OOC Intro Post

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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.

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 We will assume you've withdrawn your acceptance if we don't see your character on the AC page by then.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

11th 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 15th.

15th 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!

Mini-Events:

Some game-meta mini-events will be posted along with every other event. Clues to how to access these mini-events will be given in prior months. These mini-events are for players who want to get heavily involved in the story elements of the game. They are entirely optional. All mini-events are logged here and can be accessed at any time during your time in Deerington. All mini-events were created so that players can take their time exploring the story elements on their own schedule.

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!

↪Story So Far provides a general timeline of events that have occurred in-game for the first two years, just about. You do not need to read all of this to get into the game, but it may help with characters who are investigative.

↪ 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

[typea]

I have seen a few seasons of The Flash but I can't speak accurately on David's DCTV counterpart. If he's still a taskmaster who prefers closing cases as opposed to opening new ones, if he has a hate boner for masked vigilantes, and if still jumps Barry's case then it should be like home sweet home for Barry lol.

[accelerate]

The show unfortunately doesn't have a lot of Singh in it, although he's married, happy, pro-Joe West and by season 5 he knows Barry is the Flash and seems pretty fine with it and is the chief of police by season 6 (and has a more active role in that season). He's a cool dude, just severely underused. I don't think the show really dove into how he felt about metas other than everything was a nuisance, which is a pity since his comic book counterpart seems rich with actual storylines.

But he's cool! And Barry likes him, so it'll be fun to throw him against Singh's comic book counterpart either way!

[typea]

It's interesting, he's peppered throughout the comics and is regulated to the side character which is what most of the characters in the CCPD are, but when he does show up it's pretty poignant. Before New 52 his character was very minor and he seemed to sound off on Barry a lot, New 52 and beyond not so much. In New 52 he actively acknowledges Barry's skill but is frustrated that he's never on time and where he should be and he has a habit of piling on the workload. I do like the fact that he's alive and well in DCeased and that he and Hartley get a chapter in Crimes of Passion (which is my favorite thing).

David's going to be like...wait, that's not how this happens.

[accelerate]

I started reading New 52 (albeit… slowly) so I look forward to seeing Singh appear and give Barry a hard time (just as he deserves). If Singh ever wants to meet for breakfast, he should at least be well-prepared for Barry's lateness. c:

David: tells Barry to come 30mins earlier than the actual time
Barry: still late af

I'm on hiatus for this month but I'm going to see if I can flash over to your network post sometime this week so Barry can give David the big ol' usual Barry Allen special migraine. c:

[typea]

If David finds out that this Barry is an alternate version of Barry he'll expect him to be late and if they do meet for breakfast and Barry is late he will wait for 15 minutes and then leave Barry a note under a cup of cold coffee.

Allen,

We had a date.

If you wanted hot coffee you should have been on time.

Singh

And Barry with his sad, cold cup of coffee :( Rude David, RUDE!

Barry you just want to trigger his type a-ness don't you, just for the funsies.

[accelerate]

What if he's early? WHAT THEN?

Also a note, HOW KIND. No one's ever written him a note before.

[typea]

EXPECTATIONS SUBVERTED!

David is nothing if not considerate and kind. Don't forget the coffee Barry.

[accelerate]

So kind… Please consider buying him a box of donuts to go with the coffee. And maybe a thick shake? Ooo, and a croissant.

[typea]

If David had to feed Barry he'd go completely broke.