#like best example of it is leo on last day of prison was mad at foolish for him leaving her but typically she would just be happy -

[guckies]

while i do agree that the new egg tasks rarely take in consideration single parents or external forces (travelling, events, meetups), i don't think the eggs are going to die from neglect.

the admins have shown that if the parents / primary caretakers is seriously unavailable they will try and get another member to take care of them (foolish counting as pepito's caretaker, roier being asked to do leo's tasks)

and we know that admins can and will play other eggs if their main admin is unavailable, i don't think egg neglect is an actual possibility anymore since neither party (streamer and admins) want that to happen

but i think they need to drop the whole non-parent penalty, or revamp it o_o since it makes everything much more complicated

Yeah it is very true that it is unlikely for the eggs to die from neglect now but there is always a possibility of miscommunication. Especially when the parent is travelling or busy and doesn’t reach out to the others in time or the egg doesn’t log on as much, which I think is why I’m having so much problem with it at the moment. Since a majority of the players are away and the system is really new, they others are not really going to be taking into account other eggs as much.

Really it’s just why now? We’ve know the dates for Eslands and the Streamer Awards for what feels like months now so it super strange in my opinion at least to be starting them now when barely anyone is able to log on. Plus again when so many people have expressed how they greatly dislike the tasks and cookies. Why are we still doing them if we don’t like them? Just to name a few: Fit said he thought it made sense that the tasks would go away naturally after purgatory due to the eggs surviving for months on their own; Phil even though he doesn’t really seem to care that much is never greatly excited to do them; Tubbo basically was speed running them mostly for money and typically procrastinated them before the reset; Foolish and Leo basically throw tantrums anytime the tasks are brought up and I’ve seen a bunch of viewers literally manifesting and praying the tasks were gone before learning they were back.

I think the admins are good when it does come around to it being a genuine moment of “maybe this egg might die” but I think they really lack in the hypothetical doom testing area before they put it into practice. The admins need someone with heavy anxiety and overthinking problems(like me lol) who would be able to think of every possible fault there might be. Like single parents who can’t log on as often aren’t always given support by others, parents/guardians to multiple eggs often experience the “how am I meant to feed multiple if I’m just barely getting one fed” every time it’s introduced and the “this task is impossible without another player & I’m the only one online” moments.

It’s just there are so many things that keeping slipping through the checks that we are already so aware of. So I think the best way to go about the tasks at the moment would be phasing it out or just plain making it optional. Especially since the tasks aren’t really liked at all.

By optional I mean, they just wouldn’t have to do it to keep the egg alive and it would be somewhat like the bounties. So the parents could do the egg quests for extra money and have the tickets be equal to something related to the eggs, like cosmetics or perks(hearts, armour, weapons) for the eggs.

But I heavily agree on the non parent thing, I think that really punishes single parents for no reason and kinda dampens the fun in hanging out with other eggs. Like Willy and Dapper, they aren’t parent and kid but if Dapper wanted to do the tasks with him that day then he should. Plus it could really strengthen their bond and make Willy want to play more as having an egg around kinda helps make the experience of qsmp more enjoyable especially when no one else is online.

Also I think the non parent thing and the tasks being the reason the eggs live another week does put a whole lot of outside stress on the ccs which I heavily disagree with. I think that this is a mc server to make connections and speak to people you never would have before. The eggs have proved to be great at helping with that so the stress of them dying because you weren’t able to log in that week kinda brings the whole experience down and negatively affects the chances of those situations happening. But if I had it my way the eggs would only be able to die the same way hunters of Artemis do, in combat (or possibly in natural situations).

[museinfusion]

The Vampires

Muses

Stefan Grande; Vampire, Advisor, Fashion Designer [Fandomless, Harry Potter]

Antonio Abbandonato; Vampire, Guard [Fandomless, Harry Potter]

Demyan Volkov; Vampire, Coven Leader [Fandomless]

Dagrun Arnesdatter; Vampire, Coven Leader [Fandomless]

Relevant Muses

Valente Lansacosta; Vampire, Coven Leader

The leader of the Venetian coven. Stefan is Valente’s right hand, closest friend and oftimes lover. He and Demyan were close friends in their youth but time has strained their relationship to a tense alliance.

Estella Sinclair; Vampire, Coven Leader

Valente’s third wife and Stefan’s best friend. Estella has a lot of power and responsibility having taken her place leading the Venetian coven with Valente, however Stefan makes very sure that she regularly lets loose and gets into a little trouble. She bonded with Antonio when she was first turned and there is some tension between the two, though Antonio would never dare make a move.

NPCs

Basilio and Benedetto Lansacosta

Valente Lansacosta’s younger brothers. Twins with a nasty streak a mile wide and a grudge against their older brother due to their father’s preference for Valente that led to their leaving the Venetian coven for Rome instead.

Marino Grande

The leader of the Neapolitan Coven, Marino is - in Valente’s words - the only person who can out-Stefan Stefan. There are reasons Stefan is eighth in line and Marino has fathered all seven of them - plus one more after Stefan.

Celestina Nicchi

Celestina is Stefan’s dearly beloved mamma and one of few people who he will behave himself for, - though she is something of a wild spirit herself and definitely where Stefan got his adventurous side from, having travelled the world both before and after settling in Naples with Marino and raising Stefan. She and Stefan frequently meet up on their travels to catch up and exchange stories.

Narciso Grande

At only 16, Narciso is the newest addition to the line of Grande heirs and is right in the middle of his teenage rebellious phase. He has no real problems at home but insisted on leaving anyway, but didn’t last too long on his own and has ended up taking residence with the Venetian coven.

Amato Grande

As the eldest of Marino’s children, Amato is first in line to take over the coven of Naples and so spends much of his time by his father’s side, learning by example how to rule properly and fairly. He has much of Marino’s natural charm and wit, but is far more reserved and down-to-earth. In fact, he doesn’t quite realise how charming he is, and will often come off as flirting without intending to.

Leo Sapienti

Leo Sapienti is the oldest resident of the catacombs, having died there long before the coven took up residency. The first son of a nobleman, he was groomed for most of his life to take over the title, only to be tricked by a jealous younger brother - he was led into the catacombs as part of a supposed “game” only to be locked in, left alone until starvation took him. He is, in short, a poltergeist and whilst spending his time alone in a rage, he has somewhat calmed down since he found company in the vampires, his anger settling into something of a mischievous streak instead.

Anastasiy “Anya” Ilyich Naumov

Anya and met Stefan when he was passing through Russia on his travels and the two clicked immediately, despite being something of opposites. Anastasiy was wary when Stefan revealed his vampirism, but decided he was worth the risk, and the two had a home together for almost a decade before Stefan was discovered by the locals. The two fled in different directions, intending to meet up later, but Anastasy never showed. Stefan assumes he is dead, when in actuality he was inducted into the Moscow coven - intending to simply turn and follow Stefan to Venice. After centuries under Demyan’s abusive rule, he has developed Selective Mutism.

Cesarina and Giulia Abbandonato

Antonio’s wife and daughter that he was forced to leave behind when he was turned. He secretly went back and turned Giulia, but as this broke the rules of the coven he had to give her up for execution. He believes them both dead, but Valente took pity on the innocent child and instead sent her to Naples, where she still resides under Marino’s care.

Cédric LaRoque

Cédric LaRoque was the son of a naval captain and wanted nothing more than to be like his father. At only 17, he was just starting out his service aboard his father’s ship, when they were attacked by pirates. Cédric was taken prisoner and unwillingly began a new life as a criminal. He saw no way out until the crew made the mistake of attacking a ship with three particular passengers who would put up more than enough of a fight.

Injured in the crossfire, Cédric begged for his life and Stefan was given permission to turn him - on the condition that he would care for the boy. Two such sudden changes of pace had an effect on Cédric and to this day he is an anxious individual, but over the centuries has adjusted to life in the shadows. He lost an eye to the hunter, Friedhelm, after approximately a century.

Anacletus

Anacletus is considered the eldest vampire in existence. He is one of the children of the creator Elijah’s own fledglings and heralded by many as a power that cannot be rivalled. By some good fortune, he has avoided the eventual descent into madness that many of the elders of their kind succumb to and served as coven leader to the globe’s largest coven in Egypt until the age of Enlightenment. As covens spread and territory wars began invoking among their kind, Anaclectus constructed a council of all coven leaders to harness some form of control over the growing numbers and mediate the powers that each possessed. Many warring covens will be pulled before him if they threaten to expose their kind to humanity and discussions will be held to try and resolve the issue. Additionally, if any issues come to light that may threaten their kind on a mass scale, he will summon the leaders for talks on how to address it.

Zhen Demyanovich

Zhen was admired by Demyan in the early 16th Century for his unique skills as a prized torturer who accompanied a visiting Chinese dignitary. After observing an especially horrific display performed by the man, Demyan decided to recruit him as one of his own coven. Both possessing the sadistic pleasures of watching another desperately try to clutch to their last breath of life, they soon became close. Zhen performs duties similar to that of an advisor, ensuring Demyan remains informed about important issues and people, whilst also acting as head of the little entourage their leader surrounds himself with. He is highly intelligent and charming, a perfect rival to Stefan who explicitly illustrates his hatred for him.

Nikolai Demyanovich Volkov

Demyan’s son and future ruler of the Moscow coven, Demyan was born a human and kept away from the coven by his mother until Demyan’s eventual death. There was an issue of who would take over the coven after him and Nikolai’s mother brought him forward as a candidate and after some time he was accepted into the role, being turned Anacletus. Many were wary of letting Demyan’s son rule, expecting a carbon copy of the tyrant, but - whilst he did apparently inherit his father’s flare for the lavish and extravagant - Nikolai turned out to be a good, fair ruler, putting an end to Demyan’s cruel habits such as torturing humans and keeping them as edible pets, as well as re-establishing a group of advisors.

Friedhelm Ruth

An unusual and highly unexpected member of the Neapolitan coven - Friedhelm was originally a vampire hunter and had made a good career for himself, working for over a decade throughout Germany, Italy and his home country of Switzerland. His career came to a sudden end when a mission of his turned sour. He manage to injure and nearly captured Cédric - a fledgling of Stefan’s - but was himself caught and hauled off to Naples to be kept an eye on.

At first he held nothing but distaste for his new lodgings and made several unsuccessful escape attempts before resigning himself to his imprisonment. Marino made many attempts to talk to him, to explain that vampires only did what they had to in order to survive - most of the time, anyway. It took over a decade and much stubbornness on both sides, but a friendship gradually formed, and in turn a relationship and, eventually, Friedhelm agreed to let Marino turn him and become a member of the coven.

Since then many a rumour has spread between hunters of what could have happened for one of their kind to join their sworn enemies, and this has resulted in Marino’s favour - most hunters now give Naples a wide berth, for fear that they might meet the same fate.

Nonno

One of the elders of the Venetian coven, “Nonno” - whose real name has somehow been lost to time - stands out in more ways that one. Firstly, he doesn’t feed as often as he should, resulting in a shrivelled appearance much of the time (though he surprises many by being rather handsome when he does finally get around to hunting) and secondly, by being much more approachable than any of the other elders.

In life, Nonno was a kind, clever, genuine man, meeting and befriending Valente’s father, Vittorio in Rome and, upon discovering his dark secret, simply shrugged, placing their friendship first. Eventually he began to age and die and was offered a place in the coven and accepted, becoming a part of the council, eventually introducing Vittori to his eventual wife, Elisabetta.

He is one of few people Valente trusted Estella with in her early fledgling years, and he quickly gained her trust too as an uncle or grandfather figure, somebody who had no ulterior motives towards her. He does have a cheeky side and, when he can be bothered to feed, is actually something of a playboy, happy to let Estella’s handmaidens flock around him.