[PALACE GAME SIGN UPS]

[directrice]

Have you noticed? Some of your friends sure are acting a bit. . . strange! And no matter how hard you may try to reach them, they can't hear you. Are they honestly and truly lost forever? Well. . . not if you have anything to say about it!

Welcome to PALACE GAME SIGN UPS!

The gist of the plot point is this: some characters have had their monsters gradually taking over, which has culminated in them having full control of that character's body. As this is not the result of a death consequence, it almost seems as though the take over is permanent. In order to restore control of these bodies to the original owners, [REDACTED] is going to be allowing the rest of the game into the Palaces of the afflicted characters with one simple instruction: "bring them back." The goal of each Palace will be to find and restore the character's lost consciousness. The methodology is being left up to Palace runners, so no two characters will be brought back the same way.

Based on the lower limits each runner has given me in advance, for now each character may sign up for two sessions, with at least one of them being guaranteed. However, there are caveats to the second sign up:

1. When signing up for any Palaces, specify "first game" for the one you absolutely want to play in, and "second game" for your second. This is so runners can give priority to those who have yet to play in a Palace, if their game participant cap has been met already. Runners have the right to say "hey sorry but I can't actually fit you into this session" to any "second game" sign ups. Please be kind to the runners and respect their limits!

2. Speaking of limits, spread yourselves out! If you see a slot has a cap of 7 and 7 people have already signed up with "first game," then you should use your "first game" sign up somewhere else. You may still sign up with "second game," especially if you talk to the runner in advance and get permission, but again, respect a runner's limits and try not to overload their slots. And if you see a Palace that doesn't have many sign ups at all, please feel free to jump in, even if you don't have CR with the person. Sometimes, the best CR is created when you tromp through someone's psyche, right??

3. BASICALLY JUST BE KIND TO RUNNERS AND ALSO TO EACH OTHER!! If you reeeeeeeeally want a certain session and it's full, then you can always talk to the runner themselves; just respect their decision if they say no!

AND THAT IS ALL. Remember Palaces are running from September 3 - 11. Many people are also willing to run multiple sessions, which is pretty awesome! Each runner should make a top level to this post with their Palace info (including any cws, if there will be any), and then sub top-levels with the dates and times they've chosen to run their Palaces. If the runner has any special instructions and/or permissions for their Palace, that should be included in the sign up top level as well.

OTHERWISE. . . HAVE AT IT! If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know!

Comments

QUESTIONS

[directrice]

Questions for the mod only, not for Palace runners! Contact the runner directly if you want to ask them something.

HUNTER

[pyrighteous]

I am planning on multiple sessions that week! None of these are going to be like AND YOU WILL PLAY THE WHOLE TIME, it's more the availability I'm promising to run! Frankly I will probably continue to poke at threads the whole week and also afterwards.

Here are the sessions proper:
Monday, September 5th: 2 PM EST - 7 PM EST (hard cutoff at seven, I got D&D that night) - 10 slots
Thursday, September 8th: 5:30 PM EST - 10:00 PM EST - 6 slots
Friday, September 9th: 5:30 PM EST - 10:00 PM EST - 6 slots

If you have a certain subset of time you'll be playing in (like 5-7 PM EST on Monday), let me know so I can make sure you get focus during that time.

CWs include child abuse, manipulation, mass graves, and maybe some character death. There will also be complete Owl House spoilers for everything out so far. The general content will be the same for each session; results will be collapsed into one outcome at the end of the week.

Re: HUNTER

[eudaimoniac]

first game! around more on friday!

[heartlands]

second game! and let's go withhhh friday please!

Re: HUNTER

[truthliesinspace]

Kaito!!! I CAN DO ANY TIME

Re: HUNTER

[truthandideals]

FIRST GAME

Thursday

[imperialsun]

1st game!

Monday, September 5th 2pm-7pm. I will be active during 2pm to 4pm, then have to go to get my child at the daycare and might be to continue after.

Re: HUNTER

[mountanoffensive]

1st game

Friday session

F...irst game?

[briarliar]

For Monday, September 5

bless holidays for giving me a real day off for chill nerd things

Re: HUNTER

[vetplay]

First game. Monday please

Re: HUNTER

[agentgymstudent]

Monday or Thursday! First game.

second game

[parttimeai]

Monday, please!

[totalmisplay]

Second Game! I would like the Monday slot.

Since Ritsuka's is also on that day, I might be slower starting at 4pm EST (which is when hers begins) but I can probably multitask.

Re: HUNTER

[moonlit_knight]

Monday if there’s room!

Re: HUNTER

[4thwalled]

BELATED FRIDAY SIGN UP

[secondwinded]

second game!! TENTATIVELY . . . tentatively put me down for Thursday?? I might have to bail depending on work, but I think I can do it.

HAWKS

[doublefried]

I am aiming for a maximum of 3 sessions depending on interest!

SEPTEMBER 3, 4, or 11, starting anywhere between 11AM PST and 4PM PST depending on who's available when.

CWs include CHILD ABUSE. EXTREME POVERTY/HOMELESSNESS. THE OTHER TYPE OF CHILD ABUSE WHERE YOU GROOM THEM TO BE ASSASSINS. CAPITALISM? SOCIETY? VIOLENCE?

It's not intended to be a super lethal heart but characters could be damaged!

second game

[rugpull]

Sept 4th either time

Ritsuka

[fujimaru]

I will be running two sessions!! 7 players max for both, and will be running on September 3rd @ 4PM and September 5th @ 1 PM, both in PST time. I'll probably focus very hard on both of these for at least 3-4 hours, and then backtags.

Monday is a holiday in the USA so I figure I can get some decent mileage for folks then. STUFF IS KIND OF UP IN THE AIR FOR ME OFFLINE but I am hoping that if I put stuff earlier in the week it will be easier for me to backtag as necessary to hopefully get everyone to the finish line. ♥

As far as warnings:

Spoilers through Lostbelt 4 (with a heavier emphasis on the Solomon chapter)

Probably body horror and other depictions of violence--there will be no combat unless you ignore NPC warnings, but there will definitely be some graphic violence remembered/displayed in certain areas

Asshole NPCs

Too many eyes

FIRST GAME

[cultfavorite]

TOO! MANY! EYES!

ETA this is for the 3rd! I forgot to specify

HARLOCK

[freearcadia]

Five to Six Players per session MAX - two sessions.

I plan on running on any of these days Sept 6, 9, 10 and 11 - time based on people's availability.

CW: Death/dead things/death symbolism, Deathwish / Death Seeking behavior, Violence, alcoholism and scarring will likely come up.

There is one active threat that will try to harm people coming in - but combat can be avoided if one's careful.

[lemiserable]

1st Game! Definitely the 6th or the 9th, but they would have to be during the day 1pm EST-4EST is ideal. I have to get my kid at 4pm from daycare, but I should be able to tag a little after. Backtagging all good too if that works for everyone.

ILPHYL

[spacetogrow]

I'm planning two runs, with no more than 6 people each. The plan is for 4 hours, with any wrap-up being done asynchronously. (If you have close CR with Ilphyl, but can't make either time, let me know; we'll figure something out.)

CW: Parts of Ilphyl’s past that people might stumble upon deal with religiously motivated child abuse, sexism (albeit fantasy-world sexism as it is against male drow), transphobia and fantasy-world racism. There will probably be spiders, but may not be pictured or described in detail. Some memories may include fantasy violence typical of a D&D game.

If you want to engage with Ilphyl’s Palace, but not some of the warned content, let me know and I can make sure you stay on an alternate route. I’ll also put warnings on particular areas if it seems likely to come up, and use the subject lines of threads to add in warnings if it comes up unexpectedly.

Run 1: Monday, September 5th, 5:30 PM US Central Time
Run 2: Saturday, September 10th, 1 PM US Central Time

[hermit_crab]

First game! Saturday please.

VENAT

[trueholy]

I am planning on my palace having two sessions!

SESSION ONE- Saturday September 3th- 2pm to 6pm EST, after 6pm I will be a little more slack on tags! (6 SLOTS)

SESSION TWO- Sunday September 4th- 12pm to 4pm EST, same as before. I will still tag. JUST BE A LITTLE SLACK. (6 SLOTS)

I do have Monday September 5th off of work so if there are things I need to focus down that day you are more than welcome to nudge me on discord! I will also sporadically tag it during the week.

CWs: Depression, possibly dead people.

Other Warnings: There will be boatloads of FFXIV Endwalker spoilers in here, so if you were planning on playing it later I am SO SORRY. Also an extra warning that I have never ever run anything like this so I am little nervous about the come together so BEAR WITH ME PLEASE.

[heartlands]

first game! the session on the 4th would work best for me.

WEI WUXIAN

[laughitoff]

GENERAL INFO: This is middling levels of exploration in that there are multiple rooms to go through, but the emphasis is on solving a puzzle/interaction with objects and memories rather than uncovering hidden areas or what have you! This Palace is also high on the danger charts but does not have any boss fights per se (unless you do something REALLY wild), so noncombatant characters should be fine.

That said, success is heavily dependent on your character being willing to fuck around, find out, and actively change things in the Palace, so if they are likely to leave everything as is and not interfere, this may not be a good heart for them to participate in.

CONTENT WARNINGS: It is very easy for characters to die, get injured, and be subjected to various status effects in this Palace! Also please be aware that there isn't really a way to fully avoid the themes of death, undead/ghosts, body horror, torture, starvation, and cannibalism in this heart. I'll look at the squick list and do my best to maneuver things so I don't throw something specific at you that's unfun for you OOCly, but I can't take these elements out wholesale.

SESSIONS: I can take 6 people per timeslot! The available timeslots are:

Saturday Sept 3rd, 12:30 PM to 5 PM PST
Sunday Sept 4th, 12:30 PM to 5 PM PST
Monday, Sept 5th, 6 PM to 10:30 PM PST

I'll be backtagging even when official run times are over, but my availability is not great between the 6th-11th. So please try to get as much of a run in as you can during your actual scheduled time!

first game

[strikingchords]

September 3rd! ♥

TSUMUGI SHIROGANE

[cosplayed_out]

I will run two games! One is moon-time friendly and one is somewhat normal US hours.

September 9th, 12:01 am, just past midnight, until 4:00 am. PST. (This is 5:01 pm AEST, and 8:01 am BST)

September 10th, 3:00 pm until 7:00 pm. PST.

It's okay if these times run over.

Maximum five slots.

I will caveat that I am a caregiver and I may need to leave unannounced for a brief period of time. I will do my best to communicate via discord when this happens and how quick I'll be returning.

CWs: death, torture, lots of blood and other gore related things. Potentially references to kinks if not the kinks themselves. Heavy use of anime tropes.

Tsumugi's game will have 4th wall elements and you will not be able to opt-out. If you're uncomfortable with that, please consider another Palace Game, as it's just how Tsumugi's has to work. :(

If you wish to participate please fill out this sign up. You must use the form verbatim, please just copy and paste and replace the XXXXs with your name and character's name.

"Player: xxxx
Character: xxxx
Do you want to play in this game: Yes.
Do you consent to 4th walling aspects? If you cannot, please choose another Palace game as there is no ability to opt-out: Yes.
Do you understand your character is under no pressure to believe any 4th walling aspects when presented?: Yes
Do you understand you will have the option to have your character forget these 4th wall experiences at the end, if you choose, and not carry the knowledge over to the main game?: Yes"

Re: TSUMUGI SHIROGANE

[truthliesinspace]

Tentative Sept 10th!

Player: Ash
Character: Kaito
Do you want to play in this game: Yes.
Do you consent to 4th walling aspects? If you cannot, please choose another Palace game as there is no ability to opt-out: Yes.
Do you understand your character is under no pressure to believe any 4th walling aspects when presented?: Yes
Do you understand you will have the option to have your character forget these 4th wall experiences at the end, if you choose, and not carry the knowledge over to the main game?: Yes

JUZO INUI

[gunmettle]

SLIDES IN LATE TO SIGN UPS WITH STARBUCKS.

Anyway, looking at two sessions late in the week just because my schedule during the work week can be annoyingly unpredictable.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 8 PM EST - 12 AM EST - 6 slots
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 3 PM EST - 7 PM EST (this one can go longer or shift around based on availability! Let me know!) - 6 slots

There will be some instances where participants may be injured or have to fight, though I’ll avoid anything too serious unless you really want the drama. There is also a chance for some memshare shenanigans for the participants separate from being able to poke around some of Juzo’s memories! These don't have to be long (I'd prefer if they weren't for time's sake), but come prepared to dump a little backstory if you wanna.

CW: death, murder, depictions of violence and gore (though not overly detailed), body horror, evil science, So Many War Crimes

GENERAL WARNINGS: there will be a ton of spoilers for No Guns Life (manga and anime). I have also never done something like this so bear with me as I get my feet under me and find the flow.

first game ✨

[alienation]

i have a preference for friday but i can do either one! and i am a-ok with violence.