OOC Introduction Post #7

[singmod]

OOC INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Singillatim!
Glad you could be here! We hope you have a great time here in the Quiet Apocalypse. Don't lose too many fingers, this weather bites. Feel free to use this post to introduce yourself and your character and get to know your fellow players! Once you're accepted into the communities, feel free to start posting!

The plotting for the event will be up between the 5th and 7th!

HOUSEKEEPING TO DO LIST FOR NEW PLAYERS
Join the communities: singillatim (Logs) & singillppl (OOC)
Fill out information on the Taken Page.
Make your initial Activity Check comment.
Make a toplevel on the Milton Message Board.
Claim your Character's Housing
Check in your character's whereabouts on the Character Tracker.
Fill out a First Impressions.
Join the Discord server.
Follow the Mod Plurk: singillatimmods


SCHEDULE

MARCH
Activity Check — 1st - 5th (not for new players)
Event Plotting — 5th - 7th
Event — 10th
IC/OOC Meme — Mid-Month

APRIL
Activity Check — 1st - 5th
Test Drive Meme — 7th - 10th
CR Meme — 15th
Reserves — 15th - 19th
Applications — 20th - Month End

Comments

[imperatour]

ooc jazz: hello! I'm Rana and I bring Furiosa from the ~Mad Max franchise.~ Feel free to add me on plurk beehaw - rn it tends to be a mix of rl and rp. Besides being ten years late to the Mad Max party (ty for prequels to rejuvenate me), I also talk about my other brainrot (Severance) and my other hobbies (pottery). Thank you to everyone who tagged me on the tdm and major apologies if I left you hanging. I got covid and then work got crazy so hoping for a fresh start in March!!

character info:: I want to flag some specific content warnings about Mad Max and Furiosa's history specifically. She is not exactly the most open person, so it's pretty easy to avoid the gnarliest bits as IC reveals, but she will speak more candidly about the setting/her world. Please always feel free to reach out to me via DM or on Plurk if I need to edit anything! I'm super flexible.

Here is her app and then some other permissions. The tl;dr is that she's an apocalyptic truck driver that was stolen as a child from her isolationist matriarchal lesbian biker gang that enjoyed gardening. Furiosa is stubborn, resilient, and resolved and has lived a life marked my hardship and loss. She's close to six feet tall and intimidating enough to feel like she's even taller than that. Gruff and no-nonsense in her approach, won't coddle adults. You may get a wry smile or remark out of her if you know her well enough. Slightly more personable than her counterpart wandering around here somewhere, but she's fluent in his grunting. Also, she only has one arm.

plots and shit: I'm really into exploring deep and complicated interpersonal dynamics and character relationships, tentative building of trust, alliances, and even friendships (or more!). Furiosa will be struggling with a lot of latent survivor's guilt and reflecting on the tough choices she's had to make to survive and the others that she's lost along the way.

some fun:

[brushoff]

yo!!! This is Kates, player of one Cornelius Hickey, here with another absolute piece of garbage. This is Dorian Gray, from The Confessions of Dorian Gray, an audio drama canon that absolutely nobody has heard of unless I've rped with you or you're knee deep into the audio drama side of Doctor Who (these canons share a production company!). the cliff notes of CODG is 'what if at the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian didn't bite it and instead lived on and had monster of the week style adventures with soooo much supernatural bullshit, presented in half hour audio dramas.'

Dorian himself sucks. truly, he sucks. he's a consummate liar and narcissistic, self-absorbed jackass who's main priorities will be 'how do I get my immortality back' and 'how the fuck do I get out of bumfuck nowhere Canada.' as I've taken him from a canon point where he recently killed three people to come back to life, who's ready for some poor choices in trying to accomplish those goals! this canon point is also 2014 so enjoy this relatively modern guy who has no clue what the fuck a tiktok is.

Here is his app, here is his permissions post, and here is his opt-out post. Please take a glimpse at the opt-out post! This is an obscure canon and it's also a canon that takes full advantage of the audio medium to fuck things up in super gross ways. as always, feel free to bug me on plurk or discord @ allikateor!

[satanicpanics]

III'M BACK

Hi, I'm Hannah. This is Eddie Munson from Stranger Things. He was here about five month back and you may well remember him. He remembers all of you...But for those of you who don't, an anxiety-ridden metalhead from a small, cursed Indiana town in the year 1986. He’s easily frightened, but incredibly intense and might look like he’s gonna strangle you if you even try to insult his favorite bands, but he’s a kind-hearted dude who genuinely wants to help and do the right thing and has a serious soft spot for those who “don’t belong”. He loves music, D&D, and he will be continuing his late night Aurora concerts again as soon as Kieren gives him his guitar back. Basically, he's picking right up here he left off

If you want to find me, I'm over at muttonchops!

[pursuitspecial]

SALUTATIONS, DEAR READER. I'm Priestly! Guy who is new here to this game (and games in general) comin' at you live with Max Rockatansky, titular hero of the Mad Max series! I'm an artist that loves writing, making stuff, creating together, and sharing enthusiasm. I'm also big into video gaming, horror (TERROR PEOPLE! I AM ONE OF YOU!), film, and the post-apoc scene (yes, really) by attending and helping build twice yearly post-apocalypse festivals in the desert. Eventually I hope to suffer more than just 2x/year, yeehaw!!

As for Max, here's a blanket warning for my brusque, mistrustful, withholding and antisocial feral dog man. (ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC keep muzzled...) Once upon a time he was a cop in dystopian Australia, but is now wandering the Wasteland with his cool car and C-PTSD. No car here though, RIP to a V8 nitro-boosted king rotting in the Australian desert somewhere ✊😔 Max can be a tough nut to crack: he is Mentally Unwell (hallucinates not infrequently), barely speaks, and might be dismissive or a dick to your character for awhile but I promise there's a good man underneath the leatherclad exterior. If things get dire, Furiosa may be able to act as a translator, but no promises.

Here's his app, permissions, and warnings/opt-out. It can be a gnarly canon. Thematically, found family, finding redemption in unexpected places, and learning to trust are high on my CR list. Max is a man that has lived a solitary lifestyle for the better part of two decades, so reintegration into any kind of society is going to be an uphill battle I'm excited to write. I'm also totally up for antagonistic CR (please 🙏) and I'd really love a kind of mentor-like relationship for him too.

Feel free to hmu with whatever method you'd prefer!
Atompunk / PM / Discord (PM for handle!)

Also: half a month late, but IYKYK...

credit bommyknocker

[pursuitspecial]

Points at Eddie, points at Max: guys from the 80s whose worlds are now ruined by Bad Things? Max, whose last interaction with a guitar involved said guitar modified as a flamethrower. I think I'm really onto something here!!

[pursuitspecial]

MAN, I really miss audio dramas (or comedies! Cabin Pressure I'm looking right atcha) and also 2014, so thank you for the inadvertent rec! Dunno what your guy and my uncivilized feral apocalypse man could get up to, but always down for plotting! But also Hickey?! Low key longing for the king bullshitter to meet the king of no-nonsense.

[pursuitspecial]

Okay but on a scale of 1-10, Furiosa's sitting like at LEAST 3-4 numbers more personable than Max, right.

[brushoff]

yoooo, Hickey would look at the Mad Max wasteland and all the bullshit that Max and Furiosa have to deal with and be like "nah, I get it, survival fuckin sucks, you do what you have to do" and then immediately try to get Max to join his cult

so yes!!! absolutely!!! I will tag you with either one of my guys!!

[astrogator]

Hello! I'm bringing you an OC, spacer lieutenant Arilanna Tayrey. Here's her application and permissions.

About Me: I'm Millisa, in my 30s, and I live in London, England. I'm currently working on a PhD thesis about 19th century education, and my background is in SEN teaching. I love both historical and science fiction, and I also write a lot - worldbuilding is a passion of mine so if you ever have any questions about Tayrey's setting I'm happy to answer! Feel free to add me on Plurk MillisaK - I mainly talk about RP there with some occasional plurks about fandom or stuff going on in my offline life. I especially love those character question memes! I'm going to join the game Discord but it's something I rarely use so Plurk or PM are more reliable ways to contact me.

About Tayrey: She's a wealthy Director's daughter from a libertarian capitalist Company-owned world who ended up running away to become an apprentice spacer. It went well; she's a lieutenant astrogator now. At first glance she's stiff and serious, but she's devoted to her work and very earnest and enthusiastic about it. She's an idealist, even if her ideals aren't ones everyone would agree with. She's likely to experience culture shock - where she's from, everything is expressed in terms of contract, eating meat is virtually unheard of, and most inhabited planets are nicely terraformed. If you're curious, there's lots more to read about her in this journal!

Desired CR: Please bring me all the platonic CR! She'll be missing her friends and comrades and will be very happy if anyone lets her talk about space and how amazing star charts are, over a drink or two. She values friendship very much and can be intense about it. I also love mentoring relationships, in either direction. She'll look out for 'civilians' and teach what she knows, but if there are honorable captain-type characters out there, she'll probably be looking for guidance too. Leaning into the culture clash is fun for me, so characters interested in discussing philosophy, religion, etc. are always a delight. Also, she hates having to accept help from others, but she's likely to struggle practically until she gets used to everything. She has dealt with extreme temperatures before - but not without advanced technology!

Unwanted CR: I'm not looking for a romantic or standard shipping plotline for her, as she'll reject the notion. She *is* the type to have casual flings or hookups ('mutually beneficial contract') and I'm up for that instead! Also, while her ideals and beliefs will no doubt be tested by her time here, I'm not going to play out an arc where she ends up completely despairing, 'broken' or totally changed. Exploring her distinctive mindset and keeping her IC in difficult moments is part of the appeal of playing her for me.

And Finally: I'm very happy to be here! I look forward to carrying on with all my lovely TDM threads and developing more CR. Let me know if you think there's interesting potential for her and your character(s)! I'm canonblind to most here but keen to get to know them all.

[imperatour]

this valentine is ILLEGAL

[dies_irate]

Hello! I return, this time with someone far less inclined to wander off into the woods. I bring to you Arthur Lester's other half, John Doe (no really, that's his name) from Malevolent. He is... probably going to ruffle a few feathers, given he is a seven foot tall clearly-inhuman being. Hopefully the big friendly dog vibes (and if not, Arthur yelling at people) will get people not to assume he's something that should be killed on sight. But his heart's all there for doing his best to work with people, supporting them, and learning what he needs to learn in this new fresh (frozen) hell that they get to deal with.

Me: I'm EST, work in healthcare tech (processs side), married, have two cats, and a million hobbies. Tabletop, board games, watercolor, nails, tarot; I even made dice for a while. Love to chat character stuff, all about plotting with people, tend to be shy to start so if I'm hesitant to approach, it ain't you. yarnzipan is me (same on Discord)!

John: He's an undefined entity that was once a portion of Hastur/The King in Yellow from the Mythos. He got torn away from the King, trapped in a book, dropped into the wasteland of a million dead worlds that runs on pain and fear called the Dark World and tortured for untold lifetimes, and then got free and hid away in some dude's eyes. This dude was Arthur Lester, whom he ruined the life of before they went on the run from Literally Everything trying to kill them. Through this journey, John picked his new name, started to value humanity on the whole and Arthur in particular, and decided that he'd find a new path as his own being. This is his first time having his own body or being separate from Arthur and of course it has to be fucking freezing. John curses like a sailor, has very little in the way of a filter, wants to learn everything but especially about any songs or poems or art you might have, and once you have his loyalty, he'll walk backwards into hell for you. He might be a little grumpy, but he's really trying his best out here. At least he's used to being up shit creek without a paddle?

Desired CR: Just about anything and everything! He's basically only had one (1) friend other than Arthur who even knew he existed before and he's very keen to meet others and be a Person.

Unwanted CR: I'm not at all opposed to negative CR (and expect some! given his appearance) but I really would like to have some good OOC communication and some kinda arc or path going on. Doesn't have to be positive resolution! Can end up in 'curmudgeonly rivals' or even 'avoid at all costs' but let's chat.

Excited to be here, excited to throw my boy into the game, looking forward to introducing him to everyone.

[fidior]

Hello Rana, welcome to the game! I'm Jhey and I play two horror guys here: Lt. Edward Little from The Terror fidior (a Victorian sailor who vanished during the Franklin Expedition) and Cmdr. Konstantin Veshnyakov from Sputnik sputnik (a Soviet cosmonaut from the 80's who ended up infested with a gnarly alien parasite... as one does!)

Furiosa sounds wild in all the best ways and I'd love to toss either of my dudes at her! I have somehow never seen any of the Mad Max movies — they've been on my list 5ever, they look so fun — but I am right there with you in Severance brainrot, ohhh my gosh. Looking forward to doing things with you in game and I hope you have a great time here! ❤︎

[fidior]

Welcome back Fellow Ed!!! It's just been The Victorian Edward holding down the fort while Eddie's been gone.. Our numbers have dropped but The Ed Name must continue on... Maybe this time around, Edward can actually learn some chill from him and they can hang, which is always a hilarious mental image with the two VERY opposite Edwards here. But he'll be extremely relieved to see he's all right and probably want to ask questions about his Disappearance!

At some point I also still definitely want to throw my Soviet Spaceman at Eddie bc I think that could be some funny interaction as well lmaoooo

[fidior]

Hey there Priestly, welcome to the game! I'm Jhey and I come bearing two horror guys: Edward Little from The Terror here, and Cmdr. Konstantin Veshnyakov from the movie Sputnik sputnik (a Soviet cosmonaut from the 80's who ended up infested with a gnarly alien parasite... as one does!)

Max definitely sounds like a FUN time and I'd love to see what comes about from tossing either/or/both, both is good, of my guys his way! Looking forward to doing things with you in game and I hope you have a great time here! ❤︎

[fidior]

I'm so glad we can ALWAYS count on Kates to bring in Questionable Men and I can't wait to see what this dude gets up to here! Always down to torment Nedward's dumb gullible ass with any of your characters but I also think Kostya could be fun to toss his way, too — he's definitely pretty self-absorbed and would do Questionable Things to survive, he just tries to hide the worst parts of himself from others under a real big smile :) He also puts all his self-worth into his physical appearance, Dorian literally selling his soul to stay young and hot is such a big damn mood okay

[fidior]

Hello hello, very glad to welcome you aboard! I'm looking forward to writing more of our Space Crew (work has me running SO slowly these days but I'm excited to get back to our thread and see how it goes! I feel like there's such fun potential with her and Kostya for all the space chats & things) and also tossing Edward her way as well for all the shenanigans there :D I hope you have a great time here! ❤︎

[fidior]

Hello and welcome back! I'm excited to see John around; Konstantin has heard a lot about him from Arthur and not only would love to meet his new friend's +1 but also inevitably ask him a looooot of questions about The Supernatural and other such spooky things as he continues on his own spooky journey.

Alternatively, my other character Edward is extremely nervous of supernatural things, trying to work through that, and failing pretty hard, so that's some fun potential as well :D

Looking forward to doing all the things with you! ❤︎

[dies_irate]

Hello! And yes, looking forward to BOTH. I've read some of the threads with Konstantin and he'll do what he can to provide what he knows. He tries to help! Maybe he can help Edward be less scared of stuff

[astrogator]

Thank you! I'm really excited to get to write more with Ari and Kostya - I was slow last week because of life things too, so don't worry about that! I'll always backtag. Looking forward to her getting to know both of your guys and all the chaos that might follow <3

[nicehobbit]

HIYA! I'm Tossino. I've been on an RP hiatus for a year or so but I've had this game in my sight basically since it opened, so I decided now was a good time to join! You can add me on plurk Tossino or discord @ tossino. I'm not super active posting things but always happy to chat and answer pings and such! If I do post, it's often about rl things, or memes and funny stuff. But maybe I'll be more active now that I'm in a game again!

As for my character, well, I'm sure everyone knows him. This is the goodest lad Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings. I go by movie canon, but may grab some inspiration from the book from time to time. I grabbed him from the second movie, so he's less tired than he ends up being but also very concerned about his mission. Here are permissions and his app if you'd like to take a look!

Other things that are good to know: I'm Swedish, so my timezone is about the same as this game operates on. I'm also a teacher, so I'm generally pretty busy during the weekdays and occasionally my kids drain like all my energy. And then time blindness happens. Please don't be afraid to poke me for threads or tags! I've struggled with creating deeper CR with my characters for a while now due to burnout, and I miss it.

[extramuralise]

hi & welcome, rana!! 😘 I'm gabbie, I just play this pious victorian royal Navy lieutenant from AMC's the terror, and while I haven't actually seen the mad max movies I feel like the two canons probably have a lot in common (survival in a brutal desert landscape... boats and trucks (basically the same thing?))... the inherent existential horror of continuing to live while constantly surrounded by death...... etc,) and

ok idk where I was going with all this except to say that while my dude would VERY LIKELY annoy the shit out of her (bc he's annoying), as another avid enjoyer of exploring / developing deep, complicated interpersonal dynamics + tentative bonding etc etc I'll still be looking forward to tagging her at some point anyway just to see how it goes! he's so prissy and uptight yet there ARE things they could bond over, I wanna see if they can do it... 👏

[extramuralise]

welcome to the game and to dwrp in general, I hope you have fun here!! I'm gabbie and I play john irving, so I'm always glad to see more terror!pilled folks around :')

looking very forward to seeing max in game!! I... feel like cr between these two would be the hardmode to end all hardmodes, however it might still be worth a shot 🫡

[wingbound]

new phone who dis (how many years has it been since we were in the same game omg)

I'm still torturing Levi here who's basically a super soldier with questionable social skills, even more questionable sense of humor, and heart of gold. Except now (some of) the big people can win against him by just sitting on him so that's annoying 😔

I have no idea how they'll get along yet but one way to find out 🫶

[extramuralise]

hi millisa, welcome to the game!! I hope you enjoy it here 💞 I'm gabbie, playing the prim and pious victorian royal navy lieutenant john irving from AMC's the terror, and I'll definitely be interested in throwing them at each other at some point...! I feel like their personalities might gel pretty well actually, especially considering the similar (yet obviously also extremely different) career paths (and titles!), assuming they can get past the mutual culture shock first!

[nicehobbit]

(man idk it was probably Penance)

I'm v excited 8)