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 We will assume you've withdrawn your acceptance if we don't see your character on the AC page by then.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

[ghostharasser]

WHAT’S UP DEER!!

Hello, I am Jami and for some reason your mods let me into your game with One (1!!) Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls because this spooky horror game clearly needed another thirteen-year-old running amok in it.

The good news is this shit ain’t new to Dipper. He has dealt with some kind of messed up stuff in his canon! So he is at least semi-prepared for some of Deerington’s bullshit. He comes from the end of series where he just lived through an apocalypse. So! If for some reason you want to avoid spoilers let me know.

You can plot with me here, or PM me through Dip’s journal, or if you want to grab me on Plurk you can add me at takatorabatta! Also, to anyone I threaded with on the TDM, I’m super down with keeping any of that canon. Likewise if you’d like to nix that thread and start fresh another way, I’m also open to this! I’m looking forward to playing with you guys!

I do not have a gif, but instead I offer to you this 30 second compilation set to hard-knock life.
Enjoy.

[cardcaptured]

DIPPIN DOTS!!!!!!

Anyway, hi, Jami, my name’s Luna, and I play yet another one of the stray 13 year olds running around here aka Syaoran Li from Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card! I love Gravity Falls a ton, so I’m really hyped to see a growing cast here, especially Dipper! I had a lot of fun with our TDM thread, and I’m looking forward to playing with you more!

[ghostharasser]

IT IS HE, SIR DIPPING SAUCE

It’s nice to meet you!! I had an absolute blast with our thread, so I am really looking forward to shenanigans with these two. Dipper needs more friends his own age!!

[lightthedarkness]

Hello Jami! Welcome to Deerington! I'm Jax and it's nice to meet you!

Oh my gosh, I'm so excited for Dipper I love Gravity Falls! I play Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon and Ritsuka Aoyagi from Loveless! I'm really excited to see you around and hopefully will tag Dipper soon!

[ghostharasser]

Hello!! Thank you for the warm welcome, I’m super excited to play here with everyone. I see Usagi has given Ford a wonderful gift already.

[prosecutorinchief]

DIPPER this pleases me so much hello fellow new person! :D

[ghostharasser]

EDGEWORTH!! Excellent, i am also pleased. Hello also fellow new person

[clussy]

the feral child pack grows stronger yes good

eddies more of a feral 15 yr old by now but like these two could probably bond about Life Suckin Sometimes

[ghostharasser]

soon the city will be ours

Absolutely! Dipper hangs out with a few teenagers around that range anyways.

[laminae]

YAAAY DIPPER! Welcome to the game! I'm more than happy to keep our tdm thread and have it happen early October before Fern dies on the 6th.

[ghostharasser]

Awesome! That works for me! Aw, rip Fern

[bowliever]

Hello and welcome!

Another Feral Teen here. I tagged you on the TDM but life kinda got to me (would love to pick up or handwave!) but I would really love to get CR with these two! Lev, like Dipper, is very curious and somewhat pessimistic but unlike Dipper he's super chill and has a weird religious philosophy that he follows so I think it could be fun to throw him off Dipper's overthinking and anxiety.

Plus Lev grew up in an anti-technology cult so that's always fun.

[ghostharasser]

HELLO!

I’m good to handwave it just because I’m starting to wrap up a lot of the TDM stuff now, but I am absolutely game to toss these two together sometime in October. I’m still getting all the planning figured out but I’ve definitely got some things in mind for the event this month that might interest Lev!

Honestly their differences sound like they would be very fun to bounce off each other so i am excited.

[owllady]

Hi! Great to meet you. I'm Mads, bringing Eda in this round, and I also play Korra here. Excited to play with you and possibly give Dipper another irresponsible parental figure.

[ghostharasser]

Dipper clearly needs more of those. I am so excited to see an Eda here, i very recently binged Owl House and Cr between these two canons is a fucking dream come true.

Dipper is going to be super interested in her magic and how it works.

[glitchinthesystem]

TIME TO CAUSE MAYHEM, JAMI!

[borntolove]

Welcome to the game! Glad to see Ford is getting his brother and nephew here :3

I am Blue. Looking forward to playing with you as well.

I have 10th Doctor here.

Mind if I plurk add you?

[droptheious]

TIME FOR SHENANIGANS!!!

I'm totally down for their stupid game of grab my hand remaining game canon because I love it a lot.

Welcome to the game, I'm so pleased you're here!

[morethanachild]

Hello Jami! It's been a long time! This is Wighty (way back when from BNW and other games...) Glad to see you, and welcome to Deerington! I'm super excited to see Dipper!

[beastfootforward]

Welcome to the game! I'm Gore, playing Gar Logan / Beast Boy from Young Justice. I love Gravity Falls and have been stoked seeing a cast forming here and now! I look forward to having Dipper around and hope you have a great time!

[onerthes]

Ya made it in! Yes! I'm loving that this cast is growing. I really am.

Now I just need to WATCH Gravity Falls one of these days.

[obitus]

Based on account name alone I demand CR!! Hello Jami I'm Cris I play Nico who is the son of the god of the dead, so he also has a fun career of ghost harassing behind him

[suchmiracles]

Aaaa welcome to the game! I love GF and I'm super excited to see Dipper scurrying around!

[incandescentfaith]

Oh geez. Here's a name I haven't seen around in a hot minute.

Hey you. It's been a while! Is Ax. Not sure how I lost you on plurk

[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.