OOC Discussion: Deeringtome!

[justbeingknife]

What with the events that have been happening lately, wouldn't it be useful to have an IC Guide that characters (new or old) could reference to find out more about Deerington? MAYBE. The following is a summary of discussion from Plurk and Discord on.... Deeringtome!

What is Deeringtome?

OOCly: A Googledoc anyone would be able to update.

ICly: A guide that would include a timeline of events in Deerington. There would be a electronic copies available via the Fluids and a hard copy in the form of an actual book. The hard copy would be guarded by two deer, named Clippy and Cloppy. In order to access the hard copy, characters would find Clippy/Cloppy in town and be given the book. The deer would take it back when they were finished.

Due to this setup, the physical copy will only be accessible when the deer are accessible. The electronic copy will only be accessible when the Fluids are working.

• From Lance: Clippy and Cloppy would appear within the first week that newbies are in-game, assuming they're not brought in during times where the deer have disappeared.

What information can go in Deeringtome?

As per the mods, entries in Deeringtome would be "edited with stuff characters would have icly found out and understood". Another recommendation is "not linking to events for the tome just because that way the recordings are more realistic". In other words, IC summaries of things that have been experienced by your character.

So far, players have expressed interest in having the following available in Deeringtome:

• Ami: A list of people they can contact for notes on Deeringtome
• Lance: Beings and monsters, how to fight them
• Lance: Reality bending happenings, i.e. the full moon not changing a whole month.

My character hates technology/can't read text/can't write/wouldn't ICly contribute!

Characters can volunteer their time to transcribe written text to the electronic version, write down accounts from other characters, etc.

• Ax: Suggested an audio copy for blind characters

Who will work on Deeringtome?

Whoever wants to and has time to edit the Googledoc.
ICly, Justine’s notes during the Chapter 2 event will likely spark the discussion, as there are multiple characters who want to get information out and have been doing so on a more limited basis.

DEERINGTOME WHEN???

Probably December, at the earliest, and definitely after the current set of events is over. November will likely be a hectic month for Deerington judging from game chatter, and they'll need to get access to the deer in order to ask the deer to guard the tome.

I've tried to start off with some discussion headers below, but feel free to make your own if you feel it’d help. This post will be updated intermittently with edits as more details get solidified!

Comments

DISCUSSION/QUESTIONS

[justbeingknife]

[danzan]

Q: when is this conceivably happening
A: prob december since the deer are still missing and big events are happening and chars IC-ly won't have time to add to it. don't sweat it!

SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTENT

[justbeingknife]

[danzan]

Current ideas for what characters do IC-ly is that they can

> contribute to the book by writing new entries (as in pen on paper), and then giving those entries to Clippy or Cloppy;
> contribute to the book by just talking to the deer about what should be going in, and the pages... appear!;
> contribute to the book by talking to someone else who can write/type for you;
> transcribe the hard copy into typed soft copy;
> create audio recordings of their voice;
> we could even have someone do braille!?

OOC-ly, people are welcome to edit the Google Doc as long as their character has experienced whatever is added to the Deeringtome. Entries can be written following the character's writing style, so if ur char typs lik dis u can leav it. speling errors probly also hapen.

For easier compilation of info (and so we can be sure people don't write about the same thing twice), I'll be editing this toplevel with what characters will be contributing.

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CONTRIBUTORS + IC CONTRIBUTIONS
Daemon singularwidower - content writing, footnotes + other flourishes
Darcy sorryitasedyou - footnotes, info organisation, transcription, typing
Justine ishisstrength - content writing
Logan danzan - content writing, possibly? proofreading? (grammar and spelling only)
Majima justbeingknife - content writing, liaison for F.E.A.R.
Merlin eatwell - transcribing. content writing/copying/organization if needed. proofing content maybe.
Rei Hino incandescentflame - audio recordings (ENG + JP + others on request), content writing, transcriptions
X'rhun vermillon - audio recordings, content writing, liaison for F.E.A.R.

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CONTENT TO BE ADDED
- Something (from someone)

Vague content ideas:
- Daemon's: Bestiary, magic happenings (Daemon)
- Justine's: Events, marked-up maps w/ curious locations
- Rei: Deerington the town, folklore, spirits
- X'rhun's: Bestiary, locations, magic-related shit

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SIGN ME UP!

[justbeingknife]

[justbeingknife]

Majima will be writing content and probably offering himself up as a general contact for F.E.A.R. My brain is dead rn, hi

Re: SIGN ME UP!

[eatwell]

Merlin eatwell - transcribing (for those who can't write. he has no tech skills. yet.), content writing/copying/organization if needed. proofing content maybe.

<b>Merlin</b> <user name="eatwell"> - transcribing. content writing/copying/organization if needed. proofing content maybe.

[singularwidower]

Daemon will add notes, content, and flourishes, as he's interested in updating the bestiary and poking magic happenings.

[sorryitasedyou]

Darcy can help with organization/transcribing/adding notes - and she's tech saavy/arrived with a laptop so if things need to be typed up, she can do that.

[ishisstrength]

Justine has been here since day 1 and will be providing her notes as well as adding to her notes as similarities between events are connected. Also possibly a map with marked up areas that allow them to see the different "sides" of Deerington since that was a clue that had been given to them by the dogkeeper.

That kind of stuff.

Justine is very good at theories and drawing connections. Even when I am bad at it.

General statement to all.

[ishisstrength]

She will also have an open post towards the end of October (when we're sure that the events are wrapping up) where people can talk about things IC. In case people want to help but isn't sure what their muses will have time to do.

[vermillon]

x'rhun can be another contact for F.E.A.R. since he's 2nd in command and v active in all the fights and monster tango-ing. he'll also add notes and entries to the ic bestiary and about locations and magic-related shit

also he can probably provide the voice for the audio logs?? if you want someone with a yorkshire accent talking to you like you're listening to a bbc broadcast. he can go full rp accent too though

[incandescentfaith]

Rei will include her notes on the town, the spirits she's investigated, folklore, etc. She will also transcribe and voice record in English, Japanese, and other requested languages.

[oversight]

John was a notorious note-taker in one of his past games, and he's almost always all-in for information sharing and getting involved in helping out the community. 8'D

IC CONTRIBUTIONS: content writing, proofreading, editing, cross referencing, fact-checking

Vague content ideas (that Blake may or may not be able to fully advise on): multiverse/multiversal visitors (CRAU experiences and the similarities/differences, plus maybe an on-going list of other multiversal locations, when offered), FAQ (IC), quick-start guide (for news who don't have time to read the whole book), on-going census (voluntary?), um... I'll come back if I think of more. o/