PLOT WITH ME: MAY 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 May 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.

MAY EVENT

MAY EVENT SUMMARY


YOU’RE A SNAKE I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FACE

All may seem quiet for a little while… but closer to the 12th, characters may notice snakes trying to get their attention in their day-to-day lives.

Break the sssystem.

Break the sssystem. The Garden awaitsss.

What do these snakes want? Why, they want characters to commit crimes – they can’t stop all of them, they say. If they overload the system with crimes, then surely it’ll break. Come to the Garden, they say. They’ll see everything and more. Steal, cheat, maim, kill. That’s just examples of the things they’ll tell the Chosen to do. But they must do these things to other Chosen– the locals don’t count. Once they commit these crimes, they get marked on the back of their hand. It’s a tattoo of a snake, of course.

Some snakes even give a target with a specific crime for them for an even bigger reward. This is an RNG portion of the event! There’s a TL DOWN HERE if you’d like to sign up! They may range from something silly to something serious, so please keep it in mind when signing up. These sign-ups will only last until the fifth, so we can RNG, give assignments, and give everyone a chance to plot.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN

Outside of Aldrip and deeper into the woods where very few go, there seems to be a very tall fence surrounding… something. Those that can fly can’t see inside. Those that can climb can’t climb over it. It’s almost as if something is obscuring it. Not an outright barrier, but there’s nothing to be made out if looking in from above. There’s just shapes. Those that try to force entry will get bitten by a snake and get very ill, and it’s up to the player on how ill they would get. There’s even a chance for character death here, as well, if they so desire. Chosen with their snake escorts with the tattoos on the back of their hands will find that the gates open for them easily, and they can step in. It smells cool and fresh when they get inside, and it really does look like paradise.

At least, for a moment.

Only a few minutes into characters being in the garden characters start to hallucinate bad endings. What’s the worst case scenario that could happen in their world? What’s their most feared outcome of what would happen here? Well, they’re seeing it. Visions of anything and everything that can go wrong will dominate their vision, as well as destruction of what appears to be other cycles. Will that happen to this cycle, at some point?

The snake escorts follow, still hissing into the Chosen’s ears.

Thisss is what happensss when the entity winsss. Destruction…

There is no good end for you, so long as the entity is “alive”.

THOSE NOT ENSNARED

The Chosen that don’t buy into the snake’s promises will be able to kill them in a traditional way. They’re just snakes, after all. Snakes can only tempt, but until the tattoo appears on the back of their hand, they still have the ability to “opt-out”. These Chosen may try to snap their fellows out of it, but once they get their tattoos, it’s really hard to convince them not to go into the Garden. In fact, in most cases, it’s downright impossible. Chosen attempted to be drawn away from the snakes may start screaming as if they’re in physical pain, or get combative. They really must get to the Garden, you see.

Oh, if only there was a McGuffin……..

NOTES:

We’re going to extend this event icly to ten days. So instead of a wrap-up in the event log, the poll result post will stand in place of that.

PLOT WITH ME

Player:
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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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Comments

emet-selch / ffxiv

[unsunder]

Player: Ramey
Pronouns: they/them
Contact: PM, or I’m in the game discord
Anything Else?: Hi! I’m new and I’m here. :3 Big fan of the critically-acclaimed MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV if you couldn’t tell, though I also dabble in some other games and things. I recently finished and enjoyed South of Midnight and I’m dipping my toes into Expedition 33 currently.

Character: Emet-Selch
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Canon Point: Post-Endwalker, after vanishing from Ultima Thule

Crime: Mass Murder

Background: Local immortal tsundere does Unspeakable Things to bring back his destroyed world, loses spectacularly and gets forced to help out. He Is Tired, Let Him Sleep.

Abilities: Emet has kind of a lot going on! You can check out my app here for a more thorough breakdown, but here are some of the highlights:

• Soul Sight: Emet-Selch can see souls! Please check out the permissions for this over here!


• The Echo: This makes him a walking memshare. He won’t be using this without express permission and he’s kind of a stingy bitch so don’t expect it to come up any time soon.


• Creation Magic: He has the ability to create creatures and things. This is nerfed here, so anything he makes will not be permanent nor very large. Again, he’s a stingy bitch so he won’t be going around willy-nilly making things.


• Other Magic BS: Emet is a powerful mage with a lot of tricks up his sleeve. He can fly, teleport, and throw shadows and/or fire around.

Plans: I just got here so I don’t have a whole lot on the docket! I will probably throw Emet into the RNG pool for the event because that’ll be a great way to meet some people, right? He’s also on a mission for some clothes that aren’t his ancient robes. Other than that, I’m down for anything!

Also, I know that there was another Emet-Selch here previously. Fandaniel already let him know so he’s anticipating some level of recognition from others. (Even if he looks a lot different than the other one did.) idk how much of Emet’s old CR is still kicking around, but I’m def down to do something with that if someone wants.

How can you run into my character? Still settling in, so you can expect to find him just about anywhere as he tries to get the lay of the land.

???:

[nightwild]

so, after having accidentally fucked up the game last month, fauna is now looking for someone to teach her proper magic instead of her basic self-taught onmyodo

would emet-selch be interested in a student, by any chance

[unsunder]

ooooh

realistically probably not anytime soon, lmao. he just got here and he's going to be focused mostly on figuring out what's going on. i do think we can work up to it tho! and if he sees her working with her own magic enough in an untrained way it will probably frustrate him into being like "oh my GOD, you're doing it WRONG" and they can go from there.

it'll just take some buildup, so if she finds someone more willing more quickly please feel free to pursue that too!

[nightwild]

works for me tbh. i'm excited to annoy him in many ways anyway.

[abandonware]

What's the definition of a soul here 🤔 Would an automaton such as A2 have one?

[unsunder]

I'm gonna say that's entirely up to you and is totally something I'm down to play with if you want! I know the themes of Automata might play into A2 having or manifesting a soul, and there is canon basis for something similar happening in FFXIV. Have fun with it! We can get existential up in this bitch if you wanna.