expiationooc | PLOT WITH ME: MAY 2025

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.

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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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Player: Hayley
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: DM, shadetoshade @ Discord,

shadetoshade -- feel free to add me on Discord or Plurk!
Anything Else?: Hugely into Project Moon right now. Also Canto 8 of Limbus Company is coming out this month so please expect screaming over Hong Lu. ~~and probably a canon update sometime in late June~~

Character: Dante
Canon: Limbus Company
Canon Point: Post Canto VII, Pre-Check-Up

Crime: Aimlessness. The lack of a dream or goal for themself--one that isn't decided by someone else.

Background: An amnesiac from a Hypercapitalistic sci-fi dystopia (here's an opt-out post with content warnings for those who don't want to deal with some of the heavy themes/horror elements in the canon) with a little SCP flavoring. They'd tell you how they got their clock, but they forgot. Picked up in the middle of the woods and made department manager in Limbus Company.

Naturally awkward, tired, and filled with 10,000 self-esteem issues.

Abilities: Most of Dante's abilities are wrapped up in the piece of the Golden Bough in their head. With the way-too-vaguely-described power of "connection," they can see others' memories, enter a dungeon based on a character's mind, and (with OOC permission) sense various mind/heart-based powers and monsters.

The Golden Bough also grants them access to Durante abilities. Right now these include Pigritia, which slows time in a limited area around themself for everyone BUT themself (and the Sinners they're contracted to). And Superbia, which gives out a free limit break/powered up attack for the person they use it on (expanded to anyone here thanks to AC rewards).

Plans: Depends on how their sentencing plays out! But with the info I have now, I don't think Dante's going to be too willing to go out and do a crime. They're also willing to help break people out of the Garden and even talk them out of any bad-end related despair, given that they've seen into a fair few bad end universes of their own.

How can you run into my character? Still trying to nail down their new schedule! Frequents the library (and occasionally the casino), probably trying to find a new house/help with repairing other houses to have said new house. They've decided to commit to trying more new things while they're here, if anyone wants to forcibly drag them places.

???:

A2 is a frequent visitor of the library as well (she and Pod can often be heard bickering about whatever book(s) they've been reading), and will likely be trying to get people out of the Garden as well 🤔 Perhaps they can run into each other? Unfortunately the first thing out of A2's mouth will be like "what's going on with your head," but it will hopefully smooth out after that lol

Ooh yes! That sounds good to me! I can either get a monthly catchall thing going if you want the two of them to meet before the Garden event or keep an eye out for her on the event proper?

They're so used to the head comments....

I am so late forgive me... but how about we have them meet up during the event!

No worries! And that sounds good to me.

PLOT WITH ME: MAY 2025

Dante | Limbus Company

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