Rules to Follow Here

Everywhere has a set of rules for one to follow. Not only do they aid in unifying the entire community, but it also shows what type of human being you are behind the screen. Be a good one.

Please, read thoroughly. If you disobey the rules, you will be dealt with accordingly.
As always, these rules are to be taken seriously.

Member Behavior

• In order to be a part of the limited staff groups (Beta and Companion), you need to not only create a resume for yourself, but also have conducted yourself in a positive way to me. That means, you were friendly and considerate while interacting with me. I am a person of compassion and deep bonds. There are indeed positions that will be difficult in the future to fill due to waiting for the right one. As I said before, I am a very awkward person and I get distracted 95% of the time.
• As cliché it is to say, bullying of any kind is strongly forbidden. We have all been bullied, or even been the bully. It's a touchy subject and sometimes overlooked. Bullying can mean anything to anyone, but here and to me, bullying is calling someone derogatory names, shaming an interest or creation, deliberately stealing and claiming something that isn't yours, making a member feel scared to express themselves in some way or another, feeding or starting rumors, and even something as little as criticizing for spelling something wrong. We may be a semi-literate to literate roleplay and community, but some writers aren't great spellers or even grammarians.
• Everybody has a strength and a weakness, but the fact of the matter is they try. Just, be nice. It isn't that hard to do, and it costs nothing. (It's okay to flame in-character, but please not out-of-character.) We are not a rag-tag loony bin, we are mature human beings that love weird creations. We can all learn to take a joke, but if it's passed the point of funny, just stop.
• There will be touchy subjects that can come up during roleplay. These include (for a full list of possible trigger warnings, see the Triggers and Where to Find Them thread!) prejudice, racism, classism, religion, and in-universe politics. If you are not comfortable with these things, you've been warned, and should adjust yourself accordingly (reading up on the lore pertaining to the various cultures, finding a place that's best suited to your beliefs/comfort-zone) and not partaking in the subjects that may upset you. However, you are to specify your issues firsthand, in your bio/character's description. This will be noted by me, and hopefully your fellow members as well. I cannot outright control the topic of sensitive subjects in the moment, so please be weary. Your well-being is more important than this roleplay.

Edgy Characters

• We are not a rag-tag loony bin, therefore it is not okay to make your character a run-of-the-mill psychopath. For one, that is not original and two, it's super annoying. Yes, we have all went through that "edgy character" stage, even myself. You learn to grow out of that, usually when you get annoyed of yourself. Your character can be the pitch-iest black of them all, but add some flare to it. Why is their coat dark? Dark as night? Dark like fresh soot? Is it a layered, thick coat?
• Some people portray a psychotic character as a rage-filled, bloodlusty killer. Hahahahaha, no. Not all psychopaths are criminal, it is a personality that is attached to criminals. It is a lack of deeply-felt emotion such as love, a failure to learn from one's mistakes, and antisocial behavior due to the lack of emotion. If you have depression, you are not a psychopath. You feel emotion, you are not a psychopath. You have mental outbreaks where you kill everything in sight...news flash, you aren't a psychopath.
• It's okay to have a character who is mentally ill, I have a handful myself. Just don't get too crazy with the amount of mental illness they have, and without clear triggers for other users to know of. Everyone has a breaking point, but we need to know what makes them tick. It helps a lot with planning plots, not mentally spontaneous combustion. That's too messy to clean up.