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Anarchy is here. Kronos was caught red-handed cheating in the games and has lost the right to be the ruling god. With Ouranos back in control things haven't changed much, but they have changed a little. If he knows how to send you home, he hasn't said, but he has restored the city and the amenities people have grown to enjoy. Danger still lurks below the island and in the deep jungle, but for now the city is safe and filled with life.

Back to business New Atlanteans. The Island is yours now.

What happens from here on out is mostly up to you.

ALC has always been a musebox open to your use, but since we went into radio silence and some people are still looking to play, this is just a quick toss up notice that ALC is here for you! To use (or not use) at your leisure.

Even though the plots have stopped, the musebox doesn't have to. You can still come play, use the world and everything in it, and even toss up your own plots! Atlantis has always existed as a safe, fun place for people to come have a good time with their friends, and that was never meant to stop.

Get silly or feelsy or creative.

Just remember to have fun! 

-Dolphin Jones Out

#humans #howdotheywork #stillnoflippers

If you ever need mod-assistance for anything or have questions you can still e-mail alostcitymods@gmail.com any time.

Important Game Wide Announcement!
Atlantis is switching over to 2:1 Time from here on Out.
One In Character Week now takes place over Two Out of Character Weeks.

Trials and Tribulations
The Tribute Games have come, and set the island back to a time of ritual and sacrifice.
Will you keep your head low, or fight the oncoming tribute.

Events of note of the past four weeks:
NPCs
Kronos epanastatis was deliberately a dick to a lot of people.
Dex the Raptor dexignated has joined the Fleet, ground division, separate to Hull.
Witt, among those to die during the spread of the virus, unexpectedly returned with the batch of transports whose deaths were not permanent.

Atlantis
The Croatoan virus took a heavy toll on the natural population as well. All in all, the island's population was cut in half during the virus, and after the return of many of the deceased transplants, the population is still down by almost 1/4th what it was. For the first time in years there is a considerable bit of disgruntled murmuring among the natives and not so friendly stares in the direction of the transplants.
The First Atlantean Hospital, the Justice Center, The Libraries of Atlantis, Elektronik's Emporium and the Atlantean Fleets (Air, Aquarian and Gaian) are all still hiring, among many other places that lost employees in the terrible virus.
Reminder that the underground caverns have some new inhabitants. We recommend you take a flashlight and a blowtorch if you plan to explore.

Atlantis Weeks 25 & 26
 
A Tribute to the Gods
Trials and Tribulations
Week 25-26
A little after Helios has put the sun to rest for the night on Sunday, a change will sweep the island. It won't be noticeable, really, until Monday morning (7/9). Because the buildings, technology and transplants all remain untouched, but strangely, when the morning comes, the island is positively brimming with native Atlanteans. Most would be unfamiliar faces to those who have been here a while, though the familiar figure heads remain. It seems as if the island is at the peak of it's days. The skies are crystal clear when the sun rises and everyone is smiling. The only spot of darkness is the thin trail of smoke coming from the allegedly dormant Mt. Olympus.

Despite the cheerful faces, however, the island is quiet. The people go about their work without speaking and if you try to speak with any of the natives, their eyes will go wide and they will shake their heads and move away. Make a game of it, if you want, though some of the younger children may run away, and the older men may get aggressive.

As night falls on Monday (7/10), lanterns go up, covered in symbols of ancient Greek and Atlantean mingled together, with quite a few they do not appear to be quite either. A massive banquet will be laid out for any who wish to join, and the spell of silence will be broken with laughter and song, jokes and warm conversation. The banquet will continue to be set well into the dawning hours, with a good crowd sticking it out. And as the sun rises over the bay, the Natives will bow their heads in silence and then wander back to their homes.

Tuesday morning (7/11) will see the island a virtual ghost town. No one but transplants roam the streets. Window shutters are shut, doors closed, shops closed as well. The only natives wandering the streets will have somber faces and ignore any who try to interact with them completely. To the point of allowing themselves to be attacked. Their faces painted a vivid, bright blue, and their dress nothing but simple tunics. Plain, beige and unremarkable.

These are the servants of the Gods, and to interfere with their work is to declare your disdain for the very beings responsible for the livelihood of the island.

What they are doing is unclear, until high noon. Anyone out on the streets when the sun is at its highest point will find one of these silent servants suddenly invading their space. A single touch of the hand is all it takes, and no matter who you are, be it young student trying to go for a walk, or highly advanced super computer in an impenetrable shell of metal, you will find yourself whisked away in a gust of wind that forces your eyes to close. Open them, and you will find yourself standing among others in a clearing, deep within the island's treacherous rainforest. 

But there's a far deeper catch to this than sudden an unpleasant displacement. You are now a champion of the gods. on your arm rests a bracelet with the symbols of one of the Greek Gods or Goddesses, a light weight material that has no seams and fits close to the skin. Beige for Gaia District, Dusty blue for Ouranos District, and Slate black for Kronos district. The bracelet only matters to the point of which God or Goddess of the island has chosen to favor your character. The other symbols could have another meaning, but you will not have much time to dwell on that.

Because after an address from the Servants of the Gods, you will learn what is in store for you. A game of tribute, to chose the champion of the Gods. The bracelets will keep any who have been pulled into the games withing the forest, and any attempts to leave will have unpleasant consequences for whoever dares to try it.

There is only one rule in the tribute games, kill or be killed. Refusal to participate will mean a far slower and more painful death for those who refuse and any who stand with them.

The incentive? The favor of the Gods.

No small token to be trifled with, for the Gods control the island and everything on it. They are the ones who choose who comes, and who goes. Survive the games, emerge victorious, and the world is at your fingertips. Lose the games, and only death will wait you.

Gods are vengeful creatures whose tempers are quite literally the stuff of legends.

You would be wise not to piss them off, for a simple death would be a mercy. Weapons are scattered through the rainforest, and the people as well. Kill or be killed is the law of the Rainforest, and you are not the only one playing. The only way out is to fight your way out, and it is not only your opponent you have to survive.

After all, the Rainforest has never been a safe place. And it isn't going to start now.

Do your plotting in this post.
Sign your characters up to be tributes over here

Week 25: 
7/7 - 7/20
Warm and sunny weather with high tides.
Friday brings storm clouds in, with thunderstorms Saturday and a Full moon on Saturday night.
The temperature will be in the 80F ~ 27C range
The night sky will feature: Earth constellations, the stars seem to indicate equatorial summer



Week 26:
7/21 - 8/3
Warm breeze, lightly clouded skies and sunny.
The temperature will be in the 80F ~ 27C range and humid/cloudy
The night sky will feature: Earth constellations, The moon is waning.

The Devil Inside

During weeks 21 & 22 (June 9th through June 23rd), a very unique sort of plague will be sweeping its way across Atlantis in the form of the Croatoan virus. The virus is bloodborne and demonic in origin, requiring blood-to-blood contact to spread. Those who are infected will behave as though possessed, retaining their normal personalities, thoughts and memories until the ideal moment to strike arrives, at which point they will feel compelled to spread the virus to those who are not yet infected – in most cases, violently.

The Plot Post with more details about this plot is over here.

Events of note of the past four weeks:
NPCs
Kronos epanastatis is now wandering openly around the island, though he hasn't revealed who he is to anyone yet.
Dex the Raptor dexignated now knows how to use the network.
Admiral hull  opened up a hospital and started hiring staff for both the Hospital and the Justice Center
Mor'Du joined the ranks of Atlantis' NPC creatures.

Atlantis
Lots of new arrivals
Atlantis now has a hospital
The underground caverns have some new inhabitants. We recommend you take a flashlight and a blowtorch if you plan to explore.

Atlantis Weeks 21-24
 
Croatoan Virus
Week 21-22
Hope you enjoyed the brief respite from horror and terror because the next two weeks will be a literal hell. Lucifer ( callme  ) has brought the Croatoan Virus to Atlantis and it's going to start spreading like wildfire, turning people on each other. Your best friend, brother, parent or neighbor might be infected, and you wouldn't even know it right away. If you're lucky enough to not be infected, you get to deal with the fallout.

At 11:59 PM on June 23rd, anyone who is infected that has not been killed during the event will succumb to the virus and die, only to wake up in the catacombs three days later on the morning of the 26th. Anyone who is killed during the course of the event itself will wake up in the catacombs on the 24th.

Week 21: 
6/9 - 6/15
Cold front comes rolling in with the virus
The temperature will be in the 50F ~ 10C range
The night sky will feature: A blood red moon, full moon on Saturday. Earth constellations


Week 22: 
6/16 - 6/22
Colder, gloomy, dark skies, cloudy and damp.
The temperature will be in the 40-50F ~ 4-10C range and damp
The night sky will feature: Blood red moon, full moon on Sunday, Earth constellations


Week 23:
6/23 - 6/29
Warming up but still cloudy.
The temperature will be in the 60-70F ~ 15-20C range and humid/cloudy
The night sky will feature: Earth constellations, waning moon


Week 24:
6/30 - 7/6
Warm, pleasant weather
The temperature will be in the 75F ~24C range with a gentle breeze, blue skies and white fluffy clouds
The night sky will feature: Familiar stars and early summer weather.

You Can't Hide What's Inside You

While Atlantis is pulling itself back together after the plague of fire of the previous month, the citizens of Atlantis have pulled together to help one another out. Finding new homes, repairing shops and generally pulling together to put the city back in one piece.

An unusual Aurora Borealis appears in the sky Sunday morning and throughout the week people will be waking to new companions in their beds. Souls are manifesting themselves outside of people's bodies in the form of Daemons.

Daemons come in animal forms of all kinds. Mammals, reptiles, even insects. Children's Daemons can change forms into whatever animal reflects their mood, inner feelings, or intent at the time. Adult's Daemons are 'settled' into a form that reflects who the person is inside. (The inner-self of a human is physically manifested in the form of an animal called a dæmon). People who listen to orders and are followers tend to have canine daemons, a shy or reserved person might have a mouse or a butterfly, an adventurous and bold person might have a big cat, like a lion.

When your character wakes up, their Daemon will know everything there is to know about  them. They are as much a part of them as their own head. You two are connected. A person's dæmon is usually of the opposite sex to its human; however, in some cases it may be the same sex as the person. Any pain you feel, your Daemon feels and any harm that comes to your Daemon you will feel. If you die, your Daemon dies with you. Neither can bear to be distanced by more than several yards (it causes physical pain). It is extremely improper to touch another person's Daemon and will cause the other person discomfort. (Daemon, however, frequently interact with one another).

interactions between dæmons usually accentuate and illuminate the relationships between the characters, and have also been used as a means of passing information between humans without being overheard.

When a person dies, their dæmon fades away, like "atoms of smoke."

Daemons persist throughout week 16 and will continue to hang around any characters who have gained one for the next few weeks until the end of week 20, when they will disappear once more as if they had never been there at all.

It should be noted there IS a possibility your character might keep their Daemons. It requires participation in a plot. There is a sign up in the post below and another post will go up before the plot happens. (It'll be pretty simple, really. It's more to make keeping track easier.)

This is a reminder that Daemons are not pets. They are the manifestation of your character's soul and they both can and will talk and have their own personality quirks and opinions (some even act as a sort of conscience for their counterparts at times.) Please keep this in mind when you are putting them into play. 

Events of note of the past four weeks:
NPCs
Air Marshal Nicholaswitt  vanished for most of the first week of the dragon's attack and was not at all himself when he returned, volunteering for a suicide mission to attempt to catch the dragon and putting the lives of his men and himself at risk. After being detained by his Second in command, Jack ( thepartyprince ) Witt has been under the watchful eye of Native Atlantean, Owen (pateras )

Thanks to the sharp-shooting ofbowsbeforehoes  the dragonfireandash  problem was finally nullified (with the help of the remaining avengers). After its death, the body of the dragon remained on Ouranos summit for three days until a mysterious building appeared in its place.

Atlantis
There has been an influx of Greek Gods that can only spell potential trouble for Atlantis' future
Charles Xavier is opening a new school (details to come) that your characters are invited to attend.
Atlantis has picked up an extensive amount of new buildings to replace the burnt out shell of Ouranos District.
Everyone who was killed in the Fury of Mt. Olympus came back to life (yay)

Atlantis Weeks 17-20
 
Windows to the Soul
Week 17 - 20
After the chaos and terror of the past month, Atlantis is going in a lighter, calmer route this month. Things are quieter and cooler this month. Relax and have fun trying to figure this newest event out.

Week 17: 
5/12 - 5/18
Still cool but warming up. Aurora Borealis visible during both day and night in the sky
The temperature will be in the 50F ~ 10C range
The night sky will feature:


Week 18: 
5/19 - 5/25
Cool and windy with colorful, starry skies
The temperature will be in the 50-60F ~ 10-16C range and damp
The night sky will feature:


Week 19:
5/26 - 6/1
Waterspouts in the bay, Windy and warm.
The temperature will be in the 60-70F ~ 15-20C range and humid with strong winds
The night sky will feature: Full moon on Tuesday


Week 20:
6/2 - 6/8
Warm, pleasant weather
The temperature will be in the 75F ~24C range with a gentle breeze
The night sky will feature: Earth stars, summer weather, western hemisphere.

Starting tomorrow, the dragon is fair game. The protection that has kept him from taking much damage will finally have worn off, but that doesn't mean it is going to be easy. This great beast outlasted Nukes in the world he is from. Not only that, but with that protection vanishing, the compulsion to keep to Ouranos District alone is gone.

He only has one real weakness, and there are only two people on the island who know exactly what that is. (One of which will be posting to the network sometime this weekend

This plot is a very fluid plot. What this means is your character's actions/inactions will affect the shape of the game to come. The longer it takes to defeat the dragon, the more destruction the island will suffer from.

Things going on:
The majority of Ouranos district, including the buildings, the farms and the summit have been reduced to ash
The Air Fleet, with Admiral Hull's assistance, has organized with a very dangerous plot to lure and trap the dragon
Hull and Witt are no longer MIA. Witt has not been acting like himself at all since his re-appearance and the fleet are on edge.
Barricades and Fire-fighting squads have been pulled together across the island with the aid of Annabeth and Enjolras
Clint and Kate faced the dragon at some point last week and managed to escape harm, but did little more than tear a few small spots on his wings and piss him off
Thor (and little Loki) challenged the dragon. Thor had his Asgardian ass handed to him.
Dean ran interference on a bold Arya Stark's attempts to challenge the dragon.
I may have missed a few things but that sums up what I know.

USE THIS POST for plotting dragon attack strategies or game plans for keeping the city safe. Or whatever else you want to use it for.

The dragon is not going away until he has been defeated. Hop to it, junior dragon fighters.

As we are a game with no Activity Check, we rely on the players to let us know when/if they decide to stop playing a character. The best place to do so is on this post here.

Just fill out the form below and we'll remove them from the game so someone else can potentially pick them up in the future if they like!

Thank you~
A Lost City Mod Team

Welcome to Fishing Season!

With the fishing season upon Atlantis at last, the city is going to be bursting with activity, both at the docks and the city center itself. For the next four weeks the ocean will be full of ships of all shapes and sizes out trying to make the most of the flood of fish filling the bay. Atlantean's have the next two weeks off for 'Spring Break' when it comes to school, and all the young Atlantean's will be making use of the time to fill the beach. The youngest children flying kites (shaped like various legendary Atlantean beasts) with their parents or building sand castles and playing Sand Leviathan, while older kids and teens will be out enjoying the warm bay waters and playing beach sports of various types. It's an active and productive time for Atlantean adults who fill their time stocking the markets, handling at the docks and offering their animals for help with fish carts. The city roads will be busy, with carts pulled by everything from island horses and goats to chocobos and hogs.

The weather is fantastic and everyone seems overall very happy, if a bit hectic. There will be plenty of jobs around for anyone looking to work, and the more venturesome individuals will find this is SPECTACULAR trading time. In addition to fish, some of the larger docking boats will be unloading crates full of fabrics and raw materials. If asked where they got them, most captains will shrug or claim to have fished them from the sea. It is difficult to guess at their origins and no one is very forthcoming with information.

Atlantean's do not celebrate April Fool's, so the month of April holds little significance to them beyond being spring time and the celebration of Gaia. Still... there may be some chaos in store for the future...

Atlantis Weeks 9-12

As far as plots go, the next few weeks have some pretty heavy NPC plot going on that will show up throughout the weeks. Look for a lot of activity from the Atlantean's themselves. A Beach and Docks log will go up at the start of Week 9, and a Market log between weeks 9 and 10 as well as several NPC posts related to the plot. Interacting with the NPC posts is highly encouraged as it will help determine how and where things go the next few weeks, but is not required!

Week 12 is especially relevant to our growing cast of werewolves, as well as to any star-gazers or astronomers.

Gabriel's Fools
Atlantean's may not celebrate April fools, but a certain trickster does. Week 11 is going to be full of pranks becoming real, chaotic weather, crazy shenanigans and a moon that appears to be made out of cheese. Is it really? Who can say?

Look for more information on this plot to come around the end of Week 10. Details are still in process

Week 9: 
3/17 - 3/23
Warm Spring Weather and Sunny skies with fair winds
The temperature will be in the 77-86F ~ 25-30C range
The night sky will feature:

An orange-red tinged moon and Earth constellations (Spring, Western Hemisphere - Equatorial)
Full moon on Wednesday

Week 10: 
3/24 - 3/30
Warm Spring Weather and Sunny skies with strong winds
The temperature will be in the 80-86F ~ 26.5-35C range
The night sky will feature:

An orange-red tinged moon and Earth constellations (Spring, Western Hemisphere - Equatorial)

Week 11:
3/31 - 4/6
Weather - ??? 
The temperature will be in the ??F ~ ??C range
The night sky will feature: ???

Sunday Cheese Moon is not a Full moon.

Week 12:
4/7 - 4/13
Warm Spring Weather and Sunny skies with fair winds
The temperature will be in the 77-86F ~ 25-30C range
The night sky will feature:

Four moons, with two in the sky Sun-Tuesday and a different two Wed-Friday. Just one moon on Saturday
As far as our werewolves are concerned this entire week is full of full moons with varying effects. The smallest moon Sunday-Tuesday being farthest away and 'weak' while the small orange moon the remaining four days will act as a sort of 'catnip for wolves'. Happy-high werewolves will be acting like over-grown puppies. The sky will be full of many very bright stars.

Hello again, Atlantis! As your mods, we want to make sure everyone is equally able to keep up to speed with the game, upcoming plots, plotting and everything that is going on! Feel free to use this post to plot, plan, mingle, ask questions, request NPC CR and whatever else you'd like.

Previously, we had chosen to do plotting posts every two weeks, noting various effects from the island. However, we realize that with the size and speed of the game, it would be better to spread things out a bit. We're going to try to do things in blocks of four weeks, so everyone can see the weather forecast for the upcoming weeks and has plenty of time to plot for events/island shenanigans when they come around, which should be roughly once a month. Events will also be lasting a bit longer to allow everyone to get more mileage out of them, rather than having to backdate or handwave things.

In the wake of Full Moon Fever and the Valentine's Day festivities, the next couple of weeks will be reasonably peaceful and uneventful, though stay tuned for an event to be announced for weeks 7 & 8.

Week 5
Slightly cloudy and cool.
The temperature will be in the 60-65F ~15-18C range
The night sky will feature: Unfamiliar star patterns.

Also, the market is open! Take the opportunity to visit, explore and meet new people!

Week 6
Tropical and sunny.
The temperature will be in the 80F ~ 27C range and humid, with no sign of ill weather.
The night sky will feature: Earth's constellations.

Week 7
Cold and overcast.
We'll be paying for that week of sun. Temperatures will hover around 48F/8C and dip lower at night. There will be heavy rain throughout the week.
The night sky will feature: Unfamiliar constellations, with two moons waning their way to crescent.

Week 8
Warm and sunny with scattered showers.
Temperatures will be around 72F/22C during the day and pleasantly cool at night.
The night sky will feature: Earth's constellations, though unseasonable, appropriate for late spring.

Each time this thread goes up it will have a series of sub threads for plotting purposes!