October OOC Introduction Post for New Characters

[sodder]

WELCOME TO DEERINGTON!

Hello new players, and hello old players with new faces! We're thrilled to have you in the game and we hope your time here is horrifically wonderful! Please feel free to use this space to introduce yourselves to one another and show off your new characters! Below is some useful information for all new players of the game and how you can expect the game to function! You certainly do not need to read it in order to plunge into the game, but we felt it might prove useful for some people and help you adjust to how the game works quicker!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THIS MONTH

Check out this month's Prelude to catch up on what the setting will be for the month! New characters will receive any items/newspaper from the month's Prelude.

Our plotting post with details on our event is live here! Please feel free to dig right on in with the plotting.

Please read our Story So Far post that will be available to all characters ICly. This is a good point of reference for anyone who wants to dig into the meaty core of the game's story.

STUFF

Requirement for all new characters: Please make sure to comment with your character to the AC Page by the 20th. We will assume you've withdrawn your acceptance if we don't see your character on the AC page by then. This would be seen as idling out and you would have to wait for one application cycle before reapplying.

Content Warnings: Please make sure to check out our player-maintained content warnings excel sheet. We strongly encourage all players to fill this out.

PRELUDES, EVENTS, AND MORE

20-25th of Each Month:

You can expect a Prelude post made each month to provide details about Deerington's setting for the upcoming event/month. Prelude posts may just be descriptors of the location or may be deliverable posts by NPCs like Sodder or the Dog Keeper. Preludes occasionally will contain gifts or necessary items for a character! All Preludes are accessible to characters accepted during that month's application cycle. For example: the Prelude for December has gifts and settings that are accessible to every character accepted in December.

4-5th of Each Month:

A plotting post containing the event prompts will be posted so that players can read the event and plan for it ahead of time. There should be time for new players to get in on the plotting since all events officially go live on the 11th/12th.

11-12th of Each Month:

We hold one event per month. Many of our events have a lasting impact on characters that will sometimes carry over a month or two after the original posting. We always clarify what parts of these events may carry over, and even as a new player, you may be able to access certain elements from events posted before you were in-game so always make sure to check out the Preludes for details about any carry-over prompts!

We provide content warnings for each of our events. Each event typically has a specific horror focus, and some events may be more specific than others. Please make sure to read the content warnings closely.

All of our events are specifically designed so players can feel comfortable opting out of any of the events without completely missing out on what's going on. Never feel you have to engage with any part of an event that makes you uncomfortable!

Every other 15th of the Month:

We have a CR meme that is posted every other month. This encourages people to make long-term plans with each other as well as catch up on what characters might be going through in the game!

End of Month:

Our Test Drive Meme is posted towards the end of each month. All TDM events can be used in game canon! You can also use direct TDM posts as AC! 10 points for a top-level (new characters only), 3 points per log comment, 1 point per network comment (all players).

STARTER INFO

While we have provided you with your essential links for joining the game, we have compiled a useful list of links you might be interested in for further immersion of the game!

↪ Social Media in Deerington: Social Media is a large part of how characters interact in Deerington. They use deerFeed, deerlyBeloved and Staggr. Read up more on how each of these apps function in the game and get your pages set up!

↪ Death Certificates: This will help you keep track of your character's deaths in game as well as any symptoms they might be experiencing. Most new characters won't have to worry about this but heck, what do we know? Maybe you'll want to get to dying sooner than most!

We hope our information has been helpful! As always, feel free to ask any questions you may have, and we hope you have fun!

Comments

[ninetieskid]

Rei and Jennifer will probably get along lol.

Or Jubilee could break her mind. With modern everything. And being a vampire.

[prosecutorinchief]

I watched a friend play it - I enjoy watching scary games being played but I don't handle the stress of playing them myself well at all - and I was TOTALLY into it. So creepy!

And you're absolutely correct. Gory murder scenes, sure. Supernatural, sure. But this is a bit...beyond the pale for him. XD

[darraig]

Alright. Just figured to check since I know some aren't that way regarding spoilers.

But also. Yeah. Sadly. Kinda. Here at least she doesn't have to worry about food or shelter. Has a proper bed. More than she had back home for years with her constantly traveling and on the move p much. AJ not being here could go either way in her not having to worry about him with Deer's Everything but also she misses her little goofball kid.

[lightthedarkness]

Loveless is basically "everything is awful but like secretly." Ritsuka has an opt-out because of how many content warnings his series has.

[heresmycard]

Hi there! I've been in the game for a few months but the Joker has only recently been recruited to FEAR (mostly because he wants access to weapons but also for the challenges... but mostly weapons.) Would love to play him and Chuck butting heads over FEAR stuff if you're interested.

+1 vampire!

[behind_my_smile]

Hello everyone! My name is Tohma (Your resident Wei Wuxian from The Untamed) and I'm bringing in my 2nd character! This is Fai from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles! This is a version of him from later in the manga.

Spoilers!

He is a vampire and no longer has any of his magic, having given it all away as payment for a very important item. He technically only has to drink the blood of 1 person to survive (poor Kurogane...) and he isn't really your typical vampire.

He is going to be absolutely miserable this month with all the blood everywhere though.

I look forward to playing with you all! My plurk is one_night_star so feel free to add me!

[suicidemission]

omggg the Joker. I'm in!

[keystaff]

Fai! ♥

I am so excited for him and Kuropapa cr with the CCS kids. I've loved what I've had with Fai with CCS Sakura before so I'm keen to keep that going and let her figure more about him and TRC as they get closer cr and all. I still need to finish World Chronicles and order that proper but I've read through Reservoir Chronicles a few times with having the manga physically and reading it as it was released online.

+1 badass teenager

[itsbullshit]

I played Five here for a hot minute, and decided to try a different character! I'm Parks, and I'm playing Nancy Wheeler from Stranger Things! She's girly and tough, compassionate and kickass. I played with the ST cast on the tdm and had a blast. Please let me know if you guys want to continue our threads, or move on.



You can add me on everlark, but please let me know who you are and who you play first c: Thanks! Can't wait to play with you guys!

[truestrength]

hiya!! i don't think i ever properly introduced myself but i'm amber! i'm excited to have fai here and look forward to the disaster that will be this month!

[40seconds]

Hey all, Kelly here, adding another character to my roster along with Tony Stark and Buffy Summers. This is Phil Coulson from the MCU/Agents of SHIELD tv series, and he's here to dad at you all while being cool, calm, and totally collected. mostly

Spoilers n stuff, but the short version is, he died and was brought back and now he just goes around tracking down bad guys and other threats and containing them. Sometimes things go south, but that's just business as usual for him and his team.

His permissions and application are here if you'd like to peruse them, and I can be reached on plurk @ starkravinghazelnuts! Feel free to add me. \o\

Oh, and he's a dork.

[behind_my_smile]

Fai will adopt the CCS kids and mother them like he would his own SyaoSaku pair. <3

[behind_my_smile]

Save him Kuro-tan..he's going to have a rough month.

But yes! Hello! I look forward to our shenanigans ^_^

[fatedmahou]

Hello, everyone! I'm Luna and I'm brand spanking new here.

I have brought with me an original character named Mirai Akarui. Long story short, she is a magical girl (Mahou in her world) who has a pretty dark past. I do have an information post right here that goes further in-depth about her character, world setting, and all that fun stuff if you want to check it out.

Basically, her world is dying due to over-reliance and over-use of magic. It's not only brought blight to the land but also attracted dangerous creatures known as Cadavers in her world. These creatures kill and devour anyone and any creature around them indiscriminately and can only be killed with either magically enhanced weapons or Mahous.

Meanwhile in another world, they have decided to use alternative universes as a source of fuel for their own energy crisis. They have also been finding these creatures (though they call them Nightmares there) there as well. Mirai's world was one of those worlds used for energy and she was trapped in this other dimension.

The explanation is a bit lengthy, so I suggest checking out the information post if you are interested (or just ask me, I'll be happy to talk about her). The TLDR version is that she has seen her friends and family die over time and her world dying and she was fighting to try to save it before ending up stuck in another universe.

She specializes in healing and nature element (the underlying meaning of giving life in a way). She's very lonely deep down and will be surprised to see so many people alive and the earth not dead. She's very cheerful and will put others above her every time to a fault. Feel free to ask me whatever you have questions about. You can also find me on Plurk (Byefelica). I'm looking forward to playing with all of you.

[fatedmahou]

Friend. B]

[truestrength]

he will try...

yes!!! also are you wanting to keep the tdm thread canon? i'm fine either way

[fatedmahou]

You'll never be rid of me, Jami.

I'm so excited to be in a game together again. Albeit canon blind to Gravity Falls beside the few bits I've seen, but hopefully we can do more this time.

[fatedmahou]

Hi, Charlemagne! I know I already commented about how excited I am to see DD Edgeworth, but you know...

My name is Luna and I play an original character -- who happens to be a magical girl -- named Mirai Akarui. I sent a friend request on plurk.

[fatedmahou]

+1 on Entranceway days.

Hi Billie Sue! I was wondering why your plurk looked so familiar to me. I'm Luna and I brought an original character with me here named Mirai Akarui. She a magical girl and comes from a bleak world.

I don't know if you'd remember me from Eway or not, but I was there a long time ago with various characters and came back like... 2 years ago with Connor from Detroit: Become Human.

I don't know much about Gravity Falls, but I always found it interesting. I look forward to tagging with you.

[fatedmahou]

Hi Jen! I'm very behind on RWBY (I finished up to Season 5 I believe), but I really love Weiss. I look forward to tagging her!

[behind_my_smile]

I'm good with keeping it canon! That way they have already met and we can jump right into things ^_^

[ghostharasser]

Yeah! I’m looking forward to some shenanigans!

[fatedmahou]

Gravity Falls looked good from what little I've seen, so I'm excited to see what Dipper is like.

[protectshope]

Hello, and nice to (re)meet you! I am Berri and I already go here (priceofmagic&undermoonlight.) Finally, I am bringing Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica! And not just any Madoka! I will be playing her as end-of-series "Ultimate Madoka!"

What does that mean? Well, it means that she is sorta an ex-omnipotent notagoddess and she's really excited to hug all of her friends again. For those unfamiliar with canon, Madoka is a magical girl who fights with a rose themed bow and is very hopefilled.

Looking forward to playing with you all! Let's have fun! Oh, and feel free to add me on Plurk at taiyakinonaku!

[keystaff]

Yes good. At least these two are less. Uh. Traumatized by TRC's.....Everything? Should make things easier for Fai in the sense of looking out for them. I mean aside from Deer being. Deerington and all.