Living in the Shadows: Shadowland IC, Your friendly Seattle Shadow Community Options

[WinterRat1]

Welcome to the Shadowland IC thread for the Living in the Shadows campaign. Any character approved to be in the Living in the Shadows: World IC game is allowed to post here. Please realize that as such, anything you say or do here is IN CHARACTER, and as such will have the appropriate consequences, for better and for worse, in the World IC thread. It is our hope that this thread will provide additional enjoyment to the campaign due to additional information and flavor, as well as adding still more realism to the campaign. Enjoy!

Due to his outstanding diligence and effort in making this happen, Ditaki will be the primary Shadowland SysOp (Read: Matrix World GM). Following this brief explanation (credit to Ditaki for writing it) is an excellent introduction as to what Shadowland is, what it’s for, and how to use it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask one of the GMs. Welcome to the team Ditaki!


Synopsis

The sixth world's got three distinct parts, chummers. The “real” world, where you, me, and all the other wage-slaves and runners stumble around in. The astral world, where wizheads and their spirits zoom around, and then you've got the Matrix.

Anybody who says that the Matrix isn't a part of their world either lives under a rock or's dead. Simple as that. Just like air, the Matrix is everywhere.

Greatest thing about the Matrix is that anybody can jack in and try and find what they want.

Worst thing about the Matrix is that anybody can jack in and try to find what they want.

Name's Fly-by. I'm gonna give you guys just a taste of the world of the Shadowlands: Seattle.


Information

More than nuyen, it's information that makes the world go round. When you need to know the guard-shift schedule for that giant S-K run coming up, or need to know where and when that teleporting SAN for the Mitsuhama system'll pop up, you can find it here. Names, numbers, locations, anything and everything can be found here, for a price.

Just remember, people can find just as much (and sometimes more) about you as you can about them. Remember that when you piss off the decker.


Shopping

Sure. You could find anything to buy on the Matrix for the right price. Frag, you could buy your groceries here (try seeing how much it costs to get 'em delivered to the Barrens first, chummer.) But when you need that extra clip of APDS that your fixer can't find for you, or need somebody to sell you some wheels ASAP, look here. And remember the golden rule: nuyen talks.


Contacting

Cell phones? P-Secs? Out of date, my friends. Why use an easily traceable phone call when you can hop into an LTG that'll last just long enough for your Johnson and yourself to get all buddy-buddy (not in that context...though it's easy to do that too). Why sit someplace where you can get gunned down or screwed over in person when you can talk to 'em from the comfort of your home? SOTA, chummers. SOTA.


Recreation
Any thing that tickles your soft spot, you can find on the Matrix. Women? Thousands. Chats? Covered. Chips? Just ask (and get some nuyen to back you up.) Any kind of guilty pleasure can usually be arranged and delivered, with a fragging bow if the nuyen's right.


Shadowland: Seattle (in particular)

Chummers, from the smallest ganger to Damien Knight himself, everybodys been around. Just ask. Long as you got the cred and the rep to back you up, you're beautiful. Information at your fingertips if you've got the skills and the deck to grab it. Anything you could find within the Matrix, but focused, and usually only the cream of the crop.


Structure

Basically, the Shadowlands are the Matrix-side of the Living in the Shadows world. Like the World threads, there's both an IC and an OOC thread.

Now, OOC is fairly simple. Ask questions, make rolls, all that jazz.

IC is slightly different. There are three kinds of posts that could (and probably will) happen in the Shadowland: IC threads.

-Information Gathering – Posted as a character from log-in. Describe how the Matrix looks to your character (Shadowland: Seattle is a pretty generic place for the most place, as it's mostly dedicated to storing data) while making Etiquette: Matrix tests in the OOC thread. The Matrix World GMs will coordinate with your World IC GM, and answer with what happens, and you'll either get your information or you won't.

-Fixing – This is a mix between Information Gathering and Shadowtalking. If your character is looking to find work, jobs, dropping off information to somebody or something else with a clear objective, this is the format to take. Your first post should mimic Information Gathering, but, if your characters got what's needed, soon they'll start chatting it up with an NPC.

-Shadowtalk – Sometimes NPCs (or even PCs, if you've got the goods) will post up a juicy tidbit of news for all to see. Posting it this is easy: make the news itself a different color. If you're replying to a bit of Shadowtalk, all you need to do is put your reply within QUOTE tags.

Basic Posting Guidelines:

-No Signatures, just like in other IC threads.
-Start each post with an entry like this:
0900, January 1, 2063 – Location (Location is optional)
Character (Decking Alias)
-Use colors and different fonts! This is the Matrix, anything can (and usually does) happen here. Use colors and fonts to help illustrate how your character would seem.

What the Shadowland: Seattle is:
-A place to interact with NPCs
-A place to write Shadowtalk and learn about the LitS World.
-A way to contact fixers, Johnsons, and other players.
-A place to buy information.

What the Shadowland: Seattle is not:
-A place for making actual Matrix runs (this should take place in an individual Jobs thread)
-A place to meta-game and such (Basically, if your character had the smarts to not post a secret that would incur Lowfyrs wrath, don't post it in this thread (or in the OOC thread for that matter.)
-A replacement for the Real World of LitS.
-A place only for Deckers. Everybody can go into the Shadowlands...maybe not far, but they can.
-Because it must be stressed again, the Shadowland is NOT only for Deckers.

Again, remember that this thread is an IN CHARACTER thread, and as such, is a part of what happens in the World IC thread. Just a reminder, because it's important.

Anything from Target: Matrix can be used. If your Bear Shaman wants to visit MagickNet for a new focus, we can do that. Just realize that the location is assumed to be the Shadowland: Seattle unless you say otherwise (as a favor, shoot a PM off to the World GM to let us know first.)

Please, feel free to e-mail and ask questions, and don't be afraid to take charge and shape bits and pieces of the world.

Sayounara, chummers. Remember: anything can happen here.

General LITS Information

Living in the Shadows: Guidelines
Living in the Shadows: Recruitment 1 (closed; see LITS: Recruitment 2)
Living in the Shadows: Recruitment 2
Living in the Shadows: Special Projects

Main LITS Threads

Living in the Shadows: SR 3 OOC
Living in the Shadows: SR 4 OOC
Living in the Shadows: IC Jan 1st - Jan 7th
Living in the Shadows: IC Jan 8th - Jan 14th
Living in the Shadows: Shadowland OOC
Living in the Shadows: Shadowland IC

Useful LITS-related Links

Living in the Shadows: Story Index Page
Useful Calendar Link for 2063
Seattle Sprawl Map

LITS Run Index

Living in the Shadows: The Warehouse Job OOC 1 (closed)
Living in the Shadows: The Warehouse Job IC 1 (closed)
Living in the Shadows: Running Over the Edge OOC 2 (closed)
Living in the Shadows: Running Over the Edge IC 2 (closed)
Living in the Shadows: Salvation OOC 3
Living in the Shadows: Salvation IC 3
Living in the Shadows: A Short Victorious War OOC 4
Living in the Shadows: A Short Victorious War IC 4