OOC Processes & Memes

Player Epilogue Plotting: October

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 21:40:28 GMT

Posted by: terriblepurpose

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Player Epilogue Plotting: September

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:47:41 GMT

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Player Epilogue Plotting: August

Sat, 05 Aug 2023 18:43:12 GMT

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Sandbox Roll Call

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:58:27 GMT

Posted by: creidim

Hey, Deerlings!

First off, thank you so much to the mods for all their hard work on the game and a wonderful end to what's likely been a home game to so many of us here. Simcha, y'all are an awesome person, and it's been an absolute pleasure. I'm still sad the game has ended, a sentiment probably shared by a lot of us, but I'm so glad the game has been allowed to remain for us to play in! And many thanks to Rona and Beth for providing us with some additional content over the next few months, I'm very excited to see what's coming.

That being said, now that the game is in Sandbox I thought it might be a good shout to see who's still here with the drops no longer in effect. I'm not sure if this is everyone's experience, but it's a little hard to tell who's still active in the game as it shifts from active game into chill sandbox/epilogue.

So... roll call?

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Final Event Plotting Post

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:33:49 GMT

Posted by: reddosmod

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AC Update for July & Onward

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:47:45 GMT

Posted by: reddosmod

After conferring and consideration, we have decided that the month of July will be a Total AC Amnesty month in preparation of the changes in the Month of August.

What does this mean, you ask?

You are not required to post a check-in this month for AC. Activity is under Amnesty for our last regular month. There will be no further sweeps in Deer Country as of this date. If you have not been swept, you will not be swept.

Should you need to drop for any reason, the Hiatus/Drop page will have its comments debated shortly. You may update your channel memberships manually and if you want the Taken list updated during the month of July, please contact the mods directly through Private Message to this account.

If you require a character update, please contact the mods directly (only in the month of July, as we will be transferring to a sandbox next month.).

To those of you who have already posted your check-ins, thank you! Do please enjoy the July Event!

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game lore | fantastic beasts

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:29:32 GMT

Posted by: creidim

GAME LORE: FANTASTIC BEASTS

In April 2022, Luna Lovegood fell victim to the Moonlit Butterflies, which spiralled her quickly into the end stages of Corruption — leading to destruction and violence. She eventually fell to Beasthood, continued on her with violent and deadly rampage, before being brought back to herself with the help of Peter Graham, Ruby Rose and Ange Ushiromiya.

The following month, she addressed the network to apologise for her actions, and to try to make amends. She decided to make changes by working on a book on Beasthood, a way to help Sleepers and Natives alike in tackling one of the deadly consequences of living in a world fuelled by blood magic. She hoped that with this book, the Waking World could resort to a more peaceful approach in dealing with those who become Beasts. For the damage she had done, she hoped this could be a way of making up for it — a way to help.

Inspired by the book Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them by Newt Scamander, a native to Luna's homeworld, and former fellow Sleeper in Deerington, Fantastic Beasts and How To Help Them is a compendium of Beasthood forms of both Sleepers and Natives in the Waking World. It holds information and sketches of Beast forms, including Beast and Sleeper details, along with things like strengths and weaknesses, along with a rating on how dangerous they are. In addition to this, the book holds information on how to cure Beasthood without resorting to killing a Beast — since while Sleepers can resurrect, Natives cannot, and dying (in Luna's opinion) does not come for free for Sleepers who do die.

Spurned on by the blood effects for Palebloods during Remina's month on wanting to create and complete something lasting, this book was initially completed in June 2023, with Luna announcing it to the network. Luna has duplicated copies from the 'master copy', and charmed them with a Protean Charm. It will be free to anyone who wishes to own a copy (as Luna does not wish to take payment). This means that the copies of the book that those in Trench hold will self-update every time Luna adds in more Beasthood entries or finds more information.

As a player, I have created an interactive booklet for players to enjoy. Consider it a goodbye gift as we approach Endgame. As the game transitions into Sandbox Mode, I will continue to add entries for a time for any players who want to explore Beasthood after the game ends. If they wish to add their character entries to the book, they may do so here by filling out a short questionnaire.

Deerington and Deer Country has been my home game since 2019, and I was even in Deerington initially when it opened in 2018. It's been real, guys. I'm gonna miss this place a lot. ❤

( click the book cover )

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Epilogue Events: Update

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:54:55 GMT

Posted by: terriblepurpose

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AC Results

Sat, 10 Jun 2023 03:26:11 GMT

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JUNE 2023 EVENT PLOTTING

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 02:27:13 GMT

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New Game Mechanic: Deer Forms

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:18:23 GMT

Posted by: creidim

GAME MECHANIC: THE SEVENTH DOOR

In April 2023, D and Snow White revealed on the network that they had been in correspondence with Deerlona, the former Ramona Derwin, by way of using the deer.

This prompted Luna Lovegood to discuss an ability given to the Sleepers of Deerington: a gift from Ramona Derwin after Sleepers died in the Dream to assume the form of a deer. This was activated by travelling through the Death Fields (the Death Realm within Deerington) and accessing the Seventh Door, a place unlocked after one Sleeper died too many times in the Dream. Darth Maul and Luna ended up discussing how to go about reactivating the ability, given that it was incredibly difficult to reach any possible Death Statues that remain in Sleepy Town, nor could they be removed from where they are.

Maul hypothesised that the Ramona who remains within the space beyond The Seventh Door is an alternate Ramona stuck in a pocket dimension. Luna suggested petitioning her Patron Doorway (as the Patron of passageways and connections) to see if it was possible to re-establish the connection to the pocket dimension in order to reach that Ramona. After a begruding team up to work together, Maul and Luna research and perform a blood magic ritual, with Doorway's blessing/power, to re-establish the connection to The Seventh Door. The ritual succeeded. They then took to the network to report their findings.

From June 2023: With a connection to the pocket dimension, Sleepers will be able to access the deer ability once again. This can be done by performing a small blood ritual to Doorway to guide them to the pocket dimension and activate the deer ability, provided they have done the needed sacrifice of dying within either Deerington or the Waking World.

This mechanic is optional. It is open to both Deerington and Deer Country players.

SAFE PASSAGE

The ritual is relatively simple. Maul and Luna have already done the hard work of establishing the connection to this pocket dimension. All you need now is the Guide to take you there, to connect yourself. Doorway is considered the Pthumerian Patron of Relationships, but they are not just that. They are the Patron of connections both emotional and physical, and of passageways.

The ritual will only need to be performed once. You will need a silver knife, some roses and can use any door within your home. Ensure the door is closed. Decorate the doorway of your chosen door with the roses in any way you wish, this is the first part of your offering to Doorway. Then, use the silver knife to cut into your palm to draw blood. Place your bloodied hand against the door and call for Doorway. You must ask for their blessing of their guidance, to take you to the Seventh Door. This can take a single time or several times.

You will know that your ritual as been successful when the palm of your hand begins to glow warmly where it rests upon the door. You will feel a towering presence behind you, the scent of blood and roses filling the air. Doorway has heard you. They will show you the way.

Open the door, and whatever should lie beyond the door has now gone. Instead there is only darkness. Step through, you have reached the space beyond the Seventh Door.

THE SEVENTH DOOR

You enter a pitch black space. Sitting in the middle of it is none other than Ramona Derwin. Many of you many not recognise her, but this is the Sleeper now known as Deerlona. The First Sleeper. The First Beast. This is an alternate Ramona, existing solely within this magical pocket dimension.

She's dressed in an elaborate white gown made of glittering material that looks far more like stars than it does gem stones. A great crown of jewels sits atop of her head and no matter who you may be, how much power you may have, you feel humbled to be standing in front of her. This woman is not a goddess nor is she a queen, but she has some intimate connection to all things living, to the very essence of the Dream that was Deerington, of the Sleepers from there. Even the Sleepers of the Waking World, now. Although she is sitting up, she appears to be sleeping until you make any motion towards her. Only then does she awaken, and she immediately looks pleased to see you, tired, but grateful.

"Oh," she will say, "Another Sleeper. It's been such a long time." No matter how frequently you visit Ramona or how many Sleepers have seen her, she will always say this upon greeting any Sleepers into the Seventh Door. For Ramona, time ceases to exist, and it feels like centuries between each visit. This is a price she has paid, and her crown is a lonely one to wear. She will explain this to any Sleepers who wonder why she always says this, and she will always apologize for forgetting Sleepers she has seen recently.

"For you, it may have only been a few days or a few weeks, but for me..." Ramona shakes her head, her mouth shaking before she smiles. "No matter. I only have a few minutes with you. Let us use it wisely."

She truly does only have a few minutes and she will not use it to converse. She is here for one purpose and that is to give Sleepers power.

"All Sleepers have an essence. A core part of themselves that make them them. A soul, some may call it, but to me, it has always been an essence. I can mold that. Where I come from, we have a relationship with our essence. A connection," Ramona explains, gesturing her hands and in the air, a cloud of fine purple dust glows. It looks exactly like the dust that occurred during a character's death in Deerington. She moves her hands carefully, and the dust takes the shape of a deer.

"You have sacrificed enough, Sleeper," she says softly, "And I must thank you. Use this power wisely. Do not stay for long or you may forget yourself."

The dust-deer will prance through the air and go straight through the middle of your chest. You will be plunged into darkness, and when you awaken, you will be back in Trench.

But this time... you will be a deer.

DEER FORMS

Characters who have died at least once will now be able to manifest in Trench as a deer.

The Appearance: This deer should be a manifestation of your character's "essence" aka their soul/personality/etc. The deer can look like anything so long as their core structure is that of a deer. If a character undergoes a personal change within the game their deer shape may change but all in all, the appearance of the deer should remain fairly consistent.

Psychologically: Characters in deer form will be a much calmer, simpler version of themselves. A deer will act as the foundation of a character's core personality - whether that's good or bad. Despite good or bad traits, all characters in deer form will feel an unusually strong urge to help Sleepers in need. For bad/evil characters, this might mean they transform into a particularly violent deer that's more suited to fighting off threats than a good character who might be more suited to providing comfort to a Sleeper.

Characters will feel a disconnect from their normal psyche though they will be distantly aware of it existing and distantly aware that this is not their regular body. The longer they spend in their deer form, the more distant they will feel, and if they are in their deer form long enough, they may completely forget that they were ever a Sleeper to begin with. This can happen as quickly or as long as you prefer.

Characters who have forgotten about being a Sleeper can be summoned back to themselves by other characters going out of their way to do so - accidentally or intentionally.

Communication: Sleepers in the form of deer will be able to communicate with other deer clearly through telepathic communication. They may be able to telepathically communicate with some regular Sleepers though it should not be as clear as regular communication. Maybe they can only communicate to Sleepers in riddles or in a certain language or through mental images instead of words. You choose.

Locations: Most deer will be drawn to certain locations that the character is usually associated with - or maybe where the character wishes they were associated with.

The Aura: These deer have a specific aura they give off that is reminiscent of the character. Maybe they smell like the character or maybe a song plays around them as they trot around as a deer. This aura should be more consistent than the deer's physical appearance as it will be the most identifiable part of the deer.

Summoning/Manifestation: To transform into this form, a simple blood ritual can be done with the intention of transforming, but you can go as simple or fancy as you like. Other characters can summon specific deer to areas by intentionally or unintentionally "summoning" them. This can be done in any way you feel makes sense with your character. Maybe someone must light a specific colored candle to summon your character's deer. This can also be used to bring a character back mentally.

Abilities: Every deer has a minor ability associated with the character. This should have to do with the character's personality/history rather than any canonical abilities they have. You can always choose to go with some canonical ability, but this is meant to provide an interesting opportunity for players to translate character personalities into a symbolic ability. Maybe a deer can provide minor healing or maybe it can breathe fire. The ability should be relatively simple. It can be connected to the deer's appearance or not.

Within Deer Country, all Sleepers will not be susceptible to Corruption or Beasthood whilst in this form. They will also ease Corruption in other Sleepers they are around them.

Becoming a Sleeper Again
This can be done in one of two ways.

Summonings: If a character has been lost mentally to being a deer, another character can "summon" them to a location with specific items. They can then proceed to verbally remind the deer/character of who they are, and this should be performed in an IC scenario. Eventually, it will awaken the character and the character will reappear in the Seventh Door.

Intentionally: Characters who do not let themselves stay a deer for too long can mentally choose to "go back" and they will feel themselves teleport right back to the Seventh Door. Back in the Seventh Door, Ramona will be asleep again. She cannot be woken up at this point no matter what you do - and the character will feel exhausted themselves. They will be able to leave out the door they came in. This will bring them straight back to Trench.

In the world of Trench, people can witness characters transform from a deer to a Sleeper (or vice versa) through their bodies bursting into purple dust and reorienting to that shape.

Characters who return as a Sleeper will need to sleep for about 14-24 hours afterward.
The longer they were a deer, the longer they will need to rest.

THE FORM

Please use the form below and use this page to post your Deer Forms.

As a reminder, this mechanic does not need Mod Approval and is free to use at player discretion.
It's basically here for players to have fun with!

The only stipulation is your character must have died at least once in game, either in Deerington or Deer Country.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask below.

<h2 style="color:#000;font-family:Antro,georgia,serif;padding:0;margin:10px 0 20px 0;text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid #ddd;">CHARACTER NAME</h2> <center></center>Appearance: Briefly describe your deer here.

Places this deer may frequent: Will your character regularly use the Seventh Door enough that people can see their deer wandering around certain areas of the city? Yes? No? Explain here.

Communication: Can this deer communicate with Sleepers? How so?

Aura: Does the deer have a certain smell around it? Does the air get warm? Or does it just smell/appear as a regular deer?

Summonings/Manifestations: How does your character manifest themselves into this form? How can this deer possibly be summoned? A simple blood ritual? Additional lit candles or treats left out? Or does it just come whenever it pleases? Does it gravitate more towards helping kids or does it stick to its own business till it is needed?

Abilities: What minor abilities does your deer have?

Link to Death Form: <a href="">Here</a>

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AC Check Update and Reminder

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:15:13 GMT

Posted by: reddosmod

Due to an unintended mishap, AC Check was not announced on time on the 1st, therefore we firstly apologize, and also! This is a reminder that you have until Midnight THURSDAY the 8th (Eastern Standard Time) to complete your Activity Check! Activity may be found Here.

A Reminder. All Activity Check this month is Check in Only. There will not be an additional reminder on the 8th. We apologize for the inconvenience again.

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AC Results

Sat, 06 May 2023 14:46:32 GMT

Posted by: reddosmod

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MAY 2023 EVENT PLOTTING

Sat, 06 May 2023 02:56:21 GMT

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OOC Introduction Post!

Sat, 06 May 2023 01:30:54 GMT

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Activity Check Reminder

Fri, 05 May 2023 14:24:48 GMT

Posted by: reddosmod

This is a reminder that you have until Midnight tonight (Eastern Standard Time) to complete your Activity Check! Activity may be found Here.

A Reminder. All Activity Check this month is Check in Only (even those who had prior strikes to clear).

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May 2023 Applications

Mon, 01 May 2023 04:07:45 GMT

Posted by: reddosmod

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a wild hearts meme appears

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:11:16 GMT

Posted by: creidim

THE HEART MEME

taken most lovingly from here

THE RULES ARE SIMPLE:

❥ Post your characters!
❥ Comment on other characters' comments using the heart codes
to express your character's feelings for them!
❥ Add some little comments into the quotation marks after "span title"
for some extra comments/explanations.
❥ ???
❥ PROFIT

( WHAT IS LOVE? baby don't hurt me... don't hurt me... no more... )

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Roadbuilding update!

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:44:25 GMT

Posted by: siriusly

Tysm to everyone who leapt at the chance to put a goddang road in the woods and blow up things!!

I just wanted to provide a view of the squads i got ooc pings for so if people wanted to poke at each other for threads or cr handwaves, this'll make it ezpz!
There's obviously some overlap cuz some people like to do multiple things, BUT HERE'S AT A GLANCE

ALSO WE GOT A LOG NOW!! Go make frens

( SQUAAAAAAD )

And ofc if more people wanna hop in ur not late!! TIME IS FAKE, GO HIT DA MONSTER BRICKS
Something something paving roads to cities...and cr~*~*~*~

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APRIL 2023 TEST DRIVE MEME

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 02:35:45 GMT

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Palpatine in Trench Plot!

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:06:20 GMT

Posted by: survivalthroughhate

Hi y'all! So I've got a plot brewing for everyone to participate in! Since the dust has settled a bit for endgame talk, I figured it was a good time to put down some thoughts. I'll be doing a network post in a day or two and then a catch-all log for anyone who wants to participate at the same time.

Some months back, Luke and Maul (foolishly) viewed a memory that featured Sidious. Things went pear-shaped as that memory fragment somehow sensed they were there and hitched a ride back into Trench by possessing Luke's body. Maul went to go hide for a bit until Luke got exorcised because he's terrified of his former master. But Sidious wasn't gone for good! And now he's making his grand reappearance....

After regaining his strength when he was forcibly being pushed out of Luke's body, Sidious is now back to possessing anything that can hold his form for a while: people, monsters, animals, and beasts all. He's going to need to be pushed out of these forms but how one wants to do that is up to interpretation. Whether that's killing the host body, performing a blood magic ritual to push him out, purifying the beast's form, or exorcising them just by beating the crap out of them, I'm leaving it up to interpretation as to how your character gets rid of him. I can NPC Sidious or you can just have him be some omnipresent being in the background of the threads, whatever works for you.

If you'd prefer to do something between two characters (i.e. Character A gets possessed and Character B exorcises them by giving a love confession specifically to them) without involving Maul at all, that's fine! Just be sure to let me know here in a comment so that I can keep tabs on everything and possibly just put in a handwave that one of them told Maul what happened so he can keep track IC of Sidious bodyhopping.

This will continue until Maul himself realizes it's his fear that is tethering the memory spirit fragment to Trench and giving him strength. So long as Maul still has that deep terror, the spirit will never truly be gone for good. He's going to have to face his fears eventually, and once he does, he'll be able to banish Sidious for good.

Questions, comments, concerns, complaints, put them below!

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Worldbuilding - literally. ROADS!!

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:40:32 GMT

Posted by: siriusly

Hi squad 👋

Got approval to kick off some infrastructure building between Trench and the city of Riteior!
General idea is to have demolition/tree clearing done thru mid-April thru May to carve a pathway through the woods and to the city.

For this task we'll need:
-folks good at doing a bit of demo (yes u can explode things - trees and monsters and such)
-folks good at protecting those doing the demo
-anyone interested in making the roads look/feel like more than just a garbage swath of dirt (do u know bricklaying??)
-folks with the working compasses to help demo/architects navigate

Handwaving is a-OK if you're busy, but please consider this prompt open for use throughout this timeframe if you need an excuse to be in the wilds beyond the current month's events!
If enough interest in tagging into an open mingle space is garnered here, I can make that too c:

Please drop a note in here to let me know how your character will contribute so credit can be given where it's due icly! ✌

IC post for reference c:

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CR Meme!

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 01:56:53 GMT

Posted by: reddosmod

CHARACTER RELATIONSHIP MEME

Time to cozy up with each other and touch base on ideas and plans you have for your ongoing character relationships! We strive for an open and friendly gamespace where everyone can feel encouraged to seek new CR opportunities or work on existing ones. It is not required to do the CR meme, but it's a good idea for keeping your thoughts in order and meeting some new people, and helping to establish what you've got going on in-game!

Feel free to use the following forum as a general guideline for structuring your plans:

Player: Your name
Player's Pronouns: Your pronouns
Preferred Player Contact: <user name=PLURKNAME site=plurk.com> or DISCORD##### or PM.
OOC Limits: Any limits you have - either things you're not currently interested in or things you cannot/don't want to play.

Character Name:
Character Profile/Inbox: Link to your character's inbox or profile or both if you're open to random network interactions!
Omen: Type and name. Link pictures if it helps.
Bloodtype:
Corruption Levels: If applicable.
Beasthood Levels: If applicable.

Job Title(s):
Business: If they work somewhere, where, or if they own their own/freelance/etc.
Where they live:
Relationship Status: If they are involved/have feelings/uninterested/etc. 
Other close CR: People they can often be seen with and what kind of relationships those are.

Positive CR Desired: What kind of positive relationships are you interested in fostering? Familial? Romantic? Mentors? Friends? Weird neighbors?
Negative CR Desired: Are you looking for a good enemy? Someone to corrupt your character?
Unwanted CR: Any kind of CR you're not looking for/uninterested in.

Day to Day Life: What are they usually doing? Where can they usually be seen?
Current Plans: Anything they're working on / working towards? Stuff they are going through?
Event Plans: If you have any event plans on the plotting post, feel free to link them here or summarize or state you're not partaking in the month's event!

Other: Whatever else you might need to talk about.

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OOC Processes & Memes

Player Epilogue Plotting: October

Player Epilogue Plotting: September

Player Epilogue Plotting: August

Sandbox Roll Call

Final Event Plotting Post

AC Update for July & Onward

game lore | fantastic beasts

Epilogue Events: Update

AC Results

JUNE 2023 EVENT PLOTTING

New Game Mechanic: Deer Forms

AC Check Update and Reminder

AC Results

MAY 2023 EVENT PLOTTING

OOC Introduction Post!

Activity Check Reminder

May 2023 Applications

a wild hearts meme appears

Roadbuilding update!

APRIL 2023 TEST DRIVE MEME

Palpatine in Trench Plot!

Worldbuilding - literally. ROADS!!

CR Meme!

Deer Country Epilogue: Interest Check

State of the Game