As most of you know, CrimsonCityHQ has been up and running since October of 2019. After romances, heartbreaks, explosions, chaos, and a little bit of softness here and there, we have made it to May of 2021, a whole YEAR AND SEVEN MONTHS since we first opened ! We are INCREDIBLY grateful to everyone who has stopped by for a week, stayed for a year, or spent any time writing with us at all during this journey. We wouldn’t be here without you.
That said, after a long talk, Admin J and I have decided it’s time for a break. Crimson has grown from a small idea to a real metropolis over the past year and a half, but it has also become somewhat of a stressor on us as life picks up and priorities change. For our mental health, Admin J and I are pausing all activity on the main for at least a month. Starting on FRIDAY, MAY 14TH after movie night, CrimsonCityHQ will NOT be accepting applications, running promos, conducting activity checks or answering anons. The Discord will remain open and functional, and you may continue to post there and on your characters during the hiatus. You are still welcome to reach out to either of us admins as well. We only ask that you PLEASE do not mention any of CrimsonCityHQ’s lore outside of the confines of the group.
Now that the bad news is out of the way, here’s some good news: CrimsonCityHQ is NOT closing permanently. WE WILL BE BACK AND FULLY OPERATIONAL IN JUNE OF 2021. If you choose to stay with us, you will be grandfathered into the reopening, so just let us know if you plan to stick around. Now is a better time than any to rework bios, polish up themes, determine your wanted connections and prepare to meet a new, refreshed Chicago ( and hopefully some new faces, too ! ). Again, we ask that you do not reference Crimson or its lore outside of the context of the CrimsonCityHQ Discord and dash.
Our final activity check will take place on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH, so please make sure you have posted on your characters.
Finally, thank you all for making CrimsonCityHQ possible for so long. This is far from the end, and we can’t wait to bounce back with a bigger, brighter Chicago !
Happy Monday! We have decided to tack on a weekly spotlight for open starters that currently have under 10 notes. To help boost traffic to those starters, and we have also included a recap of new members with a link to their intros. Our group is very inclusive, but we figured this tweak to things would only help that further.
NOTES:
We have introduced a new point system meant to be a fun new way to do things if you’d like. It’s completely optional for whoever wants to partake! For more information see this post.
The event has concluded. You can find the conclusion here!
Happy Monday! We have decided to tack on a weekly spotlight for open starters that currently have under 10 notes. To help boost traffic to those starters, and we have also included a recap of new members with a link to their intros. Our group is very inclusive, but we figured this tweak to things would only help that further.
NOTES:
We have introduced a new point system meant to be a fun new way to do things if you’d like. It’s completely optional for whoever wants to partake! For more information see this post.
We are currently holding an event, everyone had gathered for the reopening of the Art Institute. Part II is now being done where an explosion has gone off. To read more and pick plot slots if you haven’t already click here!
Part II starters for the event. WARNING: Most of them have triggers that are listed.
Evelina Vasile / URL
Jin-ae ‘JJ’ Rau-Byrne/ URL
Audric Noire / URL
Katerina Vasile/ URL
Ezekiel “Zeke” Halliday / INTRO
Salvador “Sal” Leon / INTRO / Wanted connections: stable ex, toxic ex, & best bud
There are some minor hitches in the night, but overall things are going a bit too good. It makes some question the time, and they’re surprised when they glance down their watches to find it well past curfew. Mysteriously the absence of law enforcement starts to swell the senses filling some with guilt and others with an overabundance of suspicion. At first it’s almost as if time freezes, like you’re trapped in one of the paintings on the wall. White noise has dissolved, but you can feel the quake under your feet. The distorted mouths of the company around you, as the shift in environment explodes. Flames rain down like hellfire from the second floor, unable to shake the horrific silence you can see the rubble of foundation start to join with the fire.
Fight or flight kicked in for the residents in the art museum. Some of them taking the artwork to save over their dead bodies, and some use this opportune moment to finally begin open hunting season on those that harvested their organs. There seems to be some mix up at the door of the entrance. One group helping people get out, and the other hindering. The ringing in your ear stops enough for you to hear the invisible gunfire that started to rock over the roar of flames.
PART II will run until Wednesday May 5th 10PM EST. Plot slots can be found underneath the cut!
We’re going to allow each person to choose two plot slots for two characters max .If there are any leftovers, we’ll let members know when they can sign up for thirds.
You’ll notice that some of these plots are public, so feel free to have your character react to them/ notice them even if they aren’t happening directly to your character. However, if something feels like it happened privately to another character, please check in with their Mun to see if it’s okay for your character to know.
To be clear: these are not the only things that happen to your character during this plot drop and you are more than welcome to cook up your own trouble.
To sign up for a plot slot message the main! You can start doing that as soon as right now! You may start the threads as soon as you’d like. Keep in mind that you can only message the main plot slots choices for your characters alone.
Also, if you’re going to have your character be injured during the phase of part II message the main ( just so we can include it in the conclusion summary)! Your character can still be injured, but we thought it would be cool to include characters in the summary.
PLOT SLOTS
CHARACTER A notices sparks flicker out from behind a painting. Their knee jerk reaction kicks in and they run into CHARACTER B when the painting lights on fire..
CHARACTER C ( FAUST AFF ) triggers one of the distraction bombs, but they didn’t count on CHARACTER D being injured in the aftermath.
BIRDIE MENDOZA has caught their gown in the rotating door whilst trying to make their escape, and TORI MASSARO has to decide whether they want to risk their own skin and help or chalk it up the BIRDIE MENDOZA’s bad luck.
JIN-AE ‘JJ’ RAU-BYRNE is engaged in a conversation with the bartender & JESSE VALENCIA, but that conversation is cut short when the bartender catches an unfortunate stray bullet in the face. It’s up to save themselves or help each other get shelter.
CHARACTER I, CHARACTER J and CHARACTER K have their own mission for tonight, and this chaos offers the perfect opportunity. Who knows how they made it in with box cutters, but CHARACTER I, CHARACTER J and CHARACTER K leave their marks across canvases all the way down the main hall. The flames are closing in fast, though, so don’t dawdle for too long.
CHARACTER L ( FAUST AFF ) & CHARACTER M both are the first people to arrive at the doors of the Art Institute after the chaos starts. One with the goal to keep people in, and the other to keep people out.
ZAKIYA AL KHATIB & OLIVER FAUST detonate the bomb underneath the elevator that traps WYATT LEON, ISABELLA FAUST, AND RAFFERTY DOYLE inside and they have to work together to get out.
CHARACTER R strikes a deal with CHARACTER S to use this opportunity to steal the most prized piece of artwork in the Art Institute. It almost goes perfectly, until they launch it out a window that’s not illuminated by flames. However, when they finally make it out to collect their prize ▬ EVELINA VASILE is holding it and also brandishing a weapon.
DIAMOND WASHINGTON who not-so-cautiously accepted a colorful pill from a stranger earlier in the night, is convinced the eyes of the painting are moving, suggesting someone may be trapped inside. CHARACTER V and CHARACTER W notice DIAMOND WASHINGTON dashing further into the flames and take it upon themselves to help, but that means they’ll have to handle the chaos of whatever DIAMOND WASHINGTON is hallucinating.
AMADEUS JUDE CASTELLANOS completely giving no fucks whatsoever picks up a glass of what they assumed was water from the bar to douse a lick of flames that got too close. The problem was it was vodka that fuels the fire, and starts to cover ZOE WASHINGTON. They can either run or stay behind, but ZOE WASHINGTON is 100% able to ID them.
AUDREY ROUSSEAU was in the restroom when the explosion occurred, and a large chunk of the balcony has blocked the door. Smoke is filtering through the cracks in the threshold, and AUDREY ROUSSEAU calls frantically for help. EZEKIEL “ZEKE” HALLIDAY hears their cries and opts to help, but the flames are moving closer by the second, and the smoke is getting heavier. EZEKIEL “ZEKE” HALLIDAY has to move fast or they will suffer the same fate as AUDREY ROUSSEAU .
CHARACTER B1 starts to exchange gunfire with CHARACTER C1 up the staircase towards the roof. One of the stray bullets hits another small bomb that causes the staircase to falter.
ABRAHAM SWEETWINE helps others to safety using a nearby window, but another explosion leaves them burned and trapped under a large piece of the ceiling. JULIA FAUST bolts to their aid and carries ABRAHAM SWEETWINE to safety. Once outside in the lawn, JULIA FAUST must keep ABRAHAM SWEETWINE awake long enough for medical personnel to arrive.
SERAFINA EATON is able to convince WIKIMAK CLARKE to assist in rescuing the artwork from the chaotic flames. However, after they’re injured in the process SERAFINA EATON realizes the artwork they’re trying to save is falsified. Almost as if the original artwork had been swapped.
ANYA VOLKOVA uses the opportunity to pickpocket abandoned purses scattered around the main hall. They find a loaded pistol in MARKIE “PAIGE” KRAVTSOV ’s purse right as MARKIE “PAIGE” KRAVTSOV comes to collect it and whatever else ANYA VOLKOVA has taken. It’s up to ANYA VOLKOVA to figure out whether or not a purse is worth killing over, but be warned—the flames are moving fast.
AUBREE DAMIANI is trampled by a crowd that beelines to the exit. CHARACTER K1 is the only one to stop and help them up off the ground & carry them.
TARON LYNCH is outside enjoying a cigarette when the explosion rocks the foundation of the Art Institute, and the law enforcement immediately think they’re a suspect along with IAN LOCKE that had ducked out for a breath of fresh air. They’re taken into custody for questioning.
CHARACTER N1 and CHARACTER O1 make it to the lawn of the Art Institute just as CHARACTER O1 collapses from smoke inhalation. CHARACTER N1 finds CHARACTER P1 to help carry CHARACTER O1 to first responders.
JAMESON ROBERTS ( WALSH ) narrowly escapes to the lawn, but CONRAD ODAIR( FAUST ) is only a pace behind with a weapon in hand. CONRAD ODAIR fires and barely misses JAMESON ROBERTS, who realizes if they don’t retaliate, there’s no getting out of the art museum alive.
Happy Monday! We have decided to tack on a weekly spotlight for open starters that currently have under 10 notes. To help boost traffic to those starters, and we have also included a recap of new members with a link to their intros. Our group is very inclusive, but we figured this tweak to things would only help that further.
NOTES:
Keep in mind that in game the curfew is still at 8PM due to the laws pushed forward by the Chicago legislative to try to stop the rise of crime at the city. You can continue to do threads and starters after curfew, just keep in mind that your character could possibly be fined or repeat offenders arrested.
We have introduced a new point system meant to be a fun new way to do things if you’d like. It’s completely optional for whoever wants to partake! For more information see this post.
We are currently holding an event, to read more about the grand reopening of the Art Institute click here.
Happy Monday! We have decided to tack on a weekly spotlight for open starters that currently have under 10 notes. To help boost traffic to those starters, and we have also included a recap of new members with a link to their intros. Our group is very inclusive, but we figured this tweak to things would only help that further.
NOTES: Keep in mind that in game the curfew is still at 8PM due to the laws pushed forward by the Chicago legislative to try to stop the rise of crime at the city. You can continue to do threads and starters after curfew, just keep in mind that your character could possibly be fined or repeat offenders arrested.
Jameson Roberts / Second Story Bar ( Walsh territory )/ URL
Meme night & honesty hour starts now! It will end tomorrow 4/18/21 at 8PM EST. Please remember to hit the limit & send them out to everyone! We will be trying something different this meme night. Please fill out the attached with the character names that will be participating to receive memes. If we notice someone post rp memes, we may automatically add your main character to the list. Use this as like a checklist to make sure everyone gets the love ♥
Happy Monday! We have decided to tack on a weekly spotlight for open starters that currently have under 10 notes. To help boost traffic to those starters, and we have also included a recap of new members with a link to their intros. Our group is very inclusive, but we figured this tweak to things would only help that further.
NOTES: Keep in mind that in game the curfew is still at 8PM due to the laws pushed forward by the Chicago legislative to try to stop the rise of crime at the city. You can continue to do threads and starters after curfew, just keep in mind that your character could possibly be fined or repeat offenders arrested.
Isabella Faust / UOC Medical Center (Neutral Territory) URL
Ian Locke / Outside any bar (Open Territory) URL
Anatalya Vasile / Chitown Park (Neutral Territory) URL
Mercury Fallon / The Pint (Neutral Territory) URL
Kotaline Faust / UOC Medical Center (Neutral Territory) URL
Zoe Washington / Any Bar (Neutral Territory only) URL
Oliver Faust / Chitown Park (Neutral Territory) URL
