)

    [personal profile] predispose 2023-05-17 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
    yoojin is expressive in the best of ways ALSO AGGRESSIVELY TUCKS YOU INTO BED

    yeah!! he would've helped him in any way he needs. the caretaker in him just naturally and patiently lending a hand

    and i. help THIS IS SO FUNNY stop forcing your hand hikari you can just like the post and leave it at That. JKHGKHGKJDF i appreciate him so much
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    [personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
    HE WANTED TO BE A SUPPORTIVE FRIEND!! and now he can't stop........
    onlypets: (pic#16412696)

    [personal profile] onlypets 2023-05-17 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
    jan why do you always play characters who desperately need help
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    [personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
    I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS FROM YOU?
    onlypets: (pic#16412708)

    [personal profile] onlypets 2023-05-17 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
    HEY.... listen here MINE DESERVE IT AND AREN'T JUST SAD HEAPS WHO SHOULD BE LOVED
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    [personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
    i'm going to throw you off a cliff and check out d's canon unfortunately
    onlypets: (pic#16412704)

    [personal profile] onlypets 2023-05-17 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
    WHAT THE HECK i wanted to be like NOOOOO then realized you were modding summer so it doesnt matter DANG MY MYSTERY
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    [personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
    ARE YOU BRINGING HIM TO SUMMER ARE YOU MAKING A DECISION THAT ISN'T HISOKA
    onlypets: (pic#16412737)

    [personal profile] onlypets 2023-05-17 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
    STOP i probably am THE ONLY OTHER PERSON I HAVE TO SWERVE TO IS MAYBE LAN SIZHUI ANYWAY no one has clothes lined me so it's fine i'm safe
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    [personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
    are you......

    also plot with me even though au hikari does not own a pet so who knows how the heckie they'd meet sweats. but he likes music...... real hikari likes plants he just has no knowledge bc he's from a desert but that's why plants are great!!

    but either way he will have d's tea and politely pretend he's not dying from the sugar
    onlypets: (pic#16412671)

    [personal profile] onlypets 2023-05-17 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
    THE DESERT BUT LIKES PLANTS looks at the stampedes

    d will give him pets to visit and some plants to see

    THANK YOU FOR PRETENDING NOT TO DIE FROM THE SUGAR YOU ARE SO SWEET because it’s awful
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    [personal profile] feyfound 2023-05-17 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
    HIII JAN it's anna (2)

    i haven't played octopath ii yet but i am here for hikari... is he a good student. juni needs a study buddy bc she's bad at school!! otherwise she's definitely an athletic buddy by default,
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    [personal profile] reinherits 2023-05-17 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
    HELLO THE SUPERIOR ANNA

    also yea he's a nerd too... he will help you study juni!! you can achieve good grades through the power of friendship this is how academics work
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    [personal profile] feyfound 2023-05-17 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
    ksdlfks hELP

    BUT WEH... I'm pretty sure that's how it works in Persona so I BELIEVE IN THEM... juni absorbing his intellect via friendship