#lelhc

*according to Nico and Cassius

Getting ready for Lord Emerson's Lonely Hearts Club :3

Garlands, paper cranes, ribbons and wreaths — so much to delight the eye as the city prepares for this year's Feast of the Rose. As if the constant bombardment of pinks and reds wasn't outrageous enough, a number of similarly coloured fliers have begun showing up in shop windows across London. They all pertain to the holiday too, of course. And they promise an evening that participants won't be able to soon forget...

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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!

Sign-ups for Lord Emerson's Lonely Hearts Club are now open! This is a fan-run Fallen London roleplay event, where you can exchange in-game letters with fellow players, all within the context of a Victorian speed dating night. It will be running from February 1st and it will last the entire month of February as a way to celebrate The Feast of the Exceptional Rose.

To sign up, simply fill out this form by January 29th. You can register any number of original characters, as long as they have an in-game account that allows them to receive messages from other players. You will also be able to specify whether you're interested in romantic or platonic interactions, since the event will be catering to both.

On February 1st, the event will officially open. In-game, it will take place at Caligula's coffee shop — I will be posting an in-depth description of the setting here on my blog when the time comes. Outside of the game, February 1st is when players will be receiving the name and contact information of their first roleplaying partner. They will be assigned two more partners over the course of the event on February 10th and 20th respectively. This is to give everyone a chance to talk to a variety of players (and hopefully guarantee that they can start roleplaying with at least one of them).

After they receive each name, players will then be able to exchange ideas about whether their characters have met before the event, discuss how they would first react to being sat across from each other at a table at LELHC, anything they want... and then finally start roleplaying if they wish. This part of the event is fairly loose, and it is up to each participant to create a scenario that they would enjoy writing about with their assigned partner.

At the end of the event, all participants will receive a closing letter from Lord Emerson, which may or may not include a prompt to encourage further roleplaying scenes between players. Though the event itself has a closing date, the roleplaying aspect certainly doesn't — players should feel more than welcome to keep the ball rolling beyond any of the deadlines mentioned.

The fine print: Though the writing featured in this event is meant to have a PG-13 rating (similar to the game), for safety reasons players must be aged 18+ in order to sign up. Furthermore, the form allows participants to specify any player(s) that they would rather not be paired up with. This information will remain confidential and their wishes will be respected, no questions asked.