→ What happened?There was a glitch in the system. A wrinkle in time! A fly in the soup, perhaps. But, either way, you're here now, and you're not leaving until it's fixed.
→ Fix what? Well, time. It broke, but not in a way that's immediately noticeable, though - if you're perceptive, you'll see that small details in your environment may have changed. Maybe there wasn't a store on that corner before. Maybe you're certain your mother liked lilies and not roses. It may not look like it on the surface, but the damage is far-reaching. Important historical figures and events may suddenly and randomly poof away, and we can't have
that happening, now can we?
→ So what does this mean for me?Every single one of you will have a hand in restoring things back to normal. You don't have the proper clearance to know the ins and outs of this process, but we'll keep you updated on the situation at hand. And busy. Don't forget that.
→ How do I help?By taking on assignments. They may seem like little, pointless things at first, but trust us when we say that every bit counts.
→ What do I do?Access the
parallel proxy dimension and get to work. Hope you don't have sleeping problems!
→ wut.It's like this:
The
PPD can only be accessed while in an altered state of consciousness. The easiest way to get into it would be, well, while sleeping. Your brain does all kinds of nifty things when you enter the dream state, and while you're in a particular phase of sleep, it's easiest for you to slip back and forth through tears in your reality, whatever it may be.
Theoretically, you could also access the
PPD through the use of various hallucinogenics and other questionable substances, but good little boys and girls don't do those sorts of things, right? Or, you know, if you happen to be in a coma, but that's kind of unhealthy too. In all seriousness, we wholeheartedly recommend catching a nap every now and again when we need you. It's just less complicated that way.
And just so you're aware: normal people (that is, the un-contracted), in theory, won't notice anything's amiss, but we can't make any guarantees at this point.
→ What if I die?
Uh, can you please not? It's super-inconvenient. But we understand that accidents happen, so your first revive is free! If you die once in the PPD, you'll wake up in your bed safe and sound. Any more than that and it starts getting more and more difficult to bring you back, and you may find yourself without memories or skills or other important things, and wouldn't
that suck?
→ Who's 'we?'Sorry, the 4th wall is already crumbling as we speak. Perhaps another time?
→ Okay, seriously. What about game mechanics?That's simple enough. Every character in this game will be taken from specific canon points and has an individual "time-thread." While in the game, unless given moderator permission after a certain amount of time (to be determined), they may not advance in their particular canon (the only exception to this being characters coming from other RPs). When characters return to reality, they will find themselves living the same day over and over again and note that only a tiny amount of time has passed for them. No one else in their little corner of reality will have a clue as to what they're on about, as this is something that only that character is experiencing, no one else. Juudai will not be able to ask the Johan from his universe about anything that happened in the PPD that night, because he just won't know about it.
You are completely on your own in the waking world. Hopefully this doesn't prove
too damaging to your psyche.
→ Assignments?Every seven days, characters will receive a new assignment. Assignments will range from the sensible to the absurd, or the powers that be might decide to give them a break that week. If a character isn't otherwise engaged, he or she is free to explore the world itself, make friends, pick up a new hobby, and so on and so forth. Not a bad deal.
→ The world?It's basically an island created from a mishmash of the characters' knowledge and experience. Therefore, all locations that would reasonably exist in every bit of YGO canon may in fact exist in the PPD. Yes, this causes a bit of a TIME PARADOX but we're sure you'll deal. Certain areas are only accessible when characters from those worlds are present in the game. For example, if there are no DM-era characters on the roster, then then DM "world" cannot be entered. Characters may experience a bit of an odd pull when passing through one era to another; just a few seconds of feeling slightly off/disoriented to let them know they've moved between eras. Manga-verse characters and anime-verse characters are considered to be from different timelines, not eras in the PPD itself. For organizational purposes, eras are defined in accordance with the three anime series, sans Toei (series 0).
→ Plot?Open-ended. This isn't a standard jamjar or a heavy plot game, and a lot of what happens will be determined by members or what the characters, themselves, decide to do. There is a loose sequence of events already planned, but... hey-- look over there!