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Oct. 17th, 2013
welcome to the nexus world.
● First, you will need to join the communities!
There are five communities for the game, and they are:
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nexus ► For all network posts. nexuslogs ► For all prose logs or action bracket logs.nexusinfo ► For all the character's information and permissions posts.nexusooc ► For moderator announcements, introductions, hiatus/drop notices, et cetera.besidethenexus ► For memes and other fun things.Membership is moderated and you will be informed when your journal has been accepted into the communities.
While you are waiting for the acceptance to the communities to come through:
● You can ready your info post!
The template for the information post may be found here. Fill it up onto a blank document and save it so that you have it ready for when your journal has been accepted into the communities.
When you're in the communities, please post your info post to
nexusinfo and tag it in to your series!● Once you have the infomation post up, grab the link and fill out the taken lists, both public and member-locked which are here and here.
optional.
● If you have time, feel free to check out the media page for plurk icons and similar.
● Become a fan of the mod plurk at
● Look over the FAQs and rules again.
● You can request housing outside of the temples if you wish, these will take a week to ready for you. If none selected, you will be defaulted to your designated Temple unit.
Now, you can head on down to
nexusooc and introduce yourself and your character to all of us!economy.
● What counts as money in the Nexus?
There is no physical money to speak of. All of your wealth is calculated in credits. These are stored on your NCD and can only be accessed by the owner of that device.
● So how do I pay for things?
Contactless technology. A little like how we can wave our credit cards over a reader and pay like that, you can hold your NCD over a carved stone or piece of wood with a mystical symbol on it. Every stall or shop will have one and that charges the amount in credits that you owe.
● How do I earn credits?
You can do many different things; the employment page is here. You can also open a business once you have been in-game long enough to gather together the credits and/or stocks you need to begin.
● Can my character take out loans?
No, unless they are arranged between two player characters. There are no real financial institutions as such, the Temples oversee any transactions that require it.
● My character wants to eschew money and live off of the land. Can they do that?
They can do that! The homes inside of the Temples will give you free meals in return for helping them in the gardens and around the Temple. Homes outside of the Temples will all be stocked with vegetables, grain and seeds to get you started.
● As a guide, what sorts of prices would things be?
A loaf of bread would be one credit, a pair of nice shoes would be ten credits and a fishing skiff would be a hundred credits. On this sort of sliding scale credits can be based, we do not worry too much about exact costs and how much the character has in their NCD as long as it is realistic.
metaplot overview
Oct. 17th, 2013 06:48 pmmetaplot overview.
The multiverse had to start from one place. That place is the Nexus World.
This flat world is where the building blocks for life began. The spirit, the body, the elements and a touch of magic.
Generated here is life energy that moves along the web and sustains every living thing from microbes to whole universes. As things are born they also die and this death energy returns to the Nexus to be recycled.
This system continued for untold millennia and some of the deceased souls became aware of the world and chose to exist there instead of returning to their world. Thus, the world started to fill with more beings that could generate energy through the act that creates life.
Most of these people lived peacefully, submitting to the cycle of life and death. However, a small group of people started to become jealous of the Temple Elders who are the two sole true immortals.
Wanting to attain the same immortality, they created a secret society and attempted to separate worlds from the web in the belief that severing the cycle of death's return would render them unable to die.
There was a flaw in the plan, though; instead of severing the ties it opened them to bring people who have not yet died or those who have not yet been recycled back to their world.
Thus, the new age began...
World Guide
Oct. 17th, 2013 06:50 pmworld guide.
The air is thick with magic and brimming with energy. The colours are lush and the claim that this world grew all others from it feels very true as you move through the flora and fauna of the Nexus World.
Excepting the two Temple Elders, there are no natives to this land at all, all here either chose this or were brought here by accident. They have made it their home and ensure it flourishes.
Looking in to the sky, there is no sun or moon, only a blanket of twinkling stars. These stars are all new connections and offshoots of the Web. Each twinkles to the world below and lights it. These star-connections change colour during the day, from being blazing yellows and oranges in the day hours to being soothing whites and blues at night. They provide enough light and warmth that those from worlds with suns would not feel like they were without. This also means that vampires from canons that suffer from sunlight damage will have no restrictions by day.
There might not be a moon, but there is an effect on moon-sensitive characters such as werewolves. This comes from the ebb and flow of the Circle River and the mystical wellspring. For the dates of the 'full moon' and 'new moon' equivalents, check the month's calendar.
The Nexus contains the four base elements - earth, fire, air and water - as well as the building blocks for life - the body and the spirit. All are represented with their own areas.
In the centre of the world is the huge circular Joined Temple; one comma shape represents the body and the other fitted snugly to it is the comma shaped spirit.
Around the temple are the four quarter-circle lands. Fire and Earth top the circle and air and water make the bottom. They are all encircled by the Circle River - off of which none can fall. If someone attempts to jump or throw something off of the side, they will simply find themselves stuck there, but facing back in to the world itself.
The Fire Lands are rich in volcanic-ash fertile lands around the two volcanoes but they are still active and it can be somewhat hazardous. The rest of the lands between the volcanoes and the water is desert-like but many interesting water-filled plants and adaptive wildlife live here. Nearer the segment of the Circle River, there are beaches and it is warm and lush.
The Earth Lands are rocky in places and mountainous. There is more variation to each landscape here than any other area. The rest of the lands are flat and perfect for agriculture.
The Air Lands alternate between lush forests, where most of the locals live in the trees, and huge open plains. These are beautiful and fresh but occasionally they can turn in to windy flats.
The Water Lands are mostly set upon a huge lake and the Circle River. Fish and other aquatic flora and fauna flourish here and many homes are built on the lakes and rivulets (akin to Venice) or close to one of the bodies of water. It can also be dangerous if you are careless as the lush plants can hide deep pools or carnivorous creatures.
The Circle River is both magical and regular water, the two mixing together and swirling. The colours are amazing to look upon, in an effect like those of the Aurora Borealis (video plays music).
The people that call this place their home have always been very pacifistic, but they are troubled by The Brethren - those who went rogue and brought these others to this world without their own choice.
They know that should the Brethren succeed, life and death will be flung out of balance and more worlds than just their own will be jeopardised by this need for immortality by so few.
While they would prefer to keep all fighting from their lands, they have started to accept that it is not always possible, especially now that some troubling and dangerous creatures have been drawn in and begun to live in the Nexus.
They allow the newcomers to fight and have grudgingly begun to learn some basic combat skills themselves in case they are put in a position where they have no choice but to fight. They still prefer to leave it to the newcomers where possible, though.
Game-Specific Terminology
Oct. 17th, 2013 06:51 pmgame-specific terminology.
In alphabetical order:
● Brethren, The
The Brethren is made up of a group of dissatisfied and ambitious Nexians. They, like most, were born elsewhere and during their cycles of life and death, became aware of the Nexus and its place in the multiverse.
During their life cycles, they have repeatedly chosen to return to the Nexus and started to become jealous of the Temple Elders - the only true immortals. They want the same thing and their plans are what brought your character to the Nexus World by an unexpected side effect.
● Circle River, The
The Circle River literally encircles the world. The world is flat and the edge of the river marks the boundary. Nothing can fall off of the boundary due to the mystical forces swirling with the water in the river. The river shimmers and shifts in colours like the Aurora Borealis and it harbours all kinds of aquatic creatures.
● Joined Temples, The
The Joined Temples are the Temple of Body and the Temple of Spirit. These two intertwining buildings serve as the hub in the world. The Temple guards, keeps and maintains the Web and ensures the recycling of death energy in to new life energy.
The elders, one for each Temple, are the sole true immortals.
● NCD
The Nexian Communication Device is a dual device of a mystical watch and screen. The two in conjunction allow for communication, a clock and a system of currency (credit) calculation. You can find more information on the NCD here.
● Nexians
The Nexians are those who have chosen to live in this world, feeding life energy in to the Nexus Web to sustain and grow all of the known worlds and universes.
● Nexus Web, The
The mystical web that joins each and every world, dimension, plane and universe to the Nexus. Life and Death energy flows back and forth between it and it can throw out new shoots, creating new worlds.
● Nexus World, The
The World where it all began, all life began here and when it attained enough energy that it could no longer contain it, the Nexus Web was born from it, creating ever more life.
This is where your characters live and it is made up of the Joined Temples and the Elemental Lands.
● Temple Elder
One male and one female who oversee and maintain the Temples. They were born with the Nexus World and they will never die unless the world does as well.
● Wellspring, The
This is a mystical upswell of energy from the Circle River and it can occasionally grant wishes via visiting and bathing in it and then touching the Wishstone.
● Wishstone, The
After being bathed in the mystical upswell of the Wellspring, travelling to the Wishstone and requesting your wish can be granted or denied by this stone. The Wishstone is inside the Joined Temples.
