Plot Arcs History
Aug. 26th, 2015 12:12 amIt starts out with an inconspicuous echo. Cesar unexpectedly regains a goatee in the middle of a meeting at work. He laughs it off.
Unfortunately, he works at ThunderCorp, and ThunderCorp has negative history with the numbered. Cesar puts it from his mind, but his employers do not.
Moises goes missing. Lazarus (and Arthur) volunteer to help find him.
Cesar received an unexpected phonecall late one night. It initially began with his brother asking for him and saying he didn't know where he was, and that he'd been taken by someone. The phone was taken away before they could talk further, and a different voice, feminine, laid out the basics: "'we' have your brother. If you ever want to see or hear from him again, you'll spy on the Numbered and report back to us periodically. Give us names and descriptions -- of themselves, their jobs, their abilities-- everything."
All he knows about his brother's captors is that they exist, and that the woman's name is Ruby. With no other choice, Cesar immediately begins, and meanwhile calls off Lazarus' investigation for his brother's sake.
Lazarus and Cesar speak a couple of times times. Tension and suspense continued to build:
Cesar asked the network prying questions while he tried to distract himself. Lazarus pried back.
Near the beginning of June, Moises' captors notice that someone (Lazarus) is investigating them.
Sometime shortly after June 11th, Cesar is allowed a one minute call with his brother.
The city underwent a series of unrelated blackouts that were blamed on Thunder Corp. Lazarus called Cesar to ask about it..
Moises' captors discover close to June 20th that the investigations are related to Moises' captivity. Cesar gets a phonecall demanding that he call off the investigation, and threatening to torture his brother.
Cesar immediately orders Lazarus (again) to stop investigating. Lazarus is unmoved.
Elsewhere, the Numbered defeated a mishap that made them and Geoff look capable in the public eye. (See alien Car incident.) The mafia decided to assert their authority by striking fear into the hearts of the Numbered, and began a low-level campaign of property damage and attacks, all with warnings that Locke belongs to Albero or 'The family'. The specific Numbered that they attack are, curiously enough, the people whose information Cesar has leaked.
Cesar and Lazarus talk about innocuous things. Cesar tries to persuade him that something is amiss without giving himself away.
Chuck, a young man caught up with the mafia and also Cesar's Numbered brother, alerts the mafia that the Numbered are readying for a major activity.
Tony disappears on the same day that Lazarus plans to infiltrate the mafia. Cesar throws his lot in with Lazarus and picks up the slack so he can leave.
Lazarus gets into the mafia's HQ by posing as a torture specialist. He discovers Tony is being held captive with Moises.
Lazarus is discovered and held prisoner. Moises dies.
Richard sounds the alarm that Lazarus is missing.
Lazarus calls for help. They are both tortured, and Tony's demon side awakens. He breaks them out.
They are admitted to a hospital. People visit the patients, (adopted) family hovers, and one guilty Cesar Sanches-Ortiz goes to see them both. It doesn't go particularly well.
Tony doesn't cope well.
Natalie (a detective) announces the existence of a leak to the mafia. To a select few, she reveals that the culprit is none other than Jesus Reyes, or Chuck. Cesar and Chuck both believe themselves to be the sole culprits, and are understandably alarmed.
Cesar copes by pretending everything is alright. He and Lazarus talk in the aftermath of everything that's happened. It's the last time they'll ever speak again.
After his brother's death, Cesar (for obvious reasons) stopped feeding the mafia information. He was kidnapped and released with a small, vital difference: his vocal cords had been removed. If he wasn't going to speak to them, then he wasn't going to speak to anyone else, either. Cesar loses his echoes.
Lazarus visits him in the hospital.
End of Moises Arc.
Intermission (Start of Exterminator Misadventures Arc):
This arc centers primarily around the aftermath of the Moises arc, and the beginning of Cesar and Lazarus' relationship.
Cesar regains his memories and returns to the network. Hajime and Lazarus both inform him of Chuck's fate, and Cesar is dismayed. Lazarus' announcement was especially unkind, and he calls later to apologize. Meanwhile, Cesar and Tony bond over science, Lazarus, and things lost.
Cesar invites Lazarus to coffee with ulterior motives. He asks him to investigate an alarming local observation, and they have awkward conversations.
They investigate Cesar's neighbor. It goes stupidly dumb, and they drown their sorrows in drinks afterwards. Somehow, somewhere along the way, they bond, and in the weeks after they keep in closer contact.
The next time they go out for drinks they land drunk at Cesar's apartment to watch Star Battles. Neither of them wind up actually watching the movie. (Note: This link is rated 18+, and is locked to members of this musebox. PM me for access.)
The morning after. Lazarus tries to make breakfast and finds the notebook Cesar used to record the names he leaked to the mafia, as well as Chuck's diary from his last known months of life. Cesar takes both away, distracting Lazarus with affection. Lazarus decides to trust him.
Epilogue: Cesar and Lazarus make the time to have lunch. Lazarus and Richard talk about relationships and sex. Lazarus later buys condoms.
End of Exterminator's Misadventures Arc.
Start of Doppelganger Arc.
As part of the Earth's natural defenses in Germany, the land invokes on the old legends of Doppelgangers. Doppelgangers begin to appear, and they are visually identical copies to certain Numbered individuals that otherwise behave as their complete opposites. (They are NPCs played by the original characters' players.)
Lazarus' doppelganger appears, and he's here to screw people and eat bacon. Cesar recruits Tony to help him retrieve what he thinks is a sick Lazarus and return him to his home.
Cesar's doppelganger first appears, and he's out to fix everything that he thinks Cesar is doing wrong by being open and honest.
Tony's doppelganger appears, and he's only out for himself. Lazarus' doppelganger (D!Lazarus) recruits him to keep Lazarus out of the way for a few days while he poses as him.
Cesar's doppelganger (D!Cesar) rescues Lazarus from where D!Tony stashed him. They stay in a hotel for a couple of weeks while Lazarus recovers. (Rating +18.) While they stay there, Cesar is overbearing, and becomes progressively more possessive, and alarmingly protective. Meanwhile, with Lazarus effectively out of the way and busy with D!Cesar, D!Lazarus moves in on Cesar. (Also +18.) It's distracting and intense, but not very fulfilling, and Cesar retreats more and more into his work. Because of this he misses certain key going-ons over the network, including the real Lazarus' announcement of is doppelganger's existence. Cesar is also deleting his own doppelganger's work where he can, and otherwise trying to ignore him.
Since he blames any incarnation of Tony for Lazarus' imprisonment, D!Cesar lures Tony away and catches him in a vicious ambush. Tony disappears afterwards as he takes time to recover, and Cesar's car is left ruined by these events. Cesar is not pleased.
Lazarus eventually calls Tony, and they jointly discover that Cesar's doppelganger exists. Lazarus leaves his shared hotel room and calls the real Cesar soon after, and they speak for the first time in the two weeks.
D!Cesar calls Lazarus and persuades him to meet. It doesn't go well.
Lazarus returns home. While he is there, D!Nathan and D!Lazarus agree to meet up, unwittingly tipping D!Tony off as to their whereabouts. D!Tony attacks D!Lazarus and leaves him tied up for Lazarus to find. Lazarus keeps him under house arrest to prevent him from tarnishing his reputation further. D!Lazarus slips sleeping pills into Lazarus' food and calls Cesar over. There is a struggle, and D!Lazarus escapes.
D!Cesar does not approach Lazarus again, deciding instead to take care of the 'Tony' situation on his own. He scopes out the Willow Ridge Academy, trying to plant a virus. While there he meets Nathan and sees opportunity. Nathan calls Lazarus afterwards with a warning. Lazarus asks Tony to watch out for Nathan.
D!Cesar kidnaps Nathan, and Tony and Misa immediately find out. Misa contacts L , and Lazarus and Shou arrive.. After D!Cesar has secured himself a strong ambush location, he sends Tony a message with nothing but his new hideout's address.
Tony goes to the location. D!Cesar attacks him while Nathan is held hostage. Tony kills the doppelganger, but is injured in the process. Nathan calls Lazarus for assistance after the fact.
There is an aftermath among the rescuers.
Unknown to most of the rescuers, D!Cesar had timing that was unfortunate for Cesar and Lazarus. This was the same night where Cesar and Lazarus met to talk over their recent experiences. It had gone well. (Rating 18+) Cesar called Lazarus when he noticed something was amiss, and was present for at least part of the proceedings.
Cesar and Tony talked about things after the fact. Nathan will find it difficult to trust Cesar.
Permissions
Apr. 25th, 2015 04:53 amCHARACTER SERIES: Generator Rex
[OOC]
Backtagging: Yes!
Threadhopping: Check in first, just in case there's planned plot stuff going on in the background!
Fourthwalling: No, please!
Offensive subjects (elaborate): Generally pretty chill with this. Haven't had any issues yet, if that helps?
[IC]
Blanket Permissions for Physical affection: I am totally down for people hitting on him and/or physical contact. Just note that he's not a very affectionate person, and may or may not respond to it in kind!
Hugging this character: Yes
Kissing this character: Yes
Flirting with this character: Yes
Blanket Fighting Permissions: Caesar is not a fighter in any incarnation that I play him! He might be armed, though.
Fighting with this character: Yes!
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): No maiming. Fractured bones are probably the limit due to healing times!
Killing this character: Nope!
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Coordination beforehand, please, but changes are extremely high that I'll say yes. He never has to deal with telepathy in his main canon, but the videogame shows him as resisting prolonged direct-brain interrogation for an extended period of time, and I'd be delighted to play with him succeeding/failing at this!
Warnings: Dubious morality?
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Opt - Out and Leak Records
Apr. 28th, 2014 06:34 pmIf you would like your character's info to not be leaked, please comment here and I'll note it down! There are some characteristics that will make this leak automatically note a character in the 'Do not leak' file anyway, such as:
- If the character is visibly a kid
- If the character talks about school like they're attending as a student and not as a teacher/some-other-related-adult
- If they sound like for whatever reason they're not someone who could take care of themself as much as any other adult could
I'm still working out how exactly I'm going to do this, so until I get a feel for how people want to play this out I'm probably going to be sending messages to the muns of characters getting snitched on before I do so, so that there's no surprises or anything. <3
(For the record: yes, the leak is Cesar. I'm referring to him all through this post in vagueness and passive terms because shhh it's a secret.)
Weekly Breakdown of specifics:
May 1: There's a man called Mordin Solus that works as a doctor. He says he can make medicine that accelerates healing beyond what current pharmaceuticals are capable of. Someone called 'L' owns a new coffee shop in Locke. Has shown signs of powers related to investigation, and he sounds like a young man. Misato Katsuragi. A young woman, has echoed back the existence of a penguin.
May 7: There's a new man called Richard Stroude. Cesar doesn't know what his powers will be, and neither does the man.
There is a man by the first name 'Shou' who is extremely wealthy. Cesar doesn't know his last name.
May 14: There is a man called Anthony, possibly homeless, and knows Richard Stroude. Was a swordsman in a past life. Cesar will give Shou's last name and mention that he's having huge difficulty obtaining personal information because people are cautious.
Wednesday May 21st: Alexander Mercure (name, occupation as a magician in Las Vegas) and Benjamin Ratchet (name, occupation as a professor)
Wednesday May 28th: Alexander York (has had significant memories of past self), and Bill (old, was able to fight in his past life)
Wednesday June 4: Xander (first name), Fred Vadenberg (Name, and general location within the city. Fred actually posted his address somewhere, but Cesar won't relay it as he found it.)
Wednesday June 11: Kara (first name, has powers that let her manipulate green energy fields), Arthur Curry (claims to be former king of atlantis)
Wednesday June 18: Arlene (first name, sex and general age), Rachel Roth (name, occupation as a writer, age 26)
Age: 26
Appearance: Cesar is tall and neatly kept, with button up shirts and hair that he meticulously styles upward in front of a mirror every morning. His face is clean-shaven, and his build is one that is toned by fairly regular visits to the gym. His skin is a tan that comes from being racially latino.
As of March 2015 he's begun to have constant shadows under his eyes from overwork.
Note: This isn't visible, but his vocal cords were surgically removed when he fell on the wrong side of the local mafia, and he's been unable to speak ever since.
Occupation: He’s a researcher for Panacea Pharmaceuticals Technologies.
Full Application: Linked here.
Echoes Received:
1st Echo- His first echo was triggered by witnessing his first burst pressure test: the sound of the pipes exploding gave him a distinct impression of ‘My calculations were off. They could have killed everyone.’ It’s easy for him to move past that unease when he’s not ‘in the zone’ while working, but when is is focused, lingering worries have led him to be a rigorous tester, dependable for his thoroughness.
2nd Echo- Tier One - He regained a memory of a span of a few seconds from preincarnation when Cesar was checking up on the status of his missing brother, Rex (played here as ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swissarmyjesus). He remembers the face, the name (Rex Salazar), and a glimpse of his emotions from when he was still missing.
3rd Echo - Tier One - He put on a fake mustache as a joke and saw himself for the first time with significant facial hair. This echoed back an evil goatee he'd briefly had in his past life. He has since shaved this goatee off.
4th Echo - Tier One - He bought and read his first book on nanomaterials and got back some of his hunger for science.
5th Echo - Tier Two - Cesar received grisly news that his brother had died in the hands of the Mafia. It was similar to Caesar's realization of how his family must have died in The Event: also likely gruesome, and nothing he could have prevented, but definitely something he may have caused. He received basic knowledge of what his past (canon) self used to cause The Event. This includes artificial intelligence, mechanical engineering, basic understandings of nanties that he might be able to simulate but probably won't be able to manufacture, and some general medical knowledge of how the human body works, with emphasis on how it functions on a cellular level.
6th Echo - Tier Two - Triggered by being around someone who's been Numbered for more than a year, Cesar echoed back some of his recklessness.
7th Echo -- Tier One -- Plot triggered (lights over Christmas Island), Cesar remembers the name 'Caesar Salazar', and his pre-incarnate's position in an organization called Providence. (Specifically his position in 3rd season.)
8th Echo -- Tier One -- Plot triggered (lights over Galapagos Island). He regained the memory of a disaster called The Event, which spread nanites across the world. He also remembers that nanites were bad news for their new hosts.
9th echo -- Tier One -- Triggered by a canon recurrence where Cesar and Tony kidnap someone Cesar cares about for their own good. This incident returns Cesar's memories of his narrow escape from dying in The Event, as well as his first acts afterwards, which include a kidnapping.
10th echo -- Tier Two -- Plot triggered (first contact with doppelganger). Cesar regains a memory of canon!Cesar liking mango smoothies. and that he used to occasionally make them with a hyperelectromagnet. Cesar also regains the hyperelectromagnet.
11th echo -- Tier One -- Plot triggered by moving on to the one year gap towards Raise the Earth. Cesar remembers what the acronym EVO stands for, and what sorts of mutations nanites can cause in large numbers. He's now very concerned.
12 echo -- Tier One -- Cesar will remember the day that Holiday took a sudden vacation to transport her sister to Dr. Moses's care. (This Dr. Moses was unrelated to reincarnated Cesar's brother Moises.) This day was spent helping Rex train and running tests on him, and includes an incident where Caesar set feral EVO hounds loose in the same room where Rex was working.
