taxonooc | ~GET YOUR MUSICAL PLOTTINGS HERE~ ...also details for the August plot theme

Hello darlings!

Remember how we've been hinting and nudging and whispering about a musical themed plot for August?

Well, it's August now, so why isn't Taxon full of people dancing in the streets, you ask? WE SHALL TELL YOU NOW.

Running from August 10-24, Taxon will once more (with feeling) be taken over by the dulcet tones of sweeping, bombastic, orchestrated...tunes, ranging from anything and everything you can imagine. Disney meets Duke Ellington meets Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers meets Stranger than Fiction.

How does it work?

Fairly simply, actually: first of all, you don't have to afflict your character(s) with the magic of musicals unless you want to. But, for the purposes of this city-wide plot, you'll have two options of musical madness:

* Full-on, character interactions morphing into actual musical numbers as easy as pie. Your character knows they're singing, knows it's really very weird to suddenly be starting up a song (and why is there ambient music all around accompanying them) - and the more s/he fights it, the more massive the inevitable outcome. What could've been a few lines from a song if s/he'd just gone with it ends up an elaborate piece with background dancers galore.

* If orchestrating song and dance routines isn't your cuppa, you can still partake in the fun by having your character followed around by Strangely Thematic Music Scores that change in accordance to what your character is up to. Merely fitting or truly epic, the choice is yours. Just make sure to insert links so we can all follow along, if you find some piece of already existing music that's just perfect for your ~~nefarious~~ rp purposes.

(* Do both! Do either! But most importantly: HAVE FUN WITH IT)

While the plot is completely opt-out-able, should you choose to submit your character to the in-game woes of being literally in the spotlight, the characters themselves can't opt out of the proceedings. They can try, but as detailed in the first bullet point, resistance is oh-so-futile.

And this post? This is for your planning purposes. GET PLOTTING EVERYONE! :D

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RIGHT I'll probably force all my characters to participate in some form or another, although I am really blanking regarding Long. If anyone has song suggestions for him hit me.

Paul: Possible overdramatic opera bits, yeahhhhhhh. Possible 70s rock and L-O-L-A and Freddie Mercury and STUFF, also likely. Filking very likely.

Jason: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT EVIL WILL FIND HER (FIND HER) / IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT, JUST BEFORE DAAAAAAAAAWN

I also really want to find an excuse to have Etrigan filk "Personal Jesus" with "Personal Demon" BUT I'LL HAVE TO SHOT LOGISTICS FOR THAT