THE MOD ACCOUNT (noexitsmod) wrote in noexits, @ 2021-08-31 19:59:00 |
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Hello, Monday.
You wake up, ready to start the new work week. At Derleth University, the new school year is on the horizon and students are starting to pour back into town. At the high school level, school has been in session for two weeks now and homecoming is right around the corner! It's just another day in the small New England town of Dunwich, MA.
There is no void. You have not travelled to other worlds. You've only lived in this world. Things are relatively normal. Relative being an important word; Dunwich is the hidden little gem of the eastern seaboard, only the best and brightest minds are accepted to Derleth University--. the school that will bring about the future!
But is everything really as quaint and perfect as it seems?
You guys asked for it, you got it: a 1950s pleasantville/Wandavision type AU plot. You will live as 1950s sitcom tropes. Think Dick Van Dyke, Leave it to Beaver, I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show, etc.
WHERE: The small university town of Dunwich, MA. Derleth University is the largest employer of the town, though it is currently summer, the kids are out of school and it's a much quieter place for the time being.WHEN: 1950-something. Eh. If someone wants to pitch a specific year and why it's significant, feel free. I don't want to get too far down into the weeds of historical accuracy.
WHAT: Like the last AU plot we did, you wake up in homes, in a quaint small town, just living your best life. Feel free to live as a house wife/husband, live out your dreams as a mail carrier or a dopey deputy that keeps the bullets in their pocket Barney Fife style. Of course there's room for some very high end work at the university, renown scientists doing work for the government, etc. But also professors, custodial staff,
administratorssecretaries, etc.WHY: Because these plots are fun.
So the Derleth of the pocket void is based on the “old campus” of Yale. The Derleth campus of the 1950s is much larger (eh, unless we're talking about the new and improved "Green" space, which is now back to its original smol size), there are more buildings and grounds, but it isn’t yet as large or developed as the modern day Derleth (read: Yale) campus.
There’s a vintage map here!
The original plot and sign up post was here!
Still don’t have a character concept for the AU? Brought in a new character at an awkward time? See the “Emergency Sign Up” comment below. Players with concepts! Help each other out! There’s still time to create more lines!
Also check out the "questions" comment to ask your own!
Is this like the Derleth AU plot?
Kinda! You wake up thinking you're your 1950s AU self, just living your happy life.The Derleth AU plot had a cult and mad science. Does this have that?
If you want to also dip into some 1950s B movie territory, you can. Maybe discuss/pitch the idea to me first.Will the characters "wake up" and realize who they really are? Their situation?
There will be an event somewhere around day 5ish depending on how much fun people are having with the premise. Maybe I'll have a daily vote or something. But the event will wake up everyone and make them self aware EXCEPT...Who won't "wake up" out of their 1950s personas?
People who touched the monolith. (That list is ongoing, but you will stay/remain in your 1950s personas the entire time with no access to your powers to help.)While "asleep/in 1950s mode" will my character have their powers or whatever?
Nope. They will be a normal, powerless human. When they wake up, they will return to themselves.Do we need to have the same roles in this plot as in the last Derleth AU plot?
No. If you want to have certain characters be dating or siblings, you can, but you can also branch out in brand new exciting ways as well.What about that monolith? Is that there in this plot?
It is there! But no one seems to notice at all. Strange. (At least until characters "wake up" and then they'll see it.)I'm concerned about coupling up characters in game. I don't want it to be non-con.
There are two ways to handle this: don't couple your characters up (randomly even!) if they're going to wake up and feel like it was non-con. I OOCly cannot handle/deal with it, nor can your fellow players so please think first. Two, you can have your characters in separate twin beds like in the old timey sitcoms so that nothing happens.Can we play with meta elements of the format like write in laugh tracks, dream musical numbers, etc?
Yes, but your characters won't notice them, even when they wake up. Those are for OOC meta flavor only. Some of you are creative and I don't want to hamper that so have fun with it.Is the network going to exist?
Yes, because handwavium. Some neat new university invention. Isn't it swell?What if I can't get a PC family member for my line?
Feel free to NPC any family members!What happens to mounts and vehicles?
They will become period appropriate vehicles (or a smol pet) for the setting.