OOC INTRO ( SEPTEMBER )

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OOC INTRO: SEPTEMBER

State of the Game
Welcome, newcomers, and hello again to the oldcomers! August was a dark time for us all - our character death tally hit new records with the latest event - but that doesn't mean you can't turn this around! You all clearly have a great deal that's been repressed and hidden. Doesn't it feel so much better to have that all out in the open?

...well, we thought so.

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 September 4th. Until then, a few quick points:

1. Umui. The island of Umui is still present in the archipelago, and has shown no sign of departing anytime soon. There are still some pockets of exploration to be had, and certain characters don't seem to want to say goodbye to ARUM-25 just yet. You might also be interested in looking over the information players have helped consolidate in regards to what is this island's...deal, exactly.

1. Deaths. Remember that, in the event of your character's death, to let us know so we can account for it. Don't forget to request the removal of your death penalty!

3. New Island. On September 10th, the fourth island the Storyteller promised will be making its debut! This one, if you recall, is laden with a great deal of animals, though the risks and dangers of this new land are not yet known. You can expect more information on what the latest island will entail soon!

In the meantime, feel free to use this post as an OOC intro and CR meme for the month of August - 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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[fortunefavored]

Player: Nikki

Contact: nikkernoodle

Tell us about yourself: Hey! I'm Nikki, I'm 30, and I'm an American living in Paris Germany! That means my timezones are wonky AF. I used to be an opera singer but I got tired of all the bullshit and said fuck that, and now I'm currently working on figuring out what I want to do for the rest of my career! I played CRAU Newt with CR from Haven and Hadriel when LifeAftr first opened, but had to drop due to some life issues. Now that those issues are past, I'm bringing him back clean-slate, and I'm super duper excited about it!

Character: Dr. Newton "Call Me Newt Only My Mother Calls Me Doctor Lol" Geiszler fortunefavored

Permissions: Permissions Post for if Newt can recognize your character from a manga/anime/show or whatever because lbr he's a 90s kid godzilla obsessed Nerd.

Tell us about them: Newt is a genius (six doctorates) asshole scientist who has the monsters destroying the world (that he studies) tattooed all over his arms and his torso. He wears hipster glasses. He dresses like a try-hard. His tie is so skinny and his pants are so tight that they shouldn't even be qualified as a tie and pants. He's loud and brash and abrasive and will ask ten kajillion questions about everything he's curious about. He hooked up his brain to a fraction of a brain of one of the monsters that's destroying the world to simultaneously prove that he was right and that his lab partner Hermann was wrong and also to save the world (but mostly to prove that he was right and Hermann was wrong.) He's the result of a love affair between an opera singer and a piano tuner, both of whom were married to different people. Oops? He's the youngest person in history to graduate from MIT, where he also ended up teaching until he joined the PPDC because that's where all the kaiju studyin' was happening. He and his current lab partner (and drift partner) wrote "passionate and fascinating" letters to each other at one point but then they met in Stockholm and immediately hated each other. Once Newt gets interested in something, he attaches to it like a dog with a bone, and won't let go no matter how detrimental it might get. Hence him and Hermann being the only ones left in the k-science department.

Despite all this and his dickhead personality, Newt somehow ends up charming people and making friends in-game. I don't know. I can't figure it out either. So come at him, because he'll certainly come at you.

Current plans: I'm currently taking bets on how long it'll be before he irritates the Story Teller. My current guess is all of two minutes. Max.

UHHH NO BUT BASICALLY I'm going to be getting him settled? Dealing with the people that "knew" him. Getting interested in magic. Asking everyone a ton of questions. Maybe trying to get a "lab" set up. Save up enough story favors for an electron microscope so he can study monster DNA. Figure out how technology and magic interact. Maybe be followed around by a young pterax that may or may not have belonged to his predecessor. Y'know. The Usual.

I'm open for any and all CR with him. If he doesn't end up getting punched at some point it will be a miracle. He'll deserve it, too.

Anything else:
Newt Geiszler and the Drift:

[propugnator]

Fucking excuse me. Who said you could bring in Newt?

I'm so delighted. This is everything I could ever want. Please thread with Shiro. I have no idea how well or terribly they could get along, but I would love to see where it would go.

[fortunefavored]

No one told me, I just do what I want. And what I want is to be annoying and talk about kaiju, apparently ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO THREAD WITH SHIRO who knows, maybe Shiro's patience will win out and make Newt somewhat tolerable. Or it'll go to hell in a handbasket 8) I'M HERE TO FIND OUT THO

[propugnator]

I cannot WAIT to find out. whatever happens, i am sure that it will be amazing.

i'm super excited for newt.

[fortunefavored]

It's gonna be gr8 and I am so freaking here for it.

Sorry for the awkward questions about your cool arm, Shiro

[counterblows]

HI WELCOME BACK? I LOVE YOU? I MISSED YOU??

tim and drifter missed newt too what a shame he doesnt remember them. washington on the other hand has no pre-established expectations to be shattered so they can bond over having another person's trauma dumped into their coconuts at least

[fortunefavored]

HI ZERO ILU 2 AND I MISSED U BIG BUNCHES AND I'M SO HYPED TO BE BACK

apologies to tim and the drifter NEWT WILL STILL WANT TO BE FRIENDS he lost that go-pro tho Tim sorry abt that oops

also heck yes i'm so here for Newt and Wash hanging out and kvetching

GIVE ME ALL THE CR ZERO I NEED IT

[postictal]

its ok its better that he let go of jays memories anyway. he has jays hoodie now instead. thats better (?)

ALL THE CR EVERY SCRAP. I WANT IT.

[fortunefavored]

I mean

It's gotta be way more comfortable than a gopro right????

GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SO MUCH CR ZERO

[lesbeau]

beau's probably gonna deck him and i for one cannot be more excited

[fortunefavored]

honestly I am so hyped for her to deck him in the face it's gonna be so good alex

[lesbeau]

she can, will, and shall

[crystallying]

Figuring out how magic and technology interact, you say! That is exactly Lucas's brand of bullshit, how do you do, fellow nerd!

[fortunefavored]

IIIII would freaking love for Newt and Lucas to meet because Newt will definitely want to ask him a kajillion and one questions about magical tech.

Either they're going to get along great or it's going to be an absolute tire fire and I honestly can't wait to find out which it is

[pidgeypidge]

Big nerd... meet smol nerd.

I feel like they could either... get along very well (and possibly drive everyone else around them insane in the process) or not so much? Hah. Pidge is a gremlin, though so it's anyone's guess.

Also, totally your call on if he falls for Pidge's totally foolproof disguise or not. hahah

[fortunefavored]

HELLO SMOL NERD, COME HANG OUT WITH BIG NERD

I can't wait to find out whether they'll get along or just absolutely irritate each other into next century. And he will absolutely (for now) fall for Pidge's disguise. He is not good at looking that closely.

[pidgeypidge]

YEA!

I am so excited for this nonsense. Hah. And to be fair, her "brilliant disguise" was a haircut and one of her older brother's sweaters that he outgrew so like... Not terribly impressive even if it fooled a lot of people for a long time??. I feel like she was just waiting around for someone to catch on, and was probably pretty disappointed that it took people as long as it did.

[fortunefavored]

I MEAN HONESTLY even if he does notice, he's unlikely to point it out because, like....you do you, smol nerd, he supports u

omg I just had an idea I should roll for it. Odds he notices, evens he doesn't.

[pidgeypidge]

At this point I feel like she finds it amusing to wait and see what assumptions people make based on her appearance. But when one can wear baggy clothes and completely hide one's figure, it's easy to be overlooked in favor of everyone else. :3

BUT PLEASE NERD WITH HER EITHER WAY.

[fortunefavored]

I MEAN HE WILL ABSOLUTELY NERD WITH HER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER HE'S HERE FOR IT

[savedbyasong]

More science buddies!

Really really. Shion needs people who will help him lure a flustercluck into centre of gravity to see what happens!

[fortunefavored]

omg that sounds like a terrible idea Newt would be so on board for that

Now in the right journal!

[savedbyasong]

Perfect! These terrible shenanigans should happen!