Antarctic Termite

How many names can I come up with

I'm assuming these are all porn names.

@mdk

Tender Steak
Heinz von Bratwurst
Juicy Lamb
Succulence leRump

*lives in 1x1 interest check thread*

It's about as cosy as the decades-old spring mattress you sleep on in run-down communal camp cabins.

Which is to say, not very, but it somehow beats being in the cold alone.

Oddly sentimental venting session [Trigger warning for deepness and major feels]

I have very little to say that's my call to make public, but in experience- Suicide attempts do not easily succeed unless firearms are involved. You're way tougher than you can imagine, and you will outlast the circumstances. Keep breathing. Keep in close touch with anyone who you know will support you. Keep looking for help everywhere you can find it, even if it's just a grey writing dump or anything else that brings a bit of positivity.

Here's a comic that has cats in it and a babby goat getting her first pair of shades.

Hider

Humanity (Fuck Yeah!)

Oh shit this reminds me of an RP idea I had and forgot to try out at all.

i gotta make notes

When you're generally quiet on a website and then someone starts an internet debate about the pet ethics of keeping your favourite obscure animal

Pet the thing to your left and report how it went.

r4553tseq4

Halfway through petting my USB keyboard, I accidentally entered a hotkey command and opened a new browser window which promptly crashed.

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Question! Im not sure if I am terribly blind if I missed this somewhere but... Has magic existed outside of the God's possession in form of witches, cults and etc?

@BubbleGumKing

Nope. Other than the fact that the island of Makarya exists in the Pacific, this world is identical to our 21st century edition Earth historically, politically and geographically. You can make witches and supernatural beings by adapting any willing humans you may find, but they'll be the first.

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Wait I was supposed to post it in here? I'm so sorry! I can go delete it and re-post it in here if you'd like! I skimmed through the main post I completely apologize.

@20aliens

Greg is accepted, by the way, so you can leave him where he is. No edits needed.

And yes, I was asking if each god (the ones we're roleplaying with) had their own religions that people followed, or if we were all united in one religion that people worship.

@20aliens

Neither. Not yet, anyway. The roleplay starts at the moment of the character's death- The moment when they gain their power for the first time. If you want to set up a cult, feel free to do so- You have practically unlimited resources. If you want to try and herd the other gods into a pantheon with you, great! That'll open some fabulous opportunities for fun interactions! But everything you do will have to start from scratch. This is why I try to describe any groups of disciples that the deities have as cults rather than religions, because the chances that you'll be able to set up a really large and institutionalised religion like the Greek pantheon (or even Mormonism or Scientology, to use modern examples) in a matter of days is unlikely.

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Big question! Are we all apart of the same religion, like Greek Mythology and it's polytheistic ? Or do we each have our own religions?

@20aliens

First of all, the main post is pretty clear that if you're applying for a new character, you post their sheet here first, and wait until it's approved before you repost it in the character thread. I've only skimmed through yours so far and it seems fine (I'll read it in depth later), but I've had to reject about five applications on a quality basis so far, so there's a reason I added that rule.

As for the question... I can't actually figure out what you're trying to ask. Are you asking whether the characters all practiced the same religion before they died and the roleplay started? That's up to the writers. Each character will have their own spirituality, although almost no one has paid any attention to that in their interests section so far, so I'm assuming they're all agnostic.

Or are you asking whether the setting has a unified religion? I went over that in some detail in the main posts, but to recap: The original religion of Makarya is a diverse mix of folk religions based on local gods and spirits, often tied to things like constellations, communities or landmarks, and anthropomorphic representations of animals and living things. The majority of the population is now Buddhist, especially in the rural north, and a large proportion, primarily city dwellers, are agnostic. Avernale itself has a massive immigrant population, and as such is home to numerous mosques and churches, and almost certainly at least one synagogue. In general, though, Avernalese people have a strong culture of religious experimentation, with very little stigma towards those who choose to change their religious views (though some immigrants may not share this tradition so readily).

I will get things in order eventually xD just finished and sent off my university application, so now its into practice for the admissions test... In between excessively long gaming and youtube binges. Because I am a bad student like that...

@darkwolf687

Take your studies seriously, but try to leave some time for a post too.

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Summary of the first posts we have so far: Kylie has immediately gone superhero and is putting out the fire, Jonathan is making his own fire just to clear his way from the wreckage (FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT), Kaya is on fire somewhere, Qunin is doing the nice guy thing and healing people up, Aleksa is playing with sharp objects, Josh is having an existential crisis, and Shadrach is completely spaced out as usual, having donated his glass to Aleksa's glass pile and is naively showing Josh his own blackened skull. He's insensitive sometimes.

As always, remember to ping anyone you're interacting with directly. Remember that characters interact with their new divinity in their own unique ways, and Shad's just another character, not an example of how yours will think and perceive things (though I don't think we've had any problems there so far). And of course- Keep doing whatever it is you think is dramatic to do! The story is yours to manufacture. There's no pressure to do anything other than what your character feels like.

Which means I no longer have time to do anything but write.

@Keyguyperson

The irony is crippling. Take your time.

Tomorrow's my day off, so I'll try to have a post up then as well.

@lady horatio

We'll wait. All good.