[OOC] The Dust

[Syben]

I think so. I don't really need to do a night wrap for Alex because she's disinvolved right now. Jon I can work on day 2 by going from night to morning, which was the plan anyways. Mono can just wait until the next day, if he wants, otherwise we are waiting on him and cops, and fire, provided they're not done yet. I assume you and Darcs have wrapped things up for day 1?

[Antediluvixen]

I think so. I don't really need to do a night wrap for Alex because she's disinvolved right now. Jon I can work on day 2 by going from night to morning, which was the plan anyways. Mono can just wait until the next day, if he wants, otherwise we are waiting on him and cops, and fire, provided they're not done yet. I assume you and Darcs have wrapped things up for day 1?

@Aeonumbra

I was just going to wait until the next day unless someone else wanted to do something that affected Vladimira. And um, I'm a she, remember?

Alright. So we just move on once Alex and Miss Russia, & Lunchbox are done with their stuff?

@kapuchu

????????????????????? Miss Russia isn't what I'd call Vladimira.

[Callthecops]

So the last time we hear from Sydney and Jackson is when they're stalking the princess? That isn't suspicious or anything, I'm sure nothing happened to them...

@Darcs

I'm sure it was an... Accident... Also, Darcs and I are currently doing a collab between Bento and Lucy. Should be great. We're doing coke.

[Syben]

Sorry @Monochromatic Rainbow I forgot. My aplogies again. Waiting until the next morning is fine. I wanted Alex to interact with someone, but I have to be away for six days, and wont have time to collab when I get back, for six more days or so. Unless done through pm, I can use my phone, and format it later. Also Mahz is working on getting an onsite etherpad set up. So excited for that.

[Antediluvixen]

Sorry @Monochromatic Rainbow I forgot. My aplogies again. Waiting until the next morning is fine. I wanted Alex to interact with someone, but I have to be away for six days, and wont have time to collab when I get back, for six more days or so. Unless done through pm, I can use my phone, and format it later. Also Mahz is working on getting an onsite etherpad set up. So excited for that.

@Aeonumbra

No harm done. I'd offer to collab but I'm not really sure when I'd be on to facilitate that. I did consider writing Vladimira wandering through the block that Alex burned out.

[Syben]

You can interact character events as you wish miss mono. I have a sneaking suspicion that octavia's childhood friend Cassie was taken from my post before he did the background. If so, cool little tidbit, otherwise happy coicidence :)

[Antediluvixen]

You can interact character events as you wish miss mono. I have a sneaking suspicion that octavia's childhood friend Cassie was taken from my post before he did the background. If so, cool little tidbit, otherwise happy coicidence :)

@Aeonumbra

Mmm, true. If you want to do some collab thing with Vladimira and one of your character or something, I'd be up for that; it'd be fun.

[Darcs]

Duuuuuuude, Octavia's gonna be pissed if that was the same Cass. Will we get a fight??? It'd pretty much be Azula v. Zuko. Also fuck Jake, what an asshole. EDIT: I was writing a little for Tas, and I got the idea that maybe Aqueon society is heavily influenced by religion? Not just one old world religion, either. But like, a corrupted creole of a bunch of Pacific/Asian religions. Specifically; Shenism, Taoism, Shintoism, Tengrisim, Japanese Buddhism, and maybe even a little Hinduism and Confucianism? With each city having a slightly different tradition and interpretation of the super-religion based on which region Old World they're descended from. Tas, I was thinking, would be more Vietnamese, and the River Dragon Triad would be heavily religiously influenced.

[Syben]

<Snipped quote by Aeonumbra> Mmm, true. If you want to do some collab thing with Vladimira and one of your character or something, I'd be up for that; it'd be fun.

@Monochromatic Rainbow

would you like to start? We can do it over pm, and it should also be during day 2 because its going to take me a bit to do on my phone, so we should be ready for when we all move on.

Duuuuuuude, Octavia's gonna be pissed if that was the same Cass. Will we get a fight??? It'd pretty much be Azula v. Zuko. Also fuck Jake, what an asshole. EDIT: I was writing a little for Tas, and I got the idea that maybe Aqueon society is heavily influenced by religion? Not just one old world religion, either. But like, a corrupted creole of a bunch of Pacific/Asian religions. Specifically; Shenism, Taoism, Shintoism, Tengrisim, Japanese Buddhism, and maybe even a little Hinduism and Confucianism? With each city having a slightly different tradition and interpretation of the super-religion based on which region Old World they're descended from. Tas, I was thinking, would be more Vietnamese, and the River Dragon Triad would be heavily religiously influenced.

@Darcs

In regards to Cass, that's how I felt haha, Kapu is a shifty one Haha. Also, honestly, I don't know much about asian influenced religion, so perhaps you could write me a post depicting aqeuean religeon, and the differences between them in regards of descent? I can add that to cities and towns, and if you have a specific religion for a specific town let me know.

[Antediluvixen]

<Snipped quote by Monochromatic Rainbow> would you like to start? We can do it over pm, and it should also be during day 2 because its going to take me a bit to do on my phone, so we should be ready for when we all move on. <Snipped quote by Darcs> In regards to Cass, that's how I felt haha, Kapu is a shifty one Haha. Also, honestly, I don't know much about asian influenced religion, so perhaps you could write me a post depicting aqeuean religeon, and the differences between them in regards of descent? I can add that to cities and towns, and if you have a specific religion for a specific town let me know.

@Aeonumbra

If you'd like, that'd be alright with me! I wouldn't be on for long, as I'll probably be heading off to bed in ~1/2 hour-45 minutes, but I could certainly start.

[kapuchu]

Umm... Cassie was just a name I threw in. I never had any intentions of it being the same as the one who became toast (without butter) :p

[Syben]

<Snipped quote by Aeonumbra> If you'd like, that'd be alright with me! I wouldn't be on for long, as I'll probably be heading off to bed in ~1/2 hour-45 minutes, but I could certainly start.

@Monochromatic Rainbow

Sounds good :)

[Syben]

Umm... Cassie was just a name I threw in. I never had any intentions of it being the same as the one who became toast (without butter) :p

@kapuchu

Happy coincidence then haha

[kapuchu]

Yep. Happy coincidence. Had Cassie not been toasted, and was just a friend of Alexandria's, I might've said yes, but Octavia is... well *points at "Like a Wildfire"* She's not going to take too kindly to Alex killing her, if accidentally. I don't want everything I do to be picking fights xD

[Darcs]

Shengriantō

After the Fall, what remained of the eastern pacific was, generally speaking, a confederation of wealthy individuals with a vague understanding of a religion that had been tertiary to them for most of their lives. Religion provides a certain comfort, and those who could afford to survive the end of the world as they knew it, spent a significant time returning to the religions of their homelands. The 30 years spent in the bunkers saw a rise in the reliance and understanding of those beliefs, and those who knew more; who preserved documents, who could recreate recall the proper rites and rituals, those who could teach it, or at least what an imperfect and privileged memory could tell of it. Basically, saw themselves emerging as leaders in the world of Dust. The bunkers in what is now the Aqueous region quickly formed tribes based on ethnic lines, splitting between the Korean north, the Central Asian south, and the Japanese central region. Over 300 years they became united over shared resources, negotiations, the rise of other nations, tradition, and, the cross pollination of their religions. Today, this religion is known as Shengriantō. Shengriantō is a fusion between the Old World religions of Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Tengrism, and Shinto with heavy ethical-sociopolitical teachings being derived from Confucianism and the ways of Ancient Japan. Founded officially in 2105, Shengriantō has a focus on maintaining honor, following the traditions of your bloodline and country, and ancestor worship. Shengriantō believes enlightenment can be achieved through particular the cultivation of an honorable life basically 'picking up from where your ancestors left off' and as such has a heavy emphasis on the importance of the family, both through blood and oath. This stance rests on the belief that human beings are teachable, improvable, and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor. From it's Buddhist parents, it derives that the ultimate goal is to reach transcendence, not by elevating oneself to the status of the gods (the kami, asura, and deva). But instead, by living in harmony with the gods, nature, and others you can achieve immortality for your consciousness (shen) practically, by going about a "right way of living." In Shengriantō, there is no morality and ethics separated into 'right' and 'wrong,' instead, there is what is honorable, and dishonorable. By living an honorable life, your shenachieves immortality through those you touch. In this life, while living honorably, we must also achieve feng shui with others (through shared traditions and oaths), with nature (through active rituals), and the gods, through worship-- One must only allign themselves with one group of the gods-- the kami (those gods who represent perseverance and creation) asura (those who represent power and destruction) and the deva (those who represent intelligence and rebirth). Asking for the favor of gods outside of your chosen pantheon is seen as one of the most dishonorable acts one can make, and while those who worship a pantheon that is not your own are not considered enemies, you are to consider those who share your own pantheon family. If a homeless man were to come to your home and ask for food and shelter, and he shared your pantheon, it would be considered as dishonorable as switching pantheons altogether. Breakdown by region:

• Northern Aqueons (descended from Old World Koreans) follow Shengriantō for it's ethical and philosophical virtue, and tend not to allign themselves with the gods
• Central Aqueons (descended from Old World Japanese) have waning or casual faith in Shengriantō and tend to worship the kami
• Southern Aqueons (descended from Old World Central Asias) practice Shengriantō rigourously and worship the asura and the deva

I was thinking of adding something about Orb worship, but I dunno, the Edenites prolly have that covered Edit: Also, Aqueous flag

Glorious Aqueous

[Syben]

Totally pm that to me please, will read it tomorrow when I wake up

[Syben]

When I get back I will be implementing a simple hollow class system (1-5) (man sized, truck sized, house sized, football field to town sized, and god help us hope I never feel the need to spawn a class 5)

[Syben]

class 1 - can be killed by standards, few guards, or an immortal. Class 2 - can be killed by many standards/guards or an immortal. Class 3 - a whole battalion of guards, with some vehicles, or two+ immortals. Class 4 - an army of guards, with vehicles, and heavy artillery, and they still will probably lose. 4+ Immortals are recomended. Class 5 - Another Class 5. These are just rough estimates. @Vandy gets credit, and a thank you for the idea.

[Antediluvixen]

It's like a giant eldritch Goliath vs an extremely well armed David. Only the really big Goliaths might require a couple more Davids.

[Vandy]

Lol, thank you thank you. *bow* Just wanted to say hi to everyone and let y'all know I could be joining pretty soon. Just gotta finish up some background stuff.