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 //Origin Story// is a game about young people dealing with changes to their body that they didn't ask for and don't understand; who feel different to their peers and live in a world that doesn't want them; who must define the identity they want to be known by. //Origin Story// is a game about young people dealing with changes to their body that they didn't ask for and don't understand; who feel different to their peers and live in a world that doesn't want them; who must define the identity they want to be known by.
  
-{{:forum1.jpg?300 |SparkInYou.org}} Players play as teenagers or young adults living in the city of [[Citropolis]], on an online support forum for young people with superpowers. People with superpowers, known as [[the spark|Sparks]], are seen by many as dangerous and destabilising members of society -- many Sparked people keep their powers secret, or live a double life. Teens often hide their sparks, ashamed, and find no support for dealing with a very different puberty.+{{:forum1.jpg?270 |SparkInYou.org}} Players play as teenagers or young adults living in the city of [[Citropolis]], on an online support forum for young people with superpowers. People with superpowers, known as [[the spark|Sparks]], are seen by many as dangerous and destabilising members of society -- many Sparked people keep their powers secret, or live a double life. Teens often hide their sparks, ashamed, and find no support for dealing with a very different puberty.
  
 [[SparkInYou.org]] is a place for Sparked youth to find community and understanding. A space where they can unapologetically be themselves… and decide what that means to them. The game will focus on cooperation and community, with most of the plot being highly personal -- characters working on the unique [[struggles]] that brought them to the forum. [[SparkInYou.org]] is a place for Sparked youth to find community and understanding. A space where they can unapologetically be themselves… and decide what that means to them. The game will focus on cooperation and community, with most of the plot being highly personal -- characters working on the unique [[struggles]] that brought them to the forum.
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 //Origin Story// will be a text based game, consisting of [[Uptime]] on the //Origin Story// Discord, which represents the time your character spends on the forum, and [[Downtime]], where you will submit a turnsheet telling the GM team what your character gets up to between sessions, and receive a write up from the GMs about how that turned out! In //Origin Story//, each Downtime will represent **one month** for the characters, and you will have one major action representing your key focus during that time. //Origin Story// will be a text based game, consisting of [[Uptime]] on the //Origin Story// Discord, which represents the time your character spends on the forum, and [[Downtime]], where you will submit a turnsheet telling the GM team what your character gets up to between sessions, and receive a write up from the GMs about how that turned out! In //Origin Story//, each Downtime will represent **one month** for the characters, and you will have one major action representing your key focus during that time.
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 +The forum will be purely text based, with no audio or video components in uptime.
  
 Out of character, the sessions will run **fortnightly**, starting on **Tuesday 27th July**, with an optional Character Creation session on Tuesday 20th July. Sessions will begin at **7:00pm** (**BST**) and run for 3 hours. The table below shows when each session will occur: Out of character, the sessions will run **fortnightly**, starting on **Tuesday 27th July**, with an optional Character Creation session on Tuesday 20th July. Sessions will begin at **7:00pm** (**BST**) and run for 3 hours. The table below shows when each session will occur:
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 | Session 5 | Tuesday 21st September | | Session 5 | Tuesday 21st September |
 | Session 6 | Tuesday 5th October | | Session 6 | Tuesday 5th October |
-| Debrief | TBC, week beginning 11th October | +| Debrief | Tuesday 19th October |
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-//Origin Story// has a player cap of 25. If we get more applications than this, players will be decided by a lottery. More details are on the character creation form.+
  
 +//Origin Story// has a player cap of 25. If we get more applications than this, players will be decided by a lottery. More details are on the Wrap Up section of the [[https://forms.gle/FUQxfMcNtuwvh2sw8 |character creation form]].
 =====Where next?===== =====Where next?=====
  
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