OOC INTRO ( MAY )

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OOC INTRO: MAY

State of the Game
Hello, and welcome adventurers, old and new! April was a month of changes and cycles and rebirth and renewal, as evidenced by the volcanic eruption on the island of Cahypdo and the strange effects that's had on the ages of characters and NPCs alike. Thankfully, by the time April has concluded, things will be restored to normal...or whatever passes for normal here, in any case.

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

1. Cahypdo. We recommend that anyone new to the game take the opportunity to read up on the island of Cahypdo, as well as trade with the Roaka, the local populace, if that interests them. Cahypdo will be vanishing when Storytelling goes up on May 20th, so get in any explorations while you can!

2. New Island. The votes are in, and islanders voted to go to the second option presented - the one represented by green flames and strange starburst patterns reminiscent of explosions. The new island will join LifeAftr's shores on May 10th, when it will become accessible for exploration!

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

HEY U

how long has it been since we been in a game together

i require ur tags

[atailoftwoworlds]

Player: Em
Contact:daisythesorceress on Plurk, daisythesorceress#5185 on Discord or just PM this journal!ç
Tell us about yourself: She/her. CEST. I’m an English Teacher who lives on the north coast of Spain and is currently trying to prepare kids for official exams. After four months of OH GOD WHY IS EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT ONCE things finally seem to be calming down a little. However, because of work, I’m a slow tagger who will backtag to the end of the world.

Character: Zidane Tribal atailoftwoworlds from Final Fantasy IX, the ninth installment of some JRPG series that nobody's heard of.

Permissions: https://atailoftwoworlds.dreamwidth.org/3475.html (I still need to redo this post. It's old)

Note. Zidane likes girls. A lot. He’s got one girl back at home whom he intends to gather up the courage to confess to so he’s not going to be pursuing any relationship and has no interest in girls besides being friends with them. Still, flirting habits die hard and while I don’t intend for him to say anything worse than cheesy lines (or have him flirt with anyone who isn’t 16 or older – and that includes mentally) and possibly give misguided love advice to others, do let me know if what he says makes you too uncomfortable for whatever reason and I’ll accommodate!

Tell us about them: Zidane is an optimistic disaster a teenage thief who is cheerful, cocky, carefree and also kind of a flirtatious idiot when it comes to pretty women. He also has the motto “You don’t need a reason to help people” and will impulsively run to those in need, sometimes recklessly risking his life for it.

Despite all this, he’s smarter than he lets on and quite perceptive of others, being willing to be a big brother to people and listen to them and give his own insightful perspective although not to the point he is nosy enough to force people to open up. In spite of all this and even though he’s not a miserable person, Zidane’s not so good at talking to others when it comes to his own worries. However, recent canon developments have made him want to change this (although because he doesn’t know anyone here very well yet it might be a bit difficult to put into practice. But time and circumstances could help him loosen up. He’s very precocious for a kid but still a kid who’s learning so….).

Oh. And he’s from an artificial race and was created specifically to help cause war, chaos and wipe out all life on some other planet and the only reason he didn’t turn into a bloodthirsty murderer was what can be pretty much summed up as sibling jealousy. Nothing out of the ordinary here. Move along.

Current plans: Zidane is honestly very good any sort of CR. Have a teenage character who wants friends their age? Want an annoying kid who is not above trolling? Want someone who is massively loyal to you and won’t stand for their friends being hurt? Want someone who is good at playing big brother? Zidane is good at fulfilling all those roles. Want to do exploring, adventure and investigating stuff? Zidane is good for that too (although Mr. Let's Body Slam The Mysterious Sealed Door might not always be the most careful dungeon explorer in the team).

He also ended up with a pet lorby which he named Blank. Blank is a friendly and affectionate creature who also eats a lot so make sure you don’t have food with you.

I should also get a proper move on with the theatre idea that Zidane brought up early last month. So I’m going to get a move on with that at some point and make proper plans OOCly. So anyone who has a character who likes acting or performing in some way and wants to join Zidane’s eventual troupe (which means more CR for everyone), I’d be down for that!

Anything else: I love presenting screenshots with no context whatsoever.

[atailoftwoworlds]

They definitely should. If in part to get better acquainted. Then some cheerful and cocky teenager can visit you and the Denny often, Tim!

Oooooh! That could be interesting to bring up at some point! Zidane's generally accepted his origins and is generally "Who cares what you are?" although there are moments when it does make him a little bummed out and he's not forthcoming about it yet because he doesn't know anyone here well enough yet and it might be a weird thing to bring up before then. He is aware that there are quite a few other synthesized beings here though and was very "Whoah really?" But there could still be some circumstances where it could come up.

[deadlylittlething]

ugh put it back

[deadlylittlething]

i can't believe you've summed up the three of them in LA in one image

also we should see what the new island is like but how about Lup And Connor Set Shit On Fire Redux

[fourgasm]

i love you

[deadlylittlething]

THAT'S BETTER

[assoverelbow]

Player: Nick!
Contact: daintily, nickknack#8156 @ Discord
Tell us about yourself: It's not true yet, but I'll be EST as of tomorrow! They/them.

Character: Lance, thegoofball
Permissions: There's one on his journal!
Tell us about them: Lance is a Paladin of Voltron, ladies' man (lol) and general goof. Obviously. He's been in Life Aftr for about a year, give or take some hiatus and a temp drop, and he's...Been Adjusting. He's got a kind of nihilistic view of the islands - things are going to be terrible or weird so why even bother fighting it?
Current plans: I need to get Lance back in the game!! If anyone wants to do an explore or get up to shenanigans with him, I'm all for it.

Character: Genji Shimada, assoverelbow
Permissions: There's one on his journal.
Tell us about them: Genji is a member of an unnamed crime syndicate family turned cyborg agent of Overwatch. He's been through a lot, but he's okay with things because he spent a lot of time with some robot monks. He's chill. He's also completely new to the islands so he doesn't know what to expect yet!
Current plans: Get him established! Get him some friends! Get him some people to learn his backstory and go "wow that sucks" while he's just sitting there like "nah fam it's chill".
Anything else:

[sandsister]

washington and two need to meet!!! and also i need cr with every single one of ur beans. two's super talkative and friendly so she'll at least butt her way into a convo with everyone at some point.

[sandsister]

two needs to meet this boi. her canon has a bunch of questionable content so she won't be thrown off by it at all. she'll take care of him.

[sandsister]

idk if they'll end up getting along but two is super friendly. she's not really thrown off by that kind of behavior and would deffo help him take care of business.

[sandsister]

i super enjoyed the ben & two thread in the tdm and was hoping to continue to have cr from hereon out!! i think they'd get along. let her collect all these numbers.

[motherfucking_ghost]

THEY SURE AS HECKIE DO

hey present!tim do you want more piggyback rides

[motherfucking_ghost]

they sure gotta TALK anyway. kissing is also nice! that just miiight take a little time first.

[sandsister]

two is also an eldrich abomination that she has no idea about so i think i need this cr with all my lil soul.

[motherfucking_ghost]

but what about your fuckin spirit dragon noodles genj

[a_shadow]

For sure! Hopefully Tex won't make a huge mess of things trying not to apologize

[the_archivist]

That sounds awesome! Yes I absolutely need this! :D

[the_archivist]

Dear Church, how much do you want to shove this nerd in a locker (while pretending that you aren't also a massive nerd?)

[fourgasm]

oh my god so I don't know HOW this would happen because Klaus generally keeps his power's effects on him Very Secret, but he is literally a font of terrifying supernatural encounters because he can see ghosts, and is also, terrified of ghosts.

but idk either way I wanna throw Klaus at him, im canonblind but have been MEANING to listen to the show...

aaaand I just read about jon's powers on his permissions post now and MAYBE getting klaus to talk would be easier than I expected??? who knows, I dont

[the_archivist]

You should definitely listen to the show! I've got Jon from Season 4 but he is delightfully sarcastic in Season 1 it's great.

I am sure we can work something out! Jon has managed to get a Statement out of things that really want him dead before so... his compulsion is kind of designed to get people talking. And it's meant to be pretty cathartic to tell him stuff!

I'd definitely be up for them meeting :D

[fourgasm]

ive just got SOOOO many podcasts im behind on. im subscribed and everything but its been sitting in my list just..... staring at me. rip

yeah I'm sure after Klaus feels the like, cathartic part he'd be like. oh okay im fine with this. and it's not like he'd like... be hostile or anything. he's not like, an aggressive person, he's more likely to deflect than get angry or anything anyway lol.

but yes I'm thrilled about this!!

[fourgasm]

he'd love to meet someone named two who isn't a ball of rage, that would be refreshing

[patternseeker]

Yeeessssss let's do this thing!!!

[patternseeker]

Ok I need Kate to meet a literal dragon. :>