MEME ∞ INTRO & CR — June 2025

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June 2025

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It's time to introduce yourselves! Use the form below to get out there and start plotting. New and old players alike are encouraged to post to the Intro & CR.

A mingle log will be posted on June 8.
While we won't be doing intro/mingle logs every application round, we'll have one for the first two rounds (June and August) to help everyone get settled! You can also check out the Bulletin for information on weather, broadcasts, and incidents.

Notes

• Characters can arrive in-game on any date throughout the month of the TDM. This means characters do not have to, and typically will not, arrive all at once. Arrivals will be scattered and more difficult to predict. Use this to stagger CR, give characters a couple weeks without seeing each other, or whatever you feel makes it interesting!
• Since base AC is low, players need to make AC for their first month. TDM threads continued into the month are perfectly acceptable as long as the comments submitted take place in the current month.

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• We've made some updates to the Invites page to reflect the game's current player cap status and added a player cap count to the Taken page. Our player cap is formally 70 players. The FAQ has also been updated to reflect these changes.
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court | fern (original character; dungeons & dragons)

[longtooth]

Player

Name: Court
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: demonology / demonology @ Discord / PM
About: Man, I love frogs. And (J)RPGs. Among other things. I know a lot of you, but am excited to get to know anyone I don't. Feel free to add me on plurk!


Character

Name: Fern
Canon: Original Character (Dungeons & Dragons-based, specifically from a Curse of Strahd campign)
Age: 22
Links: biosheet | permissions | application

About: Fern is a shifter! Meaning she's not quite a werewolf, but something in-between. She always has some canine/bestial features, but she can briefly shift into a more animalistic form, usually in battle or when crashing out in some way. She and a few others ended up isekai'd into the land of Barovia (led by a super evil vampire lord) where she's been for the past month-plus, dealing with the Horrors pretty much every day. She's a rogue, so she's good at sneaking around, unlocking things, etc. She's distrusting and suspicious of others in general, and Barovia has just made that worse. Once she starts to trust someone or consider them a member of her "pack," though, she's ride or die.

Wanted CR: With everything so brand new, it really is just a matter of figuring out what character traits or background details might be good for CR, but! As a quick list:

➼ Any vampires, werewolves, or other supernatural creatures in a similar vein will almost certainly catch her interest. Vampires are definitely going to be heavily distrusted unless she's given a reason not to, but that might be fun.
➼ Anyone she can accidentally recognize as a race from Faerûn (elves, dwarves, halflings, etc etc.)
➼ Other people who feel like they don't really "belong" in normal society, she will likely feel drawn to or feel a kinship with once she realizes that.
➼ Anyone else want to sneak around in places and investigate stuff? She'll appreciate anyone who's good at keeping a low profile, like she does.
➼ Alternatively, good party composition means having some variety! A tank, healer, or magic glass cannon type to offset her rogue stuff would also make for some fun threads.
➼ Despite how prickly Fern might be, she really is someone who's just looking for a place to belong. She just tends to make that hard for herself, but I really would love anyone who would just aggressively befriend her.
➼ Lady friends? She's always stuck around stinky boys for some reason, but she more easily feels comfortable/gets along with women, historically speaking.
➼ If you've met that Adrian guy, Fern knows him pretty well. They were traveling together in Barovia, so chances are that he might have mentioned her in passing.

Plots/Plans: WELL, looking at the Bulletin, Fern is definitely going to be squinting at the blood donation racket that's going on, so I'll probably be sending the mods some questions about that, if anyone else was interested in exploring that little nugget of world flavor. Fern kinda needs to learn how to use her phone, too. She has one, but I don't think she fully grasps texting yet, so please, spam her inbox.

Work-wise, I think I'm going to have her working at whatever this world's version of an inn is, since she has some experience in that from when she was younger. Waiting tables, making up beds, etc. It's not luxurious, but she needs money.

I think she'll start exploring the diffusion zones because she's curious, and she'll also be looking out for the rest of her friends from Barovia because if Adrian is here, maybe so are the others. She'll be cautious but also willing to go into dangerous areas because she thinks she can handle herself, so... maybe someone to convince her she should have one buddy at least?

Regarding TDM threads, I'm down to keep them going but also might be looking to wrap up ones that are just basic introductions or small talk! We can get on to meatier things now that the game is open.

Limits: Nothing, really! Fern can get prickly and even aggressive depending, but she's usually good about not just immediately stabbing people, lmfao. If anything gets to that point, I'll definitely reach out, but she'll be less on-edge the longer she's here.

Free Space:

[frostfist]

court.....holds your hands, we're in a game together again

but also give me fern's number (icly) so wrio can be annoying and send her random texts

[longtooth]

WE'RE IN A GAME TOGETHER AGAIN!!! i can't believe it, and i finally get to meet wrio himself

omg yes... we'll have to figure out a way to make it happen, maybe i will just handwave she has her phone already in their tdm thread

[vecna]

HELP THIS MEME

[longtooth]

IT WAS THE ONLY RELEVANT ONE I COULD FIND ON SHORT NOTICE

[magike]

i was going to tell you that rowena knows about vampires and werewolves and then i remembered who i was talking to
hi
let me give you a witch to be curious at fern at. she can also both heal and be a magical glass canon (squishy mage but magical powerhouse). this also means when rowena starts exploring alone she's likely to get into trouble so maybe fern wanders into her, helps her and then they do a little better finishing it teamed up???

[longtooth]

i may know one or two things about supernatural, though my knowledge is ancient now, closes eyes

those are both very helpful things! fern is definitely used to helping out the squishy mages in her own party, so i think that would be a really fun way for them to meet. both of them out exploring alone when they really shouldn't be, but then they can help each other out! i'm so down

[tolight]

i have nothing useful to say except my next thread with you WILL be an inbox thread bc i think it'll be funny

[longtooth]

what better way for them to learn the art of texting?

[healbuff]

Finally, in a game with Court!! I want River to marvel over her shifting

[longtooth]

i'm so glad for this chance, mai!! and for the opportunity to get to know river firsthand

we'll have to find a reason for him to be around when she shifts 👀

[cryptsleeper]

I feel like these two being forced into exploring adventures could be a great time and introduce some weird tension depending on how hard Al vamps out?

[longtooth]

OH....... that would be fun 👀

conversely (or in addition), if fern has to shift.... HEHEH

[littlemushroom]

hello I did not get to bother fern on the TDM but i am still very keen on bothering her at some point. we have to get to ears and mushrooms.

[longtooth]

i fully intended to tag you on the tdm but then i had Way Too Many Threads and had to hold off, so yes!! we need to fix this!!

wolf and mushroom frands let's goooooo (also gonna add you on plurk!)

wait... you already added me, i'm a fool and have swiss cheese brain

[delaurentiis]

Just a regular human guy here for CR.

[longtooth]

totally normal and fine and human, yep! time to figure out how long it takes for fern to figure it out, i will get my perception/insight checks ready

[tirejacked]

dumps adrian on her doorstep like does this strange man belong to u

(I did not get to hassle you on the tdm BUT JUST YOU WAIT)

[longtooth]

HE DOES NOT BELONG TO HER but she is responsible for him to ... some degree ... and very tired about it

you beat me to it, i was going to say the same thing!! i'd love for them to meet. maybe go scrounge in diffusion zones for some weapons together? she is also feeling horribly under-armed rn with just one single dagger. she needs at least five more weapons on her person at any time pls.

[decussate]

Poking in very quickly to say HELLO I see a call for lady friends perhap! Or maybe not since Adrian seems to think Arlecchino is vampire-adjacent....... But either way maybe these two would have an interesting time! Arle is in that "doesn't quite belong" category but does take an interest in other weirdoes, and can be very tolerant! Or if Fern wants to butt heads, then Arle would probably find that interesting as well lmao

[longtooth]

VAMPIRE-ADJACENT. well, if nothing else, that can probably get cleared up pretty quick if fern ends up getting the same Vibes, but she's already almost stabbed one vampire (alucard) and they got past it, so... maybe it'll be okay.

i'm canonblind for the most part, but it sounds like it could go either way between these two. fern is a bit morally gray, but probably not as much as arlecchino is. either way, i figure we should just get a thread going and see what happens!

[elriche]

new goatee man who dis

[yeahmagnets]

i'll take 'people who feel like they don't really "belong" in normal society' for $100, please. jesse is also likely to sneak around and investigate places he probably shouldn't.

Re: court | fern (original character; dungeons & dragons)

[notspiderman]

>Other people who feel like they don't really "belong" in normal society,

Laughs a lot

[positivelyroomy]

Just saying it here, but let Martin get Fern a drink if Adrian really is anything like John in being a danger to himself. He gets it.