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CR MEME & EVENT PLOTTING POST

CRISIS ON INFINITE DREAMWIDTHS

Crisis on Infinite Dreamwidths is the final event of Arc One. Please see the bottom of this post for a preview as to what Arc Two has in store for you!

Crisis on Infinite Dreamwidths is a fourth wall event! New characters are suddenly being transported to this world, as is custom. However, in a twist - character may also end up temporarily displaced into versions of other Dreamwidth settings.

We will be using the

metaverses community for this event. A log will go up on

metaverses on August 12th to signal the start of the event. Players and fourth-wallers can tag into the event, but we also encourage them to make their own posts in the community. Their cell devices will allow them to connect across time and space.

On the morning of August 12th, 2022, the power keeping this world isolated from the rest of the multiverse falters. At first this is cause for celebration - the Guardian Alliance and the Society are tentatively hopeful that this means a return to normal.

Their hope is short lived.

Twenty minutes later, mass disappearances are being reported all over the world, with people from other dimensions appearing in their place. Some report that they were just in a world that wasn’t their own - and others claim that they had been going about their life and now they’re here.

Player characters have the option to vanish and be transported to another nexus or to stay and help contain the chaos.

The event will be canon to the Metaheroes universe and will be remembered by player characters and NPCs alike. However, that being said, you’re welcome to have your character’s memories of their encounters and journey become a little hazy once the event ends.

FOR THOSE JOINING US…

Hello fourth-wallers! Here’s what you need to know about the game and the event. Metaheroes is an invite only comic book inspired game set on an alternate Earth. You do not need an invite to participate in the fourth wall event

Superpowered beings have existed for as long as this world has, but their existence was only exposed in the 1930s after the first Confluence caused the ordinary people to develop superpowers. A bipartisan guild system was set up in the wake of a nearly apocalyptic event in the 1980s to keep heroes and supervillains from escalating their rivalries into something world-ending. As such, this world is very familiar with superheroes and villains. This world has a long history with multiverse and interdimensional travel, however unseen forces have completely blocked off all forms of dimensional communication. That ends today.

Your character can appear in the world of Metaheroes or they can appear in the nexus (and/or dreamwidth game setting) of your choosing.

If you’d like to do a little plotting ahead of time, please reply to the toplevel here!

THOSE WHO VANISH

Others are not so fortunate. They feel a sharp pull inside their ribs, a rush as they’re uprooted from time and space, and find themselves standing in the middle of aother world that exists outside of space and time, drawing in other beings. A Nexus. Some are naturally created - by those seeking aid from outside worlds. Others are cosmic mistakes, like the ones they hail from.

In short, they will be visiting other panfandom journal settings. They could be games that are open or games that are long closed. They could be settings you’ve only ever dreamed about, as gritty or silly as you'd like. And they can be imagined nexuses, that have been long abandoned. Those bringing in characters who lived in these settings are welcomed to imagine an ever-after for their characters, or to play with the idea that it's fallen into a state of despair. As this is Infinite Dreamwidths, we're also playing with Infinite Timelines.

Some are teeming with life. Others are long forgotten, their inhabitants long returned to their own worlds. Or perhaps some are still living there, preferring this world to the one they left behind. The abandoned nexuses feel... sterile. Stripped of everything that gave them life. The larger the cracks in the sky appear to be. As though someone has come into it and tried to right a cosmic wrong, returning everything to how it was before otherworlders set foot in it. In the dustiest and most forgotten worlds, the sky is shattered. Looking up into it makes you feel small, insignificant, and homesick.

We encourage players and fourth-wallers to be creative and have fun! With the reminder to be respectful towards the creators of the setting they're borrowing or revisiting.

To return home, characters will need to find a hole in the nexus and slip through. These appear as small, shimmering breaks in space and time.

The first crack may not lead you home - you may need to run through hundreds of worlds before you find your way back, but eventually, you’ll find yourself standing in the center of Central City on August 19th, 2022.

THOSE WHO STAY

Those who remain behind will be given the task of aiding all these confused, interdimensionally displaced people. All the while, the world slowly falls apart around them. The meta-energies that fuel the Confluence Cities appear to be running rampant.

The magic in Sunset Falls has become even more volatile than it was before, with every thought manifesting itself into a spell. You could think yourself to be invisible and suddenly become that. You could wish harm upon someone and suddenly it befalls them. You could wish yourself to be the most powerful being in existence and have that granted, suddenly becoming a new threat others need to fell.

The technology of Excelsior has become self-aware, evolving at a rapid pace. Some of it loves humanity and is eager to serve. Other aspects are furious at being created to be nothing more than toasters.

Both Little Love and Central City seem to be spared the worst of it. Though as the week wears on, the storm in the sky begins sucking up parts of the world. The Guilds are scrambling, trying to figure out how to handle this - they need a mass summoning spell and will be asking all available metahumans to aid them.

AT THE END.

On August 19th, Chaos Gate will summon all interdimensional travellers to Central City. She will instruct everyone gathered to hold hands and focus their minds on the world they left behind. She can try to tether this world properly to the multiverse again and, hopefully, allow everyone gathered to finally return home.

It succeeds.

However, player characters may find themselves left with a sense of unease. This world has come dangerously close to being unmade multiple times, and throughout their travels, some may have witnessed others like it. The older ones, crumbling into decay and dust stand at a sharp contrast to the ones bustling with life and love.

You may be left wondering... Is this the fate of all nexus worlds? Is there any way to save them?

FORM

Please use the form below to pitch your plots and ideas for the event.

Player Name & Pronouns:
Preferred Communication: Plurk, Discord, DM, etc.

Character Name & Journal: 
Guild Affiliation:
Event Plans: What are you interested in doing with the event? Is there a particular setting you want your character to visit? 
Plot/CR Hooks: What kinds of things does your character get up to that might throw them in the path of someone else's plot, or that you would like other players to engage with? 
Character Motivations: What does your character want? You can list short term and long term goals, but also emotional needs that aren't being fulfilled. 
Potential Roles: What role does your character play in their canon plot? What role might they play in others' plots, and what would it take to get their attention? Are they an antagonist, a researcher, a tech whiz?

Plot Ideas: What plots do you specifically want to run with your character in them? 
Roles Needed: What kind of CR and skills do you need in order to make that plot happen?

EVENT CLIFF NOTES.

You do not need an invite to participate in the fourth wall event. If you want to app to the game afterwards, you do need to ask an existing player for an invitation. You can also submit an invite request here.

The forces keeping player characters trapped in the Metaheroes world seem to have disappeared. ( Player characters are welcome to collaborate and investigate this in Arc 2. )

The world of Metaheroes now finds itself trapped in the space between dimensions. This begins to slowly destroy it.

If you want your character to be kept in relative comfort Little Love will experience the least amount of trauma.

There is a sudden influx of new arrivals. These arrivals can be here anywhere from a few minutes to the full week. They will disappear at the end of the event. If these characters are apped, they will appear during the next confluence with their memories of their time in the game intact. Please note that any non-canon what-ifs or fandom AUs are not appable to the game, but we encourage you to have fun during the event.

Characters do not have to be transported to another setting. This is opt-in. If you do not want to play with this feature, this functions as an ordinary fourth wall event.

Some characters (existing & fourth-walling) will be dropped into another nexus dimension. This does not have to be an existing dreamwidth game. You are completely free to make up your own world for this. However, you are equally welcome to use dreamwidth roleplay settings and treat this as a little crossover event. Naturally, the event will not be canon to the other game settings.

There are cracks appearing in the skies above all the nexuses, including the one Metaheroes is set in.

To return to the Metaheroes setting (or to visit another world) you need to seek out a hole between dimensions.

On August 19th, all player characters should be back in the setting and they will be summoned to Central City. The NPC Chaos Gate will ask all player characters to join hands and think of the worlds they came from. She will then cast a spell. This will reconnect the Metaheroes world to the wider multiverse. There will be a log for this.

Life will return to normal, until September 4th...

ARC TWO PREVIEW...

As mentioned above, this event marks the end of Arc One. Thank you so much for bearing with us through the ups and downs, and giving the game your time, energy, and love. We’re excited to show you what comes next.

The second arc is focused on interdimensional travel and the connection player characters develop to this world upon arrival.

With the start of Arc Two (September 4th) characters will become capable of returning to their own worlds. This has the following caveats:

They will not be able to stay. They appear to be anchored to the Metaheroes universe and will be drawn back to it after two weeks.

They will not be able to return to their old world immediately after leaving it. If they try, they’ll find themselves quickly thrown back into the world of Metaheroes. They must wait six weeks before they have the strength for the return trip.

Characters may bring multiple people with them through the portal in order to change fate.

It will not change the outcome of their original world. However, they can use their knowledge and new powers to create a branching timeline. This means heroes could save their friends and gain their golden ending, or villains could finally win.

Dimensional travel will no longer be a forbidden ability. However, characters with dimensional travel abilities are not exempt from the limitations.

Any subsequent visits to their world will be to the branching timeline, unless they’re returning with a castmate. Whoever enters a portal first will be the one whose canon point / world they return to.

Characters will continue to canon update to their original timeline.

Travel between dimensions will require a Player Plot.

Finally, public sentiment towards metahumans is worsening. Between the constant confluences and near cataclysms, baseline humans are quick to point the finger at the new metahumans among them. They believe it to be their fault. Both Excelsior and Central City will become increasingly hostile towards those they know to be metas, even if they’re Alliance affiliated.

There will be more pressure to join a Guild. With anyone not affiliated with the Guardian Alliance being regarded suspiciously. Certain aspects of the Alliance are also very keen on redeeming public image - even it means paying / or setting up Unaffiliated Metas to play the Heel in public.

If you do not maintain a civilian identity you will find yourself encountering more barriers from both metas and baselines alike.

That’s all we have for you for now! Please direct any questions here.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Please reply to this comment with any questions you have about the event.

If characters are pulled into a nexus location/other dwrp game, are they subject to the rules of that game's universe? (particularly thinking about power nerfing games)

Yes.

This is not true when characters visit their homeworlds, but when visiting other nexuses, they're beholden to the rules of those lands.

Hello, mods! Thank you for all your work, this is huge!

Question about the future dimensional travel, if that's ok with you. Since it requires a player plot, I'm guessing we can handwave and say it takes a few tries to get it right? Or a specific set-up? Basically, just wanting to know if I have an OOC explanation not to send characters even if they ICly want to.

Absolutely.

The most common methods of dimensional travel are: magic, portal machines, and metahumans who struck gold when they got their power and have a natural ability to hop between worlds. It's not easy to secure travel like this and most people aren't going to waste the amount of power it takes to do this on a frivolous trip.

While the Alliance and Society will initially offer characters a ride home free of charge, that will change when they find that it doesn't stick. It burns guild resources (more than handing them an unlimited credit card does) and so there will be an expectation to work for it.

We're also happy to handwave that some characters are still strongly affected by the confluence that brought them, and so they can't leave the dimension yet.

will doubles of an existing character be allowed for the event if they're from a different game/dimension?

Doubles of characters are allowed for this event!

Hello mods! Quick question... if characters after this are able to return to their own worlds and presumably tell everyone at home about it... what would happen if someone were to then later app a castmate?

Like, if Hibiki goes home and immediately dives into the arms of her girlfriend there, how would it work if someone were to then want to app in said-girlfriend later? Would they only be apping from an entirely separate timeline, even if they're both from the same canon point? Or could they potentially app in with knowledge of whatever Hibiki might tell them about the world she's been attached to?

Side-question that isn't as complicated... does cellular communication work between Metaheroes and their home worlds?

Any canon updates characters get, or castmates that app in, will be from the original canon.

Regarding potentially gaining those memories, we're happy to defer to Rule of Fun for this. Hibiki's girlfriend could never gain those memories and she may have to struggle with the idea that there is another version of her that got a much happier ending. Or, Hibiki could take her girlfriend to that world (by stepping through the portal first) and her girlfriend could sync with that version of her and gain those memories.

Alternatively, she could walk in and there could be two of her and it could be terribly awkward!

Cellular communication works for the player characters as they're connected to the Metaheroes world, and so while in the world they can reach out to the network, but it does not work for anyone else.

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