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folkmore mod ([personal profile] folkie) wrote in [community profile] folkooc2022-11-22 03:56 pm
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November 2022 Story of US

Story of Us: November
Announcements and Feedback
Hello Folkies! This is our monthly Story of Us post where we get together to make game announcements, ask for any feedback or suggestions, partake in character relationship memes and open up our invites for the upcoming application cycle!

Check out the bottom of this post for important dates to keep an eye on!

Announcements / Reminders

As a reminder, Milk has stepped down as the headmod and our mod team has been re-structured. If there are any issues, feel free to contact us at any time through the mod contact page.

One of the changes we are implementing today is the brand new Event suggestion and Player Plot page, which can be found in the Game Navigation from now on. If you have any events you'd like to suggest, or perhaps run a plot on your own, use that post. We would be happy to hear your ideas!

Finally, we are happy to announce the Game Feedback post! We would like to hear what you think of the game so far, possible changes you'd like to see, or perhaps any issues you would want to see addressed. This post is open to our playerbase, and with it we hope to make Folkmore a game everyone can enjoy.

Thank you very much for all of your patience and help!


Upcoming Weather for December

As we enter December, all the glitter from November starts to fade away, but the shinning stars remain, leaving the night sky bright all through the month. Kuma Lisa is still the current iteration of Thirteen, however characters will often see her in her Fox form that has now turned pure white to match the snow that covers most of the land (with the exception of Cruel Summer).

The giddy effects of Kuma Lisa are replaced with a calm and peace that Star Children might find comforting. It's more clear now that the nights are much longer than before, and the cold outside makes Star Children want to cuddle up with someone to keep warm. Despite the cold, however, the night will feel always beautiful and peaceful. Every night paper lanterns will be released to light the streets and stores all around Folkmore; these will magically remain in place until the end of the night, rather than floating away. When the day comes, they will rise up and disappear.

The days, in contrast, will feel a bit more grey and listless. There won't be a lot of light and everything seems a lot slower than usual, lacking the spirit of the night. Star children may feel a bit more depressed than usual but if they reach out to others this feeling may be eased.

As a reminder: the Anti-Hero trial is still on going until January 1st.


Feel Free to Comment

If you have any questions about anything going on in the game or need an update on a question that might have gotten lost between the cracks please use this space to ask down below!

Always remember to follow us on Plurk for game updates at [plurk.com profile] folkie!


Character Relationship Meme
It's that time of month to organize your thoughts and compile some plans with each other! This is an optional meme for players to get to know each other and draft up some ideas and keep up to speed on what everyone else is doing!

Copy and paste the following form and reply to the appropriate section down below. Have fun!


Invitations
Our game is invite-only which means in order to make a reserve or apply, you must have an invite from a current player in-game! Players are not required to give invites. Invites are open between the 22nd of every month and close on the 5th of the following month when applications open. All invites expire after that application cycle ends.

Players are limited to one invite per round unless they have purchased an additional invite slot through Spoons. If using an additional invite slot, please make sure to link to your purchase in your invite form.

Invites allow new players to reserve/apply to the game. Invites do not guarantee that new players will get in. Some invites may not be accepted and we will message players on a case-by-case basis if necessary.

Players only require an invite for their first application. Once they are a player in the game, they can apply as more characters at a later date. If a player drops completely from the game, they will require a new invite to get back in.

IF YOU DO NOT KNOW A PLAYER IN OUR GAME BUT ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE SEND OUR MOD JOURNAL A PM WITH YOUR HANDLE AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR A REQUEST TO AN INVITE.

Fill out the following form and place it down below in the appropriate section.



CALENDAR
Calendar dates may be subject to change due to real-world circumstances. Please follow us on our plurk to keep up to date! We will update this section accordingly. Remember to set your journal to EST as we will always pay attention to timestamps.

TDM
November 22nd-25th
ANY TIME
RESERVES OPEN
Dec 1st
12:01 AM EST
RESERVES CLOSE
Dec 5th
12:01 AM EST
INVITES CLOSE
Dec 5th
12:01 AM EST
CHECK IN OPEN
Dec 1st
12:01 AM EST
CHECK IN CLOSE
Dec 5th
12:01 AM EST
APPLICATIONS OPEN
Dec 5th
12:01 AM EST
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
Dec 10th
11:59 PM EST
TRIAL PLOT
Dec 11th
ANY TIME
TRIAL LIVE
Dec 13th
ANY TIME
INVITES-CR MEME BEGIN
Dec 22nd
ANY TIME
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varen avegos | original | familiar

[personal profile] unvocalized 2022-11-22 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Varen Avegos
Character Age: 36
Character Species: Werewolf
Character Details: Brown hair, blue eyes that shift to yellow during the full moon because he's a werewolf. His senses are stronger, he can shift outside of full moon times, and he's pretty athletic. Catch him doing parkour sometimes.
Character Summary: Varen is a loyal and dedicated individual who has settled himself into a life of service as a bodyguard to the royal family in his native land. He's quiet, thoughtful, and is trying to lay low after the recent heartache of losing his love (the princess he was guarding) to a political marriage in a foreign land. Ordinarily he tries for a stoic, calm demeanor but werewolves are emotional creatures and right before the full moon is when that's the most intense. He's protective, cautious, and a little bit of a buzzkill because of it, though experience has proven that someone with enough charm can convince him to do nearly anything.

Permissions: here

Character Role: Familiar
Character Role Deets: It will mainly be a wolf for simplicity's sake, but he'll also have a bird form for scouting things out overhead and a horse form in case he needs to rush anyone to safety.
Character Living Quarters: a cottage in Gram
Character Schools: N/A
Day to Day Life: A lot of exploring, keeping watch, being around to offer help.

Current Mindset/Health: He has been opening up to people a bit more since his arrival and it's helped since he's been missing his pack.
Recent Developments: The red scarf event helped him in a major way! He was forced to confront his heartbreak head on and accept that he can't keep wallowing in his hurt. He expects the woman he loves to move on and be happy, so he's going to try and do that too. Last month he was sent through the trial in the mansion and finds that he's pretty loyal to Thirteen because she's given him the opportunity to get over his pain.
Goals For Your Character: To find people here he considers pack and to balance his emotions properly (knowing when to be open and when to hold back).
Problems With Your Character: There will still be some lingering sadness over his lost love so there will be some sad moments for him, but from this point on he'll be slowly moving forward and healing.

Wanted CR: Friendship and family dynamics for now. Flirting is fine, but he's really in no place to reciprocate.
Unwanted CR: Negative CR. Let's keep it friendly.
Open/Closed to New CR: Open to both new and current.
Edited 2022-11-22 18:17 (UTC)
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[personal profile] demonicbeauty 2022-11-23 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I sort of love that Airy and Varen are both falling hard for Thirteen. I definitely would love to explore this new sort of faith they've got.
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[personal profile] unvocalized 2022-11-23 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, we could do that! It's more of a practical thing for him. Like he reasons that they aren't there to get killed over and over so it's less blind faith and more it's just logical to him. If that's a difference that you want to discuss.
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[personal profile] demonicbeauty 2022-11-23 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Airy's trying to figure out how much of it is practical and how much means they should be building shrines.

Definitely something to work out.
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[personal profile] ferrokinetically 2022-11-26 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
I've enjoyed their thread a lot and while I'm kind of awkward and awful at reaching out to plot I'd love to keep up with their CR! Lorna's pretty receptive to people that are more positive than she is about a situation since she tends to get focused on the negative.

No clue how it could ever come up but she's also got someone back home that she feels like she might need to let go of while she's here so maybe eventually they could find a way to talk about how he started to find his peace?
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[personal profile] unvocalized 2022-11-26 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure! I'm sure there'll be more forced honesty events to nudge things forward.