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August 2022 Newsletter
AUGUST 2022 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to Deer Country's Newsletter! This is a half IC, half OOC informational post. We strongly urge our player base to read all Newsletters posted to the community as they contain important information about that month's weather, environmental changes, other plot-important information, important dates, and any important mod announcements. Newsletters will allow a chance for players to post about the impact their characters may have made in the setting using the form down below.
You can always feel free to ask questions on newsletters. Of course, we may sometimes suggest you wait until the event for certain questions, but for the most part, we should be able to help you out! Players are welcome to engage with the prompts/elements from Newsletter as soon as they are accepted into the game. Players may also use newsletter prompts as a basis for writing samples in applications.
You can always feel free to ask questions on newsletters. Of course, we may sometimes suggest you wait until the event for certain questions, but for the most part, we should be able to help you out! Players are welcome to engage with the prompts/elements from Newsletter as soon as they are accepted into the game. Players may also use newsletter prompts as a basis for writing samples in applications.
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Enviormental Changes • Influences on Blood Types • Monthly Calendar • Mod Announcements • Impact Summaries • Newsletter Questions
ENVIORMENTAL CHANGES (IC)
Enviormental Changes • Influences on Blood Types • Monthly Calendar • Mod Announcements • Impact Summaries • Newsletter Questions
CURRENT SEASON:: The Season of Blood. A time of change and movement and boy does August change fast. The nights are starting to become a little more obviously longer than the days and the greenery is starting to wilt.
THE MOON:: The Beast Moon. This month, the moon will go from orange to a deep, dark red with shadows running across the surface in a way that makes it seem strangely eye-like. It can cause people to feel uneasy, maybe even paranoid, if they're out in it for too long.
PATRON PTHUMERIAN:: This months' Patron Pthumerian is Mariana. She is the least connected to humanity of any Pthumerian. She doesn't love or hate, she isn't good or evil, she simply is. Marian is chaotic and temperamental, with no real rhyme or reason to her moods. Rather than communicating through words or telepathy or any of the usual means one might think of, Mariana will talk with people via vibrations in the water. It can be difficult to get the hang of, but if you try to understand her, she will put in an extra effort to tell you what is on her mind. Not that it may do any good, given that her morals and ethics don't line up with those of mortals, but maybe when asked why she drowned someone in the middle of the afternoon when the waves were calm, you may at least be able to get an, "I just felt like." Mariana is said to be the very reason Sleepers have come to the Waking World, that it's she who has given Sleepers their new forms, but it's hard to discern if this is really the truth, since she will never confirm or deny the rumors.
MONTHLY BLESSINGS:: On your Blessed Day this month, your Patron Pthumerian will bless you with a sea medallion. This medallion will enhance the power of the owner, but there's a catch: it only seems to work when the owner is expressing their emotions openly and with strong conviction. This can be done intentionally, but powers can also be enhanced by accident if one happens to be wearing it when they get extremely pissed off or overly excited by something. These enhancements are as unpredictable and may not always be helpful. For example, a Darkblood who has the power to warp reality may unintentionally start to change the world around them when they get into a fight with a friend, or maybe they accidentally make a worm hole in the middle of the street when they get good news. The medallion will only work for the person that it was given to and are completely indestructible. They can be lost (or thrown out), but they have a habit of turning up again weeks later, like they were never discarded in the first place.
THE WEATHER:: The heat will disappear practically over night on the first of August. The humidity might linger, and while the temperatures outside aren't freezing, the drastic change from extreme heat to lightly chilly will hit Sleepers hard. It will make it feel much colder than it actually is outside until people have adjusted to the change. Frost will start to form on the leaves and grass and night. Time to stop sleeping with the windows open, probably.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:: The ocean is violent. The waves are incapable of being calmed and going out into the water in any capacity will be impossible. New comers and anyone who is reborn into the ocean will end up having to truly fight for their lives in order to get to shore. Not even the natives will be able to get their boats out into the water, which means fresh fish will be in shortage, as well as many other imported goods. Objects from home will not wash up on shore for the month of August the way they usually do.
EFFECTS FROM PREVIOUS MONTH:: The heat will be gone and the violence and aggression will disappear with it. The Trenchies who were impacted will go back to their normal, mostly accepting selves and will probably even apologize for the behavior they displayed over the month if they particularly hurt someone.
MONTHLY INFLUENCE ON BLOOD TYPES (IC)
THE MOON:: The Beast Moon. This month, the moon will go from orange to a deep, dark red with shadows running across the surface in a way that makes it seem strangely eye-like. It can cause people to feel uneasy, maybe even paranoid, if they're out in it for too long.
PATRON PTHUMERIAN:: This months' Patron Pthumerian is Mariana. She is the least connected to humanity of any Pthumerian. She doesn't love or hate, she isn't good or evil, she simply is. Marian is chaotic and temperamental, with no real rhyme or reason to her moods. Rather than communicating through words or telepathy or any of the usual means one might think of, Mariana will talk with people via vibrations in the water. It can be difficult to get the hang of, but if you try to understand her, she will put in an extra effort to tell you what is on her mind. Not that it may do any good, given that her morals and ethics don't line up with those of mortals, but maybe when asked why she drowned someone in the middle of the afternoon when the waves were calm, you may at least be able to get an, "I just felt like." Mariana is said to be the very reason Sleepers have come to the Waking World, that it's she who has given Sleepers their new forms, but it's hard to discern if this is really the truth, since she will never confirm or deny the rumors.
MONTHLY BLESSINGS:: On your Blessed Day this month, your Patron Pthumerian will bless you with a sea medallion. This medallion will enhance the power of the owner, but there's a catch: it only seems to work when the owner is expressing their emotions openly and with strong conviction. This can be done intentionally, but powers can also be enhanced by accident if one happens to be wearing it when they get extremely pissed off or overly excited by something. These enhancements are as unpredictable and may not always be helpful. For example, a Darkblood who has the power to warp reality may unintentionally start to change the world around them when they get into a fight with a friend, or maybe they accidentally make a worm hole in the middle of the street when they get good news. The medallion will only work for the person that it was given to and are completely indestructible. They can be lost (or thrown out), but they have a habit of turning up again weeks later, like they were never discarded in the first place.
THE WEATHER:: The heat will disappear practically over night on the first of August. The humidity might linger, and while the temperatures outside aren't freezing, the drastic change from extreme heat to lightly chilly will hit Sleepers hard. It will make it feel much colder than it actually is outside until people have adjusted to the change. Frost will start to form on the leaves and grass and night. Time to stop sleeping with the windows open, probably.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:: The ocean is violent. The waves are incapable of being calmed and going out into the water in any capacity will be impossible. New comers and anyone who is reborn into the ocean will end up having to truly fight for their lives in order to get to shore. Not even the natives will be able to get their boats out into the water, which means fresh fish will be in shortage, as well as many other imported goods. Objects from home will not wash up on shore for the month of August the way they usually do.
EFFECTS FROM PREVIOUS MONTH:: The heat will be gone and the violence and aggression will disappear with it. The Trenchies who were impacted will go back to their normal, mostly accepting selves and will probably even apologize for the behavior they displayed over the month if they particularly hurt someone.
Each month, blood types will be impacted differently depending on events, Pthumerians, and moon cycles. These changes will vary significantly. These changes are meant to represent the intricate relationship between Sleeper blood and the world around them.
Players are always welcome to opt-out of anything in this section, but we do strongly encourage participants to help create a consistent atmosphere for the game. To those who opt-out OOCly, characters cannot ICly contradict these events.
There will be some months where all blood types are impacted or only some blood types are impacted. Rarely will there be months where no blood types are impacted.
Rather than individual blood types being impacted by unique abilities, Sleepers will start to notice that their blood powers are no longer functioning the way they should be. Maybe they've stopped working all together or maybe they only work in spurts. Maybe they're extremely overpowered and impossible to control one second and barely causing a spark the next.
Sleepers will also start to find that their blood powers are mixing up. A Vileblood might start to accidentally freeze things the way a Coldblood might. A Darkblood might be able to dreamwalk or read someone's thoughts as though they were a Paleblood. Warmbloods might suddenly be able to... do anything, honestly, they really did get the short end of the stick when it came to enhancements. It will be completely random and unpredictable, and powers can disappear as easily as they come. One second someone might be able to build an ice palace for one, the next second they're seeing into someone's thoughts and really wishing they weren't. There's no way to tell when it will happen or how long it will stay. It seems to be absolute chaos.
LEVELS OF CORRUPTION:: Extremely high.
LEVELS OF BEASTHOOD:: Extremely high.
MONTHLY CALENDAR (OOC)
Players are always welcome to opt-out of anything in this section, but we do strongly encourage participants to help create a consistent atmosphere for the game. To those who opt-out OOCly, characters cannot ICly contradict these events.
There will be some months where all blood types are impacted or only some blood types are impacted. Rarely will there be months where no blood types are impacted.
Rather than individual blood types being impacted by unique abilities, Sleepers will start to notice that their blood powers are no longer functioning the way they should be. Maybe they've stopped working all together or maybe they only work in spurts. Maybe they're extremely overpowered and impossible to control one second and barely causing a spark the next.
Sleepers will also start to find that their blood powers are mixing up. A Vileblood might start to accidentally freeze things the way a Coldblood might. A Darkblood might be able to dreamwalk or read someone's thoughts as though they were a Paleblood. Warmbloods might suddenly be able to... do anything, honestly, they really did get the short end of the stick when it came to enhancements. It will be completely random and unpredictable, and powers can disappear as easily as they come. One second someone might be able to build an ice palace for one, the next second they're seeing into someone's thoughts and really wishing they weren't. There's no way to tell when it will happen or how long it will stay. It seems to be absolute chaos.
LEVELS OF CORRUPTION:: Extremely high.
LEVELS OF BEASTHOOD:: Extremely high.
All Newsletters will be posted around the end of each month.
1st:
MOD ANNOUNCEMENTS (OOC)
1st:
Activity Check opens at 12:00 am.Rolling 2-5th::
Reserves close at 12:00 am.
Application Cycle opens at 12:00 am.
OOC Introduction Post made for new players. Will be posted upon first batch of replies sent to applicants.5th:
Application cycle close at 12:00 am.Rolling 5-10th::
Activity Check closes at 12:00 am.
Event Plotting Post incountryclub
Activity Check results posted including allowances for error correction.8th:
House keeping post included with Activity Check Results.
Game Event goes live in15th:
Character Relationship Meme posted toRolling 24th-26th::
Test Drive Meme goes live in26th:
Reserves open.
If we have anything to say, you'll be the first to know.
IMPACT SUMMARIES (OOC/IC)
Did your character start a new business last month? Did they have a massive fight? Solve some mysteries? Then this is the place to summarize the impact they have had on the setting! We hope this makes it easier for everyone to collectively stay in the loop about what other players are doing. This is not required but we feel it will help provide a sense of community among the characters. All impacts summarized should be incidents that could be publically discovered or referenced. Impacts can be from player plots, mod events, TDMs, character-created businesses, or other such concepts.
This will also serve as a light plotting post for those who are interested in bringing on more people for whatever they have done/how they plan to continue with their personal plots. Please fill out the following form and post it as a comment on this page!
Impact summaries are more or less meant to keep characters and/or players in the loop. This does not take the place of proper CR memes or plotting posts for events.
There will be a OOC Impact Top Level comment players can use to discuss OOC impacts in a more formal, OOC manner where players can discuss the nitty-gritty details and ask questions or plot. This is where you can use the form:
This will also serve as a light plotting post for those who are interested in bringing on more people for whatever they have done/how they plan to continue with their personal plots. Please fill out the following form and post it as a comment on this page!
Impact summaries are more or less meant to keep characters and/or players in the loop. This does not take the place of proper CR memes or plotting posts for events.
There will be a OOC Impact Top Level comment players can use to discuss OOC impacts in a more formal, OOC manner where players can discuss the nitty-gritty details and ask questions or plot. This is where you can use the form:
Questions
cw: Violence
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cw body horror
would aggressive painful healing be a possible vileblood power? impact on characters would be up to the player, but could include rapid hair and nail growth, skin regeneration and shedding, hyperactive scar tissue (keloids etc), sudden regeneration of organs/limbs, forceful expelling of diseased matter etc.
sansa could learn to control this with the chakra control techniques she's learned in game and might be capable of a few useful heals if relevant
Re: cw body horror
Yes, this could be possible. However because the powers are out of control, chakra control will not work to master any new powers, otherwise it would defeat the purpose of the chaotic elements in the month’s themes.
Impact Summaries IC
Impact Summaries OOC
Keith | Voltron: Legendary Defender
IC/OOC Limits: No limits.
Content Warnings: Character death, suicidal ideation
Character Name(s): Keith, Lance, Sasuke, Shiro, several others
When the impact happened: early July
Nature of Impact: Personal plot related to monthly effects
Impact Summary: Keith was definitely influenced by the evil in the first week and a half. If anyone wants to say he did something horrible to them, like attacked them for no reason, stole from their shop, did property damage, feel free. The Reckoning caught up with him on the 10th and killed him, so it can be pretty mean on what he did, and just the piling up of things compounded his "sentence". This also effected Lance in that they kind of a pulled a Romeo & Juliet kind of moment where Lance took his own life due to the star-crossed lovers effect. Sasuke was the one who found them on the beach, and took them home so they could be squids for a while. Their deaths combined with a lot of other CR problems that Shiro's been suffering through kind of triggered that beasthood. So, yeah... Keith feels like shit about everything right now.
Future Impact Plans: Not really "future", but kind of a retcon to fit into what happened, I am willing to say that Keith fought and potentially killed someone while under The Evil's influence, if someone's up for that and wants to go for it. Just let me know if you do so I can have that be a thing Keith knows about. He remembers all of it.
(BOATGATE) Emperor John Gaius | The Locked Tomb
IC/OOC Limits: None.
Content Warnings: Character death, betrayal, human sacrifice.
Character Name(s): Emperor John Gaius, Gideon, Anna, Kaine, Falco, Ford, and Oscar died in the initial chaos; L died adjacent to this; Ezra, Maul, Savage, Johnny, Sayo, Willow, Luke, Faith, Pyrrha, and Ozpin died in the fallout. Paul, Deku, Luna, Shoyo, Reaper, D, and others were impacted but survived.
When the impact happened: 7/05 with effects felt throughout July.
Nature of Impact: Player plot, with a boatgate log, open log, plus Bone House and Jon's personal impacts! Also two network posts.
Impact Summary:
- John commits human sacrifice to attack Mariana (yes, the literal ocean).
- Gideon, Kaine, and Oscar are killed; L is maimed; Augustine, Ortus, Harrow, Paul, Deku, Kaworu, Palamedes, Willow, Faith, Chara, and Anna nearly die.
- Willow is corrupted and kills a bunch of people (Maul, Savage, Johnny, Sayo). Willow then dies.
- Chara kicks off a "no mercy" rampage which kills Ezra, Ozpin, and Faith.
- Anna threatens all John's friends, kills Falco for getting in her way, and tries to kill John. John kills her.
- Augustine forces a Bond on John.
- Ford and John murder each other.
- Gideon tries to kill John but does not go through with it.
- Luna attacks John; John defends himself by taking control of her body.
- L sneaks into John's dreams and impersonates his dead lover. John kills L.
- Shoyo attacks John as vengeance for L; John chops off his hand, then fixes it.
- Gideon calls out John on the network.
- John responds with a post of his own.
- Maul tortures John ineffectively; John retaliates by maiming him.
- Reaper tortures John.
- Maul hires D as an assassin. John is killed again!
- John forms a willing Bond with Pyrrha. The Reckoning kills them both.
- John respawns from his THIRD DEATH IN ONE MONTH finally exhausted enough to stop picking fights with everything that moves.
Future Impact Plans: Come tap me if you want to yeet John into the sea.Re: (BOATGATE) Emperor John Gaius | The Locked Tomb
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Paul is no longer living with the Emperor.
The Fall of Clockhouse
I forgot to add Vira-Lorr, another victim of this battle, to the count above. So let's mark it down as 19 characters killed, 21 total deaths, sparked by John's excellent boating decisions.
Re: (BOATGATE) Emperor John Gaius | The Locked Tomb
Deku is injured while fighting Kaworu's Beast form (a result of the shipwreck).
Deku is severely corrupted for most of the month.
Chara's "no mercy" rampage includes stabbing Deku and putting him in the hospital for a bit after mid-July.
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He has no plans for revenge against Chara and is aware of John's shenanigans but not involved in any revenge there, either.
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Tentative plans were for Anakin Skywalker to non-consensually yank Ezra back to mortal form, but not for nice reasons.
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she's proficient in dreamwalking now. thanks john gaius!!
Vi | Arcane
IC/OOC Limits: no limits.
Content Warnings: possible drowning
Character Name(s): vi, sansa, luz, saeri, rose, any outpost people (hey d, carver) other hunters (?)
When the impact happened: throughout july
Nature of Impact: personal plot/event related stuff.
Impact Summary: vi got herself employment at ursula's tattooing (mostly blackwork, learning color, regular tattoos for now but interested in learning sleeperblood stuff), got influenced by the good and helped people on the beach, got influenced by the evil and stole from and roughed up some trenchies (thanks evil influence!), vandalized a shop (and luz's house oops) resulting in getting locked in a basement by said trenchies while they decided what to do with her. was bailed out by sansa. (thanks sansa!). vi has tried to return some of the items, and make some apologies and will continue to do so. she did put a trenchie in the infirmary and he was an innocent! she is trying to make amends by doing bedpan duty/serving tray duty and generally letting him hurl his opinions at her, deservedly. she also helped with construction and guarding the outpost as well as doing some crowd thinning and helping to put out fires in cassandra during the attempted witch burnination. at the end of the month she became a hunter.
Future Impact Plans: if you want vi to have tried to rescue you from drowning and succeeded or failed, that's cool. same goes from having something stolen/being roughed up. it was mostly limited to trenchies but that doesn't mean it had to be. she is attempting to return all stolen stuff and make some apologies. any outpost shenanigans or even hunter stuff is cool to he handwaved/threaded. looking for future tattoo clients also. eventual plans for anti corruption tattooing at the sanctuary as well as being influenced by sansa to infiltrate hunter groups and guide them toward the sanctuary/kinder and less "final" ways of dealing with beasthood