Intro post

[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.

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 We will assume you've withdrawn your acceptance if we don't see your character on the AC page by then.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

Comments

[fallsuccession]

Hi everyone! My name is Luna and I'm currently here with my original character, Mirai Akarui (fatedmahou). I have no impulse control and ended up enabling myself to bring Pyrrha Nikos from RWBY here.

For anyone unfamiliar with RWBY or Pyrrha, she is an extremely talented warrior who's training to become a Huntress. She also has a bad habit of saying "I'm sorry" too much. Remnant deals with monsters named Grimm that feeds on fear and that's fantastic when Everything is Okay™.

Pyrrha is taken from the end of Season 3, so although RWBY is now in its 8th season, I feel like it's probably a good idea to warn anyone who's blind and interested in RWBY that she will be coming with a lot of baggage and spoilers to boot. If anyone would rather me not spoil anything, please do let me know and I'll do my best.

You can find me on Plurk at Byefelicia if you'd like to add me. I'm really excited to play her here and tag you all. I do plan on redoing her icons soon, so those may be changing (hopefully) in a few days.

[bolstafir]

pyrrhaaaaaaa

i'm so excited for the awkwardness with qrow now that he has the full context for what they were asking her to do back in v3

[fallsuccession]

It's definitely going to be an interesting time. I'm ready for all of the struggles. She'll probably trust Qrow more than Ozpin once she finds out about everything.

[arclightning]

Hello!! I don't remember if I said hi last time but I am Jordan and I play Mako here, and I will certainly have to hit you up at some point :) Pyrrha looks fun!

[ninetieskid]

I'm only nominally familiar with RWBY via RP osmosis and friends (so I know the spoiler) but Pyrrha seems like a pretty cool character.

I'm Ax, and I play Rei Hino from Sailor Moon and Jubilee from Marvel Comics. They've both had some run-ins with the cast, Rei more than anyone, so meeting seems likely.

[fallsuccession]

Hi, Ax! I only sort of know Rei, but I love her from what I know. I'd love run-ins with both of them!