Still thinking up an event for mid-April, also still gonna’ be a little dead in terms of activity for the next week or so while doing things on my personal blog and other places. But that aside, I wanted to do some brainstorming for that event and post my current plans here to get some feedback.
Like I said in the announcement I’m going to try and keep the event as simple as possible. I don’t want people to have to worry about long backstories or integrating their character into a world that might not mesh with the world-building they already have set up, but... events do tend to get a little crazy, especially midway in, so no promises.
That said, here’s a few ideas I had.
Fighting Tournament Event
Since Claudia herself would be the main instigator of this event, or at least the focus in some way, shape or form, a fighting tournament seems to be the most obvious choice. Specifically, I’m thinking a battle royale styled tournament where everyone is let lose in a section of a city and has to take everyone else out. It seems simple enough. A massive brawl sounds like fun for the more action-inclined muses, and there could be some fun banter if there was a pre-event of some kind like a ceremony or general gathering/signup.
There’d be a few rules to keep the more powerful contenders from steamrolling everyone. Something to the effect or either no powers or wearing special bracelets that limit them. The threads within the event could be plotted among the opponents so that the one-on-one aspect could still be maintained to some degree (or I can make rules around it), and to give everyone a decent motive the tournament prize could be something like a lot money or a special treasure. Ideally nothing that’d changed someone’s character design or arc too much (because Christ I don’t want to redraw Claudia’s character sheet for a fifth time until the end of the year), but something nice regardless.
Another simple one. Claudia isn’t the instigator in this one, but I’m thinking something like a town she’s resting in is suddenly invaded by... eh, bandits, demons, Jehovah witnesses, the Puppets of Chaos, Reunion, take your pick. Basically her and everyone else that happened to be visiting the town will have to team up and fight to save the town... or hide in a corner while the fighters do the work... or join the bad guys for drama, whatever works really. Might still have some rules to prevent steamrolling, but this seems like another simple event that wouldn’t be too hard to manage.
So loooong ago, three years ago in fact, back when Claudia’s theme color was purple and her faceclaim was Cecily Campbell, I teased something called Titty Wars because... well, to quote myself back then:
If I can’t have my Serious, War Drama Event happen, then I’ll have my Ridiculous, Crack Event happen.
In a nutshell it was a silly idea I had for a crack event involved girls having an actual war over breast sizes. It got a little bit of traction, but I ultimately canned it for being a little too difficult to organize properly. But even now, almost three years later, I still kind of want to do it, if only to say I did.
Really, it’s just a silly event where silly things will happen for silly reasons. Nothing to take as canon, but... it wouldn’t be the first time I had crack events play into canon.
“But Allen, is Claudia really that petty to start a full-blown war over breast sizes?”
YES. YES SHE IS. Claudia Maria Ivora has canonically tried to throw hands with at least three children, a baker, several innocent bystanders, and has bitten at least five people unprovoked. Don’t underestimate the pettiness of Demon Knight Ivora.
Anyway, those are the main three ideas I had. Anything else would require too much coordination for my taste. Like I said, I want a simple event. Might do a vote in a week or so once I finish some stuff both here and on my personal blog. Anyway, see you all later.
