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 wouldnât be here without you. Â
That said, after a long talk, Admin J and I have decided itâs 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 CrimsonCityHQâs lore outside of the confines of the group.Â
Now that the bad news is out of the way, hereâs 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.Â
Our final activity check will take place on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH, so please make sure you have posted on your characters.Â
Finally, thank you all for making CrimsonCityHQ possible for so long. This is far from the end, and we canât wait to bounce back with a bigger, brighter Chicago !Â
Your admins,
J & Amy â¤ď¸
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There are some minor hitches in the night, but overall things are going a bit too good. It makes some question the time, and theyâre 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 itâs almost as if time freezes, like youâre 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.Â
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 IIÂ will run until Wednesday May 5th 10PM EST. Plot slots can be found underneath the cut!
Weâre going to allow each person to choose two plot slots for two characters max .If there are any leftovers, weâll let members know when they can sign up for thirds.Â
Youâll notice that some of these plots are public, so feel free to have your character react to them/ notice them even if they arenât 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 itâs 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 youâd like. Keep in mind that you can only message the main plot slots choices for your characters alone.Â
Also, if youâre 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 SLOTSÂ
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..Â
CHARACTER C ( FAUST AFF ) triggers one of the distraction bombs, but they didnât 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 MENDOZAâs bad luck.
JIN-AEÂ âJJâ RAU-BYRNEÂ 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. Itâs up to save themselves or help each other get shelter.Â
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 donât dawdle for too long.Â
CHARACTER L ( FAUST AFF )Â & 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 KHATIBÂ & 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.Â
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 thatâs 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.Â
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 WASHINGTONÂ dashing further into the flames and take it upon themselves to help, but that means theyâll have to handle the chaos of whatever DIAMOND WASHINGTON is hallucinating.Â
AMADEUS JUDE CASTELLANOSÂ 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 WASHINGTONÂ is 100% able to ID them.Â
AUDREY ROUSSEAUÂ 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. EZEKIELÂ âZEKEâ HALLIDAY hears their cries and opts to help, but the flames are moving closer by the second, and the smoke is getting heavier. EZEKIEL âZEKEâ 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.Â
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 FAUSTÂ must keep ABRAHAM SWEETWINE awake long enough for medical personnel to arrive.
SERAFINA EATONÂ is able to convince WIKIMAK CLARKEÂ to assist in rescuing the artwork from the chaotic flames. However, after theyâre injured in the process SERAFINA EATONÂ realizes the artwork theyâre trying to save is falsified. Almost as if the original artwork had been swapped.Â
ANYA VOLKOVAÂ uses the opportunity to pickpocket abandoned purses scattered around the main hall. They find a loaded pistol in MARKIEÂ âPAIGEâ KRAVTSOVÂ âs purse right as MARKIE âPAIGEâ KRAVTSOV comes to collect it and whatever else ANYA VOLKOVA has taken. Itâs up to ANYA VOLKOVA to figure out whether or not a purse is worth killing over, but be warnedâthe flames are moving fast.Â
AUBREE DAMIANIÂ 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 LYNCHÂ is outside enjoying a cigarette when the explosion rocks the foundation of the Art Institute, and the law enforcement immediately think theyâre a suspect along with IAN LOCKEÂ Â that had ducked out for a breath of fresh air. Theyâre taken into custody for questioning.Â
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 ODAIRÂ fires and barely misses JAMESON ROBERTS, who realizes if they donât retaliate, thereâs no getting out of the art museum alive.Â
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 help 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.Â
 We had an anon last night from one of the current members of the group that brought up the subject of bubbling. After an extensive dive through our follow list and the blogs around. There are some things we would like to note to help the perception of our fellow members. For the most part, we didn't find any bubbling. Please if you send something on anon or off, please be prepared to give us examples. We won't publish the anon to call any one out, but it would get an answer quicker than us having to sift through 100+ characters to try to pinpoint the problem.Â
 1. With Tumblr's activity system acting out. Please, please, if someone has skipped your reply it may be that tumblr didn't give them the notification of it. I would give it a few days, and kindly send them a DM. We also have the thread-tracker channel in Discord to help with this as well.Â
 2. Each character should have MULTIPLE threads going on at the same time. This doesn't mean you reply to 1 thread with 1 person consecutively each week to avoid activity check. This doesn't constitute bubbling, but it doesn't promote inclusiveness either. Please don't do this.
3. I understand with multiple replies, there are multiple drafts. Sometimes, we bunch those up & send them all onto the dash at the same time. This is fine, however, if you have 5 threads with one person, please try to split up how it gets posted on the dash. Because, talking on a perception level here, if you finished 8 replies, and 4 of them are for one mun. They all  post to the dash the same time, someone logs in and just sees 4 posts to the same mun. Then that could be misconstrued & make your writing peers feel left out.Â
 We have always promoted an inclusive group, and have gotten compliments from recent newer members that they were almost flooded with plots. That is the kind of thing we want to hear about, so please make sure to communicate with one another. In Discord I know things can go popping off a mile a minute, so maybe take a peek at some of your DMS to make sure you didn't accidentally leave someone on read. We are appreciative of all you guys, and the new people that find us.Â
Thanks to every one of you, we will be nearing our first year anniversary soon. We couldn't have made it this close to that milestone without having a great group of accepting, inclusive, members. So let's keep it that way!
hi there. i'm kinda just at a lost here. i feel like there are so many events that its hard to get plots moving at a steady pace. by the time something actually gets going, the event throw me off completely and i have to alter everything again. i really do like this group, but my muse keeps plummeting every time we do something new. plus, i feel like everyone just hangs out on discord and doesn't really interact on the dash. just a thought. thanks.
hello, non! We just posted our first event of 2021. This was the first event to take place since November 29,2020. We had similar complaints about the events being frequent in November, and that did happen because of trying to juggle the holidays. That being said, we also got complaints about how events werenât being done as well. Plots that are being written prior to the release of the event, shouldnât be impacted by the event itself. Because timeline wise the event would happen after those plots hit the dash. Unless there are different arrangements being made to move around things.Â
Keep in mind that we do allow members to continue pre-event threads even during the event. We donât want anyone in this group to feel discouraged or lose muse due to the events we throw. Another reason why we hold events is to promote inclusivity and move the over all group plot forward. This cuts down on possible bubble RPing, and tends to let characters interact with others they may not be able to otherwise.Â
We also donât want anyone to feel left out, but most of the plotting does occur in our discord server. As far as we are aware they seem to be hitting the dash as well.Â
EVERYONE, please be sure that youâre reaching out to everyone else to plot & thread with them! If anyone would like to discuss this off anon, both adminsâ dms are always open.
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So, we wanted to touch base on several things. This is pretty long so please read below the cut & like this once youâve read it. Itâs a MANDATORY read.Â
 First of all there were some misinterpretations about what happened a few weeks ago in regards to a certain writer. We won't go into the full details of the situation for privacy reasons, but it was mutually decided that she should leave the group. I will say that we are lenient about what goes on and what is shared in the group, and there is a certain line that should never be crossed. It's not something light or petty that surfaced. We don't want to hear anymore miscommunication on what happened in regards to this decision. If you want to know further details you can contact the admin team.Â
It seems like there are a few people as of late that have voiced their issues with the group. We want to put it out there first, that if we don't know a problem exists, we can't fix it. It does nothing but brew negativity and fester into something huge if it's not taken care of. At the end of the day, we are all here to relax and escape our realities. We are all here to have fun, and not worry ourselves with ooc drama. Another trend we are noticing is that people have made additional servers within discord, or keep their threads in wire. The problem with this is that we canât moderate those if a problem arises. So we obviously canât control what you do outside of the main discord/main rp. However, if the drama starts there we ask you to keep it there. Because we can try to help, but honestly itâs out of our hands. Again, any serious plot driven or extensive threads need to go on the dash. Wire itself is supposed to act as a tool to get things on the dash. Itâs not supposed to take the place of the dash.
We are working on more group activities for our characters such as mini events in the future. So be on the lookout for those! With such a large group we don't expect everyone to plot with everyone. That would be 50+ people and 100+ characters which would be almost impossible. If you have done so, kudos because that is great. That being said, bubble RPing & plotting aren't tolerated within this group. Please keep in mind if youâre âpower replyingâ to someone to try to stagger other replies between it. Consider this the first warning. We will be keeping a better eye on this going forward. Nobody likes being felt excluded from the group, and I know from the past that most of us are inclusive.Â
We will also be trying to do a movie night every Friday, especially while the majority of us are in quarantine. We will try to nail down a time that works for most people to attend, and will poll which movie gets chosen. There is also a group that will be playing Fortnite, if anyone is interested in joining them! They will be playing squads, and will be alternating who goes in with whomever is available.Â
As far as plots go, for the most part we donât mind if characters get married or have children. However, itâs important to point out that this is a crime RP. There are designated family spots to keep things fair among the writing group, and if a character inside the family marries another they would technically automatically move into one of those family spots. Unfortunately, if the spots are all taken⌠that canât mechanically happen. So we just ask that if you play a family spot within the key families to give us a heads up about marriages. Just to ensure there is a family spot, and we can move the other into that spot. We donât necessarily care about children, unless theyâre being played and are adopted. Then we would need to know that for the same reason. If your character doesnât hold a family spot, then this doesnât apply to them. If you notice a family spot open, we just ask that you get in contact with us to keep us in the loop.
Please for the love of God memorize the family list if your character is part of that family, because incest related plots will not be tolerated at any time. Incest is banned here. This goes for adopted members of the family, they are still family. Adopted siblings/cousins are still considered your characterâs family.Â
There seems to be some confusion as far as the ranking goes. The admins tend to get involved in the top tier ( the top three/four ) ; these positions usually go to people who are active, and would make sense on a plot/background basis. That being said, if the positions are below the top three/four, most of the time it just takes a message to the main, and we will move the character around for you.Â
Example: Can I have Bob moved into the OâSheas and a bonebreaker?
The exception to the rule is if you want to roleplay out the promotion on the dash, then by all means just message us. We would rather still put your character in that spot, because like the family spots most positions also have a cap on them.Â
Overall, we are all here to write and have fun. Please be respectful of your fellow writers. Donât godmod their characters. Donât force other peopleâs characters into a narrative that makes no sense for their character. Donât force plots on other people. Donât force ships on other people. Donât metagame. Donât bubble. Control your own characters, and your own narrative.Â
Again and we canât stress this enough, if you have any issues please contact the admin team so we can work on resolving the issues ASAP.
Once you have read this post, please like it. Thank you!Â
 Weekly, we will be giving everyone an optional writing exercise via prompt. This should be placed on the dash as a self paragraph to answer the question. You can speak from a first-person or third-person point of view, or answer the question in story formatâhowever feels right for your character ! We hope this will help with developing your characters, and maybe act as a fun little writing exercise to keep muse levels high. This is an optional task, but if youâd like to get your creative juices flowing and pump some new muse back into your character, we highly encourage completing the prompt.
The question this week is: What does morality mean to your character ?
hey there, demons. Itâs me, ya admin. We have decided to make a minor tweak to the starter rule. You will notice on the Discord server are now channels within each family for affiliate only starters to go. We ask that only OPEN to EVERYONE starters uses the âcrimson.startâ tag & gets placed in the open starters channel on Discord. At this time if itâs a family.affiliate starter please instead tag âvasile.start, oshea.start, faust.start, washington.start, leon.startâ etc. The starter blog will only be reblogging truly open starters going forward. It will be more reliable than the tags. The starter rules still apply to these starters, and we ask that you use your best judgement when to post only affiliate starters. Be mindful of what starters exist on the dash at the time.
 If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to seek me out. Thanks!Â