Veloxia OOC

What is the Ellenium mist? Well, Ellenium is a highly unstable element that the island of Promitto is rich in-- powering the Steamgears, allowing for cool technology to be created, and for it to cause wacky environmental disturbances. 

Hence the lovely hallucinatory mist that's rolled in! How it affects your character is totally your call. Just want them to get lost and have a day or two of silly hijinks? Go for it! Want them to hear and/or see their dead friends somewhere just out of reach? Bring on the delicious pain. In the end it's all an illusion conjured by their imagination, helped along thanks to the Ellenium influence. 

The one thing that could be fact instead of fiction are the shady creatures that flicker at the edge of your vision. Attempting to follow or chase will usually result in nothing more than a romp through the fog, and can be handwaved/played out with no mod input. However if you would like a chance at maybe meeting something real, with real danger and Real Teeth(tm), comment here and we can RNG if you'll have a close encounter or not. Otherwise, go nuts and have fun!

Feel free to drop any questions here, use this as a base for plotting, ect. This has been left open-ended and flexible on purpose to allow you to play (and not play) what you want!

Hello all! Again, apologies for our recent slowdown (and then grinding halt) in game activities. And thank you all for being so understanding during this wonky time.

First off, we have the official IC to OOC day ratio change! It is going to a 1:4 scale instead of the 1:1 scale that was just too fast considering that we’re so small and both the player base and mods have busy lives! This will mean that each IC day is spread across four of ours; I’ll have a calendar going up soon of which day is what both IC and OOC.

Officially things will “restart” so to speak this Sunday, March 23rd, which will be the IC day of Friday, February 14th as per the Siren’s Call original event track. We’ll use the new day ratio from then on.

And now, onto the fun stuff! Please do use this post for event plotting. We’ll be wrapping this even up with a log, where our new NPC Jaqueline will be transporting those who want to be a part of the rescue party to Siren’s Rock. Jingfei will be your NPC for CR during this event, as she’s worried about the kidnapped girls and will be accompanying you. Those who might want CR with Jaqueline will have to contact Ana-mod to work out what you’d like to hand wave.

The log will have two parts, the initial fight with the mermaids and the actual rescuing of your fellow residents. Be warned though, the mermaids are not going to give up their prizes easily, and their enraptured guests may not want to leave! Killing a mermaid will have IC repercussions because of course the other mermaids will not be pleased. If you do feel as though your character needs to slay one, it will need to be mod approved! Injuring them is of course fine—as is getting injured in return. Note that there is a death penalty if you want your character to die, but there’s no obligation for fatalities. (Unless death by mermaid is your thing man)

The end of this event will lead into the beginnings of the next event. Jade Harely will notice that she has a key on a chain around her neck. How it got there or what it’s to is a complete mystery. You’ll have to wait to you get back to shore to puzzle this one out…

If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to let me know!

EDIT: now on the right com oh my goodness

This week, the Ellenium that’s both buried beneath Promitto and the refined ore that powers parts of the city is going to go haywire. This Ellenium surge is going to react with the atmosphere and create a dense fog that engulfs both the city and most of the island. The Lighthouse and Siren’s Rock are unaffected, but unless a character is nearby or stumbles upon it, they will be unaware of this.

What does this mist do? Beyond darkening the sky and making for conditions of low visibility, it will cause those exposed to it to have hallucinations. What, how, where, and why are all up to the mun; They could see loved ones in the mist, or unimaginable horrors, or even rainbow unicorns. How much they’ll be affected and what they’ll see is totally up to you! Ellenium is a mysterious and fickle thing, and perhaps its effects will even wane and wax on your character.

The Steamgears will also be acting up during the event. You might not be able to form a decent connection with the network, or your posts might end up in a different formant than intended. Your Steamgear might even turn itself on and off at the most inopportune times.

This event starts today (Sunday, January 26, 2014) and will officially end this Saturday (Saturday, February 1st, 2014). As always, backdating is allowed! Any questions can be asked in the comments below.



A Note for the previous event (the steam animals): It’s 100% okay to handwave the details of your characters participation in this event. We apologize for dropping the ball, and those who follow the mod’s plurk will know the details of how real life caught up with us all. We thank you though for sticking with us, and we’re going to put everything we’ve got into making this game fun for everyone!