MASQUERADE ANONYMOUS ENCOUNTERS SUBMISSIONS

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The upcoming Ostara Masquerade will be anonymous IC. To help that vibe, the mods will be facilitating some actually anonymous thread starters for interested players. Here's how it works:

• The player replies to this screened post with a short description of their character at the Masquerade that doesn't give away their identity. For example, "A young man is standing by the dance floor, his flower crown trailing with daffodils. You don't recall seeing him before now, but when he notices you watching, he winks."


• When the event is posted, we'll scatter these openers throughout the IC/OOC with the mod account. We'll reply to your screened comment letting you know where your starter ended up.


• Wait for people to respond to your character, and then reply with your own journal as normal to begin a scene.


• Your submitted characters can otherwise post as normal wherever and however they want before and after their anonymous encounters.


• How the Anonymity Charm works: Someone wearing a charmed mask is unrecognizable to those looking at them. While you can't determine who they are immediately, maybe something from their speech patterns will tip you off — or something they choose to tell you.


• What about the 'sexy' dress code? The magic around the event changes everyone's outfits to adapt to the theme, which will be Celtic and floral. When your character leaves they'll emerge in their original outfit, but for the duration of the Masquerade, their original choice of dress will neither matter nor influence what they're put in during the Masquerade.


• My character's related to everyone else! Will it get Weird? The Anonymity Charm's got your back. Characters will know intuitively when they're speaking with someone they're related to, but they won't know the nature of that relation. For example, Rose Weasley would know if she were talking to someone she's related to, but she wouldn't know if it was Hugo, Roxanne, or Albus.


• You have until Saturday, March 20 at 9:00 p.m. EST to submit your characters for this. Which means, yes, you can wait until the day of the Masquerade itself to submit one of these. No more anonymous prompts will be posted after March 20.


• The form:
  

  
  Character:
  Description: This is the only text that will be posted. Please describe your character in 1–5 sentences without explicitly saying who they are.
  Limit number of replies? Submissions will be OPEN TO MULTIPLE by default. You can limit the number of replies (i.e. limit to 1/2/3 players, etc.) if you don't want to get overloaded.
  Anything else?
  <B>Character:</b> <B>Description:</b> This is the only text that will be posted. Please describe your character in 1-5 sentences without explicitly saying who they are. <B>Limit number of replies?</b> Submissions will be OPEN TO MULTIPLE by default. You can limit the number of replies (i.e. limit to 1/2/3 players, etc.) if you don't want to get overloaded. <B>Anything else?</b>
  

  
  


• If you have any questions or comments, you can discuss them here!