Project Papillon [an AU roleplay concept]

Hey guys!

So, the morality swap plot is over and done and we decided to go ahead and throw another plot at each other. This is a departure from the list we had you all vote on, but we fell it could be good for the characters. Its...

Canon Plot

Yes, characters will become their canon alternatives for two weeks. Some of you may be concerned for duplicate characters, but fear not. They can just be from different canon points, close to their own. They don't all have to be from the most current canon, but they also don't have to be as far back as their deviation. Just choose what you think is best for your character.

All characters will wake up in their regular flats with no memory of the city whatsoever. After the plot they will remember their time as their canon self, but they will not remember anything beyond their canon when they first arrive.

We hope that you all will have fun with this.

♥ - The Mods

Hey guys!

Thank you to those who voted on the plots we proposed. We've taken your opinions into consideration, and the Morality Swap Plot won out in the voting so we'll be starting that plot immediately. The other plots that people ranked highly will be used as well, but we wanted to start with the one that got the most votes overall.

Basically characters will be acting the opposite of how they normally would. This doesn't necessarily mean nice characters have to be super evil or bad guys need to be saints, it's just a change in their behavior. The degree to which characters change is entirely up to you all as players and what you're comfortable with. For example, the Doctor, while good, is a very morally relativistic individual. The three versions of him within the city could all have very different changes. While one may be more evil in the vein of the villains he often faces, one may be simply make more dubious choices. Similarly the version of Sam with a soul may become evil or he may simply make different moral choices (such as killing people he deems bad to feed his daughter, or using immoral tactics when it comes to defending his clients). Meanwhile soulless Sam could become a nice guy or, because he's still a good guy even though he doesn't have a soul, he could become a soulless bad guy. It's all up to what you guys want to do with your characters. This is entirely up to you. So have fun with it and be creative.

The plot will run through February 21, unless we feel it has reached a natural conclusion before then.

♥ - The Mods

Hey Everyone!

So, we're going to be kicking off a new plot soon, but we wanted to get player input. Because the plots affect your characters and you guys are the best ones to know what your characters will respond to. So we have a few ideas and we want your opinions on them.

1. Honesty Plot. Your characters have to be honest. If they're asked a direct question, they cannot lie and must respond truthfully. As the plot goes on, they may even feel compelled to blurt out uncomfortable truths either in person or over the network. Also, possibly, if they actively try to rebel against the plot and push to try and lie, their nose will grow. How will characters react when they can't hide the truth about things any longer? Will they accidentally let something deeply personal slip out?

2. Power Swap Plot. Some characters have powers. Some are just average humans. So let's change that up. All characters with powers will suddenly be perfectly normal humans with no special abilities to speak of. Those who were normal will now have fantastic powers. How will your characters cope with this? Will suddenly powerless characters freak out? Will newly powered people let it go to their head? How will the change affect the city as a whole and the individual relationships characters have, particularly in situations where powered and non-powered individuals are close?

3. Worst Fears Plot. Everyone has one thing they're scared of more than anything. Dean's afraid of hellhounds, for example. For the most part, in Papillon, those fears don't plague them. But what if they did? For the duration of the plot, everyone's absolute worst fear will be very present. They'll see it and hear it and it won't just be a hallucination. It will be real. How will characters cope with having to come face to face with the thing that scares them the most? Will they help each other or be too caught up in their own issues?

4. Morality Swap Plot. Good guys are good. They wear a white hat and ride a white steed and save the day while helping little old ladies cross the street. Bad guys are bad. They tie girls to railroad tracks and steal candy from children while wearing an eyepatch and letting out an evil laugh. But what if the good guys are bad and the bad guys were good? For the plot, characters will behave the opposite of their typical morality. Good characters will be evil. Evil characters will be good. Their personality won't change, just their alignment, so the Doctor will still be crazy and manic, just doing evil things. And Melody will...still be crazy and manic, just don't good things. How will it affect things in the long run?

5. Hacked Plot. The PDA. It's vitally important in Papillon. It's how characters communicate with one another and it lets them interact. But what if suddenly the PDA was posting things you didn't want it to? Things you never even typed? It's not glitching, it's been hacked. During the plot, characters will be able to take control of one another's PDAs and post for them. Characters will suddenly find messages "they" posted that are actually the work of other characters. [OOC: Obviously the characters would be posting from the journal of the person making the post with an OOC note, and possibly an icon if they so choose, referencing the person they're posting as, since we aren't going to be sharing journal passwords.]

6. Philias and Phobias Plot. Maybe you're kind of iffy about germs or dogs make you uncomfortable. Maybe you're a fan of a certain band above all others or you really like candy. Well, during this plot, those things will kick up to eleven. If your character is creeped out in the dark, they will suddenly be full on terrified every time the lights are off and afraid to go outside at night. A character who likes chocolate will be obsessive about it and are willing to punch someone out for a candy bar. But while everyone else seems crazy, your character is perfectly normal, okay? Just because he refuses to take a shower because he might drown doesn't mean there's anything wrong with him!

So comment to this post, ranking the plots 1 - 6, with one being the plot you most want to see and six being the one you least want to see, and give any other ideas you may have for plots. If someone gives us a particularly good idea, we will absolutely use it.

<b>Name:</b> <b>Plot Preferences:</b> 1. Want to see most 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Want to see least <b>Other Ideas:</b>

As always with things like this, comments will be screened.

♥ - The Mods

Hey everyone!

So, the Weeping Angels/Silent Assassins/Statues of Doom have been dealt with, and now it's time to give the characters a bit of a break. Just kidding. What would the fun be in that? No, the beings in charge of Papillon have another twist in store for the characters. However, this one will be less deadly than the last one. Probably.

Starting at midnight, the apartment building will be gone. In its place is a communal living area. That's right, folks, for the time being your characters will all be living together. This is not to say that they have to spend all their time together, but there will be certain rules to this.

• There is a curfew of 6pm for anyone who doesn't work nights. After that time, they need to remain in the communal area.
  
• Breakfast and dinner will be taken as a group at 6 in the morning and 7 in the evening respectively. Characters who don't normally eat won't be forced to do so, but they will still have to be present. Characters who would be at work those times will be excused, but it must be feasible that the character really would be at work then.
  
• All characters must sleep in the communal area, even beings that normally wouldn't sleep. There is an area of reasonably comfortable cots where the characters can sleep. Characters who normally sleep together are welcome to push their cots together. Characters who don't normally sleep, though they will do so, will not have to sleep as long as other people.
  
• Though there is nothing keeping characters from attacking one another, please be sure to ask players before having your characters take action against theirs and keep in mind there will likely be IC consequences.
  
• Have fun and try to use this as an opportunity to have your characters interact with people they might not talk to otherwise.

This plot will most likely run through January 27, unless it looks as though it has reached a natural end point sooner than that.

♥ - The Mods

Hey everyone!

So, Christmas is almost here and, obviously, that means it's time for some destruction in the fair city of Papillon. That's right. We're having a (just before) Christmas Invasion.

Papillon will be besieged by Weeping Angels from Doctor Who. For those who are unfamiliar with Weeping Angels, please read the link because it will help you understand them. In addition, some videos that might help can be found here and here.

The Weeping Angels will not be sending people back in time, because that wouldn't really work in the constraints of Papillon, but they will be able to kill people. If you wish to have your character killed off they will return at the end of the plot, but keep in mind this plot will most likely be lasting about two weeks. If you don't want to lose a character for that whole time, or if you only have one character, it is probably best to wait until later in the plot or to forgo killing your character. You can, of course, have your characters injured escaping from the Weeping Angels.

The Weeping Angels are powerful, but they're not indestructible. They are made of stone, so if something could destroy stone (such as an explosion or a rocket launcher or some other powerful weapon) it will likely work on the Angels too. However, while larger, more destructive weapons will work, handguns will not. Yes, they could likely chip at them, but the angels are very fast and would kill your character before they managed to destroy them. Your character does need to blink, after all. If you're unsure about something, feel free to ask the mods if we think it would work.

As for characters, average humans would not be able to kill them without some sort of weapon, but wizards and witches have spells that can probably deal with them. Angels (the heavenly kind) could easily take them on, and God...is God. If you want your character to be rescued from peril, those are the types to look to.

Keep in mind that the Angels are very fast and also rarely travel alone. While characters may be able to take out one Angel, they will more likely be dealing with groups of three or four. So keep that in mind.

As it's sort of a tricky situation to play out, we ask that anyone who wants to play out the idea that the Angels can "infect" an individual please speak to the mods first. We are by no means saying that you cannot do this, just that we would like to discuss that possibility first.

The plot will begin at midnight and run for two weeks, ending on January 4. This could change, depending on how the plot goes, but that is the end date for now.

Have fun with this and enjoy the chaos.

♥ - The Mods

Hey guys!

Christmas update for Papillon. Decorations are up everywhere and carollers are going around singing. Mistletoe is still making people kiss and some other odd effects are taking place. If your character drinks eggnog, they will lose their inhibitions for a while...and possibly do things they might not otherwise. Around the decorations themselves, people will feel an intense surge of Christmas cheer and goodwill toward their fellow man that will last for about an hour following before abruptly fading. This is not true of the decorations people put up in their own homes, just the public ones. Also, every so often, when they see carollers, they will be compelled to start singing Christmas songs.

Also, there is now a fully decorated Christmas tree in every apartment. Nobody knows how they got there. They were just there when your characters woke up. The decorations differ based on the tastes of the individual, but each tree is the perfect tree for the particular apartment. Maybe it will have ornaments from home or just be suited to the people in the apartment. Leave it up to your imagination. If your character doesn't celebrate Christmas but another holiday, their apartment will be decorated for that holiday.

♥ - The Mods

Hey Everyone!

The holiday spirit is picking up in Papillon. It's snowing more, and there's ice as well. It's getting to the point where it may inconvenience some characters or even be dangerous in some instances. Decorations and holiday music are becoming more prevalent and there are Santas (and their equivalents from non-human cultures) in various stores. Some of the decorations are not as harmless as others though. Mistletoe will make people feel compelled to kiss, even if they don't particularly like one another. The effect is short-lived, but lasts long enough to potentially create some awkwardness. Please expect more effects in the coming days.

Thank you.

♥ - The Mods

Hey Everyone!

So, a few things to address.

First off, we're going to make people's canon events available. To be clear, this is not the same as canon puncturing. Characters will not be watching the shows or movies or anything like that. They will see the life they would have experienced if their life had gone as it was meant to. It will be a video that lays out the events of their life. It does not end with canon for characters whose fandoms are gone. It ends with the character's death. It is at the players discretion how their character's life would have gone beyond canon, so please use your best judgment. For canons that are ongoing, the information will update regularly. This information is sent to their PDAs and is accessible only to them, unless they choose to show another person. Obviously characters are not obligated to watch their videos but it can certainly give them something to think about. And talk about.

Also, even though it isn't December yet, Papillon is getting into the Christmas spirit. Along with other winter holidays from different realities. Decorations of various kinds are being put up and holiday music is playing. It's also started snowing. It will be light for the first few days, but it may pick up soon. It is obvious though that this is snow and not just flurries.

Lastly, we are going to be doing a roll call. This is not an activity check, we just want to know who is around. So please reply with your list of characters by Sunday, December 4. If you do not reply, you will be removed from the game.

PLAYER:
CHARACTERS
• Name | Fandom | journalname

<b>PLAYER:</b> <u><b>CHARACTERS</b></u> • Name | <i>Fandom</i> | <lj user="journalname">

As we said, you must reply by 12/04/11 at 12:01 AM EST. Otherwise you will be removed.

Thank you.

♥ - The Mods

Hello all! The mods here, with a few quick announcements and a question!

• First up is the current gamewide plot taking place. It will be ending tonight at midnight EST, so if you have any last minute amnesia-fueled shennanigans you want to do, now's the time to get them up! Of course, if you're working on a thread/log or simply haven't had a chance to get one up yet, you can always post one of those later with a note it's backdated. However as per the network goes, and 'real time' in the game, all characters will regain their memories tonight at the stroke of midnight.

• Secondly, in lieu of this week being Thanksgiving, we have decided not to start up a new plot until next weekend. We haven't decided on exactly which plot we're going to do yet (more on that in a minute) but whatever happens, it won't start until Saturday, November 26th so as to allow those of us who are going to visit family, etc. to enjoy the holiday without worrying about missing out on fun new plot stuff.

• And finally, a question! While we can certainly be creative and come up with plots for the game, we also know that you guys are fantastic and equally creative. So! We would like to hear your ideas for what sort of plots you'd like to see in the future here at Project Papillon. Big or small, heavy-handed/dramatic or lighthearted, even crack!tastic, we're looking for whatever ideas you can come up with. We aren't promising we'll use all of them except that there's every chance we possibly will but we would definitely love to do a bit of brainstorming/idea swapping with the game as a whole and see what happens.

So, if you would respond to this post with any ideas you might have, we would love to hear from you. Also, if others respond with ideas you really like or can think of ways to expand on, feel free to reply to those as well. Basically consider this a big, giant brainstorming type of post that we'll use as a sort of one-stop shop for future gamewide plots. Or something.

We hope to hear from you all!

♥ - The Mods

Hey, everyone!

Starting at midnight all characters will have absolutely no memory of who they are. They will pass out suddenly wherever they are and when they wake up they will have no memories. You don't have to have them pass out at home, and in fact we encourage you to be creative in terms of where they are and who they're with. If you've seen the Buffy episode Tabula Rasa, then you have some idea of the things people can wrongly decide about their lives. Maybe two friends will wake up together and assume they're a couple. A group of people all decide they're trapped in a government experiment. Get creative with this and have fun.

In terms of personal memory, characters will be completely blank slates. This won't effect their personalities, they aren't becoming pod people. They also won't be forgetting facts. They'll still be able to math and define what iambic pentameter is (unless they couldn't before this). But they won't remember anything about their lives. In addition anything that would tell them who they are is gone. Photographs aren't around, nameplates are gone from the apartments, and the PDAs no longer have the characters' names. Likewise, all backlogs of the network are inaccessible, so that people can't simply look back to find out about themselves. Anything that would identify them is absent.

All characters will maintain their abilities, but they won't know that they do and they won't necessarily have the same level of control they usually do since they're not aware of their powers. The same goes for skills. If someone has years of ninja training, or can pick a lock in four seconds, they'll still be able to do so. They just won't know that they can. This does have potential to be both interesting and destructive, given some characters are rather powerful, so please be responsible and realistic when dealing with this aspect of the memory loss. Try not to have your character destroy half the city or immediately go and break out of their apartment through a ventilation shaft even though they shouldn't know they can do that.

And, as always, have fun with this.

♥ - The Mods

Hey Everyone!

We're ending the monster plot a little early, so the monsters are going to be disappearing at midnight tonight. But never fear, Papillonians! There is another plot starting up at midnight. So, everyone likes Halloween candy, right? Great. I'm sure all the characters will be enjoying some candy on this most festive of days.

Who's seen the Band Candy episode of Buffy? If you haven't, don't worry, it's not anything that you have to watch to understand the plot. Basically, anyone who eats Halloween candy over the next couple days is going to be affected. And yes, this includes all those discount bags of candy stores have that people buy the day. Anyone who does eat the candy will start acting a little differently. Nothing big at first. They're just going to be less inhibited and more carefree. This is meant to be a fairly lighthearted plot but, obviously, there can be more serious reactions depending on characters situations.

• The effect of the candy is basically to make characters act like they did as teenagers. This doesn't necessarily mean they'll act crazier, just more like they did when they were younger. Be creative with this. They'll also be less inhibited.
  
• For characters who never were teenagers, the effect will obviously be a little different. They'll be less inhibited and mature and they'll generally act younger. There's no set way they have to react, just keep in mind the spirit of the plot.
  
• The more candy a person eats, the stronger effect it will have on them. If a character only eats a few pieces, the impact won't be as pronounced. But if they have a real sweet tooth and eat two bags of candy, they will be affected to a greater degree.
  
• This is just a personality regression. Characters aren't going to forget their adult lives. They're just going to behave more like teenagers.
  
• Teenage stereotypes are welcome, encouraged and hilarious.
  
• Try not to have characters put two and two together right away. Try and give the candy some time to work its magic before people start shouting for everyone to burn their candy.
  
• Have fun.

The plot will run through November 6 at midnight, so enjoy the opportunity to mess with your characters.

♥ - The Mods

Hey Everyone!

It's time for our first plot here at Papillon. Halloween is fast approaching and we thought it would be good to get you all into the spirit of this most festive of holidays.

Now, what do Dracula,


the Wolfman,


Mummies,


Zombies,


and Frankenstein's Monster


all have in common?

If you answered "They're all classic horror staples", you would be right, and you would get a cookie. If you answered "Lulz! They're all wandering around Papillon to screw with our characters", you would be righter even more right.

Yes, starting right now, Papillon is being overrun by classic movie monsters. So expect vampires, werewolves, zombies, mummies and Frankenstein's Monster around. As with good movies, there are rules, drawing from movie cliches.

• Vampires - Cannot go out in sunlight, are repelled by garlic and crosses, and can be killed by a stake to the heart, fire and decapitation.
  
• Werewolves - Won't just turn with the full moon (This is only npc werewolves, obviously. Remus is fine.), but will only turn at night. They can be killed with silver bullets.
  
• Zombies - Go for the headshot.
  
• Mummies - Decapitation? Fire? Dismemberment works.
  
• Frankenstein's Monster - Pretty much whatever will kill someone. Again, fire works.

Now, there are also some general rules, guidelines and notes to consider:

• Characters can be killed. Please be realistic with this and do not kill off all your characters. Then you will be sad and bored. Characters who die will return once the plot ends.
  
• Characters can also be turned into vampires or werewolves or zombies. Again, be realistic with this. The rules of their species will apply. Also, this will last until the plot ends.
  
• Feel free to have your characters freak out, but the obvious stuff applies. They won't run into a vampire or werewolf in the park during the day. They probably won't see 90 mummies at once.
  
• Feel free to imagine Monster Mash is playing constantly. I sure am.

The plot will run until Tuesday, November 1. Have fun with it and be creative.

♥ - The Mods

Hey Everyone!

So the Mods here with a quick note about employment in the city of Papillon. Characters do not choose their starting occupations in the city, though you as players will obviously decide where your characters work. Instead the beings in charge of Papillon decide for the them. This afternoon, characters will get a message on their PDAs giving them their assigned occupations and telling them that they start work on Monday. Eventually, they can change their job if they so choose, and they do not actually have to go to work if they choose not to, but keep in mind everything in this city (minus housing and education) costs money. Though they have five hundred dollars to start, and might be able to stretch that long enough to find a different job, it would eventually run out.

If you still need to choose an occupation for your characters, please do so here. If you want your character to work in a category we don't have listed, just let us know so we can get it added.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing how the characters react to this.

♥ - The Mods

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to Project Papillon. As many of you know, this game has existed in some form or another since early 2010. We created Papillon as a place for people to play AU versions of characters. Everyone has seen characters on shows or in books or in movies, and thought of ways their lives could have gone differently. Papillon is an opportunity to explore those ideas.

The game is now officially open, so characters can now post in the network and threading comms. All characters will wake up in a white room with a note waiting for them. Feel free to have your characters be confused, as these aren't exactly normal, everyday circumstances (unless they are, in which case we guess they'd probably be pretty chill). We'll be introducing the first plot shortly, but we are going to give you guys a few days just to get your characters settled in the city.

♥ - The Mods