DRUG PLOT ROUND-UP POST (THE SECOND)

[stay_classy_cat]

BIG APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY but here we go: a summary of what's happened so far and FUTURE PLANNING below...



• I'M NEW, WHAT'S GOING ON? / SUMMARIZE THIS SHIT UP FOR ME REAL QUICK LIKE PLEASE...?
GO READ THIS POST! Skimming over this post might also be a good idea. In short, since June 2012 or so, drugs disguised as innocuous lollipops have been distributed around campus, but are now most easily found in FDC. Many characters in the school have figured out by now that they're either drugs or ~bad news~, but some are still new to the scene/naive, or addicted, or simply don't care.

And yes, the pops are still around and you are more than welcome to use them as outlined in the first plotting post.

• I'M NOT NEW, WHAT'S GOING ON? / I LIKE DETAILS.
JUNE 2012, Seth Richardson--a fine upstanding asshole senior student who runs Host Club--secretly picked out/blackmailed a few naive, innocent looking ladies to do his dirty work and distribute expensive "herbal" lollipops. Them being: Mary, Nephenee, Riwane, Ai, and for a brief while, Naoto. These drugs caused all manners of Smash Academy style shenanigans, and ultimately resulted in wads of cash between them and Seth. Mostly Seth.

Most of the girls aren't in active service anymore/grew up, so Seth and Mary are your most likely sources to get pops on campus if you are interested. There are also completely benign, perfectly normal lollipops also being distributed around, making it difficult to tell them apart. Drugged pops will more often than not (like, 9/10 pops) will have a symbol stamped into them. It looks like a double "P" (not unlike "PP"). Older versions of drugged up pops might not have a symbol (so it's still entirely possible to take one mistakenly), but for the most, currently distributed drug pops should have this symbol.

While Seth and Mary still discreetly sell pops, at this point in time it would be far easier for interested parties to walk into any seedy section of Final Destination City and acquire drug pops that way through any number of seedy drug dealer NPC types. That said, that is of course taking a huge risk as these drugs have been a large cause of the civil unrest, rioting, and violence that has been increasing in recent months... and even the death of a former student. Smash Academy has mostly remained a sort of safe haven from this, but for how long...?

• DRUG-RELATED LINK LIST:
Note: I can't attest/count for/be aware of every individual drug-related thread that's been happening, and some things have been OOCly handwaved, but I'll DO MY BEST and contribute what I do know!
Note²: If for whatever reason you do NOT want your thread listed here, please let me know and I'll take it down, no problem.

· Rhy Rhys Rye the Bread Priest and Ai talk about pops.
· Caim the murderous swordsman is open for interrogations.
· Diciplinary Committee talks about MURDERS
· Ghostly gifts from beyond the Grave.
· Knuckles doing some investigations.
· Seth gets Aquenda some spiritual pop guidance.
· Sable has a violent run-in with some drugged up cronies.
· Shiek the mysterious ninjaboy inquires about the "PP" symbol.
· Mary rikes candy.
· With rising instabilities, Jon offers lessons on how to fite proper.
· More ugly news broadcasts about rising drug-related violence.
· No, Tails, you are the non-humans.
· Manah creepily notes the uprising violence.
· Max has good intentions. Not necessarily taken as such.
· PSA from Ishimaru.
· PSA from X.
· Milimili is helpful and not at all exacerbating the issue.
· Mysterious generator failings in the Blizzard Black Out.
· Ulki updates everyone with Rhys's current condition.
· Gordon inquires about the sabotaged generator.
· Break it down at the Night Club (open log)
· Vianca warns against Mary
· Attention Sumabura Gakuen: Rhys is not dead.
· Knuckles confronts Seth about the pops
· Ulki grills Rhys about that not-being-dead-thing.
· PSA from Cyrus.
· Cyrus rallies against the rising violence (open log)
· Gordon has an epiphany about slimes andor dittos
· Shadow and Knuckles discover a dead android body.
· Creepy Church investigations
· Mary wants a slumber party
· Rick, Ishimaru and Vivian will eventually have a violent run-in with drugged-up freak-hating ruffians

• SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT?
Ideally, with all this tension and direness being built up, some kind of conflict or confrontation! Seth's dug his dirty little claws deep into the seedy underbelly of Final Destination City and has established a fierce grip over many of its citizens. Many are drugged up and under his control; a group of violent, drug-addicted individuals ready to do his bidding. He's rolling in cash and he's planning something really awful.

He has a base of operations hidden under a creepy "abandoned" church somewhere in FDC which should be looked into. If it gets shut down it'll put a dent in the drug production, maybe even enough to give many of the drugged up mooks and minions their lives back and lessen the chaos and discord in the city... or maybe it'll be the veritable spark to a powder keg just waiting to blow up.

If you're interested in having your character get involved with anything, by all means PLEASE DO. This has been on-going and slow-burning and you are never too late. The links I outlined above should be comprehensive enough, and if not I'll gladly answer any questions and throw some ideas out in the plotting threads.

Also if you have NO INTEREST in this plot, that is A-OKAY! I've done my best to construct it in a manner that provides a lot of hooks and motivations while keeping most of it contained off campus and all this is still easily avoidable and ignorable if it is not your shitck. So don't feel like you have to be involved or give it recognition. JUST KEEP DOIN' YOUR THING, MAN.

Comments

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[stay_classy_cat]

You know me, I'm anal retentive for details and love linking things. Alternatively: here's where to ask for thread removals. No hard feelings. Alternatively alternatively: I linked something wrong and you want to tell Kat to stand in the corner of shame.

QUESTIONS?

[stay_classy_cat]

Ask away!

PLOTTING/PLANNING

[stay_classy_cat]

· DEAD ANDROIDS

[stay_classy_cat]

IT HAPPENED AGAIN. Somehow some little bastard has figured out how to murder the impossible. A familiar looking android body (did_well_enough) can be found again, lifeless by a dumpster in the exact same park Kitty was murdered at, in the exact same position. You'd think an AI like that could just be rebooted or would have had a backup copy or something, right? Wrong. Examination of the body will prove whoever did this was extremely thorough at destroying any components that would have made her Her. Animal-like slashes, gouges, and burns akin to being struck with a bolt of lighting are all evident factors to her demise. There is also signs of a struggle--she definitely put up a fight before going down, but it's obvious this AI isn't coming back to life anytime soon.

Unlike flesh and blood, android bodies don't decompose so it's impossible to tell how from her long she's been here. Weeds resilient to the cold weather, however, have grown lush and thick, then browned with decay around her body--implying she's gone unnoticed for several weeks.

Who might happen to stumble upon her, and notice two white sticks on the ground by her body?

· GENERATOR SABOTAGE

[stay_classy_cat]

You guys remember how the school was plunged into darkness for a weekend when the generators failed, right? What if I told you that 1) yes this was definitely an act of intentional sabotage and 2) the perpetrator was so good at its job it left nary more a single clue behind? Yes, perhaps you'd forgotten about it and had a sudden epiphany, or it took this much trial and error to get that beaker to light up against this or that solution but if you've been paitent... here is your clue:

Slime. Magenta slime, to be precise. Not just any slime, slime with shifting DNA. The properties of this slime are otherwise extremely difficult to identify and for that exact reason, but someone might be able to determine that a creature made of slime cut the wires and left microscopic evidence of itself on the cut wires. Other than that, it slimed in and out without any other trace. Maybe it was the work of Smash's rival school, Capcom high? Maybe it might interest someone thirsting for payback to look up Capcom High's records and see if anyone... er, anyslime like that is enrolled there.

What it could be?

· CREEPY CHURCH HEADQUARTERS

[stay_classy_cat]

You may recall a mysterious ninja boy on the network asking about a "PP" symbol--commonly seen branded onto the pops being distributed around. Further investigations were planned BUT halted by bad weather. Now, weather is good. Now, go forth and investigate, interested parties. It might take time (or it might have been taking time if you feel like handwaving and saying you've had your character looking around) but eventually you might come across on the outskirts and seedier sections of FDC: three (3) abandoned looking churches with the "PP" symbol spray painted black on the front doors.

Church 1: ■ ■ ■ ■
Church 2: ■ ■ ■ ■
Church 3: ■ ■ ■ ■

The first two churches are decoys--looking like they maybe held some meetings, shuffles of dozens and dozens of human and inhuman footprints recently left behind in no real order. That's it. Church #3 however, has something a little more hidden inside. The building itself is huge which means there is a lot of ground to cover--wouldn't that go faster (and safer) in a small group?

· SPACE?!?

[stay_classy_cat]

WHAT? SPACE? Yes, Seth/Warren has ties in space somewhere. More will be explained in Creepy Church Investigations, depending on what's found.

Re: · CREEPY CHURCH HEADQUARTERS

[princessninja]

SHEIK is definitely going to check out those creepy churches. If there is anyone interested in joining Team Mysterious Ninja Boy, let me know! Probably want to keep it to less than five dudes to prevent things from getting too unwieldy. Perhaps we can do...a log?

[forgetbeam]

HAHAHA OH NO Ishimaru's gonna feel like an asshole for going on about how Glados abandoned Vivian...

[trustycrowbar]

Gordon attempted to keep up with this, but unfortunately ran into a disappointing dead-end. Anyway he can pick it up again?

He'd already obliquely suggested a ghost-type or something incorporeal, but he knows exactly one-eighth of jack-shit about pokemon. Something that's magenta and slimy with shifting DNA wouldn't ping for him until he did some research. If it's cool with you, he may be able to pick up on the idea and put two and three together now.

Re: QUESTIONS?

[travelingbelle]

A question meant for forever ago: What could a batty network have found out about things in the city? The vaguest most opn ended question because I am not sure which things you would prefer be divulged via delicious plotty threads :9

[travelingbelle]

There's a lot of pokefolks around, so at this point in the game, maybe an accidental epiphany? Strolling into a common room where someone is watching some pokefights on TV or some whacked out theory show talking about dittos and mews. Maybe someone has ditto stationary and he hates their face so he asks what they are? I could see a bunch of fun little ways to introduce them on accident.

[trustycrowbar]

Highly possible. If nothing else one of Maisy's picture books left lying around might be open to a picture of one with "THIS IS DITTO, HE CAN TURN INTO ANYTHING!" Such is the nature of serendipitous notions.

Re: · DEAD ANDROIDS

[star_punched]

N...no...

[forgetbeam]

The best accidental way involves daycare discussion




just





sayin

[trumped_card]

If it's alright with the mods, once GLaDOS' body is found I was wondering if there could be a funeral log a few days afterwards? Bonus points if her body is buried in a fifty foot hole covered with cement to make sure she stays dead.

Re: · CREEPY CHURCH HEADQUARTERS

[makesithot]

RAISES CHILI'S HAND

yes I would want in on this, if Chili is an acceptable party member.

Re: · SPACE?!?

[wheresmydamntea]

If things go into Space, I think an event like this might be an interesting time to send Cid back into space. He's begun to learn that he wasn't the first person to make it, and going back might actually bring that out, instead of his just smoking the problem away. He wouldn't really fall into the Church investigations, so I guess it all depends on how that goes.

[stay_classy_cat]

IF KITTY DIDN'T GET A FUNERAL YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT.

[trumped_card]

Yes but unlike Kitty everyone wants to make sure she's actually dead~

[stay_classy_cat]

[trumped_card]

Re: · CREEPY CHURCH HEADQUARTERS

[insanecharisma]

An idle note to note.
Seth's got Soryk doing a bit of his 'dirty' work, one might say.

Per permissions of ninja boys and dick cats, Soryk's acting bodyguard for Seth's headquarters. Which church does he frequent? Knowing the elf, he's probably switching between the three, but has a distinct eye on the one that's not a decoy.

Inevitably, Sheik's group will cross paths with him.

[stay_classy_cat]

QUITE A BIT, I IMAGINE.

There was a sideplot involved with the Love Hotel, and I can elaborate some whispers of that that may have gotten out in connection with this--specially the space part of this, hopefully more end-game type secrets and mystery.

Immediately, curious bats and bat networks may notice that the other two churches are used as decoys or as a place to hold ~unscrupulous meetings~. These meetings have both human and non-human types alike attending. Most are drugged up. Errybody under these rooftops seems to get along like these drugs are a common bond they share. Put them back out on the streets and then they go right back to hating and wanting all those freaks and fleshbags dead. IT'S SO WEIRD.

Man, I'm sure there's plenty more I just can't think of it at the moment.

[forgetbeam]

Okay so like this was a thing I was gonna do with Aque before I dropped her, but like

RE: FACTIONS

At this point I'm gonna assume it's not just druggies who are hating eachother. This kind of huge tension between sides is probably affecting anyone and everyone out in the city. Are there particularly important members of each side, holding rallies and spreading the word? Are there hippie protestors trying to remind people to love one another, man? What's Tabuu's stance on all this? Is there any tension focused on the school? With tax dollars going toward funding it after the Aparoid War and all, with the school not really taking any sides in it...

You know, all that kind of thing. I wanna know! This goes deeper than just drugs now!