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OOC UPDATES

Game status

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The player cap has been removed. We will no longer max out at 30 players. Applications will remain open at all times.

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AC has been lowered from 20 comments to 10 comments or a top level and 5 comments.

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If you have made any major changes to the setting, please let a mod know. If your character has contributed to any changes in setting that would be noticed by other characters, please reply to this comment to let us know. Please note that minor changes are reset at the end of every school day.

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May will be a no murder mystery month. This hold may continue past the current month. Character death may still occur, and we encourage players to explore other options for player plots. When murders resume, we they will be evaluated on a case by case basis to see how to best run it.

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A new series of missions is planned for May 13th. In order to progress the plot and allow characters to engage with the setting, we will be hosting a series of IC "missions", similar to the series of events that took place in August 2021. These will be a collection of mod-guided threads that lead to wide-scale changes in the game setting. There will be a total of three groups with three people per group. Please see below for sign ups.

Game updates

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Our game pages have undergone an overhaul. However, the taken, bonus activity and locations pages have received a full revamp. Please let me know if there are any errors.

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We have added a game lore page to the navigation. As we move away from an NPC focus, the NPC contact page has been retooled as a summary of game lore up to the current month for ease of review for players new and old alike. Moving forward, new NPCs can be contacted through this page.

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The student store has been overhauled. We have removed redundant items and maintained those which we believe will be most useful to characters going forward. Items that have been removed may be kept or exchanged for the updated equivalent.

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Plot clues no longer need to be bought through bonus activity. We are currently focusing on both tying up loose ends with existing plots, and making engagement with the plot more accessible. Please contact a mod if there's a plot point or player plot that you wish to pursue.

IC UPDATES

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Weather update. April showers bring may flowers! May will see warm and sunny days with scattered showers. The plant life is in full bloom, and the first signs of summer are here.

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The void has expanded. It now encompasses the encompass the entire right wing of all floors, including the locker area including the rooftop. Throughout the month it will continue to expand, beginning to encompass pieces of the left wing.

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The school is cold. As mentioned in the April update, the chill is more obvious in some areas than others, and the mirror room is frigid.

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All mirrors are cold to the touch. The larger the mirror, the colder it is, and those in the mirror room are cold enough to cause frostbite. Characters may also occasionally see handprints or fog on the mirror, as though something were pushing against it; or perhaps they'll see a flash of the other school, or even their home world - whatever the mirror may offer them, it's gone the moment they blink. It's probably just their imagination.

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The shadow students remain in the school. The whispers seem to have quieted down, but they may still latch onto characters who are left isolated and slowly drain them. Those who have the ability to see spirits will notice that they've increased in volume. The largest concentration appears to be in the mirror room, bathrooms, library, and auditorium.

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The sound of gears turning can be heard in the clock tower. It seems to be coming from somewhere under the floorboards, and it is loudest where they've been pulled up.

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The cabinets in the music room are now unlocked. Various instruments can be found inside of them.

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The anatomical model has returned to the science lab. It is impossibly heavy and cannot be moved by any means. If one is quiet, they might think that they can hear it laugh or weep, sigh or whistle, though that should be impossible. Those who visit the lab regularly will now find it oddly to be more inviting, almost as though they're being welcomed.

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There will be additional updates in the event post. Please stay tuned.

PLAYER UPDATES

Reminders

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If you have plot points or clues of particular interest to you, or that your character is currently pursuing on an IC level, please let us know so that we can include these pieces as we map out the endgame direction.

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Please ensure that you are not utilizing other players' characters without permission. This includes spreading personal details and issuing "warnings" to characters. This is a collaborative hobby, and we ask that everyone be considerate of each other and their character development and relationship opportunities. When in doubt, assume that permission is needed.

Player feedback

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to ask players for their OOC feedback on where they would like the game to go from here. One major topic of interest is how you wish for the game to proceed, including the pacing (i.e. a quick wrap up versus steadily working through the plot,) and plot points that your character is following up on or that you wish to see resolved. We hope to move forward considering what players hope to see from the game and its ending in mind.

If you would feel more comfortable sharing your feedback in a private setting, feel free to post a screened comment to our mod contact page or reach out to Bunny (pfle) directly.

OOC PLOTTING

Player:
Character:
Canon:
CR: Tell us a little about your character, how they're faring, and what sort of cr you want to establish or expand upon
Plans: What is your character interested in investigating, or have they found something interesting to involve others in?
Recent posts or toplevels: If applicable, for people to jump right into tagging you!

<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>CR:</b> <b>Plans:</b> <b>Recent posts or toplevels:</b>

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rio ranger

[rearranger]

Character: Rio Ranger
Canon: Your Turn To Die
CR:

I have a summary in his info post. In short, Ranger is an advanced AI known as a "doll" created by the company ASUNARO. He is the masterwork of the company's three prodigies, a doll that was meant to be a true human, and it is implied that he was intended to be an important piece of the company. Due to circumstances, he was modified to have an inferiority complex and was unable to feel positive emotions. Since coming to Yogen, his code has been completed/corrected.

Due to the company culture and his own experiences, Ranger can be rough around the edges. He has a very lose sense of morality and a very high sense of self-preservation, but he's generally easy enough to talk to and responds to how people treat him. Ranger protects himself first, his partner second, ASUNARO third, and everyone else after that.

He was hallucinating throughout April due to internal glitching that ended in trying to kill 16 people. Fortunately, Komaeda woke up from his coma to stop him. Unfortunately, he tried to lop his head off, so he's not doing that great right now. He's been working on Dynamo alongside Midori, and he can be found in the workshop or just wandering around, he doesn't like to sit still for too long. He can be found hanging around Maple, Midori, Amami, and Komaeda whenever they patch things up. Dynamo too, that's his best friend now.

Plans:

▶ He's dealing with a little bit of trauma following somebody nearly lopping his head off so please be kind to him. That's something where it'd be nice to see him open up, but I'm not sure he will so just not isolating will be good for him!
▶ He will be going along with Midori and Dito on the clock tower mission.
▶ Komaeda gave him the love compass, which points to either the person the holder loves most or Lily May so I just want him to give that to people and see where it points as he tries and fails to understand it. Please let me see who loves Lily May most.
▶ He was working with Midori last month to patch up Dynamo so he'll be keeping a close eye on them to make sure that everything's working properly so people might notice him low key fussing.
▶ He has a particular interest in investigating the mirrors this month, he might pay a visit to the void or smth too.
▶ Like Midori, he can play multiple instruments so he'll probably check out the music room at some point or another, probably hone in on something in the violin family (the viola specifically) so that could be a cute thing to bond over.
▶ Tentatively looking at canon updating him later this month, which would mean that he remembers everything post-final attraction. He'll have some mixed feelings on that.
▶ ??? Like with Nanami, I'm up for basically anything, please be patient if I'm a little slow as I work out mod things!

recent posts or toplevels

[rearranger]

tba

[shimashima]

Alice is still awkwardly concerned, especially with the complicated Komario situation, so he'll probably try to see how Ranger is doing now, if they cross paths. Also :eyes: at the canon update....