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— AND WE’RE LIVE ! our main blog is now accessible at @opalshq ! thank you for everyone who has followed along with our teaser blog, we cannot wait to get started ! additionally, our “ surprise ” ( a little choose-your-own adventure story with a TON of world-building elements ) is now password free ! we hope to see you over at our main blog soon !
FIVE MORE MINUTES!
i know !!! riley and i are so, so excited, you have no idea !
— HEY EVERYONE ! admin lola and myself have discussed and we have agreed that we’ll be opening our main blog ( @opalshq ) tomorrow at 11am est ! in the meantime, if you’re interested in learning more about our world and our skeletons, we’ve got a bunch of teasers posted on this blog right here ! feel free to send us any questions about the rp, the application, the skeletons, etc. ! we’d love to help answer them !
— HAPPY WEDNESDAY TAGS ! we’re just one day away from opening our main up to the public, and releasing the longer, more detailed versions of our skeletons for people to start working on their applications ! haven’t checked us out yet ? come peruse through our teasers here to get a better idea of what our 12 x 12 skeleton group looks like ! we’d love to have you !
Do you have a day in mind of when you'll be dropping the main yet? :D
we’re opening up the main ( and giving easy access to our surprise ! ) tomorrow ! riley and i haven’t confirmed the exact time at which we’ll do it, but it’ll most likely be earlier during the day, depending on our individual work schedules !
super excited to see the main!!! do you guys have a timeline for acceptances or anything yet?
super excited to open up it to you all ! it feels like riley and i have been waiting forever ! in terms of timeline, we plan to release the full, detailed skeletons on the main in the first few days of opening and will then open applications / our submit once they’ve all been posted. then, we are tentatively hoping to accept applications about a week or a week and a half later, to give everyone enough time to write their application and to make sure we have enough applications to build out our new little family !
what would the society members be looking for in a potential prodigy? after all, i'd imagine intelligence isn't scarce around these parts! also, financially would you say this place is expensive? what about scholarships and the likes? thank you for taking the time to answer, i'm just really excited for this verse!
thank you for taking the time to check us out and send this in ! the first thing to note is that tuition in england is generally lower than in the united states ( tuition for oxford is approximately $11,636 for uk residents / approximately $32,381 for non-uk resident, compared to a minimum of $55,825 for students who choose to attend harvard ). that said, depending on your muse’s background and nationality, the cost of tuition at strathmore may still be considered pretty steep ! of course, just like any other university, scholarships will be available, and your muse can definitely be a recipient of one ( which you can create and name in your app ) ! as for what’s prodigies, it all depends on the member / opal ! our skeletons are designed so that each member and prodigy share a predetermined connection, and they span all kinds of relationships: some are friends, some are romantically involved, some have less than positive motives, some are family !
skeletons in Hogwarts houses?
you know the way to my heart, anon ! after thinking about this for a bit, i think it’s safe to say that the skeletons could definitely have multiple interpretations that would sort them into different houses ( and we would love to see them in applications ! ), but here would be my best attempt: gryffindor: amethyst, ruby. hufflepuff: aquamarine, garnet, pearl, topaz. ravenclaw: amber, onyx, sapphire. slytherin: diamond, emerald, tourmaline.
skeletons as gossip girl characters?
i love these types of questions ! here’s my hot take: amethyst and topaz would be serena, diamond and pearl would be blair, onyx would be chuck, aquamarine and garnet would be nate, amber and tourmaline would be dan, emerald would be jenny, sapphire would be eric and ruby would be georgina !
— HEY THERE LATE NIGHT TAG LURKERS ! with all of our skeleton, location and verse teasers released, it’s almost time for our main to be opened to the public ( a little over a day, in fact ) and almost time for access our surprise to be released fully ! in case you’re still trying to figure out the password, you can find all of our clues in our teaser tag right here ! and, as a reminder, if you need an extra hint, riley and i are happy to help !
do you have any fcs in mind for any of the skeletons?
we do not, no ! while we’re adding some details to inspire you in our skeletons, we want to give you all as much free rein as possible to create a muse you feel comfortable, happy and excited to play in ! that said, if you need any sort of help figuring out a faceclaim, we’d be more than happy to help and provide some ideas ! ultimately, we think a lot of different faceclaims could work for a lot of our skeletons — that’s the beauty of it !
— GOOD AFTERNOON ! we’ve posted all of our skeletons and verse teasers, and are looking forward to opening up our main later this week. if you have any questions about the group, our applications, or anything, feel free to shoot us an ask !
not sure if this has been answered, but how will the applications be set up? if you guys know yet?
our app is broken down into five main chunks ! one — out of character information ( name, pronouns, timezone, etc. ) two — character basics ( name, gender, age, faceclaim, skeleton, etc. ) three — character details ( personality, skills, some headcanons, etc. ) four — your character and the opal society ( to help with plotting ! ) five ( optional ) — any extras you might have, like a pinterest board, mock blog or a playlist !
weird question but... which skeleton could u see lizzie bennet (of pride and prejudice) fitting?
oooh this is a fun one ! i see her working as an amber, an amethyst, an emerald or an onyx, depending on which personality traits of lizzie’s you choose to emphasize !
will any skeletons be gender specific? will they have connections?
great question ! the skeletons won’t be gender specific, as we want to give our members as much free rein as possible ! then, connection-wise, we’ve designed connections between both ambers, both amethysts, both aquamarines, etc. but not across skeletons — again we’re hoping this allows you to develop your muse and their connections at strathmore and within the opal society in a way that makes the most sense for you. to help with plotting ( slight spoiler ahead ! ), we’ll be including a spot in our application for people to add some of their wanted connections, so we have some early on and readily available for everyone !
i am already in love with this rp, and your admins are so so sweet
oh my gosh, anon, you’re going to make me cry ! we’re so, so glad that you’re liking everything !
are there specific majors taught or that the university is more known for?
we were very inspired by prestigious british universities and colleges like oxford, cambridge, king’s college and imperial college in london — so any majors that are well-known there are likely just as reputable at strathmore ! that said, don’t limit yourself to those lists, this is a fictional school so the sky’s the limit ! and, if it helps at all, riley’s character will be a philosophy major, mine will be a political science major and poppy, our npc, will be a literature major !