A Raven's Rouge
Welcome to the OOC thread!
I will be using this thread as channel in which I will communicate the ongoings of the event with you, be it to single the end of a round of posts or a question to help me decide on the direction of things. You are all free to use Discord to talk among yourself when it comes to strategizing, but I will warn you to be realistic when it comes to talking among yourself. For instance, in a highly tense situation your characters do not have the OOC knowledge you may have, nor do they technically have days or weeks to think up an option. They have seconds. Your characters will most likely think in the short term compared to how long you writers have time to come up with options. Plainly speaking, stick to your character and try not to muddle or abuse the external communication you have access to.
That said, I think we should touch on godmodding as well. It is safe to assume anything your character may throw at an NPC controlled by me will miss, and thusly it is safest to always attempt an action as opposed to acting as if the action will succeed. I will definitely act realistically when it comes to how the NPCs react to your characters’ actions, and I request the same of you. I will not godmod anything so long as you show me the same respect as a player and fellow writer who loves their characters.
Now that all the serious business is out of the way, I’d like you all to think about your characters and your reasoning for wanting them to be involved in this event. It’s likely this reason isn’t their knowledge, but solely yours as a writer. Over the next few days I will be writing the introductory post to this event, and to keep things moving quickly and seamlessly I expect a level of dedication from the three of you. As I said in the initial post, there will be limits on how long you can respond before I end the round and begin writing the next post. I will attempt to keep them realistic, but I do know life and other things get in the way of writing. So, if you feel that a limit is unfair, not long enough, or you think you will miss it, reach out to me and we can talk about options with either extending the limit or co-writing a post to keep you in the loop whilst you sort out anything keeping you from writing.
I do not expect you all to write 1000 word posts, because sometimes that is wholly unnecessary. In conversations, we don’t need your character going on a full 500 word introspective monologue about who knows what. A few stray thoughts here and there are totally fine, but what matters most is your characters’ action in the scene. That isn’t to say I’m not a fan of the 1000 word posts - because I am - but only in threads where it’s a one-on-one interaction or everyone is okay with it. Be considerate here. You have three other people waiting for you to post, and before they can post, they have to read yours.
To kick this OOC thread off, I’d like you all to write a little snippet about what your character is doing in Misthaven. What have they heard about the crimes happening? Perhaps they’ve known some victims personally, witnessed shadows lurking around the scenes? Give me to something to better visualize your character being involved in the event. There’s no word limit to this, as this is for my reading pleasure mainly. This is to be written like a normal RP post, not OOCly. The event start date is the 7th day of Fire.
Expect the introductory thread sometime early next week. When it goes up, a post will go here directing you to that thread. I look forward to writing with you all and creating something wholesome, engaging, and beautiful.