The Velvet Room (OOC)

Hey, y'all! For Christmas this year, we're doing a low-key event that still has the potential for lighthearted fun, or other types of threads if you prefer. In short: for whatever reason (do Igor and attendants feel bad about the harm they've done by allowing in evil Ken? Are they concerned about their recent bad PR? Were they going to do this anyway, and you're overthinking it?), Igor is gifting everyone one thing on Christmas, and it can be anything you ask for.*

*some restrictions apply

This Thursday, a box will appear on his desk in the velvet room, with Santigor's face on it to haunt old residents and disturb new ones. There'll be a stack of paper and pens next to it, alongside a brief set of instructions. Characters can write their Christmas wish on a paper and deposit it in the slot in the top of the box. If it's something Igor won't grant, the paper will disintegrate into glimmers of blue light instead of falling into the box, and Igor will explain that he can't fulfill that wish. He may or may not be forthcoming if questioned about his reasoning.

Here are some examples of requests that would be granted:

• most weather effects, excluding very destructive ones
• more lighthearted pranks (with the consent of the other player)
• almost any physical item
• access to a place that the current setting doesn't include (though it would be a cognitive version of the place, like the cognitive Tokyo, Inaba, etc. that normally exist)
• the appearance of a shop that stocks items you haven't been able to find
• body modifications (wings, firebreathing, becoming a cyborg)
• new Personas

Some examples of requests that would not be granted:
• harm to another character, physical or otherwise
• weapons or other items you intend to use to harm another character
• bringing in a new character
• going home
• anything that can be used to break the game or circumvent game rules

Certain requests (new locations, some body modification, weather, etc.) might disappear after Christmas, or last only a few days. Others (body modification, most physical objects, etc.) may be permanent. If you have questions, please ask! Before Christmas, let us know what your final decisions for your characters are, either in the upcoming IC post or elsewhere.

Hello, everyone! We're thrilled to announce that we will be having our Memory Tapes event starting on Thursday, the 21st! We meant to announce this earlier, but this month has been a bit bumpy for everyone. Because of that, we'd like to stress that you can take it at your own pace. We encourage backtagging and working with the idea without too much stress.

For a refresher, characters will be receiving a VHS tape with a memory from another character, along with a note urging them to find the owner of the tape. The note will warn that those who try to hoard the tapes may find memories of their own start to fade, unless they participate in the activity and make the effort to help one another.

There is no set limit to how many tapes your character can have or can give out. Characters are also welcome to use the network to try and coordinate tape exchanges. We want this event to give people the opportunity to share aspects of their character that their character may not otherwise share willingly.

We have a previous plotting post, but feel free to plot on this new post as well!

Hey, guys! It's been a while, but since we have a lot of new players, we thought it might be fun to revisit the idea of a memory tape event.

The original description was this...

"The idea is that each character opted in for the event gets an unmarked video tape of someone else's memory - said memory (or memories, as many as the player wishes to have on the tape within reason) can be good, bad, a secret they wouldn't normally share, or just something that'd be fun for someone else to see. No one can tell whose tape they have until they watch it, so everyone has to watch the one they've got so they can give it to the rightful owner."

To further incentivize characters to exchange tapes, the tapes come with a cryptic note.

'In order to facilitate connections with your fellow residents, we advise you to watch this video. Watch it and find the one whose memory you've encountered.

Failure to do so may put your own memories at risk. Do not be selfish, lest you find yourself struggling to recall crucial moments of your life. You have no way of knowing which memories have been shared, so ask yourself if it is worth the risk to selfishly hoard another's secrets.'

But we are open to player feedback and ways to best organize the event, as well as when to have it! We don't want to rush anyone, so the date is up in the air, but maybe late May or early June? Feel free to post ideas here and plan matchups! For reference, the original post was here.

As part of the holiday festivities, we are planning a Secret Santa event! To participate, comment with the characters you would like to enter into the event. Submissions will be open until December 20th at 11:59 PM EST.

After the submission period ends, the mods will randomize Secret Santa assignments and comment accordingly. ICly, characters will receive their Secret Santa assignment via text if they have a phone or by a mysterious letter that just happens to reach them somehow.

It's the Velvet Room. Don't question it.