Beginning - Starlit Sky
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A cat that writes stories.
The space between worlds, shapeless and unknowable, has many names. The Astral Plane. Spirits' Edge. The Dream Lands.
It is no physical location. One cannot simply walk there. It is the place where souls from different worlds may meet, whether living or dead. And when they do, the skin of the world ripples, flows, and takes an appearance they can understand. Most often, a quiet crossroads lit by alien stars.
Spirits drawn here are not trapped, but may return to their bodies at any time. Until then, they have the opportunity to speak with souls from other worlds, to relax... and to play Truth or Dare.
Welcome to the Spirit Nexus, a dreamlike space that lies at the crossroads between worlds! Here, your characters can appear and linger for as long as you want. All they have to do to leave is answer any of the given Truths or perform any of the given Dares within the Whispering Pillar; after that, they can return to their world immediately (if you want!) or linger behind to comment or interact with other characters within the nexus.
It seems that a mysterious being is using this space as a means to learn about other worlds…
This is meant to be a low-stakes semi-freeform roleplay where characters are free to come and go as they want, letting players test a variety of characters if they like and getting used to their voice and how they would react to situations outside their home world. In other words, it’s for character development and fun! Feel free to use it as a case study to determine who you’d like to bring to a longer RP, or just enjoy the ride.
For consistency, write all scenes in third person, past tense, standard English prose. No first person, no present tense, no script chat; write as if you are co-writing a story with no single protagonist.
Characters can answer any of the available Truths or Dares that have been posted in the thread thus far, not just the one from the last poster. Feel free to direct a specific truth or dare at another character in particular, but keep in mind that anyone can respond to them. The Whispering Pillar will ‘remember’ all requests for a period of time, which is how the requests can linger in the nexus even if the character who created the prompt has left.
The Whispering Pillar can change its appearance, the environment, and create relevant objects to the convenience of the writer. This is for convenience, and so the dares are not limited by physics or practicality.
In the Spirit Nexus, it is impossible to die, and all injuries are temporary. Anything that happens here stays here, which means that situations that might ordinarily be risky or dangerous back home can be a lot more lighthearted here (most relevant for the ‘dare’ side of things, naturally.) How long the injuries last is up to the writer.
Excessively cruel entries are discouraged, though if you arrange with another participant for them to do a specific dare that may go against this rule, feel free. If both the giving and receiving party of a command are fine with it, there’s no problem.
You can only bring one character at a time, but feel free to cycle through them as you like.
Keep all commands ‘Teen’ or below. Excess violence or mature content isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, so it’s best to keep the tone as broad-appeal as possible. All fanfiction and roleplaying rules still apply.
Side-interactions between characters that decided to linger in the Spirit Nexus are fine, as long as they do not interfere with the ongoing truth or dare.
And finally…
Always end your ToD posts with new commands, like so:
Please ask myself or @Chibi Pika if you have any questions! Or if neither of us are available, I'm sure any members of staff would be glad to help you.
Lurosa opened her eyes. She no longer saw her laboratory at Sol Campus. She saw a sea of stars, with no constellations she could recognise, shining gently down on a dark plain that extended to the horizon. She glanced over her shoulder; the plain extended behind her as well. She could see nothing of note but her own twin-tipped espeon tail.
Fascinating.
She took a step forward, and the featureless ground rippled beneath her paw to take the form of paved stone. She walked forward, and a path of flagstones extended before her. She looked ahead, and saw no destinations, no structures, no living things.
"Am I dead?" she asked herself, aloud. It wouldn't be the first time a experiment at Psion College had killed her, but something told her she was not permanently dead just yet.
"Where am I," she called, "and is anyone else here?"
What was this place?
It is no physical location. One cannot simply walk there. It is the place where souls from different worlds may meet, whether living or dead. And when they do, the skin of the world ripples, flows, and takes an appearance they can understand. Most often, a quiet crossroads lit by alien stars.
Spirits drawn here are not trapped, but may return to their bodies at any time. Until then, they have the opportunity to speak with souls from other worlds, to relax... and to play Truth or Dare.
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Welcome to the Spirit Nexus, a dreamlike space that lies at the crossroads between worlds! Here, your characters can appear and linger for as long as you want. All they have to do to leave is answer any of the given Truths or perform any of the given Dares within the Whispering Pillar; after that, they can return to their world immediately (if you want!) or linger behind to comment or interact with other characters within the nexus.
It seems that a mysterious being is using this space as a means to learn about other worlds…
This is meant to be a low-stakes semi-freeform roleplay where characters are free to come and go as they want, letting players test a variety of characters if they like and getting used to their voice and how they would react to situations outside their home world. In other words, it’s for character development and fun! Feel free to use it as a case study to determine who you’d like to bring to a longer RP, or just enjoy the ride.
For consistency, write all scenes in third person, past tense, standard English prose. No first person, no present tense, no script chat; write as if you are co-writing a story with no single protagonist.
Characters can answer any of the available Truths or Dares that have been posted in the thread thus far, not just the one from the last poster. Feel free to direct a specific truth or dare at another character in particular, but keep in mind that anyone can respond to them. The Whispering Pillar will ‘remember’ all requests for a period of time, which is how the requests can linger in the nexus even if the character who created the prompt has left.
The Whispering Pillar can change its appearance, the environment, and create relevant objects to the convenience of the writer. This is for convenience, and so the dares are not limited by physics or practicality.
In the Spirit Nexus, it is impossible to die, and all injuries are temporary. Anything that happens here stays here, which means that situations that might ordinarily be risky or dangerous back home can be a lot more lighthearted here (most relevant for the ‘dare’ side of things, naturally.) How long the injuries last is up to the writer.
Excessively cruel entries are discouraged, though if you arrange with another participant for them to do a specific dare that may go against this rule, feel free. If both the giving and receiving party of a command are fine with it, there’s no problem.
You can only bring one character at a time, but feel free to cycle through them as you like.
Keep all commands ‘Teen’ or below. Excess violence or mature content isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, so it’s best to keep the tone as broad-appeal as possible. All fanfiction and roleplaying rules still apply.
Side-interactions between characters that decided to linger in the Spirit Nexus are fine, as long as they do not interfere with the ongoing truth or dare.
And finally…
Always end your ToD posts with new commands, like so:
Please ask myself or @Chibi Pika if you have any questions! Or if neither of us are available, I'm sure any members of staff would be glad to help you.
<><><>
Lurosa opened her eyes. She no longer saw her laboratory at Sol Campus. She saw a sea of stars, with no constellations she could recognise, shining gently down on a dark plain that extended to the horizon. She glanced over her shoulder; the plain extended behind her as well. She could see nothing of note but her own twin-tipped espeon tail.
Fascinating.
She took a step forward, and the featureless ground rippled beneath her paw to take the form of paved stone. She walked forward, and a path of flagstones extended before her. She looked ahead, and saw no destinations, no structures, no living things.
"Am I dead?" she asked herself, aloud. It wouldn't be the first time a experiment at Psion College had killed her, but something told her she was not permanently dead just yet.
"Where am I," she called, "and is anyone else here?"
What was this place?
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