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Mod Post. 1/7/19
Hello to all of our newcomers, and welcome to Awash! Thank you for your interest in the game, and we hope you have a good time here! This is just a quick mod post with two purposes: to help the new people get settled into the game, and to introduce tomorrow's mini-event!
AC
Gameplay Mechanics
Event Log
Pity the Poor Step-Sister
[ 1/8 - 1/12 ]
There are a two major points of note here re: the intro log/event log -- what's happening with the newly arrived characters, and what's happening with the characters as a whole. So let's break it down!
Newly arrived characters will arrive in the well, as always! They'll end up in the bottom of the well, absolutely frigid water coming up to about knee-deep. It's far larger on the inside than it would seem, but either way, the only way up is the top of the well, the opening there. Thankfully, previous characters have long since installed ropes and ladders, and an alarm bell to ring -- it's a bit easier to get yourselves out of there than it used to be.
Also, they might notice that they're not exactly in the clothing they expected to end up in down there, either. It seems something strange is happening in the Town once again, and they're getting caught up in it. Because...
Everyone, for the remainder of the event is going to experience some...odd fairy tale trickery going on this next week or so. All characters, old and new, will find that every now and then, they are shoved into a fairy tale role. They might be a princess, or a peasant, or a wicked witch. They might be a prince, a soldier, an older brother, the beautiful third sister. They'll be shoved into clothes befitting those roles (or possibly very little clothing at all, in the case of creatures like the Beast from Beauty and the Beast), and while they'll continue to be themselves, they may find that their circumstances end up a little...strange.
For so long as they're stuck in a role, they will have situations happen to them as would happen to a fairy tale figure of that role. For example, a princess might find themselves being kidnapped constantly, despite being in the safety of the Town; one second they're peacefully minding their own business, the next they're trapped in some cellar dungeon somewhere in the Town. Because the Town itself will be morphing and molding to fit these tropes and roles -- and then snapping right back to normal when that "setting" is no longer needed. So if the princess is rescued from the dungeon, suddenly said dungeon will be gone, even though it was there just a moment ago, you swear it was.
Rapunzel may suddenly have their hair grow extremely long, but also plop a tower in the middle of the Town. An "elder brother" role may suddenly be facing near death experiences on the regular, out of nowhere (because, after all, only the youngest brother succeeds in these sorts of tales), whereas a "younger sister" role may be constantly dragged off to face endless stupid tasks, or to be married to someone. Who? We just don't know.
Because that's the odd thing about this situation. The other "characters" in these fairy tales? They're all nothing but faceless blank puppets, lacking in emotions or voices or eyes. They just mechanically go through their role (whether that be trying to cut off your hands or trying to marry you), and if they are cut down, eventually another will just take its place. Hm, spooky.
The nice thing about this situation is that these roles don't last forever; a character could be stuck in the same role all week, or they could end up in multiple for brief periods of time. It's entirely up to you! All fairy tale roles are fair game so long as the character in question is humanoid. For instance, the Beast, the dwarves, and the like would be fine, but nobody's going to be shuffled into the role of a random horse this time.
When the event is over and done, characters will find that the clothing they were wearing for whatever role they got stuck in sticks around...and so do the "corpses" of those weird creepy puppets that were taken down over the course of the event.
Please feel free to be creative, and to use any roles that pop out at you or appeal to you from any fairy tales at all; the Town will shift to accommodate the story, and the bit character dolls will do everything they can to make that story play out properly. If you're looking for ideas, a good resource can be found here or here to poke around fairy tales!
For newbies, please don't feel restrained to just the rescue for your intro log toplevels! You can assume that your character got out in some way or another in order to work in multiple prompts for the event if you would like to do so.
As ever, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here. Thank you, and welcome again to the game!
AC
- New characters must submit half-AC.
- Those requirements, as well as the AC post, can be found here.
- Please be sure to also read the general AC guidelines, here! It is very important that you do, as we will not be granting AC exemptions due to the capped nature of the game.
Gameplay Mechanics
- Character housing, now that the application round is over, can be found here! This is where characters can find their laptops, though they are by no means required to stay there; they can move at will, and their laptop will function in whatever new home they pick. The spreadsheet is editable, so please feel free to move your characters around!
- Quests can be done by incoming players at any point once they have been introed. Quests can ICly be found here. OOCly, further information can be found here! Please be aware that only quests of the current month can be completed for a reward. Past quests can be done if you would like to, but will receive no reward.
- A list of current restored colors can be found here; please be aware that no colors have been restored for new characters yet. That means that their text color will be black, and their homes, unless shared with a current character, will have no color.
- The OOC meet and greet can be found here.
- The Calendar has also been updated with the current weather!
Event Log
- A mingle log will go up tomorrow, January 8th at 9 PM EST, to provide a general introduction to the game. Due to the sizes of the current app rounds in the game, the intro logs also serve as mini-events, with a bit more to play with.
[ 1/8 - 1/12 ]
There are a two major points of note here re: the intro log/event log -- what's happening with the newly arrived characters, and what's happening with the characters as a whole. So let's break it down!
Newly arrived characters will arrive in the well, as always! They'll end up in the bottom of the well, absolutely frigid water coming up to about knee-deep. It's far larger on the inside than it would seem, but either way, the only way up is the top of the well, the opening there. Thankfully, previous characters have long since installed ropes and ladders, and an alarm bell to ring -- it's a bit easier to get yourselves out of there than it used to be.
Also, they might notice that they're not exactly in the clothing they expected to end up in down there, either. It seems something strange is happening in the Town once again, and they're getting caught up in it. Because...
Everyone, for the remainder of the event is going to experience some...odd fairy tale trickery going on this next week or so. All characters, old and new, will find that every now and then, they are shoved into a fairy tale role. They might be a princess, or a peasant, or a wicked witch. They might be a prince, a soldier, an older brother, the beautiful third sister. They'll be shoved into clothes befitting those roles (or possibly very little clothing at all, in the case of creatures like the Beast from Beauty and the Beast), and while they'll continue to be themselves, they may find that their circumstances end up a little...strange.
For so long as they're stuck in a role, they will have situations happen to them as would happen to a fairy tale figure of that role. For example, a princess might find themselves being kidnapped constantly, despite being in the safety of the Town; one second they're peacefully minding their own business, the next they're trapped in some cellar dungeon somewhere in the Town. Because the Town itself will be morphing and molding to fit these tropes and roles -- and then snapping right back to normal when that "setting" is no longer needed. So if the princess is rescued from the dungeon, suddenly said dungeon will be gone, even though it was there just a moment ago, you swear it was.
Rapunzel may suddenly have their hair grow extremely long, but also plop a tower in the middle of the Town. An "elder brother" role may suddenly be facing near death experiences on the regular, out of nowhere (because, after all, only the youngest brother succeeds in these sorts of tales), whereas a "younger sister" role may be constantly dragged off to face endless stupid tasks, or to be married to someone. Who? We just don't know.
Because that's the odd thing about this situation. The other "characters" in these fairy tales? They're all nothing but faceless blank puppets, lacking in emotions or voices or eyes. They just mechanically go through their role (whether that be trying to cut off your hands or trying to marry you), and if they are cut down, eventually another will just take its place. Hm, spooky.
The nice thing about this situation is that these roles don't last forever; a character could be stuck in the same role all week, or they could end up in multiple for brief periods of time. It's entirely up to you! All fairy tale roles are fair game so long as the character in question is humanoid. For instance, the Beast, the dwarves, and the like would be fine, but nobody's going to be shuffled into the role of a random horse this time.
When the event is over and done, characters will find that the clothing they were wearing for whatever role they got stuck in sticks around...and so do the "corpses" of those weird creepy puppets that were taken down over the course of the event.
Please feel free to be creative, and to use any roles that pop out at you or appeal to you from any fairy tales at all; the Town will shift to accommodate the story, and the bit character dolls will do everything they can to make that story play out properly. If you're looking for ideas, a good resource can be found here or here to poke around fairy tales!
For newbies, please don't feel restrained to just the rescue for your intro log toplevels! You can assume that your character got out in some way or another in order to work in multiple prompts for the event if you would like to do so.
- After this log, new characters will be welcome to create logs and posts as you please! Please be sure to read over the FAQ once more before you begin playing.
As ever, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here. Thank you, and welcome again to the game!