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.

PLOT WITH ME

Player:
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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.

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Player: jd
Pronouns: he/him
Contact:

megardevoir
Anything Else?: Mostly plurk about RP, my cat, work, and miscellenous other things. Non-RP, I'm currently deep into Monster Hunter Wilds.

Character: Elphelt Valentine
Canon: Guilty Gear
Canon Point: Post-Strive and pre-Dual Rulers. I need to catch up on the anime.

Crime: Accessory to genocide. Thanks, Mom.

Background: An artificial copy of the God of Destruction, sent from another dimension to invade Earth and programmed to exterminate all humans. Created by an incomprehensible extradimensional lifeform that has declared itself the enemy of humanity.

But this and that happened, and instead she has founded a death metal band, and doubles as both the lyricist and vocalist. The only killing she will be doing is with kindness and the only harm will be limited to eardrums.

She is a good girl doing her best to be a baddie and will use her supreme power to act like a cartoon more than any other purpose.

Abilities:

FLIGHT: SHE FLIES FAST. In her arriival at the beach, she thought she got there by getting drunk in Europe and flying over to the Carribean on a whim like a drunk person walking to Taco Bell.

STRONGK: SHE STRONG. So if you need someone to move your couch or suplex an elephant, so is your girl.

FAST: SHE ZOOMS. Any pink blur kicking up dust is probably her.

GUNS: She is both an exceptional sharpshooter and a master of gunfu. She is severely less armed than normal at the moment, though.

MUSIC: SHE IS GOOD AT WRITING AND SINGING MUSIC. Case in point. I, however, have no skill in writing songs so we'll see how that goes.

Plans: She is here for a good time and going with the flow. This is a good opportunity for her to have new experiences, because she is severely lacking in life experience, especially anything not soul crushingly depressing.

How can you run into my character? She just got here so I have to figure out how she'll be settling in. She is an extrovert to the extreme, so she will be all over the place doing all number of things and wanting to meet everyone.

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Edited 2025-05-02 18:18 (UTC)

WELL WELL WELLL............ LOOK WHO WE HAVE HERE. where have i seen YOU before?

PLOT WITH ME: MAY 2025

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