Timeline

So, now that TAPC has become more of a setting than a rigid story, we can still use the semester calendars as reference, but this page itself will still be the main discussion/resource for actual events.
 * Semester 1 (September to January)
 * Semester 2 (February to June)

Post random ideas and such on the Talk Page if you're not sure where it should be on the timeline.

Timeline
Right now I'm organizing this as a set of story arcs with set names, to help with Biography chronology on the character pages.

Gaming With Friends
The first few weeks of school, in which the characters meet each other and occasionally play AR games together.

Within this arc they play:
 * Mafia (there are both AR and VR versions)


 * Touhou (VR)


 * Various silly shooting games (AR)

Persona
The first big story-based, multiplayer VR is released and is making waves through the school for obvious reasons. At around the same time, a Battle Royale multiplayer game is getting a lot of mixed attention for the fact that it can simulate pain.

I imagine the disciplinary committee would probably look for new members to deal with some of the drama going around, which could be a sort of minor story detail for why Kaira joins in the first place.

Maybe Kaira plays BR occasionally and wants everyone else to play too but not a lot of people are interested so she suggests Persona. There's a bit of argument and discussion but eventually they play it because curiosity.

I think Matsuri would probably end up being a wild-card user, and ends up being the leader for the Persona session, but at the same time it could be neat to have her have a shadow as well. We probably need to discuss how the Persona session actually goes, since from the get go, everyone knows its supposed to be some kind of rpg game.

So at first the party is all "Yeah, let's kill some bizarre shadowy monster things!". I don't know how to decide the order the shadows appear in. Maybe the game tries to figure out which shadows would be less traumatizing/more traumatizing and attempts to grade it that way? Except that most of them are horrible, so it ends up being more or less random.

Oh man, actually, that'd be pretty neat because then after the first few, they'd be wondering who's next. Cue people attempting to hide their shadows or trying to defeat it by themselves before the rest of the team find it.

After lots of drama, they beat the game and are pretty much cemented as friends.

School Life
Just adding this as an in between arc for stuff with minor characters and other out-of-game things to happen. Also so that the friendships have time to get nice and solid before being exploded again by Sgrub.

Probably around the time that the student council realizes Aeryn's been observing their meetings.

Also when the TAPC Aeryn msn thingies happened, which was basically Aeryn messing around with experimental single player VR games. She arrives at school one day sleep deprived and incredibly out of it, constantly looking confused and muttering to herself, "Oh right...that didn't actually happen."

Sgrub
At some point Albert transfers into Kaira's class and Albert is roped into joining the group. Lots of rumours are going around about a game that is either the best game ever or the most evil game ever. Or both. All of this is due to a new experimental feature in the VR, which covers up/replaces memories temporarily. The Disciplinary Committee sets up a student court and starts recruiting again after 2 Sgrub related incidents. The school warns against 3rd party VR to make it sound like they care and has all students sign waivers, but beyond that, don't do anything.

Sgrub happens.

Cue awkwardness from everyone except Reiichi. Aeryn flat out avoids everyone but especially Chiaki and Matsuri, and refuses to talk about Sgrub. Albert is much the same, except with more anger. Chiaki and Reiichi are mostly unaffected. Kaira gives Reiichi the cold shoulder for a while. Matsuri ends up worrying herself to tears, seeing the group so torn apart. Kaira and Reiichi more or less make up while comforting her. Erica and Matthew are very awkward around each other for a bit, but eventually talk things through. After about a week, Chiaki, Erica, Kaira, Matthew, Matsuri and Reiichi are hanging out again, while Aeryn and Albert are stubborn loners.

Aeryn and Albert have a friendship moment. Albert works up the nerve to join the group again. Aeryn holds out for a bit longer, but gives in after seeing everyone else back together again. She still refuses to talk about Sgrub though.