Shigeru &#39;beautiful cinnamon roll&#39; Miyata

[ It's entirely possible that this post was orchestrated by the little antlered creature, with short hair pure white and eyes far too blue to be that of a 'normal' deer. The feed starts a little off kilter before a coo, then is set upright properly to display someone who could be thought as dancing with a sword - and light tinged blue. Runyu spins on his heel with ease, eyes closed as he focuses on the various forms he flows between.

Only to pause at some sense of being watched. Half turning, he glances towards his antlered companion before shaking his head faintly at it, seeing what it's been up to. Offering a bow, hands cupped before him as the sword is dismissed, he picks up the comm device. ]

As my Dream Beast has decided to put me on display, I feel it appropriate to offer lessons to any who might wish them. I may not be a martial deity, but I can hold my own when pressed. Those who are already skilled but may enjoy a new sparring partner are welcome as well.

dontcallmetails posting in

[The video starts as it is clearly inside the starter apartments. A yellow fox looks at the screen with a discerning eye before he speaks. For those who have seen another very similar fox, this one's hair is different. It is grey and side swept. Yet the yellow fur, the blue eyes, and white muzzle are all the same. His voice is even the same.

Though his fashion sense is more uniform inspired than cyberpunk. Also he has no metal tails attached to his back. Just two fluffy fox tails that flick behind him.]

I remember announcement videos are often common in places like this. Yet another world, summoning forth anyone and everyone to save it and its native inhabitants.

My name is Miles Prower. Yes, I am a Mobeian. Yes I have two tails.

No, I have no childish nickname you may call me instead of my name. Miles will do just fine.

With the basics covered, I am seeking other Winter magic users. Unlike some, I am interested in the study and application of magic.

[He pauses to contemplate something before he speaks again.]

That's all.

[With that, he ends the video with a decisive push of a button.]

hog_wild posting in

[ The video turns on, showing an anthropomorphic hedgehog. You might notice, if you were colorblind, that he looks exactly like a certain blue hedgehog, save for the leather jacket, sunglasses, and two scars across his chest and stomach. Oh, and the teeth. He's got a mouth full of sharp, jagged teeth.

For those of you who are inclined towards seeing color, he looks different from Sonic due to having green fur and blue eyes. And then there's the way he carries himself, which is in a manner akin to a delinquent. He stares at the screen for a moment, as if scrutinizing it, before his mouth twists into a grin and he begins speaking. ]

'Sup. The name's Scourge. Scourge the Hedgehog. Once and future king of planet Moebius. That's Moebius with an "e", by the way. Be sure to properly pronounce it!

Anyway, I got yanked out of a pretty important operation with my team. Thanks for that. Loooooved the white threads I got saddled with when I first showed up here, too. [ He rolls his eyes. ] This place does a great job of ingratiating itself to newcomers, you know that?

Anyway, I just figured I'd introduce little ol' me. No grandstanding. No showin' off. I got plans, but I've learned that I've got to earn my reputation instead of taking it for granted. Maybe I'll make a name for myself, maybe I won't.

[ He grins wider. ]

We'll just have t'see. So what's the rest of your stories?

shamtagonist posting in

WHO: Kokichi and you!
WHAT: Kokichi testing his new power on ~~helpless victims~~ willing participants.
WHEN: Late February
WHERE: Around the city
WARNINGS: Bad romance novel writing, will update as needed.

( One-way telepathy )

bigdearsnowman posting in

WHO: Zayne and Alex
WHAT: Catching up and giving a gift
WHEN: Late February
WHERE: Blossomcrown's central park
WARNINGS: None!

( Read more... )

beexceptional posting in

WHO: Chloe Bourgeois, Chris Yukine
WHAT: Dragon Blessed Power Ritual
WHEN: Late February
WHERE: The Ritual Site
WARNINGS: Violence, death, war, emotional abuse, neglect, abandonment, manipulation.
( Read more... )

ornithologist posting in

etraya

I have collected all the notes left by the individual Scylla after Mission 012 that I could find available and uploaded them to the shared data repository.¹

According to Ms. Won in her post here, there are 10 in total, meaning that one note remains missing. If you are in possession of this note, please contribute it to the data repository. These notes are the biggest credible lead on getting to the truth of things that I've seen in my time here; I cannot emphasize enough how imperative it is that you share the missing document.

There are two sides to these pages, one side being narrative journal entries and the other complex higher-order math. I have been working with Accelerator (un: accelerator) on deciphering what we can of the mathematics, and we have drawn the following conclusion with reasonable certainty:² this is a mathematical representation of the inevitable decline and resulting destruction of the fabric of reality. In other words, it demonstrates proof of Echo's claim that worlds are falling apart from natural causes.

Based on my own knowledge of 20th century Earth scientific discoveries, this is plausible. The universe is infinitely expanding and at an accelerating rate, and though we have a poor understanding of the eventual consequences of that, that is a measurable fact.³ It appears whoever took these notes was working through the implications on their own with far more advanced instrumentation available than what is familiar to either Accelerator or myself.

Reviewing the text of the pages leads me to several further conclusions:

    (1) These were most likely written by Echo themselves as they came to the mathematical conclusion I just described.
    (2) The author demonstrates sincere remorse and went to incredible lengths to attempt to resolve this problem, but it was beyond their capabilities. If these are written by Echo, then they have become some kind of god-like being in their pursuit of saving worlds, but that still was not enough.
    (3) Ultimately, they placed their hopes in the idea that if they could buy time, someone else could find a solution, whether it be a mysterious blacked-out name referenced in the entries or someone from a different world entirely.
    (4) It is possible that our task to prove the 'worth' of our worlds is being measured on this scale, that of how likely our societies are to be able to address this problem, making it a pragmatic determination and not one based on any inherent qualities of 'worthiness' otherwise.
    (5) The time scale on which this is all taking place is likely literally astronomical.

Furthermore, reports of conversations had with Scylla indicates it is highly likely that Scylla personally knows Echo. He stated in one conversation that the math was intended for our receipt and would have been provided by Aurora, but the journal entries were not, and he deliberately intercepted them and ensured their distribution throughout Etraya. Scylla intimated to Ms. Won that the pages reveal something about what he and Aurora are cursed not to speak of. What that might be, I'm unsure.

Most importantly, Scylla provided verbal confirmation to Ms. Won that he also believed the worlds are unraveling. All of these facts combined, I think we must take that as true going forward.

Please share in the comments any other inferences you feel could be reasonably drawn, and we may discuss further.

¹This was posted about recently, but if you haven't seen it, there is now a data repository available for communal use. It is maintained by Sunday (un: sunday) and myself (un: finch). Please contact us if you have any questions on how to make use of it.
²Certainty would, of course, increase with the final note included in our analysis.
³For further reading on the topic, I suggest Barbara Ryden's Introduction to Cosmology published in 2003. It is available at the library.

newsbeat posting in

WHO: The Lane-Kent family
WHEN: February something something
WHERE: The apartments and then out & about
WHAT: A big boy is turning 11!

( And many more~ )

physicianhealthyself posting in

[Baizhu is in his shop, the usual cabinets full of small, carefully labelled drawers set out behind him.]

If anyone happened to miss it, I would advise listening to Helene's announcement a couple of weeks ago in which she stated that the Research Centre is now ready to begin offering a cure for vampirism.

[He is not here to cast doubt upon her words or claims or to support it overtly, either. Baizhu has put his own work into this cure along with many others, but it isn't something he feels the need to speak out about.

The doctor has other concerns.]

Side effects of the treatment have been made public, and I find it within my interests to offer what aid I can to allieviate the potential discomfort of the process. [A small smile.] I will be keeping my pharmacy in Sunwaning open for two hours after nightfall to allow for anyone who might wish to call in. If you have other concerns, appointments to request, or need to pick up a prescription, please utilise the normal opening times.

nightplumes posting in

[Just voice this time. He thinks he's probably shown his face more than enough of late.]

For those interested in knowing, the Casino headquarters of the Hearts gang is now entirely abandoned. Anything that remains inside is for the taking of anyone who has a mind to stroll in through the front door.

[Ultimately, it did feel too easy, somehow. This is a fact which has not escaped him and he will not be letting his guard down any time soon.]

Any group or individual attempting to revive their methods will be dealt with in a similar fashion.

[A beat.]

But now... a question, for curiosity's sake. [Also because the brief excitement is over and now he's bored.]

What, in your mind, makes somebody a 'monster'?

etrayamods posting in

etrayaooc

STATE OF THE GAME
Hello, Etrayans!

Here is a summary of recent updates to the game, as well as some requests for feedback!

Activity Rewards

The Activity page was revised, and a new method for acquiring reward points was added that utilizes a written summary instead of tracking number of comments.

Adding locations as an AC reward was removed, but you can still renovate existing locations for 30 points.

Locations

The Locations page has had a map update.

After a character has been in the game for at least six months, the player can request a free location for them, one per lifetime of the character in the game. We started tracking these requests in January, so everyone has started from a clean slate there.

On the upcoming intro CR meme for this app round, we will be including a new thread where people can advertise locations their characters frequent. This is a way of encouraging people to make use of the locations already in game, and to plan out chance encounters or assumed CR as desired.

Missions

Please continue to leave mission suggestions on this post or anywhere else to us to your heart's content! We do save these and have used several of them in the past.

Update as of 2/23/26: There is now a Mission Suggestions page where you can direct these to!

The game has gotten much bigger than originally anticipated, and we've been experimenting with the mission formats to hopefully accommodate a variety of play styles. We started adding exploratory leads and optional meta plot involved side quests in missions, and we're interested in your feedback on how that's gone!

We would also like to invite people to come to us with offers to run missions or events of your own on the Mission Suggestions page. This can be an IC effort or just one you as the player are volunteering for. Although we can't guarantee we'll take up every offer, we know we have some motivated, capable, and creative players in game, and we want to open up the idea!

Meta Plot

The Story Thus Far page has been updated.

Also on the Story Thus Far page, all of the previously distributed notes pertaining to the meta plot are available here out of character, and thanks to the addition of an in-character data repository, several are available for player characters to view.

We encourage players to come to us if you're interested in exploring the meta plot further, and would love some feedback on how to balance plot within the overall pace of the game! Is there enough meta plot for you right now? Too much? Not enough? Let us know down below!

If you prefer to provide your feedback in private, we have our mod contact post which is always open to players.

Finally, this month marks Etraya's 2-year anniversary and we want to thank everyone for making this game what it is! We've come so much farther than we ever thought we would. We all as mods appreciate all of you so much.

inemeraldfaith posting in

etraya

[Aerith could text and maybe she ordinarily would, but given that this is her very first time making use of Etraya's network, she decides she would rather own all of her words and let them be attached to a face.

So on she pops making a peace sign with her right hand just outside the Louvre in the Jardin des Tuileries.]

Helllooooo!

I've been here for a little bit, but this is the first time I'm giving a real hello. I'm Aerith, but I might have told you my name was 'Ree' or 'Ri' or some other variation of it. I sold flowers back home and maybe I might want to do that here, too? I'm not sure yet. It's nice to meet you!

A bit ago I was one of the people who came from Pollux and had been living with the fae for a few months, if you can believe it. I haven't exactly reunited with everyone who I had met while I was there, but I'd like to if you decided to come back with everyone else.

I also wanted to say thank you to everyone who was worried about me not making my way back. As you can see, I'm in one piece and one hundred percent here!

[She opts for not making any commentary on any of the dreams she had and the various people she might have reached out to in said dreams even before they found her on Pollux. That may just have to remain another one of those unspoken secrets that Aerith seems to carry.

She moves her video to show the gardens off.]

If you like flowers, you should come visit the Louvre. They aren't mine, but the very nice man who curates the museum is letting me help take care of them! Please come by and say 'hello;' they'd like that very much!

[When the camera moves back onto her, she lifts a finger.]

With that out of the way—I'm actually looking for someone. Back on Pollux there was a very nice man named Jean-Napoleon who said he was going to show me some more gardens here. I'm officially stating that I'm hunting you down and I would like to collect on this invitation!

And of course, I'd be very thankful for anyone who can point me in his direction!

[But also, you know, please come to the gardens—and her church—and say 'hi' to the flowers.]

the_one_who_waits posting in

WHO: Narinder, his new Pokemon, and YOU
WHAT: Narinder laying in a sunbeam. Come bug him.
WHEN: Late February
WHERE: Park in Sunwaning
WARNINGS: Narinder's general attitude

( A cat in the grass... )

her_own_rules posting in

WHO: Barbara Gordon
WHEN: The rest of February
WHERE: Here n' there, as needed
WHAT: A collection space
NOTES\WARNINGS: General Batverse & couple things; will update specifics, as needed

( Read more... )

abit_ofboth posting in

WHO: Loki and Hob
WHEN: February 14th
WHERE: Charronway - Montgolfière hot air balloon
WHAT: Why a special date night of course!
NOTES\WARNINGS: Lots of schmoop with a possibility of spice. Will update warnings if necessary.

( Be )

kingofcorruption posting in

[The video starts with Max sitting on a plush looking couch. He is currently putting something together on the coffee table in front of him. He slides pieces together as he builds whatever it is he's making. Beside all the parts and springs, there is a tub of orange spheres. He looks up into the camera finally.]

Hello Ellipsa. It's me again. I've had a wonderfully fun idea so I decided to share it. As you can see, I'm building something. What is it, you may ask? I'm sure some of you can already tell. It is a paintball gun.

[He fits more pieces together as his smile grows wider.]

Why do you have a paintball gun? I hear some of you ask. Others What is a paintball gun? Another good question. It is a weapon that fires these little spheres filled with paint. It is part of a game called paintball. The goal? You shoot your friends with them to splatter paint on their clothes, their fur, and skin. It's all in good fun.

So this is my declaration of war in the name of fun. If I know you, I am going to try and shoot you. In good fun. And if you want to play, I challenge you to do the same thing. Shoot your other friends. Though we will have rules for this game. All good games have rules. We follow the Geneva Convention in this house. So. No shooting someone in the groin or in the head. Anywhere else is fair game. Though if someone waves a white flag or makes sure to express they don't want to play, no shooting them.

Best practices.

I am curious to see how long we can keep this game going. It ends when everyone stops playing. Will it last just a few days? Months? Will it last the remainder of our time here?

[The paintball gun is completed. He loads the paintballs into the chamber for the gun and cocks it.]

Oh! And before I forget. Goat. Chipp. I'm calling your debts. You have to play for the first three days. You can keep playing after, if you want. But you got have to help me jumpstart my paintball war. Forge alliances. Go solo. Pull people into the game. Let's see how big we can get it.

If you're worried about the mess on fur or clothes? It is a good thing you know a wish granting god who would gladly clean your fur and clothes for a discounted price during the game~

See you all out there on the battlefield. Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna go shoot my fiancé in the ass. Okay Byyyyyyeeee~

[He aims off screen, fires, there is a squeak, and he laughs before the video ends.]

the_infiltrator posting in

Who: Cameron and Mal
When: Between missions

Her hand is still twitching. Gentle as she tries to be she's wrecked everything she's picked up with it in the last day, and she has no tools to work on it with.

But she might be able to assess physical damage to it. That would be useful.

So there in the park, alone for the moment, she opens up the synthetic skin over her metal skeleton, and looks at her wrist, moving her fingers to watch the pistons work.

xiyun posting in