Expiation - OOC

Hello everyone! Like the Gnosia event, we have included a text box to sum up in a few words what your character did, if they did anything during the event. You may answer with a simple "yes" or "no", but players who want to outline what they did may do so in their answers. If there are not enough characters to explain it, drop it in the comments! If there's something your character might've done that isn't listed, drop it in the comments!

We know we've mentioned before that this is important to the game but this is probably the most important poll yet, so please make sure to take the time to answer! The next SOTG will have the results of the poll to give everyone time to think carefully and thread out what they'd like to do before answering.

So! On to the poll. Did your character:

Please fill out the poll describing your character's actions for the event. The poll closes at 11:59 PM EST on July 31st. Journals of characters not in the game will not be counted.

Happy killing!

EDIT: the How many gnosia did you save? question is supposed to be humans instead of gnosia. Sorry for the confusion!!

Thanks to all who participated in the event poll! Here's what you can expect after the end of the event on March 31:

For characters who regained five memories or more according to the poll:

As you regain your memories of your previous life, you're struck with startling clarity: your life in Aldrip is fake. The strange memories you're recovering, those are your real life, the life you had before arriving in this world. You have no doubt in your mind about this. Your memories fall back into place with no problems or complications, and you are easily able to sort out your true memories from the memories of the AU.

For characters who regained fewer than five memories according to the poll, or did not answer the poll at all:

You begin to regain flashes of memories, flashes of some previous life, but your memories of a life in Aldrip continue to persist, asserting that they are your real memories. This is your true life. Even after the event is over, your two sets of memories come into conflict, causing emotional distress and confusion. What is real? What is a lie? You can't tell, you no longer know who you are, you're disoriented and none of this makes sense.
Over time, these effects may lessen, especially after a large emotional breakdown. But for the forseeable future, you may still have moments where you question which reality is real.

In addition to the above, characters who regained very few memories, or none at all, have the option to permanently lose any memories, if you desire. These memories can be regained later through activity rewards.

Characters who were on hiatus during the event or who otherwise did not participate may be immune to the after effects of it, if you desire. We know yall got stuff to do.

After the event ends on March 31, all characters can have access to their full canon memories (and powers!) once more, unless you choose to have them suffer some form of permanent, lasting memory loss. They can still remember their memories of the AU for the foreseeable future. The world will also turn back to a more recognizable state, including the return of NPCs. There will be more information on the state of the world in April's SOTG post. Stay tuned!

Thanks to all who participated in the event and the poll! Here are some of the immediate changes after the end of the event:

THE MONSTER

Thanks to William's coordination of the Chosen, as well as Toph's rock-made prison, the team facing the monster is able to capture it, rather than killing it outright. It struggles against its binding for a while, but soon, characters may notice that the black streaks that cover its body start to recede. After about a day, the "monster" turns out to be this. It'll squeeze out of the cage Toph built for it and get back into the water, spooked about the cage, the oxygen, and all the humans that keep Looking At It.


The octopi that The Chosen fought also disappear after a day or so, strangely enough. There's no trace of them, not even streaks of corruption on the ground from their presence.

THE CORRUPTION

With the main source of the corruption gone, it begins to recede from the earth. Thanks to character help and resources, everything will be fairly normal by the end of the month.


Food isn't scarce, but the limited crops for the time being will make fresh things briefly less available. There's still storehouses that have food stockpiled and game to hunt, so Chosen will be able to get through any shortage mostly intact.


The corruption begins to recede from the buildings, as well. There are some homes/buildings that have indeed crumbled, but as there are a lot of player-owned businesses and homes in Aldrip, the Mod Team will let the players decide how much (if any) damage their buildings took in the event. The Inn and City Hall remain untouched through it all anyway, oddly enough.

THE WORLD

The Chosen have done quite a lot to help the locals of Aldrip, and thanks to their efforts against the monster and its minions, the locals have warmed up to the nicest they’ve been since October’s events. They're not worshiping the Chosen again, but they are being very kind to them. They'll help rebuild, but some of the more aggressive NPCs will very strongly make the case to Chosen that they would like even more help to get the city back in order. They do realize that Jinx had committed violent acts against them, but if asked or the subject brought up, they'll grimly mutter about how the Council will deal with her.


The animals that were scared off during the event begin to come back several days after the attack, making hunting easier starting about one week after the event. Hunters may need to trek a little further away from Aldrip to get some wildlife... but it begins to come back now that the event's over. Some aggressive monsters remain that need to be taken down, but those are fewer and farther in between at this point.

That wraps this event up, and any other changes to the world will happen after the SOTG! Questions are always welcome, and you may leave them down below.

FOR THIS EVENT: We also have signups for what may happen in part two of this event! Please note that for those who sign up, there is a possibility that your character could be injured or even killed. You will not know what you’re signing up for in advance, as there are several different ways it could go. Please be aware of this when signing up!

Please comment under the correct header to sign your character up. Other than that it's business as usual -- if there is some other option that your character took during the course of this event, please comment it down below!

Poll will be open until the 25th! This gives everyone time to make their own assumptions and play out threads with everyone so they can accurately answer the poll.

PART I: ACTIVITY CHECK RESULTS & NOTES

Hello Expiation!

First and foremost, thank you to everyone who submitted their AC.

We saw multiple players miscounting comments on backdated threads and that may be due to a lack of more specific clarification on AC expectations. We are not changing our AC requirements, so that is not something anyone needs to be concerned about. We are only clarifying what we expect. (This has also now been reflected on the AC page as well. Please reread it, if necessary, and contact us if you have questions.)

On backdated threads, which are acceptable as proofs, you still have to provide an appropriate number of comments from the current month. Meaning, even if you were using a thread you started in February, the number of comments from March are the number that we are counting.

We are not penalising or sweeping any player who failed to meet this on this month due to multiple players inaccurately counting March comments with their submissions. Please keep this in consideration for future AC submissions because we will penalise and sweep repeats of this on future AC checks.

Characters Swept - Daeshim; faeshim

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PART II: EVENT #1 POLL

Take some time to fill out the below for us, as we are using the results to determine the changes to the world of Expiation and how overarching storyline will proceed.

You need not have threaded out your selections. Simply choose the ones that make sense for your character and fill out this poll for each character you have in game, if you play multiple.

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PART III: FUTURE RESERVE / APPLICATION CYCLES

Another thank you to everyone who participated in the poll where we inquired about how to adjust dates for our reserve and application cycles. Many people did not seem to have much of a preference, but we had a greater number of people who requested that we push forward reserve and application cycles by one week. As a result...

Starting with the next upcoming cycle, we will be doing this. Please see the below:

Reserves Open

April 03, 2023

enablemeplz Posts

April 08, 2023

Applications Open

April 10, 2023

The moderator team has stated this a few times, but we will issue another reminder for all current players and prospective players. After this upcoming cycle of reserves and applications, we will open future reserves and applications on a bi-monthly schedule, opposite of event months.

The next event will take place in mid-May. Please feel free to use this month for event aftermath and downtime for characters and players alike, and other lighter-of-heart interactions as you see fit.

We are planning to provide an EMP / ATP for the game and players / characters you wish to enable, however, are currently pending date / schedule on when we'd like to make this available. We are considering doing this near either the end of April or sometime in May when we are closer to posting the next TDM.

The next new TDM will be posted at the end of May, and the next reserve and application cycle will begin June.

As ever, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact the moderator team. We are here to help and clarify anything that may be confusing or difficult to understand.