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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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Lorna

[personal profile] ferrokinetically 2022-11-23 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name: Lorna Dane (Polaris)
Character Age: 30s
Characer Species: Mutant
Character Details: Very vivid green hair
Character Summary: Lorna is a mutant from a world where the world absolutely hates them. After a disaster involving mutants occured anti-mutant laws were put into effect that made it basically illegal to use your powers or just...be a mutant at all. She fought with the Mutant Underground to try to co-exist until she decided that co-existing probably wasn't actually going to ever work. While she dreams of a mutant homeland where they're free to just be themselves, she couldn't actually bring herself to sacrifice her own kind for that dream.

Character Role: Myth
Character Role Deets: She's got horns that are developing that are shaped like a pronghorn, similar to a headpiece she wore in 616 canon.
Character Living Quarters: She's actually found a place to settle down in Gram and is working on fixing that up. She does have really bad nightmares sometimes so if any neighbors want to say their metal shakes now and then or lightbulbs explode, feel free!
Character Schools: Got a job working at Baba Yaga's school and...badly helping people with their powers. Sometimes not so badly!
Day to Day Life: Due to how paranoid she is, she's spent a lot of time wandering around trying to learn as much as she can. She's also spending a lot of time at the school.

Current Mindset/Health: She's doing alright-ish all things considered. Kind of enjoyed the trials and being able to make it through them even without her powers. Very depressed over the holidays without her family though.
Recent Developments:The trials have given her some power enhancements more inline with her 616 counterpart that she's going to be curious to learn more about. She's also a mixed bag for how she feels about Thirteen. On one hand she gets the trials and how they were run, on the other it seems a bit harsh and she feels a bit like some vital information was left out.
Goals For Your Character: Learning more about her powers and the limits she may have, teaching more people who have powers and taking them under her wing as a big sister type figure, and building more friendships up!
Problems With Your Character: Lorna's just going to completely ignore any sort of problems and bitterness she may have, that's just how she is. She'll probably take her frustrations out on random pieces of metal she finds throughout Folkmore.

Wanted CR: People she can Big Sister in the Worst Way Ever. She's especially fond of people with powers or nonhumans, but humans who have definitely Seen Shit definitely work too. She's protective, supportive towards pushing people to just be themselves no matter what that means, and really openminded towards people's pasts/powers. She's very much the type to encourage someone to not hide parts of themselves no matter what those parts are. Some friends her own age would be great too, as well as people for her to actually talk to about the complexities of her life and the choices she made. People who might challenge her on if she actually made the right choices or not. Also potentially romance or a fling with someone who wouldn't mind that she's a complete and utter disaster with way too many issues. She's lonely. Sarcastic friends to be sarcastic with.

Also people to realize she's given two different names. She needs to pick going with one someday but she's been a bit back and forth.
Unwanted CR: Nothing!
Open/Closed to New CR: Completely open to all new CR. I occasionally draw little cute doodles of CR if I get in the mood so CR for art sometimes haha
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[personal profile] defenderoftomorrow 2022-11-23 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I need Lorna and Jayce to talk more, plz. Both so can bond further and so she can show him her power. Guy's a metal worker, he would be super stoked to see that someone can do magic /use their powers to manipulate it.
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[personal profile] ferrokinetically 2022-11-24 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
So would I!! I can hit up his event post if you'd be up for that for them to talk some?
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[personal profile] defenderoftomorrow 2022-11-24 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, if it inspires you! or if Lorna has anything up somewhere I can tag her. I'm catching up oTDM thread too, but work this week has been a bit busy.

I love their thread, and how are they connecting to each other because of fucked up issues in their world, ah.
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[personal profile] demonicbeauty 2022-11-23 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I've made it pretty clear. I want her to be Airy's big sister.

BIG TIME. <3
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[personal profile] ferrokinetically 2022-11-25 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
I love their CR SO much so I definitely look forward to more big sister