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April Updates, announcements and plotting.
April Updates, announcements and plotting.
What's going on?!
So first of all, let me apologize for this being a bit delayed, the world is changing very rapidly and this week has definitely been a century for me. As an update for those who may have missed things: March and April AC has been changed and in May we'll reevaluate things. Per the popular vote, April in the Sphere will be a combination of a log that will go up tomorrow that consists of Speed Dating (with the added option of just being friends) and a Date Auction (which of course has the option to be entirely platonic.) Additionally, the month of April will be a Memory Share. While this isn't going to be enforced, please try and remember the mood of the world and players around you, keep things light if possible and absolutely warn for triggers if you cannot.
Additionally due to March's weirdness if people wish to backtag confessions from March, they will count for April AC and will also count for ten bonus AC points. This total is up from the normal bonus plot amount just to make everyone's (including mine!) math easier. Here is a list of all confessions that will count for. If I missed something, please comment in a different comment Here, message me on discord or something so I can edit the original comment. If folks are wanting an extra character slot, or an animal or some sort of ability or item from home, this is a good way of getting that. Additionally, and to keep it fair, those who commented in March will still have access to the point bonus. We want to make it fair to everyone. If folks need a hiatus or something of that nature, or a break to help with stress going on, please feel free to hiatus and take it. RP shouldn't be a source of stress ever, but especially not right now.
Memory Share FAQ
What's the timeline of this event?
This is a month long event that should start on the first. I'm not enforcing this, but I think spreading it out could be helpful. After all, it is an event and we won't have a plot log that goes up on the 13th! How should these be written?
People can write their memories however they'd like. I did mine like I did as a style post, and because that's how I've done similar things before Max as an example! (CW for the loss of a child and a partner) Where should these go?
All memory share posts should go in the Network community as they are broadcast through the network from the person whose memory they are. Is my character actually physically in the memory and can they interact with the memory itself?
In a word: no. These memories are things that they are watching through the experience of the person who's memory has already happened. It's like seeing a recording that feels very real. However, there isn't anything that they can personal do within it. These are things that have already happened to the character and are fixed points. So how does my character respond to the memories that were posted.
They would respond to them as if they were a message. So for example someone might say "you're broadcasting." or "I'm so sorry that happened!" Or "what the fuck dude?!" or "wow you were an adorable kid and an asshole even then huh?" The fun comes in response to what characters learn about each other and how that opens up new or existing CR. Do I have to do one of these, and if so does it have to be on a theme?
Nope! These are entirely optional and open to any character who you want to have one. They can be on whatever you want them to be on! Themes may come in at a later date, but for now go nuts! Are there any things that shouldn't specifically be done?
I'd say things with rape and sexual assault really aren't appropriate here, but if you think there might be triggers involved, stick it under a cut and warn for them.
Nope! Once they're on there, they're there. However, you can choose if your character interacts with people around them or not. But remember that the reason that you're doing them is for CR and stuff so that may be something to think about!
Yep.Three points Ten points per comment. The actual post and the comments will also count for AC.
This is a month long event that should start on the first. I'm not enforcing this, but I think spreading it out could be helpful. After all, it is an event and we won't have a plot log that goes up on the 13th! How should these be written?
People can write their memories however they'd like. I did mine like I did as a style post, and because that's how I've done similar things before Max as an example! (CW for the loss of a child and a partner) Where should these go?
All memory share posts should go in the Network community as they are broadcast through the network from the person whose memory they are. Is my character actually physically in the memory and can they interact with the memory itself?
In a word: no. These memories are things that they are watching through the experience of the person who's memory has already happened. It's like seeing a recording that feels very real. However, there isn't anything that they can personal do within it. These are things that have already happened to the character and are fixed points. So how does my character respond to the memories that were posted.
They would respond to them as if they were a message. So for example someone might say "you're broadcasting." or "I'm so sorry that happened!" Or "what the fuck dude?!" or "wow you were an adorable kid and an asshole even then huh?" The fun comes in response to what characters learn about each other and how that opens up new or existing CR. Do I have to do one of these, and if so does it have to be on a theme?
Nope! These are entirely optional and open to any character who you want to have one. They can be on whatever you want them to be on! Themes may come in at a later date, but for now go nuts! Are there any things that shouldn't specifically be done?
I'd say things with rape and sexual assault really aren't appropriate here, but if you think there might be triggers involved, stick it under a cut and warn for them.
Can these posts be erased from the network?
Nope! Once they're on there, they're there. However, you can choose if your character interacts with people around them or not. But remember that the reason that you're doing them is for CR and stuff so that may be something to think about!
Responding to these counts for bonus AC, right?
Yep.
Questions?
Confession list by date, with content warnings.
3/4 CW: alcoholism. Persephone talks about Hadestown.
3/5 CW: Animal death, not a pet. April confesses to running over a rabbit.
3/6 CW: Death. Watts discusses rash decisions and murder investigations.
3/7 Jeff confesses to being possessed/trying to summon a demon.
3/8 CW: homophobia: Richie outs himself.
3/8 CW: mass murder. Charis confesses to killing people to try and save Earth from a madman.
3/8 Sansa confesses to wanting to kill Joffery and outing jon.
3/8 CW: child murder. Ivar confesses to mercy killing his son.
3/8 Jon confesses to falling in love and leaving a Wildling.
3/9 CW: injuries. Tommy confesses to blowing up his school at 15.
3/9 Rhys confesses to liking having Handsome Jack in his head.
3/10 Alex confesses to having feelings for Strand way before she should have.
3/10 CW: suicide. Stan confesses to killing himself rather than going back to Derry in 27 years.
3/10 CW: Murder. Theon confesses to killing and betraying the Starks.
3/11 CW Murder, brainwashing. Gar confesses to killing people while being used as a brainwashed weapon.
3/11 CW: experimentation on aliens, death. Michael confesses to leaving his mothers and others to die.
3/11 CW: End of the world. Ultron confesses to almost destroying the world and being an evil AI.
3/11 CW: child death. Dick confesses to getting close to a kid in order to use him to get to his father. The kid dies.
3/11 CW: War. Alex Manes confesses to leaving for war.
3/13 CW: War, murder. Rhy confesses to leaving the White London world to fight magic alone, says he deserved his own death.
3/17 Simon confesses to being a vampire.
3/17Tommy confesses to thinking he's broken because he's never been in love.
3/17 Richard confesses to being an asshole, possibly being psychic.
3/18 Simon confesses to actually liking this place.
3/18 Watts confesses to letting a subject out because he was attracted to him.
3/19 CW: suicide, death, manipulation, abuse, body horror. Enis talks about wanting to die so no one can use what her father did to her.
3/19 CW: murder, death of a child. Max confesses he has abilities and that he'd kill everyone to get his daughter back.
3/19 CW: murder, terrorism. Lorna confesses to bringing down a plane full of people to kill one evil man.
3/21 CW: suicide, CSA, child abuse, generalized IT stuff. Bev confesses to thinking that her father is right and that her mother killed herself because of her.
3/22 Jeff confesses to having a massive celeb crush on Faith era George Michael
3/25 CW: murder. Seregil confesses to killing one of the men he loved the most
3/25 CW: murder. Haga confesses to resorting to murder to try and win a game.
3/26 CW: mass murder. Betsy confesses to not being able to kill the love her life and because of that people died.
3/31 CW: the end of the world, murder. Alex confesses to probably causing the start of the end of her world.
3/31 CW: death, suicidal ideation. Rhy confesses to accepting a necklace, becoming the cause of death of people and admits wanting to die over it.
3/31 CW: murder Antonio confesses to being a vampire and slaughtering people.
Post problems about the confession list here.