HOW DID WE GET HERE?That's a very good question. You see, a while back there was a little apocalypse. Technically the Norse guys won out and Ragnarok happened. But as it turns out, a certain god amongst them had the whole thing rigged so that he'd be the last man standing. Once the dust settled, the world was empty and in ruins, and we were left with one bored Trickster God. Now, Loki lives for mischief and chaos, and so he soon realized the folly of his ways.
However, by 'realized the folly of his ways' we don't mean he turned over a new leaf and tried to make the world anew. Oh no. He just set up shop in the ruins of Las Vegas and started summoning mortals from here and there to keep himself entertained with. That's you.CAN WE LEAVE?Sure. No, we mean that. You're absolutely free to walk on out of here. There's no barrier, no magical devices to keep you in. What we do have, however, is miles upon miles of barren, scorching desert. And a dead, empty husk of a world outside of that desert. But hey, if you want to try your luck, who are we to stop you?CAN WE DIE?Why yes. You silly mortals are so dreadfully fragile, in spirit and in body. Loki has made provisions for this and will revive those fallen under certain conditions. Each character is granted a total of three revives. After three, Loki decides that you're just not worth the trouble and tosses you in the recycle bin. That means if your character dies for the fourth time, they are permanently dead and you may not pick them up again. Someone else may app for the perma-dead character, but not until they've been dead for a full OOC month, and the character must be a complete reset with all memories of the game world/previous CR lost. (Whether other characters remember their previous CR with the reset character is up to individual player discretion.)
That's not all, however, as Loki doesn't do favors for free. Each death comes with a penalty. After a character is revived by Loki, they are brought into Loki's private game room, whereupon they're made to spin a roulette wheel. All around the wheel are name placards reading 'sight', 'sound', 'taste', 'warmth', and 'memory'. Whatever the ball lands on is what the character will have to pay Loki for their revival. (The sense paid can be OOCly selected by the player, or randomly assigned by us.) Sight, sound, and taste will result in the loss of the sense while warmth will make it incapable for the character to feel warm. Memory will be any one major milestone in the character's life, something which they will be constantly aware of the absence of.
Anything lost to Loki as payment for debt may be bought back, but revives are limited to three. As an added note, deceased characters must spend a week in stasis before Loki will revive them.
OH YOU DIED? DON’T WORRY I HAVE A PHOENIX DOWN!
No. You don’t. Revive spells are strictly forbidden in Vegas as are revival items. If your character had this power in canon, consider it stripped upon arrival in Vegas. All characters who die in Vegas must spin Loki's roulette wheel.
RIGHT AND WHAT WAS THIS ABOUT UNDERAGE CHARACTERS??Loki can't stand children. They're too unpredictable in all the wrong ways and just cause a lot of problems and moral outrage he doesn't want to deal with. They can be fun like birthday presents where you don't know what you're getting until you open the package, but he just doesn't want them in his city until they're ready for unwrapping. Instead, all children under the age of 18 are deposited in a void known fondly as Pleasantville. It's a hellish dimension which is only ever partly cloudy with sunshine at a balmy 78 degrees. (Fahrenheit.) There's nothing in it but cookie-cutter houses and uniform lawns, perfectly trimmed hedges and trees. All there is to eat is tea cakes with lemonade, and the only people who are there to interact with are Stepford wives. For more detailed information on Pleasantville, please see the requisite section on our Setting page
Once the boys reach their 18th birthday, provided that they haven't lost their minds, they're dragged into Dirty Vegas.
Note: If you prefer, you may have your character grow up to age 18 in his regular canon setting, provided this does not send him into the territory of AU. Feel free to contact the mods if you're not sure. In all cases, however, we will be judging aged-up applications much more strictly. Applicants will need to demonstrate how their characters have aged and matured, either in Pleasantville or canon, and we expect to see the requisite changes in maturity evident in their personality and samples.SWEET, SO I CAN BRING MY 6-YEAR-OLD TO PLEASANTVILLE?Sorry, but if you're under age 13, Loki doesn't want you at all. Pleasantville's a vacation, not a way of life.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT MY 400-YEAR-OLD SHOTA? OR MY 7-YEAR-OLD WHO IS REALLY 18?
Any character in a body that looks or behaves as underaged will have to be physically aged up, either by Loki's magic or by some canon mechanic. All residents of Vegas must be aged, physically and mentally, to that of an 18-year-old, regardless of chronological age.
By that same logic, characters who are physically and mentally mature but may not have the chronological numbers to back it up are welcome as-is. Please contact the mods if you have any questions about this.
WHEN I WAS IN PLEASANTVILLE, I DISCOVERED THE CURE FOR CANCER. CAN I BRING THE SERUM WITH ME?
Sorry, but nothing gained or created in Pleasantville may leave the walls of the snowglobe that contains it. It will be left behind and disposed of upon your exit.
DOES PLEASANTVILLE HAVE INTERNET?
Seeing as it’s set in a 40s, American, cookie-cutter community, no, consider that off the table.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET WITH THE PROGRAM?
Failure to entertain Loki and play by his rules is punished a little differently than what you may be used to. After two weeks of no sexual activity, insomnia sets in. What little sleep you do get is riddled with nightmares. After a week of insomnia, you become erratic, psychotic, and increasingly self destructive. Soon, and inevitably, you will make an attempt on your own life. At this point someone can either make an intervention on your behalf, or you can die.
The exact length of time a given character can go without becoming suicidally insane is dependent on the mental state of the character in question, and left up to the player's discretion. Normal humans can generally only go a max of 3-4 days without sleep before succumbing, while less-stable characters may not even make it more than 2. Please keep your character's tolerance to insomnia reasonable; repeated violations of this guideline will result in us having to enforce a stricter insomnia rule.
For characters who are resistant to sleep deprivation or do not need to sleep in the first place, please see our section on sleep exemptions.
AND WHAT COUNTS AS ENTERTAINING THAT DOUCHEBAG?First of all, he'd much prefer you call him Loki. Secondly, Loki's a nice guy. He's not picky. It just has to involve sex -- as long as someone else gets you off, you're both golden. Penetrative sex (as required for certain achievements and avoiding insomnia) simply means sex that includes two people and a sexually penetrative action. This can be oral sex, fingering, sex with penetrative toys, penetrative appendages (tentacles, etc), or even illusionary penetration; so long as one part of the tab A/slot B equation is human, at least one orgasm is achieved, and the penetration is realistic enough to be believable (in the case of illusions), it will count as 'penetrative sex'. We leave exceptions to these guidelines up to player discretion, but will revoke this privilege if we find it is being abused.
However, just doing that won't get you very far in Dirty Vegas. If you ever want to do anything besides eat gruel and live out of a cardboard box, you're going to have to fulfill achievements.WHAT THE HELL ARE ACHIEVEMENTS?Achievements are set by Loki every 2 weeks in-game (or 4 weeks in real time), and are the only means of earning a decent living in Dirty Vegas. They are prominently displayed on all the electronic billboards in the city. Completed achievements are paid in poker chips, which are the only form of currency used here. Being a god, Loki intuitively knows when an achievement is completed and the chips simply appear in the possession of those who have earned them.
Chips are enchanted to be steal-proof, though characters are allowed to trade chips among themselves in exchange for services, etc., as well as trading the actual goods they buy with their chips.
The actual objectives of the achievements vary wildly. Primarily they are various sex acts, but they can be as inane and random as Loki fancies. We accept suggestions for future achievements at the suggestion box.
There will be a minimum of four achievements for each 2-week period (month in real time); each week they may be completed up to five times per achievement, but any more than that won't earn any chips. For example, if someone completes an achievement 6 times in the first week of the period, they will only receive chips for the first 5 times. However, if they complete it a seventh time in the second week of the period, they will receive chips because the week has turned over.
Achievements normally net an average of 1-3 chips per achievement, but occasionally higher-stakes achievements will appear.
Also: Penetrative sex acts where one or both parties get off is always active as an achievement. It can be be repeated up to four times a week like a regular achievement. This is always worth 1 chip. If you perform an achievement that has penetrative sex involved, you'll be awarded chips for both those acts combined.
As far as accounting goes, there is no official record of how much money any one character has. We trust our players to keep track of their spending and we don't mind if the accounting isn't immaculate as long as no one is abusing the system.WAIT, DOES TIME MOVE DIFFERENTLY HERE?
How very observant of you. Yes, in-game months will last 15 days. This means, for you players at home, two days of your time for every day your character experiences. Hopefully this will reduce the burden of backthreading and carve the months down to their delicious holiday centers - though leaving some confusion in his wake doesn't make your local god feel too shabby, either.For player reference, there is a calendar here, which will soon be incorporated into the existing informational links.Holidays that happen IRL will happen the same day in-game. (Eg. If your characters birthday is on May 3rd, post the log on May 3rd IRL. It is the same day in-game.) WELL THEN WHAT THE HELL DOES SHIT COST?For a complete list of prices, look here. If you do not see the price of what your character is dying for, please feel free to request a price check on that post.
Currency from your character's world is not accepted in exchange for chips, and indeed does not even exist as far as Loki is concerned.
To redeem chips for just about anything, transactions can be made at the Bellagio and Mirage's front desks. Just speak to Arni, and try not to make too much eye contact. Oh, and don't mind if he doesn't say anything back-- he hasn't got a tongue. HOW CAN MY CHARACTER MAKE MONEY?
Have they tried pole dancing? I heard that pays well. If that's no good, though, don't worry! Loki's got you covered with Vegas-wide welfare!For a look at the in-game economy, look here.WHAT ABOUT THIS RASH?
Well, that must be from when you decided to rub your nuts on a cactus because there are no STDs here. In fact, if your character had one prior to coming to Vegas, he will find that he's been magically cured.
MY CHARACTER NEEDS THIS ITEM TO SURVIVE, CAN THEY GET IT HERE?If there is some medicine or the like that your character requires to live/function normally, they will find a two-week supply among the items given to them on entering Vegas, and further supplies will be available to purchase from Arni at the rate of a basic necessity (2 chips for a generous amount).WHAT ABOUT HOUSING?For the first two weeks after their arrival, all characters will be housed in the Hotel Mirage. It's not the vision of splendor it once was, but it's only crumbling in a few places and the rooms are all more or less still in order. After two weeks, however, the characters will be expected to either find a place to squat in the city or have made enough pocket change to buy themselves a room.
Rooms at the Mirage only have to be paid for once. They start at 10 chips and every room upgrade beyond the basic guest rooms costs 2 chips per level up. ( 2 extra for the King Tower Deluxe, 4 for the Mirage Suite, 6 for the Hospitality and so on and so forth. )
Besides the Mirage, the Bellagio Hotel is the only part of Las Vegas that still exists in all of its former splendor. Rooms at the Bellagio start at 20 chips, with 4 extra chips per room upgrade.
Room fees only have to be paid once, but there is a monthly fee of utilities. Utilities run 4 chips for the Mirage and 6 chips for the Bellagio. If you fall behind on your rent, your AC/water/electricity goes off but the room is still yours.
For quick rendezvous, rooms with basic necessities are available for rental for the price of 1 chip per night or 4 hours.
Characters are welcome to share rooms and rent in whatever way they see fit - so long as the rent is paid on time, Loki doesn't care.
Both the Mirage and the Bellagio have a dining area that serves both food which can be bought with chips and the life-sustaining gruel Loki allows for the freeloaders. The homeless can get showers in the communal showers by the hotel's pools. Please use them.WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I UPGRADE TO A BETTER ROOM? WHAT HAPPENS TO MY DEPOSIT ON THE FIRST ROOM?
There is a 1 chip fee to upgrade from an existing paid room, but you will get your deposit back. Meaning, if you paid 10 chips for your room, you will receive 9 back to go towards the purchase up an upgraded suite. However, if they do not wish to lose the room they have but want to upgrade, they are free to either hold on to their old room, or give it to someone else. If you decide this route, however, you may not take your deposit money back.
SO, I HAVE ALL THESE ROOMMATES. CAN WE GET MORE BEDS?
What’s wrong with sharing a bed? It is possible to get extra beds in any room as long as space is made for the extras, but as Loki is not keen on the idea of a bed with only one occupant, beds cost the same as luxury items at 6 chips.
Furthermore, If someone buys a room, they are allowed to make their own upgrades to it. Paint the walls red, hang up a “I hate Monday’s” poster, go crazy. If you can pay for it and are willing to drag it up to your room, characters can make whatever additions they want. Furniture and appliances may be purchased at Arni’s desk. Many larger rooms (particularly in the Bellagio) come with appliances in them already-- fridges, mini-fridges, microwaves and such. Like other electrical items, appliances will run on Loki's magic without needing to be plugged in, and may occasionally short out or refuse to work if Loki happens to be in a mood that day.
AGAIN, I HAVE ALL THESE FRIENDS AND NOWHERE FOR THEM TO SLEEP! HOW ABOUT MORE BEDROOMS?
Loki loves orgies! What? Separate rooms? To be honest, Loki is not a huge fan of walls. Still, if you have the money, you can purchase an extra bedroom for your suit. This room will be added in the existing space in your suite and will not add extra room but will have four walls and extend privacy to another guest in your suite. Bed is not included and will cost 6 chips.
Additional bedroom add-on will also cost 6 chips. Please ask here for Arni to set it up for you.
BTW, WHERE'S OUR SHIT?Right, about that. Upon arriving, your characters can have on them whatever general items would usually have been in their pockets. Beyond that, Loki keeps all of your characters' most prized possessions in a desk drawer. If your character has any emotional attachment to something, Loki probably has it. If your character has eschewed the materialistic preoccupations of this world, Loki will have nothing to take. These items can be earned back with chips.
The clothing included in their welcome packages can be anything you want.
Please note that these items are only taken upon arrival in Vegas - characters can keep personal items while they are in Pleasantville so long as they have them in cannon. WHAT CANONS CAN BE APPED?We accept all forms of popular media including but not limited to anime/manga/webcomics/live-action TV/movies/games/books provided it is readily accessible to an English-speaking audience. Media only available in Japanese/with Japanese reference links are okay but we ask that you try your hardest to find a reference for it in English for apping purposes as we are not all Japanese majors on this side of the screen. We can't handle other languages at this time, sorry.DO YOU ALLOW OCS?Yes! Presently we allow both standard OCs and fandom OCs; this option has been opened up to include both existing and first-time players. Please see here for more details on applying for an OC.I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCEPTABLE CANONS.Please see the applications page!
SO ARE INTERSEX/TRANSGENDERED CHARACTERS OKAY?Any character who mentally considers himself male, regardless of physical gender configuration, is eligible to apply to Vegas. If your character doesn't have standard male genitals, they will find that Loki has meddled with them such that they're in an entirely male body when they enter the game. The same is true of biologically male characters who mentally considers themselves female. So long as these characters only sport male genitalia, there is no issue. OKAY, WHAT ABOUT GENDERSWAPS?We do allow genderswaps! There are two routes that can be taken:
One, the character operates under the condition that the genderswapped character comes from an AU where everyone is genderswapped. So if you want to apply for Kairi, that means he grew up with his best friends girl!Sora and girl!Riku. We leave name adaptations, when necessary, to player discretion.
The other possible option you can explore is simply that the characters gender is swapped and their canon universe is unaltered.
Please note that we will be handling genderswap apps more stringently than we do other apps. We encourage clearly showing how the gender reversal impacts characterization in the personality section, and stress that the final product should both show adaptation to the circumstances while still retaining core character traits.
Genderswaps are the only AUs we allow.HOW ABOUT DOUBLES?No. Nomura, get the fuck out. Dirty Vegas is only allowing one of any one character regardless of whether or not they've been cloned to other canons. If someone applies for Squall, then no one may apply for Leon. If someone applies for Cloud from Kingdom Hearts, then no one may apply for Cloud from Final Fantasy. And so on and so forth.FURRIES? NON-HUMANS?Sorry, but we'll have to politely decline any furry or anthro characters in their natural state.
However, we are willing to accept them so long as they are adapted to our primarily humanoid setting. Non-humanoid elements such as anthropomorphic ears and tails are ok, but anything more than that is not allowed. If you have your heart set on a character who is not primarily human in their canon and are willing to adapt them into a human form, please contact a mod.
Common examples of non-humans and their potential modifications are as follows:
Vampires/Undead: As vampires/etc are undead and don't have a circulatory system, they are technically unable to have an erection. Vampire characters with this sort of restriction will either need to be fully humanized or handwaved to have been meddled with by Loki. We leave this to the player's discretion, so long as the end result is the same.
Trolls: A la Homestuck. As far as canon tells us, Alternian trolls are human-like enough to be reasonably assumed to have the same sort of sexual functions. Players are free to keep whatever strange troll biology they like (coloring, horns), so long as they are able to sexually and successfully interact with the human residents of Vegas. Players are also free to fully humanize their trolls.
Transformers/Mechanical humanoids: Upon arriving in Vegas, Transformers/mechanical humanoids will be cyborg'd. The ratio of biological/mechanical parts is left to the player, with one exception: we ask that your character have the correct human anatomy necessary for copulation and that they have enough biological components to theoretically have the drive to get it on in the first place. The presence of any other biological functions (like sleep) is entirely up to you (for how this would affect them in relation to the curse, please see our section on sleep exemption). Furthermore, applicants are free to leave in any ports, cords, what-have-you in the event of future canonmates who'd rather do things cyborgo-a-cyborgo (or any adventurous humans looking for something new), but we ask that you specify in your application what abilities/upgrades/powers your character retains via their cyborg bits. We generally do not limit most powers that don't threaten Loki's absolute control/the setting, but we (and the other players) would like to know what to expect.All other cases of non-human applications will be judged on a case-by-case basis, but generally left up to the player's discretion. We simply ask that they be human enough to interact sexually with other residents. If you have any specific questions, please drop us a line. MY CHARACTER IS IMMORTAL.Canonically immortal characters are free to keep their resistance to frivolous injury but not death. Upon entering Vegas, they will be turned mortal but may retain any other powers and gain super human toughness in place of immortality.
Immortal characters are NOT exempted from the eventual suicide rule of sleep deprivation. They will still have to deal with the effects of sleeplessness. Their insomnia can be cured in the same way everyone else's is.
MY CHARACTER DOESN'T NEED TO SLEEP. HOW WILL THIS WORK?Loki has planned for this~! While these sorts of characters will obviously be unaffected by an inability to sleep, the symptoms of the insomnia are side-effects of Loki's magic and will still affect the character in question. After two weeks of no sex, sleep-immune characters will still succumb to the usual irritation, fatigue, depression, hallucinations, and eventual suicidal tendencies that come with insomnia. This will simply be a function of Loki's magic rather than an actual biological reaction.
IS THERE A CANON-UPDATE MECHANISM I CAN USE?Loki is a capricious god by nature, and may very well return characters home or yank them back simply for the fun of it. Feel free to use (but not abuse) this for all your canon updating needs, with a few caveats.
-Characters must ICly be gone for at least a week.
-All progress made by the characters in Vegas will disappear as soon as they leave, and will not be returned when they arrive. This means that their fancy housing is gone, their possessions are gone, and their chips are gone. However, other characters' memories of the removed character will remain intact by default; if you would like a specific character to forget yours after a canon update, please take it up with the mun in question.
-When they arrive in Vegas after the update, they will get the same introduction packet and lose all their personal items again.
-The only exception to these resets is their phone's contact list, which can remain the same as before they left if you so choose.
WAIT. HOW DO I POST? THERE'S ONLY ONE IC COMM. WHAT'S GOING ON. D8Yes, Dirty Vegas only has one IC community. Logs and action posts alike are welcome there. For logs, paste the template located in the profile and fill it out, then run with it from there. Text conversations (done over the phone) are also acceptable and can be as short as necessary, but please keep in mind that we will be less likely to accept text conversations for AC requirements.
Image logging is also permissible, but due to the difficulty in objectively judging it you will not be able to use it for meeting ACs.
Please try to keep all prose in past tense and all action posts in present tense.
Example prose:
"Hello," greeted Loki, a sharp glint in his eyes and an edge to his smile as he offered the newcomer his hand.
Example action:
Hello. [ Loki offers his hand with a sharp glint in his eyes and an edge to his smile. ] |
It is also perfectly acceptable for prose to be no more than a few sentences. Just have fun. And touch each other. Fair enough?CAN I BROADCAST MY POST TO THE WHOLE GAME AT ONCE?No -- because there is no longer an Internet in Dirty Vegas, the majority of interactions will be taking place on a face-to-face basis between characters. Everyone does, however, receive a phone for keeping in touch with other individuals from afar; how these work is detailed in the Setting.
AND TAGS?
As far as tags go, our system is as following:
Tag each entry with either *log for all logs or *action for all action posts. After that, tag with [ fandom ] character name (first, last). The tags should reflect all characters involved for better archiving.
I'M NOT SURE I WANT MY SMUT OUT IN PUBLIC…
You are welcome to lock your logs, smut or otherwise, provided other players in the log have no objections and you understand that we do not require the smut to be members-only. Locked or open is up to you, so long as you don't step on any toes.
Do keep in mind, however, that some people are not entirely comfortable with having their smut public, and we would appreciate it if you were to make an effort to help make other players comfortable. We don't like to get involved in player spats, but repeated disrespect for other players' comfort levels will result in mod action.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MALE PREGNANCY?
No.
WHY THE FUCK ARE WE HERE ANYWAY BESIDES OUR MUNS HAVING A STRONG DESIRE TO HAVE OTHER GUYS STICK IT IN US OR HAVE US STICK IT IN THEM?
...besides that? Nothing, really. You've about got it covered.
BUT MY CHARACTER DOESN’T SPEAK ENGLISH!
We don't want to stifle people's creativity in terms of what they can do with languages, so we're leaving that sort of thing up to player discretion -- you can say that Loki has magically allowed your character to understand and be understood by everyone if you want, or you can play with the character not speaking other people's languages.
The same goes for reading and writing. You can have him find that he's magically literate, have him magically able to read only essential stuff like the achievement billboards, or you can keep him as-is.
SO WHATS UP WITH THIS CELLPHONES? CAN I PLAY ANGRY BIRDS?
There are two types of cellphone models: The basic model everyone in Vegas receives upon arrival, and the upgraded version that operates more like an internet-less smartphone.
Let’s start with the basic phone. Basic cell phones come with all standard phone features. This includes texting, voice mail, phone calls, and you can even set it as your alarm clock. &hearts It also has a built in 3mpx camera and an illuminated screen to help guide you through the dark.
On the upgraded model, you not only have all the features of the basic phone, but you also have a notes application, calculator, betters speakers, a slide out keyboard and speech-to-text option. This model also includes a better camera (8mpx) with the ability to shoot video and Loki’s app store which features tons of... revised versions of some of your favorite smart phone games. (eg. angry birds is now furious cocks, cut the rope is cut the pube, etc.) I will remind again though that, as the Internet does not exist in Vegas presently, posting your high score is futile.
These phones are completely magical and will not break no matter what you throw at them or hurl them off of. However, they are not loss-proof! If you lose your phone, simply go to Arni for a replacement. However, do know that if you lose your smart phone, the replacement will cost as much as an upgrade.
I’VE GOT MY PHONE, HOW DO I ADD CONTACTS?
You don’t have to! Every person in Vegas who carries a phone will have any person within 50 feet of them added to their contact list automatically. The information collected includes, but is not limited to, name, number, and photo. While active participants in the games names remain black, those who have met death or have disappeared will have their name in grey on your list.
WAIT, YOU SAID IT SHARES A PHOTO?
Yes, the phone stores a photo of you in your contact information from Loki’s personal file. If you ask Arni, this image can be changed but it has to still be a picture of you.
For those of you who wish to lead a double life, you can now purchase more than one phone! The number will be different and the picture can be of the character's choosing, but it must be of the character in question. They are of course free to use whatever costumes, make-up or lighting effects they wish to disguise or change their appearance, but it must still be a picture of them.
The cell phone itself is available from Arni for a nominal fee (1 chip basic, 3 chips smart), and he'll be glad to take your picture as well ♥
IS ALRIGHT WITH YOU IF I BREAK THE FOURTH WALL?
We'd prefer to see no fourthwalling whatsoever due to the problems it can cause for other players (even if one player out of a cast is fine with having their character fourthwalled, the implications of that might extend to other cast-mates whose players aren't). This does include having characters recognize people -- if it's canon for Scott to know Goku, Vegeta, and Spiderman on sight, he will indeed lose that knowledge while in Vegas.
However, if you'd like to have your character make references to canons that aren't present in the game and are unlikely to become so (for example, I highly doubt we'll have anyone apping Mario and Luigi anytime soon, so he'd probably be safe making references to Super Mario Bros.), feel free to use your good judgement about that; otherwise we'd prefer to see his pop culture references limited to things that don't actually exist in the real world. If you would find it helpful, parodying or playing off existing titles is okay -- for example a game called Last Phantasm Seven instead of Final Fantasy VII or the like.
I’M A HISTORICAL CHARACTER! IS IT FOURTH WALLING TO KNOW ME?
If you are from a universe in which this character would have existed, it is acceptable to recognize them. Let’s use Caesar from Assassin’s Creed as an example:
As he is a historical figure, Caesar would be recognizable to post-Renaissance, non-AU Earth characters, though naturally they would need to have some knowledge of the period.
However, he would not be recognizable as a pop culture figure, i.e. if someone played Assassin's Creed back home, they would not recognize him as the Caesar from the game, as that would be 4th wall-penetration.
"You remind me of a character from XXX I read as a kid" COULD THAT BE ALLOWED?
Vague references and subtle feelings of de-ja-vu are allowed, as are parodies! However, any obvious breaking of the fourth wall is not. Instead of Pokemon, reflect fondly on your used copy of Purse Mutants. Dragonball Z becomes Fondle Balls Q, etc..
DUDE WHERE’S MY CAR? ARE THERE CARS?
Yes, there are some ruined cars and car parts still scattered around the city. Years of rust, decay, and sand corrosion have rendered the cars completely unusable. However, a character with enough technological ingenuity may be able to put one back in working order through a great deal of determination, elbow grease, and chips spent on spare parts. Gas may be purchased from Arni at the price for a luxury item (6 chips per gallon jug), but we warn everyone again that there's nothing out there but desert.
BESIDES CARS, IS THERE OTHER JUNK OUT THERE FOR ME TO LOOT IN THE RUINS?
Yes, characters can find items in the ruins here and there, beneath the sand or under concrete rubble. Naturally many things they find will be damaged or not working in some fashion, but they are more than welcome to claim them as their own.
I GUESS WE’RE STUCK HERE, WHAT ABOUT STRAY ANIMALS?
Within city limits there are birds, various rodents, and stray cats and dogs. If your character so wishes, there is no penalty for cooking up and eating the feral animals that still roam Vegas. Pigeons, feral dogs, rats, and other such animals are free to be eaten as one wishes and starting fires in the ruins is 100% fine so long as it does not destroy Loki's buildings.
However, if costs are what you are hoping to cut, Loki does offer free bland gruel 24/7 in either hotel's cafeterias and at Arni's desk.
Also, as the animals are mostly feral, don’t try to take one as a pet unless you enjoy pain and possibly rabies
ARE THERE BIBLES IN THE SIDE TABLE?
The hotel room nightstands contain:
a) Bibles
b) Gay porn magazines
c) Copies of the Poetic Edda
all mixed in together. Some of the gay porn mags are probably draped right over the Bibles. Sorry about that.
I BOUGHT A TV NOW WHAT CAN I WATCH?
Gay porn and nature documentaries. If you have a burning need for other kinds of entertainment, DVDs can be bought from Arni.
No fourthwalling, however, will be allowed. Instead of “Inception”, Arni has numerous copies of “Dream in a dream in a dream,” or instead of the new “Tangled” picture, you can pick up “How that long-haired chick gets her groove back,” etc..
UHM, HEY, SO, ABOUT THOSE DVDS... CAN THEY HAVE LADIES IN THEM?
If you purchase a DVD of porn (or otherwise) with women in it, rejoice, as Loki did not edit them out. Honestly, it’s as close to a woman as you’re going to get here in Vegas. Why he didn’t take them out? Well, the idea of your character jerking off to something entirely intangible and crying while doing so is rather priceless.
Enjoy.
I AM RE-APPING A CHARACTER I USED TO PLAY. HOW DO THEY COME BACK? WHAT ABOUT THEIR MEMORIES?
There are three choices your character has to work with as far as coming back is concerned:
One, they can just return as normal and as if nothing ever happened as there was never a moment of absence for them. This way is easiest if you intend to retain their memories and possessions.
Second choice is that you can assume your character passed away in the desert (or elsewhere) and is now spinning Loki’s punishment wheel to lose a sense, sensations, or set of memories.
The third option is a complete reset. Basically you’d be apping in as if your first run had never happened.
Basically, your characters memories can remain in-tact or not . We don't have a set policy on re-apps and leave the matter of whether or not they retain memories from a previous stay in Vegas to player discretion.
ARE THERE NPCS HERE?
Yes, quite a few actually. Aside from Loki & Arni, there is also Skittles, Loki's pet tentacle monster who lives in a large pool next to the Planet Hollywood, and Atley, the stylist and clerk of the Planet Hollywood sex and costume emporium. In addition to those with names, there are also various NPCs working in and around the Hotel at all hours. These are servants of Loki like Arni, but somewhat less developed; they never stop smiling and have limited conversational skills. There are also a number of men who have been summoned from other worlds for Loki's amusement, i.e. just the same as the player characters. Enjoy them as you wish. For more information on the NPC's in Vegas, see the NPC profiles posted here.
I’M GOING TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF ARNI.
Should anyone try to physically harm Arni (that is, anything more than collar-shaking), they will suddenly find themselves up in their room, apparently having just awoken from a long nap, though no time has passed. Further offenses will find offenders randomly transported to more and more dangerous locations around Vegas, though Loki won't intentionally kill any of his toys in this manner.
If it’d lethal force, such as a gun, for the first shot fired, Loki would send the attacker to the desert with Vegas just in sight- that'd still be quite a distance to hike through either blazing heat, freezing cold, or both. Should any other shots be fired at Arni, the distance will grow correspondingly greater.
However, just fussing at him will have little discernible effect. Shout away, but don't expect results.
CAN I BRIBE ARNI? I REALLY WANT THAT GUYS ROOM KEY...
Arni does take care of room key and rent-related matters, but under no circumstances will he give a character a key card for a room that doesn't belong to them. They're free to try and convince him otherwise, but he will politely refuse flat-out with that eery smile of his.
WHY WONT ARNI TALK TO ME?
Sorry about that, he’s just a little self-conscious about not having a tongue. But, then, that’s what you get when you talk back to Loki.
MY CHARACTER IS DEAD IN CANON. IS THIS OKAY?
I am happy to say that Loki makes no exception for the dead-- No one is spared the embarrassment that is Dirty Vegas! Meaning that, yes, you may app canonly deceased characters. They will not have to spin the wheel (as they didn't die in Vegas) and they will simply wake up in the desert in the clothing they wore last before their death. Your character will remember everything leading up their death, including their last moments, but will no longer be deceased. Scars from stab wounds, from bullet wounds, their bloody clothes, and otherwise may remain on the body but open wounds will be healed (meaning you character is not in danger of dying at the moment of their arrival). If you wish for your character to arrive with those wounds open, you may app them from right before their death. This is up to player discretion.
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dirtymodteam) wrote2010-06-25 01:46 am
