Welcome to the Deep OOC

Silvern · 2025-01-27T04:08:01Z

Welcome to the Deep OOC Welcome, sailors! This OOC thread is where we'll have most of our discussion, sign-ups, some general information, and character banners. ~ World Information ~ anchor This is an alternate history storybook! As a result, we are not necessarily constricted to the true order of events-- for example, you might have noticed none of the cities named in the storybook description existed in our 1793. My thinking is that much of the geography of the area has been named (ex. the Bering Sea, the Cascades, Vancouver Island), but territories, provinces and states don't exist yet (ex. no British Columbia or Oregon Territory). The cities are anachronously there to possibly give our crew interesting places to visit! anchor On a similar note, don't feel like you have to know a ton of history for this SB-- I'm no historian either! Because things are flexible, feel free to weave around history if you have an idea for something: try not to give your character a cellphone, of course, but if you want an invention from our 1830 to exist here or for an event in our 1760 to have happened more recently, just let me know and that should be cool. anchor The crew is likely going to be quite diverse, as these pirates have probably come from afar and all over. Naval powers like the English, Spanish and Russians, as well as local Indigenous and First Nations groups like the Coast Salish, Tlingit, and Chinook come to mind, but there's no reason your character has to be limited to any of those. anchor Magic exists! Isn't that neat. Your character might have a power, or they could have a magical artifact that grants them an ability-- or maybe they have neither and just pirate around the old fashioned way. The strength of the Siren's Fleet comes in part due to giving mages the autonomy that helps them serve their crew in the way they feel is best. On the flip side, magical beasts and sea monsters-- some of which pirates from far away are not familiar with-- can be a pain for sailors. ~ Storybook Information ~ anchor This is a moderately-paced storybook. I would love it if we could put out one post a month, but what's more important to me is that we all enjoy the story and make sure to have fun! anchor If there is interest, I can set up a Discord server for communication, as well as a place to store plot ideas, writing quotes, character art, and so on. anchor Here's a little guide to the seven roles: Captain - commander of the ship, leader of the crew First Mate - second-in-command, reports to captain Quartermaster - head planner, usually in charge of supplies Astronomer - lead navigator, sets course using the stars and creates maps Master Gunner - in charge of artillery/cannons, leader in fights Medic - sees to wounded, acts as surgeon, may be a magic healer Battlemage - a mage who uses their magic to fight in clashes with other ships anchor You may have noticed I am not claiming the role of the captain even though I'm the DM! This is a role open to anyone who has the character inspiration for it. There's probably going to be some extra plotting and planning with me and whoever takes this role as this story plays out. anchor Did I say have fun? Have fun! ~ Banners and Dividers ~ Timeskip Divider - [center][fimg=100,100]https://i.imgur.com/v7lRz3q.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/v7lRz3q.png Character Banners - [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/x3Dx2Ds.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/x3Dx2Ds.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/8EnX6CP.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/8EnX6CP.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/wM2aA79.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/wM2aA79.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/cHKMti2.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/cHKMti2.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/TmqbwE0.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/TmqbwE0.png [center][fimg=500,250]https://i.imgur.com/irjI6vd.png[/fimg][/center] https://i.imgur.com/irjI6vd.png

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Mon May 26, 2025 1:09 am

Leya says... · Mon May 26, 2025 1:09 am

I'll be in the pad ^^

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Mon May 26, 2025 1:11 am

Silvern says... · Mon May 26, 2025 1:11 am

I am also in!

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Mon May 26, 2025 3:52 am

Silvern says... · Mon May 26, 2025 3:52 am

That was a good start on the next post! I will be around tomorrow if we want to do that again!

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Mon May 26, 2025 4:00 am

Ranger says... · Mon May 26, 2025 4:00 am

sounds good! I'll be there!

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Mon May 26, 2025 4:47 am

Spearmint says... · Mon May 26, 2025 4:47 am

aw sorry i missed today's write-in! might not be back at my dorm until late tmrw night, but will try to catch up then ^^ can't wait to see what you all wrote!

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Mon May 26, 2025 1:37 pm

Leya says... · Mon May 26, 2025 1:37 pm

I shall be there! :D

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Tue May 27, 2025 1:05 am

Leya says... · Tue May 27, 2025 1:05 am

I’ll be a couple mins late, but I should be on soon!

“Ley moves and I am a couple feet behind, waiting.” - winterwolf0100
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Thu May 29, 2025 5:54 am

Silvern says... · Thu May 29, 2025 5:54 am

@Spearmint oops just saw your questions in the pad!! I think the current plan is to have Beatris, Kat and Dwyn negotiate/barter while Yong-Nam and Cear (evicted, rip) join Nikola and Kyro at the bar!

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Thu May 29, 2025 6:25 am

Spearmint says... · Thu May 29, 2025 6:25 am

ah sorry, i should've posted in the OOC ^^' but sounds good, thanks!!

@avimoon @winterwolf0100 would you two be free to collab sometime, perchance? :eyes:

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Thu May 29, 2025 1:18 pm

avimoon says... · Thu May 29, 2025 1:18 pm

I'm ready to collab!

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Thu May 29, 2025 8:07 pm

winterwolf0100 says... · Thu May 29, 2025 8:07 pm

Yes! I’m currently out of the country >.> so it’s a little harder for me to navigate timezones but I have some free time on the weekend I think so we could try to find a time that works?

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Fri May 30, 2025 4:48 am

Spearmint says... · Fri May 30, 2025 4:48 am

cool!! i will probably be doing an escape room this weekend, but should be able to write for a few hours :p

made a when2meet: https://www.when2meet.com/?30813069-Y9lRV
(idk when the escape room will be, so i'll prolly finish filling it out tmrw)

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Sat May 31, 2025 6:35 am

Spearmint says... · Sat May 31, 2025 6:35 am

looks like avi and i can be on at 6 am PDT? i'll try to hop on then :p

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Sat May 31, 2025 12:48 pm

Spearmint says... · Sat May 31, 2025 12:48 pm

in the pad ^-^

edit: made a spot at line 157 w some qs to get us started! going back to sleep now but will be on tmrw same time xD

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Sat May 31, 2025 8:05 pm

avimoon says... · Sat May 31, 2025 8:05 pm

Spearmint wrote:in the pad ^-^

edit: made a spot at line 157 w some qs to get us started! going back to sleep now but will be on tmrw same time xD

Awesome!!! So sorry I wasn't in ToT. I will look over what you left in the pad as soon as I'm able <3

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