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Ayisdra said:

1. Why did you choose the release event that you did? Did you have any other ideas that you decided against for your release?

2. What is your favorite way to describe a voice?

3. Is there something you regret not doing as a mortal before you became an admin?

4. What is something that surprised you when you first moved over to the admin side (that you can share)? What is something that still surprises you about being an admin (that you can share)?

1. I intentionally didn't want a large release event where a huge deal was made of Ein or him being back. There's a lot of behind the scenes reasons for this, but ultimately it comes down to my own vision for Gaudiguch and the Ein role itself, and what is best for both. It did backfire a bit in that a lot of people didn't even realise Ein was released until months afterward, but that's a temporary problem that fixed itself with time.
2. Trembling. Or quivering perhaps. I don't get to use these quite as often as I'd like.
3. Nothing. I did everything I set out as a personal goal.
4. The biggest surprise I had when I first came up is how nice and helpful everybody is in the Havens; I truly expected them all to be the Baba Yaga given textual flesh, and nobody came close. There is plenty that still surprises me, but the one thing I will point to is how much that still exists that I don't know about, or knew about at one point and just forgot - there's been an insane amount of content released for Lusternia, not all of it obvious, and it is very easy to miss a lot of it. An easy example to point to is Grand Junction, a room whose description I only read for the first time last night: the verbose (long) description of the room is quite enlightening as to the original intention for the purpose of the room, and in the almost 18 years Lusternia has existed I cannot recall a time I have ever seen or heard of it being used for this purpose, and please do correct me if I am missing something.

Luce said:

4. What's your favorite room/mob/item description that you've seen?
6. If You were given a monument, idol, or gift by Your Order, what would it be?

4. It's hard to pick one, but if I had to do so, it would probably be Bandrui, Serenwilde's executioner. Mugwumps have long since been my favorite Lusternian race and Bandrui is an exquisite example of one done well and evocatively.
6. Roleplay hooks. Trauma, ideally.

Uzriel said:

Another couple of questions here!

1. What is it you enjoy most about being godadmin? Ie, what got you through ephhood/keeps you logging in still?

2. What's something you've found unexpectedly difficult (could be behind the scenes in general, transitioning to ephhood from mortal, or transition from eph to godmin)?

3. Maybe too close to Ayisdra's question but what's something that really caught you off guard but couldn't help but laugh about (that you're allowed to share). I'm thinking along the lines of weird bugs, events going off rails, etc.

1. There are two answers to this: it's an outlet, and we're fairly close-knit as a group. I work a very stressful and mentally-draining job outside of Lusternia that, these days, requires less creativity and more analysis and management, so being able to write and roleplay here gives me an outlet to create. As well, and I'm sure it's no surprise to hear this, a lot of us in the Havens are friends with each other and do form the friendships in ephhood and beyond, to the point that we even share some non-Lusternia hobbies, and this is a really lovely and valuable connection to have.
2. The paradigm shift from mortal to ephemeral/godhood was the big one for me. As a mortal, my question was always "what sounds cool?" and "what will leave the biggest impression?". This immediately had to shift as an ephemeral to "how does this interact with the story?" and "what place does it have in the world?" Both my writing and acting backgrounds are in improvisation, so this was a difficult shift for me.
3. I will not give specifics here, but nothing ever goes right no matter how much you test it ahead of time. Sometimes this is because we know how it works and can't think to test every option, and others it is purely because you all, as Terentia, Lisaera, and Malmydia have pointed out, talk amongst yourselves and end up drawing conclusions through games of telephone that skip left field and seem to just spawn in from thin air. As frustrating as it can be, it is also very fun to watch and something I enjoy.

Kalliope said:

"While in town the baker gives you a sweetroll. Delighted, you take it into an alley to enjoy, only to be intercepted by a gang of three kids your age. The leader demands the sweetroll, or else he and his friends will beat you and take it."

• Act like you're going to give him the sweetroll, but at the last minute throw it in the air, hoping that they'll pay attention to it long enough for you to get a shot in on the leader?
• Give him the sweetroll now without argument, knowing that later this afternoon you will have all your friends with you and can come and take whatever he owes you?
• Drop the sweetroll and step on it, then get ready for the fight?

Ask Socucius Ergalla why he is making me fill out a Buzzfeed personality quiz on my census form when I have a dead general to mantle and a god to kill, then go steal the platter on the shelf to my right for spending money.

Esei said:

What's your favorite memory of being a god, so far? Can be crushing a particularly pesky bug, rp with your order (or org, or even a totally random person you didn't expect to show up in your fulcrux, etc), rp you got while possessing a mob, or anything you can think of. Feel free to redact if need be!

Alternatively, what's your godrole's favorite beverage?

1. The moment when a player figured out the secret.

2. Probably water.

Kalliope said:

1. What's your damage?

2. What's in the box?

3. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

4. Kill anyone today?

5. What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?

1. <redacted>
2. Hope.
3. No. Two left feet.
4. Who's asking?
5. Nothing. I don't lose.

Lisaera said:

1. What is your favorite room in game and why?
2. If your character were a spice, what spice would they be?
3. What three aesthetics guide how you build and play your character?
4. Please select from the following options:

"Entering town you find that you are witness to a very well-dressed man running from a crowd. He screams to you for help. The crowd behind him seem very angry."

• Rush to the town's aid immediately, despite your lack of knowledge of the circumstances.
• Stand aside and allow the man and the mob to pass, realizing it is probably best not to get involved.
• Rush to the man's aid immediately, despite your lack of knowledge of the circumstances.

1. There's a room in the Shevat homestead that's basically a porch looking out over the underside of Hallifax. Luce uses it as his pondering spot sometimes.
2. Let's go with nutmeg. Usually just blending in and making other stuff taste better, kind of boring if left on its own.

I been thinking about the faceclaim thing a lot.

I'd prob change my answer every day this week though.

just a quick shop to drive my point home ok I leave u alone now.

Esei said:

1. Filib Shee-Slaugh. He's just the cutest, and also has gone through some character development recently which really just gives me the warm fuzzies. Weirdly, he's also been one of Esei's confidants through their journey in Lusternia, for [redacted] reasons.

2. At this point of their journey... hmm... Hard to say. This version of the Jaws theme fits generally, though I think there's some gems in their playlist if you care to listen.

3. Tea, of course.

4. You ask me this question and suddenly I can't remember a single easter egg...

5. In the words of Gurashi, Darvellan is "actually a Lucidian posing as a Goloth posing as Darvellan." Or possibly "Mysrai is literally a swarm of bees."

6. Alas, I've none. Maybe myself for the voice, but I think Esei has a weird Fantasy Glomdoring Accent I'll never be able to quite capture. Their voice is also considerably deeper than mine at any given point.

Luce said:

The False Gods are back, but this time they are impersonating rather than replacing Elders.

1. Who do you think would do the best job pretending to be You?
2. What 'tell' gives away the game to Your (dis)Order?
3. What trophy do You take from Your doppelganger?

Unrelated to that scenario,
4. What's your favorite room/mob/item description that you've seen?
5. Was there a quest or area whose documentation you saw after taking on the Godrole that made you go "Oh, that makes more sense now."? (no need to say which if its spoilers, but I'm also asking about quests where the solution makes more sense now, or if there was a connection that we can see that you didn't know about beforehand.)
6. If You were given a monument, idol, or gift by Your Order, what would it be?

Lisaera said:

1. What is your favorite room in game and why?
2. If your character were a spice, what spice would they be?
3. What three aesthetics guide how you build and play your character?
4. Please select from the following options:

"Entering town you find that you are witness to a very well-dressed man running from a crowd. He screams to you for help. The crowd behind him seem very angry."

• Rush to the town's aid immediately, despite your lack of knowledge of the circumstances.
• Stand aside and allow the man and the mob to pass, realizing it is probably best not to get involved.
• Rush to the man's aid immediately, despite your lack of knowledge of the circumstances.

1.  There's a couple of Magnagoran rooms I like, hard to pick just one. The Bridge of Torment is so evocative and unique. The top of the construction site, and d'Murani gardens have great ambients of sunrise/sunset (and the construction site has a few other cool coded bits that are worth finding out).
2.  This is tough, maybe cinnamon?
3.  Refined noble, mad scientist (also very intentionally including the classic PhD syndrome of being oblivious to the super obvious/some social norms at times), devotee of Nil/the Twelve.
4.  Lacking any context (what race is the man/crowd for instance), probably option 2.