Magical Suggestion Funland

[Bre]

Suggestions are always fun, so you should make some. Plots, staff behavior, new skin schemes, colors, anything! If you've got a suggestion, make it. At worst, the staff will say 'no, that work because' after some discussion. We may even give out cookies to people who post here. Or roast koxi. Yumyum.

Also, people need to post more Pohonian species so we can edit it, format it, and turn it into a big anthology as well as ask for koxi fights. We can't tell what squads would like to have them and which wouldn't.

[zeis]

One thing I'm going to suggest more of is communication. Between everyone, players and staff alike. If you are having a problem, please come talk to staff.

Also, get to know people! I know I'm guilty of RPing with the same few people over and over, but I am definitely going to try and work on this myself.

As for more stuff plotwise: Its more a mini plot but... Me and Killy have been talking, and we were discussing having M'ari and A're secretly round up some Candidates/Winglets who would like to sneak out of the Eyrie to go to one of the major cities for some fun and relaxation. Where they are going is still up in the air, and we're not sure if the Winglets simourv will be able to come, but the people definitely. At the very least it will cause drama if they get caught. XD

[winged]

I like that plot, a lot.

[zeis]

Also I think that we should establish some interesting holidays too. I was thinking maybe a festival of some kind can happen and be the reason for the above event I mentioned. Also I think it would give us some sort of interesting things to do to spice things up a bit for people.

I had more stuff but I cant remember it. XD I'll post it later.

[Bre]

I'm sure Pohono has some holidays. Not a ton with the lack of religion and refounding of society, but we're about to go into summer, so maybe a summer festival? Or if y'all (M'rion is totally coming though) waited until fall, a nut festival in Chydyn? Where men have manly contests about trying to get brained by giant nuts? =D And such nonsense.

I actually doubt Ro'za will worry as much about them, but K'huna will have a fit, eh, Zeis? Oh, also, would you guys be interested in more contests? Like one for a new skin? And new ads?

[winged]

I imagine they have probably established something like a harvest festival and whatnot. They're back to a basic agricultural set-up, so things like that are important to them.

Possibly a spring festival as well, to celebrate 'rebirth'.

[Kat]

God, Ros'n will be SO DOWN for corrupting some winglets and candidates. And Morgana will also be quite game. She loves herself a party.

BUT I HAVE lots of ideas. Like a lot. You guys have NO idea. My philosophy class is like prime plot ideas. I do think we need some holidays, and I also think we need some like--food products. Like we've referenced characters drinking tea before, so I think we need to like know what that is, and maybe some native Pohonan dishes...

I also would really like to see some more settlements start to pop up around Pohono. I was thinking that maybe a small group of people from Sayaie drove a ferry to the Aethyls Isles area, where they started to build a small settlement which will eventually become a town of its own. And then maybe the way the riders could learn about is that they are asked to protect it, or maybe someone's family member is part of the settlement, so that they go to protect it because of an Eyrie member's connection. If not the Aethyls Isles, then maybe one of the other two peninsulas which have not been settled. Or maybe this settlement moved there because the people wanted to get away from the protection of the riders, because they do not trust the new regime of Pohono. But the riders feel like they still have to protect the settlement, so they do it in secret for awhile, until they are spotted, which causes a hubbub.

I also have a CRAZYCRAZYCRAZY idea which I am sure is going to be shot done, but I thought I would at least suggest it. My Philosophy class was talking about the idea of a person being raised by animals (in the context of whether that person maintained his or her humanity.) and I was thinking that what if we had some random kid who actually spent a substantial chunk of time in the wilds somewhere weird, under the protection of like an aging tawny simourv. The kid probably like could not speak out loud, only mentally, and would be a very strange--bird. And I imagine that when this kid was found, the riders would be pretty invested in taking care of this kid.

Which brings me to another idea about wild simourvs. I think that since there are a few wild simourvs still, albeit not many, and since our riders bonded from wilds, then we need one or two characters who do the same thing. If we decided to make a new settlement like I suggested earlier, maybe in this new area, some kids (teenagers, whatever) stumble on a nest of Tawny eggs and impress. And this next part can be kept or not, but I don't really know how bonding works, but I was thinking that maybe the reason that all the simourvs bonded in the first generation to all the people, without anyone not bonding, that maybe under conditions where there are limited amounts of people, the simourvs are less picky about who they bond to. So maybe if there was a nest of tawny eggs which some boys find, there are some really strange cross-bondings, like a male to a tawny or a girl to a red.

But anyway, cross bondings aside, I imagine that the riders would feel that any people who bonded would belong at the Eyrie, but maybe these other pairs do not want to come to the Eyrie, which would make more tension for everyone involved.

I know those two plots are a bit huge, but I thought I would suggest them.

As for other things, I really think we need a new advertisement. I don't feel that our current advertisement expresses the entire awesome which is GS. It was fine at the beginning of the site, but there is a lot more now, having to do with world building, etc, which I think we need to include in the ad. So, I think we need a new one. I really like the idea we had in the cbox about the propaganda poster, if anyone remembers that.

And maybe a new skin as well? Perhaps something like--umm, simourv colored? So like one in green, blue, red, tan, black, and gray? I know that would be a LOT of work, but if we ran a contest, then we could pick one of each color. If not, maybe something like--ruddy brown? So that it is the color of the Eyrie...Or like some sort of sagey green, because I think it would look good.

It would be nice to have a change, though.

I will spend some time this week putting together some plants and animals, since I do think we need more. And if we get enough, maybe people can keep some Pohonon species for pets...

EDIT: I think we need some holidays based upon big earth holidays as well, since the settlers were from Earth. Maybe we could have a Halloween holiday which is basically actually Halloween, with costumes and treats. Or some sort of winter holiday which is some grand mixture between the celebrations of Christmas/Hanukkah/Diwali/any other ones people celebrate... But like more the like silly representations of those holidays, like the commercial side of them, then the actual religious celebrations.

[zeis]

So a player has brought to my attention that they don't really find diasks useful or motivating at all. Since there is nothing they really wish to spend them on. So I was thinking, is there anything else we can add to the store? Or could be possibly lower the prices of the pets that are there?

And I like the idea of more contests, we should definitely do that idea with the propaganda poster, whether its for our site ad or not.

And yes, K'huna would flip out.

[Bre]

I generally only put up one skin at a time, because I don't host the coding for each remotely. However, we can run through them. Black skins tend to be boring though, just as a note. Yes, we definitely need a new advertisement, but if you guys want something specific, you should develop it!

I think there would be more celebrations of the equinoxes, solstices, harvests, etc. and not things based off spirits and ideals that Pohono has no support for. Halloween is about ghosts and monsters, so . . . everyone dresses up like a koxi? Or a rider now, I guess? Halloween just seem like something that wouldn't carry over. Presents and a festival of lights in winter, a dance festival in spring, plenty of festivals that vary by region in summer, harvest festivals in autumn, etc.

OKAY, IF YOU ARE OUT THERE, READ THIS!

First, Kat, sorry, your idea is going to be shot down. People aren't capable of talking mentally to whoever they wish unless a simourv is directly listening; we aren't that cool. Along with that, the tawny would have no reason. She would just return the boy. However, Zeis and I have developed a plot idea from it, but we need to discuss it with Winged. It would involve a child, searchriders, patron saintitude, and fail, but once again, we need to talk to Winged first.

Second, the staff has been developing a multiple aspect plot that does play with the idea of other riders, so we're happy to take peoples' input on that. It will be after above plot in development, but we believe it will be quite fun as we reveal it. Plenty of player involvement. Everyone will have a part to play. We just have to work on it more before we really feel it would benefit you all to start going over it. We can tell you that it does involve exploration.

Third, cross impressions are possible for reds and tawnies, but simourvs do not have to bond. They like to when they're little munchkins, but if the male or female doesn't have the right mentality, they will not bond to them.

Fourth, if people want to develop the idea of a new settlement, make normal people. Make people to create a new settlement. It will take years, OOC, for it to happen, but if it at least starts, we can have it slowly develop. It can be anywhere someone wishes if someone will put in the effort.

[winged]

You wish to talk with me, yes?

[Bre]

I PMed you so we can talk.

[Kat]

I really like the idea of other riders. Or even whole other settlements on the Eastern colonies which have coexisted with our settlements, but which have not been discovered. I mean, there's not been much traveling to and from the different continents, so it's possible.

As for the new settlement, what if it was already in development over the course of the roleplay, and people were just pretty unaware of it. And so--it's always been there, and then after it having been pretty established, they decided to announce themselves to the general public, and then refuse rider interactions. That might make it a bit less work intensive ICly.

That is all I have for now.

[Bre]

Eastern colonies? o.o

If you want a rider-hating settlement, it kind of has to be IC intensive. The majority settlements were founded on huge portions of the original settlers and their huge amount of children. Newer settlements are slower growing. So if they were founded out of mistrust to the riders, the settlement would only be two years or so.

[Kat]

Eastern Continent--Isn't that the unnamed swatch of land with the human-eating trees? I am a bit distracted and tired, unfortunately.

And yeah, I guess for a settlement to be adequately rider hating, it would have to be newer. It could be formed of a large group of dissenters, who are large enough to settle a small town. Maybe twenty or so people? Fifty? And if they could have been developing it over months, then perhaps the group of people could be vast--like from all three current cities. That would speed it up at least a little bit. So we didn't have to wait for a second generation. They would have to start with a pretty large group, though, since I imagine that a lot of them would be killed by koxi, etc, especially without the riders being there to help.

[Bre]

All the continents aside for the Spiderland are unknown. The south is supposed to have the carnivorous trees.

Even fifty people wouldn't be that many people. A village is around twenty-five families. A town is at least sixty families. Are there specific ramifications you want their hate to cause? Because you are right, most of them will probably get eaten by koxi. As in, almost all of them.