OOC INTRO ( SEPTEMBER )

[lifeaftr_mods]

OOC INTRO: SEPTEMBER

State of the Game
Hello all, and thank you for an amazing inaugural month! We've been loving the response the game has been getting thus far and are hoping you all enjoy September just as much, if not more! We absolutely welcome and encourage you to share your insights as far as how you've found the game so far, positive and negative, and offer whatever feedback you feel is necessary!

Our intro log will be going up on the comms on September 3rd, but there are a couple important things that we want to cover before then:

1. Housing. By the time the intro log rolls around, the Storyteller will have amassed enough power to provide characters with housing, which will open up our Housing page for players to fill out depending on who they're rooming with. Said housing will be based around the vicinity of Ensō on a series of islets. You will find more information on the intro log and on the housing page!

2. Transportation. The mana pools double as a means of transportation. All your character must do is pick one of the narcissus flowers that now grow in abundance around the pool and toss it in, as per hinted at by a helpful limerick engraved nearby. Upon speaking their intended destination, they shall be whisked there with a flash of white light! At this time, as the islets are currently the only other locations with a mana pool, even failing to speak the destination will simply plop characters onto one of them at random.

3. Trigger Events. As more of the island is uncovered, we will be implementing this as a new mechanic! Certain squares may be likely to yield certain creatures or occurrences of note - which will then become an island-wide event, depending on the severity of it. There is no knowing when these sorts of events may crop up, but we will be trying our best to stagger them between larger events so there's not too much going on at once! Since, like the exploration squares themselves, they are RNG-based, these events have a random chance to occur at almost any time.

4. Item Requests. We've received a few questions regarding how Item Requests work! In general, we have to take into account what the Storyteller is capable of for any given request. You have until the end of the month to fill out non-compulsory AC. The OOC form is the only one necessary, but IC storytelling might be a nice way to get CR with people you're physically separated from. Those who use non-compulsory AC to make their requests do not need to use their AC immediately. You can instead regard the AC as a sort of coupon to cash in at your leisure.

5. 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.

In the meantime, feel free to use this post as an OOC intro and CR meme for the month of September - 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> Do you mind if people add you on plurk/discord/what have 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>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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Comments

[onegreeneye]

Player: Maggie
Contact: omixgirl10 and Maggie#9624 on Discord! Go ahead and add me but please let me know you're from the game o/
Tell us about yourself: HI I'm Maggie, a 20-year-old art student in CST or EST depending on if I'm at school at the moment. she/her please!
Character: Ginko onegreeneye
Tell us about them: Ginko is a Big Nerdy Dad but uuuh he's from a (pretty low-key) horror canon and is coming in as a CRAU from a less low-key horror game SO permissions are here. Anyway, Ginko is a pretty laid-back guy who likes nature and talking about bugs, but also if you have one (1) basically positive conversation with him he will probably be ready to die for you, especially if you're a kid or teenager.
Current plans: Yeah he is definitely going to want to get a group together and explore this place... but also is somewhat limited by the fact that he's barely capable of moving if he ends up in sunlight. Also please bring him all the children to worry over, adopting all the kids is not something he has planned but it is inevitable.
Anything else:

[solperierat]

just kind of

holds a wing over u

sorry bruh

[onegreeneye]

he's fine, this is fine

[solperierat]

look, Ed can figure out a story to tell and get some blackout curtains okay

ryslig monster shack just becomes a darkvision goblin den

[onegreeneye]

sun can't find them, too well-hidden

[souldeterminant]

Hello Maggie, welcome to the game! If you don't mind me asking... have you played Ginko elsewhere in the past, aside from Ryslig? I mentioned to the other mods that your journal name was super familiar to me, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't place it...

I am very pleased by all the lowkey dads accumulating in this game. I've never watched Mushi-shi, but I have some secondhand canon knowledge of it through RP and I've always loved Ginko. I hope you have a fun stay here! Be sure to let me or any of the other mods know if you have any questions <3

[onegreeneye]

I have, though not with this account! If you were on LJ, I've heard there was a onegreeneye there? It wasn't me, but I've been asked about that before.

I'm pretty delighted with that too tbh, gotta have as many dads as possible. And that's good to hear!! I'm really excited to be here c:

[justribbing]

I am so excited to see Ginko here.

[onegreeneye]

I'M GLAD i'm so excited that there's a sans here too tbh?? I'm so ready for all of this

[justribbing]

in the flesh

#badumtish

HUMBLY REQUESTING CR WITH GINKO THANK

[onegreeneye]

jfc

and YES ABSOLUTELY gotta get that weird depressed uncle cr

[achievementhunter]

Hello pained sir would you like some sunscreen and perhaps a blindfold.

[onegreeneye]

Tragically that would not help, but he appreciates the sentiment all the same

[achievementhunter]

Can't say they didn't try, guy; for 50 coconuts they'll go find an adult who can haul your ass into the shade.

[jokeronace]

i love ginko i love his sass despite like SUFFERING FROM SUN EXPOSURE and jamil just not fucking getting it. jamil will explore with him even if they have to do it at night

[onegreeneye]

man yes I LOVE THIS CR ALREADY?? ginko doesn't know how this guy can know about all this radiation stuff but not the ocean. maybe together their knowledge sets will combine into something useful

[jokeronace]

jamil knows all about radiation and ginko knows all about the ocean. its fine. they dont both need to know everything. as long as all knowledge is about covered by SOMEONE they can make do

though who knows how much being knowledgable about radiation poisoning is going to help in a tropical island getaway in a place far removed from nuclear warfare so i guess ginko has a leg up here

[shatteredlenses]

Yay! It's another nerd dad! Though, from a canon I know nada about. Gunna have to fix that. Welcome from a fellow nerd dad mum!

(Though, at just 22 and recently blinded, I think Ignis is being adopted just as much as he's trying to adopt others. Oops... LOL!)

[onegreeneye]

I def recommend looking into Mushishi, assuming you don't get too wigged out by like. Non-gory eye horror But man yes, even not having played any final fantasy in my life i love ignis just from fandom osmosis??? good team mom

(lmao OH NO.... yeah ginko will very likely end up dad-ing at him, i'm sorry ignis)

[shatteredlenses]

Looks at Iggy's eye scars I think I am okay with non-gory eye horror, but thank you for the warning nonetheless! I will add it to my list!

Ignis is so easy to love. It's too bad he doesn't like to LET people close to him. Please daddy him, Ginko. This guy needs to learn it's okay to let others help him sometimes.

[deranged_practicality]

Nature and talking about animals! Those are some of Isabella's favorite things. (Also, she's a biologist, so hard to gross out ny 'nature is gross' stuff.)

[onegreeneye]

FANTASTIC TBH ginko would love an opportunity to talk about biology stuff with someone

[deranged_practicality]

Yay!

[takeusback]

hello here is a child also from a horror canon pls feel free to adopt

[onegreeneye]

VERY GOOD he absolutely will. gotta look out for the kiddos