FEBRUARY PLOTTING MEME

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FEBRUARY PLOTTING MEME

Welcome to the Return Journey's first plotting meme!

In plotting memes, we share what we're doing next, our dream storylines, and any gentle workshopping on tricky subjects or character choices — essentially a CR Meme with an optional smidge of How's My Driving.

These memes are not mandatory, but they are highly encouraged because it's a place to plan CR and communicate your character arc in a way that can get others involved with yours. They're meant to be low pressure and high yield. When in doubt, ask questions!

Every month, we offer a few different prompts or character-building questions. These are entirely optional; you can absolutely just fill in the base form if you want.

<b>Player:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <b>Notes:</b> Time zone, speed, and/or any other habits you want people to know. What do you like or frequently talk about? <b>Character:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Status:</b> Warden or Inmate <b>Info:</b> Give us a brief rundown on your character! What kind of CR do they offer? <b>Plotting:</b> What have they been up to? Any plans? Recent open posts or threads? <b>Goals:</b> Do you have any goals in game? Topics you want to explore? Desired CR? <b>Etc:</b> Anything else!

Monthly Prompts

This month we're asking questions themed around consequences.

Think about the thing that your character desires most — if they failed to fulfill that desire, what would the consequence be? Does it change how they pursue their desire? Is it entirely personal, or beyond them, impacting others?

What consequences does your character need to grow? Consequences are crucial to telling a character arc for both inmates and wardens. Without them, there can't be stakes or tension, and without stakes or tension, there's no impetus to grow. What's a kick in the teeth your character needs? What are they robbing themselves of when they try to avoid these consequences?

How do consequences affect your character externally and internally? How do they react? What kinds of consequences are intolerable or tolerable, necessary or unnecessary?

Comments

[nineteenfortyfive]

Yes!! She's like damn this boy is making me go back to SCHOOL as she researches things a bit outside of her wheelhouse

She finds him pretty easy to talk to and tries to listen while not having very extreme reactions because she has a feeling once you spook him/show yourself untrustworthy Volk will write you off entirely so there's some extra eggshells there

but you never forget your first (inmate)

[aposeme]

ITS JUST REALLY GOOD CR...............

& yeah claire is unfortunately treading into like, doors that volk doesnt even want to open himself let alone have other people in there SORRY FOR PUTTING IT ALL ON U CLAIRE ,

[nineteenfortyfive]

Claire is like mmmmmmmmm uh oh while I am like yes please! Feel free to let me know if you'd like to steer things a certain way or hit some certain beats, there is so much here where do we start!!!

[aposeme]

oh my style of rp is just i THROW the characters and watch them bounce and do dumb little claps , im bad at planning

i would love for her to figure out what's going on with him via the fact that he needs to get meds from her daily, though (possibly even twice a day)

[nineteenfortyfive]

Yes good that's my style too, working good so far!!

And yeah she probably has some idea by nature of him being so skittish about it but she'll probably keep hoping that he'll tell her himself... Trying to build trust :(

[aposeme]

LITERALLY NEVER

never he will never tell anyone ever. not even his family. it very much isnt personal.

he would prefer honorable seppuku