goose_ooc | MASQUERADE ANONYMOUS ENCOUNTERS SUBMISSIONS

The mods will be helping to facilitate some actually anonymous connections at the upcoming Masquerade Ball! Rather than relying on RNG, the system will go as follows:

The player submits to this screened post a short description of their character at the dance that does not give away their identity. For instance: "A smirking girl with elaborate hair is leaning against the wall, drinking punch. You haven't seen her dance with anyone all night, even though she clearly came dressed to impress."

When the dance 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.

Each player may submit no more than two characters. This is so the dance isn't overrun with 90 prompts. Please only submit as many as you can be active with.

HERE are the rules for the Anonymity Charm. (As a general rule, masks and clothing are easier to distinguish, but if you don't want your characters' clothing to be recognized and/or you don't want to recognize other people's clothing, then that's fine!) This year's theme will likely be different, but HERE is last year's Masquerade, for reference.

You have until Sunday, Dec 17, 11:59 PM to submit your characters for this. Which means, yes, you can wait until the day of the dance (Dec 17) itself to submit one of these. No more anonymous prompts will be posted after Dec 17.

The form:
Character:
Preferred location: Dance floor/balcony/refreshments table/etc. We'll do our best to comply, but we want to spread these out, so no guarantees.
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?:

Character: Preferred location: Dance floor/balcony/refreshments table/etc. We'll do our best to comply, but we want to spread these out, so no guarantees. 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?:

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