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.

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 We will assume you've withdrawn your acceptance if we don't see your character on the AC page by then.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

15th of the Month:

We have a CR meme that is posted every month on the 15th. We used to have this be every other month but have recently decided to make it every month.

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Heeey Deer! I'm Jessi, and I'm bringing in Adam Parrish from The Raven Cycle.

A bit about him: he's sassy when he's comfortable around others, fairly introverted, extremely smart, and clever. He was once tied to a magical forest named Cabeswater, and is currently a student attending Harvard while lying out his ass to all his college friends because who the heck wants to hear a sad old story about some kid from Virginia.

He's also Ronan Lynch's (

embodier) boyfriend and super protective of him, no one fuck with Ronan Lynch* **.

Feel free to hit me up on plurk (

sharkly) or dicord (KNIFE FIGHTS#9413) for chatter / plotting / etc. I'm generally down for whatever.

*general fucking with ronan is fine, sometimes he sucks and probably deserves it. just not life ruining fuckery kthnx
**no please do though it'd be fun

what is this SLANDER ronan has never done anything wrong his entire life

sounds fake

wow, his own boyfriend, i say as if a significant percent of their relationship isn't spent roasting one another

the sassing is how they show their love

Welcome to the game! Excited to play with you.

thank you!

Welcome to the game! I'm Jordan and I play fellow sassy introvert Mako from Legend of Korra—good to have you! He is the accidental owner of one (1) large polar-bear dog who will probably be up in everyone's business.

i love mako, he's super cute

a polarbear dog sounds like a lot of work, does he need help wrastling it

honestly yes he kind of does, Naga was brought here by Korra but as Korra is now gone, he has to??? take care of this big animal now??? and he loves her but he does not know how to do this thing. he needs help. save him.