signups Anniversary Game 12/Anonymous Game 16: TYRIAN Falling

[Furamirionind They/Any/All]

3 hours ago, Mistfallen Soldier said:

Yah, the backstory is what’s important here, not what happens later

*side note, have yall ever read a book where the lore is better than the book itself?

Controversial opinion, LOTR. I feel strongly about this xD
Oh also WOT (more than LOTR). I've tried so many times to read them and books 1-5 feel like a slog and if that's a slog there's no way I'm making it through the actual slog... And have a bunch of issues about how they talk about women and it makes reading them really difficult... But the world and magic is super epic.

 

Edited December 30, 2025 by Furamirionind

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

8 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

So... no RPing the character you will be playing in the game? (If I even am playing in the game)

Because this is an anonymous game, that is correct. any characters that are RPi'ng in this thread will need to be shelved in some way once the game begins, and a new cast of characters will take over.

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

8 hours ago, Furamirionind said:

Controversial opinion, LOTR. I feel strongly about this xD
Oh also WOT (more than LOTR). I've tried so many times to read them and books 1-5 feel like a slog and if that's a slog there's no way I'm making it through the actual slog... And have a bunch of issues about how they talk about women and it makes reading them really difficult... But the world and magic is super epic.

 

Agreed

[Araris Valerian he/him]

12 hours ago, Mistfallen Soldier said:

*side note, have yall ever read a book where the lore is better than the book itself?

I think my interest in book-lore is fairly proportional to how much I enjoy the book. Pretty sure I haven’t ever looked into the lore of anything I didn’t really like reading. And reading into the lore also tends to make me appreciate the original book even more, so I also can’t say that going off and reading lore has ever caused me to think, “Hey, this is way more interesting than the original.” For example, I read Dune and didn’t really care for it, so I just didn’t go read into the lore at all.

I can see where WoT might feel this way to some people, since some of the characters aren’t written that well, and the scale of the plot tends to overshadow them. But LoTR has three of the best friendships in fantasy that I’ve ever read: Frodo and Sam, Merry and Pippin, and Legolas and Gimli. In my opinion no amount of lore can overcome a good friendship.

[Akimikoisthecutest]

Katoris sat in the captain's chair. It was rather comfortable. She decided that for the rest of the trip, she'd only sit in this chair. So she traded her stool from her room for the chair. 

Katoris settled back into the captain’s chair, feeling a deep, spiritual satisfaction. It wasn’t just about the padding—though the padding was world-class, the kind that made you feel like you were being hugged by a very wealthy cloud. It was about the trade.

 

See, the universe liked things to stay level. You couldn't just take a chair; that was thieving, and thieving was for people with no morals and bad hats. But trading? Trading was honest. She’d left her stool in its place, and that stool had character. It had a wobble that kept you on your toes, which was arguably more valuable than comfort if you were planning on being attacked by pirates.

 

Really, the ship’s owner had gotten the better end of the deal. They got "vigilance," and she got "lumbar support." She adjusted her seat, leaning her head back. She could feel the "Captain-ness" of the chair soaking into her through her coat. It was a heavy sort of feeling, like a good thick stew on a cold night.

 

"Right then," she muttered to the empty bridge, her voice taking on a husky, gravelly Importance. "Set a course for that big glowing bit over there. And someone bring me a snack. Something crunchy, but not so loud I can't hear myself being in charge." She frowned, looking at the empty console. It felt like something was missing. A captain shouldn't just have a chair; a captain needed a look. She eyed a nearby clipboard. It wasn't a hat, but if she balanced it right, it could be a very avant-garde visor. It was all about the "disguise" of the thing. If she sat here long enough, the ship wouldn't even remember she was Katoris. It would just think she was the part of the furniture that gave orders and occasionally raided the galley for pickled limes. That was the trick to life, really: finding the right chair to hide behind until everyone forgot you weren't supposed to be there.

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56 minutes ago, Araris Valerian said:

I think my interest in book-lore is fairly proportional to how much I enjoy the book. Pretty sure I haven’t ever looked into the lore of anything I didn’t really like reading. And reading into the lore also tends to make me appreciate the original book even more, so I also can’t say that going off and reading lore has ever caused me to think, “Hey, this is way more interesting than the original.” For example, I read Dune and didn’t really care for it, so I just didn’t go read into the lore at all.

I can see where WoT might feel this way to some people, since some of the characters aren’t written that well, and the scale of the plot tends to overshadow them. But LoTR has three of the best friendships in fantasy that I’ve ever read: Frodo and Sam, Merry and Pippin, and Legolas and Gimli. In my opinion no amount of lore can overcome a good friendship.

Yah that’s also fair like fura said one of my only problems with LOTR is the way Tolkien talks abt women but other than that I love it (I can’t read the simirilian tho I tried and the first page gave me a headache)  

[Myst He/Him]

On 12/29/2025 at 4:50 AM, Hoid Slayer said:

Jaime yelped, immediately bouncing backwards to avoid the collision. The new path resulted in him hitting the wall instead. His back banged against the metal as he rushed to stabilize himself with his arms, and the keys went flying, skittering to a stop inches before an open vent on the floor. The discrepancy caught Jaime’s attention for a second before he was snapped back to the situation at hand.

”Watch where you’re going!” Rusting Sparkers. “Wait… I know you…”

This gave me goosebumps and I don’t even know the lore

Nathaniel pulled himself up, extending a hand to Jamie, “Sorry, sorry, sorry, I didn’t see you” his eyes rested on the keys, “I was looking for you anyways, there’s movement in the engine rooms, I need the keys to get in there” 

“Speaking of which, has anyone else borrowed them from you recently?” 

[Ashbringer he/him]

On 12/29/2025 at 5:50 AM, Hoid Slayer said:

This gave me goosebumps and I don’t even know the lore

On 12/29/2025 at 6:21 AM, Honors Ghost said:

Jeez that’s terrifying

Thanks! There is... a lot of lore, both in many games played and some that's just been in my own head a while (read: what exactly is going on here). That tends to happen when an SE character is accidentally immortalized

[OoklaApologist She/her]

Hi guys!!

It’s pretty cool to be able to talk on an AN lol. I feel like a part of history 

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

15 hours ago, Mistfallen Soldier said:

Nathaniel pulled himself up, extending a hand to Jamie, “Sorry, sorry, sorry, I didn’t see you” his eyes rested on the keys, “I was looking for you anyways, there’s movement in the engine rooms, I need the keys to get in there” 

“Speaking of which, has anyone else borrowed them from you recently?” 

Jaime tensed. He opened his mouth, then hesitated. He was on break. The cafeteria lunch line was probably growing by the second… if he delayed any longer, there might be no beef lasagna left. He’s have to settle for chicken. The mere thought of it sent a shiver up his spine.

But no. The safety of the ship was of utmost priority. With an internal groan, knowing he would miss out on the best meal of the day, nay, the week, Jaime picked up the keys and turned to the stranger. He saw the man tense, and smiled, jingling the keys in his face.

”Let’s go.”

46 minutes ago, OoklaApologist said:

Hi guys!!

It’s pretty cool to be able to talk on an AN lol. I feel like a part of history 

POOOOLLYYYYYYY

We’ve missed you

12 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

Thanks! There is... a lot of lore, both in many games played and some that's just been in my own head a while (read: what exactly is going on here). That tends to happen when an SE character is accidentally immortalized

I would love to learn that lore

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

2 hours ago, OoklaApologist said:

Hi guys!!

It’s pretty cool to be able to talk on an AN lol. I feel like a part of history 

Polly's back!

But wait, it's an anonymous game, so we can't vote you out on purpose.

Jmes walked around the corner. Something was wrong. He could smell it.

He had a very nice nose, you know. It was just the right length, and slightly curvy, too. It was a beautiful nose. Mmmmmmmm.

But even his very attractive nose couldn't distract him from what he knew was coming.

[Furamirionind They/Any/All]

On 12/30/2025 at 9:53 AM, Araris Valerian said:

I think my interest in book-lore is fairly proportional to how much I enjoy the book. Pretty sure I haven’t ever looked into the lore of anything I didn’t really like reading. And reading into the lore also tends to make me appreciate the original book even more, so I also can’t say that going off and reading lore has ever caused me to think, “Hey, this is way more interesting than the original.” For example, I read Dune and didn’t really care for it, so I just didn’t go read into the lore at all.

I enjoyed Dune... but frankly I'm still really uninterested in it's lore xD idk why... But also the other books were way too much for me. lol

Edit: ig I didnt know how pages work... RP on page 2 lol

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Fura tossed and turned in her bunk. As the years went on, she slowly started remembering more and more of her past lives as she was told she would. She remembered a chase over rooftops and a painful spike removal. A few months later she started dreaming about being an obligator and just now she was having a dream of standing over her own body in the street and hearing police horns blaring. She watched as the crowd rushed to her body to check if she was an officer or rebel. She of course knew she was an officer. All the death and suffering scared her. Rather than staging a risky resistance, it was better to join the most powerful organization for protection. Once safe, she could do the work she needed from within to make the world... no, the Cosmere, a better place. After all, that's why she joined this ship. Getting more resources for Scadrial and... Wait, if she kept joining these organizations for safety, how come she kept dying? And why were the police horns getting louder rather than quieter?

Fura sat up, those were no police horns. It was an alarm! Noticing for the first time people walking around erratically on the ship, she tapped her Zinc metalmind, using it to shake off the grogginess and get her bearings. Luckily no one here had noticed the small spike protruding from her left shoulder that granted her that ability... the last time a group noticed it they weren't so friendly to her after that. 

Running towards the bridge, Fura was anxious to hear what the problem was when there was another lurch and the ship's engine stalled for a few seconds before picking up. She paused for a second, creating a list of the things that could have caused that. Either the pilot fell asleep again... or the ship was sabotaged. Right as she had that thought, a piece of metal siding fell right in front of her. That definitely shouldn't have happened. Ravo should be the engineer on shift at the moment best to check with him she thought as she ran towards the engines.

Edited January 1 by Furamirionind

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1 minute ago, Furamirionind said:

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I enjoyed Dune... but frankly I'm still really uninterested in it's lore xD idk why... But also the other books were way too much for me. lol

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Fura tossed and turned in her bunk. As the years went on, she slowly started remembering more and more of her past lives as she was told she would. She remembered a chase over rooftops and a painful spike removal. A few months later she started dreaming about being an obligator and just now she was having a dream of standing over her own body in the street and hearing police horns blaring. She watched as the crowd rushed to her body to check if she was an officer or rebel. She of course knew she was an officer. All the death and suffering scared her. Rather than staging a risky resistance, it was better to join the most powerful organization for protection. Once safe, she could do the work she needed from within to make the world... no, the Cosmere, a better place. After all, that's why she joined this ship. Getting more resources for Scadrial and... Wait, if she kept joining these organizations for safety, how come she kept dying? And why were the police horns getting louder rather than quieter?

Fura sat up, those were no police horns. It was an alarm! Noticing for the first time people walking around erratically on the ship, she tapped her Zinc metalmind, using it to shake off the grogginess and get her bearings. Luckily no one here had noticed the small spike protruding from her left shoulder that granted her that ability... the last time a group noticed it they weren't so friendly to her after that. 

Running towards the bridge, Fura was anxious to hear what the problem was when there was another lurch and the ship's engine stalled for a few seconds before picking up. She paused for a second, creating a list of the things that could have caused that. Either the pilot fell asleep again... or the ship was sabotaged. Right as she had that thought, a piece of metal siding fell right in front of her. That definitely shouldn't have happened. Ravo should be the engineer on shift at the moment best to check with him she thought as she ran towards the engines.

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Woah how’d ya do that

[Furamirionind They/Any/All]

1 minute ago, Honors Ghost said:

Woah how’d ya do that

On desktop button 3rd from the right is "page"

Spoiler

I thought that it just put in a line... I think that's what it used to be? but yeah the page thing is cool lol

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

Aw man mobile doesn’t have that

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

Jmes abandoned all pretense and took off running. He got some odd looks in the hallway, but it didn't matter anymore.

Nothing mattered unless he could get to the engine compartment.

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

big fan of the page thing

[Ashbringer he/him]

2 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Jmes abandoned all pretense and took off running. He got some odd looks in the hallway, but it didn't matter anymore.

Nothing mattered unless he could get to the engine compartment.

AraRaash shoved the thoughts of betrayal and strife to the corner of her mind. She didn't have too long before something slipped, before Faleast caught on her little game and did... whatever it was he'd done, again. Best to play his game, while she thought.

Ara watched as a line of breath ran through the corridors of the ship. Alarms. Urgency. The frenzy of motion. The best way to see how well those safety drills translate into practice. But that line was different. She'd watched the drills before, and that line, that individual, they weren't on the last list. They were headed to the engines that were no longer firing, or at least somewhere nearby. It could also just be someone who had missed the last couple drills, or onboarded recently, or flat out someone Ara had ignored as she played her little game. And regardless, it wasn't her job to report possible stowaways. It was her job to keep all the lights green, and undergo the massive changes in oxygen flow that would be needed soon when something inevitably exploded.

But, that hadn't happened yet. And one of the worst things Ara'd found while awaiting her doom was boredom.

She idly sketched out a small line into a special board she'd bought from a long place ago, making a sketch of a small spren. Its directions were written underneath, and the drawing scrambled to life and through a tiny gap in the prison she called home. The Life Support Deck, that was. Not the real prison. But that didn't matter.

With another hand, she started accessing the intercoms along the pathway of the running individual, keying them in one by one. With another, she grabbed a dusty microphone from an unused counter.

"Where are... you running... off to... stranger?"

 

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On 12/31/2025 at 7:26 AM, Hoid Slayer said:

I would love to learn that lore

Whoo boy, how do I summarize this...

The original first game I played here, I created a fairly one-note character named Faleast who was obsessed with the Kandra of that game. He was immediately secretly eaten by that Kandra, turning him into a Shadow tied to the kandra (AraRaash) and me into a SK role with... very little chance to actually win. It was a blast, and somehow I made it out alive without winning, and Faleast and AraRaash have been my main RP characters since.

Mostly they go around collecting bits and pieces from the worlds of each game (including one featured here), until they somehow managed to steal several Shards or other powerful things from a game I was running because they weren't grabbed by players. Since then, I've been a bit too IRL busy to make many game appearances, and Faleast and AraRaash... well, they may have bit off more than they could chew. (Which I haven't explained much of... I've been thinking about writing up how they got to this point, but as noted I've been kinda busy. TLDR, AraRaash is not having a good time )

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Hello everyone. Currently, the Rioter says the following:

On 12/28/2025 at 9:37 AM, The Unknown Ookla said:

 Rioter: Each Day turn, the Rioter may change who a player is voting for. If they succeed, the Rioter’s vote is not counted.

Is anyone opposed to us changing it to this?

On 12/28/2025 at 9:37 AM, The Unknown Ookla said:

 Rioter: Each Day turn, the Rioter may change who a player is voting for. Regardless of success, the Rioter’s vote is not counted.

I'm having a really hard time automating the Rioter right now because of that success checker.

 

I'm also having a hard time automating RNG, so if you are certain you are not going to play this game, you should come join us in the Spectator doc, where you can bribe me with actual earth money to make this hellish spreadsheet even more user-friendly and developer difficult.
(For Liability reasons, I must express that this is a joke)

EDIT: Also we currently have 18 players and 4 Pinch Hitters

Edited January 1 by A Jo in the Bush

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

3 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

"Where are... you running... off to... stranger?"

Jmes froze. Was that voice talking to him?

He pointed to himself. "M-me?" He knew that he was wasting time. He needed to get to the engine control room!

"Running? What does that mean?" Smooth. Smooth as the skin on his nose. He took off running again.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

3 hours ago, A Jo in the Bush said:

Hello everyone. Currently, the Rioter says the following:

Is anyone opposed to us changing it to this?

I'm having a really hard time automating the Rioter right now because of that success checker.

 

I'm also having a hard time automating RNG, so if you are certain you are not going to play this game, you should come join us in the Spectator doc, where you can bribe me with actual earth money to make this hellish spreadsheet even more user-friendly and developer difficult.
(For Liability reasons, I must express that this is a joke)

EDIT: Also we currently have 18 players and 4 Pinch Hitters

Yeah that would be cooler

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Oooo multiple pages??? (ooo)

(also i wanna help on the spreadsheeeeeeet) (i love spreadsheets im gonna be a data scientist when i grow up)

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

4 hours ago, A Jo in the Bush said:

Hello everyone. Currently, the Rioter says the following:

Is anyone opposed to us changing it to this?

I'm having a really hard time automating the Rioter right now because of that success checker.

 

I'm also having a hard time automating RNG, so if you are certain you are not going to play this game, you should come join us in the Spectator doc, where you can bribe me with actual earth money to make this hellish spreadsheet even more user-friendly and developer difficult.
(For Liability reasons, I must express that this is a joke)

EDIT: Also we currently have 18 players and 4 Pinch Hitters

I’ve got no problem with the change

[Ashbringer he/him]

4 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Jmes froze. Was that voice talking to him?

He pointed to himself. "M-me?" He knew that he was wasting time. He needed to get to the engine control room!

"Running? What does that mean?" Smooth. Smooth as the skin on his nose. He took off running again.

Ara gritted her teeth as the signal stopped, then began running again. This was an intercom, not a two-way communicator, which meant she had to listen the hard way - by listening to everything. Which was, of course, impossible, but impossibilities were her and Faleast's specialty. At least, they used to be.

She tapped into one of the few powers she could carry with her wherever they went, the capability of sense. Something she'd won through blood, and used through bile. Tin magnified a hundred thousand times over. Despite all the experience - all the countless, forced experience - this was something she was bad at. With it, she could hear everything happening in the ship. Engines, conversations, explosions - not yet - and countless else. She could hear it all. Deciphering it without going mad was another story.

Well, she may very well be mad already. Faleast certainly was. Make him do it.

"Do you mind?" she whispered, aloud this time, pointing at the light. 

"He said, 'Me? Running? What does that mean?' " Faleast's voice whispered inside her skull. Storming steel, she did miss working together. As one Twinmind. But this would do. Let him pretend. He'd gotten good at it.

But AraRaash was born for it.

"Hmm. Get his responses, I'll see if I can get him on an actual comm," she said, pinging up the next few locations before sending the intercom to the running one. Still multiple intercoms, in multiple rooms.

"Running means... not walking... moving fast... with purpose. Mine is... too keep... the ship breathing... What... is yours?"

Then, just for good measure, she queued in a command to shut a door a hundred or so feet ahead. That could get her in trouble with the Captain, if those other lights were people coming in. Some people had good reason to head to the engine room in an emergency, after all. Many of them in a hurry.

But, eh, she'd gotten in trouble with captains before. The cold vacuum of space might be nice this time of year.

[The WorldHopper Taynix He/Him]

On 12/30/2025 at 7:59 AM, A Jo in the Bush said:

Sign-ups end and the Game begins at 9 AM Central/7 AM Pacific/15 GMT on Sunday the 4th of January. 

It will be early morning so If I'm not their apologies

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

6 hours ago, The WorldHopper Taynix said:

It will be early morning so If I'm not their apologies

*stares blankly*

Have you read the rules?