OOC INTRO ( JANUARY )

[lifeaftr_mods]

OOC INTRO: JANUARY

State of the Game
Hello again, islanders, and welcome newcomers! In December, the island of Chol made its debut, bringing with it dire hints as to the state of LifeAftr for the duration of January. We heavily encourage newcomers to read up on the specifics of Chol as linked above, as this will be relevant in the intro log. We've loved the feedback we've gotten about the game thus far, positive and negative, and encourage you to contact us whenever you feel it is necessary!

Our intro log will be going up on the comms on January 5th. Until then, a few quick points:

1. Deaths. Remember that, in the event that your character perishes, to let us know so that we can take a note of it, whether or not it counts for your character's total death count! If you're having trouble thinking of a penalty, we can definitely provide one for you. Remember to use the Deaths page for Death Penalty removal as well, once that time is up! An event in the latter half of January will come with a high risk of death, meaning that the span of time for death penalties will be significantly reduced

2. AC. We would also like to take this opportunity to remind people to tag their characters in the comms. This is the only compulsory form of AC we have, but after the first few months, we are going to stop warning people for forgetting to tag their character. Characters who fail AC will be swept. An additional reminder, also, to make use of the drop post should your time with LifeAftr come at an end instead of simply idling out!

3. Additional goodies. Newcomes showed up with some extra treats in their knapsacks, to better prepare them for the cold and dark days ahead. This should have been noted in everyone's acceptance notices! Please let us know if, for some reason or another, you didn't receive these particular goods.

In the meantime, feel free to use this post as an OOC intro and CR meme for the month of January - for new players to introduce themselves, for old players to meet and greet, and for general plotting to occur! If you want to chat or keep up with game updates, we also have both a plurk and a discord channel!

Go ahead and use the template below if you haven't introduced yourself already!

Say Hello With This Handy Dandy Template!

<b>Player:</b> <b>Contact:</b> Plurk, Discord, whatever it is you use, as well as if you mind if people add you! <b>Tell us about yourself:</b> Timezones? Preferred pronouns? Favorite dank memes? We’re all ears! <b>Character:</b> Character name and journal here! <b>Permissions:</b> If you have any permissions posts for character interactions or powers, here would be a good place to list them! <b>Tell us about them:</b> Nothing too fancy is required, but here's where you can list things like permissions posts and inventories, as well as a brief introduction/overview of your character and how they're adjusting to LifeAftr. <b>Current plans:</b> Looking for positive/negative CR? Been up to any exploration? Need to get out more? Remember that forming groups is the best way, ICly and OOCly, to start getting CR and affecting the setting! <b>Anything else:</b> You’re just going to use this section to post an awful gif, aren’t you. Well have at it, you shitposters.

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[alittleditty]

Player: Gorse
Contact: gorsecloud and Gorsecloud#8698 on Discord!
Tell us about yourself: CST, she/her, sometimes confused, usually tired, always ready to try my best, streaming a bit, looking for work.

Character: Tataru Taru (alittleditty) and Xion (attheclocktower)
Permissions: I was about to say "I swear this section didn't exist before" but it turns out I just have shitty memory apparently
Tell us about them:

Tataru can't fight but she can apparently do almost everything else. One of about 3 (by last estimates) functional adults in the game. While she is missing home a bit, she's been adjusting really well to LifeAftr by offering all kinds of services - logistics, sewing, gossip, sewing, gardening, and sewing. A member of the LifeAftr Knitting Club. She's still trying to learn more skills to add to her repertoire, except fighting. She tried that once, it went badly. So she'll leave all the adventuring to you lot and make sure you have someone to make you food and patch up your clothes when you get home.

For Xion was first a clonechild from one of the saddest installments of Kingdom Hearts, then got sent to a helltower (towerofanimus) where characters went through the grinder on the regular. In both cases, she deserved better. Meanwhile in LifeAftr, she's... adjusting. The memoryshare event helped her open up to a few people but it also kind of forced a very messy emotional breakdown that was inevitable but... rather ill-timed and wrapped up in a lot of other trauma, so it wasn't addressed as well as it could have been and might become a more long-term hangup. That being said, she's used to nexus environments and survival situations, so on the practical side of things, she's holding up well.

Current plans:

Starting with Xion here because I polled around and so far, nobody else has really... stepped forward to organize the whole group about this Sun Dying thing. So unless anybody else plans to (PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU ARE SO I CAN ADJUST THIS), she will be a couple days after the IC intro. Her main goals with that will be consolidating people into groups of combatants and non-combatants, coordinating some with the Jormun to some extent, making sure any non-combatants are out of the way and protected, and making sure supplies are stockpiled. If anybody wants to take over any parts of these, she'll be happy to let them. She's not exactly comfortable leading, she's mainly doing this because nobody else has done it yet and "every man for himself" seems like a bad idea. Also please come meet her cheerful rainbow catpuppy

And now for Tataru... she's... AWKWARD AS THIS IS she's probably going to want to pick up the logistics/stockpiling side of things in aforementioned plan. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE OVER THIS TOO lemme know please. Otherwise when I put up the Xion post Tataru will probably post to take over that and... Xion'll let her without comment. Besides that, she will be working overtime with her new sewing machine and stockpile of clothing supplies to make as many clothes for people as possible. She won't be charging for them, especially as the need becomes more dire, but please - make sure she doesn't starve, now or down the road. MORE LONG TERM - she is thinking of trying to build a small restaurant/cafe sort of place where people can gather and eat. Neko and I are working on the thread now but she's talked to Ignis about this plan, although it'll take time to build and get all the materials needed, obviously. If anybody wants in on this plan, lemme know!

Anything else:

Beds also won't LEAVE YOU OUT IN THE COLD LIKE THE ENTIRE US OF A RIGHT NOW

[prettypurpleparlor]

Hello, fellow Oh No I Think I'm Somehow The Adult Here, want a spider lady to help you with some logistical stuff? ::::D

[attheclocktower]

PLEASE... She's done some leaderish stuff before but it was always kind of... supplementary to the big stuff and also she had people there who she trusted would catch the ball if she bungled it...

Nevermind that her dad was kind of like that dad who, when you're learning to ride a big, would stop holding it up and just let you keep going by yourself and not tell you until you're like twenty feet away.

[prettypurpleparlor]

I mean, building her confidence is good, just ideally without so much... life or death crisis situations. Muffet's already been making and stockpiling food and warm clothing, she's got your back.

[alittleditty]

... learning to ride a bike*, wow self

I mean "this ideally could have been learned in a better environment but here we are" could basically sum up 90% of Xion's Animus experience. LifeAftr is just continuing the trend.

THIS ALL BEING SAID, does this mean that Muffet could take over the initial heading of logistical matters? So I don't have the glancing playercest of Tataru trying to take over that on Xion's post.

[prettypurpleparlor]

I figured that was what you probably meant to type. :D

And yeah, I can definitely have her do that if you want. Do you want to thread out Muffet and Xion meeting and coordinating things, or just assume that they've already had a chance to talk about it?

[budgetmage]

there is a lifeaftr knitting club?

[attheclocktower]

A bit of one, yes! I think right now it's mainly Tataru, Muffet, and Yuka?

[budgetmage]

I just apped Isette and she knows how to mend clothes and arrived with a needle, thread, and some cloth and

she's down

for this

[alittleditty]

Oh my goodness Isette is in general after Tataru's own heart. Clothesmaking is one of her most prominent and relevant skills here in LifeAftr so far, COME JOIN HER

And yes please join the knitting club

[growingpains]

Hello Gorse! I'm Jenni and just joined here with Ritsuka :D

I'd very much like to get cr with him and Xion ( I mean, I've been in deep KH pit for past two months now;;). I think they have few common grounds with the sad existential problems and questions. Too bad he can't wield a gigantic key tho.

Also he got a small sewing kit upon his arrival so he could use some help with it? C:

[alittleditty]

Oh yes Tataru will be happy to help any and everyone with sewing. Just. Again. Please make sure she doesn't starve.

BUT YES CR WITH XION SOUNDS GREAT. It'll be interesting to see, though! Some of her existential problems have shifted a bit due to her Animus character development, but then again she's also backslid a bit here at LifeAftr. Either way, sounds fun! 'u'