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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[the_archivist]

Player: Zalia
Contact: zaliachimera Zalia Chimera
#4941
Tell us about yourself: GMT, she/her, I'm flexible with tagging time and work from home. Might be a little slower than usual from later this month since I'm gonna be covering extra hours at work but shouldn't be too bad.

Character: Jonathan Sims/The Archivist the_archivist
Permissions: HERE - Jon has some sort of weird abilities so please check them out.

Tell us about them: Jon is the Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, an academic institution dedicated to researching the esoteric and paranormal. They are not - and they would like to make this clear - paranormal investigators; they are researchers dedicated to revealing knowledge of the unknown.

Jon is a somewhat stuffy and acerbic character, although he has softened due to recent events. He is awkward in the extreme with people he doesn't know (and often with people he does know). He is dedicated to his friends, kind of depressed, and also an Avatar of an eldritch abomination dark god of fear and knowledge which is slowly turning him into something Other. He's keenly aware of this and is not entirely sure what he's going to do.

He is driven by his patron to seek out knowledge and experiences. He also really likes cats, hates spiders, and tells excellent spooky stories (he also hates the word spooky). He could also really use a nap (it won't help him, but he likes to pretend).

Current plans: I'm brand new and shiny, so happy to have him meet anyone! Eventually he is gonna need to collect some Statements (stories of genuine supernatural encounters - preferably with a component of fear) from people or he'll get really sick.

Anything else:

[patternseeker]

Kate Has Got A Story For Him!!!

Hi I threaded with you with my Brennan journal. I'd love to throw Kate at Jon :)

[the_archivist]

Jon will happily take all Statements of terrifying supernatural occurrences because the side effects of not doing that are very unpleasant for him XD

And hi! I would love that! :D

[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.

[the_archivist]

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

[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!!

[the_archivist]

I know the feeling! My backlog of everything (games, podcasts, movies, TV) is horrendous.

I'm looking forward to it! I mean, Jon is kind of prickly and snarky but he's not completely an asshole. Definitely looking forward to this!

[tenthstreetbred]

Idk much about this show but I have a couple of friends who have raved about it and I am always a sucker for supernatural shit so. I definitely need this CR like breathing.

[the_archivist]

I mean, I binged all of it in about 3 weeks so I definitely recommend it, but I am terribly biased! I'd definitely love some CR :D

[tenthstreetbred]

I have so many podcasts to catch up on (which I am sure you have heard before) but like.... god I need more supernatural shit in my life. Is it on iTunes?

yes yes yes! Are you doing anything for the intro log or are you going to wait for the event? will he be investigating mothman

[the_archivist]

I do know the feeling! My watch/listen to/playlist is a bit ridiculous ^^; And yes! It is indeed on iTunes!

I am gonna throw Jon onto the intro log I believe. He is totally gonna look into Mothman (That whole description is absolutely his thing XD)

[tenthstreetbred]

HMMM maybe I will finally get off my butt and listen to some podcasts again LOL

yes yes yes!!!! investigate that ass moth man!!!!!!

[achievementhunter]

eyyyy Chara is a stuffy undead child who may or may not be over a hundred years old, I feel like they'd potentially either hit it off really well or very poorly. Either way, I'd love to interact if you're down for it!

[the_archivist]

I would definitely be up for them meeting no matter how it goes! :D

[triggerhappytraitor]

Jon sounds kinda similar to this guy! Tachibana's also a socially awkward turtle with depression issues who's a researcher of (a very specific) supernatural by profession. He even has some actual experience in that "becoming the Other" thing (both 2nd hand and both... kinda 1st hand due to stuff in his previous game where the person who's life he was living at the time he took over for Apollo and when he came back to himself, he had some leftovers from that.) Would love to get them chatting about stuff!


...also my 2ndary guy, Bakura, is a occult nerd who would find everything about this all fascinating (especially the eldritch abomination part.) and would want to pester him for all sorts of details and would totally tell him all the neat stuff that happened with the totally-not-cursed ancient occult artifacts he and his best friend had that one time.

[the_archivist]

This all sounds amazing! Jon is probably gonna be weirdly relieved and happy to find people who are in a similar situation (and also aren't irrevocably tied to the same place).

Cursed artefacts are a speciality!

[triggerhappytraitor]

Bakura will be happy to tell him all about the Ring! And lament that he doesn't have it any more. Even though it's nice not to be possessed all the time, the Ring itself was pretty cool~

I'm pretty terrible at getting top levels up, but poke when you have yours and I'll send one or both of these guys over. Tachibana also comes with a cute mascot critter that's a SD version of his armor, which makes for an easy hook :D

[the_archivist]

Hey! I put up a top level on the intro log if you'd like them to meet! https://lifeaftr.dreamwidth.org/72708.html?thread=18091780#cmt18091780