Nessa Houghton

YO, FRIENDS! I have finally decided what minigame to run this month! Here is your hint.

The game will take place on Saturday, August 23 at 10:00 a.m. MT (9:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. CST/12:00 p.m. EST). Your teams will have three choices to make, and I'm hoping to have you all finished within five hours, give or take. It depends on how quickly y'all can make those choices, BUT I HAVE FAITH YOU GUYS WILL BE FINE.

In preparation for the game, I need anyone who intends to play to sign up below with what your character is most afraid of. These should be deep-seated fears that would cause your character to balk! Something they would do their very best to avoid under any circumstances! This is a test of courage, after all; anything they would be able to face without batting an eye wouldn't count. These fears can be physical, psychological, etc etc. . . follow your heart, I will roll with whatever!

Sign-ups will be open basically until the game begins, but the earlier you give me your character's fears, the more time I have to prepare. If you don't give me any fears, you can still. . . technically play. . . but there will be an element of the game you won't be able to take part in.

THAT IS ALL FOR NOW, THANK YOU EVERYONE ♥ Excited to help your teams continue to trauma bond!

eta: oh yeah sign-ups are screened, ofc

Happy weekend, everyone! LET'S RECAP THE WEEK:

Anzen had a little adventure courtesy of their curse, and simultaneously unlocked the nurse's office and woke up some NPCs spooks that are now haunting the school. Players can encounter these guys whenever they'd like! Feel free to weave them into your threads for a bit of flavor and/or hurt, if you'd like. They exist to make the school feel a bit more dangerous to characters ICly, and so you guys can play some sweet h/c whenever you want.

Speaking of little adventures, for transparency: I have a little mini-boss encounter/exploration/resource unlocking adventure planned for every class! I don't want to run through these immediately since they will also give you guys a bit of plot information, but I would like to have them finished within the next three months or so, interwoven between other events. WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS SHAKE OUT ICLY. . . but I do ask for and appreciate your patience as I schedule these based on game vibes and not with a specific timeline in mind. I promise everyone will have a fun horror encounter with a Big Spook (™) and get a li'l fucked because of it (IF YOU WANT ♥).

Other setting things to note: a few Kenkous and Shiawases experimented with swapping rooms, and figured out what happens if you don't sleep in your assigned dorm at least once every other night. Please let me know if your character is sleeping away from home for more than one night so I can give you a li'l nightmare c:! Otherwise, sleepovers are a-okay so long as everyone returns home the next evening!

I WANT TO RUN ANOTHER MINI-GAME IN AUGUST! I don't know what I'm running yet, ftr. But I'm going to block off August 22 - 24 for something. The game will not last all weekend I promise. It will proooobably be PvE? I don't know yet, I'll let you all know next weekend when I hammer out the details rofl

Activity Check headers for August are up! Please make sure to post your proof of activity by the end of the month. I'll send reminders once we get closer to the end of August. Activity is 30 comments a month and must be timestamped between August 1st and August 31st

Setting explorations have been reset for August! You can all poke the setting at least once a month. Now that the NPC spooks have been unlocked, some of your explorations may discover even more guys hanging around the school grounds!

I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. . . as always, if you have any questions, feel free to hit me or the FAQ up! This following week will probably be pretty quiet on the IC front to let you guys have fun with the new danger ghosts haunting the school, though I may post another mingle with flavor if it looks like we need one.