JUNE MISSION PLOTTING

[etrayamods]

⏵ transitional comforts ⏴ On the morning of June 7th, all characters will receive a delivery from the companion bots: one stuffed animal plushie handed directly to them. The shape of the plushie will differ between characters: it can be a bear, a turtle, a narwhal - any animal, mythical or otherwise, that you would like it to be! The only limitation is that it must be bigger than a character's fist, and small enough to be reasonably carried. Instead of one widespread announcement sent out to characters, characters receive individual messages sent directly from Aurora into their inboxes. To make it less difficult on the Mods' part, and to make it easier for players, we will be posting these announcements in this plotting post rather than in individual inboxes. Please feel free to decide which message your character receives. Characters may receive one of two messages from Aurora: Hello, citizens of Etraya. I noticed a few of you searching for a calendar date among the papers in Kwik-Trip. Today is June 3rd, of the year 40██. On June 7th, my companion bots will deliver an item to each of you. These items are often used as comfort items among one of our sister planets to lessen night terrors and aid in soothing intense negative emotions for those who struggle with them. They are not harmful when utilized correctly. Your mission over the next couple of weeks is to keep your item safe. Protect it as if your lives depend on its continued existence. I will not be answering questions concerning this mission. Thank you, Aurora The plushies are magical in nature. Aurora's explanation about how they are meant to lessen night terrors and soothe intense emotions is not incorrect. Those who fall asleep with their plushies in the same room will find that they will not experience any nightmares and awaken feeling refreshed, even if they only sleep a few hours, or sleep in twenty-minute intervals (looking at you, Bats) rather than go for a full night's sleep. Those experiencing intense feelings of guilt, sorrow, homesickness, fear, or pain will find that they still feel those emotions, but with significantly less intensity than they may usually have. Stressors are less stressful, and overall, it seems like the plushies and their magical properties are trying to help. It's as if something else is helping to carry the weight of that suffering. However, characters will also become more attached, and protective of their plushies, the longer they have them. ⏵ cute aggression ⏴ The other half of the game will receive the following announcement: Hello, citizens of Etraya. I noticed a few of you searching for a calendar date among the papers in Kwik-Trip. Today is June 3rd, of the year 40██. On June 7th, my companion bots will deliver an item to each of you. These items are often used as comfort items among one of our sister planets to lessen night terrors and aid in soothing intense negative emotions to those who struggle with them. They are not harmful in small numbers but are meant to be disposed of within two weeks of their first use. Unfortunately, I lack the proper disposal bin for these. Destruction will suffice. Your mission over the first week is to enjoy your plushie and the comforts it may give you. On June 14th, however, your mission parameters will shift to destroy as many plushies belonging to other competitors as possible. Any plushies remaining on Etraya after the 20th will cause massive amounts of destruction to our established city. You cannot share this information with the city at large. I will not be answering questions concerning this mission. Thank you, Aurora Once a plushie is destroyed, all of those negative feelings that had been suppressed will return to characters. For those who only had their plushie for a week, they'll feel those emotions more intensely, but it won't be as terrible to lose it. The longer they have the plushie, the more emotions it absorbs, and the more backlash they'll receive when it's destroyed. Characters with intense night terrors may immediately fall asleep once the plushie is destroyed, throwing them into one of the worst night terrors they have experienced. Characters cannot destroy their own plushies. Those who receive the message to destroy them are welcome to ask other people to destroy it for them, but if they attempt to explain their reasoning, they'll find themselves losing their train of thought or otherwise unable to explain Aurora's mission. As stated in Aurora's second mission, any plushies that have not been destroyed by the 20th will become a problem all of it's own. The exception to this is if Wade Wilson dresses a plushie in the outfit he had received for it. This outfit will both lower the amount of emotions the plushie absorbs, and slow down its transformation. ⏵ cadaver consolations ⏴ And they do transform. Thirteen days of absorbing negative emotions, of taking on nightmares for others, and the plushies become something so much more than just plushies. Instead of being soft, huggable items meant to assist in lowering stressors, they take on aspects of those stressors. Perhaps your worst nightmare involves watching your loved ones burn to death - your plushie is no longer a cute little teddy bear but is instead the shape of what had once been your mother, burned and singed almost beyond recognition if it wasn't for her voice calling out to you, telling you that you did this to her as she chases you down. Perhaps you've been feeling guilty for how things went down in the Labyrinth, and the plushie takes on the shape of a friend who had fallen to save you, whispering into your ear about how it is your fault, you did this to them. From the 20th through the 25th, these plushies remain corporeal. While they may not look soft and fluffy, it's possible to find threads hanging off of their bodies. Yanking on these threads will cause them to fall apart, thus destroying the nightmarish creature intent on following its owner to their death. After the twenty-fifth, they will no longer be corporeal and cannot be destroyed through traditional methods. Instead, player characters will need to pull aspects of their fear out of the mangled creature. Perhaps the creature is carrying a replica of a treasured necklace that needs to be yanked off it, or its chest has been torn open, its heart hanging loose for those around it to grab hold of. The character responsible for the plushie will need to devour their fears, which will cause the creature to unravel piece by piece. How this looks is wholly up to you, as is how far your character's nightmarish creature gets. Whether it's devour in a literal sense, or if it's overcoming their fear - the extent of how messy this gets is up to each player, as is how messy their plushie gets. ⏵ NOTES ⏴ The soothing nature of the plushies is magical. They are magically charmed to absorb negative energies and contain them. Characters who can sense magic of this nature are free to notice this. Those warded from being affected by others' magic may also find that their plushies are not effective for them. This can be played to players' preference; maybe the plushies can work around the wards, but maybe they cannot. You can sign up to have a plushie assigned HERE if wanted! Or, you can choose your own. Please let us know if you would like our assistance in helping to create what it becomes after it transforms, too, if you intend on letting it get that far! ⏵ plotting form ⏴ <b>PLAYER:</b> <b>CHARACTER:</b> <b>CR GOALS:</b> <b>PLUSHIE:</b> ⏵FULL NAVIGATION⏴

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clint barton, marvel comics

[westcoasts]

PLAYER: laura
CHARACTER: clint barton / hawkeye ( OG ) — westcoasts
CR GOALS: team protect, baby.

clint carries a whole lot of baggage around with him which, as a rule, he refuses to talk about in any major way (because comics!). the majority of his personal guilt is to do with his ex-wife, but there's a fair bit to do with killing a friend/colleague, some general negative emotions around his father, a whole host of attachment issues/desires to be accepted/how important the avengers/thunderbolts/etc are to him as his ~~found family etc etc. EMOTIONS in general about his thunderbolts team and how that turned out (especially WRT his ex (but not ex-wife)). idk, there's also OTHER STUFF, so there's a whole lot we can explore here if u want.

i'm neither here nor there on whether i'd prefer for his plushie to be destroyed, tbh, so i'm open to plotting here. as a general rule, clint's a dumbass and protective in general, prone to BIG EMOTIONS, which mostly means that he will absolutely, 100% be willing to fuck a dude¹ up over his lil plush birdie.

¹ no killing tho fam

so — if u want ur character to get shot by a man in purple w/ purple arrows, come at me. also dtf with the ensuing return of negative emotions off the back of his plushie being destroyed.

SIDE NOTE: it's actually clint's birthday on june 18th. he won't mention this to anyone at any point, although there are obviously characters that'd be aware (bobbi, mostly), but i am very down for this whole thing coinciding with a very awful birthday experience for clinton francis barton.

PLUSHIE: so his plushie is going to be a mocking...bird... (don't @ him).

[mockingbirdy]

Bobbi was going to throw him a birthday party until it all goes wrong. RIP.

[westcoasts]

birthday party only they're on the roof of the building he hasn't told her about yet protecting their lil totally-not-them plushies

[mockingbirdy]

Gonna have to eventually tell her about that place sport.

[westcoasts]

he's not trying not to!! it's just ...... happened...... that way......

[mockingbirdy]

take her on a date to your rooftop you coward.

[notthatstraight]

s all day every day

[westcoasts]

he is surrounded by horrible women

[notthatstraight]

these are your women Clint

[westcoasts]

he lives to experience pain

[relished]

cue hannibal side eyeing him
want some help w that 🤪

[westcoasts]

don't touch his stand-in for his wife, man! even at the best of times, clint is not always great at listening to reason and he's actually aware of that fact, but that doesn't mean... he does a whole lot about it wheeze


altho tbh there's probably some CONVERSATIONS to be had there that clint would be less touchy about if the associated intense feelings were lessened (not just re: bobbi, but there's also ... being killed by his bestie and his general feelings of self-worth). or else the RETURN of a full 360 emotional experience, which he will hate. WHATEVER'S MORE FUN MAN.

also fwiw if (""if"") clint's a dick to hannibal over this, he'll definitely hit him up afterwards to apologise 😌

[relished]

can they fight??? i kind of want them to fight

if they don fight v down for intense conversations and an apology later.

[westcoasts]

no I am so down for them fighting
hannibal let clint show u he's not all talk

[relished]

oh boy. clint's in for a run for his money (so is hannibal tbh)

[blackhourglass]

Nat will also be holding onto their plushies. It would be bad if they were to run into one another near the end, y/y? If you wish to write something together again. That's totally up to you and open for discussion.

[westcoasts]

heeeey i'm totally down for more threads! i'm just wheezes A LITTLE SLOW WITH LOGS AT TIMES. it'd probably be a good way for them to have a (maybe) conversation that explains why clint was so touchy in their first meeting lmf OR ELSE THE RETURN OF INTENSE FEELINGS i am down for whatever

he wouldn't shoot her though 😌

[blackhourglass]

I don't ever mind slow, and we don't have to write novels either. I mean it does help with learning all about the fun things I miss in comics, but it's not totally needed. :)

I agree, more time to talk no matter what is good, and oh no, no more intense feeeelings. gulp.

she'd never hurt him either. In fact, her stuff is going to turn into her Clint telling her all the evil things she did, and how she had to die because she wasn't good enough for him, or to live. No bueno. T_T But! we can decide when we want them to meet up.

[westcoasts]

listen fam, I naturally err towards long(er) tags because I'm incapable of brevity, but it's absolutely not something I expect from thread partners! I just wheeze end up writing a whole load of words most of the time

oh noooo poor nat...

[anewhope]

shoot superman full of arrows to make himself feel better??

[westcoasts]

HAHAHA YES



at least until he decides it's a waste of arrows fjdklh

[anewhope]

clark internally debating whether he should react to them or not to make clint feel better.

[westcoasts]

IT ABSOLUTELY DEPENDS if it's post-return of intense emotions, the realisation that shooting clark does fuck all would absolutely make him feel a little better for ...... idk five minutes. shooting something for the sake of shooting it is a great way to Deal With Feelings(ish).

but also wasting arrows, maaaaaaaan.......

[notmyfuture]

This could be the best/worst way for them to finally meet (Steve is team destroy). Also fellow bird plushie!

[westcoasts]

slams hand down best/worst is my fave