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OOC INTRO ( DECEMBER )

OOC INTRO: DECEMBER

State of the Game
Welcome, newcomers, and hello again to the oldcomers! November saw a restoration of status quo, (relatively, in any case), and an introduction of the newest island to the archipelago, Maati. Aside from the tumultuous beginning, a holdover from the events of October, it has all in all been a rather peaceable month, right?

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

1. Nuidan. The island of Nuidan is still present in the archipelago. Characters, new and old, are welcome to sign up for tasks and rewards, as well as propose tasks and rewards of their own if it suits them.

2. Maati. The island of Maati arrived in the archipelago last month. As we mentioned earlier, the event scheduled for Maati has been pushed back to occur mid-December. Those new to the game still have until December 10th to sign up for this new event. Please note: as this event includes a chance of death, we will not be allocating anyone into the event unless they opt in. For those who have not opted in, no worries - we'll have something for you to do as well!

3. New Mod. Lastly and most importantly, we are very pleased to announce that we have a new addition to our mod team! As our workload has increased, we want to continue giving our lovely playerbase the time and focus that you all deserve. Thus, we would like you to extend a very warm welcome to Ruka (player of the Knight at lightlessfuture), who has agreed to join the LifeAftr mod team. You've already seen her chipping in here and there - she was the lovely contributor to the illustrations on the Search Requests page, as well as the sigils corresponding to Maati. She'll be helping us with metaplot and NPCs, as well as general maintenance!

In the meantime, feel free to use this post as an OOC intro and CR meme for the month of December - 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!

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Player: CMAK
Contact:

cmakyouupgood is mostly me crying about IRL but I also check it often so please add me here!
Tell us about yourself: GMT-5, She/Her, My work goes from 0-60 with no warning so if I appear to fall off the face of the earth, just kick me.
Character: Castor Westmoor/The Warrior of Light @

littlemhigan
Permissions: NOT YET
Tell us about them: Impulse Control problems given flesh. Chronic Hero Syndrome. Thinks this place is very nice but would like to Go Home Now Please. Will pack-bond with anything.

Current plans: She just got here! I'd like to start off CR-building with some friendships and maybe friendly rivalries.

Anything else:

something something something clownbox. Also I need to make more icons.

Player: Gorse
Contact:

gorsecloud or Gorsecloud#8698
Tell us about yourself: US Central, she/her, although I work odd hours (1:30 pm to 10:00 pm) with zero access to my phone in between except on my break and lunch. I also suffer from chronic health problems so my energy can be kind of all over the place.

Besides that I'm just a nerd. Who loves nerdy things. And has a girlfriend I love to gush about. Please feel free to add me! Just either have something on your profile letting me know who you are or tell me here.

Player: Lexy
Contact:

drowninginpears | pillowcased#3068
Tell us about yourself: CST, she/her. My plurk is mostly rp related stuff + some cats. Add away!
Character: Ren

catpiper
Permissions: empathy eyyy PLEASE FILL THIS OUT

Tell us about them: She's a sick little lab experiment Gone Wrong that comes from a post apocalyptic world where humanity is like super dead. All she wants to do is hold hands with people and learn about every single ding dang person. Would die for someone if they smile at her. She's childish, kind and scared of her own shadow, but does her best being a raccoon. Does some casual breaking at entering, likes playing baseball and hide and seek, will drag you into random games, loves treasure hunting which is really just garbage collecting. Don't be scared if she's in ur trash. Really she's just hanging out. Come be a dingus with her. Also has [2] cat friends and would trade anything for a shiny rock or two. i'm lazy and gotta update it still but u know.
Current plans: nothing much! positive, negative, whatever cr is all good. let her drag ur character into shenanigans. she's gotta orange tattoo for all the other orange tattoo folks out there. otherwise she's hanging out as per usual.
Anything else:

Edited (i always MISS THINGS) 2018-12-03 05:13 (UTC)

Character: Xion "Aster" (

attheclocktower)
Permissions: eh she good
Tell us about them: Very Good Girl who deserved better, both from canon and in games. A veteran of

towerofanimus. Has been in LifeAfter for... nearly a year now I think? Maybe actually a year, shit. Believes a lot in the power of teamwork and friendship or at least Grudging Cooperation. Kind of at a weird point emotionally - not disliking where she is but wondering if she's ever going to get home or see the rest of her family again. It's complicated.
Current plans: I've been semi out of the loop with her here for a while (voice troubles, RL troubles, other game troubles, etc.) and am trying to get back into the swing of things. I'm definitely hoping to get her involved in the event this month. Besides that I'm very open, although she's probably going to be looking for something more solid for herself role/jobwise? Also if you're friends with her adoptive brother, Shion (

savedbyasong) she probably has an interest in meeting you/getting along. BESIDES THAT I'M PRETTY OPEN? idk.
Anything else:

Edited 2018-12-03 22:59 (UTC)

Player: Nin
Contact:

kamex, kamextoise#0699
Tell us about yourself: EST, she/her. I'm an art instructor, so I generally love it when people post their art.
Character: Bucky Barnes, this journal right here.
Permissions: right here. He is a Marvel character with super powers, but he's not too likely to use them outside of no other options situation, but take a look just in case because he has a lot of Issues related to PTSD.
Tell us about them: Former brainwashed supersoldier assassin who really, really just wants to be left alone in his tiny apartment in Romania.
Current plans: Nothing at all, seeing as he just arrived here! Developing CR in general is good, negative, positive, or just plain awkward. I'm good with it all. The first step is largely going to be massive paranoia on the part of this guy here.
Anything else:

Player: Zee
Contact: PM either journal or

funfire

Tell us about yourself: My time zone is Canadia EST. I work as a school custodian so my hours for tagging may change here and there.

Character: Troupe Master Grimm /

fireindreams
Permissions: Here
Tell us about them: The theatrical Master of the Grimm Troupe and one of the more difficult boss battles of Hollow Knight, at least until Godmaster DLC was released. He has a flair for the dramatics and is the bug version of Dracula without being up to his eyeballs in Belmonts. He also happens to be Hallownest's God of Nightmares, which a few people met during the previous event. Grimm will not exactly be thrill to speak about what all of that was about, but will answer questions if pressed.

Character: The Guardian /

smallkindness
Permissions: Here
Tell us about them: Although not particularly talkative by nature, the Guardian is a kind soul handed a tragedy during their lifetime. Much like their fellow drifter already in LifeAftr, the Guardian suffers from the same sickness and also sought to end the plague of the Immortal Cell after their family's lives were claimed by it. Things unfortunately took a turn for the worse, but now there are here. The Guardian is signed up for the upcoming event and is on Team Purple.

Player: Twi
Contact: Plurk is

twilitfall; Discord is Twee#6092
Tell us about yourself: Hm, let's see, I am a shy extrovert who'll likely be hiding behind someone for a few weeks nbd. I live on the east coast of the US, so that makes EST a Thing. I prefer to be referred to with she/her, though I will also answer to HEY YOU WITH THE FACE if need be. I also swear like the sailor's granddaughter that I am, so apologies in advance!
Also: I HAVE TO MANY MEMES TO LIST HERE.

Character: Noctis Lucis Caelum (

warpstriking) and Allura (

diplomacycheck)
Permissions: They're still quite literally under construction but they'll eventually be here for Noctis, and here for Allura. (I have a problem and it's making everything pretty.)
Tell us about them: Noctis is a tired young man who feels a Lot of things and wants to help others. This gets him in way over his head. He's also a nerd; don't let the goth rock band look fool you. (spoilers: a lot of goths are nerds, le gasp.) He's also the last of his royal line, so... yay?
Allura is also the last of her royal line but has not wandered nearly as much as the other I'm bringing in. She loves to help others and will do whatever it takes to help those in need. I have a type and I realize this.
Current plans: Exploration and settling in until the event, mostly! For both of them. Also catching up with friends and family who are already here and have been for a while. (Joke's on you, Keith. She'll remember that conversation.)
Anything else: JOKE'S ON YOU I USED A GIF ALREADY-

Well, shit.

Player: Ruka
Contact: rukafais at plurk, sure add me if you want!
Tell us about yourself: I'm in Australia, so +9:30 GMT! I accept they/them, she/her and him/his equally as pronouns, I'm not fussed. I mostly draw and talk about my favourite things and make dad jokes. I am the newest mod on the block here at LA and I'm happy to help with any queries you might have!

Character: The Knight |

lightlessfuture
Permissions: Permissions for the Knight's various doodads and powers. Nothing too special.
Tell us about them: Less tired, furiously protective of their sibling, still working through a lot of issues and trying to express their emotions better. Still has a problem of overloading themselves with burdens and not asking for help. People treating them like a normal-ass kid appreciated.
Current plans: Not much! Please let this child be happy, thank you. As always, I'd love to just throw my character at your character and see what happens.
Anything else:

Edited 2018-12-03 05:26 (UTC)

Player: Zero
Contact:

arrpee, zero#8942 on discord; feel free to add! mostly i yap about rp and tend to mass-add everybody, unless i've missed you
Tell us about yourself: PST, they/them, one of ur modteam. i generally try to hit people back as quick as possible; if i've dropped your thread, that was probably an accident, since i'm a backtag forever kind of babey
Character: Tim Wright (

postictal) from web series Marble Hornets, the Drifter (

hyperlit) from indie game Hyper Light Drifter, Agent Washington (

counterblows) from web series Red vs. Blue
Permissions: TIM | DRIFTER | WASH
Tell us about them:

TIM is a some dude from a web series called Marble Hornets (aka that one slender man webseries that Started It All) and a CRAU from sol_raveh. Depressed chain-smoker, kind of coming to terms with adopting a lot of stab-happy children, and chock-full of that good ol mental health Garbage so feel free to give me a poke if there's anything that gets a little too Real. In general he's just...very tired, very hard on himself, but he means well, usually. He's also taken to setting things on fire when he doesn't know how to deal with them, so that's good.

THE DRIFTER is from an indie game called Hyper Light Drifter because obscure canons are, apparently, My Business. Silent, blue-skinned wanderer who communicates via sign language and/or a little bobbing sprite thing that hovers by their shoulder and projects text. They will teach u sign language if u want. They're also suffering from an incurable terminal illness so don't be alarmed if they start horking up blood sometimes it's just a thing that happens on occasion.

AGENT WASHINGTON is from a web show called Red vs. Blue, which is a halo-based machinima about colorful space soldiers thats funny until it stops being funny and starts being really fucking sad. he's a space marine who just needs a fucking nap, honestly. in general, he's pretty dependable in a crisis, is a highly accomplished killer, and has a hell of a Traumatic Past and copes with it by being grumpy and acting like he's still a soldier, which he technically is.

Current plans:

TIM still runs Denny, which is LifeAftr's one and only restaurant. Let me know if you wanna work there! We can handwave if you want, or if you want some good establishing threads for nascent CR that definitely flies for me too. There are some carpentry tasks that he still wants to do, but we'll see how that goes once December's event starts happening. He is currently marked for the red group, so if you're red too you can come can idk commiserate about weird colors glowing on hands with him??

THE DRIFTER has been hypercompensating for the shit hell that was August and October by doing Nuidan tasks and exploration whenever they can, but aside from that, has been more or less grappling with the FEELINGS THAT THEY HAVE. they have feelings. they don't like these feelings :| they have been marked for cyan group.

WASH has mostly been coasting last month because november was a hell time, but he has been marked for yellow group for those who are interested in potential cr in that area!

Anything else:

Character: Futaba Sakura (

promiselisting)
Permissions: Permissions Post for her Support abilities and also an opt-out for any of her backstory CWs
Tell us about them: Prodigy hacker and professional menace. Has moderate authority problems, significant anxiety issues, and trust issues out the wazoo. And as bad as she is now? She's a lot better than she was. On that note: please mind the content warnings in her history section/permissions post; she's been through a lot. Oh, she might also be some kind of anarchist crime-fighting vigilante too. Something like that.
Current plans: Futaba is. Going to be in for an interesting arrival. Ann is here, but she's the only one, so Futaba will probably stick to her a fair bit at first. And by stick to I mean "physically be hiding behind." But ideally I'd like for her to get other people that she feels safe around sooner rather than later. Just a heads up though that the more stern/lawful and generally adult-shaped a person is (and that has more to do with how old they act not how old they are), the trickier that will be, though not impossible. I'm definitely going to be throwing her at the event, too!

Long term I'm going to need to work on finding a niche for her, because she's so tech obsessed and that. Isn't a thing here. In any case, COME AT ME. Also in case you missed me mentioning it before, Futaba will not be remembering her previous stay at LifeAftr. For all intents and purposes I'm starting fresh.

Anything else: I said it on her permissions post but I'm going to say it here too:

Futaba can be sarcastic, opinionated, blunt, and even rude, and has a tendency to be outspoken/less than careful with her opinions, particularly after she's more comfortable with a group. These are entirely IC opinions/statements and are not meant to reflect anything more than that. I've previously had problems with people taking Futaba's IC statements far too seriously/personally on an OOC level, so if you ever have any concerns in that regard please talk to me first and I'd be happy to talk things out/explain why she's doing or saying what she is

OKAY with that out of the way:

Edited 2018-12-03 23:55 (UTC)

Player: Michelle
Contact:

sweetstacks, sweetstacks#0827 on Discord.
Tell us about yourself: PST, she/her, trying to find a new job because Work Is Hell. I dab a lot and post sweet memes and fanart.
Character: Mira,

antepone and Shiro,

galrarm.
Permissions: Mira, who has empathy permissions. Shiro.
Tell us about them:

MIRA is a girl in her super early twenties who comes from Washington state. She grew up in France, and later moved to the states. Her world is pretty damn shitty in that it sees people with abilities as a threat; therefore, it works to sort of "poison" people's minds, but only those without powers. In spite of all this, Mira reminds kind and caring, even if she has trust issues and refuses to talk about her problems. She's willing to take on others' burdens, though, and she internalizes. A lot. Ever since coming to LifeAftr, though, she's gotten more paranoid and is trying to teach herself to distance herself from people she cares about, just enough that she won't be devastated when they leave. It's not working, though. Whoops. She also has a corgi and a cat, so come play with them! For the event, she's got an orange mark.

SHIRO is pretty recently arrived. He's a soldier and has been through a ton of shit including: Being a gladiator! Being experimented on! Having his arm removed and replaced with an alien prosthetic! Nearly dying several times! Eating shit in each season opening! Needless to say, all of this has built up and he has a significant amount of trauma. But it's fine. Shiro is still compassionate and strives to make everyone around him feel comfortable. He's also a natural leader and values teamwork. In LifeAftr, he's had to deal with the apparition of his ex-boyfriend. He's also trying to keep his feelings for Keith on the down low, but that's. Not really working. Oops. For the event, Shiro has a purple mark.

Current plans: Let's do some search requests! Shiro is a lot more durable than Mira and can handle longer/more intense searches, but I'm more than willing to push Mira past her limits. Aside from that, I'm not really sure what I have planned. I'm just winging it, fam.
Anything else:

Edited 2018-12-03 05:09 (UTC)

soldiers with ptsd and prosthetics, you say

sticks my leggy out all over you

way too much ptsd
come commiserate with him, shiro

Player: Eisah
Contact:

maraich
Tell us about yourself: PST
Character: Prompto |

want_to_belong
Permissions: Permissions | Info Post
Tell us about them: Prompto has been in Lifeaftr since the beginning, and he currently wants to stay despite having a preference for modern life and technology. With the amount of time he's been on the islands, he's adjusted pretty well to the daily routines for survival, and lives in a fairly good setup with his two bros and his own nearly grown chocobo (plus the other animals they've gathered).
Prompto is an easygoing guy who might seem a lot more outgoing than he really is sometimes. He tries to be upbeat, is generally kind, and often does his best to try and help others. In reality, he can be pretty shy, especially around cute girls close to his age. He's slow to (real) anger and simple to get along with.

Current plans: I'm open. Currently, his friend Gladio is trying to set him up on dates. Boy is 21 and has only been kissed once by a drunk dude - also Gladio. As far as how receptive he would be, he'd be overenthusiastic, potentially to the point of being off-putting, towards girls and also probably nearly die whilst trying to talk to them, and very uncertain and confused about boys. Despite his small size and anxiety, he definitely considers himself a 'top' and would endlessly try to prove his manliness. No confidence issues here. None at all.
Other than that, he can always use more friends and go on more adventures. He would like to start generating electricity, which will require the steps of making wires and rubber and everything else needed to start tinkering.

Anything else:

Look how proud he is of that buttslap.

Edited 2018-12-03 05:03 (UTC)

points at eyes

points at you

I thiiink we found a reason Gladio thinks they're a thing. Dat buttslap.

Totally straight buttslaps.

I mean. She'll feel him on the whole paranoia thing. Seriously.

so how about that stray cat you befriended in dreamland, Allura.

or idk wherever you want to start the CR-ening

the straightest of buttslaps.

Perfect aim, beeline for the butt, no curveballs, straightest of the straight.

I just like how after he's like, "I DID IT, YEAH".

Allura just collects all the cats (except Noctis).

She's accepted this lot in life.

Paranoia is the only way to live.

Hello! I also play emo aesthetic royalty, but that’s besides the point, my real reason for replying is to say how much I identify with that ffxiv meme XD

I’m a newb still on the free trial (I only recently hit the levelcap), I felt that in my heart.

Haha, I see.

And oh no. Oh no, come here to my mentor arms. /pet (I may have been playing since the beta on PS3 haha)

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