SOTG MARCH 2025

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FEEDBACK POST 2025

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Generalized feedback post! Please let us know your thoughts / concerns / ideas here, if you have any!

Poll #32755

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 34

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What would you like to see more of in Expiation?

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sci-fi elements
8 (23.5%)

horror elements
19 (55.9%)

fantasy elements
17 (50.0%)

npc interactions
12 (35.3%)

morality choices
29 (85.3%)

crime / punishment themes
28 (82.4%)

environmental changes
19 (55.9%)

action events
7 (20.6%)

OTHER: please specify in the comments!
1 (2.9%)

PLOT WITH ME: MARCH 2025

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! 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.

The SOTG for March is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

MARCH EVENT

MARCH EVENT SUMMARY

There once was a man named Ragna
Who backed the AI up in his arm-a
He stuck it in a crack
And then heard a thwack!
And then that whole arm was a-gone-a

A SURGE OF MIASMA
This is why we can't have nice things. Ragna, who is now banned from the month of March as a whole, had apparently been containing some big bad negative energy within his arm. He then stuck said arm into a crack in the simulation. This was fine, the first time, but seeing as how he then did it again...well, the arm is now considered lost. Unfortunately, the energy that was contained within his arm is no longer contained, and is leaking all over Aldrip. This energy summons forth a huge monster from Ragna's world: the Black Beast, a huge, many-headed serpent. This creature's many heads pop up all around the outskirts of Aldrip, making it impossible to leave. Strangely, though, they don't seem to come within the bounds of the city.

CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
On the first day of its appearance, the Black Beast cannot be fought. Fauna didn't get this memo, unfortunately, so she goes to do what she does best: fight things. This ends in a terrible defeat. This might not be notable, except that Fauna is carrying a supply of "wish seeds" from her home world, and these seeds become infused with the Black Beast's negative energy. These seeds scatter across the city of Aldrip.

So...what do the seeds do? They turn people into monsters, and anyone in town can be affected by them. These monster transformations can be whatever players want, and can come with temporary powers as well, with the caveat that the theme of the transformation has something to do with a "wish" that the character has. (As an example, perhaps a character who wishes to stay with their friends has the power to absorb energy from people who get close to them. )

In a bid to apologize for every March he's perpetrated, Ragna elects to fuse with the Black Beast, thus negating its invulnerability and making it killable. And it must be killed to stop the negative energy from affecting Aldrip. These heads can be killed by any physical or magical means

If the Black Beast is defeated, it'll stop more Chosen from transforming into monsters. However, Chosen who have already transformed will not change back if the Black Beast is defeated. How do they do so, then? By reconciling the "wish" that was part of their transformation in some way -- either major or minor. (To follow the same example above, a character might accept that they must let go of people who leave, thus triggering their de-transformation.)

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Canon:
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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.

How can you run into my character? What's their daily life like? Do they have a job? Do they have other habits or routines?

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<b>Player:</b> <b>Pronouns:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <b>Anything Else?:</b> Anything you might want us to know? What kinds of things interest you? What's your current favourite fandom? Put it here. <b>Character:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Canon Point:</b> <b>Crime:</b> The crime your character was accused of when they arrived. <b>Background:</b> A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality, as well. <b>Abilities:</b> Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay. <b>Plans:</b> 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. <b>How can you run into my character?</b> What's their daily life like? Do they have a job? Do they have other habits or routines? <b>???:</b> Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.