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✗CALENDAR
November 2009
3; Windows to the Soul
Citizens have the ability to soulgaze--to look into another person's eyes for a moment, and trade "views" of each other's souls. Are you a monster bound by the chains of self-control? Are you little and terrified, a bird among cats? Or are you an avenging angel, standing with sword at the ready? Be careful, what you see may be more than you wish to get, a most unforgettable image that can never be unseen, coloring your perception of that person forever! [Soulgazing will works over the network only via video post communication. In person it will work when direct gazes are locked, however covering one's eyes even with sunglasses can prevent soulgazing from working. And yes, this means depending on who has their eyes shielded, soulgazing may be one-sided.]
5; Anonymous is Legion
No names. No faces. Citizens affected by this curse have a chance to be completely anonymous for a day. They are unrecognizable on the network with voice distortion and image pixelation on their side. Those who are affected with anonymity in person will have a mask attached to their faces that affords them non-recognition by appearance and by voice. With this new found freedom of no consequences without identity what will your citizen do? [At the end of the curse, all network activity that was anonymous will revert back to the responsible characters' identities. Surprise!]
7; Tell Me A Story
Once upon a time there was a curse that made everyone narrate their own lives as though those ordinary lives were extraordinary stories. The elegant lady rises from her bed and glides gracefully to the Network where she tells her own story as a story. And the handsome and charming gentleman who answers her story will do so with his own story. And so the Network and the City streets will fill with stories told by the ones who live them. [Affected characters narrate their own stories in the third person, as excessively and as purple as they so like. A character waking up and going out shopping can make a network post detailing this dramatic event. The stories are narrated in the third person, as though the characters were metaphorically writing a log entry, and this can take place in normal conversation as well. Ex: She writes her reply full of eloquence, recounting the event in similes and metaphors because "It was fun." simply would not suffice.]
9-10; War of the Worlds
The armies have assembled! Citizens who have been in wars will find themselves drafted into an army or supplied with soldiers from their own world to do their bidding. Whether that bidding is for better or worse is really up to what lies in the heart of the citizen isn't it? They must decide what they're fighting for and quickly because chances are there's probably someone else who has a takeover on the brain, and there is much to take over. The sea around the City has receded considerably, granting more land upon which battles may occur, and the Deities don't seem to care who'll win. [Deaths that result from this curse are exempt from City!Death. Destruction of parts of the forests, beaches, fields, and the mountain are allowed, however the urban area of the City including main buildings (the twelve apartment complexes, the Hospital, the Academy, etc.) are off limits to fighting. They can be patrolled and small skirmishes can erupt on the streets but homes and buildings will not be destroyed. NPC soldiers are granted as platoons of 30 soldiers per 1 character who has held a leadership position in their canon. When the curse is over, the terrain left by the receding sea will revert to their unharmed forms (because no one likes a blood stained field) and stay as permanent fixtures of the game. Yes, the island is getting bigger. There will be a post in![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
poly_tldr with more information for players to organize cast-related armies and plot battles if they wish! Post here!]
13; Sadie Hawkins Day
Ladies, put on your best running clothes. Gentlemen, lace up those sneakers. Any boy caught by a girl during this all out City chase is obligated to marry his captor and be her spouse for a day. This says nothing about who wears the pants in the relationship because it's absolutely a woman's prerogative to make him do the dishes in an apron...and only an apron. [Tools like grappling hooks, scooters, superpowers, or magic are allowed to capture a boy. For characters who don't fall in either male or female categories or characters who don't fit traditional gender traits (female but looks/acts like a boy, male but looks/acts like a girl), players are free to put them in either the captor or captured roles.]
16; Crossing Over
Details from similar canons or genres begin to overlap on this day! Dracula finds he glitters whenever he walks in the sun while those ancient kingdoms may actually come from a book of a mysterious play. Exorcists only succeed in getting their demons to vomit pea soup and doctors who take their practice seriously suddenly burst into merry song--or did they? Perhaps a gundam is an autobot and all shinigamis carry scythes. Mix and match to your heart's content! [Please take care not to 4th wall or explicitly refer to specific events from another character's canon.]
19; Don't Blink!
It's another city-wide blackout, but this one didn't come with darkness alone. The sun will rise but electricity will be down from midnight to midnight. And today, citizens may want to keep a flashlight or candle nearby when night falls to see what's moving in those shadows. Those angel statues that were in the garden and on the buildings, weren't they a little farther back a few moments ago? These statues aren't your ordinary decorations. The Weeping Angels are the only creatures in the universe to kill you "nicely", and this day is no exception. Keep your eyes on them, don't let them touch you, and whatever you do, don't blink. [These statues can come in many forms besides angels, from gargoyles to garden gnomes. Characters touched by the statues will not go back into the past but simply be out of play by "disappearing" for the remainder of the curse. They can however in that time see their own lives flash before their eyes from birth to present. As always, network devices operate without fail!]
20-24; The Architect – Act I (Boxes)
Plain boxes containing a single red button have appeared at the doorsteps of many citizens. Each box contains a set of very important instructions pitting curses against souvenirs from home or maybe even a chance to go home all together. What will your citizen do when faced with such an opportunity? [Stay tuned for a mod post concerning this event! It will require some moderately intense player-to-player involvement in that characters will be given a chance to inflict curses upon each other. The results of this event will tie into another event in December, however players do not have to participate in both events. They may have their character involved in one or the other, both, or none.
Plot details here!
Player organization here!]
27; How's My Driving?
The seasonal HMD will follow the same format as before with posts for community members A-K and L-Z. For those who are new to the game, you can read more aboutpolychromatic's HMD here!
28-29; Grab Bag Weekend
See this post for a list of curses you can throw at your character. You may use a different curse for each day or one curse for both days. However curses should not overlap, ex. you cannot use gender switch and safari to turn your male character into a female kangaroo for a day. The grab bag list will be updated monthly. The grab bag weekend will remain on the same weekend for three months, then change weekends for the next season.
November Applications Shutdown: Please see here regarding the suspension of applications from Nov 2 to Nov 29!
3; Windows to the Soul
Citizens have the ability to soulgaze--to look into another person's eyes for a moment, and trade "views" of each other's souls. Are you a monster bound by the chains of self-control? Are you little and terrified, a bird among cats? Or are you an avenging angel, standing with sword at the ready? Be careful, what you see may be more than you wish to get, a most unforgettable image that can never be unseen, coloring your perception of that person forever! [Soulgazing will works over the network only via video post communication. In person it will work when direct gazes are locked, however covering one's eyes even with sunglasses can prevent soulgazing from working. And yes, this means depending on who has their eyes shielded, soulgazing may be one-sided.]
5; Anonymous is Legion
No names. No faces. Citizens affected by this curse have a chance to be completely anonymous for a day. They are unrecognizable on the network with voice distortion and image pixelation on their side. Those who are affected with anonymity in person will have a mask attached to their faces that affords them non-recognition by appearance and by voice. With this new found freedom of no consequences without identity what will your citizen do? [At the end of the curse, all network activity that was anonymous will revert back to the responsible characters' identities. Surprise!]
7; Tell Me A Story
Once upon a time there was a curse that made everyone narrate their own lives as though those ordinary lives were extraordinary stories. The elegant lady rises from her bed and glides gracefully to the Network where she tells her own story as a story. And the handsome and charming gentleman who answers her story will do so with his own story. And so the Network and the City streets will fill with stories told by the ones who live them. [Affected characters narrate their own stories in the third person, as excessively and as purple as they so like. A character waking up and going out shopping can make a network post detailing this dramatic event. The stories are narrated in the third person, as though the characters were metaphorically writing a log entry, and this can take place in normal conversation as well. Ex: She writes her reply full of eloquence, recounting the event in similes and metaphors because "It was fun." simply would not suffice.]
9-10; War of the Worlds
The armies have assembled! Citizens who have been in wars will find themselves drafted into an army or supplied with soldiers from their own world to do their bidding. Whether that bidding is for better or worse is really up to what lies in the heart of the citizen isn't it? They must decide what they're fighting for and quickly because chances are there's probably someone else who has a takeover on the brain, and there is much to take over. The sea around the City has receded considerably, granting more land upon which battles may occur, and the Deities don't seem to care who'll win. [Deaths that result from this curse are exempt from City!Death. Destruction of parts of the forests, beaches, fields, and the mountain are allowed, however the urban area of the City including main buildings (the twelve apartment complexes, the Hospital, the Academy, etc.) are off limits to fighting. They can be patrolled and small skirmishes can erupt on the streets but homes and buildings will not be destroyed. NPC soldiers are granted as platoons of 30 soldiers per 1 character who has held a leadership position in their canon. When the curse is over, the terrain left by the receding sea will revert to their unharmed forms (because no one likes a blood stained field) and stay as permanent fixtures of the game. Yes, the island is getting bigger. There will be a post in
poly_tldr with more information for players to organize cast-related armies and plot battles if they wish! Post here!]13; Sadie Hawkins Day
Ladies, put on your best running clothes. Gentlemen, lace up those sneakers. Any boy caught by a girl during this all out City chase is obligated to marry his captor and be her spouse for a day. This says nothing about who wears the pants in the relationship because it's absolutely a woman's prerogative to make him do the dishes in an apron...and only an apron. [Tools like grappling hooks, scooters, superpowers, or magic are allowed to capture a boy. For characters who don't fall in either male or female categories or characters who don't fit traditional gender traits (female but looks/acts like a boy, male but looks/acts like a girl), players are free to put them in either the captor or captured roles.]
16; Crossing Over
Details from similar canons or genres begin to overlap on this day! Dracula finds he glitters whenever he walks in the sun while those ancient kingdoms may actually come from a book of a mysterious play. Exorcists only succeed in getting their demons to vomit pea soup and doctors who take their practice seriously suddenly burst into merry song--or did they? Perhaps a gundam is an autobot and all shinigamis carry scythes. Mix and match to your heart's content! [Please take care not to 4th wall or explicitly refer to specific events from another character's canon.]
19; Don't Blink!
It's another city-wide blackout, but this one didn't come with darkness alone. The sun will rise but electricity will be down from midnight to midnight. And today, citizens may want to keep a flashlight or candle nearby when night falls to see what's moving in those shadows. Those angel statues that were in the garden and on the buildings, weren't they a little farther back a few moments ago? These statues aren't your ordinary decorations. The Weeping Angels are the only creatures in the universe to kill you "nicely", and this day is no exception. Keep your eyes on them, don't let them touch you, and whatever you do, don't blink. [These statues can come in many forms besides angels, from gargoyles to garden gnomes. Characters touched by the statues will not go back into the past but simply be out of play by "disappearing" for the remainder of the curse. They can however in that time see their own lives flash before their eyes from birth to present. As always, network devices operate without fail!]
20-24; The Architect – Act I (Boxes)
Plain boxes containing a single red button have appeared at the doorsteps of many citizens. Each box contains a set of very important instructions pitting curses against souvenirs from home or maybe even a chance to go home all together. What will your citizen do when faced with such an opportunity? [Stay tuned for a mod post concerning this event! It will require some moderately intense player-to-player involvement in that characters will be given a chance to inflict curses upon each other. The results of this event will tie into another event in December, however players do not have to participate in both events. They may have their character involved in one or the other, both, or none.
Plot details here!
Player organization here!]
27; How's My Driving?
The seasonal HMD will follow the same format as before with posts for community members A-K and L-Z. For those who are new to the game, you can read more about
polychromatic's HMD here!28-29; Grab Bag Weekend
See this post for a list of curses you can throw at your character. You may use a different curse for each day or one curse for both days. However curses should not overlap, ex. you cannot use gender switch and safari to turn your male character into a female kangaroo for a day. The grab bag list will be updated monthly. The grab bag weekend will remain on the same weekend for three months, then change weekends for the next season.
November Applications Shutdown: Please see here regarding the suspension of applications from Nov 2 to Nov 29!
