Brightstar Reserve

As a mod, please allow me a few moments to gush about how great all of you are. When i started putting together Brightstar I had no idea how it would turn out. I have modded games in the past, but I've always felt like it was something was lacking because I am not your plot person. I make things pretty. But you guys have gone above and beyond my expectations. I had a vague plan for things through August, but now we are almost in October. So I think that's almost a qualified 100% fresh success. Or something.

But as many of you have seen, we have slowed way down in posts and general interaction. Discussion about the next "chapter" or "season" of the game has sort of fizzled as personal plot lines have reached their natural conclusions. While I am in no hurry to close or shut down the game, I also don't want to carry this on past the point people have lost interest.

So we have a couple of options:

A) This turns into a GPSL. I will make the password available for the mod journal to current players so they may add people as they wish. But I won't be doing any formal upkeep of the pages.

B) I set a formal closing date of October 15th. Everything will remain in place, but no new posts will be able to be made.

C) We come up with a new plot to start a new chapter of the game. This could mean dropping some or all of your characters and creating new adventures. The game would likely close for a few weeks to allow for this and other bits of refreshment.

It should also be noted that it has come up in the Brightstar chat that we should explore the concept of Wizzywood. Tracey has gone ahead and put together a game based on that concept that would serve as a semi-official sequel to Brightstar. Please go check out Wizzywood. There will be a lot of the same world building.

Comments to this post are screened, so please let me know your opinions on the matter.

Welcome to this week's introduction post. We have added the following:

Julie has brought in Prospero Brightstar

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Welcome to this week's introduction post and thank you for being so patient with me. We have added the following:

Miranda has brought in Sophie LeMarquis
Red has brought in Noble Brightstar

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Malik has anonymously sent small boxes of chocolates to random people throughout Snowcap - Whoever wishes to have received them can.

The treats are 'special' and will get you high or whatever it is you wish to happen. Have fun with it! Let your characters get wild, grow a beak, breathe fire, get high, whatever you wish - none of what he has sent will harm anyone, but if you have an accident of some sort because you get high and fall, that's a thing that could happen. No one will know it's him unless they really go looking for the sender I suppose. If someone wants to figure out he's the one sending drugged up chocolates to people, let me know.

Oh! And with the funky magic in town happening, have fun with that s well ;)

Edit: Magic will not detect anything weird about the chocolates - there would be no fun in that.

Can you believe this is our first meme? Me neither. So how does Texts from [Brightstar] Last Night work?

1. Comment below with your character.
   
2. Others will respond using Texts From Last Night entries, or responses inspired by them.
   
3. Continue the hilarity

Welcome to this week's introduction post. We have added the following:

Jordan has brought in Stevie Wyrzykowski
Julie has brought in Ronan Hale
Miranda has brought in Jake Grayson

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Welcome to this week's introduction post. We have added the following:

Jordan has brought in Avery Davenport.
Miranda has brought in Georgia Kingsland.

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( Interest Check & Plot Post )

Hey guys. Just an FYI that this coming week I will be a little more less around than usual. I am going on a road trip leaving out on Wednesday morning and will not be returning until sometime next Sunday and will probably need a day to recoup. I'll have discord when I'm not driving and when I'm in the hotel, but other than that I won't be doing much writing, if any at all, until I get back.

❤️

( Claim a Log! )

Welcome to this week's introduction post. We have added the following:

Lis has brought in Ant(hony) Goldstein

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Guys, I hate to say it, but I'm going to have to bow out of the game :(

My rl stress has not improved much, and my body keeps telling me that I need to slow down and simplify my life. RP is a stressor for me as much as it is a fun hobby, and at this point the healthier choice is to take a break.

I've really loved writing Stevie & Matt and getting to know y'all in my time here!! Please don't hesitate to reach out via email or discord if you ever want to chat ♥

On the Big Plot progression.... This IC/OOC is still ongoing-ish, but has not gotten a lot of play. My expectation is that these will only be "officially" active for approximately 1 week, to allow people to move onto the next phase of the plot (and for me to begin to incorporate anything that's happened into upcoming plot, if needed). If you were planning to join in, get your booty over there and join! ;-)

There have been quite a few people who've expressed the desire to participate in plot, so I want to make sure you all get the opportunity—which is why I'm posting the information here, ahead of the actual IC post.

There are two more open plot opportunities coming up this month:

July 24 - The weird magic that's been happening at the Kestrel has seemingly spread, with varying effects, most of which are not quite as fun as at the bar. The continuing pattern is that Beings have normal magic, but others do not (though this would not be noticeable...yet). In some areas, magic may be EXTRA, in others it may be GONE, and in yet others it may be CHAOTIC.

July 31 - Reserve containment breach, i.e., there's gonna be some creatures getting out into town.

Reply here if you have questions or particular ideas on how you'd like to participate. Otherwise, there will be open volunteers spots just like in the previous post.

Welcome to this week's introduction post. We have added the following:

Irish has brought in Alex Spencer
Kassi has brought in Bettina Esposito

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Heather has been kind enough to pick up on a plot point, so I wanted to put some more information out there so that everyone can have their characters pitch in on Tabitha's journal.

Amirah Head hosts Counter Hex, a national call-in show on the WIN that discusses controversial issues. She is staunchly pro-Being and very outspoken in general, and not usually in a nice way. There have been rumors that she's part-Being herself, but no one has ever found her on the Registry. Either it's just that—a rumor—or maybe Amirah Head isn't her real name.

She's currently publicly butting heads with Javier Dominco, who is a Politician rumored to be headed toward next President of the AWC. He is not openly anti-Being, but his Platform contains plenty of anti-Being propaganda framed as protecting the average citizen from the dangers of Beings and their too-powerful abilities.

Let me know if you have questions or ideas on how you wanna ad lib what your characters knows about these folks for discussion. (As long as it sticks with these basic facts, you're probably fine.)

TL;DR here's a bunch of plot stuff.

( Plot Timeline & BACO Investigation )
( Revelio (Dating App) Update )
( Rafe Brightstar )
( Upcoming NPC Death )

♥,
Tracey

Welcome to this week's introduction post. We have added the following:

Red has brought in Andi Kingsland

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Hey everyone!

Can I just say that I am in awe of everyone’s having come to the sandbox I helped put together (with lots of help) and the sand palaces they have put together? Like, I can’t even begin to say how much I appreciate all of it as plot definitely isn’t my strong suit. This has been the easiest game I have ever run, by far. And we have a whole lot of exciting things coming, I promise.

I was talking to some people last night and in my excitement for upcoming plot, I didn’t take into account anything that might be triggering, especially without a fair amount of warning. I, as both a mod and a player, need to strike that fine balance of not wanting to spoil anything and taking into account how in-game actions might impact a person in real-life. RP is meant to be an escape and I don’t want that to take that away from anyone.

We haven’t billed this game as a dark one and I have no intention of turning it into one. However, there will be likely incidents of violence upcoming, but it’s my job as mod to know when to scale back. I would like to take a poll of all the players (comments are screened) as to where you’re comfortable treading and what subject matter is a hard line.

I’m borrowing Ginger’s brilliant traffic light system. If, in the comments you could let me know what’s green/yellow/red light for you, that would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know f you may need lead time for major upcoming plot events if something might be triggering.

Currently, as the game stands now we would not go above a Yellow, with the following definitions:

GREEN LIGHT: canon-typical violence against poachers/other bad actors, canon-typical violence to own PCs, injuries to creatures.

YELLOW LIGHT: Deadly violence against PCs or NPCs (including Unforgivables) even if it doesn't result in death; creature death.

RED LIGHT: Killing NPCs; sexual assault; violence above PG-13/R rating.

It’s entirely possible I didn’t explain this perfectly clear (I’m sort of doing this up on the fly) and just word vomiting at this point. I will be around later this afternoon/this evening to answer any questions. My goal is to make this game fun and enjoyable for everyone

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I'd like to introduce you all to Babushka. She's lived at the edge of town as long as anyone can remember and is at least 99 years old which is what she told Tonya when she was 12. She has looked the same too, no changes at all. She admits to being Russian and a witch but is there more? Tracey and I had talked about her maybe having something to do with the large number of people with mixed breed heritage in town. She herself could be a mixed breed, I have no specific plans for her.

She is not just my NPC. Any of you are free to use her in your plots, have your characters know her, talk to her, whatever you want. If you did want to do a log and would rather have someone writing her instead of a narrative, I'm happy to oblige. She'll show up in town from time to time for groceries, that kind of thing. She doesn't drive because OMG no...lol. Maybe one of the younger set could be the person who brings her stuff when she can't get out or when the weather is bad? Honestly I am good with anything! I just put her in Tonya's bio to explain where she got her nickname and her fascination with Russia and then I thought that she'd be fun to have around. So feel free to use her as you wish, just don't give her a deadly disease or kill her without asking. :D

I also think of her as kind of a human Yoda so there's that as well.

Jeanna

Welcome to this week's introduction post. We have added the following:

Jules has brought in Uma Brightstar and Derry Ackerly

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