Hello everyone! A few quick announcements as usual, so please give them a read!

✖ Let's welcome Moss into the game, who will be playing Writ from Over the Garden Wall! You may find the IC intro posted here.

✖ With this new additions, here are our upcoming teams:

RED SOLO - Hershel Layton
BLUE SOLO - Ema Skye
GREEN SOLO - Akane Kurashiki
GREY SOLO I - Snake

RED PAIR - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu & Wirt
BLUE PAIR - Alfendi Layton & Clive Dove
GREEN PAIR - Jake Muller & Sasuke Sagami
GREY SOLO II - Heiji Hattori

✖ Again, we will have two SOLOs for this round, due to the uneven number of characters in the game. Calhoun will give the same IC excuse of working as fast as he can, gosh, he didn't think you would want him to kidnap more people, what "nice" test subjects.

That's everything! If you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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Hello everyone! Just a few announcements today, some already covered in our plurk, but others are not! Therefore, let's get this ball rolling.

✖ Enjolras, Zelos Wilder, and Simon Keyes have been dropped from the game. In exchange, we are welcoming Akane Kurashiki, and Alfendi Layton. Ange has switched Simon with Keyes, but Beato is coming in fresh with Akane, so please give them a warm welcome! You may find the IC intro over here.

✖ With these new additions, here are our upcoming teams:

RED SOLO - Heiji Hattori
BLUE SOLO - Piper Chapman
GREEN SOLO I - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu
GREY SOLO - Akane Kurashiki

RED PAIR - Ema Skye & Snake
BLUE PAIR - Hershel Layton & Sasuke Sagami
GREEN SOLO II - Alfendi Layton
GREY PAIR - Clive Dove & Jake Muller

✖ As seen, we will have two green SOLOs for this round, due to the uneven number of characters left in the game. Things will remain as normal, however, and the IC excuse Calhoun will give will be "ughhh, you guys want more work from me? I'm being worked to the bone here! Sheesh, why don't you try kidnapping more people, demanding test subjects."

✖ Finally, our last matter is a new rule in place. Due to the limited number of slots in the game, we will now place a limit on the number of characters per series. There will be a maximum of three characters per series in Vivarium at once. For example, the Professor Layton series now has three different characters in the game (Alfendi, Clive, and Hershel), so no one else may app into the game from the same series, unless they wish to be placed in the queue.

And that's all, folks! If you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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Hello everyone! We have a lot of announcements, a few of them being very important, so please read carefully!

✖ Colette Brunel and Aoi Asahina have been dropped from the game! In their places, we are welcoming Simon Keyes and Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu to the game. Please welcome Tiger and Cake to Vivarium! Their IC intro is here.

✖ With this, here are our next teams:

RED SOLO - Simon Keyes
BLUE SOLO - Hershel Layton
GREEN SOLO - Ema Skye
GREY SOLO - Piper Chapman

RED PAIR - Sasuke Sagami & Snake
BLUE PAIR - Enjolras & Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu
GREEN PAIR - Heiji Hattori & Jake Muller
GREY PAIR - Clive Dove & Zelos Wilder

✖ We’ve had a few concerns brought to our attention about puzzle rooms not getting completed in the timeframe. We understand this makes both voting and AB Voting Round reactions more difficult as well. We’ve been brainstorming on a way to encourage the rooms get completed or mostly completed by the end of the timeframe, so please read our changes to the puzzle rooms:


✖ Puzzle rooms will now last four OOC days, instead of three. The calendar will soon be changed to reflect this. This four OOC day change will only affect the puzzle rooms and Calhoun Hour events, normal IC days remain three OOC days.

✖ We will send out private plurks one OOC day before the actual puzzle room begins, so plotting can be discussed beforehand. We ask that people use this time to plan when all the players in the team can be around to tag the room. If people cannot be around or do not answer in a timely manner we encourage the people who can to go ahead and tag together.

✖ We also want to note again that tagging order in puzzle rooms is not supposed be concrete. They are made to be tagged when people can get around to it.

✖ Please note that all of this is subject to change as we figure out what works best for the game and playerbase. We’ll keep you updated on any future changes as they come.

✖ We would love to hear feedback on this, so please comment below with your thoughts!

✖ We’d also like to announce a meme comm! It is memearium, so please join if you’d like.

✖ It’s open to current players, but also former ones! So, if any players have dropped from the game, they can still come into the meme community to play with everyone.

✖ Players are welcome and encouraged to post memes of any type there. If you want the mod plurk to advertise it let us know! We’ll put up memes from time to time as well, so we hope everyone has fun.

✖ If you are posting a meme that includes extreme violence or sexual content, please just put a warning in the subject!

✖ We will now have a permanent test drive open to potential players, which will be open at all times. It will be a sticky post, so it will remain first on the community for everyone to see. We will also link to it on the navigation and profile.

✖ We already have our first meme up, and it’s a CR meme! Please head on over here for it!

✖ We have updated Calhoun's Corner with a few new items! If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them over here!

✖ Don't forget about our Character Info Sheets! New characters have been added to the list, and anyone is more than free to go in and add new things in, modify, or do anything!

✖ Finally, we've added a navigation to the community layouts, for easy access, so you don't have to click on the profile to see the navigation!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!

Hello, test subjects! It has been a while since our last announcement post, so please give this a read through!

✖ Kariya’s player, Erry, has dropped from the game, sadly, so we will have a post concerning this later tonight or tomorrow.

✖ However, we will like to welcome Lisa to Vivarium! She will be bringing in Piper Chapman from Orange is the New Black (TV Show). Please welcome her to the game!

✖ We will resume AB Rounds starting on August 25, Day 18. Characters will be given access to the second floor of the warehouse starting on this day. We will have a post put up concerning this on the day we begin our AB Round.

✖ Characters will continue to have a grey BP and statuses until Day 18, but for plotting purposes, here are our next teams:

RED SOLO - Zelos Wilder
BLUE SOLO - Ema Skye
GREEN SOLO - Hershel Layton
GREY SOLO - Colette

RED PAIR - Clive Dove & Jake Muller
BLUE PAIR - Akiko & Heiji Hattori
GREEN PAIR - Piper Chapman & Snake
GREY PAIR - Aoi Asahina & Enjolras

✖ As everyone can see, we have four teams of SOLOs and PAIRs, instead of three teams of all PAIRs. For this, we have decided to add a fourth room, through the grey coloured door, for the next few AB Rounds, but this will not be a puzzle room. This is something that will give characters more freedom than the other rooms, and they are not necessarily solving any puzzles. We will release more details once characters enter through this room, but until now, it’s a secret as to what this mysterious fourth room is.

✖ We have noticed that the Calhoun Hour weeks have been very hectic and fast, when paired up with plot events. For this, we are planning on making the next Calhoun Hour events last for four OOC days instead of three to hopefully make them more manageable for everyone. We will certainly have more mingle-based events as well, seeing how well Bingo has turned out for everyone.

✖ We will continue to have the puzzle rooms last for three OOC days, as we feel that that number of days has been working out decently.

✖ We are still learning what works best for this game, so we want to apologize for that and hope that you will be patient for us. We will love to hear some feedback on how everything has gone so far, and any suggestions! Your opinions matter to us greatly.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!

Hello, test subjects! We apologize for putting up an announcement so soon after the previous one, but we have a few very important things to announce.

✖ First of all, we are sad to announce Starry, Kotetsu's player, has dropped from the game. Here is a post to address this, along with the IC introduction of our new characters.

✖ With a slot open, we will like to welcome Marie to the game! She will be playing Colette Brunel of Tales of Symphonia, so please say hello to her!

✖ Reminder: Please do your Activity Check if you have not done it yet! Also, we will be having our Mario Party game on the 7th, and another event on the 16th! We will resume AB Rounds starting on the 25th.

✖ Now, this next part is going to have a large impact to the plot. It is mandatory OOCly to participate in upcoming plot, so please read this carefully and fill out the appropriate forms below! Newcomers must also partake in this.

Near the end of the two week break period, Calhoun will be pulling characters into a private room to speak with them individually. In here, he’ll do one of two things:

Threaten to reveal a secret: Maybe your character has something that would be very disadvantageous for the group at large to know! Of course they wouldn’t remember it, and it might be possible that Calhoun is less than honest with his wording, but the evidence he’s going to give is very damning…

For example, Character A was once a prime suspect in a murder! Sure, he was framed but Calhoun doesn’t need to tell Character A that. The group finding out about something like this sure wouldn’t be good for his image and future chances of allying, and these police records aren’t exactly making Character A look sweet and innocent in all this.

Even if your character doesn’t believe Calhoun, would the rest of the group be so understanding when they read those reports?

Shown a memory that the desperately want a conclusion to: There might be something in your character’s life that they hold very dear, like a family member or best friend. Of course, they might not remember them, due to the memory loss, but Calhoun will gladly show them a memory with this important person. Out of context, however, this memory will be more alarming than comforting, and will end abruptly without a clear conclusion as to what has happened to them.

For example, Character B remembers that she was very close to her family, and this memory contains her house burning down, with her family still trapped inside, a fire that she might have started. Before she can figure out whether her family got out or not, the memory stops there.

Calhoun will refuse to give any hints as to how the memory ended, and leave them with a dying curiosity as to what happened.

Note: Calhoun will be going through their memories to find the one thing that will give them the most conflict, so when deciding on what your secret or memory is, please choose one where it will make it difficult for your character to decide what to do.

If you’re having trouble with creating a secret or memory, remember that this is an AU game, so you may create something for this event. Just ensure that it is IC with your character to fall within this situation. If you are still having difficulty with coming up with something, please contact the mods for help.

Also, you may be wondering the reason behind this fun sounding request: Calhoun will be announcing an ultimatum in the next few days, something he hopes will stir things up.

The test subjects will be given a simple choice, give Calhoun a ‘show’ or not only will their dirty secrets be revealed but they can kiss ever seeing the end of these troubling memories goodbye. There will be a timeframe, either put on this show before the next AB game or during, and once voting is done time’s up!

If you think your character will be desperate enough to do something, say so in the form. What does a ‘show’ entail, you might ask? Well, that’s all Calhoun’s going to say! Maybe he means betrayal, maybe he means a fight, maybe he wants a full production of Hamlet performed in entirety in the lounge. It’s more than likely he wants some conflict, and how much will please him is hard to say. He’s not going to be forthcoming about any of it, so if your character is truly desperate they may need to take truly desperate measures...

If someone satisfies Calhoun’s boredom with a good show, everyone’s memories and secrets are safe! The person who Calhoun deems the most entertaining may even win that one cut memory back or a memory of their choice if they’re being threatened with a secret.

Please fill out the following and comment to this entry by August 9, 11:59PM EST.
Do not comment to this entry with your form.

<font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>PLAYER:</font></b> Your Name <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>CHARACTER:</font></b> Character Name (<user name="character journal">) <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>MOTIVE:</font></b> Secret or Memory? <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>DETAILS:</font></b> If it is a secret, what is it about? What evidence can Calhoun use to prove to your character that this is not fake? If it is a memory, what is it about? Where does it cut off? <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>REASONING:</font></b> Why is your character so desperate to keep their secret safe or see the remainder of their memory? You do not have to type a lot for this section. It’s mainly to help you gather your thoughts. <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>REACTION:</font></b> How far will your character go? Will they actually do something? If your character is extremely desperate and will try something, please let us know in this section. Will they harm another person? Will they murder someone? We will contact you to discuss further in detail concerning this section. If your character will not do anything, do not fret, we understand some characters will not go to great lengths for something like this, so please just give us a general reaction of how they might be acting.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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Hello, test subjects! This is a pretty important announcement with lots of things, so please read this carefully:

✖ Please welcome Dani, Dee, and Erry to the game! They are our newest test subjects to Vivarium, so introduce yourselves, exchange contact info, plot, and such on here.
✖ We will have your Elevator post up momentarily to get you started in the game. With this first puzzle, it will last 3 OOC days and 1 IC day, and we will send out individual private plurks to each one of you for coordinating with the mods for this.

✖ We will also send out another private plurk between all three of you to decide which puzzle room you would like to do: the Confinement Room, the Incinerator, or the Infirmary. If any players have suggestions for them, you may comment below!
✖ Make sure that you comment to our first Activity Check! Newcomers must also comment, but with the exemption form. This post doubles as a game/mod HMD so please use that too for any concerns.

✖ Starting today (Day 10), there will be an approximate of two OOC weeks to take a break from AB Rounds (asides from the one that newly joined will do), but worry not, we will have other events for you to partake in during this time (including ways to gain BP).

✖ Everyone, besides the newly arrived characters, will realize that their bracelets will not display any colour or status (SOLO or PAIR). The BP will be a simple grey colour, and there will be nothing underneath it.

✖ One of our players, Courtney (Aoi's player), has created a few plurk emoticons for the game, so we thank her for them! They are:

✖ We will have our Mario Party game on August 7th, starting at 9PM EST, lasting for 3 OOC days and 1 IC day. We hope to see everyone there!

✖ Finally, please make use of our plot/puzzle room suggestions page! We will always love to see what we can all think up of.

Phew, that was a lot. We hope we didn't bore any of you, but as always, if you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!

Hello, test subjects! We have a few announcements today, so please give this post a quick read! A few points have been covered in our plurk, but we will address it here again.

✖ Our new teams are:
RED SOLO - Zelos Wilder
BLUE SOLO - Clive Dove
GREEN SOLO - Kotetsu T. Kaburagi

RED PAIR - Ema Skye & Snake
BLUE PAIR - Hershel Layton & Jake Muller
GREEN PAIR - Aoi Asahina & Heiji Hattori
✖ The next AB Game will be on July 20 at 6PM EST.

✖ We now have a map of the warehouse's first floor.

✖ Characters now have access to the Lounge Room.

✖ We will be creating a post in the main comm titled 'Movie Night', where all the characters will be watching The Room. We will have a thread for pre-movie, during the movie (with a link to the stream to watch OOCly), and post-movie interactions. For this stream, it will be an IC chatroom, which will later be copy-pasted in a comment or two in the post for records. This leads to the...

✖ Survey: We will like to hear from everyone what times they are available to watch the movie OOCly. It is not mandatory, but if you would like to partake in it, we would love to hear your availability! Our two choices at the moment are Friday and Saturday evenings (EST). Let us know what times you are available to watch (the movie will take a maximum of two hours), and we will go with a majority vote, or a time that works with most people. Please comment below to let us know!

✖ For those in the queue, please do not fret! We have not forgotten you, and we are working on coming up with a solution to involve everyone. We thank you for being patient!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!

Hello, test subjects! Welcome to our first week of Vivarium, and thank you for joining! We have a few announcements for today, so please give this post a quick read.

✖ You may begin posting to the vivarium community. We have created tags for every character in the game, so please make sure that you tag your posts, whenever you create one or comment.

✖ We will be holding one AB Game every week, with our first one starting this Friday at 6PM EST. It will contain both the puzzle room and voting sections, and will be spanned over three OOC days and one IC day.

✖ We have decided that all characters will be given a "starter pack". This pack will be a simple drawstring bag, containing one water bottle, one loaf of bread, one can of baked beans (with an easy open end, so no need for a can opener), and a small pair of sewing scissors. This starter pack will be given after Calhoun finishes explaining the rules in this thread.
✖ This is a one-time, non-replaceable gift, so the food is suppose to last the character until they reach 9 BP to gain access to the cafeteria. As for the water bottles, they are easily refillable with the water fountain next to the cafeteria door. However, as of this time, the door leading to the cafeteria and water fountain is closed, and will open after our first AB Game. As for the sewing scissors? It's a little extra that Calhoun has thrown in, if anyone wants to start threatening/stabbing others for whatever reason. He thought people might appreciate it.

✖ Finally, we would like to hear your thoughts on how our first "puzzle room" has turned out, aka the Elevator. What did you think? Did you enjoy it? Were there some flaws you've noticed? What should we change for future puzzle rooms? Please let us know any thoughts you've had, whether positive or negative, so we know if it went in the right direction or not. Anonymous commenting has been enabled, so please do not be afraid to leave some negative feedback!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!