etrayaooc | AUGUST STATE OF THE GAME

⏵ August State of the Game and Arrivals ⏴

Hello, Etrayans!

Thank you to those who reached out to us when we put out a call for additional moderators! We've added to our team, and have some fun plans going forward that we hope you'll enjoy!

With the added manpower we've gotten, we've opted to remove the ten players per application round cap we had previously. We removed this just before this last app round, but given we hadn't made an official announcement yet - here it is!

As of September's application round, players in the game can app up to three characters, instead of our current two.

We will also return to having TDMs every other month instead of every three months.

For some missions, we will not have a set date for the conclusion log. We will have a limit on how long the mission can continue but will leave the ending more open-ended to allow players to influence the conclusion. This upcoming mission is a good example: we have the starting date of September 13th on the calendar, which is when the first log will go up. There is a mingle log on September 27th, but no stated date for the wrap-up log. This will occur sometime between the fourth and the eighteenth of October, but we want to leave room for character actions to impact the result, and thus, not limit ourselves to a specific date.

If you have any questions, please put them under the mod queries top-level below.

Additionally, don't forget your Activity! For new players, this is just their comment with their handle and their characters' names. This is not due for new characters until September's activity round (given how close this one has run to the new month starting), but is due for current players before September 1st.

⏵ 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.

PLAYER: your name/handle, and your preferred pronouns if you want to provide them!
CONTACT: your plurk, discord, carrier pigeon's name to call out to the wind to get their attention 
ABOUT YOU: 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?

CHARACTER: who have you apped? what canon are they from?
CHARACTER INFO: are they rowdy and loud? an introvert who needs an extrovert to adopt them and take them out into the world? how are they going to settle into game? is there anything in particular you're looking for with them?
PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: 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!
OTHER: this is for pretty pictures or gifs.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

PLAYER: floral, she/they

CONTACT: catch me on plurk at

moonlanding or the game discord!

ABOUT YOU: hello i'm floral! in terms of rp logistics, my tagging pace varies dramatically based on how much work i have at any given time/whether school is in session. generally speaking i am a medium-slow tagger, but happy to boomerang if needed! feel free to pm me if you want a thread to move a little faster - i do not mind. i also have lisa wilbourn here in etraya, so fandoms i'm in include the silt verses, worm, signalis, the locked tomb, interview with the vampire and disco elysium. big fan of body horror and weird sci-fi, generally!

CHARACTER: this is carpenter from horror fiction podcast the silt verses

CHARACTER INFO: carpenter is a burnt out cynical tough-as-nails introvert. previously she worked as an assassin/attack dog/courier/pilgrim for the local river god church. the job was terrible and she has since quit it, alas, death follows her wherever she goes! but she's trying to do better now. she's in her late 30's but comes across as an old woman, is a menace with an axe, and loves a nice fluffy pancake.

here is her permissions/opt out, please take a look at it because she's from a heavy folk/religious horror canon! carpenter is coming in from the end her canon, and she is not happy about it. please also let me know if you'd like to avoid spoilers!

in terms of cr, carpenter does well as a begrudging mentor, and is also excellent for a good brood on life/death/the meaning of it all. she will have a lot in common with people who are grieving, people who are just trying to get by, and people who have tried to leave cults/are dealing with other forms of religious trauma and control. she also has a sharp sense of humor, particularly when paired with someone more extroverted, so she's not all doom and gloom!

PLOTS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: everything!! carpenter has a lot of survival skills and i'd love to be able to put those to use in missions. team-based activities would also be great, because carpenter is both very prickly and has a hard time turning away people who need help. such is the duality of carpenter.

OTHER: the vibe carp brings to the function:

Listen, idk if they would necessarily get along, but given Fett is also a burnt-out cynical heavily-introverted former assassin/attack dog, I really want him and Carpenter to meet :D He's also still dealing with the death of his daughter, so it sounds like they might have grief in common, too. Looking forward to seeing her around!

YES this sounds like excellent cr! i could see them getting along eventually, they just have to warm up to each other like two poorly-behaved dogs at the dog park. i'll keep an eye out for fett on the various event logs and such!

Driving by to say I like your pb
Dankest wettest carp in the land, no one's doing it like her

thank youuuuuu she's so damp

lmk where you are in the podcast btw, happy to whip you up a spoiler-free starter anytime!!

She acquired a backpack friend and just Hitman'd some scientists doing unethical experiments so I'd say things are going swimmingly.

A space station nearly leveled Etraya, how's she dealing with that?

Oh, wow, I'm not familiar with this canon but I'm SO interested! Johanna is also cynical, somewhat burnt-out, and frequently followed by death thanks to her associations with deities and other eldritch beings. I'd love to try bouncing them off each other and see what happens!

yessss that sounds terrific! i read the sandman comics way back in the day but have not seen the show, so i would love to have carp meet johanna. i have a tl on the mingle here in case any of these prompts catch your eye, otherwise we can plot something for the mission when it drops!

Carpenter sounds really interesting! Mercie... does not fit any of those personality types, but who knows! Maybe they'll get along. She's a pious type who really is devoted to the goddess, has a pretty defeatist yet optimistic view of life, so maybe there are some bonding points eventually.

Damn, her character type sounds a lot like some people Rin knows in her canon lmao

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