Line #420 WebOriginal/TheSwitchOCT


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2	[[caption-width-right:304: [[NotInKansasAnyMore Oh,]] [[SarcasmMode good.]]]]
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4	->''[[ThePlan "So, all I have to do is]] [[GambitRoulette finish this device, recruit a bunch of strangers to come back to Phaeton, use them to do intel and even break into government HQ if so necessary, and find out more about the Switch and if there's a way to reverse it! Oh, and take down the evil government so we can return Phaeton to a better time, that too.]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong Shouldn't be any trouble at all!]]''''
5	-->-- '''[[RebelLeader Gene]] [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Hawkins]]'''
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7	->''''What would you do if, one day, you found your entire world had flipped upside down... with a bottomless expanse of sky below and, above your head, the very ground you used to walk on?''''
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11	The city of Phaeton used to be [[{{Utopia}} perfect; its people content, its government fair, and its way of life normal and easy.]] Nothing could have prepared its people for “The Switch”, an event which rocked their world and turned their world upside down... in more ways than one.
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13	No-one in Phaeton can seem to remember The Switch exactly, if at all. All that is known, is that one minute everything is fine, the next, gravity reversed.
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15	Since then, things haven’t been the same. Walkways and ropes swings and pulleys have been installed to get from one place to another. Contact from anywhere outside Phaeton has been lost. It is no longer safe to go beyond the city, for you may fall into the sky. [[MeetTheNewBoss A new government has risen to power, headed by the mysterious Regent Black,]] and is enforcing a dictatorship on the significantly reduced populace in the wake of the catastrophic Switch through the use of [[StateSec ‘Polis’; the police, secret police and army of Black’s regime all rolled into one.]]
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17	Anyone who defies Black, or tries to figure out what exactly happened in The Switch, or is of particular interest to the government, [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner is arrested without trial.]]
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19	But [[LaResistance a resistance]] has risen, and with [[InterdimensionalTravelDevice a device able to generate portals to other worlds,]] they aim to bring in help [[AlternateUniverse from beyond…]]
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21	The Switch is a [[CyberPunk cyberpunk]] / [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian]] OriginalCharacterTournament where you must explore the city of Phaeton, fight other competitors to prove your strength and trustworthiness, and find out why The Switch occurred - and if there is a way to reverse it!
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23	The Switch is brought to you by: [[http://hipster-coyote.deviantart.com Hipster-Coyote]] and can be found on [[http://theswitchoct.deviantart.com/ deviantArt]].
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25	Auditions for The Switch OCT opened in 2012, the final results were revealed in January 2014; the winner was [[spoiler: [[https://www.deviantart.com/ pokesam]] with [[https://www.deviantart.com/pokesam/art/The-Switch-Copper-reference-323537193 Copper]] ]]. The Runner-up was [[spoiler: [[https://www.deviantart.com/fyrecalla Fyrecalla]] with [[https://www.deviantart.com/fyrecalla/art/The-Switch-Kiff-and-Conscience-reference-339546080 Kiff and Consience]] ]].
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29	!!Basic Tropes in The Switch:
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31	* AfterTheEnd: ...Well, after the end of Phaeton, anyway (as far as the city is aware).
32	* ArtShift: Between different artists' interpretations of the characters, and entries where artists began to run low on time.
33	* AlienSky: It may not be THAT alien, but it sure is disconcerting to see an upside-down skyline with no sun or moon.
34	* BeingGoodSucks: On the run from people who want to imprison you all the time, on another world entirely, with no guarantee to the state of where you'll be sleeping next, or even if you'll be safe there. Being part of the resistance is HARD.
35	* CityNoir: Imposing skyscrapers and walkways dominate the background.
36	* TheCityNarrows: Phaeton may have once been a shining utopia, but it has fallen into varying states of disrepair after The Switch. Naturally, it now has many of these around the city.
37	* CommonTongue: Despite Phaeton being on another world, and the resistance going to multiple different universes, and planets therein, [[AliensSpeakingEnglish ONLY ONE OF THE CHARACTERS]] [[SubvertedTrope CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH.]]
38	* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: What Phaeton was before The Switch... [[SubvertedTrope minus the togas.]]
39	* EvidenceScavengerHunt: As well as the fighting, the contestants should also be looking for clues to why The Switch occurred, and if it can be reversed…
40	* SternChase: …as well as hiding from the Polis. This doesn’t always go as planned, though.
41	* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The central tower of Phaeton is the tallest building in the city, and can be seen anywhere throughout the place. It’s also home to Regent Black.
42	* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Despite everyone and everything in Phaeton being able to fall into the sky, the weather still works normally; rain and snow (if it should ever occur) still fall towards the pavement as it should.
43	* GravityScrew: A good chunk of the entire premise.
44	* LaResistance: Who you'll (hopefully) be fighting for and alongside.
45	* LetsYouAndHimFight: Part of the point of the whole OCT.
46	* NotInKansasAnymore: This reaction can largely sum up the contestant’s thoughts on first arrival into Phaeton.
47	* ThereAreNoTherapists: to help the citizens of Phaeton deal with losing loved ones, friends, and colleagues, along with a good chunk of their possessions in a catastrophic gravitational disaster. Ammunition for [[{{Angst}} angst]] and [[StepfordSmiler repression]] is rife. [[AngstWhatAngst Not everyone lets this affect them though.]]

Context WebOriginal / TheSwitchOCT