Imaginary Island OOC

Good evening, adventurers!

The results of your vote are in! About 83% of you voted to continue the finale in early January. Next week, we will give you a timeline of what to expect in January, so we can all be best prepared for it.

Here is a screen shot of the results:



We'd like to thank you again for your continued patience and interest in the story we're trying to tell. We don't want to overdo it, but we're still pretty sorry about November, and we're really happy you've stuck with us. We'll be working hard to make sure this finale runs as smoothly as possible, and that you are given many opportunities to shape your last adventure.

In preparation for the finale, we'd like to give you the holiday break's time to do some character homework! If you were here for Wonderland, you may be familiar with the format; we're just asking you a few questions about your characters' bonds in and out of the universe.

This homework isn't completely required, but having your input would be much appreciated!

Character Name:
Canon:

Bonds---

Home: Describe in a short paragraph a strong bond your character has with someone from their own world, and how that bond helped your character develop.

Balance: Describe in a short paragraph OR link a thread showing a bond between your character and someone else in their time in Balance, from their homeworld or otherwise. Add a sentence or two about how your character was changed by this bond.

NPC: Optional! However, if your character has had a meaningful interaction with an NPC, detail it here! These can be named NPCs from NPC threads OR from RNG threads.

Core strength: After your character's time in balance, what do you think is their core strength?

Core flaw: What is your character's biggest weakness?

Fear: What one thing/person is your character most afraid to lose?

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Canon:</b> Bonds--- <b>Home:</b> Describe in a short paragraph a strong bond your character has with someone from their own world, and how that bond helped your character develop. <b>Balance:</b> Describe in a short paragraph OR link a thread showing a bond between your character and someone else in their time in Balance, from their homeworld or otherwise. Add a sentence or two about how your character was changed by this bond. <b>NPC:</b> Optional! However, if your character has had a meaningful interaction with an NPC, detail it here! These can be named NPCs from NPC threads OR from RNG threads. <b>Core strength:</b> After your character's time in balance, what do you think is their core strength? <b>Core flaw:</b> What is your character's biggest weakness? <b>Fear:</b> What one thing/person is your character most afraid to lose?

With our CTA and wrap-up log posted, we wanted to check in and thank everyone for your patience. To not mince words, it's been a rough time for everyone. With the holidays coming up and December usually being a time of low activity, we wanted to check in with everyone regarding the finale of the game.

Specifically, we wanted to check in about the timing.

We've estimated the remaining time for the game and we're looking at (optimistically) another three to four weeks, with one plot-related happening (like network post, log top level) per week. However, that places a lot of planning and event time over the big holidays.

Would it be better to pause, giving everyone the time to focus on the end of the year and play out what they want on the CTA and wrap-up log in the meantime, or to continue after the CTA and wrap-up log is posted on the three to four week schedule?

It's also probably obvious to everyone that it's been a busy time for us at the mod team, considering the length of time between responses. Whatever is decided we can work with it, but it's difficult to promise a quick turnaround.

Thanks everyone for looking over this and please make sure to give your thoughts on the poll. Let's strive to make the end of this Adventure amazing!

Hello, adventurers! Just a small (or maybe more like medium-sized) status update from your mod team. (Preemptively: don't worry, we're not shutting everything down.)

As you may have noticed, we've been struggling with some slowdown on our end for some time. We've tried to keep you all updated when things need to be delayed, but we realize there have been times that we haven't done this, as well as times that we haven't been adequately transparent about the causes for the delays. We apologize for that.

That is in part due to the situation in the world, particularly in the United States. It goes without saying that everyone is struggling right now. You've all been very patient with us, and every one of your navigators appreciates that deeply. But we really should say it outright: we've been having a very rough time.

This project has been a lot more logistical and emotional work than we anticipated when we started. And though we expected to encounter difficulties that we couldn't have predicted and had plenty of energy to tackle those in the beginning, it's become increasingly more difficult as the situation in the world has continued and each of us has had personal issues come up in turn. None of us are operating at 100% right now, despite our best efforts. Additionally, navigators Kat and Skull have departed the team; we thank them for their contributions up until now!

Point is, times are tough, and we wanted to be honest about the fact that we're not in a great place. And depending on the outcome of the U.S. election--the elephant in the room, as we all know--it could get a lot worse.

However, we do still plan to run Imaginary Island to completion. We sincerely love this project and we love all of you, and we still really, really want to give you guys an ending you can enjoy. We just wanted to give you guys a heads up that we're likely to continue suffering from some slowdown--mainly on large things like info posts/logs and the CTA results, which require the most energy and availability from the team. We'll do our best to communicate our progress, as well as changes to any stated deadlines. That said, we hope to have CTA results out in the next day or so, and the next log shortly thereafter!

We can't thank you enough for your patience, understanding, and engagement so far. We know you guys have been struggling, as well, and it means a lot that you've stuck it out with us despite everything. Please take care of yourselves. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us on the Mod Contact post or the FAQ--or even on this post, if you'd like.

Hello Explorers!

You've completed your first month of investigation and uncovered quite a few clues! However, there's still a bit more to solve before you've solved the mystery of the island. Let's go over what we've learned together, catch up, and get to that relic!

Remember, sharing this information among characters ICly could lead to more clues being solved or pathways opening up... not to mention more gacha gameplay rewards!

During the next AC period, if you link a thread where your character is communicating plot-relevant information to another or other characters, you can collect up to 2 gameplay gacha coins! There is no required minimum number of comments to collect these threads; as long as you have presented information your character has learned or have posed a speculation, you may collect your coin.

By the way, you can read more in depth about this information on our players doc thanks to your navigator Anne.


KNOWLEDGE FROM NPCs

ANGUS: A couple of interesting things have been revealed to— and about— Angus recently. The first being: there is definitely someone trying to get in contact with Angus and the other reclaimers. The second being: somehow, some way, Angus was involved in getting the Reclaimers to this island. A strange voice claimed that Angus helped give the Reclaimers more time as the Hunger advanced. Christine helped Angus to recall that he'd had some suspicions about the director during Candlenights, and hypothesized that Director Lucretia might be in those murals— and perhaps Angus himself is as well!

Was Angus right to suspect that perhaps the Director wasn't telling the Reclaimers everything? And what exactly happened to the director when Angus went to see her? If those pictures in the ruins are really her, could they give a hint to the Director's fate?

MARINERO & LOLA: The old bat has told Clear and Christine quite a bit about the magic of dancing and a school of magic beyond those known in Faerun. With Lola's help, at least one of our dance teams has learned the magic dance that may just purge the dangerous Cursed creatures from the island. But just what lies beyond that foggy field? What are the Cursed that you're purging, anyway? And for that matter-- just how are all the dancers going to get past that wall itself?

K.V.: Folks have learned just how capable these islanders are at enhancing normal magitech! Could new toys, weapons, and other things be in the future? K.V. seems to have the low-down on these and the powerful magitech beasts roaming the coliseum area.

Church also asked K.V. if the Cursed were once people-- something K.V. never considered, but assured Church they just couldn't be. SO that's that.... right?

NIELY: Rose discovered that the rapping puppy seems to have a curious fish friend with them! "Mango", "The Hammer"... just what will this fish call himself next?

THE UMBRELLA: Sans heard not one but two heartbeats within the umbrella, and McCree & Wash were both able to see some mysterious memories that don't quite match up with each other! What could this mean? And for that matter, is this umbrella any help at all, anyway?!

OF MONSTERS AND MOUNTAINS:

UNGLITCH: Glitch fixing efforts have gone quite interestingly, ranging from making glitches worse to hacking things back into place. It'd seem that bandaging the problem doesn't prove quite as successful as other methods... but don't give up! What other magics do these glitches seem to respond to?


DEEP FOGGY FOREST: It looks like this place is home to a frightening face-stealing creature! Papyrus's aggression landed him with a flat skull; can a Reclaimer truly take this monster on, or is there another path through the dark?

Soon after Papyrus's discovery, Maya spoke to the trees and got quite the mouthful in return. The trees explained that the forest seems to be poisoned and their guardian spirit is lost and sick- but another distinct voice came from the ether to ask the benefits of fighting versus healing.

CRYSTAL LAGOON: There's something dangerous here, too! Something so dangerous, a voice had to fix it? Something that even the umbrella would whisk Mira away from? The Caverns of Memory, which the Umbrella revealed to McCree can also be accessed under Miso Fou's Bar, also connect into this lagoon. What could be hiding here, and why is that doppleganger so scary?

Out here Wash has discovered some important memories of that seem to be from the director herself, including a memory that corroborates one of Angus's suspicions; Angus definitely confronted the director that last night of Candlenights.

THE VOLCANO: One intrepid explorer, Mira, was able to uncover an entrance to the volcano through the Crystal Lagoon! However, the Umbrella seemed to discourage Mira from exploring further. Just how dangerous is this volcano? What could it be hiding?

As a result of your investigations, you have unlocked three new locations: Volcano Island, the Crystal Maze, and the Caverns of Memory.

Keep up the good work, explorers!

We're hoping to complete this mission within the next weeks, move on to the interlude at the beginning of October, and should complete endgame before November hits! Thank you so much for going on this journey with us, and we hope you'll enjoy what we have planned.

Would you like to have a plurk to connect to each other for team rolls? Let us know if you're interested and we'll set up a plurk to make connections! Remember, investigating with your fellow reclaimers can make it easier to find new clues!

Once again, you can access all this information and more on our player document.

Hello everyone! My name is Mich and I was in Balance previously! I am a little late to the game but after thinking it over and missing the cast I decided to hop back in for the game’s conclusion! Thanks for the big welcome! And I figured that since I am so late to the party that I would make my own OOC post for all of this. I’m looking forward to threading with you all! Feel free to add me on plurk if needed or find me on discord!

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So! A lot of characters don't have memories. Some are getting them back. It's a wild, hilarious time. :D

This is a post to establish memory loss/regain and how you want to go about it! How much does your character remember? How fast do you want them to recover their memories? Do you have specific plans for their recovery, or are you good to roll with whatever?

This doesn't replace individual planning/conversation for interactions; it's just a nice reference if you want to provide one!

( Hail & Well Met! )

Hello and welcome to the official Caleb Cleveland & the Imaginary Island Q&A/Interest Check! This is the place to ask your burning questions and let us know if you're interested in joining!

Please check out our Premise and FAQ before diving in! No questions are too small to ask. If you have any queries that you'd prefer to ask in private, our Mod Contact is always open. We'll be answering all questions on this page that are submitted by Monday, March 9 at 11:59 PM EST. After that point, please direct all questions to the FAQ itself.

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