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SETTING UPDATES:

Autumn rolls in full force, bringing fallen leaves, the constant scent of chai coming from Ydalir’s tent, pumpkins growing out of control out of the roofs and walls — wait what
The circus is there one moment and gone the next, with not a trace left behind, including the labyrinth of kidnapped cities underneath it. That patch of the woods remains empty for a while, until a house springs up there mysteriously. A sign on the door says “BONE-JANGLES HAUZ! COM IN GET FUD”. Inside the house is Mr. Bone-Jangles, his bone wife, and their six bone kids who are full-grown adults. They will make you any meal you want, including things from your homes or others homes. As you leave, you get a bag of microwave popcorn and a large chocolate bar. Trick-or-Treat! The treat is being loved.
It’s October though, so that means: The Plot™.

PLOT UPDATES:

The truck that crashed through the forest last month remains, and the people driving will help you pack supplies for the trip. They warn you to pack light, as the truck has limited room and will have to make multiple trips no matter what. Those of you who are particularly fast (i.e. can run at truck going through difficult terrain speeds, or can fly/float) might be able to keep up with it if you’d rather.
- The truck can seat up to six people; two in the back seat and four in the bed of the truck.
- Once you’re at the destination, there will be no return trips for a while as others are brought here, and you’ll generally find it hard to return the second you arrive even despite the truck coming back. Not impossible, but hard. You’re given free run of the area, though. Speaking of where you are…
Welcome to Roseroot (source needed)! Roseroot is a beautiful city north of the mountain range that Zonari gets all her rocks from (you do not remember passing through the mountains) (that is a mystery for another day, friends). It’s a wealthy, affluent area where those of you who have past-life memories of being from here may know as “bougie” and “well-developed”. Per its name, it is covered in roses, all bright and beautiful and in all sorts of colours, including colours that don’t actually happen in Earth roses. All the houses and businesses are empty, though the businesses in particular will still serve you via mysterious means that are impossible to figure out. You go to a restaurant and the food spawns in front of you, the clothing stores basically allow shoplifting, etc etc. Per our JRPG-ish vibes, there’s nothing super technological (it’s nothing like Neo Eden), but it’s still well-developed.
- You can sleep wherever you want in the city — reclaim someone’s house as yours, sleep at the park, go to a hotel, etc.
When you go to sleep — and you will, you will go to sleep, even those of you who can’t/don’t need sleep — you dream, and every time you dream, good or bad or traumatic or nonsensical, something pulls itself from your memories and manifests somewhere in the city. These are monsters made of your traumas. Yet again, our Trauma Monster Generator™ will be operating (pats Amity on the back) for player ease.
- The traumas have a range of behaviours; some wander and try to hunt you down, some stand perfectly still and only move if approached, some stalk, some wait in place for you to find them. Some hate the light, some hate the dark. All of these traits depend on you and what you bring to the table.
As the days pass and you dream, the city becomes more and more dilapidated, with many buildings and shops crumbling, others cracking at the foundation, and most if not all buildings will be largely reclaimed by plantlife by the end of your stay. It’ll be colder, dirtier, with the showers refusing to work for those who are particularly unlucky and food getting harder to come by when the stores suddenly experience mass rot.
(sighs) YES THIS EVENT IS BASED ON SILENT HILL YES WE HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER CEASE AND DESIST NO WE HAVE NOT CEASED OR DESISTED
After the first night of people sleeping in Roseroot, which is totally the real Roseroot and not at all a fake planted by our BBEG, the city will become more difficult to leave. The more monsters are around, the more the entrances to the city get obfuscated, move locations, or completely disappear. Characters within the city will have to deal with them somehow. Luckily, they’re killable, unlike the fear monsters.
Characters will be able to leave on their own and find their way back to the Grove once they either a) find an exit or b) kill enough trauma monsters to allow a natural exit to exist.
- For now, we ask that people hold off on “after escaping Roseroot” type prompts/logs, because of the Situation With The Mountains. :) We will elaborate on that during a mini-event mid-month.
- “Where are the NPCs?” Oh, you see, the situation with the mountains… :)

OOC UPDATES:

At some point in the future Wolfie will run Ydalirquest. For our new people, our quests are sign-up based, plot-heavy explorations, and usually have a hard limit to how long we let people take between responses (normally 24 hours per mod response to keep everything moving, unless something happens to the mods or the players). If you don’t reply in that 24-hour period, the mod response comes and the thread moves on without you. They are often large group threads, and we politely advise that if you doubt your ability to keep up with them, that you do not sign up. This is for the future but just a note: it’s being thought about finally. Get Ready™.
This is your last TDM for the year! TDM AC applies to both September and October. November and December will be check-ins to account for the holidays. Go freaking crazy, take a nap, enjoy life, throw rocks, kidnap a duck… the world is your oyster.
Please remember to do your AC/Hiatus comments/Check in comments for September because Wolfie gets sad when she has to chase you down.

Please use the following form for plotting:

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Canon:
CR: Who is your character? Any special powers or things they have going on? Any specific CR you want to kickstart?
Plans: What’s on the agenda for this month? Any interactions with the monthly event? Other things you want to do?
Not Seeking: Anything you'd like to avoid.
Anything Else: A permissions post, opt-in for a character-specific power or whatever else.
Recent Posts or Toplevels: For things you posted that you want additional tag-ins on or that might’ve gone missed.
Past Life Plotting Toplevel: From ye olde post.
Meme: Make us laugh.

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OOC PLOTTING: did you guys know silent hill f is out?

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