As of today, RealityShifted is now completely open to the public as a musebox.

Here is the conclusion of the Tian fight. You can continue threading to that point, of course, if you'd like.

Here are the musebox rules/info and contact. The other pages will remain for memory's/reference's sake.

Lastly, Saffy is passing official musebox mod duties to Maggie and Tsu. She'll stick around for finishing up the Tian plot, but anything having to do with the musebox really ought to go to to the new mods.

GO AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS NOW. THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE.

Hello, everyone! I hope you're having fun with the little boat thing we have going.

This is about something else, though. I'd like to sit everyone down again, much like I did last August, and talk about the game once more.

( Please don't scroll past this. )

Hello, everyone! I hope you had a really great holiday season! We're now getting into February and back into the swing of things and there are at least two important announcements and some not so important ones below the cut.

( we're saying farewell to someone today )

Hello there!

You may have noticed that it's October. We have some surprises in store for you, and in light of that, here's a survey. Feel free to be as detailed as you'd like.

It'll become relevant in about a week.

Character Name: This is pretty self-explanatory.
What are his/her biggest psychological issues?: If your character has an inferiority complex, daddy issues, or he feels bad about his knitting hobby, that goes here.
What is s/he afraid of the most?: This regards fears of a personal nature, not primordial ones. Is it failure? Hurting someone they love? Disappointing their parents?
What does s/he reject or refuse to acknowledge?: This can apply to themselves or their situation. Are they unsure of their sexual orientation? Are they trying to forget that they're actually just a child instead of a soldier? Maybe they refuse to acknowledge someone's death and continue looking for them... it could be anything, as long as they refuse to accept it.

<small><b>Character Name:</B></small> <small><b>What are his/her biggest psychological issues?:</B></small> <small><b>What is s/he afraid of the most?:</B></small> <small><b>What does s/he reject or refuse to acknowledge?:</B></small>

Please comment to this entry. No need for screening.

After sitting on some player feedback, the rewards system is finally up! (It will be added to the official navigation once I figure out where.)

I'd like to stress that this is Saffy's first time setting up any kind of rewards system, so there will be kinks. I love and appreciate your helping me retool this to how you'd like it, since it's here for YOU.

Thanks!

Hello again!

So, instead of requiring AC, we're going to set up a rewards system. This will require a certain amount of linked activity in the form of posts/comments in order to get certain rewards, both IC and OOC.

The amount of activity will only count per AC period, so that's about two months. Other than that, we don't really have anything set in stone.

This post is for you to put in ideas of what you'd like to see for rewards, as well as suggestions of the activity needed. How much would you be comfortable with submitting? We'll be taking the pace of the game in mind too.

Here are some suggestions that were brought up on the last post:
- additional character slots
- non-canonical powers
- Plane rewards (database access, manipulation?)
- surprise mergers (with pre existing CR or CR that hasn't happened yet)
- freebie artifacts from the shop (with their own effects)

Let us know!

Hello everyone! (This is Saffy.) I hope you're all having a great August. It's starting to wind down and school is starting back up, so we're heading into the more inactive part of the year.

I'd actually like to sit everyone down and talk about the game, as a whole.

( this is not a closing announcement. )

From now on, you will be prompted to comment to the taken list and the contact list upon acceptance, so that it's easier to keep track of and get tags made, etc.

Otherwise, go on.

I'm going to be doing the random matching on Monday evening (the 1st) so you guys don't miss out on everything. So make sure to sign up if you don't have a partner yet and want a random one!

Saffy here. I'm planning on doing a throwback plot in the near future. Plans are tentative, a.k.a. nonexistent. I may be simply incorporating something from a plot into the new one, or writing a sequel of sorts. My options are open!

In addition to your favorite plots from the game's history, I'd like to hear any new plot ideas you'd like to see, even if it's vague like "I want something involving the color red." I can do that. This may be easier if you're a fairly new player.

This is optional! But it definitely makes my job easier. I want to make things fun but I don't really know what you like!

What previous plots in RS did you enjoy?
What elements, themes, etc. would you like to see in future plots?
What action/thriller/horror movies have you enjoyed recently?
Would you be interested in a trauma-free plot?

So yeah here's a text box because we know you like boxes.

<b><small>What previous plots in RS did you enjoy?</small></b> <b><small>What elements, themes, etc. would you like to see in future plots?</small></b> <b><small>What action/thriller/horror movies have you enjoyed recently?</small></b> <b><small>Would you be interested in a trauma-free plot?</small></b>

After careful deliberation, Kross has extended the sale until May 14th for any last minute shoppers. After that date, everything is back to full price.

There's a little shakeup in the mod lineup starting today! Scribbles is stepping down from Head Mod to regular/helper mod and Lorekeeper. Dero is promoted to Head Mod!


And then, last but not least, a third mod is being added to the team. After careful deliberation, consideration, and discussion, we have decided who that this mod shall be.




Congratulations Saffy! Her duties will be assisting in plots and other assorted junk. Faaaaaaaancy.


You may go back to your regularly scheduled internet related activities.

ON SALE

Jacob Kross is cleaning out some of the shop's inventory in preparation for some new items! Sure, he could put things in storage, but he'd really like to send them to a new home, and as such has decided it's time for a sale. It's not quite everything must go, but he sure would appreciate the extra space on the shelves!

To make sure everyone is aware of this sale, he's had letters delivered to every character making them aware of the absolutely low prices for some of the items he feels are of particular interest. There's a whole world of things to buy, some mundane, some less so. Take a gamble and come on down; maybe something will catch your eye.

For now, he has listed the sale as starting today and lasting until May 7th but depending on turnout, he might extend that cutoff for interested parties. Plus, he could use any extra space.


Any questions? Ask away!

Until further notice, sounds like the ones in this video can be heard in characters' realities. It isn't constant and it isn't frequent. Just once in a while.

And it can be heard world wide when it happens.

She's a dwelling place for demons

What's this? A raven haired woman in your dreams? You've never seen her before, but now she keeps showing up, night after night. She never says a word, and her back is always turned to you. But she's always there, standing in some corner, some room, in the distance. It doesn't matter where the dream is set, but the woman is there. She's always there- even if you don't find her or notice her.

Except not quite. For some reason, this woman is only showing up in the dreams of any male character. For now, the ladies are spared this eerie woman showing up in both their dreams and their nightmares.

Even if your character doesn't remember their dreams, this woman seems to negate that. Your character, if you have decided your character has seen her, will remember seeing a tall woman with long, black hair. Any attempts to approach her in your character's dreams at this point cause the dream to seemingly stop dead in its tracks. Have you ever had a part of your dream repeat itself? It's like that for ten seconds before your character violently awakes.

The following journals are unaccounted for and will be swept if not claimed.

ladycataclysm
semantating
thewomanswit
visionsinprada


ALSO!

We're working on a wiki again. Are there any pages you guys might want on there? As well, we have a taken up so if you all want to add things to your character pages, the link(s) are here: http://realityshifted.wikkii.com/wiki/Taken_Characters

HEY!!!!

Now that I have your attention. I need some quick info for something we're going to be doing in the near future.

If your characters participated in the Monkey Plot of some couple of months ago and picked up the BLANK BOOK, could you leave their name here? For further explanation, I mean they have to have taken the book out of the library when they did the adventure, ie if they fetched just the blank book or both books, leave their name, but if they only got the other one, you can ignore this post if you want. They also don't have to even currently own the book/have it in their possession. Just as long as they took it out.

Similarly, if your character has been given one of the blank books, leave their name here.

This is the plot of Recursive Mind Buddies!

WHAT IS IT?

Characters are suddenly mentally connected to other characters. They are linked in pairs. The link is emotional; they experience each other's emotions, sometimes to the point where it may be hard to distinguish who is feeling what. They could quite possibly get caught up in feedback loops: one character gets annoyed by the annoyance of another, which intensifies the annoyance sent backwards and so on until someone gets punched.

The characters are at no point going to be informed whose emotions they are feeling. They will have to work this out for themselves. Which may be easier than they expect.

WHERE DOES THIS WORK?

It works on and off the Plane. Characters are constantly connected to one another, even across realities. In addition, certain emotional triggers may yank one character from their reality into the reality of another character.

Trigger emotions can vary. If a character tends to feel anger particularly strongly, then when they feel that emotion on high, their partner might be yanked through to their reality. Likewise a character who tends towards passionate happiness having an ecstatic moment. It doesn't have to be an emotion they feel often, just something they feel strongly. You can have more than one trigger in your character.

WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIC POWERS?

For people with psychic powers, it may actually get worse. They may be able to shield it, but only if they concentrate on their shields constantly, and the bond will increase over time in an attempt to overcome the shields.

WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING?

This will last from the 25th to the 31st !

SIGN-UPS?

Comment to this post with the characters you want in. We will diceroll characters for partners and post the pairings early on the 24th. You can use that post to help plot. We will try to pair up late-comers if there are people available.

COMMENTS/QUESTIONS/CONCERNS/COOKIES

All go here!

Game update info times!


THE SHOP

Those of you who frequent the shop (or even just drop by it) may notice something a bit off. The shop is no longer constantly manned, and sometimes is just completely empty. The doors remain unlocked despite the occassional abandonment, allowing characters to root around through the building.

Can we take things? Oh, certainly! Who is to stop you? The only person who might be around is that gigantic dog/wolf thing, and he's usually asleep! And Meredith, she's a busy woman, she can't just hang around there all day if the shop's owners have seemingly disappeared from their posts. But if you take something, leave us a comment on the NPC post so we can know what it was. The shop has pretty much every sort of item you can imagine.

What happens if we take something? Currently, nothing, unless the item itself has some ability or curse to it, which many of them do. But there's always the chance someone or something will want all stolen property returned...

What does this mean exactly? Lapis and Lazuli are no longer reachable at this time through the NPC post, leaving your two easy to get choices as Meredith and Derogative, though there is a chance of some other NPC showing up instead. As well, new characters no longer bump into the twins when they first enter the shop; they are either greeted by Meredith, Derogative, or just wander into a completely empty store that they're sure wasn't there a few days ago.

We'll also be updating the info pages to reflect these changes.

If you have any questions, you know, ask away.