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Intro / CR Meme / Extra Notes
INTRO / CR MEME
Welcome to Expiation, where the points aren't real and absolutely don't matter. But you do, and we're happy to have you! Please note that this intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.
As a reminder, Expiation runs on bi-monthly events. Please note that all players / characters accepted in March are exempt from the March AC. For everyone else, March AC is due by 31 March, 2023. Halfway through the day AC closes, we will give one (1) warning on both plurk and the OOC community for anyone who hasn't submitted (this will also be linked in the player-run discord).
To give you a very general overview of how the upcoming timeline will be...
17 March - Event #1
31 March - Character Action Poll for Event #1 (This will be further explained on the event post.)
14 April - Results of Action Poll for Event #1 + Game Environment Alterations
15 May - ATP / Enable Me for Expiation's TDM #3
19 May - Event #2
22 May - TDM #3
Where are the reservation / app dates for our next cycle? Our poll is still being used and looked at. At present, most participants don't have a preference on how we adjust dates to better suit enablemeplz, which is posted the second Saturday of each month.
With that said, we currently have more votes for 1 week forward, rather than 2 weeks, which would place reserves to open on 03 April, and applications to open on 10 April. We will, of course, adjust this accordingly as we get closer to the end of the month.
One more reminder:
After this upcoming app cycle, our TDMs, Reserves, and Applications will open on a bimonthly schedule, opposite of event months.
This means the next TDM, Reserve, and App process will begin at the tail end of May 2023.
| EVENT NOTES: The Short of It: The units used to preserve food in Aldrip have malfunctioned and Aldrip's townspeople face starvation. Characters are encouraged to lend a hand in the crisis, though of course, can choose not to. (Don't be that person. Or do...! We're not your parents.) Prompts Include: 🧊 Fixing the refrigeration units. Potential electric shocks during repair. 🍳 Cook a thing. Burn a thing. Hunt some animals. Fish some... fish? Dry / smoke some food? Have a large, improvised grillfest? Please feed the people. They are probably hungry. 🤝 Travel through Pessiria Forest with Aldrip locals to meet the Rumpiturians and barter for goods. (TW: They're a people with snake-like features. There will be reference links.) 💰 Alternatively, steal supplies from the Rumpiturians instead of bartering. Or steal some of their other things. (TW: They are still people with snake-like features.) 👻 Pessiria Forest creepy things. No one will be outright hurt by this. Select characters sensitive to ghostly, phantom apparitions, and related will have nightmares regarding the forest for an undetermined amount of time. ❓ The party returning from Pessiria will be minus some people (read: locals, not Chosen; this will tie into a future event). Speculate, count heads, do whatever you need to in order to sleep at night. |
Until then, please make use of the below form for all of your intro and CR meme needs! In the future, we will include a Table of Contents section that will contain intro links for all of our new players for convenience.
Player:
Contact:
Anything Else?: Anything you might want us to know? What kinds of things interest you? What's your current favourite fandom? Put it here.
Character:
Canon:
Canon Point:
Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.
Background: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.
Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.
Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.
???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.
chris | balthier & dohalim il qaras
Contact:
Anything Else?: Caregiver, gamer, casual streamer, cat mom. My speed varies because I have some ongoing health stuff happening that's very up and down, but I'm very open to communication to work things out accordingly! I love video games, crochet, tabletop RP and campy spooky stuff. I have a muselist over here that's a pretty good indicator of fandoms; once I'm invested in something, I tend to love it forever.
balthier | final fantasy xii
Canon: Final Fantasy XII
Canon Point: Post-game/pre-epilogue, with CRAU from Isle of Avalon.
Crime: Patricide.
Background: Balthier is a sky pirate with a flair for fashion and theatrics, who rather likes to make a habit of pointing out just how dashing he is while simultaneously claiming that he can't be bothered by getting involved in other people's business. Of course, while declaring loudly that he doesn't care, he's usually getting himself knee-deep in someone else's troubles for one reason or another. He'll deny it, but he's rather soft despite all his protesting. Though he wasn't always a pirate by trade, he has used sailing the skies of Ivalice to try and put distance between who he is now and who he once was, and in the process, got rather caught up in helping with a revolution that helped to free the kingdom of Dalmasca from occupation by his own homeland. Being a CRAU, he will have some memories from his year+ in Isle of Avalon, though at the moment they are completely obscured and will steadily return with time.
Abilities: Balthier is an expert pilot and engineer, in addition to being quite clever overall. He was something of an academic prodigy before he turned to piracy, though he doesn't care to talk about those days much. He has a short list of spells available to him that largely serve as support; his true combat prowess lies in his excellent marksmanship, and he's no slouch in close-quarters, either.
Plans:
It does, but that's fine.???:
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Okay, look. This happened in Avalon, too. A perfect opportunity...?
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It would be REAL fun to echo that incident in this way, maybe even have it stir up part of a memory! A perfect opportunity, indeed!
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dohalim il qaras | tales of arise
Canon: Tales of Arise
Canon Point: Pelegion, following the brief timeskip/interlude there.
Crime: Negligence.
Background: A Renan hailing from Lenegis, Dohalim has always considered himself to be a musician and a poet rather than a politician of any sort, but nonetheless found himself in the position Lord of the realm of Elde Menancia with the expectation of participating in the Crown Contest, where the Renan Lords of each realm set out to see who could harness the most energy from the Dahnan slaves serving them. Though not initially as altruistic as many thought, he did take a different approach to his rule than most Renan Lords, and worked to promote coexistence between Renans and Dahnans. This had mixed results at best; on the surface, many people were happy with these changes and grateful for the opportunities it granted, while still others (mostly fellow Renans) resented him for not being the sort of Lord they had intended to serve, and remained unwilling to acknowledge Dahnans as anything even approaching equal. Of course, this all eventually backfired in both a grim and spectacular manner; countless Dahnans lost their lives because Dohalim neglected to consider what resentment might lead his countrymen to do. Since then, he has resigned from his position as Lord and set out to bring an end to the Crown Contest for good, joining the group of travelers that had been largely responsible for bringing the problems in Elde Menancia to light.
Abilities: Dohalim is handy with astral artes, with his offensive artes being earth, plant and darkness oriented. He also has some useful healing and defensive artes up his sleeve. He plays a mean violin, recites poetry off-the-cuff (your mileage may vary on quality) and claims to be able to hear artifacts speaking. Whether or not this is literal remains to be seen. The world may never know. He is a weird dude.
Plans:
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I feel like old habits die hard and should Kisara find out that Dohalim is planning to make way for the forest, it may be difficult for her to just let him go. Maybe at the last minute, she decides to go with him. He may not be a lord and she may not be a guardsman anymore, but neither of them can remove themselves from such roles easily.
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I AM INTO THIS.
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That's how you do it, right? Right??
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I want them to meet during the event :> so I'm gonna bug you then
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