FAQ
frequently asked questions
where is my character?
Through some sort of blip on the radar, metaphorically speaking, your character has been transported from their home world to an underwater city called Vatheon. Unfortunately there's no way out and they're... kind of stuck here! That's okay though because the locals are welcoming and cater to their every needs.
Need a home? Go to the real estate office and Brad will hook you up! Food? The marketplace is full of stands and shops ready to sell food of all kinds to the foreigners. Luckily for you, everything is free! Well... most things.
most things?
Well, you see, everything in Vatheon is free. Everything in the Nostalgia Nook costs. See, to bring things from other worlds to satisfy the foreigners takes a bit of power. To replace the power costs money. The money, otherwise known as StarFish Tokens are simply tokens stored on a credit card of sorts that pops out your character's StarFish Communicator (SFC) when need be. Don't worry about keeping track, the Token Card takes care of everything.
what's the setting like?
When your character arrives anywhere around Vatheon, soaking wet, they will find a few things. First, there is a small fairy floating right along beside them. This fairy is any color that you wish it to be for that character--they are very fast and difficult to catch, and do nothing at all but...follow along behind your character. They say nothing. They do nothing else. ...How odd, right?
And second, they will find a marking somewhere on their body. It isn't anything too large, but it is certainly visible. It might be just about anywhere, and it will look like this. There is more information on it later in this faq.
As for the city, well...it's very clean and very orderly--rather too clean and orderly. No matter what happens to the city, things will be fixed and repaired. The natives carry on their daily tasks cheerfully and without complaint, and they are always polite and friendly with the foreigners...well, unless one does something to upset them.
The city is clean, but...there sure are a lot of empty buildings...
what's a starfish communicator?
A little device used to keep in contact with the rest of the foreigners. Despite the weak design (it has its similarities to a starfish), it's a very powerful device. Video, voice, and text posts are able to go be posted to the Network using these devices. It comes in many different colors and many different styles of sorts. Catered to the needs of your character, yet keeping it's nautical design all the while.
You might even find some games on it, if you're lucky.
so what does my character do here?
Vatheon is your jamjar (a colloquial term used for roleplays set in inescapable settings) under the sea. Events regularly, player plots happening all the time and just fun all around. It's really up to you, the player, what sort of shenanigans your character gets up to. Tag around, make posts, do all sorts of things! We'll throw events your way if we see the players are interested; it's a give and take really.
Previously, there would be bi-weekly " curse week" happening in Vatheon which put the characters through some sort of ordeal (be it good or bad). Yet as of January 2011, when the Lamufao broke in half, curse weeks are now random.
how do journals work?
This is a community and journal based roleplay! It is really up to the player where they post, as journals can be used for action, voice, video, and text posts while the main community is mostly used for action or prose logs or, even, large events (NPC and/or player).
insert question about applications here!
In regards to applications, we'll answer the most common questions here. First, a player can have to as many as five characters. If they pass the Activity Check with all five characters -- none of which are on hiatus or exempt from -- then they can apply as a sixth. OC and AU characters are not allowed. History and samples can be linked. Duplicates have been explained in the rules and finally, animal characters are also allowed.
Also, PBs are completely fine with us! Just remember, if someone in Vatheon shares the same face as your PB, try to get in contact with the mun of the character first!
If we've missed anything, send a question our way! Some of it might have been answered on the Application page though!
canon updates, dropping, death, and more!
- When a character is dropped from Vatheon, they disappear on the contact list and are completely gone from Vatheon. Their stuff is left behind but if no one claims it within 24 hours, it disappears from the city.
- Canon updates are handled here but in summary, your character leaves as if being dropped -- gone from contact list and from Vatheon. Yet, their stuff stays more than 24 hours! They are gone for three days after touching the coral and appear on the third, their memories of Vatheon returning instantly. Though, how instant is up to the mun.
- One RL day = One Vatheon day! There is no known year though.
- When characters arrive, this mark appears somewhere on their body. It appears like a tattoo but if one digs deeper literally they will find it goes all the way down to the bone. It's impossible to remove without severely hurting oneself and yet, even if one chops the arm where the mark is off, it will appear elsewhere on the body the next day or the arm itself with magically appear back on the body the next day.
- On the same note of sorts, if a character dies, they will arrive in the plaza perfectly unharmed in five days. When they die though, the body will be left there until night time unless someone collects it. At night, the nurses from the clinic might be seen collecting the body and bringing it to the clinic, but that's as far as it goes. If someone does do something with the body before the nurses have it, the body will just pretty much lay around uselessly and begin to smell. That is, until the night of the fourth day where it disappears completely!
No worries though, they're still on the contact list.
about this lamufao...
The Great Lamufao is a large coral located in the middle of the city in the plaza. It is worshiped by the residents of the city as a deity and they will not tolerate desecration or anything of the sort against it. Think of this -- would you disrespect a statue of Buddha perhaps, in real life? I think not. The locals want the foreigners to be happy, but if something like that comes about, they won't hesitate to punish.
The Lamufao is what appears to be holding the barrier up. Characters are required once a month to touch the coral to renew their energy, yet this can all be handwaved. The Lamufao is also somewhat of a miracle worker. If a character is near death and they touch the coral, they will be revived with enough energy to go home and enter a dreamless sleep of which they will wake up and be restored to the best state possible without taking away injuries or scars from their original universe. Imagine how your character arrived at Vatheon; they will wake up in that state but at their complete best. Nifty, huh?
Another thing is that the Lamufao is pretty much indestructible. There is no way to break it and if one punches/kicks/drives into it, the only thing that will happen is it will rebound against them. Ouch.
If there's any questions, don't hesitate to contact a mod!
miscellaneous.
- Characters can keep everything they had on them when they were taken from their home worlds within reason. No gundams, sorry!
- Pets are allowed, they can appear with them when they awake or come somehow through an event of sorts.
- Sorry but no pregnancy!
- And for you newbies, here is a pretty thorough and interesting guide on "how to LJRP" basically! It might help a lot if you read through it.
- Annnddd here is a player made guide on how to spruce up your journal a bit for journal based games. Since the friend list is so important, read this a bit! It'll help reduce clutter on those lists.
- Anything else? Just ask a moderator or comment this entry! We'll respond ASAP.
where is my character?
Through some sort of blip on the radar, metaphorically speaking, your character has been transported from their home world to an underwater city called Vatheon. Unfortunately there's no way out and they're... kind of stuck here! That's okay though because the locals are welcoming and cater to their every needs.
Need a home? Go to the real estate office and Brad will hook you up! Food? The marketplace is full of stands and shops ready to sell food of all kinds to the foreigners. Luckily for you, everything is free! Well... most things.
most things?
Well, you see, everything in Vatheon is free. Everything in the Nostalgia Nook costs. See, to bring things from other worlds to satisfy the foreigners takes a bit of power. To replace the power costs money. The money, otherwise known as StarFish Tokens are simply tokens stored on a credit card of sorts that pops out your character's StarFish Communicator (SFC) when need be. Don't worry about keeping track, the Token Card takes care of everything.
what's the setting like?
When your character arrives anywhere around Vatheon, soaking wet, they will find a few things. First, there is a small fairy floating right along beside them. This fairy is any color that you wish it to be for that character--they are very fast and difficult to catch, and do nothing at all but...follow along behind your character. They say nothing. They do nothing else. ...How odd, right?
And second, they will find a marking somewhere on their body. It isn't anything too large, but it is certainly visible. It might be just about anywhere, and it will look like this. There is more information on it later in this faq.
As for the city, well...it's very clean and very orderly--rather too clean and orderly. No matter what happens to the city, things will be fixed and repaired. The natives carry on their daily tasks cheerfully and without complaint, and they are always polite and friendly with the foreigners...well, unless one does something to upset them.
The city is clean, but...there sure are a lot of empty buildings...
what's a starfish communicator?
A little device used to keep in contact with the rest of the foreigners. Despite the weak design (it has its similarities to a starfish), it's a very powerful device. Video, voice, and text posts are able to go be posted to the Network using these devices. It comes in many different colors and many different styles of sorts. Catered to the needs of your character, yet keeping it's nautical design all the while.
You might even find some games on it, if you're lucky.
so what does my character do here?
Vatheon is your jamjar (a colloquial term used for roleplays set in inescapable settings) under the sea. Events regularly, player plots happening all the time and just fun all around. It's really up to you, the player, what sort of shenanigans your character gets up to. Tag around, make posts, do all sorts of things! We'll throw events your way if we see the players are interested; it's a give and take really.
Previously, there would be bi-weekly " curse week" happening in Vatheon which put the characters through some sort of ordeal (be it good or bad). Yet as of January 2011, when the Lamufao broke in half, curse weeks are now random.
how do journals work?
This is a community and journal based roleplay! It is really up to the player where they post, as journals can be used for action, voice, video, and text posts while the main community is mostly used for action or prose logs or, even, large events (NPC and/or player).
insert question about applications here!
In regards to applications, we'll answer the most common questions here. First, a player can have to as many as five characters. If they pass the Activity Check with all five characters -- none of which are on hiatus or exempt from -- then they can apply as a sixth. OC and AU characters are not allowed. History and samples can be linked. Duplicates have been explained in the rules and finally, animal characters are also allowed.
Also, PBs are completely fine with us! Just remember, if someone in Vatheon shares the same face as your PB, try to get in contact with the mun of the character first!
If we've missed anything, send a question our way! Some of it might have been answered on the Application page though!
canon updates, dropping, death, and more!
- When a character is dropped from Vatheon, they disappear on the contact list and are completely gone from Vatheon. Their stuff is left behind but if no one claims it within 24 hours, it disappears from the city.
- Canon updates are handled here but in summary, your character leaves as if being dropped -- gone from contact list and from Vatheon. Yet, their stuff stays more than 24 hours! They are gone for three days after touching the coral and appear on the third, their memories of Vatheon returning instantly. Though, how instant is up to the mun.
- One RL day = One Vatheon day! There is no known year though.
- When characters arrive, this mark appears somewhere on their body. It appears like a tattoo but if one digs deeper literally they will find it goes all the way down to the bone. It's impossible to remove without severely hurting oneself and yet, even if one chops the arm where the mark is off, it will appear elsewhere on the body the next day or the arm itself with magically appear back on the body the next day.
- On the same note of sorts, if a character dies, they will arrive in the plaza perfectly unharmed in five days. When they die though, the body will be left there until night time unless someone collects it. At night, the nurses from the clinic might be seen collecting the body and bringing it to the clinic, but that's as far as it goes. If someone does do something with the body before the nurses have it, the body will just pretty much lay around uselessly and begin to smell. That is, until the night of the fourth day where it disappears completely!
No worries though, they're still on the contact list.
about this lamufao...
The Great Lamufao is a large coral located in the middle of the city in the plaza. It is worshiped by the residents of the city as a deity and they will not tolerate desecration or anything of the sort against it. Think of this -- would you disrespect a statue of Buddha perhaps, in real life? I think not. The locals want the foreigners to be happy, but if something like that comes about, they won't hesitate to punish.
The Lamufao is what appears to be holding the barrier up. Characters are required once a month to touch the coral to renew their energy, yet this can all be handwaved. The Lamufao is also somewhat of a miracle worker. If a character is near death and they touch the coral, they will be revived with enough energy to go home and enter a dreamless sleep of which they will wake up and be restored to the best state possible without taking away injuries or scars from their original universe. Imagine how your character arrived at Vatheon; they will wake up in that state but at their complete best. Nifty, huh?
Another thing is that the Lamufao is pretty much indestructible. There is no way to break it and if one punches/kicks/drives into it, the only thing that will happen is it will rebound against them. Ouch.
If there's any questions, don't hesitate to contact a mod!
miscellaneous.
- Characters can keep everything they had on them when they were taken from their home worlds within reason. No gundams, sorry!
- Pets are allowed, they can appear with them when they awake or come somehow through an event of sorts.
- Sorry but no pregnancy!
- And for you newbies, here is a pretty thorough and interesting guide on "how to LJRP" basically! It might help a lot if you read through it.
- Annnddd here is a player made guide on how to spruce up your journal a bit for journal based games. Since the friend list is so important, read this a bit! It'll help reduce clutter on those lists.
- Anything else? Just ask a moderator or comment this entry! We'll respond ASAP.