FAQ

[rekindlemods]

	F.A.Q.

	Pertaining to Applications... What kinds of characters are allowed in this game? Canon characters are allowed, as are AUs, Original characters from original universes and game transplants. Game transplants count as an AU version of a character. Only fandom OCs from tabletop games and MMOs are accepted at this time. Any being from mythology that isn't fictionalized (like Greek Mythos!Zeus verses Disney's Hercules!Zeus) are not allowed. Is there a character age limit in Rekindle? Actually, no, there isn't! We allow young and old into our city (though you may be pushing it a little with infants). After all, Elicia Hughes can hug people just as well as Gandalf the White! What are your rules regarding newer canons? Please wait until six weeks after the canon has an English language release, or until a reliable translation becomes available (as in the case of anime, manga, or video games unlikely to see an offical English language release). This also applies to canon updates for characters currently in the game based on new material. Are challenge apps allowed? At this time, we do not allow challenge applications. Are canon updates allowed? They are! To canon update your character, simply submit the canon update form on the canon update page. Canon updates are available at any time - you don’t have to wait for an app cycle or anything like that, just mod approval. Once approved, your character will vanish from the city - though their possessions will stay in their rooms - for a period of three days before they return, fully canon updated. What happens ICly when characters drop/are re-apped? When re-apped by the same player, the player gets the choice to either have the character recall past memories of Saeng Seong. Characters who are apped in by another player than the previous, however, do not retain memories of discussions and interaction between themselves and those in the city. Players can also elect to have their character forget if they should wish to start anew as well. How many characters am I allowed to play at once? We allow a maximum of five characters per player at this time. Eventually we may initiate an application for extra slots, but we’ll announce that when it becomes available. How many characters can I app within one application cycle? You are allowed to apply for a maximum of two characters per app cycle. How many duplicates (OU and AU) are allowed per character? The current cap for individual characters is two. This means one OU slot and one AU slot are available for each character at the present time. How many characters are allowed per series? The current cast cap for a canon is 15 characters. What if my character is from one series' canon but is also featured in another canon? Characters who are from one canon and featured in another (ie. Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII and Cloud from Kingdom Hearts) are treated as different characters and the OU of their individual canons. However instances like these are sometimes difficult to judge so if you have a question on this, feel free to ask us here or get in contact with us. What about a canon that has multiple renditions of our characters? Are we allowed to app from any or all of them? Unfortunately we are only going to allow three separate Original Canon universes at a time. This means that, for example, there could only be three OU Links from Legend of Zelda at a specific time, or six including AUs, though this may subject to change at a later time (Song of Time probably won't speed this up). What about HMDs? We require players to have at least a player HMD entry. However, individual entries for each character are preferred. How long do thread interactions and third person samples have to be? For threads we require ten comments from the character. As for third person samples, we suggest two full paragraphs at minimum, though more is greatly encouraged. My character isn’t human. Will they be forced to become human upon entering this game? Characters are allowed to remain in their normal form (robots can stay robots, ponies can remain ponies), with the exception that overlarge characters will be shrunk to about ten feet in height. However if you wish for your character to become humanized, you are allowed to do so. There is one exception to this rule, and that is that any incorporeal characters will be given a physical form. My character is dead at this canon point/my character is undead/something else. Characters who were dead prior to arriving in-game will be subject to similar effects to those who have died while in-game: the stabilizing effect of physical contact is half as powerful as normal for about a week. Those who are undead remain so. The city treats them the same as any other character. Do our characters keep their powers? Characters keep all their powers, unless otherwise noted by a mod. However, character powers can become unstable as one of the symptoms of touch-withdrawal; this means that their powers would sometimes work incorrectly and sometimes fail to work at all. What can my character bring with them to the game? Characters arrive in the city with whatever they were carrying at the time, unless it is an unusually large object (for example, a character who was riding a motorcycle wouldn’t be able to bring the motorcycle). Characters are allowed to bring larger forms of hammerspace inventory (such as a bag of holding, or a sylladex from Homestuck). There may be future opportunities to regain further items. My characters has some unusual requirement (blood diet for a vampire, medication, etc). How do they meet this need? Characters with special needs can go to the city’s medical center. At the medical center, they will receive enough quantity of whatever medication or misc. special supplies that they need for a week from NPCs. Weekly visits will be required, possibly longer if the character chooses to conserve/spread out their supplies. Meanwhile, for characters who are suffering from a chronic/incurable conditions (such as cancer, or Luke’s fonon separation in Tales of the Abyss), players have the option of either freezing the condition or allowing it to progress. Network Information How does the network work? Characters can access the network at stationary terminals and portable devices resembling a micro-thin handheld tablet. The terminals resemble phone booths, and can be often found on street corners. There are also a number of them in the communal areas of the character apartment buildings; these tend to be a bit more private than the ones out on the streets. These terminals are all touch-screens, and are usually angled vertically (so they’re basically computer screens attached to a wall). There are no portable network devices given to characters when they first arrive. However, a pre-existing portable device brought in with a character can be configured for network use, or a portable device like those described above can be purchased in-game at any electronics store within the 3rd District. If you need a device modified for network-use, see Devin. What are the network options? The network has video, audio, still-shot camera, and text options. The default option is video. Can network posts be anonymous? How are character names displayed? By default, characters have their name displayed alongside their network posts, with an option to change their displayed name in settings. There’s also an anonymous function, which can only be used for text and still images. Can network posts be locked to a single character or group of my character's friends? Actually, they can be locked to either a single person or group! However the strength of that lock is dependent on the characters who create and respond to it and may be hacked by those with technical know-how. My character is blind/has no hands/otherwise can’t use standard network. How do we get around this? All terminals have a voice option that can be enabled vocally. Characters who need other forms of assistance can find Devin in the Welcome Center when he is not out in the field. How can characters contact NPCs? All major NPCs have mailboxes on the network, just like the characters. Devin and Victor are the administrators of the network - any bug report submitted through the network is sent directly to them. Wait, characters have mailboxes? Yes, they do. As a little gift on what the guests call "Christmas" of 2013, Devin and other tech-savvy characters (PC and NPCs alike) finished the necessary work to expand the network for private calls to one individual character. You may create an entry in your journal for this, and please have it linked on your character's profile for easy access. My character has a computer/computer-like device with them. Can this device access the network? Characters who want to get their devices connected to the network can do so by talking to Devin, who handles all of the individual terminals and related work. This can be handwaved. Gameplay... Is this game community or journal-based? This game is community based, but players are encouraged to make an IC contact post on their characters’ journals to represent the character’s IC network mailbox. What is the time scale of the game? The game is set in real time, with one day in-game equalling one day offline. Can characters directly impact the setting? While the game does have a plot and an ending we are going to be trying to move it towards, characters will have a chance to impact and change how it progresses. The reward system in a particular is a good way to get involved if you so wish, but we’ll try to make sure there are other opportunities available. Of course, the characters simply being here might have the biggest impact of all... How active are we expected to be? Activity check is at the beginning of each month, and ends right before applications open. The current activity period lasts from the end of the last activity check to the end of the current one. In order to pass activity check, you need any one of the following: One post on the log comm (with at least 5 comments from you total). A thread on the log comm with 5 comments from your character in total. One post on the network comm (with 10 at least comments from you total). One comment thread on someone else's network post with at least 10 comments from your character in total. Commentspam, icon-only, and combo replies do not count (or in the case of the latter merely count as one comment altogether). At least one proof must come from entirely within the current activity check. Backtagging is allowed on the second proof of activity, though please don't abuse this privilege to barely scrape by or we may have to change it. What kinds of events does this game have? Expect a mix of fluffy events and some more serious, plot-related events. Are player plots allowed? How do they work? Player plots are allowed and encouraged! Small player plots between individual characters can be done whenever you wish at your own discretion. However, for larger player plots that affect a majority of the game or require heavy NPC involvement, we ask that you submit it to the Player Plot page. This is just so that we can make sure it doesn’t clash with any mod-run plots (or other large player plots) and add it to the game calendar. Who knows, some of those player plots might have a large impact on the game itself... Does this game allow smut? What are smut policies? This game does allow smut, however we ask that all smut be clearly marked and locked to the community. Extreme kinks, including non-con and dub-con scenarios, are not welcome within the game, and may be grounds for player removal. Can my character get pregnant/get STDs? Characters cannot get pregnant, and characters who are apped pregnant will find that their condition has mysteriously disappeared (though it will return should they ever go home). There are no STDs or other diseases in the city unless the characters bring them in themselves. How does the reward system for participating in cuddling/various physical contact work? A detailed explanation can be found here! The Setting How do our characters arrive/where do they wake up? Starting January 2014, all characters will arrive in a wing newly added to the Guest Help Center geared towards a gentler arrival than those who awoke in the plaza outside. Each character will awaken within small-yet-cozy rooms of their own that are just big enough for a bed and a small table, though this will do nothing for the initial disorientation of being suddenly pulled from their world and time. They will still need a little physical contact to regain their bearings. On the nightstand, they will find an envelope with a letter written to them by Irene detailing the basics of the situation they have been brought in to. Said information includes: The city that they're in (Saeng Seong). That they've been brought here because only they can help with some unique power issues that the city's been having. That in order to survive they will need to maintain physical contact with other new arrivals. The fact that conditions in the city mean only certain areas are safe to go to right now and the other areas have been temporarily blocked off Along with this is an additional note from Rhea with a quick briefing as to what's happened before they arrived. These two notes will also be accompanied with a room key to an apartment in the Guest Apartments, and a card with currency for supplies they'll need. (Don't worry about your favorite toothbrush, though; there's one waiting you in the bathroom of the apartment still in its casing.) Once they've finished reading the notes, they are free to enter the Guest Help Center proper where at least two NPCs (Irene and Devin) will be waiting to answer any questions the characters might have. Staying around to ask them or other characters is optional, but highly encouraged for CR building! Where will our characters sleep? There are several apartments and housing buildings that seem to be rather recently constructed, almost as if they’re waiting for your characters’ arrival. There are different accommodations for differently sized groups, however all housing is communal, unless your character simply chooses to not live in one of the housing buildings at all - and given that almost all housing outside the apartments is taken up by the city’s own residents, good luck with that cold bench there, buddy. Characters will be able to choose their own housing, though when they arrive they will be pointed in the direction of “Guest Apartments”. What sort of facilities are available to the characters upon arrival? Newly arrived characters have access to everything that the characters who have already been in Saeng Seong for awhile do, with the exception of areas that are, at the time of arrival, only accessible through use of the reward system. However, should a newly arrived character immediately jump right into the system and come up with enough physical contact, they will also be granted access before it is made available to the general public. More information about the parts of the city that are open for exploration can be found here. Do the characters have to have jobs in town? Can they have them if they don’t have to, but want them? Characters are not required to have jobs if they don't wish to; however, if they want to work, there's certainly nothing stopping them! Getting a part-time job is easy enough. There are grocery stores, convenience stores, restaurants, and small businesses in the first and second districts, and help is always appreciated now that more people are arriving in Saeng Seong! For jobs like these (generally the equivalent of "minimum wage" retail/food service jobs), you can just assume that your character has the job and don't have to run it by anyone. However, more specialized jobs are a different story. Jobs that require a specific set of skills and are more intensive than generic part-time work - "professional jobs," so to speak - are subject to mod approval. If your character wishes to work at the hospital, for example, you would submit the request along with your character's qualifications - in this case, the parts of their canon that indicate they have training of some sort in the medical field (such as working as a nurse, or having it noted in canon that they were studying medicine, or the like). You can find an application form for specialized jobs here. If your character has no such pre-existing experience, don't lose hope! The Learning Center in District 1 is open to non-natives, and threads involving them learning a specialized skill there can be submitted as proof of their qualification as well. One thing, however: It is currently incredibly difficult - if not downright impossible - to get a job working alongside the scientists who are responsible for bringing your character to Saeng Seong. A character who has caught their eye may be offered the position by an NPC, but that is incredibly rare and will be done on a case-by-case basis. What’s outside the city walls? As of now, it is unknown to most of the citizens of the city. All exits are guarded by NPCs who will try to stop any characters who attempt to leave. Should your characters succeed in persuading or sneaking around these guards, they’ll find out why the guards were so discouraging. There's nothing. No plants, no wildlife - only destroyed buildings that look as though their "better days" were eons ago. There are roads through these "slums", but they soon peter out within a mile of the city's borders and are very clearly poorly maintained. If characters were to go far enough, they would find small plants starting to grow, and eventually beyond that, the world would start to resemble something more “normal.” However, bringing enough supplies to make the journey is virtually impossible, and physical contact is still required to stabilize oneself. Some may say it's just not worth the risk. How does the whole “physical contact” thing work? Keeping in significant physical contact is vital for the comfort and survival for the player character in Saeng Seong. While a handshake may stave off withdrawals for a short period of time, it wouldn't be enough to continue to do so in the long run... For more detailed information and the effects of withdrawals, please refer to the mechanics page. What happens if our characters die? Characters who die will be revived after a week in the location they died - or if they died in a perilous location, the nearest location that is safe. However, reviving the dead is a taxing process on characters and the city itself, and characters who are revived will have a period of time of one week where they require twice the amount of physical contact to stabilize their powers and prevent withdrawal compared to other characters. This effect lasts for a week after the character comes back. Characters who have not died will experience a normal amount of stabilization from those who have died, however. Additionally, if your character dies more than four times, please contact a moderator to discuss the situation - the amount of time may be lengthened and there may be additional effects depending on the circumstances. What kind of NPCs are there? There are all kinds of people in the city - many of them are just going about their day-to-day lives and are the type you might smile and nod to if you see them on the street. One thing you'll notice, however, is that there are no native children in the city regardless of which part you're exploring: there's never anyone below their late teens. Anyone younger is quite clearly a visitor, pulled in from some world or another just like you were. There are, however, some NPCs that are seen more frequently than others! More information about the recurring NPCs of Saeng Seong can be found here. What about language barriers? As part of the process that brought the characters here, everyone’s first language is understood as their own, unless a character makes an effort to speak in their own language in a way that would not be understood by others. Can the characters move? Characters are free to move wherever they like within the apartment complex; in addition to the one-bedroom apartments they get initially, there are two- and three-bedroom apartments in the other buildings. Characters can also move out of the apartment complex if they absolutely feel the need to, but the vast majority of other housing is taken up by NPCs. Can the characters have pets? For those who store or manifest pets (i.e. Pokemon or Dream Eaters from Kingdom Hearts), they may bring as many as they can carry on their person. (For example, six Pokemon or three Dream Eaters) For more conventional pets like cats or dogs, one may be brought with. But it doesn't stop there! As of the 3rd and 4th District becoming available to characters, animals of all kinds can be bought as pets! Cats, dogs, goldfish, even more exotic pets like turtleducks can be found! Far as the physical contact quota goes, being in contact with pets from home has about half the stabilization effect as that of other characters. Apped/appable animals count for the full stabilization effect, as they are considered actual characters. Those obtained from the game itself, however, have little to no affect. Hearth kittens obtained in the December event, however, are the exception to this as they have about half the stabilization effect. What’s the weather like in the town? The day/night cycle? The overall seasonal pattern of the city follows more of a dry and rainy season, with a few weeks in late December and early January where snow falls. The day and night cycle is virtually identical to that of Earth except that the world Saeng Seong is on has two moons: a smaller one, and a larger one. Details can be found on the Setting page.

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[photos_ritsuka]

How much information must be available for a character to be considered available for application?

[rekindlemods]

Sorry about the wait!

The general rule of thumb is that the character needs to have enough canon (through the main canon or additions and adaptations) to have a distinct personality and history. For example, the character of the original Ion in Tales of the Abyss is only mentioned a few times in the game - however, there is a manga chapter and additional information in the novels that provides enough information on his personality to make him distinct and appable.

If you'd like to ask about a specific character's status in regards to whether they can be apped, feel free to send the mods a more detailed question about them.

[dontthesunlookgoodtoday]

As far as the AU/OU line goes, how would that go with a guy who is basically from an AU timeline but went back and rejoined the OU timeline?

[rekindlenpcs]

Canon-familiar mod reporting for duty!

Since Davesprite is his own distinct entity recognized by the main canon, he'd be [OU] Davesprite (as opposed to an AU Dave). The canon AU option is mostly for re-releases, adaptations, and series with multiple canonical endings - since there's only one version of Homestuck canon as a whole, there's no canon AUs for it.

[rabbitheartedfox]

Can a post on the network (Or replies to that post) be locked to a person or persons? I'm guessing not since I saw no mention of it on the network part of the FAQ but I wanted to make sure.

[rekindlemods]

Actually, they can be locked to either a single person or group! However the strength of that lock is depending on the characters creating and responding to it and may be hacked by those with technical know-how.

Our apologies for the wait.

[poland]

This is just a small request, but could you please fix the housing lists' left column? At least for me, the numbers are misaligned ie:

2-
01

instead of 2-01, so it makes reading the housing for those characters a little harder. This is pretty inconsequential, but it would be appreciated!

[ironyman]

Are current players taken into account when mods review apps for characters from different versions that are very similar?

For example, if someone plays Character A, and somebody else apps Character B from a universe where everything is the same except A and B are married, Player A may not be okay with that. Or another example, if somebody is playing a game transplant AU of Character A, and somebody else apps OU Character A, in the case of most games, two people would now be playing basically the same character.

[rekindlemods]

We're pretty careful with how we judge AUs - characters that have no perceptible difference from their OU selves (such as short-term game transplants and AUs where only one or two small things are different from canon) would be asked to either apply as OU or provide more differences in order to justify an AU slot.

If as a current player, you have concerns about an application, bring them to us and we'll take them into consideration when judging the app.

[hamburgerhero]

Now that he's been told he's nowhere close to home, my character will be trying to check the night sky for signs of change in the stars to confirm that he really isn't on Earth any more. Can any stars be seen at night? How about any moon(s)? And I'm guessing it would not match the night sky on Earth?

[rekindlemods]

Stars would be visible at nighttime, though there is some light pollution at night, roughly equivalent to a medium-to-large-sized town. None of the constellations will match up with Earth ones. However one of the most notable things is that there are two moons in the sky - a smaller, white one like Earth's, and a larger, golden-yellow one.

[simplyput]

I don't believe this has been asked before, so. What are your policies in regards to people bringing in more than one character from the same fandom? For example, say one character from the original universe and another character from the same canon but with an AU spin?

[rekindlemods]

We do allow people to bring in characters from the same canon, with a couple restrictions:

1. Players may only take up one slot of any one character (you can't take both the OU and AU slot).

2. To decrease the possibility of muncesting, characters must not have significant canon interactions, and should not have large reason to interact with each other when in-game (a good example of the latter would be Roxas and Vanitas from Kingdom Hearts, because while Roxas and Vanitas never interact, Roxas is physically identical to Ventus, whom Vanitas has significant canon conflict with). In cases where we feel the situation is borderline, during the app process we may ask for the player to explain how they will handle and potentially prevent the possibility of the characters interacting too much.

[ribbonbon]

If a character has their own portable device (ex: Pilouette's Cellphone) is it required to contact an NPC IC to get it to access the network or can this be handwaved?

[rekindlemods]

The process can be handwaved, and already has been before, in fact! If you wish to play out the process, you are more than allowed to, but it's not required.

[winged_knight]

A question regarding characters with flight powers! (I am asking all the questions today~)

I am speculating here so feel free to correct me, but I imagine the power drain of the city's closed off areas applies when you fly over them as well? Does that dissipate at greater altitude?

I don't want to break game mechanics of course but I do want to let Wing go flying, (and eventually take passengers for fun). It's quite like him to want to explore both inside and outside the city but of course he doesn't need to find anything. Lack of a fuel source has been keeping him grounded in order to conserve, but now that he knows there's energon to be had he'll desperately want to fly given he's been trapped underground for centuries.

If you don't want him to get too far outside the city (a jet doing mach 8 covers way more ground than someone on foot) I can offer a reason for TFs, though that won't apply to other flying characters.

Wooo, okay I'll stop I'm babbling now! xD

[rekindlemods]

The power drain of the city's closed-off areas will apply regardless of altitude; if they're within the radius of the effect, even if they're above the ground, it will apply to them.

If he were to fly outside the city, he would be able to do so but for the moment would only be able to get as far as a character would be able to make it on foot. This may not take up much time for him (as you said, he can cover more ground doing mach 8), but at the moment we can't allow him to go further for plot reasons.

[hamburgerhero]

Can entries be backdated? If yes, what's the furthest back we can backdate them?

[rekindlemods]

We allow and encourage backdating/tagging! So far as time limit goes, we don't actually have any rules regarding that, so it's up to you how far back you want to backdate something!

[(Anonymous)]

Re: Fandom OC rules.

If you plan on applying for a character from the Warcraft, Guild Wars, TERA or any other MMORPG, would they be allowed in or would you rather them being from a completely original world?

[(Anonymous)]

no the in the first sentence.

It's early, ugh. Sorry!

[heroofjustice]

Just a couple of questions about what's available in the city. Would Kerry be able to buy more bullets for his gun anywhere? And is there a shooting range anywhere he can access?

Thanks!

[rekindlemods]

There's both! But in order to purchase any more ammo, he'd need to get a permit from the NPCs in the administrative building - they can't stop characters from bringing in weapons, but they do want to control who can purchase them.

The shooting range would probably be in the administrative district - the same one used by the city's police force. There's not a lot of need for it in the city, so it doesn't see a lot of use.

[reverbe]

a quick question, i don't know if i missed this or if someone has already asked this but i reserved a character and if i'm able to become accepted there is just an issue i would like to ask.

echo has two personalites that are quite different and i was wondering if it was possible if i could make a seperate journal for each of them. (i'm not able to actually buy a paid just yet due to personal problems so i thought i'd ask).

[rekindlemods]

That would be fine! We'd need the names of both journals to grant them access to the communities and mod journal, but it wouldn't be a problem overall.

[megalodon]

For apps, do you accept other-game-specific third-person samples?

[rekindlemods]

Sorry for the late reply!

As long as the sample you're linking is for the same version of the character you're applying for, that's fine; however, if it's not a game transplant, a more general sample would be a little better so that anything specific to the game that requires more than a passing understanding of the environment does not interfere with judging the character.

[dontthesunlookgoodtoday]

Thinking about humanisation - would it need to be entirely, or fiddled with a bit?

[interconnect]

Not a mod, but I just saw this when I was posting my own question. So. I humanized this guy right here (who used to be 100% cat) and he has most definitely kept his ears and tail! I believe the general idea is that small things might remain, up to the player's discretion since we're doing this to ourselves.

[interconnect]

Hey guys. Might I give a suggestion/request? Would it be possible to put a sort of... mini-directory at the bottom of all information pages to make hopping between them easier? At the moment, it's a bit obtuse to navigate around all of the pages.

[rekindlemods]

Our code mod is working on that; thank you for the suggestion and sorry for the late reply!

[(Anonymous)]

Can I make a suggestion for the apps page? I know several people on plurk who were confused by what time applications closed, because they were used to games where saying 12:00 meant midnight ending the day in question, and so they missed the app deadline.

It would be much clearer to use an unambiguous time like 11:59PM on the day you mean for apps to close. So instead of saying at 12:00 AM on 15 August, you'd have it be on 11:59 PM on 14 August. (Also, you might want to say that applications are only open from the 8th to the 14th, as by cutting applications off at the midnight beginning the 15th, you are preventing anyone from apping on the 15th. So if a person just glances and sees that apps run from the 8th to the 15th, they'll be sorely disappointed when they go to post on the 15th and see that apps are closed for the month. I'm sure there are some people who will say, "Tough, they had since the 8th," but it really isn't fair to people who want to take as much time as they are allowed to make sure they get it right the first time. Plus, not everyone is a native English speaker, so they might have planned their app writing according to the time they thought they had.)

[tercio]

Oh, looks like I wasn't the only one. Thank you, fairy anon-mother.

[tercio]

Okay, this question makes me feel a bit foolish but I am 99% done with my application and misunderstood the application closing date to be midnight on the actual date of the 15th. I realize that I had plenty of time to get it submitted before then but I had a very busy Sunday and deliberately put my revisions off until Monday thinking I still had 24 hours. My application is pretty much done and I've been really excited about joining this RPG so I'm kind of bummed out that a misunderstanding on my part will make me have to wait another month. Would it be okay if I squeaked my application in? I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you for reading!

[rekindlemods]

Since you've already done most of your application and since our wording was a little ambiguous and contributed to the misunderstanding, we'll allow it just this once.

This isn't going to be a regular thing, though, and this is the only character we'll be doing it with (since you contacted us so quickly after apps closed). Feel free to post up your application and note that the mods granted you an exception.

Thanks a lot for your interest in our game, and we're sorry for the confusion!

[(Anonymous)]

I saw that icons from a game that the character was in prior to their arrival in this game can be brought along in another ask, and have a rather specific question regarding that. What would happen to items that have a certain function in that game that is based in the game setting? Would they freeze in time, keep functioning as normal or suddenly behave like they were 'normal'?

Like, for example: Amatomnes-collars are only working on the main island that characters can only leave for a hiatus, but cannot be taken off no matter where one goes. Could they stay in the exact state that they were in when the character was brought, would they keep tightening until sex was head, or would they suddenly behave like normal collars (i.e. the person would be able to cut them off)?

[rekindlemods]

Things that require an external power source are stopped (because they can't access their power supply anymore), but everything else still runs. However, in the specific case of the Amat collars, the medical staff would likely freeze it due to the health hazard for the character. It may be possible to remove, but that would take time and study.

[(Anonymous)]

If my character decides to change their appearance with some piercings or tattoos would they be able to find a professional place where these are done? Unless of course, these things don't exist in this world.

[rekindlemods]

Yes, they should be able to find something like that in the Third/shopping District.

[doc_holi]

ie, pets. Can a character find/buy an animal in-game and have it become their pet or must they only be brought in through apps and/or have past CR (if you could call it that) with the animal in question?

If it's the latter (and here is where Lina asks her daily stupid question) can OU characters gain a pet they had from a previous game without either or both of them realizing it or... does that defeat the whole process of the thing?

[rekindlemods]

Unfortunately, if the character does not have that pet in their timeline, they cannot regain it.

There are no pets currently, though this is slated to change at a later date.

[heroofjustice]

Hi mods!

I was wondering--I had Kiritsugu return to his home (for about a week or so) since I left the game briefly, and it said in my re-acceptance that he'd be arriving again in the new arrivals log. But now, rereading the FAQ, I'm not sure if that's all right. It says characters disappear from the city and are not aware of missing time there--what are they aware of? Since canon updates are allowed, I assumed a mini stay of a few days at home that didn't affect his character would be all right.

Is this not okay? If not, I'll retcon it, and sorry for any trouble and/or lack of understanding on my part!

[rekindlemods]

He wouldn't be aware that he left Saeng Seong or his homeworld until he woke up in the welcome plaza again. I hope that makes sense!

[primaveral]

So. Question about characters who access their powers through worldly energies. (ex. the Tales series what with their mana/eleth/fonons/spirits/eres/etc.) I'm assuming that those energies don't actually exist in Saeng Seong and something is acting as a substitute, but if they do, stop me here.

For those sensitive to mana/etc, would they be able notice that the energy they're drawing from is not the same despite their ability to still use spells that rely on mana/etc?

[rekindlemods]

You're right about that! There is something that functions like mana in Saeng Seong, and that is what people draw their magic from.

Kanonno is free to notice that there's a difference.

[precto]

I have a question that seems to be answered across multiple FAQ questions but I just wanted to verify. I'm looking at apping a dog. It has the intelligence of a human so that's not an issue. It also has a lot of dialogue in canon, just not with humans. Only other animals. So what I'm wondering is...

A. Is this type of character appable?
B. Would their dialogue fall under the language rule and would be able to talk to people normally?

[rekindlemods]

Thank you for checking with us!

Yes, that kind of character is appable. The intelligence isn't in question, so it's absolutely all right. You have the choice of keeping it as a dog or humanizing it.

As for your second question: unless the dog were trying to intentionally speak his own language/the language of animals, it would be understood by all characters. This would have to be a conscious effort on its part, like having a second language.

[ex_shadowstep567]

I'm curious, just in regards to my character here.

Are there any animals to eat/hunt besides fish in the city or would most meats be sold at a store?

Thanks.

[rekindlemods]

Sorry about the delay!

As of today, there are small animals in the city (squirrels, birds, etc.) in addition to a few fish, but nothing really worth hunting. Raw meat is sold at a few stores, though.