Do you feel that chill in the air? You know what it means&
It's time for SCARE THE STORYTELLERS! That's right, jot down your creepiest, your spookiest, and your haunting-est stories to send a ripple down the sector's collective spine. From creaky-legged hagdas scampering through the night to Vihana metalisks and failed Fantom experiments to... something that bumped your ship in the shadows of space... We want to read about it!
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WHAT WE WANT:
A couple paragraphs describing a creature, fear, nightmare, or terror commonly known among members of your character's race. Give us your space bigfoots, your slender men, your Cthulhus, your ghosts, and your headless horsemen, but make 'em Starmourn!
This is your chance to dig deep into your psyche, flesh out your understanding of your character's culture, and maybe have your entry entered into official Starmourn canon. Whatever it is, we're looking for something that will poof a little feracht's tail to thrice its usual size.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
1. Who you play/what your character name is.
2. A name for your horror
i.e. "The Foogu, slime monster of Benu Wen"
3. A description of your horror
i.e. "The Foogu is a massive horror of ever-increasing size and amorphous shape made of viscous, ambulatory slime. Fungus and moss grows liberally upon it, making it impossible to detect when walking in dark forests until you are already consumed."
4. A backstory to explain why this is scary to your character's race.
i.e. "Said to have been grown from unstable molecules that escaped from a laboratory of W'hoorn scientists several centuries ago, tales of The Foogu and its rise to sentience are used liberally by W'hoorn parents to make their children mind them and stay close to home. Rumor has it that those lost in the woods are absorbed by the Foogu, but don't die, remaining in a fully aware, hellish stasis, used as nutrient batteries for the monster's continued existence. Though no definitive proof of the Foogu's existence has ever been found, a plethora of photographs and grainy video footage can be found on the commsphere."
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CONTEST RULES:
- Your entry must include ALL required information detailed above.
- One entry per player.
- Collaboration is ok, but only the person who submits the entry can win the prize.
- Player must be currently playing a character of the race they are writing about. We're operating on the honor code here If you submit an entry, you should be committed to that race's RP in game.
- No stories or creepypastas lifted directly from current Earth culture. Taking inspiration is fine, but the final product should be unique and wholly yours.
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SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY: (
Entries should be sent as a Pastebin or Google Doc link to Argus in game and will be shared among game staff for judging, crying, and screaming in terror not necessarily in that order. Your deadline is 11:59pm EST on October 31st. We'll take a couple days to decide, then announce the winner!
You are welcome, though not required, to use this entry form: https://pastebin.com/GvKHutUn
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WINNING PRIZE
The winning entry will receive a unique item of some kind or a minipet loosely based on their creation, subject to admin discretion. Details about the creature will also be added to our public wiki, solidifying the fruits of your depraved imagination into game canon forever.
Good luck and make it weird, folks! As usual, our bodies are ready.
Your already-spooped volunteers
Neritus, Argus, Marra, Kauka, Elan, and Figment
