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getting to know you
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Welcome to Serendipity!
☆ Any questions about the event log can be asked in the mod questions thread.
☆ Questions about the general game mechanics, setting or locations, or magic can be asked on their respective pages.
There are moments in everyone's life that end up shaping the people they will become. These pivotal moments define a person's character for the rest of their lives. They can be big events, things that would rock the very foundation of any person, or they can be seemingly innocuous moments, small things that might get brushed off by all but a very few. No matter how obvious or subtle these moments might be, they are profound, meaningful, and change a person for the rest of their lives.
Throughout the remainder of December until February 1st, these memories, the ones that define a person, that change the fabric of a person's very being, will be extracted and shared with other characters. Whether they're happy or heartbreaking, overt or subtle, these moments will be broadcast for others to experience.
Character memories can be shared at any time and in any way - be creative! However, some common situations are:
- The memory is broadcast like a video on the tablets via the network community.
- The memory is viewed in a sort of shared dream while the participating characters are sleeping.
- The memory pops into the participating characters' minds when they enter a room together or touch, and both experience it vividly at the same time.
- The memory occurs like a waking hallucination for the participating characters.
These can happen either with the person whose memory is being shared present or not. Both parties don't have to experience the memory at the same time.
What would your ideal world be? Everyone has a secret (or not-so-secret) dream, a life they'd like to be living in an ideal world, or even just certain aspects of themselves or their lives that they'd like to be just a little different in a way that would make them happy. Have you ever dreamed about being a famous singer or a sports star, longed to have a perfect family life, wished that you looked different than you do? These private fantasies can really expose the type of person you truly are.
Throughout the remainder of December and until February 1st, these dreams and fantasies about the perfect life that characters would like to be living will be shared with other dreamers. Generally, these shared dreams will happen when the characters are asleep at the same time, and will be fully interactive, a perfect world of one dreamer's creation that both (or more) can explore together at the same time. After these shared dreams, characters will awaken refreshed, as if they've had the most restful sleep of their life.
Throughout the remainder of the month of December and until February 1st, the heads of the Houses will be sharing their own dreams of what this world they are creating with characters' help could end up looking like. These dreams will be shared much the same way that characters' dreams are shared, and all of them will have the Ivory Castle as well as a fully-developed and populated world that represents each House head's ideal world and hopefully give characters a bit of insight into how their minds work, what they truly value.
☆ a. HOUSE STONE (CHANDA) Chanda's dream will feature a valley with many homes, each housing happy families in many different configurations from standard nuclear families to single-parent families to found families in every permutation you can think of. The realm will be orderly and well-structured, all under the watchful eye of an extensive guard service that keeps everyone safe and secure. Here you will find bustling markets with street food and entertainment, well-traveled roads that will take you anywhere by the most efficient route possible, and volunteer operations to help the needy and protect the weak.
☆ b. HOUSE SUN (SHIHALA) Shihala's dream will feature a valley littered with libraries and institutions of learning, interspersed among sprawling multi-family dwellings shared by a diverse range of people and family units. The realm will be full of well-educated people who are striving to create new inventions, farming techniques, and other advancements in technology. Here you will find vast stores of knowledge, labs where you can watch people experiment with a wide range of magic and technology, seamlessly blending the two, and expansive festivals where people share their knowledge, their folklore, and learn about each other.
☆ c. HOUSE RIVER (SWIMMING HORSE) Swimming Horse's dream will feature a valley full of people - heavily populated with happy families and groups of friends living together in communal housing, sharing the burdens of life between themselves. The entire realm will have an air of communal living, with a simple bartering system instead of any kind of money, where people use the skills they have to get what they need. Here you will experience frequent festivals and street parties, with people eating and drinking and socializing together, dancing, singing, performing plays, and enjoying each other's company and skills. There will also be many opportunities to explore in the unknown fringes of the valley, near the borders.
☆ d. HOUSE LIFE (MOTHER) Mother's dream will feature a valley that is a patchwork of farms and greenhouses, with homesteads manned by happy and hard-working people who tend to animals and plants, and take care of each other. The realm will be largely overgrown, with wild plant life everywhere, berry bushes lining the dirt paths, and thickets of forest in any unused patch of land. Here you will experience Harvest Festivals and Planting Festivals, learn about techniques in making cuttings and splices to grow new kinds of plants, and watch people engaging plant and animal magic to help with all the growth.
Along with memory sharing, the heads of House are going to start up the first magic classes. Most people in Serentali can do magic and are quite adept at using it in day-to-day life. Each House is going to be running consistent classes to help characters start to learn magic if they so desire, starting with the more basic tenets of each House's specialty.
Most of these classes will focus on simple elemental magic related to each House, and on creating items in a variety of ways that will be useful to characters, whether they're tools, weapons, or sentimental items. More information on magic in Serentali and what kind of spells and focuses each House has can be found on the Magic Page.
Each House has specific housing and accommodations that characters can settle into whenever they like (please see the Housing Page for details). Throughout the end of December and through January, as characters are trickling in from Mother's invitations, the Houses will be working with characters to help them find quarters that most suit them. No House affiliation is required, but each House will enthusiastically be sharing the benefits of their own specific housing opportunities.
Want to take a guided showing of each House's accommodation options? Interested in having a roommate? Interested in not having a roommate but stuck with one anyway? Looking for a place to hole up that isn't in the House accommodations? Whatever you're doing to look for or build a place to live is welcome.
NAVIGATION
☆ Any questions about the event log can be asked in the mod questions thread.
☆ Questions about the general game mechanics, setting or locations, or magic can be asked on their respective pages.
i. MEMSHARE: DEFINING MOMENTS
There are moments in everyone's life that end up shaping the people they will become. These pivotal moments define a person's character for the rest of their lives. They can be big events, things that would rock the very foundation of any person, or they can be seemingly innocuous moments, small things that might get brushed off by all but a very few. No matter how obvious or subtle these moments might be, they are profound, meaningful, and change a person for the rest of their lives.
Throughout the remainder of December until February 1st, these memories, the ones that define a person, that change the fabric of a person's very being, will be extracted and shared with other characters. Whether they're happy or heartbreaking, overt or subtle, these moments will be broadcast for others to experience.
Character memories can be shared at any time and in any way - be creative! However, some common situations are:
- The memory is broadcast like a video on the tablets via the network community.
- The memory is viewed in a sort of shared dream while the participating characters are sleeping.
- The memory pops into the participating characters' minds when they enter a room together or touch, and both experience it vividly at the same time.
- The memory occurs like a waking hallucination for the participating characters.
These can happen either with the person whose memory is being shared present or not. Both parties don't have to experience the memory at the same time.
ii. DREAMSHARE: AN IDEAL WORLD
What would your ideal world be? Everyone has a secret (or not-so-secret) dream, a life they'd like to be living in an ideal world, or even just certain aspects of themselves or their lives that they'd like to be just a little different in a way that would make them happy. Have you ever dreamed about being a famous singer or a sports star, longed to have a perfect family life, wished that you looked different than you do? These private fantasies can really expose the type of person you truly are.
Throughout the remainder of December and until February 1st, these dreams and fantasies about the perfect life that characters would like to be living will be shared with other dreamers. Generally, these shared dreams will happen when the characters are asleep at the same time, and will be fully interactive, a perfect world of one dreamer's creation that both (or more) can explore together at the same time. After these shared dreams, characters will awaken refreshed, as if they've had the most restful sleep of their life.
iii. HOUSE DAYDREAMS
Throughout the remainder of the month of December and until February 1st, the heads of the Houses will be sharing their own dreams of what this world they are creating with characters' help could end up looking like. These dreams will be shared much the same way that characters' dreams are shared, and all of them will have the Ivory Castle as well as a fully-developed and populated world that represents each House head's ideal world and hopefully give characters a bit of insight into how their minds work, what they truly value.
☆ a. HOUSE STONE (CHANDA) Chanda's dream will feature a valley with many homes, each housing happy families in many different configurations from standard nuclear families to single-parent families to found families in every permutation you can think of. The realm will be orderly and well-structured, all under the watchful eye of an extensive guard service that keeps everyone safe and secure. Here you will find bustling markets with street food and entertainment, well-traveled roads that will take you anywhere by the most efficient route possible, and volunteer operations to help the needy and protect the weak.
☆ b. HOUSE SUN (SHIHALA) Shihala's dream will feature a valley littered with libraries and institutions of learning, interspersed among sprawling multi-family dwellings shared by a diverse range of people and family units. The realm will be full of well-educated people who are striving to create new inventions, farming techniques, and other advancements in technology. Here you will find vast stores of knowledge, labs where you can watch people experiment with a wide range of magic and technology, seamlessly blending the two, and expansive festivals where people share their knowledge, their folklore, and learn about each other.
☆ c. HOUSE RIVER (SWIMMING HORSE) Swimming Horse's dream will feature a valley full of people - heavily populated with happy families and groups of friends living together in communal housing, sharing the burdens of life between themselves. The entire realm will have an air of communal living, with a simple bartering system instead of any kind of money, where people use the skills they have to get what they need. Here you will experience frequent festivals and street parties, with people eating and drinking and socializing together, dancing, singing, performing plays, and enjoying each other's company and skills. There will also be many opportunities to explore in the unknown fringes of the valley, near the borders.
☆ d. HOUSE LIFE (MOTHER) Mother's dream will feature a valley that is a patchwork of farms and greenhouses, with homesteads manned by happy and hard-working people who tend to animals and plants, and take care of each other. The realm will be largely overgrown, with wild plant life everywhere, berry bushes lining the dirt paths, and thickets of forest in any unused patch of land. Here you will experience Harvest Festivals and Planting Festivals, learn about techniques in making cuttings and splices to grow new kinds of plants, and watch people engaging plant and animal magic to help with all the growth.
iv. MAGIC LESSONS
Along with memory sharing, the heads of House are going to start up the first magic classes. Most people in Serentali can do magic and are quite adept at using it in day-to-day life. Each House is going to be running consistent classes to help characters start to learn magic if they so desire, starting with the more basic tenets of each House's specialty.
Most of these classes will focus on simple elemental magic related to each House, and on creating items in a variety of ways that will be useful to characters, whether they're tools, weapons, or sentimental items. More information on magic in Serentali and what kind of spells and focuses each House has can be found on the Magic Page.
v. MOVING IN
Each House has specific housing and accommodations that characters can settle into whenever they like (please see the Housing Page for details). Throughout the end of December and through January, as characters are trickling in from Mother's invitations, the Houses will be working with characters to help them find quarters that most suit them. No House affiliation is required, but each House will enthusiastically be sharing the benefits of their own specific housing opportunities.
Want to take a guided showing of each House's accommodation options? Interested in having a roommate? Interested in not having a roommate but stuck with one anyway? Looking for a place to hole up that isn't in the House accommodations? Whatever you're doing to look for or build a place to live is welcome.