These are the characters that have been dropped from Talanton due to lack of replying to the Activity Check Post. Reclaiming is not an option, but if you would like a character back, you may reapply for no more than ONE character listed here per mun. So clearly there were no dropped characters, but we still have some roommate-less characters. If any of listed characters below would like to be put together with another single in order to have a roommate, let us know!
If you have any questions, or we've removed/missed a character accidentally, let us know here, or contact us on AIM/Plurk/PM. | |
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distnctivestylesaturates_spacelike_tinkerbellWHAT ARE THE PENDANTS / TALISMANS / NECKLACES?Do you mean these? They are what allow students and staff onto the Talanton campus! Simple as that. They are tied in with what powers the barrier that keeps Talanton between two worlds. They are gold and vary in sizes from being as small as a thumbnail to as large as Flava-Flav's clocks; your character wears the size they choose. Each one has Talanton's symbol on it, shown in the link above. If removed by the wearer, they will be unable to cross the threshold either to or from Talanton's campus.
→ Talanton contacts teachers to work at the school, pretty much in the form of a phone call, letter, email, etc.
→ No one can enter the campus without a pendant. Family, friends, etc, may get into the old hotel with you but no further. Having said that, if you have a plot idea that would involve a powerful character breaking in, we'll definitely consider ways of getting around this. But please don't do it without chatting up Kristi or myself so that it doesn't become common and arbitrary.
→ Any characters entering the game that possess powers (be they genetic, or magical, etc.) will retain them. But please keep in mind the following:- the character's full powers may stay instated. however, any students will be weaker than staff and staff NPCs. any staff will be weaker than NPC staff. this is not to say that were a student member to fight and npc staff member that they would lose. however, their chances are far reduced.
- you can use this structure to help with characterization! a big part of the lives of people who have discovered they have powers is learning to use them, and what has happened to the character in the past because of the powers. be creative, and remember that choosing an ability that fits with the character's history/personality can help with the process.
→ Guided plot threads are an experiment. Characters thread as usual, but using hints and guides from a mod that provides a checkpoint every so many comments, they're designed to reach a goal -- what that goal is depends on what the characters decide to do during the thread. We run these to start plots, to reveal important information about the world of Talanton and to throw characters together who might not otherwise have a reason to interact closely. They're starting off small, with just a few characters per thread. They aren't as intimidating as they look, and we want them to provide players with the sense that they have an effect on the world they're playing in. That alongside character development and building CR comes forward motion and worthwhile exploration. It may take a little getting used to. Narration and self-reflection on the character's parts is not discouraged, but it also demands a good amount of action, decision-making and communication between muns.
We've decided that bimonthly activity checks might work out better, given the 7:1 ratio between IC/OOC days. Everyone seems sufficiently active, in that you're all consistently tagging threads and we'd like to make sure you're not being penalized for that, so. Keep on trucking -- our second activity check will be on the third Friday of next month, July 20th.
We're setting both of these at 3 per application cycle.
To help everyone keep their days in line, we're going to start posting on Sundays to mark the start of a new day. These are pretty much your normal morning announcements over the loudspeakers at school. You can't reply directly to the Headmaster here, as it's not a conversation.
You can see the first one up now at the IC community. We're going to steer away from that dedicated bulletin board post in favor of this format -- so you're encouraged to comment to it with any announcements or mingles you'd like to make public.
In addition, you can use it to visit any NPCs office and have a chat!
→ Would you like a dedicated plot post?
→ Would you be interested us setting up more personally-geared plots?
→ Any questions, suggestions, or comments in general
commarogue (Faith Lehane), coolthebeans (Donna Noble, seek (Castiel) and girlwhobeatyou (Irene Adler) are heading home. They'll have let their roomies friends and roomies know that their parents decided to pull them out for stupid parents-just-not-understanding reasons.Also! This leaves Johanna Mason, Cassie Holmes and Piper McLean without roommates. Congratulations ;) If you guys want to consolidate them together (Miss Rachel Berry is roommateless too, so we can make it even!), give us a shout and we'll work something out.I'm still around with Effie, Hardison, Santana and Jack!
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