MAY STATE OF THE GAME & ARRIVALS

[etrayamods]

⏵ May State of the Game and Arrivals ⏴ Hello, Etrayans! As previously mentioned, we have changed our player cap to ten new players per application round. This will be in effect until we hit under 60 players. With May's round of applications, we're currently at 78 players. Given our new player limitations, we will be moving our TDMs to every three months. Our next TDM will go up on June 13th, and the one after that will go up on September 19th. To make sure players can keep TDM threads as game canon, we're going to be changing our TDM formatting a little! This will become more clear when our next TDM goes live. Mingle logs will continue going up during months when we do not have a TDM. These will be simplistic logs with a couple of prompts to play with. As a friendly reminder - Etraya's network does not have private filters! If it's posted on the network, it's accessible to everyone. The exception to this are threads happening in character inboxes. There is a player plot in progress to develop something for player characters, but as it has not been released yet, it's still inaccessible. We'll be updating our LOCATIONS page over the next week with additional places based on those who applied and were accepted; if there are any locations you would like to see in particular, please feel free to use the provided form so we can get it added! Additionally, please check out our CALENDAR noting the dates of the upcoming mission and Activity Check due dates. For new characters, activity is simply responding to the ACTIVITY CHECK page using the formatting provided. ⏵ OOC INTRO ⏴ Welcome to the game, new arrivals! Please use the below form to introduce yourself, tell us what you’re looking forward to, and CR you want to play. We also have a mod comment HERE that you can use to ask us mods anything about our upcoming plans, add suggestions or anything of the like. We also have the plotting post going up on June 3rd. <b>PLAYER:</b> your name/handle, and your preferred pronouns if you want to provide them! <b>CONTACT:</b> feel free to link to your plurk, provide a discord handle, or state any other preferences! <b>ABOUT YOU:</b> what fandoms are you in? what cool thing about you do you think would be fun to share? are you more of a texty tagger, a log tagger, quick boomeranger? <b>CHARACTER:</b> who have you apped? what canon are they from? <b>CHARACTER INFO:</b> how excited are they to be told their entire world is going to be destroyed if they're not invited to the cool kids table? are they prepared to make friends? or stab people in the back? or are they planning on finding every kitten available, taking over a couple of apartments, and starting a cat colony? <b>CR NOTES:</b> what kind of cr are you looking for, or not looking for? <b>PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN:</b> this is mostly for us mods: tell us things you're interested in! are you here more for horror elements, the mystery, soft fluffy missions, or the plot behind why echo has called everyone in? do you want to explore the world and figure out what's beyond the bubble etraya resides in? let us know! <b>OTHER:</b> this is for pretty pictures or gifs. or possum pics, if you like possums.

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[etrayamods]

[retribue]

PLAYER: kerry (she/her)
CONTACT: skitties or pm!
ABOUT YOU: hi! i'm a teacher in gmt, i love most things crime shows or various magic-related things and am still sucked in bg3 hell (and general dnd/tabletop). the beanbag is never getting out of that hole. i love both logs and network, though i will boomerang network quicker than logs, if you catch me while i'm here, i'll boomerang anything or backtag it until i forget what's going on. my plurk is mainly rp content with the smallest side of life. i'm excited to be here and apologetic in advance if i die from work stress until summer hits. it's that time of year.

CHARACTER: elisabeth alarie, an original character

CHARACTER INFO: elisabeth has a complicated relationship with the world at large given the large amounts of murder in her past. she definitely doesn't consider herself to be a hero-type nor someone thinking of saving the world but she does have an agenda and if doing something here can help that then maybe she'll play along. she is definitely going to be looking to make friends given that she will probably struggle to figure this place out for a while (it's 1894 yo) though her friendships are... we will see. otherwise, initially elisabeth will be trying to keep her head down whilst she figures out how to make a routine of what this new life is. (and find the blood).

CR NOTES: everything? everything! friends, people to gently introduce her to things that she is clueless about, other magical people to talk magic with, and eventually someone she might accidentally bite (or people that find her nibbling on animals?)

PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: i would like to explore everything. mystery and horror are excellent and whilst elisabeth won't be naturally inclined to figure out this plot she will go along for the trip with someone else. anything to prompt good relationship development but also character development is the best.

OTHER:

[anciently]

breathes on u

[adorabrawler]

PLAYER: Anais!
CONTACT: deltaserver/deltaserver (discord). Feel free to add me on plurk if you want! I mostly just talk about rp there.
ABOUT YOU: Hello! In the 3d world I work as an ekg tech which means I tend to work very long hours, but in my spare time I am... probably napping, let's be real. Fandoms! Hmmm. Primary ones at the moment are AITSF, FFXIV, and Drakenier, though I have various other ones too; I like a lot of bibeo gaem stuff, though I only occasionally plurk about it. As for rp! I tend to be a concise writer who boomerrangs, so I like to tag quick. I definitely do not mind receiving longer tags or even playing off those who are slower, I just suck at being verbose. I will happily thread and plot with anyone who's willing to play with me!

CHARACTER: Mizuki Date from AI: The Somnium Files
CHARACTER INFO: ... Starting a cat colony isn't a bad idea, actually...

Okay but seriously, Mizuki won't be thrilled to find out the fate of her world rests on her shoulders, 'cause like, really? Her of all people? Buuut she kind of likes home, so... It's a lot of pressure, but she'll try taking it on her own.
Mizuki herself is a kid from modern day Tokyo (with slightly more advanced tech than what exists in reality) and also comes from a murder mystery story, sooo... she's definitely seen some stuff. Despite it all she handles it like a champ (and by that I mean she compartmentilizes like hell, but details) and is usually pretty ready to leap into the fray when it matters. Otherwise, she's a preteen with the sassy and bratty attitude to back it up, but for the most part, she's friendly.
CR NOTES: Obligatory unhelpful "everything" comment but like... Honestly, throw anything and everything at me, let's see what sticks! More specifically, however:
- FRIENDS, obviously, no matter the age. Anyone she can vibe and hang out with is bueno.
- A reliable adult figure....... Not because she needs a babysitter so much as Mizuki is someone who wants the emotional support of an older, wiser(?) person to trust. This is likely more of a longterm goal but. Y'know, throwing it out there!
- Roomies, anyone? I just think it'd be cute and also it's fun for facilitating cr, so if you got room for an extra body, hit me up.
- Ummm idk other than that I'm just gonna tag as many characters as I can and see what happens from there, but I'm not opposed to plotting things out.
PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: Rubs my little hands... It's hard to narrow it down because I love digging into the nitty gritty of plots! Mysteries? Hell yes. Clues dropped around to investigate? Hellll yes. Exploration! Above all else I love the element of surprise in roleplay, so having the unexpected happen on me without any preplanning is one of my favorite things when it happens. ABOVE ALL ELSE... I just love having things to really dig into when I thread and seeing what a game setting has to offer. Perhaps once I get a better feel for the setting I'll have more specific ideas, but while starting off I'll for sure take any bone thrown my way.
OTHER:

[retribue]

girl that's my job

[etiological]

PLAYER: Beo
CONTACT: beoluve
ABOUT YOU: still getting the hang to rp back, so I'm looking at all fandoms with interest, if there's anything cool you want me to watch/read, feel free to give me a holler!

CHARACTER: Victoria Dallon aka Antares from Worm, specifically its sequel Ward.

CHARACTER INFO: It's another Friday for Victoria.

She flies, she punches hard, she can make you absolutely terrified of her with a glance and she has an invisible forcefield around her that can rip you to shreds without her even meaning it. She's a teenage superhero!

More seriously tho, she just managed to stop a ridiculously overpowered superhuman from taking over several realities and was just making plans to stop another overpowered superhuman from killing a good friend of hers, as well as a whole lot of people. Before that, she was doing very similar things. So yeah...this isn't exactly new to her. More than anything, she might go insane if there's not enough of a crisis happening at all times. She might even...relax? That would probably be bad for her health.

CR NOTES: other young heroes! regular people! Therapists!

PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: murdering Amy murdering Lisa just getting some therapy really. Also learning to love herself again, be vulnerable and maybe even enjoy the relative peace of this place, compared to her world. She needs friends who are not broken, or at least are better at dealing with it than her.

OTHER:


don't @ me

[levelshift]

Omggg heyyy happy to be in a game with you again!

[fourthwalled]

hi stranger lmao

[fortitudosalutis]

PLAYER: Fade (she/her)
CONTACT: mirrorfaded, ask for discord
ABOUT YOU: Sup, I'm Fade. I'm into horror nonsense of all kinds, my cat (her name is Frida, she's awesome), books, and art projects. I'm in EST, fairly fast as a tagger, and tag a lot on my phone so let me know if you see any weird typos. I currently work as a magazine editor but am in the process of going back to school for a doctorate in the next year.

CHARACTER: Brandon Carver from The Walking Dead
CHARACTER INFO: So, Carver a former mercenary and current raider in a zombie apocalypse death cult. He's paranoid, twitchy, reflexively violent, and has a tendency to get in people's face and talk about God at them. It'll become apparent pretty fast that something is very, very Off about him within a few minutes of interaction. He's dealing with more than a decade's worth of untreated PTSD, trauma bonded with his cultist veteran friends/adopted family, and will swing hard between thinking this whole thing is a hallucination or a test from God. Most of his friends are dead! A big part of that is his fault and he's going to be feeling Some Way about that, but the thought of protecting their graves and avenging them is enough to keep him going and at least making attempts toward teamwork.

He's going to be so good at it, guys. So good. However, it's important to note that Carver is a trained interrogator and despite his whole....self and the extreme paranoia, is pretty good at reading other people. He will assume literally everyone is out to kill him and is actively planning out ways to do that, though. He's also a little button pushing asshole who likes to get a rise out of people for the hell of it.

On a more serious note, Carver has a lot of heavier elements in his backstory, including torture, abuse, cult dynamics, and the death of a child. I've got an opt out post if needed.
CR NOTES: Everyone and everything! Carver's social skills have taken a giant dive during the apocalypse, people who will call him on being a violent, paranoid weirdo, people who'll roll with that and/or encourage it, soldier types he can commiserate with, etc. As a note, he's going to be exceptionally weird and awkward around younger characters, but he's surprisingly good with kids and younger teenagers. Also, do you want someone to suggest murder for solving your problems? Carver will suggest murder for solving your problems and then help you hide and/or display the body. He's cool like that.
PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: My kingdom for horror shenanigans! I'd also be interesting in exploring questions of what makes a world/character worthy and the implications of that.
OTHER:

Mica ★ Katsuki Bakugo ★ My Hero Academia

[nitropowered]

PLAYER: Mica. / they/them
CONTACT: onlilypads, onlilypads @ discord
ABOUT YOU: Hi, I'm Mica and I live in Canada on the West Coast with my wife, two hairless cats, and a basset hound! My current fave fandoms are My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Critical Role, Peacemaker, and my hobbies include TTRPGs, FFXIV, true crime, DnD real-play podcasts, and drawing sometimes. I am just finishing up some night classes over the next two weeks, so my tagging speed should be going up! I am willing to write action brackets or prose, depending on the preference of my threading partner. I have no real preference! Oh, I'm also in the PST time zone and most of my tagging is done in the evening and on weekends thanks to my 9-5 office job!

CHARACTER: Katsuki Bakugo ★ My Hero Academia
CHARACTER INFO: Bakugo is kind of an unpleasant person, but he will absolutely take the need to save his world personally and make it his utmost goal for the foreseeable future, and he will work hard at it. Single-mindedly even.

As for his personality, Bakugo is loud, yells a lot, calls people names a lot (or just 'extras' if he doesn't know them), is generally always angry. It's because he doesn't know how to properly express himself, he doesn't even have any real excuse to be the way he is, honestly. But beyond being abundantly aggro and kind of a bully, he's caring in how he acts - he's one of those people who will yell at you and call you an idiot but then also fetch you your favourite tea when you're sick. If he likes you. (It can be hard to tell if he likes you.)

Oh he also sweats nitroglycerin and can explode it from his hands, which he uses for offense as well as flying around like an idiot.
CR NOTES: Cop-out, but EVERYTHING. Narrowing it down, I'd love to have some acquaintances who are capable of taking all his abuse and looking beyond it with the hope of making friends. I'd love to have rivals or frienemies for Bakugo, so they can get that good "making each other better" CR. I'm not super into negative CR just for the sake of negative CR, but I like to see development in relationships as we go along so I've got no problem with enemies-to-frienemies-to-friends or similar!
PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: I'm into most of the plot here! Would love to rub my little nose into some horror, exploration, solving mysteries, soft fluffy stuff, slice-of-life, etc. I love when games are varied and have a lot of options for what to do at any given time!
OTHER:

[retribue]

hey! which character was that with as i don't recognise this one.

[retribue]

eww no (ilu)

[levelshift]

Fern! You had Lilith from Sabrina I believe, this was way back in Deerington.

[equivo]

Victoria 'Flying Brick' Dallon crashing into the house!

I'm very excited to have her joining the cast here and I'm looking forward to her connecting the dots on Krouse, which I'm assuming happens 'almost immediately'. He's plead his case with varying levels of success to the rest of the Worms but Victoria is the first hero he'll have to explain himself to, which I think could spin out in a couple interesting ways considering the amnesty he doesn't know about and Victoria's intricate feelings about villain reform.

Otherwise I'm just here to enjoy the blonde on blonde on brunette violence.

[etiological]

She's more than a flying brick! She's an emotional flying brick!

I mean Amy already told her a bit about him, so yeah, cover's up lol. It's not that bad anyway, so long as he plays nice.

He should probably keep a Tattletale sized piles of rocks at the ready for when/if she throws her out of a window tho.

[retribue]

oh!! hey again

[killer]

Hi and welcome! Suggesting murder to solve her problems is the last thing that Sam needs so naturally I require this CR.

[pangzi]

PLAYER: Chris, she/they
CONTACT: millennialfalcon + objectpermanence @ discord
ABOUT YOU: I'm already here with Adaine Abernant (furiousfists)! My main fandoms are Marvel Comics, Star Wars, various D&D shows/podcasts, MHA, and more I'm sure that I can't think of right now. I'm either a glacially slow tagger or I'm boomeranging, little in between. I live in MA with my longterm boyfriend and our little dog, Nala! I suck at writing intros and plotting comments, so this will be pretty brief...

CHARACTER: Wang Baixi, aka Bat-Man of China, from DC Comics
CHARACTER INFO: Baixi is the kind of guy who Gets Things Done, so if he's told that saving his universe is on his shoulders, he's going to find a way to do it. (He'll secretly be really glad that there are other people here from his universe too, though, so the responsibility isn't 100% on him.) He's a big fat nerd who's very stubborn and kind of hard to get along with, but once you become friends with him, he's ride or die.
CR NOTES: I'd love for him to meet other superheroes (batfam and bat-adjacent folks, come at me!) and to play around with secret identity stuff. He hasn't really ever had a chance to just be a normal teenager, so he's gonna be a little stiff at first when walking around as Baixi instead of as Bat-Man.
PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: I'm in for whatever you've got! I love a variety of plots, from exploration to survival, to slice of life, to crack!
OTHER:

(he still signed it though!)

[pangzi]

I just wanted to say I really have been enjoying our TDM thread! Carver is so intense I can only hope Baixi is doing ok holding up against him!

[fortitudosalutis]

Hell yeah, bring it on!

[killer]

i gotta tag you back but they're gonna be friends somehow

[equivo]

I saw the Amy lore drop and laughed, that was inevitable + useful for me for getting him closer to coming out with the truth more generally.

And he's playing SO nice. You can ask several of his preselected references about that! Any reporting to the contrary is from biased sources. (But he actually has been pulling his weight, missions wise, ulterior motives but hey still counts.)

I also regret to inform you if Victoria throws Lisa out a window he will instantly rank Victoria as his favourite superhero of all time. They are not on great terms.

[etiological]

please she needs "normal" people in her life, and someone to inevitably get blind drunk with

[fourthwalled]

OoooooooOoooooOooohhhh, now there's two Batman's for Wade to annoy and confuse. I'm up for tossing DP at him and just seeing what happens tbh.

[etiological]

All in all Victoria was busy trying not to put Amy through a wall so she might not have retained all the info lol.

Is he pre-Teacher? Or post?

Lisa has that effect on people. Hopefully it will only happen for laughs. Hopefully.