Applying for this roleplay comes in two stages—first, fill out the provided sheet and post it in the OOC thread for the GMs to look at. Once you’ve done that, feel free to come and mingle in the aforementioned Discord with other applicants, and maybe bounce ideas off one another. The cut-off point for applications will be in a week, when Salsa Verde and I ask that people stop editing sheets and we will discuss who gets accepted. The final list will come in an announcement post in the OOC, at which point things move back to Discord for the ‘talking’ stage. Here we’ll discuss character relations, significant events in the group's history and prepare to start the IC. To those that don’t get accepted—there will be a grace period when the IC starts, during which if a player has to drop out of any reason, we’ll bring somebody else in.
I want the unfolding of this roleplay’s plot to be structured like that of a TV show—seasons comprised of eight to ten episodes, season-spanning arcs and episode-contained sub-plots, with every couple posts being scenes that add up to make the episodes. (Background-wise, you can consider Oblivion the series I’ve been tweaking for years to try and get it picked up.) There are specific story beats I have mapped out already, but the overall version of the plot is ever-evolving and will absolutely change depending on player input and certain elements that will spawn naturally from writers’ chemistry and discussion behind-the-scenes. Think of it as every player being executive producers of the ‘show’, and the GMs being showrunners. Don’t feel like you have to ‘get it’ right away—I will present the content how I want it to be presented, and you can pick it up along the way. Players have the creativity and freedom to control their character’s soundtrack, development, sub-plots and side characters.
In terms of posting schedule, I want to leave things flexible, but would prefer weekly posts. If two weeks pass since your last post, I’ll be getting in touch to see where we’re at and if we can meet in the middle someplace; write around your character for a bit until things are more stable. As far as pace goes, specifically the pace of the story, there’ll be a period of testing things out once the IC starts. The goal is to get enough information about players’ chemistry and investment, as well as generally how long before the energy of a specific scene starts to fade, to be able to say ‘okay, after every 3 pages of posts we move onto the next act’.