ENABLE ME PLEASE / PLOT WITH ME AUGUST 2024

[expiationmods]

ENABLE ME PLEASE

Welcome to Expiation's CR meme! This is a post where players can plot with each other on the direction they'd like to go for the month, and so on and so forth. There's a form below for you to fill out below, so get plotting!

We're now inclding an EMP element since it's an app month! We have an APP THIS PLEASE and ENABLE ME PLEASE in the comments below with a form, so if you're interested in participating, use the form and comment under the subject title applicable. Other than that, the regular comments will go as a normal CR meme would! Also, the TDM will be posted in the log comm with old and new characters alike able to top-level on it.

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

AUGUST TDM

AUGUST SUMMARY

DATABREACH UPDATE.

It's gotten worse. The glitches and issues that began in July are still in effect, and unfortunately, they seem to be ramping up. Glitches in August become more severe and also more persistent, happening with more frequency and longer duration. Some people may find the effects last longer or leave a lingering effect. Some may notice that the environment around them has lost quite a bit of its stability. The setting of Expiation as well as the local NPCs of Expiation can be affected, and those effects are nearly limitless, so long as they don't permanently damage the setting. Some ideas to get you thinking:

-Extreme weather. Temperatures and atmospheric conditions will begin to fluctuate wildly: one city block could be experiencing a severe heat wave, while the next block seems to be having a blizzard. Hurricane-force winds, torrential downpours, and hail may suddenly start up and then vanish, leaving only damage in their wake.

-Natural disasters may begin to affect small pockets of Aldrip and the surrounding areas. Earthquakes, severe storms, tidal waves, floods, and any other conditions you can think of are fair game, whether they exist in the real world or in fiction.

-NPCs may glitch in extreme ways. This could include a catastrophic failure (a "blue screen," if you will), or something much more personal, such as taking on characteristics or memories from loved (or loathed) ones back home.

-Entire buildings and blocks may change without warning. The residential district may become a desolate wasteland, or maybe the park across the street is suddenly a gigantic skyscraper. Maybe your home is now in outer space. How's the gravity in there?

-Thus far, the Chosen and locals have enjoyed the ability to communicate without issue. However, whatever allows them all to understand each other seems to be breaking down as well. Characters may find themselves unable to understand or communicate with each other, even speaking in languages they don't canonically know.

Remember: these are just ideas. The glitches experienced at this point can be anything you can think of, and we encourage you to get creative with these effects for your characters and for the setting!

IN SPITE OF GLITCHES...

Life continues on. As we've gone to around 60 players, we will be opening apps to both new and current players. New arrivals appear in the same timeframe as usual, but it may not be smooth sailing as they try to navigate a city rapidly descending into chaos.

Bon Odori begins on August 13, and with it comes a celebration of lights and remembrance. New and current Chosen are encouraged to both attend, and dress up for the occasion, whether they're used to wearing a yukata or not. There will be food, drink, activities...and certainly nothing could possibly go wrong.

PLOT WITH ME

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.

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?

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

<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.

Comments

chai time | dimitri, rosie

[boarishboy]

Player: chai
Pronouns: he/they
Contact: tentamenace @ plurk/discord

Anything Else?: I spent most of July without my furniture that just arrived literally yesterday. After a month! I'm super duper stoked about that (and sleeping in an actual bed vs on an air mattress finally) but also means I'll be busy unpacking for a few days and getting back into normal routine!

👑 dimitri alexandre blaiddyd | fe:3h

[boarishboy]

Character: Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
Canon: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Canon Point: just before the timeskip (and before The Flame Emperor reveal)

Crime: Murder!

Background: Have you ever wondered what a golden retriever personified is like? Look no further than Dimitri Blaiddyd! Despite a traumatizing early life, he still has so much capacity for near unconditional love in his heart for those he holds close. It eventually ends up breaking him but, hey, for now...! It's totally fine. He's fine. Don't worry about the lingering darkness behind his eyes, the fact he can kill without a moment's hesitation if necessary, and has super strength he can't always control.

Just call him a good boy and watch his metaphorical tail wag. Precious.

Abilities: Dimitri has the Crest of Blaiddyd, which basically means he has super strength. It's great! Except he can't always control it well and ends up breaking things easily as a result. He's also been trained for war since he knee high, more or less, and is brutally efficient murder machine. I mean, knight. Same difference, right? Anyway-

Beyond that, Dimitri is just a quick study and especially about topics he either a) genuinely enjoys or 2) wants to learn to impress someone else please like him please.

Plans:

♔ I kind of ate it at the end of July due to increasing stress about my move/not having my things, but hopefully in August I'll have Dimitri involved in Bon Odori! He will eat all the fancy food and especially if there is cheese involved.

♔ Otherwise, I'm totally open to Dimitri experiencing strange glitches such as sudden, extreme weather! He's built for the cold but will die in the heat. Also, any other weird shenanigans you might think to happen! Let's talk it out and get weird with it.

How can you run into my character? Dimitri is a creature of routine and habit. He'll likely try to keep a physical regimen up to stay in fighting shape, find the library and keep up his studies, and basically try to continue life as normally as possible. He's a boring old man in a teenager's body so someone teach him to have fun!

???:

[demonicbookworm]

The one thread with these two that we have is hilarious. Let's have more cr!!

[boarishboy]

HECK YEAH I do like them a lot so far tbh they're v cute

[demonicbookworm]

I need to actually come up with some ideas or write a top level somewhere vbhdfhb But yes, they're very cute I would like more

🌹 rosie-dear | original

[hasitsthorns]

Character: Rosie
Canon: Original
Canon Point: One where she thinks she's absolutely McDead and this is a cool, fun afterlife.

Crime: Dishonesty/Lying.

Background (cw for mentions of sex work): If you combine the songs Blank Space by Taylor Swift and Fergalicious by Fergie, you get Rosie as a person. She's a hypersexual nightmare dressed as a daydream who thought she died so honestly being here is kind of an awesome second chance in her mind. She has spent her life the last few years basically being the person - specifically rich older men who want to fuck her - most desired in the moment.

As a result, she doesn't really like to let people get to know the real her... because she also thinks the real her is pretty ugly, oops. While a bit emotionally driven, she is also emotionally dysregulated. She tends to be easily jealous, petty, and horribly insecure... But! She also loves music, cares deeply about those she considers friends, and truly just wants a quiet simple life with lots of dogs even if she doesn't realize that yet.

Abilities: Rosie's most notable abilities are heightened senses, enhanced strength/speed, and minor healing. That last one, she isn't supposed to be able to do so she keeps it under wraps. Also, you know, that she's a demon in disguise.

For more normal non-supernatural abilities, Rosie is very musically talented. She can play multiple instruments and sing gorgeously. She also plays the unassuming fool a lot but can be very sharp-witted if nothing else.

Plans:

❥ As mentioned, she was a courtesan for the upper echelon so she tends to gravitate towards seeking the attention of (toxic, awful) older men for validation. If anyone is interested in exploiting this like her ex-boyfriend/boss did...!!! Let me know because I'm absolutely down.

❥ She tends to be a wham, bam, thank you ma'am for the one night stand kind of person... but also prone to catching feelings to anyone nice to her for more than 5 consecutive minutes so also cute little crushes (unrequited or not) are fun for me to play with.

❥ I absolutely love love love CR that ends up being platonic or NOT revolving around sex to help Rosie develop in ways she learns that she has worth outside of sex and her looks. This is more long form and I'm down for bumps in the road (like her making advances and being turned down but throwing a fit, etc.) if others are but also fine with just cute friendships!!!

❥ Overall, I like playing with the "messiness" and hypersexual aspects of Rosie that lend themselves to drama but can definitely tone it down and have cute CR about her musical interests, love of adventure, etc.

❥ For specific plots, she's always up for a party so will be eagerly anticipating Bon Odori. Otherwise, I'm thinking of having her lose her voice as a glitch or be caught in a glitched building and need dramatic rescue...! Basically, opportunities to 1) be the damsel in distress she loves to pretend to be or 2) things go wrong during the rescue and she reveals she's not actually as helpless as she seems.

How can you run into my character? Honestly? Good look trying to avoid her. She's a nosy bitch who gets herself involved in tons of people's business. She likes to offer terrible, unsolicited advice for "fun" and honestly be a little bit of a chaos gremlin. Rosie is also just used to a certain level of attention and eyes on her so will be doing what she can to draw that to herself.

???:

[incorrigibles]

HELLO i have meant to hit you up for more cr and i'm finally getting to it! in any case, i already adore rosie and would love for charles to actually befriend her for real -- he's kind of a golden retriever puppy who cares about his friends A LOT. anyway please let him try and reassure her that she's a wonderful person, really. and don't worry his two closest friends from home are a bitchy gay edwardian guy and a used-to-be mean girl messy psychic so like, he's got this

also because i'm too lazy to make two comments, i also really enjoyed luffy and dimitri and their morality debate and would love to continue that cr too!

[hasitsthorns]

HECK YEAH on both counts! somehow I didn't connect you played both when I was tagging around but gklharga I'm absolutely down for more CR with the duos respectively

I would love love love more Rosie and Charles tho because she does need people to lovingly call her out sometimes while also reassuring her she's not, like, a horrible person for sometimes making bad choices and having beeg feelings sO I THINK THEY'D BE GREAT

[incorrigibles]

hahah it's okay you're not the only one who's been WAIT WHAT about that!

anyway yesss i would love that because honestly charles is a cheerleader type of a friend like he will support you and love you while also lovingly being like mmm what about no. SO YEAH i agree i think they'd have a cute friendship (w a dash of casual flirting bc charles is incapable of not flirting even when he doesn't... mean anything by it lmao oops)

i have the log for him but if none of the prompts there work (and only one of them is like, casual and fun lmao) let me know and i can totally write us something specific!