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Expiation Mods ([personal profile] expiationmods) wrote in [community profile] expiationooc2023-03-13 06:59 pm
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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 [personal profile] 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.



finisaeternam: (Even my henchmen think I'm crazy)

Vholran Igniseri

[personal profile] finisaeternam 2023-03-14 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Character: Vholran Igniseri
Canon: Tales of Arise
Canon Point: Post Canon

Crime: Tyranny

Background:An oppressive, domineering asshole who thinks he gets to rule the world. Hates everyone. Thinks humans don't deserve rights. He throws his weight around so you think he is a cruel warlord and that his megalomania isn't a trauma response but it's definitely a trauma response.

(MASSIVE TOA SPOILERS: Vholran was born a slave and was isolated and abused most of his life. He has very strong opinions about never letting anyone control him ever again and is ready to make this everyone else's problem.)

Abilities: Extremely acrobatic swordsman who was biohacked into a powerful elementalist that explodes when upset. Basically. He uses mostly water and ice magic.

Plans: Vholran is a character who has done awful things, like brutally rule over a slave nation, in canon but canon also tries to make it clear that he isn't purely evil. At this point in his life, he can't be fully redeemed but maybe he can find somewhat more productive ways to vent his anger. Tales of Arise does not do a deep exploration of his character but his premise is very interesting. I want to explore the character in ways the game maybe was going to do but did not in the version of it we ended up getting.

Vholran will probably not make friends easily but he can attempt to form alliances.

He is a very unpleasant man so please don't have your character provoke him if you don't want to deal with ic consequences. This isn't to say I intend to make him impossible to interact with. Usually, he is content to leave people alone as long as they aren't a threat to him. Since he has a very high opinion of himself people need to prove they are threats. I'm here to play a villain but not one that will be on an unending rampage and making the game annoying to play in.

During the event: Vholran could be convinced to use his magic to help with refrigeration problems or go hunting but he's not going to come to that decision on his own.

???:

(Vholran, it was Vholran I'm spoiling it. By the way if you think this was funny just wait for our next guest)

NOTE: Vholran's character involves things like trauma, mental illness, slavery and body horror and also he is a villain. If you think you might not want to interact with him please use his Opt Out!
Edited 2023-03-14 01:53 (UTC)
thornygunner: (Default)

Re: Vholran Igniseri

[personal profile] thornygunner 2023-03-14 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
What a waste. You could have eaten those, Volhran.
iravehementi: All icons made by the player. (Default)

Re: Vholran Igniseri

[personal profile] iravehementi 2023-03-14 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
No, he has to leave them as a.............warning?

Honestly, I think he was just venting frustration but good on Ganabelt for letting this maniac just swan around his turf stabbing shit.
inemeraldfaith: (pic#14586010)

[personal profile] inemeraldfaith 2023-03-14 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Hello, I offer you one (1) flower girl to annoy Vholran.

I offer one (1) puzzled guardsman who doesn't actually know what she thinks of Vholran yet, but has heard he is bad news bears.
iravehementi: I think my father runs it, should I be worried? (I have a fan club)

[personal profile] iravehementi 2023-03-14 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Does Aerith have what it takes to harass help Vholran help others by preserving food?

He sure can conjure ice but he hates you all!
inemeraldfaith: (pic#14585989)

[personal profile] inemeraldfaith 2023-03-14 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
DOESN'T MATTER IF HE HATES IT OR NOT.

Although if he's talked into helping, she's not going to be quiet about how he's actually a pretty great guy for helping out.
baldrshand: Looking over her shoulder with a smile (Default)

Re: Vholran Igniseri

[personal profile] baldrshand 2023-03-14 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I would just like to say I absolutely love Ethlyn and Vholran's conversation and how it started normal before she brought up lawyers, and I would love to have them interact more.

some people? just become megalomaniacal tyrants?? to cope???
iravehementi: (Dying doesn't bother me)

Re: Vholran Igniseri

[personal profile] iravehementi 2023-03-14 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I would love for them to interact more as well! Vholran has very, very little experience with.....most things and assumes the worst case scenario nearly 100% of the time.